JEDDAH: Antonio Felix da Costa delivered a flawless performance to give Jaguar TCS Racing their first win of the 2026 season in Round 5 of the Jeddah E-Prix on Saturday.
The Portuguese driver led home Sebastien Buemi, with reigning champion Oliver Rowland completing the podium.
Da Costa was the first of the lead group to activate both of his mandatory 50kW all-wheel-drive Attack Mode boosts, using the strategy to pull clear of his rivals.
He held on to win by 2.5 seconds, marking his first victory for Jaguar and his first since Portland in 2024.
The race saw several lead changes as drivers battled in an energy-critical contest.
Buemi moved into second using an attack mode overlap to edge Rowland, who had also led early on. Mahindra’s Edoardo Mortara, despite securing back-to-back pole positions, had to settle for fourth, adding strong points but leaving the team wishing for more.
Dan Ticktum narrowly beat teammate Pepe Marti to fifth, while Jaguar’s Mitch Evans finished seventh.
Round 4 winner Pascal Wehrlein of Porsche could only manage eighth, ahead of Jean-Eric Vergne in the Citroen and Taylor Barnard of DS Penske.
In the championship standings, Wehrlein leads Mortara by six points (68-62), with Rowland on 49. In the teams’ table, Porsche sits on 113 points to Jaguar’s 86, while in the Manufacturers’ World Championship, Porsche holds 143 points to Jaguar’s 124.
