Formula E: Antonio Felix da Costa wins after chaotic conclusion in Buenos Aires (VIDEO) - MotorSportsTalk

As if somebody had walked into a room and flipped the light switch, today’s FIA Formula E race in Buenos Aires went from calm to crazy.

Let’s count the ways this 35-lapper descended into madness.

1) Pole sitter Sebastien Buemi ran up front all day on the streets of the Puerto Madero district until Lap 23. Going into a chicane that had been the site of an earlier crash involving Karun Chandhok, Buemi appears to clip the inside wall and then runs over the curbing. This breaks his suspension and ends his race.

Sebastian Buemi's race ending crash from the lead of the Buenos Aires #FormulaE race https://t.co/Mt0zZuPtTT

— Tom Spencer (@TPSpencer88) January 10, 2015

2) Buemi’s incident hands the lead to championship leader Lucas di Grassi, who had been 3-for-3 in podium finishes this season.

It looks like he’s in position for his second win of the 2014-15 campaign, but on Lap 27, he crashes in the same chicane that got Buemi and Chandhok.

Lucas Di Grassi copiando a Karun #FormulaE http://t.co/P4gwh6ZAGy

— Victor F1 (@VictorM_F1) January 10, 2015

3) Now it’s Nick Heidfeld’s turn in the lead for the Venturi team. In September’s season opener at Beijing, Heidfeld battled for the lead on the final lap before contact with Nicolas Prost had him launched airborne over a curb and into a barrier. So does fate smile upon him here?

Nope. With three laps to go, race stewards tagged him for speeding in pit lane and had him come in to serve a drive-through penalty.

That left Antonio Felix da Costa as the new leader, but while the drivers behind him got pushy in their final battles for position, he managed to bring home his Amlin Aguri machine and win over Prost and third-place finisher Nelson Piquet Jr.

“I knew we had the pace,” da Costa said. “I had some issues in qualifying, so I’m really happy we managed to get through the field. I kept a bit of energy to be able to attack Heidfeld in the end but then it wasn’t necessary after he got a penalty…We have to keep working hard to continue like that.”

😀 RT @mauricodo: Da Costa recibe el trofeo como ganador del #BAiresePrix #FIAFormula1 https://t.co/pXx4HBVsiA

— Team Amlin Aguri (@Amlin_Aguri) January 10, 2015

😀 That is one happy @afelixdacosta! #FormulaE #BAiresePrix #GoAmlinAguri! pic.twitter.com/chr38puwoq

— Team Amlin Aguri (@Amlin_Aguri) January 10, 2015

While da Costa celebrates, the F-E championships have been impacted as the series takes a two-month break before returning to action on March 14 in Miami.

Di Grassi’s 18-point lead in the driver’s race has been chopped to 10 over Putrajaya race winner Sam Bird, who finished seventh in today’s event. Buemi has slipped to third in the standings, down 15 points.

But despite Buemi’s DNF, Prost’s runner-up performance kept e.dams-Renault atop the team championship by an 11-point gap over Bird’s Virgin Racing outfit.

Bird’s teammate, Jaime Alguersuari, survived multiple run-ins with competitors in the last few laps to finish fourth today. Bruno Senna rounded out the Top 5 finishers.

As for American driver Marco Andretti, his F-E debut didn’t go as well as he would have liked. The IndyCar veteran finished 13th for the Andretti team.

He tweeted after the race that during a caution at the mid-way point, he had been held behind the safety car for an unspecified reason. According to him, that put him one lap down before overheating issues hurt his car later on.

Caught yellow perfectly but got held behind safety car for some reason and lost a lap. Then overheated. Long race. #P13.

— Marco Andretti (@MarcoAndretti) January 10, 2015

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Vicki Golden has earned a career worthy of a thousand stories and 805 Beer tells at least one of them, as “Inverted Perspective” premiered March 30 on the company’s website and YouTube channel.

Golden did more to break the glass ceiling in SuperMotocross than she ever thought possible. She knows this because riders have never felt the need to explain any of her accomplishments with the disclaimer, “for a girl”.

At this point in Golden’s career, she’s been the first woman to finish top 10 in AMA Arenacross Lites, the first woman to qualify in the Fast 40 in Monster Energy AMA Supercross and the first woman to compete in freestyle Moto X competition, earning a bronze medal by doing so.

Her love for moto came from childhood while she watched her dad and brother ride. By seven she was on her bike and making waves throughout Southern California.

Golden, 30, is still madly in love with the sport and has no plans on moving away but her career is already one to talk about. 805 Beer’s film series wanted to do exactly that.

“I’m taken aback by it all,” Golden told NBC Sports about the documentary. “It’s just crazy to see your story, it’s one thing to live your life and battle everything that comes about but it’s another to just sit there and talk about it.”

805 approached Golden about the feature by asking, “Do you even realize that what you do, and your story is special?”

Golden took the question as a blank canvas to map out the highs and lows of her career and life.

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The title “Inverted Perspective” came from a brainstorming session with Dominick Russo and it highlights Golden’s outlook on the sport of SuperMotocross and her life in general.

“My whole life, my whole career was thinking differently and looking at things that shouldn’t be done and aren’t there, while being able to make a place for myself, where no one thought there should be a place,” Golden said. “It’s inspiring someone to think in different ways. It sums up my life.”

*Vicki Golden is not “fast for a girl”; she’s just fast. – 805 Beer*

While Golden is no stranger to the spotlight, this was the first time she’s been fully involved with the storytelling and creation of a feature about herself.

“It’s not like a full new experience,” Golden said. “Obviously, you get your standard questions about your upbringing and accomplishments, but I’ve never really put into perspective things that happened in my past with my dad and putting that to light. Also, certain other things that maybe got overlooked in previous interviews or films. I wanted to touch on these and Dom wanted to create a story. It’s just cool to see it come to light, it’s a nearly impossible thing to tell somebody’s life story in 40 minutes.”

Golden’s father was left paralyzed after an ATV accident, robbing him the opportunity to ride again. This happened a few months before the father-daughter duo was set to compete in the Loretta Lynn’s Amateur Nationals when Vicki was 12. While she might have been unable to grasp the severity at the time, it’s something she carries with her. Golden continues to ride in his honor.

Years later, an accident in 2018 nearly sidelined the then 25-year-old Vicki when a freestyle accident almost resulted in the amputation of her lower leg.

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Golden 805 Beer — *Vicki Golden has ridden a variety of disciplines in SuperMotocross, which gives her a unique perspective. – 805 Beer*

“Inverted Perspective” highlights her father’s diligence in helping Vicki continue with her career and the kindness and strength he carried while fighting his own battle.

“My dad was the entire reason that I started riding in the first place,” Golden said. “So, to honor his memory and to honor what we went through and how hard he pushed to keep our dream alive and keep everything going – in that sense then, it was really special to be able to honor him and talk about him.”

The 40-minute feature was filmed entirely in black and white, a stark contrast from the oversaturated world of motocross where the brighter the suit the easier it is for fans to find their rider and follow him in the race. By filming in monochrome Russo and Golden had the chance to focus on the race and track from a different perspective.

“It was cool to be able to film it differently,” Golden said. “It created a challenge in the sense of what was going to be more visually impactful for the film.

“I couldn’t be here without the companies that back me but at the same time, it’s not like the logos or colors disappeared, it’s just different lights shed on different spots. It’s just a cool way to do it and to take color away and still be impactful. When you think of black and white, you think of old school, the OG way of doing things.”

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