Mahindra’s Bruno comes in 5th, Antonio wins Buenos Aires ePrix

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

FanBoost winners

Bruno Senna, who was one of the Buenos Aires Round 4 FanBoost Winners. The three winners were Nick Heidfeld, Jean-Eric Vergne and Bruno Senna.

What is FanBoost?

Fans can give their favourite driver an extra speed boost by voting for them prior to the race. The three drivers with the most votes will each receive one five-second ‘power boost’, temporarily increasing their car’s power from 150kw (202.5bhp) to 180kw (243bhp). Votes are cast online at www.fiaformulae.com as well as via broadcasters, sponsors and numerous partner websites including in China. Fans vote for one driver and the vote closes 1 hour prior to the race. The vote closes on the day of the race. And the FanBoost recipients are revealed 20mins before the race starts on the official Formula E website and social media channels as well as on Television.