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Duarte Félix da Costa joins WTCC

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Duarte Félix da Costa has won a one-off participation in the WTCC event at Monza. The 23-year old from Cascais, Portugal, is the fifth SEAT Eurocup driver during the current season who is given the opportunity to show his talent in the World Touring Car Championship at the wheel of a SUNRED SEAT León TFSI.

After obtaining a number of successes in karting, da Costa raced in the British Formula BMW and the North European Formula Renault championships. In 2007 he moved to the Spanish SEAT Eurocópa (9th in the final classification) and he is currently 7th in the Eurocup after claiming second position in Oschersleben’s Race 2.

He is the second Portuguese to win a WTCC participation after his fellow countryman Lourenço Beirão da Veiga in Brands Hatch.