Antonio Felix da Costa will stand down from the World Endurance Championship after five seasons to concentrate on his Formula E campaign with Porsche in 2024.
The Portuguese driver will not continue with the Jota Porsche Hypercar squad next season at the request of his employer in Formula E. Da Costa, FE champion in 2019/20 with DS Techeetah and LMP2 WEC champion with Jota in 2022, admitted he was sad that he will not be able to continue to race for the British team alongside his Porsche commitments. “I am a little bit sad, but I understand why people higher up than me have decided this,” he said.
“I have had a lot of calls about Le Mans and I wouldn’t say no, but I haven’t gone back to Porsche about that,” he said. Da Costa stressed that he expects to return to the WEC full time at some point in the future. “For sure I will be back: I have been on the podium in GTE Pro and won the championship in P2, and I want to do that in the top class,” he said. “That’s why I am sad, because this year I’d moved up into the top class and I am now not going to get that chance next year.