{"id":50702,"date":"2023-02-27T16:07:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T14:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/antonio-da-costa-wins-big-at-inaugural-cape-town-e-prix-20230225\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T20:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:37:20","slug":"antonio-da-costa-wins-big-at-inaugural-cape-town-e-prix-20230225","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/antonio-da-costa-wins-big-at-inaugural-cape-town-e-prix-20230225\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonio da Costa wins big at inaugural Cape Town E-Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Antonio da Costa from Portugal won the inaugural Cape Town E-Prix earlier today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mother City played host for Season 9 of the Formula E World Championship.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Approximately 25 000 fans watched in anticipation as Da Costa grabbed his 8th victory in the ABB Formula E.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He drove a storming race from 11th on the grid and ultimately scored a first win for TAG Heuer Porsche.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Da Costa had climbed through the top 10 and into the top three by Lap 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He pulled off the overtake of the season so far to pass Jean-Eric Vergne for the lead in the race\u2019s final stages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Porsche driver says it was a tough race.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt hasn\u2019t been an easy first couple of months of the year. I am racing amazing drivers and I can trust them to pull out these overtakes both of them (drivers) were tough but fair. It was a fun race with a lot of overtakes. They were brave overtakes, but I knew I had the right guys next to me to cooperate. 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