Abu Dhabi. Last Race. Championship order in Qualifying. That means that I started 5th for the final race of the season. 11 points between me and third place.
I completed my formation lap and pulled into the 5th position on the grid.
The top 10:
1 - Bustamante
2 - Pourchaire
3 - Iwasa
4 - Martins
5 - Bearman
6 - Doohan
7 - Fittipaldi
8 - Hauger
9 - Verschoor
10 - Maloney
Bianca was up front, I was slightly behind.
The final race of the season was on.
"AND FOR THE FINAL TIME ITS LIGHTS OUT AND AWAY WE GO!"
The top 3 all screeched off the line, all racing towards turn 1. Victor Martins had a terrible start allowing me to overtake him down the first straight.
"Great Move Ollie. Up to P4. 0.677 seconds away from Iwasa."
The race went on and on, I was constantly fighting with Martins and Doohan over that 4th place. Lap 14 I lost both places to P6, lap 15 I was back to P4. Iwasa was almost 4 seconds away, so my hopes of catching third place in the championship were almost certainly gone...
almost.
"THERE HAS BEEN A CRASH! POURCHAIRE AND IWASA INTO THE GRAVEL! POURCHAIRE HAS REJOINED INTO P10 BUT IWASA IS OUT OF ABU DHABI!"
In that split second I went up to P2. Bianca was 5 seconds in front, so I had to try and keep that gap between them large. Martins and Doohan were right on my gearbox, so he switched to defensive tactics and saving his tyres.
I continued in P2 until I pitted, switching to medium compounds. Bianca was on the softs, and martins and Doohan were both on mediums too. I was 7 seconds behind his teammate, and 2 seconds in front of Martins.
5 laps to go.
"BENEVIDES IS INTO THE WALL! SAFETY CAR! SAFETY CAR!"
I heard from my engineer. The gap between me and Bianca closed, and now he was right behind her.
"Mark? Tell Bia its on." I grinned.
It would be me and Bianca fighting for the win.
"Ollie. You are allowed to fight Bianca up to the line, but keep it clean please."
Safety car was in. A lap to go. Game on.
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Untouchable - Ollie Bearman
Fanfiction"Fuck. It's bound to happen eventually." "But it won't. She is untouchable. You can't date her." Notable Ratings: #2 in Bearman 🐻 (14/03/23) #2 in BiancaBustamante (28/04/24)
