"it's lights out and away we go! norris gets away well from second, leclerc not so well.... lando norris takes the lead of the race!! hamilton up two positions into p2, antonelli moving up the pack, both of them!"
okay, not the best start but still up a position. lando was leading, then hamilton, charles, me, and behind me was oscar, kimi, ollie, lance.
"lovely stuff angel, leclerc ahead 0.648, get him whilst you can." jules says a few corners later.
i press my foot down, speeding forward to try and close the gap down.
"yellow flags sector one." jules says.
"safety car, haas and red bull in the barrier." jules says.
"are they okay?" i say, hoping to god it wasn't ollie.
"yes, both out of the car. ocon, and riccardo." jules replies, and i let out a breath i didn't know i was holding.
"wow, not a good weekend for the red bull number 3." i say.
"or a good start to the season." jules replies.
"not at all." i reply.
a few laps later, the crash was cleared away and the safety car was set to go back into the pit lane. time to get back to racing.
as we pass the start line, i press my foot down at try to overtake charles ahead. and as we get to turn one, that's exactly what i do. by turn four i had a 0.475 gap, which was still growing as i continued my lap. 10th lap in, and i was in p3. hopefully, there could be another win on the cards.
20 laps had passed and i was into p2. the fight for this place was fun, i love battling with lewis. after looking up to him my whole racing career, it's something younger me would have never expected.
"alright angel, how are the tyres?"
"they're... okay. but i'm loosing one of the rear tyres." i reply.
"which one?"
"i don't know, the one to that side. right side." i say, quickly holding up one of my hands to figure out which side.
"hands on the wheel please, we don't need a crash."
"apologies sir." i reply.
"okay angel, time to protect the tyres a little. how long do you think we can go without pitting."
"but i can get to norris ahead?" i argue.
"yes, but we want to attempt plan E, angel." jules replies, calm as ever.
"WHAT THE FUCK WAS PLAN E?" i shout.
"language."
"im still waiting on what E is?" i say, waiting for a reply.
"we want to undercut norris in the pits." jules replies.
"yeah, well we can do that if you let me get a little closer?"
"yes, go for it." jules replies.
in the next few laps, i manage to cut the gap down to lando ahead from 3.284 to 1.274. but my tyres were beginning to be undriveable.
"jules i need to pit." i say, after going a little wide.
"we need to wait for norris." he says.
"i'm going to be in the bloody wall for christ's sake. i'm pitting this lap." i say.
"copy that." he replies, sighing.
to my amazing luck, lando also pits at the same time. and thanks to the pit crew, i manage to come out of the pits just ahead, although he was incredibly close.
we were the last two people to pit, and thankfully we both came out in the top two. well, i would rather have someone with cold tyres than someone with warm tyres.
he was on my tail the whole lap, getting closer and closer before trying for the overtake in turn 14. i felt the hit against my car, and second later we were both in the barrier. pissed was an understatement for how i was feeling.
"are you okay?" jules asks.
"are you taking the piss?!" i shout, shaking my head.
"angel, are you okay?"
"i'm fine." i reply, before taking off the steering wheel and getting out of the car.
lando wasn't out of his car yet, and well, let's just say i wasn't the happiest i have ever been.
"you fucking cunt! what the fuck was that? you couldn't deal with the fact that i was going to beat you so you had to crash into me?! can you even fucking drive? i can't believe this." i say, well more shout, at lando although i doubt he could hear me as the rest of the grid drive past us.
i walk away before he could say anything, and head over to the marshals.
"are you okay?" the marshal asks.
"yeah, yeah. can i go?" i ask.
"no, just a check first." he replies, pointing me in the direction of a medical marshal who asked me a few questions, before i was finally allowed to go back to the garage.
i get to the garage, and the first thing i heard made all the anger that had gone, come straight back.
"of course she goes and crashed the car. she's a woman, get fernando back."
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