Venturi’s Nick Heidfeld looked
favourite to win in the closing stages but a drive-through penalty for speeding
in the pitlane scuppered his chances.
Da Costa, who missed the
opening round in Beijing, progressed up the field from eighth on the grid to
collect the full 25 points.
Prost managed to steer clear
of the battle between Daniel Abt and Jaime Alguersuari in the closing stages,
an over-optimistic move by the Audi Sport ABT driver sent the Spaniard into a
spin. Abt was out on the spot, but Alguersuari managed to limp his car home in
fourth.
Before being disqualified,
Salvador Duran had clinched four points in eighth ahead of Heidfeld in ninth.
Vebturi’s Stephane Sarrazin rounded out
the top-10 positions while Formula E debutant Marco Andretti came home in 12th
place.
Before the race all the
drivers, teams and the Formula E Championship together with the City of Buenos
Aires, Argentinean authorities and the FIA President Jean Todt gathered on the
grid for a minute silence to pay respect to the victims of the dramatic
terrorist attack which happened in Paris earlier this week.
The race attracted a sell-out
crowd of around 20,000 who also witnessed the first round of the Formula 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,
+11.535s
7. Sam Bird, Virgin Racing,
+13.617s
8. Nick Heidfeld, Venturi,
+15.464s
9. Oriol Servia, Dragon
Racing, +19.334s
10. Stephane Sarrazin,
Venturi, +28.973s
11. Ho-Pin Tung, China Racing,
+37.858s
12. Marco Andretti,
Andretti,+1 lap
13. Daniel Abt, Audi Sport
ABT, +2 laps
14. Jerome d’Ambrosio, Dragon
Racing, +2 laps
15. Jarno Trulli, Trulli, DNF
16. Lucas di Grassi, Audi
Sport ABT, DNF
17. Sebastien Buemi,
e.dams-Renault, DNF
18. Michela Cerruti, Trulli,
DNF
19. Karun Chandhok, Mahindra
Racing, DNF
Salvador Duran, Amlin Aguri, Excluded