Early Career

Da Costa grew up in a family of racers and started karting at the age of nine, competing in a number of domestic series in his native Portugal. In 2007, he progressed into single-seaters, in Formula Renault 2.0, and after catching the eye in both Formula 3 Euro Series and GP3, he would eventually join the Red Bull Junior Team.

After making his Formula 1 test debut for Force India in 2010, the Portuguese took his testing skills to Red Bull Racing, where he went on to pilot four of legendary car designer Adrian Newey's title-winning machines.

Formula E | Season 1 - 5

Making a move to Formula E in the inaugural season, da Costa started his all-electric journey in the second round at Putrajaya as a driver for Team Aguri, where he raced for two seasons - securing an early maiden victory in his first three races at Buenos Aires.

The Lisbon-born driver moved to American outfit Andretti for two seasons, benefiting from the team's technical partnership with BMW in 2017/18. For Season 5 and the new Gen2 era, Andretti's relationship with the German marque blossomed into a full manufacturer effort, with the team's newly-christened BMW i Andretti Motorsport. The podium's top step had proved elusive since his first taste of the winner's Moet & Chandon champagne in 2014/15, until his win at the opening round of the 2018/19 season in Saudi Arabia.  As the season went on, he mounted a title charge with BMW, eventually falling by the wayside.

Formula E | Season 6 - 8

Da Costa moved to pastures new for Season 6 as he joined DS TECHEETAH alongside double champion Jean-Eric Vergne. Both drivers were gunning for the crown, but it was Da Costa who made the most headway, eventually storming to a record-equalling three wins on the spin between Round 5 in Marrakesh and Round 7 in Berlin - enough to steer him to the Drivers' Championship in dominant style.

With competition hotter than ever in Season 7, da Costa was the man with the target on his back. A single podium in Diriyah was the only silverware the Portuguese could accrue in the first half of a hard-fought campaign.

Three non-scores - including a disqualification for running out of usable energy having led an extraordinary encounter in Valencia - was not what the Portuguese would have hoped for. Still, a statement victory via a last-lap overtaking manoeuvre in Monaco provided a season-high.

Still in the famous black and gold of DS TECHEETAH in 2021/22, da Costa had a slow start to the season but came alive in Marrakesh with a pole and a podium with a return to the top step two races later in New York City. In a neat and fitting bookend to the Gen2 era, da Costa claimed the first and final pole positions on a competitive period of Formula E.

Formula E | Season 9 - 11

For the GEN3 debut in Season 9, Da Costa shifted across to TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team. Behind the wheel of the 99X Electric, he claimed three podiums, including a win in the inaugural Cape Town E-Prix, as Formula E raced in South Africa for the first time.

In Season 10, Porsche continued with Da Costa and Pascal Wehrlein as the German outfit seeks to improve on their best-ever fourth place in the Teams’ Championship in 2022/23.

Despite losing a victory in Misano after a technical disqualification, Da Costa bounced back in typical form, winning the second race in Berlin. The Season 6 champion would showcase the skills that took him to that title with three wins on the bounce from the second event in Shanghai and winning both legs in Portland.

The popular Portuguese driver will be targeting more top-step finishes as he continues with TAG Heuer Porsche in 2024/25.

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