Formula 1: The GOAT

While everyone else was still focused on watching the replay and hearing the commentators trying to break down how it might have happened, if it was deliberate or a happy accident, Fatih was still chasing Simmons, who was now in P3 after Jewiss overtook him and moved to P2. Both of them were eight seconds ahead of him, and he kept reducing the gap with each sector.

{With this pace, we should be able to catch up to them at the end of the lap,} James answered Fatih’s question. Unlike other people who could afford to dissect the event immediately, James didn’t have that luxury. He had immediately recovered from the dread he felt when he thought Fatih’s race was coming to an end and promptly started providing him with information about who was ahead, how far they were, and where they would catch up if they kept the same pace.

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“Keeping up with his aggressive late braking, he once again makes his move and finishes the overtake by the time they exit the Stirling bend, moving into P3! Having avoided his teammate on lap four, he has finally caught up to Jewiss on the straight before the final turn of the lap, and FATIH HOLDS HIMSELF BACK AND DOESN’T MAKE A MOVE AS THEY GO THROUGH THE WIDE AND LONG TURN NINE, ENTERING THE START-FINISH STRAIGHT STUCK TOGETHER! BUCKLE UP, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS GOING TO BE A DRAG RACE AND, ONCE AGAIN, A BATTLE OF BRAVERY TO SEE WHO IS GOING TO BRAKE LAST!”

The commentator and everyone else knew and excitedly looked forward to the battle between these two, as it was the first time during the entire weekend that they were actually facing and battling one another. Although in Race 2 they were just one row apart in their starting positions, Fatih’s end-of-the-lap gamble had removed any chance of them facing one another.

But to everyone’s surprise…

“WHAT?! JEWISS MOVES ASIDE, LETTING FATIH THROUGH WITHOUT PUTTING UP ANY FIGHT AT ALL! OH MY GOD, WHAT IS THIS?!” Justin was the first to make his surprise known to everyone watching the race, as everything felt so anticlimactic because one driver didn’t even try to fight.

“IT IS A TACTICAL DECISION, AND A GOOD ONE FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW!” Brad, on the other hand, took over and pointed something important out. “THE TEAM LOOKED AT THE SITUATION, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST POSSIBLE MOVES HE CAN MAKE.

HE IS GUARANTEED THE TITLE SO LONG AS HE FINISHES WITHIN THE PODIUM, NO MATTER WHERE FATIH FINISHES! SO IT MAKES SENSE FOR HIM TO LET HIM THROUGH AND NOT FIGHT HIM AND LOSE TIME, ALLOWING BOTH SIMMONS AND FATIH’S TWO TEAMMATES TO CATCH UP AND COMPLICATE THE SITUATION ANYMORE!” He took it upon himself to point this out for the viewers who might not have caught up to the situation yet.

“But that has to sting as a driver, having to let your title rival go through like that.”

“That sting is going to be fully healed by the title he might win at the end as a result of this move.”

“But can’t Fatih still slow both of them down until his teammates or Simmons, who is closer, can catch up and make a move to increase the chances of them overtaking him and killing his title chances?” Justin asked for the sake of the viewers, as he was slowly seeing the picture of why this move was a brilliant masterstroke from Jewiss’s team.

“That’s why this move is a masterstroke. Had he fought it tooth and nail, the result would have been a natural one, as both of them would have been slowed down, and Fatih would have had no choice but to participate in the fight. However, that is different when you are just let through.

You now have to make the conscious decision to slow them down in such a way that it will not attract the stewards’ attention.

But doing that is slower than losing time while fighting for a position, and since Jewiss had already managed to overtake Simmons before, what is stopping him from doing the same when Fatih starts chasing the race leader anyway?.

Also, slowing someone down means increasing the gap to the race leader while at the same time having fewer and fewer laps to catch up. And he still needs to overtake the race leader and take the win if he wants the title,” Brad, knowing who the question was for, explained it in easier terms so that everyone could understand.

Just immediately after Brad’s answer, the TV director finally replayed the situation with the radio conversation between Jewiss and his racing engineer.

{We are driving two different races, so let him through. I repeat, no fighting, and let him through on the start-finish straight.}

“And it seems like Fatih also knows that and has made the decision to trust his teammates,” Justin added after the radio play when the feed returned to the live race showing Fatih already opening a gap to Jewiss as he chased the top two positions.

“Six laps remaining, a twenty-five-second gap to the race leader, and his teammates are 8 and 13 seconds away from Jewiss. To even have a chance to help their teammate, they would need to first overtake Simmons before they could make a move at Jewiss to secure the title. And behind those two are Jewiss’s teammates, chasing them to try and stop that,” Brad followed as he reminded everyone of the situation for all the individuals who would be actively trying to interfere in the title decider.

“Don’t leave your TVs, ladies and gentlemen. It is not over yet, as it is not going to be enough to be the best driver on the track. An entire team needs to be a tick above everyone else to secure the title, and there are two teams fighting and trying to make that a reality. Until the two title contenders cross the start-finish line in the final lap, we will not know who has secured the title, and with six laps still on the table, it is not guaranteed who will be where and when they cross that finish line.”

…….

While the commentators, who were already on the high of having broken the two-million-viewer barrier long ago and were on track to reach three million by the end of the race, were going on, Fatih was pushing his Aquaman ability, along with the practice he had done in the simulation, to the limit.

He was on the edge for the entirety of the lap with full focus, as any loss of concentration meant he was either getting bogged down in gravel, losing time in the grass, or crashing. But even amidst all of that, he was still in full control, without any of the consequences or the weight of the situation affecting his actions.

As a result of that, by the time lap seven started, he had reduced the gap to the race leader by nine seconds.

At the start of lap nine, that gap was once again reduced by eight seconds, and now only eight seconds remained between the two.

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