Lights Out • 1 • Formula One ✔️

BOOK 1

Alyssa has been racing under a fake persona for most of her sporting career after becoming sick of the constant dismissal of her talent because of her gender. Gender clearly didn't play a role in driving ability. In her debut season in Formula 2 in 2018 with ART, she finished a single point behind the championship winner, Nick de Vries. She only seemed to improve and managed to beat her teammate, Robert Schwartzman, for the championship in her second year. Despite this, she refused to take off her helmet and reveal her identity to the world.

If it hadn't been for Force India spotting her and recommending the young girl, despite her gender, to be a part of a dominant F2 team, Alyssa would never have made it all the way into F1. The pink team, who were successfully clawing back after a dip in performance, liked to gamble; it was certainly a risk when they decided to promote Alyssa up into F1 as a replacement for Sergio Perez. The Brit was only eighteen years old when Force India told her about Checo's retirement, and how she was to be his replacement. Her ability to maintain her F2 champion status despite filling in for him in the F1 seat on two occasions was a main motivator for the decision. They were aware of her struggles to make it as far as she had done so respected her wishes to keep the helmet on and her identity hidden. It brought them more sponsors than Esteban Ocon, and therefore more money to improve the car - why would they complain?

For Alyssa, this was a real chance to prove herself. A woman can and will make it big in a male-dominated sport. But will it pay off when it's lights out?

Started: 27/03/2018
Completed: 14/10/2019

HIT 100K: 01/09/2019
HIT 200K: 31/05/2020
HIT 300K: 26/11/2020
HIT 400K: 12/04/2021
HIT 500K: 07/07/2021
HIT 600K: 23/09/2021
HIT 700K: 19/12/2021
HIT 800K: 26/03/2022
HIT 900K: 17/06/2022
HIT 1M: 26/08/2022

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• shitty google translate was used at times, comments are amazing at correcting me