Post-race penalty drama as Formula E title winner changes

A post-race five-second time penalty for Antonio Felix da Costa has changed the winner of the inaugural Formula E manufacturers' championship. 

Da Costa had finished fifth which secured Porsche the title over Jaguar, with team-mate Pascal Wehrlein having also won the drivers' championship after finishing a tense season finale in second. 

However, the Season 6 champion received a post-race penalty which demoted him from fifth to 13th, for causing a collision. 

The collision he caused was with title contender Nick Cassidy. Da Costa made small contact which resulted in a puncture for Cassidy, who pulled into the pits from fourth for a new tyre but eventually retired from the race.

Due to the penalty, Jaguar now win the first manufacturers' crown by a marginal four points. Da Costa did apologise to Cassidy post-race.

The stewards' report regarding da Costa's crucial penalty read: "During the hearing, the driver of car 13 was very contrite and the driver of car 37,  was gracious. 

"Both the competitors and teams acted in a very professional manner. Both competitors were clear that they wanted the incident decided as a single incident ,not taking into account the surrounding context of the final  round.  

"The stewards, as is their usual practice, adopted this approach. Further, after reviewing all of the evidence the stewards would like to make it clear that there is nothing to indicate that the driver of car 13 acted in an intentional or deliberate manner. 

"This was accepted in the hearing by the driver of car 37 after hearing the evidence. The stewards and that the driver of car 13 wholly caused the collision with car 37. In this instance the appropriate penalty for car 13 is a five-second penalty and one point on his e-licence."