Antonio Felix da Costa burst onto the scene in 2012, emerging as one of the hottest young talents in motorsport and Sky Sports F1 caught up with the Portuguese driver after a busy season.
And how demanding was it combining that with the GP3 campaign?AFdC: "It was really, really tough. I had a lot of help from Red Bull - they let me use their simulator every time I had a GP3 or World Series race and this helped me before every weekend to settle into the car I was getting into. In the end it was very tough, they are very different cars - the World Series car is double the size and double the power with different brakes."
And you finished the season in style with victory in the Macau GP. That circuit is always regarded as a great test of a driver's skill.AFdC: "I set my goals quite high before I went to Macau - I said I wanted to go there for the win - but inside I knew it would be tough as I was racing guys who had raced in F3 all season and some of them for three seasons like (Daniel) Juncadella, who has won there before, and the last time I drove an F3 car was in Macau a year before.
"We got to grips with the car straight away, the team did a great job and the car was really good. But it was also good to compare myself to my team-mates - Daniel Abt and Felipe Nasr both came from different cars as well and I beat them fair and square and by a lot, so I was quite happy with that."
You said in 2013 you are looking at a full year in World Series, but is there any chance of seeing you in F1 as well, perhaps in some Friday practice sessions?AFdC: "We will have to see - I don't know what is going on really, I have heard nothing so far and am just enjoying some holidays and waiting on a phone call from the big guys. At the moment there is not much I can say, but if it is World Series, if it is F1, if it is on the simulator, I will just give it my best."
