Porsche takes the Lead in the Formula E Championship with a Podium in India

Porsche had a solid team performance at the Hyderabad E-Prix: António Félix da Costa finished third with the Porsche 99X Electric, his first podium result of the season and his first as a Porsche works driver.

The debut of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in Hyderabad, the capital of the southern Indian state of Telangana, was an excellent advertisement for totally electric racing. The 22 drivers thrilled fans with thrilling battles for positions and stunning overtaking manoeuvres on the 2.816-kilometre street track on the shores of HussainSagar Lake. Both Porsche 99X Electrics, raced by the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, finished in the top four after 33 laps.

Pascal Wehrlein, the winner of both races in Diriyah, leads the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship drivers' standings with 80 points after four of 16 races. António Félix da Costa has risen to ninth place in the rankings with 21 points. With 101 points, the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team has taken over as the team leader. André Lotterer (GER), driving for the Porsche customer squad Avalanche Andretti, finished ninth. After a collision, his colleague Jake Dennis (GBR), who arrived in India ranked second in the world championship, finished the tournament in P16. 

Race 4

António Félix da Costa started his 100th Formula E race from P13 and made up positions in the first lap to join the front running bunch by mid-race. He advanced up the order to fourth position thanks to a brilliant race strategy and immaculate driving. However, due to a time penalty imposed on a competitor in front, he inherited third place on the podium. This is his greatest result of the season thus far. 

Next Up

The TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team's next race is the Cape Town E-Prix on February 25th, which is race 5 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. This is South Africa's debut Formula E race.

Porsche Racing in Formula E

With the new Porsche 99X Electric Gen3, the team will compete in its fourth season of the world's first all-electric racing series in 2023. As the first Porsche client team in Formula E, Avalanche Andretti fields two Porsche 99X Electric Gen3s. Since 2014, Formula E has introduced spectacular motorsport to people living in major cities as an accelerator for innovative and sustainable mobility technology. Porsche Motorsport provides the official safety car with the all-electric Taycan Turbo S, highlighting the importance of Formula E to Porsche Motorsport.

The Hyderabad E-Prix is the first of four new races added to the Formula E calendar in 2023. The Porsche 99X Electric has won all three races this season.

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