(Reuters) - Portuguese Antonio Felix da Costa held off a late charge from defending world champion Jean-Eric Vergne to win the opening race of the Formula E season in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
DS Techeetah's Vergne snatched the lead at the halfway stage of the Ad Diriyah ePrix but a drive-through penalty meant he finished second behind BMW Andretti's Da Costa, with Jerome D'Ambrosio completing the podium for Mahindra Racing.
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