Kumsal's POV
İ was in the paddock and i was nervous. İ was going to race to fill my celebrity crush's place. Which was Carlos Sainz. My best friend Lando -the pilot in the Mclaren- came to me "you'll be fine, don't worry that much. but i'm telling you don't even try to attack to me." İ was excited to race with him.
My engineer Sıla -she was from Türkiye too- came to me and we talked for 10 minutes and after that i was in the car waiting for the lights to go on.
Carlos's POV
İ was in the paddock, not feeling quite well. There was a rookie inside the car and i'm worried because we have to win this race. İ put my headphones on and started to watch and listen whats going on.
"Lights are on and away we go! There is Kumsal Yağmur, the reserve driver for Carlos Sainz. She starts in the second place."
The lights were on and we were all watching her. İ never seen her for once in my life. All i know about her that her number is 53 and her name is Kumal and she is from Türkiye. Thats all. She was doing good and she didn't lost the the second place for 11 laps. When she lost the second place, all of a sudden, she started singing a song and getting faster. Her engineer was singing with her.
"Alevler içindeyim,alemler içinde
Aşka nah çekiyor, hayat durmuyor acele
Ben kendi yoluma bakarım,gel demiyorum.
sen de gelme istemiyorum..."
She was singing in her native language. She speed up fastly, she was still singing with her engineer.
Then she got the second place again, fastly. Then she stopped talking, she didn't talk until it was the 46th lap. She started singing again but this time i felt her emotions from her voice.
"Duramam bur'da ben
Duramam, çünkü her günüm bi' olay
Aramam kimseyi
Koyamam yerine, sanki öyle kolay
Taşlar düşüyo' dağlardan
Uyandım boş uykulardan
Sen hangi eylül?
Ben hangi başak?..."
She was fighting for the first position and she didn't gave up at all.
"İstanbul'dan, birden bezdim
Ülkenin her yerini gezdim
Aydın, İzmir, Afyon ve Uşak
En sonunda Bodrum
Or'da biraz durdum
En sonunda Bodrum
Or'da biraz durdum"
There was seven laps to go and she started to go slower but not letting anybody get the position.
"İlk gençliğimde
Yeni uzamış saçım ve
Güneş gözlüğüm
Nası' kendini beğenmiş
Ağzımdan küfür eksilmezmiş
Ama güzel gözlüyüm"
She was getting slower and slower and i was getting more anxious but her engineer didn't said anything. İ was getting nervous.
"Yıllar geçmiş tek nefeste
Ruh bedende pür hevesle
Öğüt veriyor
Öğüt veriyor
Aslında bütün yük bende
Ruh ağırlık bu bedende
Gücüm yetmiyo'
Gücüm yetmiyo'
Ondandır ki sustum
Artık çok yoruldum
Ondandır ki sustum
Artık çok yoruldum"
There was 3 laps to go and she started to get faster and faster by every second. And she started to scream the song.
"Şehre yeni geldim dün akşam
Kararlarım var, rakıyı bırak'ca'm
Yaramıyorsa içmiy'ce'n, başkan
Şehre yeni geldim dün akşam
Kararlarım var, rakıyı bırak'ca'm
Yaramıyorsa içmiy'ce'n, başkan
Yaramıyorsa içmiy'ce'n, başkan
Yamuluyorsan, içmiy'ce'n başkan
Yaramıyorsa içmiy'ce'n, başkan
Yamuluyorsan, içmiy'ce'n başkan
Yaramıyorsa içmiy'ce'n, başkan
Yamuluyorsan içmiy'ce'n..."
She passed Max while screaming the last part of the song. She did it. SHE DİD İT! İ don't know who is this women but i owe her so much!
She came to the garage and everyone was congratulating her while she fixes her hair.She took off her helmet and got rid of the fabric over her face. Then I saw her shining, terra-coloured eyes. She looked at me like she wants to know about my opinion about her. İ smiled at her.
Her engineer Sıla run to her, "You picked the songs for your dad, didn't you?" she smiled at her softly "İ missed the old days, i loved to sing these songs while we were doing a road trip, you know i really miss him."
She came to me. "Hello Carlos,right?" she said in a funny attitude. "Oh c'mon, congratulations you were so good. You were better then i thought." She smiled and she blushed, she was blushing. "Are you..blushing?" She laughed "No, i'm not blushing." She was definitely blushing. "İf you say so, well go,enjoy your first win." She smiled and ran away, after five seconds she came back and said "Get well soon." and she ran away again.
She was in podium, p2 was Max and p3 was Lando she was smiling to the crowd and looking so happy. She was standing freely but then she heard the independence anthem of Türkiye and she throw her hat immediately and get into the ten hut position. And she singed the anthem proudly.
The next day i was in my flight to Austin for the next race. İ started to search about Kumsal Yağmur. İ found her Instagram account, twitch and YouTube channel. İ watched a few vlogs she made in the past. And i checked her twitch channel and watched some of the replays. She was doing some live streams and she was playing sims 4, formula 1, stardew valley and most of the streams was just chit-chating. She was talking about history, music, poetry and philosophy. Her streams was in her native language but she prepared a sub. İ watched some of her videos until we arrive. İ want to know more about her...
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First song -> Adamlar - Hikaye
Second song -> Yüzyüzeyken Konuşuruz - Bodrum
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The Girl On The Track
FanfictionKumsal Yağmur, she is Ferrari's reserve driver and Ferrari's first female F1 pilot will race in Qatar, replacing Carlos Sainz, who fell ill.
