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The world narrowed to the visor's edge. a

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tunnel of deafening roar and relentless rain.

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Water cascaded across the carbon fiber noscone. instantly

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vaporizing into a white mist the moment it

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brushed the glowing red hot brake discs.

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Elina didn't need to see the apex. She

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could feel it in the trembling chassis and

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the micro -vibrations humming through her fingertips.

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A head loomed turn four. a notorious trap

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where the asphalt mirrored the blinding glare of

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the massive stadium lights.

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The track was a slick ribbon of danger.

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holding a film of standing water that threatened

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to rip control away in a fraction of

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a second.

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As she stomped on the brake pedal. the

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rear end of the Formula race car stepped

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out. protesting wildly.

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She countered instantly. steering hard into the slide

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with surgical precision.

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With a ferocious scream of tortured rubber fighting

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against a watery grave. the rear tires broke

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free. sending a thick cloud of white smoke

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billowing out.

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only to be instantly obliterated by the torrential

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spray flying from the spinning tread.

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The centrifugal force pressed her hard against the

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carbon seat. a crushing weight of adrenaline and

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physics.

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For a heartbeat. the car hovered on the

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absolute edge of disaster. skating across the drenched

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pavement in a blur of motion.

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Then the front wing bit. The tires found

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a microscopic seam of grip. and the machine

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violently snapped back in line. launching forward with

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earth -shattering acceleration.

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Elina didn't exhale until she cleared the corner.

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her heart hammering a frantic rhythm against her

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ribs as she chased the fading red taillights

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of the leader down the straightaway.