ANTONIO FELIX DA COSTA WINS CHAOTIC BUENOS AIRES ePRIX, Amlin Aguri driver wins in front of 20,000 sell-out crowd
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BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (January 10 2015) - Antonio Felix da Costa clinched victory in anaction-packed Buenos Aires ePrix ahead of e.dams-Renault's Nicolas Prost and China Racing'sNelson Piquet Jr.
The Amlin Aguri driver kept clear of trouble and slowly made his way into the lead as his rivals fellby the wayside. Both polesitter Sebastien Buemi and championship leader Lucas di Grassi retiredwith suspension failures at the fast Turn 8 and 9 chicane.Venturi's Nick Heidfeld looked favourite to win in the closing stages but a drive-through penaltyfor speeding in the pitlane scuppered his chances.Da Costa, who missed the opening round in Beijing, progressed up the field from eighth on thegrid to collect the full 25 points.
Prost managed to steer clear of the battle between Daniel Abt and Jaime Alguersuari in the closingstages, an over-optimistic move by the Audi Sport ABT driver sent the Spaniard into a spin. Abtwas out on the spot but Alguersuari managed to limp his car home in fourth.
Piquet picked up his second consecutive podium despite being held behind the red light and losinga lap in the pitlane during the safety car period.
The Qualcomm Safety Car was deployed after Mahindra Racing's Karun Chandhok also fell victimto broken rear suspension at the Turn 8 and 9 chicane. Piquet wasn't the only driver to be effectedby the confusion as a number of drivers had to pass the safety car to unlap themselves.Virgin Racing's Sam Bird was part of the lead group but he picked up a drive-through penalty forignoring the pit exit lights.Bruno Senna, who was one of the FanBoost winners, finished fifth ahead of a feisty Jean-EricVergne who damaged his nosecone in the fight for the final podium spot.Da Costa's team-mate Salvador Duran clinched four points in eighth ahead of Heidfeld in ninth.Dragon Racing's Oriol Servia rounded out the top-10 positions while Formula E debutant MarcoAndretti came home in 13th place.
Before the race all the drivers, teams and the Formula E Championship together with the City ofBuenos Aires, Argentinean authorities and the FIA President Jean Todt gathered on the grid for aminute silence to pay respect to the victims of the dramatic terrorist attack which happened inParis earlier this week.
The race attracted a sell-out crowd of around 20,000 who also witnessed the first round of theFormula E School Series, which was won by Lucas Gambante representing the Antonio Bermejo School.
FIA Formula E Championship - Buenos Aires ePrix (Rd 4) - Race results:
1. Antonio Felix da Costa, Amlin Aguri, 48:52.100
2. Nicolas Prost, e.dams-Renault, +5.354s
3. Nelson Piquet Jr, China Racing, +8.552s
4. Jaime Alguersuari, Virgin Racing, +11.148s
5. Bruno Senna, Mahindra Racing, +11.535s
6. Jean-Eric Vergne, Andretti, +13.319s
7. Sam Bird, Virgin Racing, +13.617s
8. Salvador Duran, Amlin Aguri, +14.724s
9. Nick Heidfeld, Venturi, +15.464s
10. Oriol Servia, Dragon Racing, +19.334s
11. Stephane Sarrazin, Venturi, +28.973s
12. Ho-Pin Tung, China Racing, +37.858s
13. Marco Andretti, Andretti, +1 lap
14. Daniel Abt, Audi Sport ABT, +2 laps
15. Jerome d'Ambrosio, Dragon Racing, +2 laps
16. Jarno Trulli, Trulli, DNF
17. Lucas di Grassi, Audi Sport ABT, DNF
18. Sebastien Buemi, e.dams-Renault, DNF
19. Michela Cerruti, Trulli, DNF
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