Da Costa Determined to Stay in WEC After Alpine Exit
Photo: Andrea Lorenzina/DPPI Antonio Felix da Costa says he is determined to stay in the FIA World Endurance Championship next year after Alpine’s Hypercar exit, having only just secured his return to the championship after a two-year absence. The Portuguese driver joined the Signatech-run Alpine squad for the this year’s campaign after an enforced break from the WEC since his previous stint at JOTA Sport from 2019-23, to focus on his Formula E commitments with Porsche. However, less than four months on from Alpine confirming his arrival , the Renault-owned marque announced its plans to withdraw from the WEC’s top class . It leaves da Costa scrambling to find an alternative berth to stay on the 2027 WEC grid alongside his Formula E drive for Jaguar, which he joined for the start of the current 2025-26 season following his departure from Porsche. “The goal won’t change, which is to maintain a double [WEC/Formula E] program,” da Costa told Sportsc...