Antonio Felix da Costa and the BMW Andretti Formula E squad have hailed taking victory at the 2018/19 season-openi🔯ng Ad Diriyah E-Prix as an “incredible” achievement.

da Costa claimed his maiden Formula E pole position in a disrupted, rain-hit qualifying session for the inaugural event in Saudi Arabia, before holding off a late charge from reigning champion Jean-Eric Vergne to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:win the first race of the series' new✅ Gen2 era💃. 

It marked Andretti’s first victory since beginning its Formula E involvement in 2014, while da Costa clinched hi🦩s first win since his triumph with Amlin Aguri at the 2015 Buenos Aires E-Prix.

“That෴’s a great day for me, BMW♓ and the whole team," da Costa explained.

“I’m delighted for me, that I’m back at the top of the podium again after such a long time, but primarily ༺for the t🀅eam.

“We have always had the same goal, to get to this point. An✨d each of usಌ gave it our all.

“Days like this make it clear: It’s worth all the effort! Many thanks to everyone wh𒁃o played their part in th🍸is win.

“But we still have a lot of work to do. Jean-Eric Vergne was incredibly 🧸fast, it was really close at the end, my heart rate went 🍌through the roof. But in the end, I did enough.”

Team principal Rogಌer Griffiths said: “It’s impossible to put into words the emotions in this mo🍷ment.

"This race was our first opportunity to show what we as the BMW i Andretti Motorsport team can ac🧔hieve - and we won at the first time of asking.

“It’s incredible. Without t🍸he support and the technology of BMW, this success would never have been possible. The victory belongs to the whole ๊team.”

BMW made the Andretti outfit its full works programme in the all-electric championship ahead of season five, having previously worked with the team as part of a technical collaboration during t🔴he 2017/18 campaign.

“First race for our BMW i drivetrain, first pole positio🌱n, first win - it’s just incredible,” added BMW motorsport director Jens Ma🌞rquardt.

“Big thanks ܫgo to the entire development team of BMW i and BMW Mꦐotorsport in Munich.

“Togethe🍰r you did an incredible job! And of course, congratulations to António and everyone in the BMW i Andretti Motorsport team.

“I’m very proud of the whole team. There’s no better way to end the 2018 motorsport year, and you would be hard pushed ⛎to have a better start to a new project and a new season.”