My Formula 1 System

Two strikes for Luca.

Retiring two elite drivers in a single race was crazy work. Luca deserved an award for that. However, he had no plans for this. It's only been a few times that he ever truly targeted another driver's race. The incidents that occurred in the German Grand Prix were not of his intended fashion and were simply severe, unfortunate outcomes that came with racing. Even though he went on to benefit largely from their DNFs, he still had a lot of demerits stuffed down his throat.

Apart from having a single-driver point race, and establishing a greater rift with Rodnick and possibly Jackson Racing, Luca went on to offend another group of people in the motorsport community. It was none other than Italy, of course, but this time, mostly from Squadra Corse's side.

They were really mad and bitter that Luca had just swooped in like a feral beast and disrupted the clean rhythm their drivers had in pursuit of Ailbeart Moireach, and ended up crashing Marko Ignatova. Even though Race Control's profound screening—a long one considering the influenced mentality the stewards had—Luca never brushed Marko Ignatova, no contact of any kind. The public analysis claimed that during the corner, Marko Ignatova unfortunately miscalculated.

Even Marko said so later in the press review, narrating how pressure made him mismeasure, but he also blamed Luca as the cause of the pressure.

Having 314,000 people yell your name, whether in idolization or excoriation, was an achievement, and Luca rocked it with dejection. The only reason he appeared happy at the end of the race was because he finished in P1, with Sync Buff proving more useful than ever before in his career and the Luca Rennick Grand Prix cementing its name.

Marko Ignatova's crash was uncanny. At first, Luca couldn't believe Side-by-Side King worked so fast and was so immensely effective. Realizing he did buff it to (50), what could he say then? The turn and the synchronous move Marko was supposed to perform with Luigi needed impeccable handling and sky-high concentration, which Luca disrupted, causing him to spin out.

Fortunately, and strangely at the same time, Marko did not collide into the barricades or anything. His car marvelously found its way to the runoff track at Sector 3 right there and slipped away in a drift that had everyone in that stand erupting to their feet, until Marko eventually hit those obstructions placed in runoffs.

Why the nature of his crash was unfortunate was because the race did not have to pause since the marshals could easily access and attend to him. Assuming the race was paused, the Sync Buff duration would have been grievously wasted on a yellow flag session and Luca would not have been able to catch up with Ailbeart Moireach.

But with the race continuing without interjections, Luca left the bosom of Luigi, who was long stunned by the slip of his teammate, and resumed his flyers to Ailbeart who was almost a sector away. Although the race wasn't interrupted, the race did change: Squadra fans resumed the "traitor" propaganda, the crash was being reviewed by Race Control, everyone anticipating, and the commentary grew more wild, Luca's car appearing to be a vehicle pulling the weight of a planet behind him with a chain.

It turned out he had really underestimated Sync Buff because Sync Buff emerged victorious against an S-level engine and its premium chassis. Ailbeart would have won their duel, but since Sync Buff even boosted nuanced things like Self Skills, Luca triumphed after executing what he called a step-by-step triple S move: Slipstream Mastery to pull close, Side-by-Side King to win the zenith of the duel, and the last, which was seldom but still important, Straightaway Chopping in case of the rival's switchback.

It was at P1 where everyone believed he would be getting a penalty, at least something to assure them that he wasn't going to finish there! But even as much as the stewards didn't like Luca to win, they had to be transparent, and they gave the verdict of him being clean, further worsening the chaos in the grandstands.

Luca hadn't even served his first penalty, so a second would have meant total annihilation. Fortunately, he had created enough of a gap with Ailbeart by the time Sync Buff died out after a satisfying five minutes. He felt secure to make his last pitstop of the race, though the energy in Jackson's garage was anything but secure as he was serviced for 2.1 seconds.

"…LUCA RENNICK HAS DEFIED ALL EXPECTATIONS TODAY, TURNING THE CIRCUIT INTO HIS PERSONAL PLAYGROUND WITH A CONDUCT THAT DEFIES REASON! THIS WAS NOT JUST A WIN; THIS WAS A SPECTACLE OF PRECISION AND AGGRESSION, A CELEBRATION OF RAW TALENT FUSED WITH THE ARROGANCE OF A CHAMPION. FROM THE STANDS TO THE COMMENTARY BOX, EVERYONE IS STILL CATCHING THEIR BREATH—WHAT WE'VE JUST WITNESSED WAS PURE, UNFILTERED MOTORSPORT MAYHEM!…"

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!"

Because of this race, Luca swore he would try and make much more Sync Buffs in the future. After acquiring these 25 points, the possibility of acquiring 25 points all through the rest of the remaining six races filled his mind. If he surely pulled that off, he was winning the championship no doubt. Only if he wouldn't be torn apart till then.

There were countless track invasions by just a few track intruders from the grandstands, some who eagerly wanted to celebrate with Luca, some with opposing reasons. However, they were too far away from the young man with brown hair, so they were easily spotted and caught, each captivity dreading Luca and gutting him the more.

He did NOT celebrate with Germany/Trampos. He did not celebrate with Jackson. He did not even celebrate at all. He did not mount his car and raise his fist in the air even though this felt like a race win deserving of it because it was the first time winning a race with the JRX-97.

[1ST POSITION]

[Congratulations, host! You have made a podium!]

"…Luca Rennick wins the German Grand Prix, marking a race that will forever be etched in the memory of this championship! This was the 14th race of the season, and Luca claims all 25 points, a full haul that might as well be a dagger in the hearts of his rivals. He did so by overtaking none other than Ailbeart Moireach, who had a vastly superior car and yet had to settle for P2, while Antonio Luigi clung on to P3 behind them. But the race was anything but simple: Luca had been involved in two drivers' DNFs in this race, including that of his own teammate, Marcellus Rodnick, whose mood back in the garage was anyone's guess...!"

"WOOOOOOOOOOOHH!'

"...It almost felt as if this race was crafted for Luca to win, with the way Germany welcomed him and the grandstands roared with either adoration for every move he made. There was no other way to put it—this was the performance of a man who refused to be cowed, a man who had found a way to unlock the car and himself, and a man who would stop at nothing to chase down those 25 points in every race from now until the end. The chaos in the stands, the unyielding pace, and the sheer inevitability of his drive—it all culminated in a victory that felt like destiny...."