Félix Da Costa reserve driver at Red Bull in China

It's a freelance job of choice. Antonio Félix Da Costa will play the role of reserve driver at Red Bull on the occasion of the Chinese Grand Prix, which begins this Friday in Shanghai. The Portuguese prodigy, member of the Red Bull Junior Team, is currently engaged in Formula Renault 3.5. For his first appearance last weekend at Monza, he won in the second round. He also stood out at the end of last year, when he won the International Grand Prix F3 of Macau, leading every lap of the event.

For this Chinese weekend, the 21-year-old Portuguese will replace Sébastien Buemi*. The Swiss leaves his task because he will be in Great Britain for the opening of the world championship season.Endurance (WEC) lors des 6 Heures de Silverstone. Une discipline dans laquelle il défend les couleurs de Toyota en LM P1. Il reprendra sa place de réserviste dès le prochain Grand Prix, à Bahreïn. A noter qu?Antonio Félix Da Costa n?a jamais participé à une séance d?essais officielle en Formula 1. But he has already had the opportunity to drive a Force India during youth testing in 2010 and a Red Bull at the end of last year. He is also expected to replace Sébastien Buemi in this role again during the Singapore Grand Prix, which coincides with the Austin WEC round.

*See his interview in AH n°1904, available now in digital version and on newsstands from Wednesday.