"Fuck. It's bound to happen eventually."
"But it won't. She is untouchable. You can't date her."
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Today was race day in Bahrain and by this point I haven't had the best weekend. P5 in Qualifying, and after gaining places yesterday in the sprint, I am starting P1. So I am calm. My only worry is about that Prema in the P2 position, because my god she is fast.
"Right Ollie, you are allowed to do some friendly fighting with Bianca today, but we want to maintain the 1-2 position." "Got it, keep me updated on her position." LIGHTS OUT AN AWAY WE GO!
Pedal to the metal, I can hear my tyres screeching off the start line, and I can see Bianca already beside me. She had a great start, one that I can only admire, and now she is already fighting for my pole position. I let her pass, and tried to stay on her gearbox, defending from Pourchaire as he tried to slip in behind her. Lap 26, turn 1 Pourchaire made a dive into me and sent me wide. Luckily the top 3 were 6 seconds in front of the rest of the grid, so it didn't affect my place, as Pourchaire got sent straight into the gravel. "The Fuck? He just dived on me!!" "Right Ollie, Pourchaire is out of the session. It looks like you have minor side-pod damage however." Fuck. The car is drivable but going to be slow. How many laps left? 6. I had to survive for 6 laps with a damaged side-pod and a dream. "Bianca is now 9.35 seconds ahead, and Arthur Leclerc in third is 1.2 seconds behind you."
Lap 27-31 were just a blur, I set continuous fastest laps and created a gap of 3 seconds between 2nd and 3rd, almost solidifying my place. All I had to do was get the car home.
We ended in 1-2, with Bianca claiming her first ever win in her debut feature race. I pulled into the pits, jumped out of my car and rushed to give her a hug. "You won Bianca!! You won!!" Her grin was contagious. As we both started towards the podium, she turned to me and thanked me. "Because you let me past, I won. Thanks Ollie." I don't think I hid the blush that spread across my face very well. —————————————————————————— BiancaBustamante First ever Feature race and I won!! Huge congrats to Ollie and Prema for the awesome race in Bahrain!
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