In 2007, Félix da Costa became an official factory driver for the legendary Italian Tony Kart team, in the newly renamed KF2 category alongside Will Stevens.

Félix da Costa moved into single seaters in 2008, competing in both the Eurocup and Northern European championships of Formula Renault.

Félix da Costa also served as a rookie driver for A1 Team Portugal, at the New Zealand and South African rounds of the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season.

[16] Félix da Costa dominated the first race at the brand new Ciudad del Motor de Aragón circuit, winning from his first series pole position, and also set fastest lap along the way.

[17] Félix da Costa scored a point on his début at Le Castellet, giving him pole position for the second race via the series' reverse-grid system.

Having recorded the thirteenth fastest time in qualifying, Félix da Costa progressed up the field to a sixth-place finish in the main 15-lap race.

Prior to the event, Félix da Costa took part in the Formula One Young Drivers' Test in Abu Dhabi for Force India.

[23] In order to return to the Macau Grand Prix in 2011, Félix da Costa contested two meetings of the British Formula Three Championship for Hitech Racing,[24] replacing Max Snegirev in one of the team's cars.

[31] Lynn made a slow start in the qualification race and Félix da Costa was momentarily passed by Felix Rosenqvist before he moved back ahead under braking for Lisboa on lap one.

Rosenqvist repeated his qualification race start in the Grand Prix itself, but Félix da Costa retook the lead at Lisboa on lap one once again.

[32] Félix da Costa maintained the lead until the end,[1] to become the first Portuguese winner of the Grand Prix since Eduardo de Carvalho won the inaugural event in 1954.

For 2011, Félix da Costa moved into the series on a full-time basis, signing for the Status Grand Prix team[36] to partner former Formula Three rival Alexander Sims and Ivan Lukashevich.

Félix da Costa also contested the non-championship GP2 Final in Abu Dhabi for Ocean Racing Technology,[38] taking finishes of seventh and thirteenth places respectively.

Félix da Costa remained in the series for 2012, and he rejoined the Carlin team,[39] partnering British drivers Alex Brundle and William Buller.

For the opening round of the season in Barcelona, Félix da Costa qualified on pole position by 0.01 seconds ahead of Lotus GP team-mates Conor Daly and Aaro Vainio.

[44] Félix da Costa was excluded from qualifying at Valencia for a technical infringement, forcing him to start the first race from the back of the grid.

[46] He qualified third at Silverstone, but in the wet conditions that race one was held in, Félix da Costa managed to overtake Vainio off the line, and Mitch Evans early on the first lap.

[48] Qualifying second to Vainio, Félix da Costa managed to hold off the advances of Evans at the start of the race, and eventually pulled away from his rivals.

Evans was later passed by Lotus GP's Daniel Abt, but Félix da Costa maintained a four-second lead over them both and remained clear to the end.

Félix da Costa was selected to replace Williamson at the Arden Caterham squad – joining Alexander Rossi at the team – ahead of the fourth round of the season, at the Nürburgring.

At Moscow Raceway, Félix da Costa was able to qualify in seventh position for the series' first-ever race at the track, out-qualifying Rossi by almost three tenths of a second.

[62] In an interview with Portuguese newspaper Diário de Notícias in September 2012, Félix da Costa stated that he was seeking a full-time seat in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the 2013 season.

[4] Félix da Costa, along with Kevin Magnussen, was tipped by the 2012 champion Robin Frijns to be one of the main championship challengers for the season.

[64] Félix da Costa competed in the 2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season for the BMW MTEK team alongside Timo Glock.

For the 2015–16 Formula E season, Félix da Costa retained his seat with Team Aguri alongside Nathanaël Berthon, Salvador Durán and Ma Qinghua.

[68] Félix da Costa's best finish of the season was 6th place which he achieved 3 times, at Putrajaya, Punta del Este and London(1).

Again bad luck would strike the Portuguese driver at the 2016 Long Beach ePrix when he claimed a sensational pole position only to be disqualified due to his right rear tyre pressure being 0.3psi below minimum.

Following the hiatus caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic, Félix da Costa put in a string of dominant performances at the Berlin Templehof Circuit, claiming two wins and a podium to seal the Drivers' title, while also securing the Constructors' Championship for DS Techeetah with two races remaining.

[80] After three years at DS Techeetah, Félix da Costa switched to TAG Heuer Porsche for the 2022–23 season, replacing André Lotterer and partnering Pascal Wehrlein.

[81] The year would start out in a disappointing manner, as the opening pair of events yielded but one points finish for the Portuguese driver, whilst teammate Wehrlein had taken the lead of the championship.