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The Mystic Falls GP (Formula Equestria)
Rusalka looked on the layout on the Mystic Falls Raceway on a tablet before taking her Ferrari onto the track, picking out the possible points of gaining positions and more crucially, overtaking Oscura and any point of the 75 laps of the Mystic Falls Grand Prix.
As Rusalka went out for a qualifying lap she was hoping to be within a few tenths of the either the Crimson Arrows, the Red Bulls or the Lamborghinis. She went thorough turns 1 to 4 with ease, she hit the kerb on turn 5 but didn’t do any damage to the car or the suspension. Turns 6 to 9 the start of the double chicane was OK for Rusalka, she noticed a sudden surge of speed at the entrance to turn 12. She used the speed to her advantage and having crossed the line, she hoped that her time was enough.
1st. Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:20.395
It was.
Rusalka was happy with the position that she was in, but she wasn’t the only driver though, Rainbow shocked everyone by putting her Aston Martin on the third row of the grid and was hoping that she could bring a win for Aston Martin. However, Kalliope Thunder wasn’t having a good time with her Mercedes W12. She was struggling with the corners and sometimes held her breath when she approached turn 5.
As the Ferraris, Crimson Arrows and Rainbow were In top 5, Oscura was 6th, Sunset 7th, Applejack 8th, Cadenza Spark 9th for Lamborghini and Bentley’s Fluttershy in 10th.
The formation lap began and all cars decided to get a glimpse of the track. Oscura knew that she would have a really time at turn 5 as it is a 180° right hander.
The cars lined up for the start and… the Mystic Falls GP was underway. Danger and Akula got a clean start but Oscura was using a brilliant start to her and passed Rainbow and Viral on the approach to turn 1. Rusalka managed to inherit 1st as Danger slightly locked up. Then, the first lap drama kicked when Sunset Skies, who was up to 14th, went into the back of Lucia Swordlight’s Red Bull and forced her off the track. This resulted in Sunset Skies pitting for a new order of front wings.
The race was relatively quiet till lap 6 when Oscura made a pass on Akula for 3rd and was now ready to challenge the Ferrari of Rusalka, which Danger passed on lap 4.
Fluttershy was now in 8th place after overtaking the Lamborghini of Cadenza Spark and her friend Applejack. What people don’t know about Fluttershy is that even though she is timid off the track, but on it, she is fearless and may challenge for the top 5 at any point. In order get 5th, she has to get passed Rainbow and Sunset Shimmer.
Viral was only down a position from her qualifying position as she got swarmed by Oscura at turn 1 on the opening lap.
On lap 10, Oscura caught up with the Ferrari of Rusalka and was now in heated battle heading to turn 7. The duel sparked up slightly as at turn 8, Oscura and Rusalka banged wheels with Oscura getting better exit speed. The big question on Oscura’s mind was that can she get the 2.5 second cushion pullback before her scheduled pit stop on lap 31.
Danger knew for a split second that Oscura had overtaken Rusalka and that his SF21’s tyres were degrading slightly more than Oscura’s. Mostly due to his driving style, which was something that his race enginner, Crimsonia Dragonsfire, became suddenly aware of.
“I think I should pit about few laps before my first scheduled stop.” Danger said on the radio.
“Why’s that, Danger?” Crimsonia asked.
“My tyres are degrading slightly more than the car behind me.” Danger replied.
“OK, copy.” Crimsonia said.
2 laps later, Rusalka heard from her race engineer about Danger’s tyre. She had to re-evaluate her pit stop strategy. But before she could do that, Akula was coming from behind to probably make life difficult for her.
Then on lap 14, the Lamborghini of Vivid Galaxy lost the will to live and stopped on the approach to turn 5. Because of the location of where Vivid Galaxy came to a halt, a Virutal Safety Car was needed. It took until lap 16 but as Danger crossed the line, The race was back on. Oscura was still in second with Rusalka behind her. The Crimson Arrows were 4th and 5th respectively. Sunset was now 6th after passing Rainbow milliseconds before the VSC started. Fluttershy was 8th, Cadenza Spark 9th and Applejack finishing off the top 10.
Because of the VSC, Danger’s lead from Oscura diminished. Before Vivid Galaxy retired from the race, the gap between him Danger and Oscura was 2.6 seconds. It was now 7 tenths. He still had 60 laps to go and with his tyes degrading slightly more than previously, it was clear a 3-stop strategy would be necessary.
Meanwhile, the Lotus-Dragonsfire of Azura Dragonsfire was now challenging Pinkie for 11th place and with Lightning Dust suffering from power loss, the Element of Laughter was slightly under pressure from the red and gold Lotus E29-DRG1. Azura was nearly caught out by Pinkie’s sudden late-braking tactic at turn 7. She knew that Pinkie was trying.
Meanwhile, Akula was trying to overtake Rusalka but it wasn’t easy, the Danger Motorsport power unit in Rusalka’s SF21 was becoming a bit of a problem for the CA01. But nonetheless, Akula uses his experience to overtake Rusalka on the straight between turns 8 and 9. But at the bus-stop chicane, everything changed. Rusalka used the ‘right-shift, go faster’ routine to get within 0.1 seconds of Akula on the apporach to the final turn.
Danger wasn’t doing much of a good job of hold onto the lead from Oscura, and his tyres weren’t giving any help either as on lap 18, Oscura passed Danger on the exit of turn 2. Danger didn’t like that, but had to conceed the fact that his tyres were degrading faster than the Ural Sea.
On lap 24, the VSC would be needed again as Lucia Swordlight went left-side-first into the tyre-barrier at turn 4. She climbed out of her wrecked Red Bull meaning she was OK. This was perfect timing for Danger to do a pit stop.
When the VSC period ended on lap 28, the leaderboard changed dramatically, Fluttershy in her Bentley EXP-21 was now leading from Akula in second, the Lamborghini of Cadenza Spark was third, Viral was fourth and Danger dropped to 10th, with Rainbow 5th, Applejack 6th, Rusalka 7th, Oscura 8th and Lightning Dust 9th.
Further down the pack, the consist backmarkers of the Nemesis were 16th and 20th. Everyone knew how garbage the NGP007s were, even DangerDean knew that from the start. But the Nemesis team were hoping for better results. But with the likes on Crimson Arrows, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Red Bull in the race, it could result in a pipe dream.
Danger’s pit stop was kind of a miracle for him. The fresh set of mediums was making any overtaking attempt on Lightning Dust’s Aston Martin would be easy.
On lap 30, Oscura was beginning to overtake cars left-right and centre. First passing the Ferrari of Rusalka at turn 6, then Applejack at 8 on lap 31 and on lap 33, Rainbow was overtaken by the Red Bull at turn 9 and Oscura held her speed coming out of turn 11.
“Go get ‘em, Oscura!” Anastasia Galaxia said on the radio.
With Oscura now in 5th, Rusalka decided to the same think. Taking on Applejack at turn 2 on lap 36, then passing Rainbow at turn 7 on the same lap.
But then, on lap 38, yellow flags were waved at turn 6 was needed as the McLaren of Pinkie Pie tangled with the Lotus-Dragonsfire of Sapphira Daybreaker and the McLaren was sent for a spin. As Pinkie was picking up speed, more carnage insued as at turn 3 further down, the NIO of Vivian Radiance clipped the grass on entry and then, an unsighted Sunset Skies in the other Bentley collided in the left-front of Vivian’s car. This resulted another Virtual Safety Car.
After the wreckage settled and cleared, the action spiced up on lap 43 when after strong defending strong defending by Fluttershy, Akula finally passed Fluttershy before entering turn 12. The rest of the top 5 hadn’t changed until Danger overtook Rainbow on lap 46.
Oscura was aware that Danger was now in the top 5 and trying to take it away from her. Then as the two headed for turn 3 on the next lap, Oscura had flashbakcs to Austria in 2019 when Danger battled with her which ended with the Red Bull going to the gravel.
Danger looked for an opportunity to pass and then…
It happened again! And Danger’s sidepod was bashed by Oscura who went to the wall. Oscura reversed out and re-joined the track as Rainbow overtook her.
This made Oscura beyond pissed.
“Come on, Oscura, box this lap for new wing.” Anastasia asked.
“I'm will, shut up! It's just difficult to race when there's a complete and utter muppet ahead of me! Don't fuck me up with this, Anastasia! I beg you.” Oscura snapped while promising that race would be over.
After Danger encounter with his nemesis, his SF21 was now slightly compromised, but Danger kept it out on track.
When Danger got hit by Oscura. Crimsonia noticed that Oscura didn’t leave Danger any room.
Meanwhile on lap 50, Akula was leading from Fluttershy and Viral who passed Cadenza’s Lamborghini before Danger and Oscura collided. Viral was hoping that she could make it a one-two for the Crimson Arrows, but with Fluttershy in front and with 25 laps to run, Viral has to force Fluttershy at any point. The thing that Viral didn’t realise is that Fluttershy’s Bentley was showing a good pace that is comparable to the Ferraris.
With Akula a full 3 seconds ahead of the Bentley, Akula was set to win and kept his cool. Not so much Oscura though. When she pitted on lap 47, she noticed that her excursion with Danger not only broke her front wing, it also damaged the floor when she went into the gravel and the impact with the wall also damaged the left-front suspension. It wasn’t fixable for the remainder of the race. Oscura’s race was over.
The Prancing Speedfreaks were now 5th and 6th and with Cadenza’s Lamborghini gaining more ground. Both Ferraris were trying get to the top.
But something happened.
The Bentley of Fluttershy had passed the Crimson Arrow of Akula on lap 54 at turn 5. Akula couldn’t believe what he was seeing, a former Red Bull driver who replaced Cheese Sandwich mid-season two years ago, now in the lead of Mystic Falls Grand Prix.
On lap 56, more drama ensued as Cadenza’s Lamborghini lost 7th and 8th gear and had to make a pit stop. Further down the field, the Mercedes of Kalliope Thunder, who was struggling with the car in the first half of the race, spun out off of turn 12 and went into the gravel.
Crimsonia Dragonsfire and Beatrice Firefury were quick to respond.
“OK, Rusalka what tyres do you want on your next pit stop.” Beatrice asked.
“I want the opposite to Danger, Beatrice.” Rusalka said.
“OK, copy.”
As most of the cars pitted, the other cars were able to claw back some of the time they lost in the first part of the race.
Danger exited the pit lane first, followed by Fluttershy, Rusalka, Akula and Viral. He knew that if he could hold of Fluttershy and the Crimson Arrows, the win will be in his hands. On lap 57, Fluttershy was trying to overtake the British Speedfreak at turn 7, but Danger held and kept it off the kerb. Danger has to be vigilant on where Fluttershy would overtake him.
Meanwhile, Rusalka and Akula were battle for third at turn 7, with Viral occasionally seeing what her teammate is doing.
Heading down the straight, Rusalka held off Akula but at turns 9 to 11, the Ferrari slipped ever so slightly, causing the Crimson Arrow to take 3rd place. Akula now set his sights on the Bentley and the other Ferrari.
Sunset meanwhile was in 7th and is having a good, she understood that her teammate crashed in a previous lap, and said that she would talk to her because noticed that she had no other experience in a Formula 1 car.
While the McLaren were now behind Sunset. The Lamborghini of Cadenza Spark was beginning to suffer from a power loss down the straights. She hoped that race would be over that she could discuss what went wrong with her team what went wrong with the power unit.
Danger meanwhile, wasn’t experiencing any after effects of when he had his excursion with Oscura and that he was building a bigger gap to Fluttershy, who was still holding off Akula’s Crimson Arrow.
Then on lap 65, the Aston Martins of Rainbow and Lightning, who were 9th and 10th, banged wheels at the straight before the double-chicane. Both drivers were instructioned to bring their cars home.
On lap 70, the gap between Danger and Fluttershy was now 18.7 seconds, at Fluttershy opened a two second advantage over Akula. But Akula wouldn’t give up and charged down the straight between turns 7 and 8 to hunt down Fluttershy. With 5 laps to go, Rusalka was still defending from Viral and the battle had been going on since lap 68. But she knows that she got to force Rusalka into an error at anypoint.
Then, drama occurred on the final lap when Danger, who now built a 22 second lead over Fluttershy, experienced a tyre failure, with only 5 turns to go!
“Got tyre puncture, Crim!” Danger announced to Crimsonia.
“OK, I keep you posted on the gap.”
But Danger, with expert car control and determination, he crossed the line to win the Mystic Falls Grand Prix. 15 seconds later, Fluttershy gets 2nd and Akula 3rd, Viral 4th and Rusalka completed the top 5. Danger sighed in relief as he knew that his tyres were nearly done.
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The Royal Diamond GP (Formula Equestria)
With the preparations for the Royal Diamond GP a full go-ahead and with the crowd filling the seats, Fluttershy, who had a stellar weekend at Mystic Falls, was out on track, ready to hope score a pole position.
The Royal Diamond Boulevard Circuit in Diamond City is a fast street track, designed to sometimes take racers unsurprised by its two bus-stop chicanes, also the harpins of turn 2 and 12 will punish anyone for making any mistake.
Fluttershy rounded the final turn and hoped that her time was enough for a top 10 spot.
1st. Oscura Galaxia, Red Bull Racing, 1:23.458
As the cards lined up on the grid with Danger’s primeval punching bag, Oscura Galaxia on pole, the Prancing Speedfreaks in second and third. Fluttershy qualified 4th which shocked the Crimson Arrows who were in 5th and 6th. It even shocked Danger a bit.
The field was ready for 59 laps of the Grand Prix. For Akula, it would be challenge as both Viral and Danger knew from the bottom of their hearts… and cars, that Akula has a vendetta against street tracks. But along as Viral was beside him, it would be his only port of comfort.
The race went underway with Danger getting a start probably worthy of any honorary medal in Equestria to overtake Oscura before turn 1. Fluttershy also went past Aria and was now gaining on Oscura who was now setting her sights on Danger. Further back, Pinkie, who got up to P12 after turn 1, got tangled by Twilight Sprakle’s Mercedes on turn 2 and flat-spotted the tyres. Then, drama fired it’s first shot. As Pinkie was recovering, she was hit again by the Audi of Amy Thunderstriker at turn 4. This time, Pinkie was basically a passenger of a 180-degree spin which sent her to the wall, Sparky was collected in the crash as the front of Amy’s car was in the way of the Chapparal. Meanwhile. the Red Bull of Starlight Glimmer managed to get past the wreckage.
The race had to be red-flagged as a result and 4 laps was skipped over, which wasn’t very pleasing to Oscura. All three driver claimed out of their cars OK.
“Red flag, Oscura. Red flag. Stop the car on the grid at the red flag displayed.” Anastasia said.
“Oh come on!” Oscura complained. “At least the pillock that is Danger didn’t cause it but still, it’s anything but threaputic.”
The red flag period ended and Danger and Oscura locked the front row with Aria and Fluttershy and Viral in the second.
The race went underway again with the top 4 going four-wide going into turn 1 and the driver that emerged into turn 2 was Fluttershy’s Bentley, Even though Fluttershy is timid off-track but on it, she does performances that sometimes gives Danger a run for his money. The race was becoming more calmer from lap 6 onwards with the top ten being Fluttershy, Danger, Viral, Oscura, Akula, Aria, Rainbow, Midnight Skies, Beatrice and Sunset Shimmer.
On lap 9, Danger was now looking for a way to force Fluttershy into a mistake, but Fluttershy knows that Danger has more experience in a Formula 1 car as Fluttershy began racing in 2018 with Toro Rosso and Danger began in 2006 when he tested for Renault and first began racing for McLaren in 2009.
Danger made a lung at turn 7 but Fluttershy held it and Danger made the move again at turn 8 before the second bus-stop.
Meanwhile, Akula had gone past Oscura to take fourth and was now hoping for team orders to play out. Afterwards, he can challenge Danger and Fluttershy. Further down the pack, after a really disastrous qualifing, Blazing Lionfire had overtaken 3 cars since the start of race and another 2 on the red flag restart. She found her in P12 and challenging Black Flame’s Lamborghini.
On lap 12, Lightning Dust, who was struggling in the AMR-21 had massive vibrations in the car and a power issue which didn’t help. Lightning Dust had to retire the car making her the 4th driver to not finish the race. Rainbow however was in P7 and not far away from the Ferrari of Aria. But she had Midinght’s Bugatti to worry about as well and if she made a mistake, her fight for the top 10 would be over in cloud of British smoke.
The drama continued on lap 16 when Beatrice’s Audi tank-slapped, nose first at turn 6 which brought the SC out. Danger hoped to catch Fluttershy before his first pit stop. On the nineteenth lap, the Safety Car pulled into the pits and the green light racing was back on.
Before the Safety Car came out, Fluttershy was a full second ahead of Danger. But that led was now down to less then three tenths. Danger was getting a bit oblivious as to how Fluttershy managed to do so well. He thinks there may be a Mercedes power unit involved. He didn’t want to tell Crimsonia this, otherwise he would swimming in his own career’s blood.
Meanwhile, Viral and Oscura were battling for 4th and with Akula in 5th after Aria spun off of at turn 13 on lap 20. Oscura was trying to see an opportunity at turn 2, but Viral defended so much that Oscura broke her front wing off after contacting with Viral left-rear tyre! Oscura knew that she had to pit for a new order of front wings.
The race was realatively quiet with most of the remaining 20 cars performing overtakes at various points. With Rainbow being passed by Midnight Skies, Blazey overtaking Black Flame on the straight before turn 12 and Oscura, who was 9th after pitstop climbed 5 positions in the span 2 laps. Then from lap 22 to 25, she caught up with the Crimson Arrow of Viral.
That was until lap 26 when Twilight’s Mercedes decided to a spin at turn 12. Twilight was running 14th at the time of her spin. No flag was needed as the #21 Mercedes got going again.
Then the 20 cars remaining became 19 on lap 28 as the Bentley of Sunset Skies had been reported of a terminal engine issue which resulted in her DNF. The other Bentley of Fluttershy was now doing her pit stop, so was Akula, Viral, Aria and Rainbow.
This meant that Danger inherited the lead with a 6 second gap from Oscura. But he was due for his pit stop next lap.
On lap 29, Oscura took the lead as Danger pulled into the pits. Danger thinks a one-stop strategy would be optimal the race was red-flagged at one point. He also thinks that Oscura was long overdue her pit stop, much to his dismay.
“Come on Danger, you got fresher rubber, go get her!” Crimsonia rooted for her star driver.
One lap later, Oscura made her pit stop and rejoined the track only 2 tenths ahead of Danger. Aria was third, Fluttershy fourth and Akula was fifth. Heading to turn 6, Danger made the best lunge of his career to snatch the lead from his nemesis. Two corners later, one of Danger’s tyre decided to blow up at the wrong possible moment.
“Oh my goddess!” Danger exclaimed. “It just blew up on it’s own.”
Oscura reinherited the lead from Danger and she set to take the win. She hadn’t won a Formula Equestria race since the 2019 Oscura City Grand Prix, so she reckoned that if Danger’s puncture could halt his quest for victory, the time gap from her last win would reset itself
The other Prancing Speedfreak was in Fluttershy’s sight and with Danger’s unforunate puncture meant that Aria was now second. Aria became worried over her teammate. But Brio Blitz was there for her.
“I hope Danger’s gets to the pits OK, cause that tyre blow up kind of wreck any hope of victory for him.” Aria said on the radio.
“I should hope so, Aria, I worry over him as much as Crim is right now.” Brio replied.
Danger was determined to get this car to the pits, but his exploded tyre meant the chances were about as slim as the chance of Nemesis winning a race. But alas, Danger made it to the pits after a herculean effort. Danger rejoined in 10th place and aware that Oscura was in the lead and started his fight to retake the lead.
On lap 33 at the approach turn 7, drama would strike again as Chandra Dawnsword was squeezed by Cadenza Spark of Lamborghini and Azarea Dragonsfire of Lotus-Dragonsfire and as a result, all three cars crashed into each other with Cadenza Flame getting the worst of it, Cadenza’s car hit the wall and created a small explosion and nearly turned turn 7 into the Gulf of Mexico. All three drivers though were OK.
Because of the way and the location of where the accident happened, the race was red flagged for the second time and four laps were skipped over. This was music to Danger’s ears who was in 8th at the time and was closing on the Mercedes of Sunset Shimmer
The top 10 as of lap 33 were Oscura, Aria, Akula, Fluttershy, Viral, Rainbow, Sunset, Danger, Beatrice and Black Flame.
Before the race restarted, there was a bit of confusion over the decision to skip a few laps. As the crash happened, Oscura and Aria started lap 34. Being the cool, calm, collected that the Galaxia family member that Oscura was… Oscura claimed that the race should be restarted on lap 38 and not 37. Danger though didn’t believe that as he was approaching turn 13 when the crash happened. A decision was made to put the race on lap 38. Danger completely forgot about the unwritten rule of Formula Equestria. That if a driver started another lap prior to a red flag, then the race will start on the lap that the leading driver started.
The race was underway again with Oscura holding the lead while Danger blitzed passed Sunset Shimmer, Rainbow, Fluttershy and both Crimson Arrows in the span of two corners to reach 3rd and was now hoping for team orders to play it’s role.
On lap 40, Danger passed Aria and now was back in 2nd and ready for round 2 of the battle. Heading to turn 7, both Danger and Oscura banged wheels and Oscura held the lead of the race, however on the second hairpin, Oscura braked so late in which that Danger, who saw an opportunity to pass on the inside, was hit by Oscura’s rear right wheel on exit. Danger slowed right down to avoid an innevertable collision. Which caused a yellow flag in the third sector but was lifted when Oscura got going again and was now behind the Crimson Arrows in 5th. To add salt to the injury, Fluttershy passed Oscura.
With the top 3 being Danger, Aria and Akula heading to lap 41, the race was starting to calm itself. Twilight meanwhile, had got up to 10th place after some good overtakes and was now challenging Black Flame’s Lamborghini. But then, Black Flame’s Lamborghini came over all Italian again on lap 43. With Twilight now in 9th and only 3 second adrift from Beatrice Radiance.
On lap 45, Akula was trying to overtake Aria and with the slipstream to Akula’s advantage, Akula passed Aria on the approach to turn 13. Then on lap 46, Aria and Akula were now side by side into turn one and Aria held off from an overtaking attempt at the first hairpin.
Things weren’t looking good for the McLaren of Pinkie, having heard that her teammate Chandra Dawnsword crashed in a previous lap, her car was close to giving up due to the embarassment of being potentially lapped by Oscura.
Viral meanwhile, was beginning to be reeled in by Fluttershy and on lap 50. Fluttershy shocked the Crimson Arrow by diving on the inside of turn 8 to snatch 4th and the Bentley was hoping to catch Akula in the remaning laps,
On lap 56, Oscura’s car was still compromised since her scuffle with Danger. As a result she started to lose time, so much in fact, that she was overtaken by Sunset Shimmer, Midnight Skies, Beatrice Radiance and Twilight Sparkle, in the span of 2 laps.
The final lap was a cake walk for Danger who went on to win the Royal Diamond GP. Aria finished second, Akula third, Viral fourth and Fluttershy finishing the top 5.
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The Crystal Mountains GP (Formula Equestria)
Nobody knew how Fluttershy EXP-21 was performing well, even Danger was slightly oblivious as to how she achieved two top-5 consective top 5 finishes, including a podium at Mystic Falls. But as Sunset Shimmer got ready for her lap, Danger went into inspect Fluttershy’s car. He found nothing to mentally note down as her car looked normal. When Sunset’s Mercedes finished her lap, Danger went back to his crew… and Crimsonia, telling her that he found nothing suspicious.
1st. Akula, Crimson Arrows-Mercedes, 1:24.887
As grid lined up behind the Aston Martin Vantage F1 Safety Car for the upcoming 46 laps. Danger was a little puzzled because his friend back in Danger City, Sonic Flash from Sonic GP, qualified six hundreds faster than him. But he knows that race is more important than qualifying.
Then, just before the parade lap ended, Applejack’s McLaren spun off before turn 10. Applejack had to conceed her starting position, she felt emontionally gutted as she lined up 26th on the grid behind her teammate, Chandra Dawnsword. She was even behind the ENVISION GP of Shadina Nightsword.
It’s was now the start of the race and both Akula and Sonic Flash got good starts of the line. Danger got swamped by Viral and Aria at the start was being chased by Iris Dayspark into turn one. Turn 2 to 4 could be hotspot for drama and before the racers knew it, the Renault of Sayori Blitz was tagged and sent spinning by Sapphire Flame’s ENVISION. Sayori got going again but was now in 24th place behind Chandra Dawnsword.
On lap 4, the battle between Sonic Flash and Akula were in tight battle for the lead which started since the start of the race. With Viral occasionally joining in. Towards turn 9, Sonic slightly locked up which caused him to lose 2nd place to Viral.
The race was relative quiet as the 26 cars started to get a rhythm and Oscura had passed Sunset’s Mercedes at turn 6. Then, the drama continued on lap 7 as Black Flame’s Lamborghini remembered what happened at Diamond City and started to spew smoke from the engine. This was the second time Black Flame had to retire due to the engine losing the will to live. But because Black Flame’s Lamborghini was parked outside of the track, there was no real need to bring the yellow flags out.
Amy Firepetal had to swerve a little due to the plume of smoke which came from Black Flame’s car, she hoped her friend can bring a victory of Sonic GP.
Danger meanwhile, had been chasing down Aria and on lap 9, Danger passed Aria at turn 5. With Aria behind him, he set his sights on Viral and hopefully Sonic Flash and Akula who was still in an intense battle.
Oscura had overtaken the Mercedes of Iris Dayspark and was now on Fluttershy’s slipstream. She hoped that Fluttershy would make a mistake into turn 1 as both she and Oscura crossed the start-finish line to start lap 10.
But before she could wait for it, Sunset’s left rear wheel parted company with her Mercedes and forced Sunset to retire from the race. Thus bringing out the Safety Car and field bunched up.
The race restarted on lap 13 with Akula still defending from Sonic and Viral with Danger overtaking the Crimson Arrow at turn one. Sonic noticed that his friend was behind him and he knew that Danger was in his slipstream. His race engineer, Lukas Tailfire was hoping that the British Speedfreak didn’t do anything that might hinder his. But Danger’s not the sort of racing driver that would stupid things.
“Ok, Sonic, you are racing Danger behind as he caught Viral, you are racing him from behind.” Lukas reminded him.
“Do you think he might stop?” Sonic asked him.
“Probably with the half-way part, give or take a lap or two.” Lukas replied.
Crimsonia was hoping that Danger would overtake him on lap 14 but she had to tell him.
“Danger, don’t do anything stupid to Sonic, please, let’s get past him.” Crimsonia asked him.
“Crim, I know it’s Sonic who’s ahead of me… but come on! I got to have fun with him once in a while.” Danger comedically said.
“I know you want to, but please bring the car home.” Crimsonia said.
“I don’t think I should recommend F1 cars in my garage at my house, Crim. I recommend putting them at either Danger Motorsport HQ, or Maranello.” Danger replied.
While Danger was beginning his comedy show, Oscura was still gaining ground on Fluttershy’s Bentley which both of them 0.2 seconds apart from each other. Heading to turn 7, Oscura did a big lunge on the Bentley, but Fluttershy knew what she was planning and she blocked the Red Bull with only meters separating the two cars. Oscura tried again at turn 9 but Fluttershy denied any chance.
On lap 16, the battle between the Crimson Arrow of Akula, the Sonic GP of Sonic Flash and the Prancing Horse of Danger. The three headed to turn 5 and Danger, who had better corner exit speed overtook both Akula and Sonic!
Viral was about 9 seconds adrift from the top but she knew that all three would be making their pitstops. And before she knew it, all three of them pulled in for a new set of mediums and her 9 second gap was diminishing.
On lap 19, Oscura pulled in for softs and she rejoined only 1 second from the Sonic GP of Amy Firepetal who pitted for soft a lap eariler. 0.137 seconds behind Amy was Hatsune Soulblitz in the Volkswagen and when Oscura rejoined to start her 20th lap, Hatsune who was looking to pass Amy on the entrance to turn 1, collided with the Sonic GP and Hatsune stopped in the gravel trap, forcing her out of the race.
But before the Safety Car came out, Applejack, who was in 16th place after starting 20th due to crashing in qualifying, had a left-front suspension failure and snapped right into the barrier with a 50G impact on the approach to turn 9 which did bring out the Safety Car. In just one lap, 2 cars were already out of the race.
The race restarted on lap 24 as there multiple areas needed cleaning up, especially at turn 9 where Applejack McLaren crashed. Applejack was OK but was a bit shaken.
On lap 25, when everything had calmed in terms of drama, Danger lead the way from Sonic Flash, Akula, Viral and Aria. The bottom ten changed dramatically as Rainbow was now up to 11th and not far away from the McLaren of Chandra Dawnsword who shot up to 10th due most the cars from 9th place to 25th place pitting. Chandra was beginning to realise why the Crystal Mountains Raceway wasn’t really keen on the McLaren as both of them crashed in qualifying and Applejack crashing out of the race at lap 19.
Sonic was in second and trying to defend from the charging, shark-mouthed Crimson Arrow of Akula, with Aria locking horns with Viral heading to turn 6. A sudden lock-up from the Prancing Horse saw an opportunity for to pass and made it happen on the exit.
On lap 26, Sonic was still about about 1.4 second adrift for the British Speedfreak but he knows that due to his raw speed, the gap could reaching to a number he wouldn’t like. But before he could think, Akula was trying to overtake him at the double chicane of turns 12 to 15, but a little mistake from Sonic caused the Crimson Arrow to have better exit speed than Sonic. Akula passed Sonic on the start-finish straight.
Meanwhile, Danger was hoping that the blue flags would kick in as on lap 31, he saw the ENVISION GP car of Shadina Nightsword going slower than a Hispania Racing Team car. The blue flag waved and Danger shot passed and his target to lap someone was the Scuderia Galactica of Caitlin Dragonsword.
Oscura had finally overtaken the Bentley of Fluttershy and was now chasing down Aria Blaze, but she had a problem. Due to Fluttershy holding her up since lap 10, the gap between her and Aria was about 5.7 seconds. But with Danger holding first place, she didn’t have to worry over a sudden Ferrari banging her sidepod.
With the top 5 being Danger, Akula, Sonic, Viral and Aria going into lap 32, Amy Firepetal had a bit of pace increase after she pitted eariler and was now chasing the Mercedes of Sunset Shimmer who was now beginning to be slower on pace compared to Iris Dayspark. Amy knew that she couldn’t beat Iris in a blitz down the straight, but she had less experience in a Formula Equestria compared to Iris who raced for Sauber from 2016-2018 before it became Alfa Romeo and in 2019, she was also Mercedes test and reserve driver from 2019-2020. Regardless of experience, Amy passed Sunset and ready for the challenge of making 10 seconds to… hopfully pass Iris.
As the race was entering it’s 36th lap, the drama continued as Sapphire Flame’s gearbox suddenly found out that it wasn’t in Crystal Mountains and went on strike, Sapphire knew that she had reitre the car because of how she suddenly lost 7th gear.
Meanwhile, Danger was beginning to have a sudden degradation with the tyres, he knew that he had to tell Crimsonia to go to pits.
“Crim, is it just or are my tires degrading more than usual?” Danger asked her.
“From the looks of your tire health, it does look like your left-front tyre is degrading more.” Crimsonia replied. “Do you want to risk a pit stop?”
Danger became unsure what to do.
“Give it two or three laps and I’ll decide, I’m OK if I lose a bit of time in the pits, it’s only because I want to make the race more interesting.” Danger said.
“OK, I’ll keep you posted on the gap between you and Akula.” Crimsonia announced,
On lap 38, after building a nice 7.7 second gap to Akula, decided to go for a tactical pit stop as his front-left tyre was nearly down to the canvas. Akula didn’t know that Danger pulled in this late in the race. But nonetheless, he was still being chased by Sonic Flash.
Danger rejoined the race in 3rd place only 2 seconds behind Sonic and just ahead of Viral. He knew that a Crimson Arrow will be on the podium and the end of race.
With just 3 laps to go, a bit of drama occurred as the Scuderia Galactica of Pasadena Dragonstorm spun out at turn 9, but become Pasadena got going again, the race was back under green flag conditions.
On the last lap, Sonic made one last lunge at turn the double chicane to try to snatch the lead away from the Crimson Arrow. But it wasn’t successful, Akula defended with confidence and it was rewarded as he crossed the line first with Sonic second, Danger third, Viral fourth and Aria fifth. Oscura came sixth, Iris Dayspark seventh, Amy Firepetal eigth, Sunset Shimmer ninth and Chandra Dawnsword finishing the top 10.
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The Diamond Bay - Catherdal of Solidarity GP (Formula Equestria - Sprint Race 1)
Iris Dayspark was looking forward to race at the Catherdral of Solidarity Circuit as she had been to the cathedral to get some inspiration for some car ideas for another championship she was taking part in. Having replace Twilight Sparkle and scored her first points at Crystal Mountains, she was looking like a contender for a podium. But with Danger and Akula usually duelling for the podium, She hoped to bring a podium for the Silver Arrows. She went out on track and let her driving dictate her result.
1st. Viral Velocity, Crimson Arrows, 1:25.973
Danger was suddenly looking puzzled, this was the first time he was out-qualified by his teammate, but he wasn’t expecting Zephyr Galaxia to be in this race due his history with her. He put that to one side as he had a job, qualify on the pole after this 20 lap sprint race.
With the Crimson Arrows locking the front when the race went underway, the pair of them got good start off the line with Rusalka shutting the door firmly on the British Speedfreak. Iris went up into 4th after locking the Ferrari. Oscura went up to 6th and Zephyr went up to 8th in turn 1.
At turn 5, the Pagani of Kai Solarguard did one of the best overtakes in her life by diving on the inside of Sunset Shimmer and was now chasing Sonic Flash.
The drama started at turn 15 when Cadenza Spark’s Lamborghini spun out on the exit. She thinks she had went on the accelerator too early and didn’t switch gears in time before the spin occurred. Luckily, the only thing that was damage in the scare was her pride and kept on going in 23rd place.
On lap 3, Viral led the race with Akula and Rusalka in the top 3 with Iris and Danger battling for 4th. Oscura was still 6th and chasing her primodial nemesis. But with Fluttershy’s Bentley closing the gap between her and Oscura, one wrong move and her top ten hopes would fall apart. But at turn 13 on lap 5, that’s what happened. Oscura locked up the front wheels and handed 6th place to Fluttershy on a silver platter.
Viral meanwhile was trying to find a way to pass her teammate, but with Neon Shock hoping that it won’t end in a shower of gravel and both of them not on the podium. Viral herself vowed to not repeat what happened at Austria in 2019 and decided to back down on the fight for the lead, while Danger had overtaken Iris at the final corner on lap 7.
With the halfway mark on the sprint race on the horizon, Danger had caught with Rusalka and passed her at turn 10. With the British Speedfreak in 3rd, he was 1.3 seconds adrift from Viral. He knew that his mediums would hold out for another 9 laps as he crossed the start-finish line.
Iris was still in 5th after 2 laps and was still finding every trick in the book to overtake the 2009 Formula Equestria champion. She noticed a bit more tyre wear and this was when Iris heard a very, very familiar voice.
“Iris, it’s James, please hold position, sorry.”
“Copy, James.”
With James Vowles doing what he does best, which is giving Iris a hard time. She wanted to get some high amounts of points. but with the Bottas curse now being passed to Iris, she had to admit it.
On lap 14, the top five was Akula, Viral, Danger, Rusalka and Iris. But that was about to change as Rusalka’s engine had memories of the 90s and went all Italian on her, forcing her out of the race.
“Danger, Rusalka had an engine failure so she is out of the race.” Crimsonia told Danger.
“Whaaat?!” Danger said with surprise. “Oh man! I hope she does better in the second sprint.”
“I should hope so too, Danger.” Crimsonia replied.
With three laps to go, Oscura made a desperate lunge on the exit of turn 17, which was successful (for once, in her opinion). Oscura was now in 5th place and she was about 6 seconds behind Iris, but she did all she could do and on the last lap, Akula took the win with Viral second, Danger third, Iris 4th, Oscura 5th, Applejack 6th, Zephyr Galaxia 7th. Eighth was Kai Solarblitz, ninth was Sonic Flash and Sunset completed the top 10.
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The Diamond Bay - Catherdal of Solidarity GP (Formula Equestria - Sprint Race 2)
With Iris sitting in 4th in for the second 20 lap sprint race before the main race and noticed when she got into her W13 that only 20 cars left in the race.it was because the engine Rusalka’s Ferrari came over all Italian and Fluttershy’s gearbox had gone into British Leyland on her. With Danger in third and the Crimson Arrows locking the front row again.
When the lights went out, Iris got the best start out of every one else and jumped right into the lead with Viral overtaking Akula at turn 2. Another driver who got a good was Sonic Flash who overtook Kai Solarblitz, Zephyr Galaxia and Applejack thorough turns 2 to 4.
As lap 2 began, Viral was challenge for the lead but with Akula behind her, she had to let Akula challenge Iris for lead instead due a multi 21 message.
As the race was getting rhytmn, Oscura Galaxia was challenging Danger and this time, she was determined to pass the British Speedfreak. But at turn 16 on lap 5, she spun out as part of her front wing clipped Danger’s rear left. Oscura held up the other racers, albeit Sonic had passed her. Oscura rejoined the race in 20th place.
On lap 6, Danger began to chase down his fellow Speed Triumvirate member, Viral and within 7 corners from turn 4. Danger split the Crimson Arrows with Akula now suddenly under pressure (which he never was until now) from one of the ‘Horseriders of the Scuderia Ferrari Apocalypse’.
On lap 8, Azarea Dragonlight’s E30-DRG2 decided to have a gearbox glitch, which caused her to lose 7th gear. When she made it to the pits, she even lost 1st and 2nd gear, she had to retire.
But the drama didn’t stop there as Oscura who recovered into 14th place, crashed into the Pagani of Riley Radiantshard with brought out the safety car. Both Oscura and Riley were fine but Oscura was head on arms on the nose of her RB17, completely angry with the Pagani driver (which was never new).
The race continued on lap 11 with Iris leading from Akula, Danger, Sonic and Viral. Iris was loving the track more as she was drove with maturity and skill.
On lap 13 at turn 15, Danger overtook Akula with the SF22 using only the rear-right wheel on the curb and speeding to turn 16 with the Crimson Arrow behind him.
Lap 18 comes around and Sonic Flash was now the move, he had closed the 2 second gap he had with Akula and… the battle was on again.
Sonic figured he needed a few more laps to overtook him as Iris Dayspark took her first win for Mercedes with Danger second, Akula third, Sonic fourth, Viral fifth, Applejack came sixth, Kai Solarguard seventh, Rainbow Dash ninth and Zephyr Galaxia tenth.
Author's Note
The main race will be 68 laps. The two sprint races is also something I thought of before I post the first sprint race chapter.
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The Diamond Bay - Catherdal of Solidarity GP - Main Race (Formula Equestria)
Danger was sitting in the first row of grid with Iris beside him. He was a bit oblivious as to why Aria’s engine came over all Italian. He decided that after the race, he would ask Aria if she’s OK and that he would treat her to something. He didn’t know what to do, but he though he could make it a surprise.
Meanwhile, Zephyr Galaxia was hoping to avenge Oscura to score a top 10 finish in the 68 laps of the race.
The lights went out and Iris got jump on Danger heading into turn 1, Akula went down to 6th due getting swamped by Sonic Flash and Viral Velocity which was unforunately for him but to Rainbow, who started in 9th place was now on the Crimson Arrow’s draft.
On lap 4, Iris was leading comfortably by 2 second from Danger and Sonic third. A couple corners later, a yellow flag was needed between turns 8 and 10 after Zephyr Galaxia plans to overtake Sunset Shimmer took an silver arrow to the knee. Luckily for Sunset, there was no need to bring out the Safety Car, which really pissed off Zephyr.
“I got damage! Ugh, I can see Oscura gets this kind of treatment with Danger. What an idiot Sunset is.” Zephyr complained.
After that fiasco, Lightning Dust was also making gains, having started in 13th place. Overtaking Azarea Dragonheart and Lolestra Maledicta was part of it. She was now in 11th place and not from Applejack.
On lap 11, Danger had a call from the wild when he found a woodchuck on the track.
“I think Fluttershy’s animals got on the track… again.” Danger reported.
“Remind Fluttershy to not give her animals, including Angel Bunny race tickets.” Crimsonia said.
“I don’t think animals have wallets, Crim. I’m wondering though,” Danger replied.
“Would it be benefical both of us that you focus on your race as you’re 1.9 seconds adrift from the lead?” Crimsonia asked.
“Let me know if I’m still thinking about it.” Danger said.
On lap 13, the top 5 were Iris, Danger, Sonic, Applejack and Viral. But Sonic was beginning to feel the pressure from the surging McLaren of Applejack, with the Legion of Speedfreak and farmer bearing turn 15.
Applejack herself was getting used to the MCL36’s handling characteristics, (unlike her teammate Pinkie who crashed in qualifying) she has been making good results. She hoped that she would score her first podium. At turn 3 on lap 14, she got her wish as a mistake from Sonic gained a chance for the McLaren to pass the Sonic GP car on the outside.
After hearing that Iris pitted for a new set of mediums on lap 18, Danger stayed out and claimed the lead, while the Silver Arrow dropped to 3rd after Applejack overtook her. He knew that his tyres were nearly dead.
Iris wasn’t conivced that the pit stop wasn’t the right move as she was now losing time to Sonic Flash who was in 4th.
“That wasn’t what I thought would happen, I didn’t think that AJ was gonna pass me.” Iris said.
Her race engineer, Athena Wildflare, wasn’t aware of the gap between Danger and Applejack.
“I didn’t realise that was gonna be the case.”
Then…
“Iris, it’s James. We had a risk with the tyre degradation and we didn’t realise that the gap between and the McLaren was less than we thought.” James said.
Iris thought James was not helping at all but she realised that the McLaren was now fighting for the lead soon.
“I understand, James.”
While Iris was getting the Valtteri Bottas treatment, the Aston Martin of Rainbow Dash had overtook the Crimson Arrow at the final corner. With Danger going to the pits on lap 20 for softs, Sonic Flash was about to overtake him but as Danger approach the pit exit, Sonic was only 0.3 seconds behind him.
The first 23 laps of the race had no drama so far as most of the field had done their first stop. Most of the drivers thought that it was a relaxing race.
But that wasn’t going to happen, as on lap 24, the Lamborghini of Cadenza Spark, who was in 15th place, collided with the lapped car of Sunset Skies, forcing them both out of the race. Both drivers were OK but there was a lot of debris on the track.
It took until lap 28 to clean the track but Applejack led the way with Iris, Danger, Sonic and Viral and Akula. Applejack hadn’t won a race so far since joining McLaren in 2019, but she did make good results in the past three seasons.
Then on lap 32…
Applejack’s engine channeled some 2015 flashbacks and decided to expire at turn 16, causing her race to end prematurely. This meant Iris was in the lead and 6 seconds clear of the British Speedfreak.
On lap 35, Rainbow was having a really good race, currently in 7th and with 1.8 seconds separating her and Kai Solarguard’s Pagani. Her teammate, Lightning Dust was also racking up places. Despite dropping to 12th due to a 15 second pitstop, she was finally got the grips of the AMR-22 and was now in 9th and ahead of Sunset Shimmer.
Further up the field, Danger was in tight battle with Sonic as both the Ferrari and the Sonic GP cars blasted through the straight before the Cathedral section. As the two cars headed towards turn 11. Sonic went to the inside and Danger was on the outside, but a mistake from Danger caused to accidently and very nearly forced Sonic into the wall.
Then Crimsonia was on the radio.
“OK, Danger, it’s imperative you keep pushing, they need to add 5 seconds onto your next pit stop.”
“Can you explain to them that I was full lock on the steering wheel and I couldn’t steer more. He also moved in the braking zone and that was the big problem. That’s completely not right.” Danger replied, thinking that he wasn’t in the wrong. He realised he was 3 laps away from his pit stop.
Sonic was a bit puzzled by what he witnessed.
“It not like Danger to be making mistakes.” Sonic said.
While Danger was In the pits, Iris was still leading the race with Sonic behind. She now had opened a 8 second lead over Sonic and ready for her next pitstop on lap 39.
With 25 laps to go. Danger was now in 5th and still within 3 seconds from Akula. But with the new set of mediums on his SF22, he hoped that Akula, who pitted on lap 41 after his medium were worn to the canvas, would make a slight mistake in the coming laps.
On lap 45, Sonic was now 2 seconds behind Iris and he hoped that his SGP001 would close the gap as the tyre on Iris’ W13 were older by about 3 laps.
Even though the top 10 after 46 laps was Iris, Sonic, Viral, Akula, Danger, Rainbow, Kai Solarguard, Lightning Dust, Sunset Shimmer and Zephyr Galaxia. The race was relativly calm after Sunset Skies and Cadenza Spark crashed.
The chaos resumed on lap 51 as Viral suddenly spun out at turn 15. Luckily for Viral, she got going again. However due to her spin, she now in 5th after Akula and Danger overtook her.
On the 53rd lap, Lightning was suddenly promoted to 7th after Rainbow’s clutch suddenly broke itself, It also meant that Sunset Shimmer was in 8th, Zephyr was 9th and Lolestra Maledicta in 10th.
Iris was hoping for a three-stop strategy due to her tyre degradation being problematic. With Sonic gaining 0.6 seconds a lap, Iris felt that her chance of winning would end on by lap 55 and on that lap, Sonic in the inside to his advantage to get up to the lead. Danger had also overtaken Akula on lap 56.
On lap 60, Iris pitted for the super soft tyres to get the lead back. She felt to 4th with Akula 9 seconds adrift. Sonic meanwhile was overtaking the back-marker of Vapor Trail on lap 63. Iris hoped that on lap 65, she would overtake the Crimson Arrow. But the battle continued right up until Sonic crossed the line to win his maiden Grand Prix, with Danger second (even after his tangle with Sonic). Akula led off Iris to complete the podium. Iris was fourth, Viral fifth, Kai Solarguard sixth, Lightning Dust seventh, Zephyr eigth, Sunset ninth and Lolestra tenth.
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The Blazedrive GP (Formula Equestria)
Sonic was hoping for another win after he did a great drive at the Cathedral of Solidarity, but he felt sorry for Danger as he nearly forced him of track and Danger explained to him that he was full lock and he couldn’t steer any more.
He put that all behind and headed on track with the SGP001 running colour-swapped livery. From the light-blue, white red to red, white and blue. Sonic claimed that he wanted Formula Equestria to have more diversity when it comes to team liveries, like in Indycar.
1st. Sonic Flash, Sonic GP, 2:03.119
49 laps await the 28 cars and Sonic knew that there is going to be mayhem at turn 2, due to it being a right-hand hairpin. The lights went out and Akula got the best overtaking both Danger and Sonic before turn 1 and at turn 2, the wheel-bashing came to a start as Zephyr Galaxia decided to familiar with Sayori Blitz’s rear wing and Natalia Brightflame’s Koenigsegg losing part of the front, due to running into the rear-right tyre of Shadie Spark’s HAAS.
At turn 8 which is the beginning of the triple S-bend. The Chapparal of Sparky Lionfire made a daring move on the outside and past both the Crimson Arrow of Viral and the Bentley of Fluttershy. With the ‘Four Horseriders of the Scuderia Ferrari Apocalypse’ now in the top 10 as Iris Dayspark went wide on turn 4 and Oscura Galaxia was… being Oscura Galaxia. Getting rammed down to 28th place and screaming on the radio is one example.
On lap 3, Akula held a slim lead over Danger, Sonic, Sparky and Viral with Aria, Fluttershy, Rusalka, Beatrice and Rainbow completing the top 10.
But on lap 4, Rainbow Dash was right on Beatrice and was about to overtake the SF22… but her overzealous driving got the best of her and spun off at turn 14, luckily for her, she was only 3 seconds ahead 11th place which was occupied by Blazing Lionfire.
On lap 6, Akula was once again in a battle with Sonic GP and at turn 3, Sonic took the lead back. But it would last only until turn 8 as Akula dived on the inside of Sonic who was half a second away from a tank-slapper. This caused to lose ground from the Crimson Arrow, such much in fact that Danger overtook him at turn 6.
10 laps in and the Red Bull of Oscura Galaxia had gone up to 22nd place after being spun on the first lap and was honing on Shadie Sparks, which he passed at turn 15.
On lap 13, after a stroke of genius pit stop by Ferrari, Danger was in 5th and was now behind Fluttershy’s Bentley. He also had the Mercedes of Iris Dayspark to worry about but Iris was about to make her pitstop on next lap. By lap 17, all but one of the top 10 cars had pitted and gaps between them were between 6 and 13 seconde. As a result, the top 10 changed dramatically.
1st. DangerDean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport
Despite 17 second pitstops from both Sonic (who dropped to 12th) and Akula, both Crimson Arrows were both in the top 10. The gap between him and Oscura Galaxia was more than 9 seconds.
Because of Rusalka not going to the pits, she had shot up to the podium positions and when she finally came in on lap 19, she rejoined only 1 second ahead of Sparkling Lionfire.
Drama would force it’s hand on lap 22 as Zephyr Galaxia (who was in 15th place) ran into the back of Rin Powershock’s Porsche 808 at turn 18, forcing them both out of the race. But before the Safety Car deployed, Danger missed the braking zone at turn 7, locked up completely and went into the barrier at 19G.
“What happened, Danger?” Crimsonia asked.
“I missed the braking zone at turn 7 and I tried to brake as much as I can, but it was literally no use. I’m fine though, but it was a rookie mistake.” Danger explained.
“You’re the one to make mistakes in this level of competition. Are you, Danger?” Crimsonia said.
“Not really, no.”
1st. Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport
The race restarted on lap 28 with Rusalka leading the way and the battle for the start started instantly with Sparkling Lionfire trying to dive down the inside to snatch the lead. Heading to turn 4, Sparkling made a move down the inside again. However, Rusalka used her experience to block the Chapparal. Turn 7 would be Sparkling’s make-or-break opportunity. She made the move, taking the lead. This caught Rusalka unawares, it caught the entire crowd unawares. From lap 28 to 31, Sparkling on course to take her first win. But with Rusalka’s car acting like a honey badger that’s getting stung to oblivions by bees and still going after their honey, Sparkling couldn’t breath easily.
Meanwhile, Oscura had overtaken the Mercedes of Iris Dayspark on lap 30. With Danger out of the race, she felt she would have a better race than previously. She was also performing brilliantly in the race having started 8th.
On lap 32, Rusalka retook the lead from Sparky and defending from any counter-attack. But what Sparky didn’t bank on was the Crimson Arrow of Viral gaining 0.3 second every lap, even with Viral being equal on lap times with the Chapparal.
Lap 35 comes around and Akula had done some of the greatest laps so far with lap times being under his qualifying time and nearing Sonic Flash’s qualifying time.
Speaking of Sonic Flash, he had recovered to challenge Applejack for tenth. However they would be challenging for 9th as Blazey Lionfire (Sparky’s sister) retired from the race due to vibrations with her CL-22 on lap 36.
With ten laps to go, Oscura was making more ground than she had when she crashing into Danger at any given opportunity. Her next victim was the Ferrari of Aria Blaze. Like Akula, Aria had been doing laps within the 2:03.8 to 2:04.1. (Oscura’s lap times lap 30 to 39 was 2:03.2 to 2:05.6). She made a move into turn 20 but Aria blocked her, from turns 21 to the start of lap 41 , Aria had denied any opportunity that Oscura had at overtaking.
Lap 44 saw one of the best battles in the race with Rusalka, Sparky and Viral all challenging for the lead. Viral successfully overtooking Rusalka at turn 9 and with Sparky and Viral banging wheels at turn 16. Viral was now in the lead. But that didn’t stop Sparky as she would retake the lead at turn 22. But with Rusalka also overtaking the ‘Swiss Army Knife’ at turn 2 on lap 45, she was only 0.034 seconds away from Sparky.
2 laps to go, Oscura overtakes Aria at turn 8, Viral overtakes Rusalka at turn 19. And on the final, Sparky was overtaken by Viral who went on to win the Blazedrive GP with Sparky second and Rusalka third, Oscura fourth, Aria fifth, Akula sixth, Iris seventh Beatrice Radiance eigth, Sonic Flash ninth and Applejack finishing the top 10.
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Hyperstar GP (Formula Equestria)
Danger was wanting to have a better result after crashing out on the previous race, he knew that it was first time in 5 years since he made a mistake which cost him the win. With the Ferrari running the livery scheme on the SF22, he hoped that he would avenge his DNF at the Blazefire GP and bring his third win for the Prancing Horse.
1st. DangerDean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:08.558
Oscura was looking at the red and black Ferrari of Danger and hoping the 64 laps would be quick. The lights went out and Sparkling Lionfire got a bad getaway as the Crimson Arrows passed her. Also Fluttershy was passing Rusalka at turn 2, Aria Blaze at turn 4 and Sparky at turn 6.
With 3 laps having elapsed and the race was already heated Akula was challenged the Red Bull of Oscura who has 2 seconds behind her nemesis. If she messed up, she would have a second nemesis, in the form of the Crimson Arrow… or three if Viral was caught in the storm. Nonetheless, Viral went down the inside with Oscura defending from Akula, but with two cars coming to overtaking you… you can only pick one of the them. This resulted in Viral claiming second with Oscura only 0.2 seconds behind.
Further down the order, the Aston Martin of Lightning Dust was making places, first jumping Beatrice Radiance off the line and passing Blazing Lionfire at turn 8
On lap 5, Danger was still leading the way, but with Viral rapidly closing in on the British Speedfreak, he hoped his newly-prepared F1-75, with the Danger Motorsport power unit would hold off the CA02 of Viral.
6 laps later at turn 5 , some carnage occurred as the Chapparal of Sparky Lionfire got into a tangle with the Bentley of Fluttershy which sent the Chapparal spinning, but as she was spinning back to face the right direction… she was collected by the Mercedes of Sunset Shimmer and Kai Solarguard was hit by Sparky while trying to avoid the Chapparal. Both Sunset and Kai couldn’t see the spinning Chapparal as the tyre smoke obstructed the view.
All drivers were OK, but turn 5 was a Formula graveyard of cars.
The race was red flagged in order to clean up the mess just Danger crossed the start-finish straight.
1st. DangerDean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport
As the race restarted on lap 12, Danger got a similar getaway to what Sparky had, falling to 4th while Iris passed Sonic, Fluttershy and Applejack and was closing on Rusalka.
Oscura got a amazing start to pass both Crimson Arrows and Danger to claim the lead of the race. She couldn’t breath easily however. As she went wide into 6 and lost the lead to Akula. She did lose 3rd but Oscura passed Viral at the end of the busstop chicane.
On lap 17, Akula pitted for a fresh set of mediums but he didn’t account the fact that Oscura only 4 seconds behind him. As a result, he fell to 4th, only just ahead of Danger.
After most of the top made their pit stops throughout lap 18 to 22, the remaining Chapparal of Blazing Lionfire had gone up to 10th place after Sonic Flash retired from the race due to a broken clutch. She was about 1.5 seconds slower in lap times to ‘Ferrari’s Fantastic Four’ and 1.9 seconds slower than Oscura. A power loss was on Blazey’s mind, but with Sparky’s crash on lap 11, it plagued her mind and wanting the race over so she treat her sister to something nice. Much like Danger in Diamond City with Aria.
Speaking of which, Danger was now on a fresh set of Softs and was now on charge, he pass Akula on lap 24 at the chicane and performing a Kamikaze divebomb on Viral who was in 4th after her pitstop. But 4 second separating him and Aria and 6 seconds adrift from Oscura.
Meanwhile, Rusalka was experiencing something weird with her F1-75. Beatrice Firefury was oblivious to it too.
“Rusalka, I don’t what’s going on, but you were massively slower than the cars in front.” Beatrice asked.
“I don’t know, but we need to check after the race.” Rusalka replied.
“If you say so.”
Up in front, Oscura was keeping a good pace and after lapping her non-evil clone, aka Twilight Sparkle, she wap hoping the next 34 laps would be a cake-walk but her radio came on to probably speed her descent to madness.
“You are a little slower than the car behind you by about 4 tenths, thought I’d let you cause I don’t want you to lose.” Anastasia said.
“Just let me drive, for fuck’s sake.” Oscura asked her sister.
On lap 32, The drama didn’t stop as Lightning Dust’s supsension on her AMR22 suddenly found the self-destruct button, causing both wheels to break off completely. Coming to the gravel at turn 5 at 160 mph, her car impacted the barrier at 20G. She was OK but she was confused as to why she found a secret button to her misery. A second red flag was needed.
1st. Oscura Galaxia, Red Bull Racing Team Galaxia
The race restarted on lap 33, the half-way point. Unbeknownst to Oscura, Aria got amazing start and passed Oscura at the first corner which the Ferrari of Danger decided to have a go at, despite the Crimson Arrow of Viral all over him. At turn 5, Danger made a lunge down the inside but Oscura made a move to block, but in doing so… Danger locked up and both Crimson Arrows and Iris passed both Danger and Oscura.
Danger wasn’t pleased with what Oscura did.
“Can someone get the Red Bull out of the way! She just clogged up turn 5 like a blocked restroom!” Danger said.
“No need to worry, Danger, they’re looking into it.” Crimsonia replied.
Luckily for Danger however, the race was red flagged after Rainbow’s AMR22 refused to leave the grid, making her the 5th retired driver in the race.
Aria was in front, and when the lights went out on lap 34, the bad start curse had been transferred to Aria. She was overtaken by both Crimson Arrows and Iris. Danger passed Oscura at turn 2 on lap 35… and without any body parts of either the Oscura’s RB-OSC1 or Danger’s F1-75 onto the track.
On lap 39, after inverted the position of the Crimson Arrows, Akula was leading from Viral and Iris with Danger’s Ferrari acting like a shark that’s out of blood.
Iris was getting to grips with the W13 as grew an immense liking to Mercedes and planed to race with them for as long as she wanted. She also plans to see the number 23 on the nose of her W13 in red and white.
Several laps pass with Oscura passing Danger on lap 41 due to a mistake from the British Speedfreak. While this was happening, the Ferrari of Aria Blaze was in 4th and keeping a really good pace and with a 5 second gap from Oscura.
Another Ferrari Apocalypse Horserider was also making gains. Rusalka had passed Fluttershy on lap 42 and was not far from Applejack in 7th place. But on lap 44, Applejack’s engine decided to have flashbacks to 2015 again and was suddenly slower than a Scania Levante 61-seater bus! This resulted in Rusalka being promoted to 7th, Fluttershy 8th, Blazing Lionfire 9th and Beatrice Radiance in 10th.
On lap 46, 6 of the top 10 made their 2nd pitstop. The cars that didn’t were, Danger, Oscura, Rusalka and Blazey. Because of Akula’s pitstop being 1.1 seconds longer than Viral’s and 0.8 seconds adrift from Iris. The top 10 remained the same until on lap 48.
While battling for 8th place, Both Fluttershy and Blazey banged wheels on the approach to the bus-stop. The force was enough to send the Chapparal into the tyre barrier. The impact didn’t break the suspension as Blazey broke so hard with nullified excessive force when she made contact. She got going again and as the remaining 14 cars were spread out, the Safety Car wasn’t needed.
After the Fluttershy-Blazey incident. Beatrice Radiance inherited 8th place after Blazey pitted for a new order of front wings and Fluttershy’s incident resulted in the clutch control valve being broken. This also result her being the 7th driver to not finish the race. Pinkie Pie was now in 9th and Zephyr Galaxia.
On lap 51, the battle between Danger and Oscura was still going on, with the pair switch places at various points of the race. After his mistake 10 laps eariler, Danger had caught up with Oscura and was also 5 seconds adrift Aria Blaze. The pair went into turn 12 and both of them spun out after making contact with each other. This gave Danger flashbacks to the Canadian GP in 2019.
“I hope Oscura has damage. What a stupid move!” Danger complained, not totally impressed by Oscura’s defense.
“Don’t sweat it Danger, don’t sweat it.” Crimsonia replied.
Meanwhile on lap 53, Iris and Viral were battling for 2nd place, and with Akula 16 seconds ahead of the ‘Swiss Army Knife’ the two Mercedes-powered cars were locking horns with each other.
While this was going on, Aria was now only 3.4 seconds ahead of the British Speedfreak and since his tangle with Oscura, Danger mysteriously felt that his F1-75 was slightly lighter than normal.
This caught Aria unawares as she was 0.2 seconds slower than Danger from lapv 51 to 54.
The race was realtively quite until on lap 60, when Rusalka suddenly misjudged the exit of turn 2 and went into the infield grass.
“Sorry about cutting the grass at turn 2,” Rusalka told Beatrice Firefury
“Were you helping the agricultural personel there?” Beatrice asked,
“Might be. This car cuts grass better than my lawnmower at home.” Rusalka replied.
As Akula crossed the line on lap 64 to win, Viral held off Iris to complete the podium. Aria was fourth, Danger fifth, Oscura sixth, Rusalka 7th, Beatrice Radiance was 8th, Pinkie Pie was 9th and Blazey was 10th after a last minute overtake on lap 63.
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Sunset Valley Visage GP Sprint Race 1 (Formula Equestria)
Blazey was looking on the timing sheets during practice and found out that her sister was a little bit faster compared. Blazey didn’t really blame her cause she wanted her to do exactly what she wanted. The thing that Blazey didn’t realise is that for the next season, Sparky hinted to her sister that she would be replacing Pinkie Pie at McLaren in 2023, while the party fantatic went off to Hesketh-Lionfire. But regardless, Blazey fired up her Chappral-Lionfire 2Z-22 and hoped to post a lap better than her sister.
1st. DangerDean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:53.886
With the first sprint race nearly ready to get underway. The race was on and Akula takes an early lead into turn 1 with Danger close by. 19 laps await the 28 racers and at first banked turn (turn 2), Viral was making a move on Oscura which was a little ambitious and at the entrance to turn 3, Viral tail-slided and was overtaken by Aria and Iris. Sparky didn’t overtake Viral as she was about 5 car-lengths behind. But she realised she had a lot of catching to do.
While the top 10 headed to turn 14, the Volkswagen of Hatsune Soulblitz, who got a amazing start, was now challenging the Mercedes of Sunset Shimmer who at turn 10 got a nudge from the 15th place Porsche 808 of Flash Sentry at the bus-stop. Hatsune made a move and passed the Mercedes before turn 11.
On lap 3, the battle for second when into ‘inferno levels’ as Danger and Oscura in a dog fight for second as Akula vanished into the distance. Going into the final turn, Oscura brushed past Danger which the British Speedfreak didn’t take a liking to. At the first corner on lap 4, Danger performed an ‘over and under’ on Oscura and sped away into turn 2 and Oscura spun on the exit. Luckily for Oscura, the track was wide and Oscura got going again but fell to 5th behind Viral.
Iris inherited 3rd after Oscura’s spin and was doing brilliantly and was only 1.2 seconds adrift from Danger. Even though she hadn’t driven around the track prior to pratice, but she learnt from Danger about adaptablity and it does pay dividends for her in the long run.
For some reason, Aria was liking the F1-75 so much that on lap 8 she was now challenging the Mercedes of Iris Dayspark and on turn 17, Iris was forced high on the 15 degree banking which in turn, made Aria pass the Silver Arrow.
On lap 10, Akula was now 9 seconds ahead of the Ferrari of Danger in second and with his teammate Viral now in 4th after Iris did the same mistake on lap which cost her the podium spot. Iris was also being hunted down by the Red Bull of Oscura Galaxia.
More laps pass and Viral was now right behind Aria Blaze and battle was looking spectacular for the fans to watch. On lap 15, Viral made a move on Aria on turn 14 which wasn’t successful, but turn 15 was her best chance. Both went low on the turn and on the exit, Viral passed her on the inside of turn 16.
Oscura meanwhile, had overtaken Iris on lap 17 and was hoping to catch Danger in two laps. But that wasn’t going to happen. As Akula crossed the line to win the first sprint race, Danger finished second with Viral third. Oscura was a last-minute move on Aria Blaze which… surprisingly worked. Oscura grabbed fourth, Aria was fifth. Iris came sixth, the Lionfire sisters in 7th and 8th with Blazey acting as a rear-gunner. Rusalka finished 9th and Sonic finished 10th.
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Sunset Valley Visage GP Sprint Race 2 (Formula Equestria)
Sonic was on the starting grid for the second sprint race which is 3 laps longer than the first. He thought about what he could do next year, give out plans for the SGP003 or upgrade it so it would be called the SGP002b. But before the first sprint race, Danger told Sonic that he would offer him a seat at the Scuderia as Aria Blaze wanted to form a team with Flash Sentry and that Tushek planned to enter the championship with a Dragonsfire powered TS1 by 2023. So Sonic had high hopes for the sprint race.
1st. Akula, Crimson Arrows-Mercedes
The lights went out and Oscura got the best start out of everyone to take the lead from Akula. Danger also went past Akula at turn 1. Further down the field, Rainbow, who started in 19th, got the best start which might rival Oscura’s, passing cars left and right to get up to 11th place only behind Sunset Shimmer.
On lap 3, Danger was starting to feel a tiny loss of speed at the straights. Akula sensed this at the bus-stop and passed before the approach to turn 9. Danger tried to take the position back at turn 12 but Akula defended like a lion.
3 laps later at turn 4. Rainbow Dash felt like she had jet engines strapped onto her AMR22. She had gone up to 9th place after overtaking Rusalka Swordlight and now, was challenging Blazing Lionfire’s Chappral for 8th place. While Lightning Dust languished in 18th, Rainbow was making some brilliant. From lap 7 to lap 10, Rainbow had overtaken both Lionfire sisters and even Iris Dayspark.
This made Aria Blaze a bit concerned as she was shredding her gap by 0.2 seconds a lap. What made matters worse for Aria was that Rainbow’s lap times was around half a second faster than hers. Aria’s lap time on lap 11 was 1:55.725. Rainbow’s was 1:55.251.
Oscura was still leading by about 2.4 seconds from Danger which, to be honest, was a complete hell for the British Speedfreak as Oscura was 0.3 seconds a lap quicker than him. On lap 14 however, Viral and Akula was in a battle for 3rd, but they were team-mates but no ‘multi map 2-1 ‘ orders would be of any use. What both Viral and Akula didn’t realise was that one, Danger would extend the gap and that 5th place Aria Blaze was getting close.
In the end, Akula was in third after a mistake from Viral at turn 18 on lap 15. Viral didn’t account for the gap between her and Aria as the Ferrari swooped past the Crimson Arrow.
On lap 19, Danger had caught up with the Red Bull of Oscura and the battle started again.
“Come on, Danger. Bring down the hammer!” Crimsonia said on Danger’s radio.
Danger challenged Oscura ar turn 15 and it worked until Oscura performed the switchback and reclaimed the lead. At turn 2 on the next lap, both Danger and Oscura went low on the banking but on the approach to the turn, Oscura banged wheels with the Ferrari. They banged wheels again at turn 12 as both of them were side-by-side on the banking. At turn 17, part of Danger’s front wing broke off after yet another sidepod scrape.
In the end, Danger’s efforts were to no avail as Oscura, for the first time since 2019, was on the top step on the podium with Danger second and Akula third. Aria 4th, Rainbow 5th and Viral was 6th. Sparky 7th, Blazey 8th, Sonic Flash 9th and Iris Dayspark 10th.
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Sunset Valley Visage GP Main Race (Formula Equestria)
Danger wasn’t that really bothered about losing the second sprint to Oscura as he actually enjoyed the battle he had. He wanted to get a nice, clean start for the 51 laps in the race ahead. His plan was to jump off Oscura off the line and lead the race. His second and backup plan was to wait for the moment when Oscura crashes. Crimsonia mentally hoped she would crash too, unbeknowst to Danger.
1st. Oscura Galaxia, Red Bull Racing Team Galaxia
Rainbow was hoping to win her first Grand Prix since joining Aston Martin’s predecesor, Racing Point in 2020. Meanwhile in 16th place, Twilight Sparkle felt an out-of-experience and channeled in inner-Danger and when the lights went out, she went for it. Passing four cars to get into 12th place and was now behind Rusalka Swordlight. When the chicane came into view, Twilight caught the 2009 champion on the entry and was now chasing the top 10. With Beatrice Radiance being her next victim for a potential overtake, she hoped the remaining laps will be easy.
Meanwhile, Danger’s plan backfired slightly. After being jumped off the line by Akula, he was relying on plan B, which was a potential crash from Oscura. He wanted Lady Luck to dance with him but predictablity would be his own worst enemy.
At turn 3 on lap 3, Rainbow had overtaken Aria by diving on the inside and was chasing Danger. With Oscura pulling away from the field. The chances of her get a win was, at the moment, non-existent.
On lap 6, Oscura was now approaching the 28th place Bentley of Kaitlin Thunderstorm and see wasted no time passing her on the straight before turn 15. But as she making a pass on the Renault of Lemon Zest, Oscura’s front-left wheel bashed into the rear-right of Lemon Zest’s Renault, causing the Renault to jiggle but Lemon Zest corrected instantly.
Several laps passed and Danger had caught up with Akula and, in tandem, opened a 5 second gap from Rainbow. Viral was also racking up places. And after Danger passed Akula on lap 13, Viral was now in the top 5 after catching the Ferrari napping on the chicane. Danger didn’t tell Crimsonia about ‘Plan C’ which was to overtake Oscura during the race.
Sonic Flash had overtaken the Lionfire sisters while Iris Dayspark was overtaken by the Ferrari of Rusalka Swordlight. Sonic was hoping that his peformance would be worthy of a Ferrari seat (even though Danger told him that for next year). Undeterred by this, he was now chasing Aria in 6th place.
The race so far had no cars crashing into anything yet, even though there were a few close moments as Oscura was being hampered by backmarkers. First Midnight Skies on lap 15 and Sayori Blitz on lap 17.
However on lap 19, while battling for 14th place, the Aston Martin of Lightning Dust had a tangle with the Porsche of Flash Sentry at turn 14 which sent Lightning into a spin. Both cars suffered little damage and headed to the pits for repairs.
On lap 22, Oscura had had enough of being held up by the Porsche of Rin Powershock. Her gap between her and Danger was now 0.4 seconds and at turn 16, while going for opportunity to pass Danger was checked up by Rin and on the exit, the rear-left wheel collided with Danger’s front-right wheel with so much force that it rolled the RBOSC1 over! The car skided on it’s top side before coming to a rest and a small impact to the barrier
Crimsonia wanted to know what Danger was up to.
“What happened, Danger?” Crimsonia asked.
“I tried to get passed Rin as she was a lapped car and I didn’t know where on the turn Oscura was and don’t worry, it wasn’t me that rolled.” Danger replied
The red flag was needed as recovery teams attempted to bring the RB18 of Oscura back onto it’s wheels.
1st. DangerDean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport
The restarted on lap 23 while Danger getting a fantastic start and at turn 1, Sunset Shimmer passed the Bentley of Fluttershy and Iris to get up to 9th place whilst Rainbow got a bad getaway and was passed Viral and Aria.
Danger led the race after getting a good start from Akula but something untoward was going on. Before Oscura rolled over, the impact from the wheel sent a small shockwave and damage the steering arm. It was fixed however, but not to a degree that Danger liked. As lap 25 came, the steering was starting to seize but there was one that sets apart from other drivers, the ability to improvise when in tough scenarios.
Despite being overtaken by Akula on lap 26, Danger was using a new steering technique that no one knew about.
On lap 28, Sonic was now in 5th place after overtaking Aria and was now in with a chance to overtake Viral. As Sonic exited turn 15, Lukas decided to give him a heads-up.
“Sonic, just to make sure you were aware that Danger is experience steering problems with the car and is about 5 tenths a lap slower than the leader.” Lukas told him.
“Do you think he might stop at any chance?” Sonic asked.
“If it gets worse, I imagine he would. I looked in to the replays before the restart and I think he damaged the steering after his crash with Oscura.” Lukas replied.
“He can pull thorough. I believe him.” Sonic said.
Danger pitted on lap 29 for a new steering wheel as he was unsatisfied with the understeer in some of the turns. He rejoined in 7th place, behind Sonic and Rainbow. While he was in the pits, the Crimson Arrows were first and second and Aria was in third. On lap 30 however, something was on Aria’s mind.
“Brio, can you notify Danger that if the understeering and the seizures gets worse, he may need to retire because I’m suddenly starting to get some understeer in turn 14 to 18 as well.”
“Acknowledged, Aria.”
The only Ferrari that wasn’t understeering in the corners or porpoising on the straight was Rusalka’s. It seemed that Rusalka had developed immunity for this as she passed Danger lap 32 as he too was porpoising on the straights. She noticed that Danger was slower than her and was oblivious as to why that is.
Things got from bad to worse for the British Speedfreak as on lap 36, his car overheated and his display on the steering wheel turned off completely. This was Danger’s second retirement so far. He was also comforted by Crimsonia about the fact he manged to make hay with the understeering on the F1-75. A Virtual Safety Car was needed.
During the pitstops, both Crimson Arrows and Ferrari had to double stack the pitstops. With Akula coming out first and the Aston Martin of Rainbow in 2nd.
1st. Akula, Crimson Arrows-Mercedes
The race restarted on lap 38 with Akula leading Rainbow and Viral behind. Rusalka had passed Aria Blaze as she exploited the porpoising issue that Aria had. She was now challenging Sonic Flash. Sayori Blitz in the Renault had overtaken Hatsune Soulblitz’s Volkswagen and was trying Iris off her list.
On lap 41, Akula made a little into turn 10 and that allowed Rainbow to get close by to the Crimson Arrow and on turn 15, Rainbow went for it. She overtook Akula on the exit and was now leading the Grand Prix.
Rusalka went passed Sonic Flash on lap 43 and was now trying to overtake Viral and any given opportunity. With Iris Dayspark passing Aria Blaze on lap 44 at turn 16, Rusalka was on a mision to get a podium for the Prancing Speedfreak.
On lap 47, Blazing Lionfire was under pressure from her own sister and both wanted points, but the question was, who will strike first.
With 2 laps to go, Akula made a last-ditch effort to overtook Rainbow at turn 18 but was unsuccessful. He tried again on turn 7 on the last lap but he would lead for only two corners as Rainbow took turn 10 flat out to award her the lead back.
Rainbow crossed the line to win the Grand Prix and Aston Martin’s first ever win in Formula Equestria with Akula in second and Rusalka third after overtaking Viral on lap 50. Viral came fourth, Sonic Flash fifth, Iris Dayspark sixth, Aria Blaze seventh, Sayori Blitz eigth. Hatsune Soulblitz ninth and Sparky tenth.
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Tempestus GP (Formula Equestria) (500 miles)
Rusalka was looking on the map of the Tempestus International Raceway while her Ferrari F1-75 was getting prepared for the 500 mile Grand Prix. She knows that some drivers will be looking their first win in Formula Equestria. Rusalka was on the list as well. But she was also worried about Danger after he didn’t finish in Sunset Valley, due to his F1-75 channeling some PTSD from the 90s and getting some damage from Oscura. Secondly, Rainbow was coming from a brilliant win and Aston Martin had finally delivered her a car worthy of a win. Thirdly, most of the top runners on the grid were experiencing porpoising on the straights, apart from herself, Iris Dayspark and the Crimson Arrows. She also wondered if Twilight Sparkle could get a good result after she left Alfa Romeo due to lack of support (even though she did finish in 13th at Sunset Valley). With good lessons on the simulators from Danger to improve her consistency and she was now in Scuderia Tempesta, with Ferrari power that could challenge for points. Only time will tell.
1st. Twilight Sparkle, Scuderia Tempesta-Ferrari, 1:55.458
Twilight was more determined than ever, she got her first pole position since 2018 during her stint with the Silver Arrows from 2014 to 2021. The only thing that should between her and her first win since 2017, was 77 laps.
When the race started, Danger got the jump on Viral and was now on the hunting down Akula. Oscura got up to 6th after both Aria and Rusalka forgot about the traction control settings on their cars. Danger’s son, Danny had past Lightning Dust and before he approached turn 2 was now on Sonic Flash’s mirrors. After a mistake before the bridge after the exit of turn 6, Sonic Flash conceeded 11th to Danny,
On lap 2, Twilight was now under pressure from Akula who had defended 2nd from the surging Danger. Akula made a move on Twilight at turn 5 but the Scuderia Tempesta driver used her new skills to defend the lead. But the Crimson Arrow wouldn’t give up as he passed Twilight on the outside of turn 8.
Viral held onto 5th for about 6 laps as she was overtaken by the Mercedes of Iris Dayspark at the final corner, which didn’t interrupt her attempt at taking 4th back at the first corner. However, before turn 2, Viral’s CA02 was starting the porpoising nightmare that many drivers suffered at Sunset Valley. Iris wasn’t. Viral didn’t understand how Iris was exploiting the porpoising so well. It might explain why she dominated the Equestrian GT Championship race in 2020 where Iris won with a 26 second lead over Sonic Flash. Iris went down the inside of turn 4 to retake 4th place back
Sonic Flash meanwhile, was being hounded by the Aston Martin of Astral Dash, Rainbow and Danger’s daughter who is also Danny’s sister. Astral dived down the inside of turn 9 to make a pass on Sonic. The Aston Martins were on fire and with Rainbow now in 8th place behind Danny and Rusalka Swordlight
The race would claim in first victim on lap 11 as the Scuderia Tempesta of Pasadena Dragonstorm, who was running in 16th place, crashed into the wall at turn 6 before the approach to the bridge. This brought out the Virtual Safety Car and it meant that Twilight could relax for a while. Luckily for Twilight, the VSC period was plenty enough time to work out where she went wrong In some corners. She was in second as Akula overtook her at turn 13 before Pasadena crashed.
The race restarted on lap 14 as Akula disappeared into the distance with Twilight and Danger behind. Oscura got misjudged the braking zone into turn 1 and locked up massively handing over 6th place to Aria and 7th to Danny, who was imitating Danger and was making moves similar to what Danger could produce.
Danger meanwhile was still in 3rd, trying to overtake Twilight as she was using Danger’s own skills to full effect. Danger wasn’t banking on the fact that Iris was only 0.7 seconds adrift from the British Speedfreak. His race pace was on par of the Mercedes and in some cases, the Crimson Arrows
On lap 19, Beatrice Radiance wasn’t having the best of races, having qualified 20th she was up into 17th and trying to overtake Hatsune. The fact that Beatrice didn’t have any previous experience at the Tempestus International Raceway meant that her pace was a bit pear-shaped.
Both Twilight and Akula came into the pits on lap 22 for a fresh set of mediums but Danger stayed out and took the lead. Twilight exited the pits first with Akula behind. As Twilight rejoined the track, Iris blitzed past the Scuderia Tempesta and Akula rejoined only 1.3 seconds ahead of Viral.
After Danger pitted for a set of softs on lap 24, Twilight retook the lead and the Ferrari rejoined in 3rd only just ahead of Akula but at turn 2, Danger defence for third became pear-shaped as a small mistake caused him to fish-tail slightly. Danger managed to correct it as Akula sped away.
On lap 27, Oscura was in a battle with Danny as the Scuderia Forza Nova battled from turn 6 to 10 where at turn 11 next Danny passed Oscura on the outside. Danny realised that he would have to pit for a fresh set of tires. Oscura was overdue her pitstop as Anastasia’s strategy fell apart.
By lap 30, the top 10 was Twilight, Iris, Akula, Danger, Viral, Aria, Oscura, Rusalka Danny and Astral. After Pasadena’s crash, the race was relatively quiet until lap 31 when Rainbow, while trying to defend from Hatsune’s Volkswagen, went a bit too hot into turn 9 and spun into the gravel. Luckily, she got going again but she was down in 14th place, she apologized on the radio for her driver error.
On lap 33, Aria was in a tight battle with Oscura but the Red Bull was too quick for the Ferrari and as result on the final corner, Oscura past Aria on the inside.
By lap 36, Twilight was under pressure for the charging Mercedes of Iris Dayspark as her Softs on Iris’ W13 were enough to eat away Twilight’s lead. What made matters worse for Twilight was that, Iris was one the fastest Mercedes-powered drivers on the grid, only to be beaten by the Crimson Arrows. But with both Akula and Viral on medium compounds, as well as Danger and Twilight, it caused a significant gap between Iris and Akula.
On the approach to turn 11, Iris made a lunge on Twilight, taking the lead. Twilight didn’t take a liking to that and used Danger-esque moves to take the lead back. Iris couldn’t believe what she was seeing, the entire crowd couldn’t believe what they was seeing, they expect Twilight to be leading the race.
One lap later, Iris made the same move she did on lap 36, but this time, she was wise to the counter-attack. But she wasn’t expecting Twilight to pefrom the switchback on the esses and challenge for the lead once again.
On lap 40, Danger was still about 10 seconds behind Twilight who was still locking horns with Iris, he saw a bit of water on his helmet and was quick on the radio.
“Crim, can you inform both Aria and Rusalka that it’s start to get a damp at turn 6.” Danger inform.
“Why’s that, Danger?” Crimsonia asked.
“The man upstairs is glittering the circuit with the Tempestus rain.” Danger replied.
“OK, Danger, I’ll inform both of them. If you want to, you can pit for inters or wets.” Crimsonia announced before a suggestion came to her hand.
Meanwhile, Aria was still in tight battle with Oscura and she hoped she could overtake her at turn 1 on lap 41. But before, Brio Blitz was on the radio. And so was Beatrice Firefury.
“Aria, Crimsonia informed me that it’s gonna start raining soon.” Brio said.
“Would I need to make a stop?” Aria asked.
“It’s you call, Aria. It’s your call.” Brio replied.
Then…
“Rusalka, I’ve judt been informed by Crimsonia that the rain is starting to fall at turn 6 and possibly… the entire track.” Beatrice told Rusalka.
On lap 45, only four of the top 10 driver had stayed out. They were Danger, Oscura, Danny and Astral. Because of this, Astral and Danny moved up to 7th and 8th respectively. Oscura was now fourth, only just ahead of her clone, Twilight. Danger had taken the lead as he felt confident that the tyres wouldn’t throw a fit. The Crimson Arrows were still 5th and 6th and Lightning Dust was 9th with Hatsune Soulblitz 10th.
But on lap 49, the rain started to fall massively and Danger, Oscura, Danny and Astral into the pits. But as all four drivers came into the pits, Anastasia Blast’s McLaren crashed into the barrier at the first corner and ten seconds later, both Black Flame and Vivian Radiance went off in unison and crashed at the same Anastasia crashed. This brought out the red flag three seconds later.
1st. DangerDean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport
Danger thinks the reason Anastasia Blast, Black Flame and Vivian Radiance crashed was because either driver error or that their tyres, which were worn to the canvas, don’t have much grip. Crimsonia thought this too.
The race restarted on lap 50 and Danny got the best start out of the top 10, passing both Oscura and Akula before turn 1, Iris had taken the lead after jumping Danger off the line and Danny overtook Twilight at turn 2.
On lap 53, Danny had worked his way into 3rd place and was now in a battle with the British Speedfreak, his own father. Iris was not in the way and the battle lasted from lap 53 to 56 when Danny passed Danger on the outside of turn 11 and made it stick. Danger couldn’t believe it, he thought Danny was gonna drown in the field, being it was his first race. But Danny was now on the charge of Iris Dayspark and on course for his first win in Formula Equestria.
After Twilight fell back to 5th after a bad start and was starting to drown in field, but she felt another Danger lesson flashback and defended 6th from the Red Bull of Oscura Galaxia.
On lap 58, Viral was now on Oscura’s gearbox and Red Bull was still in a battle with Twilight heading to turn 6 and Viral past the pair of them with ease to get to 5th place. Viral did have bad start however, as was nearly past by Astral who was being chased by Rainbow who hadn’t heard a ‘multi-map 2-1’ order.
The rain started to fall a bit harder by lap 62. To Iris, that was a good time for her to pit for a new set of wets and Danger took the opportunity to do the same thing. The pitstop was a bit of a disaster for Iris. Firstly, there was no left-rear tyre which Iris thought they had one at the ready. Secondly, Danny had taken the lead of the race and lastly, Danger, the Crimson Arrows and Oscura past her before he rejoined the track only just ahead of Twilight who then past her at turn 1.
Meanwhile, Rusalka was in 12th place and not the points, but then on lap 66, she went on a hot charge to perform some good overtakes. She first past Aria at turn 2, Hatsune at turn 11 and Rainbow Dash on lap 68 at turn 4. Two laps later, Aria did the same thing by passing Hatsune and Rainbow after Rusalka past Astral at turn 3.
On lap 74, Oscura tried to get past Viral but the Crimson Arrows was just too quick for the Red Bull to keep up. But then on lap 75 at turn 4, Oscura past Viral on the inside. But then Viral past Oscura at turn 8, which made Oscura angry and tried to cause a collision with the Crimson Arrow at turn 9. The attempt slightly backfired on her as she made a mistake heading into the corner.
On the final lap of the race, Danny Dean headed towards the final corner and with Danger just behind him, Danny Dean crossed the line to win the Tempestus Grand Prix. Danger second, the Crimson Arrows third and fourth, Oscura fifth, Twilight sixth and Iris seventh, Rusalka eigth, Aria Blaze ninth and Astral Dash finishing the top ten
Danny’s race enginner, Marcus Willowlight, was on the radio, ready to give in him the news.
“Danny, you did it! You won your first Grand Prix!” Marcus said in celebration
“YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! WOOOH! THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT BOYS! THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE HARD WORK GUYS!” Danny celebrated.
Meanwhile, Danger was enjoying the moment that his son winning his first race and on the podium after Akula stood on the third spot, both Danny and Danger walked in unison to the podium stands as to them, it was the first time it was a family one-two in Formula Equestria. After the champange was sprayed, both Danny and Danger hugged and many members of both Forza Nova and Ferrari felt a tear down their eye, including Crimsonia and Spitfire who all joined in.
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Nocturnus GP (Formula Equestria) (500 miles-Multistage)
Danny was now feeling about his chances about the Nocturnus GP after his excellent win in Tempestus GP which he thinks wasn’t based on pure luck. But with the SFN2 being powerhouse of Equestrian-Italian horses, the young speedfreak was certain that he would win his second race in a row.
1st. Viral Velocity, AVK Motorsports-Ferrari, 1:42.128
Before the race, Iris, Jasmine, Rainbow and Astral realised there were now the remaining guardians of German power after the Crimson Arrows became AVK Motorsports. Danny wasn’t aware of this sudden event cause he was having flashbacks to his win at Tempestus.
The lights went out and Viral, who started on pole, slightly messed up the start with a rubbish getaway, this caused her to lose places to Lightning, Iris before the approach to turn 1. Akula passed Rusalka on the straight and was had Danger in his sights at turn 1, The AVK01 slightly fishtailed and Rusalka retook 5th place. Aria went passed Akula at the first hairpin (turn 4) which wasn’t part of his plan to win the race, but realised there were 103 laps in this race and pitstops could play their part.
On lap 2, Oscura had overtaken Jasmine Spark and was on the tail of Akula but was being hounded by the Mercedes behind her. By turns 5 to 7, Oscura’s gap to Akula was 0.3 seconds and she knew that Akula was trying to get to grips with the new Ferrari power unit, having being used to Mercedes power units before.
Lightning was still holding slim lead with Iris behind. Having outqualified Iris by 4 thousandths of a second, she was enjoying the race so far. However at turn 12 on lap 3, a slight error caused her to hand the lead to Iris on a silver platter (to Lightning’s head at least). Then on lap 4, she had a mechanical failure before the final corner, ending her race.
By lap 6, everything was relative relaxing with multiple overtakes for the bottom end of the field. Until at turn 12 when the Maserati of Azusa Nightblade had a tangle with Chandra Dawnsword’s Mclaren, sending both into a spin. But both of them kept on going even if they were at back of the pack.
On lap 8, Iris was still in the lead with Viral and Danger in hot pursuit. Iris thinks that with the new race format, 75 points was on line and if she won all three stages, she would be 1 point ahead of Viral, only if for some reason the Ferrari power unit in Viral’s AVK01 takes a cyanide capsule midway through of, but the gallant crew of both Viral and Akula will never let that happen. If Danger won all three stages, he would be in the lead on the
By lap 11, the top 10 was Iris, Viral, Danger, Aria, Akula, Rusalka, Danny, Oscura, Sonic and Jasmine. But Jasmine was on the offensive and she now had Sonic Flash in her sights. The power unit in Sonic’s SGP001 wasn’t ready for the charge of Jasmine’s W13. She wanted to use the straight between turns 7 to 8 to out-drive Sonic by getting in his draft and passing him on the inside which was what exactly. Both Sonic and Jasmine know how easy it is to make a mistake. Heading into turn 9, Sonic had the speed advantage and maintain 9th place.
But Jasmine didn’t gave up.
She peformed a divebomb on Sonic at turn 12 and took 9th from him. Sonic was amazed by what he had witnessed.
“Jasmine is a legend.” Sonic said on the radio.
Lap 15 comes around and Danger was in attack mode, he wanted to sweep by Viral quickly but Danger knew that Viral wasn’t easiest drivers to overtake. Also because Iris was building a bigger gap to Viral and that gap was now 9.6 seconds. The two drivers battled at turn 4 with Viral having the slight advantage. But then it went a bit pear-shaped for the Crimson Lion, Danger locked up before turn 5 and Viral sped into the distance.
With 11 laps in the first stage to go, Oscura was trying to avenge herself by trying to overtake Danny. But Oscura didn’t use much brain at turn 11 by trying to divebomb Danny and forced herself into a spin. When the dust settled, Oscura was out of the top 10 by only one driver, Astral Dash. Luckily for Oscura, she was ahead of Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle but she had 10 laps to get back into the top ten.
6 laps to go and Akula was still getting getting to grips with the Ferrari powered AVK01, but Viral would help him all the way. Despite having a 15 second gap to Rusalka Swordlight, Akula’s hatred of street circuit was something that Viral and Danger had acclimatise to. But there still 77 laps in the race to go and plenty to learn the track, get familiar with it and having a good pace relative to Viral and the Prancing Speedfreaks.
The end of lap 31 signaled the end of the first stage of the Nocturnus Grand Prix with Iris taking the stage win from Viral, Danger, Aria and Akula with Rusalka, Danny Dean, Sonic Flash, Jasmine Spark and Astral Dash finishing the top ten.
1st. Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas
The green flag dropped for the second stage and Viral jumped Iris off the line with Danger following suit. The 27 remaining cars worked their way to turn 3 where Danger used the inside of the hairpin to overtake both Iris and Viral. Aria also went passed Iris was good news for the Prancing Speedfreaks.
Lap 33 comes around and Akula was still struggling with the Ferrari power in his AVK01, even though Viral said to him that it will be fine and that he still leading in the points. Getting passed by Rusalka at turn 13 didn’t really help. Then his engine decided to screw him over at turn 3, his perfect run of points ended with an MGU-K failure. He reported on the first lap of the stage that he had no power which was a bit odd, considering that Danny and Sonic nearly screwed up their starts.
On lap 36 and Aria was now challenging Viral as Danger was running away. Aria really help her job of overtaking Viral by nearly overshooting turn 8. But with Iris closing in, it made Aria’s life more difficult. After being passed by Iris on lap 39 at the first corner, Aria was wondering about the tyres. Had they degraded more than usual? Or had the tyres were under-inflated? She would get her answer on lap 41 when Danger of all people, discovered something a little bit problematic.
“Crim, is it just me or does the car feel like it’s losing power.” Danger asked on the radio.
“Not sure, Danger. But we’re a managing an issue with the tyres on both yours and Aria’s car.” Crimsonia replied.
“So it’s not just me then?” Danger said.
After about 3 laps, Crimsonia came on the radio.
“The issue appears to be that there is a blister on your right-rear tyre. Aria’s the same but Rusalka hasn’t got the problem.” Crimsonia said.
“Have you notified Aria about this?” Danger asked.
“You might have read my mind slightly there, Danger.” Crimsonia said, slightly shocked.
Having received word about abnormal tyre degradation. All Prancing Speedfreaks pitted between lap 42 to 44. After a new set of medium was put on the Ferraris, Iris inherited the lead with Viral in second. Danger was third, Aria fourth with Rusalka fifth. Jasmine Spark moved herself up to sixth after passing Danny on lap 45, Sonic was eighth, Twilight ninth and Astral Dash tenth.
On lap 49, Viral had a thought about Akula being not used to a car with a Ferrari power unit compared to beating the Crimson Lion black and blue with Mercedes power. Even though Neon told her not to get herself lost as Iris was leaving her in the softs as Viral was about to pit on lap 51 for softs as she was on mediums.
Rusalka wasn’t having a good time during laps 52 to 55 as Jasmine was hounding her every corner. She made a small mistake on the exit of turn 7 on lap 58 causing her lose 5th place to Jasmine.
Danger was trying to catch Viral on lap 60 but Viral’s skill with Ferrari power was rivalling Danger using Danger Motorsport power units since 2021. As Iris crossed the line to win the second stage, Viral managed to hold off Danger, with Aria finishing fourth and Jasmine finishing fifth. Danny Dean finished sixth, Rusalka finished seventh and Twilight finished eighth. Oscura finished ninth and Astral Dash completed the top 10.
1st. Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas
Danger realised that if he could overtake both Viral and Iris again, like he did on lap 32, he would be within the chance for title number six. The final stage starts and Iris and Viral get decent starts. Jasmine gets a better start and passes Aria and Danger before turn 1. Rusalka passed Danny at turn 2 and Astral Dash passed Oscura and while this was going on, Sonic Flash, who started in 12th place, passed Rainbow Dash.
Oscura didn’t get the best of starts compared to the Mercedes duo. Getting passed by Sonic Flash didn’t help and something occurred to her. Despite her win at Sunset Valley, she was receiving questions about her future at Red Bull, even though she had won a championship with them back 2013 and had been with the team for 10 years. There was also questions as to when Team Galaxia, the power-unit provider for the team, would end their partnership with Red Bull. She thinks that podium would be on the cards but with Sonic extending his gap to her. The pressure was mounting on her.
What also didn’t help that when her teammate Zephyr Galaxia replaced Starlight Glimmer, she was drowning on dry land. Also Starlight had been spending the next couple of months on the simulators and was also competing… and dominating in Equestrian GT Championship was AF Corse.
By lap 67, Iris was in the lead from Jasmine and was set for a Mercedes 1-2, the first one since Akula and Viral were at Mercedes for two seasons. Danger meanwhile was in a battle for 3rd with Viral and Aria coming from behind. Danger also heard the rumours about the Red Bull-Team Galaxia split before the race but since Danger was worlds ahead of Oscura, the rumours didn’t hinder his confidence in taking the podium away from his Triumvirate friend. He overtook Viral on the inside of turn 9 and sped off into the distance.
By lap 71, Iris was stil leading was due for her pitstop and with 19 second lead over Jasmine and a 24 second gap to the Crimson Lion. She came in at the end of the lap and rejoined in the lead. With new medium tyres and with good pace on hand. She feels relaxed and set to take the win.
Then on lap 73, Oscura crashed into the wall at the straight between turn 7 and 8 and came to a halt facing the wall but didn’t make contact. For many, this signaled the beginning of the end of the partnership between Red Bull and Team Galaxia. As Oscura was already off the track there was no need for a Safety Car but a local yellow at the straight
With Oscura out of the race, Danger was more relaxed but with Viral wanting to turn his luxury trip to the podium was turning into a dog-fight. From laps 74 to 79, Viral and Danger swapped places and the crowd was roaring at the support of both drivers.
On lap 82, Rusalka was still in a dog-fight with Danny Dean and both Rusalka’s F1-75 and Danny’s SFN2 were titans on the track, even though Rusalka had more experience than Danny, it didn’t count the young speed freak out. But before the Danny could challenge Rusalka, the red flag was waved after Chandra Dawnsword, Amy Firepetal and Riley Radiantshard were involved in a pile-up at the straight before turns 1 and 2.
The race restarted on lap 83 as both Mercedes’ get away well but Danger was right on the tail of Jasmine and Danger but Viral was worn out, she had driven 400 miles of the race and was hoping to take it easy for the next 20 laps. At turn 8, Danger caused Jasmine Spark napping and snatched 2nd place away from her and that was left for Danger to win the race was Iris and 19 more laps.
With 14 laps to go, Rusalka made a successful lunge on Viral at turn 12 taking fifth place. But with Danny defending from Twilight Sparkle’s Scuderia Tempesta for 7th.
Danger realised that he had just 7 laps to overtake Iris but the W13 was too quick for the F1-75 and within 5 laps, the gap was 10 seconds. Danger thinks that a Mercedes will be a champion and he thinks it could be Iris.
As Iris, Danger and Jasmine crossed the line to set the podium, Aria finished 4th and Rusalka finished 5th, Viral was sixth, Danny seventh. Twilight Sparkle 8th, Astral was 9th and Sonic Flash 10th.
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Alpine Grand Prix (Formula Equestria)
Iris was excited for the Alpine Grand Prix and Strada Ultima was one of her favourite tracks, so a lot of the attention was put upon her, including a familiar face on the grid… Starlight Glimmer.
1st. Starlight Glimmer, Red Bull Racing RBPT, 1:47.339
Both Viral Velocity and Akula were wondering why there is a Red Bull bull on the grid and not in the black and red colours, even Danger was wondering the same thing. This was because after the Nocturnus Grand Prix, which was a disaster for both Oscura and Zephyr Galaxia, Team Galaxia ended their partnership with the British-based Austrian team because of mutual dissatisfaction with both parties. Also because Starlight Glimmer was beaten black and blue by Oscura.
Starlight was wanted back in the main driver role and wanted to make an impact. To many fans, this was a bit of a daft move, considering that Starlight got trounced by Oscura in the previous year. But Starlight stopped the criticism by slotting her RB18 on the pole ahead of Iris Dayspark by 9 one thousandths of a second.
The lights went out and Iris blitzed Starlight off the line and into the turn 1, Akula passed Danger and homing in on Starlight, which was pleasing for the fans there were hellbent on seeing the Akula-Starlight rivalry back in action. Viral, who was in 5th place and being hounded by Rusalka, knew that Akula hated Starlight as much as Oscura hated Danger.
Speaking of Oscura, she was swamped by the BMW of Diana Swordlight, the Forza Nova of Danny and Sapphiria Daybreaker’s Lotus. Ever since the Galaxia-Red Bull split, it didn’t just hit her confidence, it fell like an anvil. It got worse for her when defending from Hatsune’s Volkswagen, her OSCGP1’s right-rear tyre collided with Hatsune’s IDGP2 and sent her into the wall at turn 9 with a small impact which only took her left-front suspension out and her front wing. Her race was over in about nine corners.
There was no need for a Safety Car but for a local yellow so no overtaking would be made. This didn’t bother Iris as she was a second ahead of Starlight when Oscura crashed.
Hatsune was quick to respond.
“I may have damage to the car. I think I need to pit.” Hatsune said.
Her race enginner, Asuka Windstrike, saw that the front wing was hanging for dear life.
“You will go to the back if you take the risk, but considering that the wing is hanging off, it will be wise to do this.” Asuka said.
On lap 4, Iris held a 2.5 second lead from Starlight and Akula with Danger keeping Viral company. Iris was loving Strada Ultima so much that Starlight had no chance of catching the W13. Starlight though did have Akula to worry about and with Danger peforming his usual tactics which Crimsonia wasn’t noticing.
By lap 6, Danny was up into 13th place after overtaking Diana Swordlight. Danny had mixed feelings about Strada Ultima before of one thing. prior to the Alpine Grand Prix, he hadn’t raced at the Heatherwallow Mountains, which is where Strada Ultima is located. Despite getting every confidence boost by Marcus, the track was starting to be a crimp on his day.
From laps 7 to 10, as well defending from both Diana’s BMW and Sapphiria’s Lotus, the SFN002 wasn’t as quick as the Ferraris, the Silver Arrows or even Starlight Glimmer. With 42 laps to go, he could only hope a miracle.
After a pit stop from Iris on lap 15, Starlight Glimmer was leading the Alpine GP with Iris being overtaken by Akula. Danger was atill being reeled by Viral and both drivers were yet to make their pit stop so was Akula and Starlight.
Twilight Sparkle meanwhile, was chasing Lucia Swordlight from lap 17 before her stop on lap 20. Twilight was enjoying Scuderia Tempest and she felt she could win her first race since 2018. Her smooth driving style so far in the race was paying dividends for her. She past Lucia and was now in with the chance of passing Sonic Flash.
On lap 23, Danny’s miracle, which we was wanting for so long was coming. While Danny was in the pits, his father, Danger had passed Akula and was about to challenge Iris and Starlight. But before he could do that, something crazy was about to happen.
While in 4th and 5th place repesctfully, both AKV01s had forgottern that were maintaining a steady pace because they were worried about being passed by Rusalka Swordlight. They battled from turn 5 on lap 25 to turn 15 on lap 29 when disaster struck both Akula and Viral.
Viral clipped the grass before the entrance and collided with the rear of Akula’s car and both of them were sent into the gravel, out of the race. For the first time since 2019, two cars from the same team crashed out of the race in one instance.
Viral was a little bit pissed off but Akula had experienced it before.
Crimsonia was quick to respond.
“Danger, there’s been a accident involving both AKV Motorsports drivers and the Safety Car deployed.” Crimsonia informed the Crimson Lion.
“Just like Austria 2019 all over again, only I’m not in the lead.” Danger said.
1st. Starlight Glimmer, Red Bull Racing RBPT
The race restarted on lap 27 with Starlight getting the jump on Iris and Rusalka passing Danger before turn 1. Viral and Akula’s crash completely wrecked Iris’ strategy and thinks that a two-stop would be the wise option.
Twilight passed Sonic at turn 6 on lap 28 and with the other 21 cars making moves with Rainbow passing Danny and Sapphiria Daybreaker getting passed by Kai Solarguard.
With Aria’s Ferrari within range and with points in hand was enjoying the race as much as Iris Dayspark was.
The race remained quiet until on lap 31, while trying to keep out with Rusalka Swordlight, Aria’s power-unit in her F1-75 decided to go British Leyland mode and stop at the start of pit road.
“Brio, my engine’s gone!” Aria exclaimed on the radio.
“OK Aria, stop where we can see you. Full switch procedure.
Aria’s retirement meant that Twilight was now in the top 10. Rusalka was only 5.2 seconds ahead of the Princess of Speed.
By lap 36, Starlight had her lead disintergrate by the Mercedes of Iris Dayspark. With the backmarkers making room for the both Starlight and Iris. When turn 16 came to view. There was no contest between the two leaders, Iris passes Starlight before turn 17.
Drama would strike again on lap 40 for the Prancing Speedfreaks as Danger, who exited turn 19, felt something abnormal with his car, he pulled into the pits to see what the problem was. The problem was with the fuel tank and during lap 38, some of the fuel had leaked out and was inside the car. Danger did tell Crimsonia that he felt something on his seat. Danger knew that his race was over and was hoping that Rusalka would salvage a result.
On lap 42, Twilight was now hot on Rusalka, she realised that overtaking the Ferrari means she would be on the podium because of Danger’s Ferrari coming over all Italian again.
The top 12 was led by Starlight after Iris pitted on lap 41, Rusalka, Twilight, Sonic Flash, Danny Dean, Rainbow Dash, Hatsune Soulblitz, Sapphiria Daybreaker, Astral Dash, Kai Solarguard and Diana Swordlight
Twilight used her experience which she had plenty of to take on Rusalka. Eventually on lap 45 and some many attempts later, Twilight passes Rusalka at turn 7.
With 2 laps to go, Danny was trying to overtake Sonic. His SFN2 was basically on fire, and not literally. He was hoping to make it to Ferrari for 2023, but with Sonic Flash replacing Beatrice Radiance, he think another year with Spitfire’s team would be benefical for him.
But it was all Starlight, As she exited turn 19 on the final lap, the fans was going berserk, even her best friend Sunburst was literally on the edge of this seat. Her race enginner, Alicia Sunstorm, was ready to give her the news.
That she… is a Grand Prix winner in Formula Equestria!
“YOU DID IT, STARLIGHT!” Alicia screamed.
“WHAT DID I DO?!” Starlight celebrated.
“YOU WON YOUR FIRST GRAND PRIX!” Alicia screamed again.
“OH MY GODDESSES! I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!” Starlight celebrated in shock.
After Iris finished second, another big moment was Twilight crossing the line third to claim her first podium for Scuderia Tempesta and her first podium since the New Osaka Grand Prix back in 2018.
Rusalka finished 4th, Sonic Dash 5th, Danny 6th, Rainbow 7th, Hatsune Soulbitz 8th, Sapphiria Daybreaker 9th, Astral Dash 10th, Kai Solarguard 11th, Diana Swordlight 12th.
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250 miles at the Heliosdrome (Grid World Series) - (Prototypes)
The grandstands at the Heliosdrome was on the edge of their seats ready to see 22 cars battle for 250 miles. Some new faces and a few recognizables ones all on the starting grid. The stakes were high and no one is ever going to regret the day they raced each other.
1st. #4 Lara Carvalho, Seneca Racing, Beltra Enduro 24T, 1:59.395
With the race soon to get underway, a lot of attention was brought up on Nathan McKane, 5-time Grid World Series champion and the only driver that Danger Dean truly feared. The lights went out and Lara Carvalho got an good start with Danger jumping Nathan off the line before going to the first turn. Yume Tanaka got the best out of everyone, passing Jasmine Spark, Oscura Galaxia and Iris before turn 1.
With Lara leading the way with Danger being reeled by Nathan, Akula was on the offensive with his Beltra having a pace similar to the Seneca Racing Beltras at turn 7, Akula made a move, but Nathan used his experience to defend the attacking Akula. Nathan defended again turn 8 but at turn 9, it went a bit pear-shaped as behind Akula, Yume was also on Nathan’s tail, the three went three-wide down the straight and Yume scythed down the inside of both Akula and Nathan to take 3rd place.
Meanwhile, Lara had opened up a 1 second gap from the British Speedfreak and Danger realised that both Lara and Yume were really good drivers and with Akula getting past Nathan at turn 17. Danger was keeping cool throught the first lap.
On lap 3, Viral was now on the charge, passing Jasmine Spark on the outside of turn 19 on the second turn of lap 4, Oscura was under attack from Viral. At turn 5, there was no contest, Viral past Oscura on the inside to get 6th place.
By lap 8, everything was getting interesting with the top 5 being Lara, Danger, Yume, Akula and Nathan. After Sonic Flash past Rusalka at turn 18, Astral Dash spun out off turn 16, her Acura crashed left-rear first into the barrier and gradually came to a halt. Her impact with the barrier also caused a left-rear puncture and her halfshaft snapped. Astral was out of the race. Luckily, Astral was OK but that brought concern over Rainbow who was running in 12th place.
It took until lap 11 to clear the pieces from Astral’s Acura but the race restarted with Danger trying for an assault for the front. But with Yume behind, it didn’t help Danger in the slightest at all and at turn 3, Yume took 2nd from Danger. With Valentin Manzi passing Danny at turn 5, he now had the other Danger Motorsport Beltra in front. It took until turn 10 for the Voltz Racing Beltra to overtake Aria. But the 2019 Formula Equestria champion wasn’t giving up easily and at turn 13, Aria caught Valentin napping and retook the position.
Meanwhile on lap 13, Akula was in a battle with Nathan McKane and everybody in the stands was watching. Both Beltras were trading paint at the straight before turn 10 which made Viral questioning what her teammate was up to. At turn 10, Akula performed his signature ‘Kamikaze’ on Nathan but her retaliated slightly ramming Akula off the track with Viral wanting to try to pass Nathan. Akula fell to 7th place just behind Oscura Galaxia but on lap 15 at turn 18, Akula retook 6th place.
With both Seneca Racing Beltras holding the top 2 hostage and Danger maintaining a good pace, it seemed that the British Speedfreak was waiting for the ideal moment to overtake both Yume and Lara.
Then on lap 18, a lot of smoke was spewing from one of the cars, it was Alexis Cascade’s Nissan Onroak DPi! She knew that she had to retire the car. Luckily for Alexis, she was only one turn away from the pits.
But seconds later after, Danger went for it. He tried to do his own divebome move which he called ‘Dartstrike’ on Yume Tanaka. She didn’t expect Danger to come back to challenge her so quickly. Danger’s ‘Dartstrike’ so good for the fans to watch that Danger did the same thing on Lara Carvalho. Both Seneca drivers think that Danger was the next Nathan McKane.
Speaking of Nathan, he was still underpressure from Viral behind, the only thing that was stopping Viral from overtaking Nathan was Oscura from behind. As of lap 21, Oscura had overtaken Akula again and was now 0.9 seconds behind Viral and only 1.3 seconds behind her teammate. But with Viral passing Nathan at turn 19, Oscura didn’t want to overtake his teammate as she didn’t want to go into a flashack of when watching two Mercedes F1 cars throwing themselves off the podium.
Something dramatic happened on lap 25 as both Jasmine Spark and Rusalka Swordlight crashed into each other and whie Rusalka went into the gravel at turn 16, Jasmine’s shunt into the back of Rusalka’s Beltra was enough for her Acura to lift the front wheels off the ground, then went airbourne. 2 seconds later, the Acura cart-wheeled twice before rolling over and came to rest on it’s roof. Rusalka rushed to the severely damaged Acura and tried to get Jasmine out, which was a success and both she and Rusalka hugged at the fact that Jasmine was alright. The race was red-flagged and the race would restart on lap 26.
1st. #4 Lara Carvalho, Seneca Racing, Beltra Enduro 24T
The race restarted and Danger gets a decent start and before turn, he passed both Yume and Lara to take the lead which both Nathan and Oscura doing the same only Viral was passed by Oscura. By turn 9 of lap 26. Danger, Nathan and Oscura were in the top 3 with Yume and Viral completing the top 5.
On lap 30, Valentin was in a tight battle with both Danny in front of him and Iris Dayspark and Aria Blaze behind the Voltz driver. All four drivers went trading places on the straight waiting for the right moment to pass. At turn 10, there was a bit of shoving and pain scratching but in the end. Valentin passed Danny and Iris had a narrow gap over Aria.
Both Nathan and Oscura were adamant to pass Danger but with 20 laps left in the race, the opportunity was sooner and never. Going into turn 17, Nathan decided to make a lunge on Danger to take the lead. He thought that passing Danger would be easy.
He was wrong.
Danger defended with so much skill that at turn 4, Oscura decided to attack. The crowd on their feet, witnessing on the big screens a battle that will be one of the biggest talking points of the race. Oscura did pass Danger at turn 8, but at turn 10, Danger used his ‘Dartstrike’ to scrape of some of the paint off of Oscura’s Beltra.
“Come on, Danger! This isn’t Formula Equestria, you know! I would’ve been out the race by your own stupid actions!” Oscura said, not pleased with Danger’s divebomb.
By laps to 35 to 40, Nathan and Oscura were trading opportunites to overtake Danger, but what both Ravenwest drivers didn’t take into account was the 4 car scrap from 4th place between both Seneca drivers and AVK Motorsport drivers. All four of them switching places from lap 36 to lap 41 when Lara dived down to the inside of turn 8 of Viral, who was 5th after overtaking Yume at turn 6 before making a small mistake at turn 10 to lose out to both Yume and Akula while Lara sped away trying to get to the top.
Disaster soon struck on lap 44 when Dahlia Nightblaze’s engine decided to quit on her before the pit entrance. Dahlia’s race was over and then on lap 47, Yui Galaxia’s engine also went bang and forced her out of the race as well!
By lap 50, Oscura was sick and tired of being her worst enemy and she only had two options, either continue being behind Danger or overtake him. Approaching turn 18 she decided… to run Danger off the track entirely which wasn’t any of the two options. It worked but Danger’s rear wheel clipped the grass and his Beltra crashed into the right rear wheel of Oscura’s Beltra and both of them were heading into the gravel. Danger’s car was lightly damaged but Oscura’s was more significant as a collision with the tyre wall would prove.
Lara’s driving meant would be in 2nd while Danger slipped to 6th due to him going into the pits. She wanted to take the lead away from Nathan but he crossed the line to win the race, eradicating any chance that Lara had at overtaking him. Viral finished 3rd, Yume finished 4th, Akula was 5th and Danger crossed the line 6th. Valentin was 7th, Danny 8th, Iris 9th and Aria was 10th.
Author's Note
You can see why I put Crossover in the tag list.
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New Shanghai Grand Prix (Formula Equestria)
Starlight was loving her time her Red Bull more than when she first started back in 2021 and with the RB18 beginning to show more pace after the split between Red Bull themselves and Team Galaxia before the Alpine Grand Prix. Now, just before the race at the 4.88 mile long New Shanghai Autodrome in the night. Starlight was ready… to hopefully take her second.
1st. Starlight Glimmer, Red Bull Racing RBPT, 1:34.228
Blazey noticed on the grid a blue and red F1-75 in 10th place as she was about 200 meters from her grid slot. This was because after not qualifing for the Alpine GP due to a crash at turn 19, Beatrice Radiance left for Porsche. She told Danger, who didn’t finish the race, that Porsche was more closer to her heart. Danger respected her decision and he had a flashback to when Beatrice beat Danger in a modified supercar race at Ionspark Hills. Sonic was asked to fill the Prancing Horse void as he originally going to signed to the Scuderia in 2023. Sonic realised that this was an offer he couldn’t refuse. The opportunity to race with 3 of his friends.
Sonic meanwhile was getting into the hang of driving the F1-75 and when the race started, Sonic passed Rainbow and Rusalka before the first corner. Starlight’s getaway was not good as she was passed by Iris and was nearly passed by Danger, but she held 3rd by the time she reached the banked turn 3. The New Shanghai Autodrome has two banked turns, turn 3 and turn 12, which will be a challenge for the 26 drivers.
Twilight was in a battle with Akula and Viral as the both AKV001s and Twilight’s ST01 were at one point between the bridge overlooking turns 13 to 15, three abreast but Twilight caught both Akula and Viral late under braking before the downhill banked turn to take 4th place.
By lap 4, Iris was holding a small lead over Starlight and Danger. The thing that Danger didn’t bank on was Twilight eating 4 hundredths off of Danger’s gap per lap. But Crimsonia recommended a one-stop strategy to try and switch things up a little. Throughout Danger’s stint at the Prancing Horse from 2010 onwards, 31% of his races involved a 2-stop strategy. Danger had to play the hand he dealt and push forward to overtake Starlight Glimmer.
Danny Dean meanwhile had overtaken Aria Blaze at turn 14. His SFN002 was more than capable of going up against the top tier teams, he had time to calm down from his maiden win but he had hopes of getting into Ferrari in the future, it wouldn’t be this year as Sonic was the ‘more needed option’.
Something different happened at turn 6 on lap 8 as Azura Dragonsfire, who was in 14th place after overtaking Alice Spark at turn 3, noticed a car on the side of the road, it was Rainbow’s AMR22! It appeared that Rainbow lost all power and got no drive. She hoped to catch the Chappral of Blazey who was a bit down after Sparky crashed in qualifying. But nothing was going to stop Blazey as on lap 11, she was defending from Azura’s Lotus.
Astral Dash was hoping that her engine doesn’t die on her as she entered her 12th lap of the race. She was behind Hatsune Soulblitz in her Volkswagen and was desperate to overtake her. What Astral didn’t realise was that before her debut in 2021, Hatsune was an experienced Mercedes AMG GT3 driver and has 15 victories in the Equestrian GT Championship and in the 2018 season, Hatsune was a title contender but she wouldn’t win the tirle because… that went to Jasmine Spark.
Speaking of Jasmine Spark, she was having a little bit of bother from two of the Scuderia Ferrari Apocalypse riders, Rusalka Swordlight and Sonic Flash. Her W13 would have, in her mind at least, enough power to hold off the F1-75s. By lap 14, Iris Dayspark having a 6 second lead over the Crimson Lion, Danger Dean and a 13 second gap to Starlight Glimmer, she felt that it was imperative to hold 7th place for as long as she could.
Some of the bottom 13 have made their first pitstop on lap 18 and Viral went in for a new set of mediums. This was a gutsy move as she dropped to 8th place behind Sonic Flash. Akula hadn’t pitted but Viral knew that he would eventually. All three drivers in the top 3 made their pitstops on lap 20 bur Danger saw that Starlight Glimmer nearly took him out in the pitlane.
“Starlight nearly sent into the wall.” Danger reported it to Crimsonia.
“Copy that, Danger.” Crimsonia replied.
“I still have the scars from Baku 2019.” Danger said if Crimsonia hasn’t already new.
After the Danger-Starlight tangle, Iris was still in the lead but she hadn’t made her pit stop yet and with Akula now in 3rd after Starlight was overtaken by the AVK01 on lap 22. If Akula finished in third or above, he would overtake Danger in the standings. But with 7 second gap between himself and Danger.
After about 3 laps, Danger was slowly closing in on Iris and with Akula being hounded by Starlight again. At one point, the gap between Danger and Iris was 3 seconds. Danger knew that Iris is a beast on harder compounds but she was losing 0.4 seconds a lap and Iris even made a small mistake at turn 13 on lap 27. This caused Danger to reel in closer to Iris and at the exir of turn 6 on lap 28, Danger went for it.
He knew that his main plan was to overtake Iris at turn 9 and by that time, Danger made the move to pass and made it stick. Danger was now leading the New Shanghai Grnad Prix and was in for his first victory since 2021. This was because of getting beaten black and blue by Akula and with Iris in Mercedes.
The biggest amount of drama occurred in the next few and it involved some of the drivers in the top 10. Firstly, while in a tight battle with Rusalka Swordlight, Jasmine Spark was doing her best to overtake the 2009 champion but a sudden puncture on the right-rear on Jasmine Spark’s Mercedes caused her battle with Rusalka came to an abrupt end. Then moments after that, Starlight’s engine decided to overheat and caused her to retire. On lap 30, Sonic’s engine decide to come over all Italian and his race was finished too. And then after that, Viral’s Ferrari power unit decided to expire at turn 15. Luckily for Viral, she was near the pits and her race was done too.
The chaos subsided on lap 35 with Danger leading Iris and Akula. Twilight was now 4th and Rusalka was 5th. Danny Dean and Aria Blaze battling for 6th. Blazing Lionfire was 7th and Azura Dragonsfire 8th, Hatsune Soulblitz 9th with Astral Dash battling her in 10th and Alice Spark and Lucia Swordlight 11th and 12th respectively. But the peace period wouldn’t last long.
On lap 37, while in 15th place, Jasmine Coldlight was running a quiet race and was hoping for an eventual points finish, but her hopes were suddenly dashed as she slapped the wall at a during a half-spin and because of the angle that her Bentley EXP-22 was pointing, a red flag would be needed.
1st. Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport
Before Jasmine Coldlight’s crash, Twilight had caught up with Akula and overtook him at turn 14 and was about to start lap 37. The race restarted and Danger, Iris and Twilight were three abreast going to turn 1 and a little bit of contact but Twilight emerged from the battle as the leader. It had been over 60 races since Twilight won a Grand Prix but she was determined to reset the gap. After being by Rusalka Swordlight, Akula had a loss of power at the start and was in danger of being passed by Danny in his Forza Nova. But he used his skill to keep it all together. One of the biggest gains was made by the Ferrari of Aria Blaze, who was 14th place at the time of the red flag, had up to 9th place by the time she approached turn 5.
Lap 40 comes around and Iris was battling with Danger and Rusalka keeping an eye on what the two front runners were up to. Going into turn 14, Danger and Iris went on the curbing so much that Rusalka passed both of them and on the next lap, Iris overtook Danger. But Danger retook 2rd after a ‘Dartstrike’ move which excited the crowd.
By lap 44, Aria was in hot pursuit for 8th place, the only thing stopping her was Azura’s Lotus and Astral Dash in the Aston Martin. It took her a bit of time and with Astral Dash passing Aria at turn 12 on lap 46, Aria passed both Astral and Azura at turn 2 on lap 47.
Disaster struck for one of the cars and it involved Blazing Lionfire. Blazey’s car was stopped at her pit stall in time on lap 49 and what happened shocked her. It turned out that a broken piece off of the front wing of her Chappral 2Z-22 made contact with the front-right halfshaft causing to brake, which in turn, resulted in the gearbox seizing up and that… caused the engine to explode. Luckily for Blazey, all of the drama happened at the pit lane as she felt something unusual was happening as she exited turn 15.
Twilight meanwhile, had crossed the line to win the New Shanghai Grand Prix with Danger coming second, Rusalka third and Iris fourth. Akula came fifth and Danny was sixth. Aria finished seventh and Azura finished eigth. Astral came ninth and Hatsune came tenth with Lucia Swordlight and Alice Spark finishing in 11th and 12th respectively.
But it was all Twilight, prior to the New Shanghai Grand Prix, the last time Twilight won a Grand Prix was at the Grand Prix of Ara North in 2018 when she was with Mercedes. The duration lasted for 4 years but now… the Princess of Speed finally broke the gap and celebrated with Danger and Rusalka with their golden trophies.
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Mystic Falls 250 (Grid World Series) (TC-500 + DTM/ETCM)
The atmosphere within Mystic Falls had been electrifying ever since qualifying and the fans om the grandstands aren’t taking their eyes off the grid. For the 26 drivers, 57 laps will be their challenge and everyone is raring to win the Mystic Falls 250.
1st. #97 Rusalka Swordlight, Team Swordlight, Audi RS5 ETCM (2023) 1:31.173
Danger was a bit shocked as to how a car which he and Rusalka created back in Danger City at the Legion of Speedfreaks HQ could out-qualify a car used in the Super GT championship in Japan and a DTM car which, until 2021 were dominant in their own right. The Class 1 DTM cars then suddenly went to the Equestrian Touring Car Masters (or ETCM for short) for a new home while GT3 cars infest the championship.
The green lights flash and Lara takes an early with Rusalka behind. Danger passes Nathan McKane while Yume Tanaka scythes into 7th overtaking Lightning Dust and Aria Blaze. But at turn Aria retook 7th place after passing on the outside. Meanwhile, Beatrice had passed Oscura at turn 3 and it showed that the ETCM cars are equally as quick as the GT500 cars. Oscura tried to retake 10th place but the power from Beatrice’s Audi was making life difficult for her. But with Starlight Glimmer now behind Oscura Galaxia in her Honda NSX, it may be another race where Oscura may not finish in the top 10.
By lap 3, Carvalho was been reeled in by Rusalka, Danger and Nathan behind. It descended into a four-car battle for the overall and with AKV duo defending from Yume Tanaka, Nathan decided to overtake all three of them at turn 6, perform a similar move to Danger’s ‘Dartstrike’. The move got the fans on their feet and celebrated at the sight on Ravenwest in the lead, but Carvalho won’t double down, she tried to make a move at turn 8 but was unsucessful. Danger went past Lara which wasn’t part of her plan to win the race. It also didn’t help that she was losing ground to Rusalka.
Meanwhile, the mother of all battles started at turn 4 on lap 5 as the two Honda NSX GT500s blasted their way through the straight before turn 5. A bit of contact was made but both drivers kept their cars on the track. Danger suddenly passed Nathan at turn 8 with no contest. He wondered as to why that happened. This was because Nathan suddenly spun out into the grass by riding too much on the kerbs. Nathan dropped to 9th place and inadvertently held up his team-mate Oscura who was complaining over the loss of pace on the straights.
By lap 8, the world came crashing down for the Euronemesis Audis as they were inherit the same curse that plagued the Nemesis Formula Equestria team that the car wasn’t up to speed compared to the other drivers. Like Team Swordlight, they were using the 2023 model of the Audi RS5 but they were even slower on race pace than the 2018 RS5s of the Avalon Nova Racelab team.
Then on lap 11, both Scuderia Tempesta M4s went past them both after leaving the Goodsmile Racing Team Soulblitx Nissan GT-R of Azusa Soulblitz for dead. Twilight did struggle with M4 in qualifying but she realised that qualifying is never everything, it’s how she performed in the races. Her teammate, Naomi Fuchikazi, was getting into the hang of racing with the M4 but the Princess of Speed was showing the upper hand. But she had 47 laps to get the front.
Akula and Viral were also keeping up with the top 3 drivers, Lara, Danger and Rusalka. Their DNG650s, which were created by Danger, were Honda NSXs with Ferrari 488 GTB and Mercedes AMG GT imitations. Despite being powered by the same engine used in the LC500, it doesn’t mean that Akula and Viral never have a chance of winning the race. Life for both the AKV DNG650s was not easy with Tanaka drafting Akula as Viral overtook him on lap 13 at turn 3. The battle between Akula, Viral and Yume lasted until lap 16 when a slight mistake from Tanaka which sent the Seneca Racing Honda into a half-spin. Akula breathed a sigh of relief as he past Viral on the next.
Things were looking a bit pear-shaped for the Ravenwest duo, after Nathan spun out on lap 5, both NSXs were beginning to catch up with the rest of the field. Their first targets were Lightning Dust and Aria Blaze. On lap 19, both Nathan and Oscura were on the offensive and when they caught up to the Danger Motorsport Honda NSX or Aria Blaze and all three went side by side and the final which is only wide enough for two cars and coming into turn 3 on lap 20… disaster struck.
Trying to overtake Aria on the outside, Oscura was unaware that Nathan was also trying to overtake her. As a result, Aria felt a bit of traction loss and nearly tank-slapped on the exit and her front made contact with Oscura’s car and that caused to send her spinning and collided with Nathan and Oscura’s race was over. Nathan managed to get back to the pits but the damage sustained from his crash Oscura meant that he would lose even more time. It was fixable however but he rejoined in 21st place.
Meanwhile, the leading three cars were pounding down the laps and with what remains of Oscura’s car was cleared by lap 23, Lara’s NSX was starting to struggle. She was losing time to both Danger and Rusalka. Even she took the lead from Rusalka before the Ravenwest cars tangled, she was being reeled in by Rusalka.
Rusalka was still feeling the shocks after Beatrice retired due to a tramission issue on lap 16, but it didn’t stop her from challenging for the lead. By lap 25, Rusalka was about 0.2 seconds adrift from Carvalho and 3 seconds ahead of Danger. She was getting close to Carvalho and then… Rusalka overtook Lara at turn 8 but the speed Lara suddenly reset itself by turn 9 and she retook the lead at turn 12.
A Safety Car was needed after the Goodsmile Racing Team Soulblitz Nissan GT-R of Hatsune Soulblitz crashed at turn 6. This was perfect for the Viral and Akula as before Hatsune’s crash, the DNG650s had no chance of overtaking Danger and were in danger of been passed by Aria as her Honda NSX was 6th after Yume Tanaka had similar transmission failures to what Beatrice had. After Hatsune’s GT-R was cleared the Safety Car would be needed a bit longer as Shizuka Murayama’s Lexus crashed while warming up her tyres. It was a case of a premature puncture as she running in 24th place only ahead of the Euronemesis Audi RS5s.
The 30th lap would the restart as both Rusalka and Lara were side-by-side heading to turn 1. Danger was passed by Akula and that this was a point where creation beats the creator. However this would lap about three corners as Danger did a ‘Dartstrike’ on his Triumvirate buddy. Akula retook 3rd place from Danger at turn 8 and Danger passed Akula on the outside at turn 12. The crowd was roaring that the battle for the lead and for 3rd place in the race.
Not much happened between lap 31 and 36, other than a few overtakes from the tail-end of the field. The driver that benefited from all the drama was Starlight Glimmer, she was now in 9th place after good moves and even passing the Team Sonic Toyota Supra of Danny Dean before the Safety Car. She was now behind Yume Tanaka, who fell to 8th place after a change of tyres she wasn’t really pleased about. There was no contest as she passed her at turn 7 and she was now on the hunt for the Fusion Racelab Audi of Alicia Storm.
The weather was taking a turn for the worse by lap 41 with rain about 0.8 cm thick and everyone was pitting for Wets. The net result was that Starlight Glimmer, Sonic Flash and Nathan McKane stayed out for a bit longer until lap 42 when Sonic and Starlight pitted.
The top 10 was Lara, Danger, Rusalka, Akula, Viral, Starlight Gimmer, Nathan, Danny, Sonic and Twilight Sparkle.
The rain was getting worse by lap 45, so much worse in fact that Danger decided to do spot of drifting at turn 8, but managed to recover to 3rd after being passed by Rusalka. After Danger’s ‘successful’ drift, the race had to be red-flagged and because rain was forecasted until midnight the next day (as it was 20:35 when Danger drifted) the race wouldn’t be restarted.
The top 10 would be Lara, Rusalka, Danger, Akula, Viral, Starlight Gimmer, Nathan, Danny, Sonic and Twilight Sparkle.
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Grand Prix of Diamond Bay Sprint Race 1 (Formula Equestria)
With the atmosphere around the Diamond Bay Riverside International Circuit being electric as always when 24 cars tackle the 3.85 miles circuit, two sprint races and the main race. Rainbow was looking for her second win of the season which all the upgrades put onto her AMR22, Azura was another driver to get a ton upgrades and her Lotus E30-DRG2 was, in practice at least, one of the fastest cars on the grid that isn’t an AKV, Ferrari, Mercedes, Red Bull or even Aston Martin. They were all ready for qualifying and their time to shine was here.
1st. Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:25.474
Two former teammates line up on the front of the grid and when the lights went out, Akula got the better start and made it three-wide headingto turn 1. Azura mananged to overtake Viral but the AVK01 had better entry speed into the corner and retook 6th place. Iris was still being locked into 5th place was about overtake Starlight Glimmer but the RB18 made a big move by trying overtake Akula and with Iris trying pass the Red Bull, sparks were flying as Starlight makes contact with Akula and Iris went into the back of the AVK01. Starlight recived a puncture from the incident and both Akula and Iris headed for the pits for repairs.
“What happened?” Viral asked, wondering what had transpired over the course of one turn.
“I think a Red Bull tried to overtake and Iris nearly capitalized on the manuver and it failed.” Neon Shock replied.
“I’ll try to talk to him after the sprint.” Viral announced n the radio.
Before the Safety Car was called, Rainbow took the lead from Danger and because of the drama, Azura had moved up to 4th place with the other 3 riders of the Scuderia Ferrari Apocalypse in 5th to 7th. Twilight was now 8th. Astral was 9th and somehow, Oscura benifited from the turn 1 calamites and slot herself into 10th place.
Akula was understandably annoyed with Starlight and he was told on the radio that Viral would comfort him as he was back on the track in 22nd place. Iris was back in 23rd and Starlight retired from the race after part of her suspension collapsed on her.
By lap 5, the race was back on and Danger was right on Rainbow’s slipstream and at turn 1, Danger passed Rainbow on the outside and sped away. Azura was defending from the rest of the Prancing Speedfreaks and turn 6, Rusalka passed, Aria, Sonic and Azura to slot into 4th place. Oscura was up to 9th place after a overtake on Astral Dash and with Lightning Dust in 11th. It looked an easy ride for Oscura, but Astral and Lightning were trying their utmost to ruin Oscura.
Akula had gone up to 19th place and with Iris in 20th, the comback was on for both drivers. The crash on lap 1 did hit Akula’s pace but it was enough for him to overtake Sunset Skies on turn 11, and Chandra Dawnsword at tun 14. With 19 laps left in the sprint, and with the effects of the damage still present in AKV01, nothing was going to stop him. Nothing.
Rainbow was surprising matching Danger in terms of lap times and with her AMR22 completing 11 of the 26 laps, the pressure was still on from Viral behind. But Rainbow realised that Danger was 1.1 seconds ahead of her and she was only 0.8 seconds ahead Viral. But Rusalka getting closer and closer to the Swiss Army Knife. Rainbow was keeping cool and maintaining a good pace.
Meanwhile, Aria was under pressure from Azura and the upgrades on her E30-DRG2 were paying off and with no contest, Azura passed the Ferrari at turn 12. Aria didn’t give up that easily, as she divebombed at turn 15 to retake 5th place. Azura tried again to pass Aria on lap 16 which was unsuccessful and Aria blitzed away into the distance.
With the laps counting down for Akula as from lap 16 to 19, he was up to 15th place. But with Iris retiring from the race due to a broken gearbox, Akula pace was similar to Viral’s, fast and awesome in one combination as the effects only made him faster and faster. Meanwhile, Oscura was trying to launch an assault on Twilight but the ST02 was on par with the Ferrari’s ahead of her as well as Azura Dragonsfire. Oscura tried to overtake her between turns 16 and 19 but Twilight’s smooth driving style was negating all of Oscura’s chances. She tried on lap 21 at the first corner, but like her attempts on Danger, it’s was unsuccessful and Twilight was gaining more speed from turn 2 to 5 so that the OSCGP1 couldn’t keep up.
With 2 laps to go, Akula was into the top 12 and challenging Lightning Dust and both of them approached turn 14, Lightning’s TZ-MMXXII was all over the place and was passed by Akula with ease.
Danger went on to win sprint race with Rainbow 2nd and Viral 3rd. Rusalka 4th and Aria fifth. Azura crossed in 6th, and Sonic 7th, Twilight was 8th and Oscura 9th. Astral 10th and Akula 11th with Lightning completing the top 12.
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Grand Prix of Diamond Bay Sprint 2 (Formula Equestria)
Danger wasn’t surprised at the fact the Oscura was in 9th place for the second sprint race which is another 26 laps but that Akula went from 22nd place into 11th place in the space of a entire sprint race. Azura was also making good progress as her Lotus sat in 6th place to hopefully get her first win for Lotus. It had been years since a Lotus won in the top flight of motorsport but the improvements on the E30-DRG2 will hopefully break the drought.
The lights went out and Viral blitzed past both Danger and Rainbo while Azura went past Aria but couldn’t overtake Rusalka as her pace was more on par with Viral. Oscura overtook two cars at turn 6 to get up to 7th. She was now within sight of Aria. But with Sonic keeping Twilight at bay, Oscura had pass Aria quickly and not make any mistake.
Akula passed Astral Dash on lap 2 and he was playing the long game as he was very early into his plan of claiming the lead back. Like Viral, he had on the fastest cars as his pace in the first sprint race proved it. Sonic had held Twilight long enough for Akula sneak by on the striaght between turns 12 and 13. Twilight retook the position at turn 14. From turn 15 to 19, Sonic had the advantage over Akula and Twilight. But when the three cars reached the final, Akula overtook both of them, it showed after that the calamaties on the first lap of the first sprint race, the AKV01 would be unstoppable.
The other AKV01 in Viral’s grasp was still cruising. Even with Danger still trying to make Rainbow’s AMR22 catch up as the British Speedfreak past Rainbow on lap 4. Viral was chilling in the lead but she knew her teammate was losing time to herself, Danger and Rainbow and Rusalka and she prayed that either a Safety Car or even a red flag to bunch and give Akula an opportunity to challenge the front of the field. Even though Akula was right on Aria’s draft.
On lap 5, Danger was still being hounded by his former teammate, Rainbow and by turn 19, the Ferrari had the upper hand and Rainbow’s AMR22 was being consistent in the corners. This was something that Danger had to play second fiddle to as he only 5 seconds clear to Rusalka Swordlight, 8 seconds from Azura and nearly 12 seconds clear from Oscura. Danger still wanted to win. But with Viral getting away from both he and Rainbow, he couldn’t play the waiting as he was side by side with Rainbow by lap 6. There was no time to relax.
The race was quite slient in terms of drama but that all changed from lap 9 to 12. Firstly at turn 20 before the pit entrance, Fluttershy’s Bentley decided to leak on her efforts as was running just outside the top 12 in 14th place. She realised that Bentley had already peaked in the first race and she was having some bad luck. After Fluttershy’s retirement from the race, Azarea Dragonlight’s Lotus decided to take a trip to the gravel trap at turn 8 and then further up the pack, Oscura, who was in 7th place, had a bit of a paint trade with Akula at turn 16.
Understandably, Oscura was mad with Akula and attempted a similar to what she did to Danger at Mystic Falls. She eventually had to back out of it at turn 20 when Azarea Dragonlight got going again.
By lap 14, Viral was way too ahead of both Rainbow and Danger but Viral was showing excessive tyre wear and had to play the game of tyre but Viral had been in situations like this before when she took her Mercedes to victory at Silverstone in 2019 with only three tyres which suprised everyone, including Danger.
Speaking of Danger, he had lost second place to Rainbow and with Rusalka being about 16 seconds adrift from the Crimson Lion, he was keeping up a strong pace and was still on par with AVK01s but with 10 laps of the second sprint to go, he still had a chance of taking 2nd from Rainbow.
“Crim, at this pace, where are looking in terms of position?” Danger asked on the radio.
“Because Viral’s already gone, P2.” Crimsonia replied.
“Alright then.” Danger announced and chased after Rainbow.
By lap 19, Oscura was still in 7th place and with the AKV01 of Akula showing superficial damage to the car, she reckoned that it was now or never to strike. She made a lunge on Akula at turn 6 and with Akula’s defending being to what Danger would describe as ‘masterclass’, it meant that Akula could speed away into the distance. This infuriated Oscura as she was still suffering from the mental of her Danger ordeals prior the sprint. Since Danger had already developed a 26 second gap to herself, she got desperate. At turn 11, Oscura made contact with Akula, sending the AKV01 into a third-spin. In response to this, Akula banged wheels with Oscura and retook 6th place back from Oscura. She once made contact with Akula at turn 15 and by the final corner…
The engine in Oscura car decided it didn’t to be in a constant battle with death from Oscura’s aggression or death from Akula’s defence. She headed into the pits to retire from the sprint race. Akula was safe in 6th place but would be promoted to 5th after Rusalka decided to change to harder compounds pr
“NOOOOOOOO!” Oscura screamed on the radio as her OSCGP001 was pulled into the garage
With only a handful of laps to go, Azura Dragonsfire was now in 4th place and it was looking pretty bleak in terms of a podium. She wanted luck to intervene on either Viral, Danger or Rainbow. But Viral had way too much speed and seemed to be game over for her.
But then… Danger incured a puncture on lap 23 causing him to pit and this narrowed the gap between Azura and Danger to just 2 seconds. With Akula trying his utmost to spoil Azura’s podium in Formula Equestria.
The three battled to end of the race with Azura managing to hold off from both Danger and Akula as Viral and Rainbow crossed the line. Azura in 3rd with Akula 4th and 5th was Danger. The other Prancing Speedfreaks in 6th which was Rusalka, 9th was Aria and 10th was Sonic Flash. Twilight finished in 8th place after being overtaken by Astral Dash. Lucia Swordlight finished off the top 12.
Author's Note
Oscura scream was similar to this
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Grand Prix of Diamond Bay Main Race (Formula Equestria)
Before the main race, Danger was a bit skeptical over Akula’s chance of a victory in the race as he started 4th on the grid behind Viral, Rainbow and his race engineer’s sister. But he soon realised, Akula had been in prime contention for wins on a regular basis so there wasn’t really nothing to worry about. Apart from the fact that Iris was in the race, albeit in the due to a gearbox change. She wanted to avenge her DNF at the first sprint and she had 45 laps to change her results around. The same was also applied to everyone else that retired in the sprint races, this included Oscura.
The lights went out and Azura got swamped by both Akula, Danger and Rusalka after a slow getaway. Aria got up to 8th and with an ambitious move into the inside of turn 1, she nestled in 7th place with Azura just in front. With Rainbow taking an early lead from from Viral and Akula. Danger was in 4th and when he reached turn 6, he made a little tap on Akula’s rear-left, letting him now that he wants to be on podium. By lap 3, Viral had overtaken Rainbow the lap before and that if Akula overtook Rainbow in the coming laps, Viral would let Akula by the make it a AKV 1-2.
By lap 6, Rusalka had passed Danger as his F1-75 seemed to be off the pace a little as he may have used all the energy in the two sprint races (in Rusalka’s case.) The magenta, white and red Ferrari was now on the move to pass Akula. Whether Danger was leading the race, Rusalka would always put herself in contention, no matter the circumstances.
10 of the 45 laps had elapsed and things got a bit pear-shaped for the Prancing Speedfreaks as both engines in Danger and Sonic’s F1-75s expired on the same lap. The top 12 was Viral, Rainbow, Akula, Rusalka, Aria, Azura, Twilight, Lightning, Fluttershy, Iris, Starlight and Astral. For Fluttershy however, her Bentley EXP-22 wasn’t really on the pace with Iris’ Mercedes and she also realised the Bentley had already peaked at Mystic Falls and it wasn’t getting better for her. It was evident that the Bentleys were slow on the straights and that she was losing time to both Iris and Starlight.
On lap 14, Rusalka and Aria were still playing the immunity card as they both vowed to not have a similar fate to Danger and Sonic. They both held 4th and 5th and to them it was a good amount of points. But with Twilight overtaking Azura on lap 13, both Aria and Rusalka had to be realistic in terms of position because Rusalka was 10 seconds behind Viral.
A dramatic crash occurred on lap 18 as while battling for 13th place, the Red Bull of Lucia Swordlight tangled with the Lamborghini of Black Flame at turn 7 which caused the Red Bull to bounce off the wall from the right side and the damaged wheel broke off and she collided with the left side wall and coasted to halt. Black Flame knew that she had to go to the pits but was unsure if she would continue.
Lucia Swordlight was OK and a Virtual Safety Car was need to the clear the debris from the crash. Most of the top 10 made their pitstops for either hard or medium compounds.
By lap 23, the debris was cleared with Viral with Akula close by. Rusalka was now 3rd after Rainbow was held up in the pits due to traffic. This caused her to drop to 6th behind Aria and Twilight. Azura was 7th with Iris in 8th and Fluttershy in 9th. Lightning, Astral and Starlight were 10th through to 12th and all of them, especially Starlight wished that anyone from the top 5 would retire and Akula and Viral weren’t the easiest targets. It could happen to either Rusalka or Aria as retirements from both Danger and Sonic were taken into question.
Iris knew that in the dying stages of the race, she had to overtake Azura, Rainbow and Twilight if she were to finish in the top 5. But then on lap 25, she went into ‘Akula mode’ and channelled in the pace he had in the sprint races to overtake Azura and between laps 26 to 29 she overtook both Rainbow and Twilight. Twilight was a little trickier for Iris to pass as the Ferrari power unit in Twilight’s ST02 went into overdrive and imitated Danger to defend 5th pace for as long as she could.
Aria thought that things couldn’t be any worse for the Prancing Speedfreaks. But on lap 33, Brio decided to make go into the pits for softs. She dropped to 5th as Iris overtook her while the Ferrari was in the pits.
“Why the fuck did no one tell this was going to be a two-stopper! Fucking hell!” Aria swore on the radio, not happy with the new strategy. Meanwhile on track, Rusalka was wishing not to be a victim of Ferrari strategy shenanigans.
“Did I need to pit Beatrice?” Rusalka asked on the radio.
“No, Rusalka. We discovered that Aria’s tyres were 2 psi lower than we fought and that she wanted mediums but they didn’t work so we put her on softs instead.” Beatrice Firefury explained.
On lap 35, it was decided that Rusalka wasn’t going to pit even though her tyres were degrading 0.07% more than usual and Danger, who was watching both Aria and Rusalka on the screens, was in shock.
“Why did we not pit Rusalka.” Danger said in utter shock. He learned from about what the Ferrari strategy plagues their drivers in another world. To him, it seemed the same thing happened to them Diamond Bay.“I’m not gonna sleep tonight, am I?”
The same engine failure happened to Lightning as she exited turn 19 on lap 37 and on lap 38 at turn 18, Astral suffered gearbox issues and her race was done. This was beneficial for Oscura Galaxia as she now in 11th place with Chandra Dawnsword now in 12th.
By lap 40, Rusalka had caught up with both Viral and Akula. Her gap to Iris was just over half a minute but she was running low of laps to pass. To add another pinch of salt to the wounds, Beatrice Firefury was on the radio.
“Rusalka, remember to conserve your energy as you are running on empty right now.” Beatrice said.
“Beatrice, if I want to win this race I need to pass Viral and Akula, I need auxiliary energy.” Rusalka protested.
“I don’t think you have the right amount of energy-.” Beatrice said before being interrupted by a sudden voice.”
“Rusalka, this is Danger. It’s not about if you have the right amount of pushing power, it’s about the pace of the car. You can take them to a fight, I learnt that from I was your teammate at McLaren, 13 years ago. Go get’em, Rusalka.” Danger encouraged her.
“Thanks, Danger.” Rusalka thanked him for that message.
As she approached turn 6, the three cars were in a bunch and it was unclear which of the three would take the lead. But at turn 8, a lunge from Rusalka gave her the lead from Akula. It seemed that Danger’s message really helped her. But on lap 42, Aria could need some words of motivation as she lost a position to Twilight at turn 11.
By the end of race, Akula made a few last moves but Rusalka defended so well that it was rewarded. Her first race win with the Prancing Horse and her first win since 2018 when she raced with Nemesis. Akula and Viral completed the podium with Iris and Twilight in 4th and 5th. Aria and Rainbow were 6th and 7th and Azura, Fluttershy, Starlight completed the top 10 with Oscura and Chandra Dawnsword in 11th and 12th.
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Imola 100 Race 1 (Grid World Series) (GT3)
Danger was looking to take his Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO through the 3.05 mile long masterpiece of a track (in Danger’s eyes at least) known as Imola. With the number 15 on the hood, doors and even on the rear windshield, No problems through the shakedown session the day before proved that he can keep up with the new cars that some teams have.
Danger also thinks that if he can last 66 laps of Italian tarmac, the trophy will be clenched in his hands. Nothing was waiting for him, he went into the Ferrari and warmed up his Pirellis. He also took into account that the race would be two 100 mile races with 33 laps in each so everything was to play for.
1st. #15 Danger Dean, Danger Motorsport, Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO, 1:41.737
Danger wasn’t really worrited about the fact that some team were running newer cars and with AKV Motorsports’ new Ferrari 296 GT3s on the grid and Team Swordlight in their new 992 GT3 Rs and when the green flag waved, Rusalka took an early lead Danger nestling in 2nd place ahead of Lara. Oscura was passed by Viral at Bassa and they reached Tamburello, Oscura retook 4th place with Akula peeking in the outside heading to the Villenuve esses. By the time Rusalka and Danger reached Piratella, Starlight Glimmer was running in P7 and chasing her rival.
Danny Dean also got a decent as he was imitating his father and making overtakes that the crowd loved. Such as passing both Iris and Jasmine at Tamburello, diving down the inside of Aurora White at Tosa and at the Rivazza 1, he passed both Beatrice Radiance and Aria Blaze. He couldn’t catch Mae Su-Jung but her Porsche 911 GT3 R was still quick on the straights. Even with the newer 992 GT3 Rs of Team Swordlight, the Korean Empress of Speed was still able to hold of the young speedfreak, Mae knew that Danny is good driver and she knew her battle with the Ferrari was on. Danny overtook Mae at Alta on lap 2 and his next target was Beatrice. He was doing well as he started in 18th place, he would need a bit more at Rivazza 2 as he initally overtook Beatrice at Rivazza 1 but he braked harder that Beatrice did, causing him to lose the position.
After 4 more laps had elasped, the number of cars in the race dropped from 38 to 36 as the #739 BMW M4 GT3 of Misako Oshima had developed transmission issues and Midori Clash in the #984 Peuegot RCZ also wenr out with broken gearbox. 1 lap later, the brakes on the #40 Goodsmile Racing Team Soulblitz Mercedes AMG GT3 of Azusa Soulblitz cooked themselves and this meant she had pit to let them cool.
More drama befell for the top 10 as on lap 9 as while in battle with Lara Carvalho, Oscura ‘s front-left canard on her Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO acted as a wheel spike and tore off Carvalho’s front-right wheel completely off at Acque Minerali. The wheel itsrlf, which looked like a wheel off of a wheelchair that fell down a staircase came to rest on the kerbing. Both Akula and Viral managed to avoid the kerb as they used the other kerb. What was lucky for AKV Motorsports was that with Lara’s retirement, they were now 4th and 5th and could claim the podium if Danger and Rusalka retired from the race as well.
The race restarted on lap 13 after Lara’s damaged wheel was cleared with Rusalka in the lead with Danger and Oscura chasing the 992 GT3 R. The AKV Ferrari 296 GT3s were in 4th and 5th and as the other 34 cars scrambled in the pits. Sonic Flash, Danny Dean, Mae Su-Jung, Starlight Glimmer and Hatsune Soulblitz in the bottom 10.
Danger made an attempt to pass Rusalka at turn 8 but immediately backed out of it when the pair reached Piratella. With Oscura holding up the AKV Ferraris and sometimes Sonic Flash. Rusalka and Danger wouldn’t have to fight for the win as much.
By lap 16, Viral was getting a bit frustrated with Oscura and was losing time to Danger and Rusalka and by Tamburello, she realised that Oscura was more difficult to pass than a kidney stone which is basically what Danger is at Monza. Viral tried to pass Oscura before Variante Alta but whatever speed the 296 had going into the chicane, it wasn’t enough as the 488 GT3 EVO held off Viral. Viral tried again at turn 16 and was successful at Rivazza 1 but Oscura snatched 3rd at Rivazza 2.
A local yellow was needed at Piratella on lap 20 as the Shadow Racing by Team Galaxia Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO II driven by Mythea Maledicta was stuck in the gravel. This didn’t seem bother Rusalka and Danger much as they were 10 seconds adrift each other. For Viral and Akula however, this was bad because it meant that she can’t overtake Oscura at Piratella due to yellow flags. But she managed to overtake her at Tamburello while a mistake from Oscura caused her to be overtaken by Akula.
By lap 24, both Team Sonic Motorsport Aston Martins of Sonic and Danny were enjoying the flow of Imola so much that put a big gap from Mae Su-Jung’s Porsche and they figured they could catch Oscura by lap 26. Their gap to Mae was longer by the time they reach Variante Bassa to their 25th lap as a puncture on Mae’s car would drop her to 14th place, behind Nathan who, after suffering mechanical issues in qualifying who got up to 13th place and with 10th place now firmly in Rainbow Dash’s grasp.
Few laps later, Oscura managed to get back to Viral in order retake 4th. It seemed to Oscura that 4th was more likely than 3rd as Akula was long gone. Oscura passed Viral at the Villeneuve chicane and by the time they reached Tosa, Viral made slight contact with Oscura. She recovered both was now a full second behind the Swiss Army Knife.
While Rusalka crossed the line to win the first of two race with Danger and Akula on the podium. Viral came 4th with Oscura 5th. Sonic and Danny finished 6th and 7th, while Starlight finished 8th. Hatsune finished 9th and Rainbow finished 10th.
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Imola 100 Race 2 (Grid World Series (GT3)
The second race began and Rusalka took an early lead with Danger in close proximity. Both AKV Ferraris got decent starts and Sonic Flash got the jump on Oscura heading to towards Tamburello. But before all the cars made it through the chicane. There was contact between the #718 Alfa Romeo 4C GT3 of Aurora White and the #741 BMW M4 GT3 of Namiko Tanigawa which gave Astral to avoid all of the drama and slot herself into a higher position.
Meanwhile, Akula overtook Danger at turn 8 and was now in the fight for the lead. But it was still in Rusalka’s hands and with the pair of them towards Acque Minerali, Akula tried a ‘Kamikaze’ on the Porsche in front Rusalka’s defence however, wasn’t enough for the Ferrari and was overtaken in an instant. Rusalka herself was wondering how her teammate is doing.
Beatrice was also within close proximity the top 10 after benefiting from the chaos the Tamburello chicane. By lap 4, the top ten was Akula, Rusalka, Danger, Viral, Oscura Sonic, Danny, Hatsune, and Starlight. But with both Seneca Racing Mercedes AMGs in 13th and 18th, the pressure was on for her. Even the Terra Tenebris Porsche of Mae Su-Jung was chasing her since lap 3. Despite being in an older generation Porsche compared to Beatrice, it didn’t deter Mae in the slightest. Both Porsches headed the straight towards the Villeneuve chicane. Beatrice got the nose of her 992 Porsche in front, but Mae got better corner exit speed and stole 11th from her.
A full course yellow on lap 8 was needed after three separate events occurred. The first being the #18 Ferrari of Valentin Manzi was beached on the second Rivazza corner, the second was the #925 Audi of Hayden Nightrunner turned the Tamburello chicane into the Tamburello straight, although his steering was limited as a fault at the Rivazza 1 was the cause of it. Hayden would retire from the race as his engine failed on him at Tosa. The third event was the Ferrari of Danger Dean crashing at Variante Alta as his Ferrari snapped right on exit. This damaged his suspension and ended his race. Danger wanted to use the 296 GT3 from the next GT3 race as the glory days of the 488 GT3 EVO were over for him.
By lap 11, the race was restarted with Rusalka challenging Akula. Viral was being hounded by the Ferrari of Oscura Galaxia and Starlight got a bit of a shock as looked at her mirrors and also a Seneca Mercedes. It was Carvalho. Having got screwed over by Oscura on race 1, her revenge was imminent and at Piratella, Lara passed Starlight with ease and soon her next target would be Beatrice Radiance.
The race heated up on lap 15 as Akula and Rusalka were in a tight battle for the lead with Viral acting as a inspector if, for any unknown reason, Akula made contact with the Porsche. Rusalka tried to squeeze by the Ferrari at the second Rivazza but the Ferrari’s speed on the exit kept Akula in the lead. Rusalka tried again at Bassa but Akula defended up until Tamburello when Rusalka made a move the inside of the Ferrari to take the lead away.
From laps 16 to 21, the man in the clouds began to glitter Imola in Italian rain. This caused the majority of the field to pit. The drivers that didn’t were Rusalka and Akula as the battle seemed to be never-ending. Both Seneca AMG GT3s of Carvalho and Tanaka didn’t pit and even Starlight and Beatrice. Oscura fell to 7th but as long as Ravenwest were scoring points, she didn’t mind helping out the team. Suddenly on lap 22, both Rusalka and Akula pitted for wets as two Seneca drivers inherited first and second with Beatrice now in third. Rusalka dropped to 6th and Akula fell to 9th after mistake on the right front cost him more time.
After both Yume and Lara pitted on lap 24, falling to 6th and 7th. The top 10 was Beatrice Radiance, Starlight Glimmer, Oscura Galaxia, Aria Blaze, Rusalka Swordlight, Yume Tanaka, Lara Carvalho, Akula, Viral and Danny Dean. Danny was wondering how his team-mate was doing after he passed Viral at Piratella. Sonic had retired from the race on lap 21 due to a transmission issue which explained why he wasn’t in the fight.
By lap 26, the rain continued to pour and with Beatrice pitted for fresher wets. Starlight inherited the lead as Beatrice dropped to a distant 4th behind both Oscura and Aria. But then at the Tosa, Starlight suffered a puncture as she rode the kerb a bit longer than she should have.
Oscura, now in the lead of the race, was beginning to realise that from lap 27 onwards, the race would turn to a race of attrition as the rain was getting heaviler by every 3 laps. With two laps to go, the bottom 2 of the top 10 was Danny Dean in the Aston Martin, the Ravenwest Ferrari of Nathan McKane. With the Mercedes of Iris Dayspark in 11th place, things got interesting. All three of them were in tight battle to the finish as Oscura took her first GRID series win with Aria Blaze and Beatrice Radiance on the podium, Rusalka Swordlight, Yume Tanaka, Lara Carvalho, Viral and Akula had finshed but Danny would hold off both Iris Dayspark who overtook Nathan at the second Rivazza.
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Solus Highway 100 Race 2 (Grid World Series) - (GT Group X)
Danger was actually surprised to get on the podium on the first race having started 8th on the grid. With 20 more laps to run, Danger hopes to get the lead in the league back. Only he and 19 other drivers remain drove to the grid in their starting positions and… the race was on.
Viral got a good but Danger went to the left to try to overtake Tanaka but she blocked Danger on corner exit and with both Rusalka and Nathan behind him as Akula got swarmed at turn 1 and dropping to 7th place behind Sayori Blitz. The clock was still ticking for Danger to take the lead. Danger realised that the performance from Tanaka’s Mercedes was similar to his, despite being from different manufactures.
A bit of drama occurred at turn 10 as the Porsche of Beatrice Radiance collided with the Armco barrier between turns 9 and 10. It was small impact and it was influenced by the #18 of Valentin Manzi. Beatrice headed to the pits and hoped that Rusalka can bring a good result for Team Swordlight.
By lap 3, Danger overtook Yume at turn 4 and was now in the process of chasing Viral down. The problem for the British Speedfreak was that Viral had a 2.2 second lead over him and that lead could get bigger if Danger falter within the remaining 18 laps. He also wanted Aria to push harder but Aria was having problems with the Alpine of Sayori Blitz, but that time will come for him eventually.
Starlight Glimmer was dealing with both Iris Dayspark and Oscura Galaxia. With the three battling for 9th place since lap 5 and Starlight seemed to have the advantage over both Iris and Oscura. But on lap 7 of 20, A mistake on the exit of turn 6 caused Oscura to jump to 9th place and Iris snatching 10th from her. At the exit of the final corner, Starlight used her draft to get 10th place back from Iris and with the other occupants of the top 10 long gone for either Oscura or Starlight, they continued to make the crowd have something to think about when they leave the circuit.
After a sudden seizure from the gearbox of Jasmine Spark’s Mercedes on lap 10, she retired and just like Beatrice after contact with the wall on the first lap, she wanted Iris to challenge for the points. The problem was that Iris was in 11th place and 2 seconds back from Oscura Galaxia. Iris knew that she was in need of good result and the laps were counting down for her. She wanted a miracle, fast.
On lap 12, Danger miraculously caught up with the Ferrari of Viral and decided to have a battle with her on the ‘Highway Section’ of the track. Danger tried to do a lunge at the hairpin of turn 6 but backed out of it without wanting to collide into either the wall or into Viral. By the time Viral and Danger got to turn 10. Danger hit the brakes super late and collided into rear-right of Viral’s Ferrari sending both into a half-spin. Yume saw the stopped Ferrari of Viral as Danger continued on.
Viral knew that it was inevitable that a rookie mistake would be her unmaking. She wanted to have a word with Danger after the race. The front of Danger was shredding parts off by the time he went into the pits. He believed that his brakes didn’t calibrate to the amount of force that Danger applied and caused him to miss the braking zone by a large margin. He was slightly lucky that he didn’t make contact with the Armco. Viral did however and that caused her to drop out of the top 10 by the time she left the pits. Danger dropped to 9th place as he didn’t have as much damage that Viral had.
After 15 laps, Yume led the race with Rusalka in 2nd and Akula was now in 3rd. Nathan was making as many moves as she would like to move up to fourth and Sayori Blitz was turning the heads of the fans as she was imitating Nathan was now in 5th position, 2 seconds behind the Ravenwest Aston Martin. 6th place was Starlight Glimmer while 7th and 8th was still being contested by Iris and Oscura. Danger was 9th and Sonic Flash was 10th. With the race entering its 17th lap, Sayori decided to surprise everyone if the form an overtake on the outside of turn 4 as she caught up with Aston Martin in 2 laps.
Yume cruised to the line to win the race with Rusalka and Akula completing the podium. Sayori and Nathan finished 4th and 5th and Starlight finished 6th and Oscura finished 7th after a last lap pass on Iris Dayspark, Danger and Sonic finished the top 10 and he told Viral that he missed the braking zone by a huge margin. He also told that he never done it before in some time and that he would do it again.
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Solus Grand Prix (Formula Equestria)
Sayori Blitz was hoping her newly upgraded Renault RS22 and the fact that she set herself a goal of getting into the top 10 was originally a tough order. But she felt confident that she would have the better speed, control and management of the tyres in the 67 laps of the race. She hit the track and started her lap. She hoped that the new Dragonsfire power unit would bring her into the 10 in qualifying.
1st. Starlight Glimmer, Red Bull Racing RBPT, 1:37.339
Sayori did what she want to do and she managed to out-qualify two of the Prancing Speedfreaks and Iris Dayspark, while she was nowhere near Rusalka or Danger. The race started and Akula got the best start of them all with Danger slotting himself into 3rd with Viral hot on his tail heading into turn 1. Sayori outdrove Rainbow Dash with Oscura right behind her in 7th. Aria squeezed by Iris and Sonic made pass on Iris.
It didn’t take long for the drama as at turn 5, Leighanna Astralina spun out after a nudge from Alice Spark as the Red Bull driver tried to pass Danny Dean in the Forza Nova. There was no need for a Safety Car as Leighanna got going again.
As lap 2 approaches, Starlight was being reeled in by the Ferrari of Danger and after Viral passed both of them at turn 16 on the previous lap, it didn’t really matter to Danger that much as he knew that AKV01s were too dominant.
All of the Ferrari F1-75s were running a different livery to the one they used at the Diamond Bay Grand Prix. The livery consisted of the nose painted in white and red in a chevron pattern. There was a slanted white stripe on the side with a white number on the side of the wing and the name of the driver on the top of the wing. Danger used the new livery to his advantage at turn 12 when he decided to dive down the inside of Starlight at turn 5 to perform one of his finest overtakes of the race. This sealed the possibility of a Triumvirate 1-2-3.
From lap 3 to 7, the race going smoothly with the Triumvirate leading the pack and with Rusalka being chased by Sayori’s Renault. The green flag run didn’t last long as Alice Spark’s Red Bull took a trip to the gravel on lap 8 at turn 14 after a failed battle with Twilight Sparkle. All the other drivers were on the mediums and they could last 33 to 34 laps unless if a Safety Car came out which was the case with Alice Spark’s premature retirement.
The gods thought to mess with the drivers by lap 11 by making a slight change of weather. Brio Blitz thought it may be the right time to say something to Aria.
“Aria, there may be a slight chance of rain of next 10 minutes. We may need to put you on the Intermediate tyres.” Brio said to Aria.
“You better inform, Danger, Rusalka and Sonic about this,” Aria replied. “Because I don’t want a repeat of what happened in Diamond Bay.”
On lap 12. Crimsonia Dragonsfire was on the radio to Danger.
“Danger, I’ve been informed by Brio Blitz that in 10 minutes, there may be rain coming.” Crimsonia reported.
“So… at this pace, it will be around lap 16 or 17 before I pit. I imagine Akula and Viral will do the same thing.” Danger said.
“I think they will.”
Lap 15 comes around and the number of cars on the track was reduced from 21 to 20 as Rainbow Dash complained over an issue. Rainbow pulled into the pits and her battery wasn’t charging up when under braking and at turn 17, the display on her steering wheel completely switched off.
By lap 19 most of the field was on the intermediate tyres after the rain started to glitter onto the track. Akula still led Viral and Danger with Sayori in 4th and Starlight Glimmer 5th. Rusalka and Oscura Galaxia was in 6th and 7th, Iris, Aria and Sonic in 8th through to 10th with Azura and Twilight in 11th and 12th. All drivers knew there was going to be an Safety Car afoot but they weren’t sure when.
On lap 20, Leighanna Astralina crashed into the tyre barrier after the rear of her Renault RS.22 snapped mid-corner by no fault of her own, She was OK but another Safety Car was needed. Oscura wasn’t too pleased to see another Safety Car.
“This Safety Car is driving too slow for me to warm up my tyres. Can anybody tell the Safety Car that this isn’t some road trip on the Solus Highway. This is a fucking race!” Oscura complained.
“We know, Oscura. There’s 47 laps to go.” Anastasia informed.
“Could take three hours at this pace.” Oscura replied.
By lap 24, Danger was getting hounded by Sayori and with Rusalka overtaking Starlight at turn 11. It only took about 5 corners for Sayori to pass Danger on the outside of turn 16. Danger wondered if there was something wrong, he kept it to himself to avoid a unnecessary pit stop. The loss of speed he had was erased at turn 4 on lap 25 after an overtake that got the fans off their seats.
The next retirement came on lap 28 as Starlight pulled into the pits after suffering vibrations with the car. It was gut-wrenching for her as she started from pole position. With the Triumvirate still having a firm grip on the podium and Sayori still making Danger’s uncomfortable, it was Rusalka’s turning to bring another good result. She did have a problem though, an Oscura-sized problem. Her OSCGP01 was on par with the F1-75 the whole race but the idea of being behind a Ferrari was pissing off Oscura slightly. By lap 31, Rusalka had increased the gap to 2.5 seconds, which made Oscura even more displeased.
“What the fuck is going on with my car?!” Oscura complained. “I feel like Danger must have something to do it. Like he always does!”
“Are you done complaining?” Anastasia asked.
“If you want me to continue complaining for the next 37 laps, be my guest. This is so fucking embarrassing.” Oscura replied.
On lap 35, Crimsonia was trying to make Danger’s life more relaxing as he pulled a 3 second gap to Sayori. Danger knew that he can’t catch the AKV01s in front, even if both Viral and Akula made a second stop. Both Crimsonia and Danger was noticing that the rain was becoming less heavier than before.
“Crim, do you think intermediates are the way to go.” Danger asked.
“Don’t know. You tell me.” Crimsonia replied.
“Let me know when it’s stopped raining so I can pit for inters.” Danger suggested.
“OK.” Crismonia said, concerned.
Lap 39 was the beginning of another rant from Oscura as she realised her wet tyre where not performing in a way she liked. Despite being in 6th place and 22 seconds ahead of Aria Blaze, her chances of getting a podium were getting slimmer by each lap.
“My tyres, Anastasia. I can’t look after my tyres for much longer!” Oscura complained. “I’m really struggling, inters are the way to go.”
“Box this lap, Oscura.” Anastasia instructed her.
“Anastasia, I can continue for another 5 laps at least! What’s the fucking point of putting fucking wet tyres on when there no rain?!” Oscura complained again.
On lap 44, Akula still lead the race from Viral and Danger but with two separate retirement from Prismatic Shuriken on lap 40 and Blazing Lionfire on lap 42. It was turning into a war of attrition for some cars. On turn 13, Danger was approaching the lapped car of Astral Dash and he saw a sticker on Astral’s Aston Martin that gave the British Speedfreak a bit of a chill down his spine.
“Crim, I’m gonna have nightmares tonight about kids eating for free.” Danger said on the radio.
“Why?” Crimsonia asked.
“Astral has a decal on her car that’s says ‘Kids Eat Free’.” Danger replied.
“I’ll tell her that next I’m see her.” Crimsonia said.
50 laps had elapsed with 17 to go and all three of the Speed Triumvirate had made their pit stops. They still held the podium places with Sayori in 4th after passing Rusalka who was in the pits on lap 48. Sayori was loving the race so far and was hoping to catch Danger at some point, but Danger was 40 seconds ahead of her, so a 4th place was good enough. With the top 5 not changing from the pit stops with Iris, Aria, Sonic, Oscura and Azura.
Akula hadn’t won a race since the first sprint at Sunset Valley so with 12 laps to go. The AKV01 was cruising and passing any back-markers with ease. His start and masterclass in the wet was heavily rewarded with a calm drive.
For Oscura, however, things were turning from bad to ‘victim of a crash courtesy of Danger Dean’ bad. She went down to 9th place after a tyre gun failure on lap 52. Needless to say, she was most pissed off than before.
“I never knew I would be swimming in like… 6 tonnes of shit after that pit stop. Like, seriously! Anastasia, why don’t you get into this car and go through the hell like I go through every race.” Oscura complained.
“Oscura, you got 9 laps to turn it around to catch Sonic.” Anastasia encouraged her.
“I need about 9 billion laps to catch Danger at this pace!” Oscura snapped. “I wish our cars a lot faster… if I wasn’t for that fucking split between Red Bull and Team Galaxia, I would have about 4 more wins by now! My career is so ruined because of that split. Totally ruined.”
“But you are a championship winner in the past.” Anastasia said.
“That was fucking nearly ten years ago! 2013 to be exact.” Oscura snapped again.
With 5 laps to go, Rusalka had a small moment at turn 6 when she half-spun towards the entry to turn 7.
“Nice save, Rusalka!” Beatrice Firefury congratulated.
“I need to stop watching Initial D after this race.” Rusalka stated.
“At least you’re not on a mountain road.” Beatrice commented.
“Touché.” Rusalka replied.
On the final lap on the race, Akula crossed the line to win the Solus Grand Prix with Viral second and Danger third. Sayori was 4th and Rusalka 5th, Iris Dayspark 6th, Aria Blaze 7th, Sonic 8th, Azura 9th, Oscura 10th, Twilight Sparkle 11th and Fluttershy 12th.
“How about that! Yes! And for anyone who thought I left... I never left. Just moved aside for a while. Thanks guys." Akula celebrated.
It have been so long for the fans to enjoy a Triumvirate 1-2-3 and now… they finally got one.
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Velocity City Grand Prix (Formula Equestria)
Akula knew that if he finished ahead of Danger in the race, he would be in the lead of the standings by one point, if Danger finished second. With the AKV01 being a rocket on the streets and with Akula’s vendetta against streets starting to ease a little. Qualifying would be Akula’s chance to shatter Danger’s hopes of a sixth title.
1st. Akula, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 1:21.368
For the 22 cars in the race, 55 laps at the Astral Skyline Loop will prove to be the test for the cars… and for Oscura’s temper after what happened at Solus. It didn’t get any better when she was passed by Danny Dean at turn 1. But she realised that she had 55 laps to turn the race around.
Akula got a good start and Viral got the jump on Starlight and Danger used the 90-degree corners to his advantage by diving down the inside of turn 3 to pass the Red Bull. He also had a opportunity to pass Viral at the hairpin. But Viral defended like she knew Danger was already trying to overtake. The Angel of Speed was still defending until turn 15 when Danger overtook Viral. But Viral snatch back 2nd after Danger out braked himself on the second lap.
When lap 4 came around, it take too long for the chaos to start as Iris’ Mercedes decided to redecorate turn 9, crashing into the right-side Armco barrier and breaking the front-right wheel in the process. Before she crashed, she was in a battle with Rusalka Swordlight.
By lap 8, the race was back on after a Safety Car period. It seemed that Danger’s energy has unknowingly spent as Starlight overtook him at turn 3. Danger tried to take back 3rd at the hairpin, he made the move stick after Starlight hit the brakes earlier than Danger did.
Starlight didn’t realise that Sayori Blitz was getting closer to the Red Bull after the Renault overtook Aria at turn 5. Luckily for Starlight, the Astral Skyline Loop had some fast corners and the pace of her RB18 was comparable to the AKV01s in the top 2. Despite being a world behind Akula in terms of lap times, it didn’t deter Starlight from challenging with either Sayori or Danger.
By lap 10, the battle between Starlight, Danger and Sayori heated up a bit as all three of them were trading positions from turns 7 to 14. Until at turn 1 on lap 11, Starlight made contact with Sayori but the rear of Danger’s F1-75 was also involved and Danger spun 180 degrees and collided with the tyre barriers, forcing him out of the race. Sayori was also out of the race as she collided with the right side concrete wall.
“Are you OK, Danger?” Crimsonia asked on the radio.
“Yeah, I’m fine. Starlight just cleaned me and Sayori out.” Danger replied.
When Aria saw the crash, she was confused.
“What happened here, Brio?” Aria asked.
“I think the Red Bull made contact with the Renault and I think Sayori tried to pass Danger but he got hit in the rear and that’s why in the barrier.” Brio explained.
“Might have guessed. What’s the top 12 looking like?” Aria said,
“Err… it’s Akula, Viral, Starlight, you, Rusalka, Sonic, Twilight, Danny, Oscura, Rainbow, Rin and Blazing Lionfire. Starlight may damage on the car.” Brio said, reading off the leaderboard.
The crash also intrigued Oscura.
“Starlight cleaned out Sayori and Danger? That’s good for me.” Oscura said.
On lap 15, Sonic was being chased by Twilight and with Danger’s protégé, Danny in 7th place after Starlight’s retirement. A similar battle erupted, only this time, it didn’t result in a crash. Danny overtook both of them at turn 9. Danny’s sister, Astral, was now 12th place and trying to overtake Blazing Lionfire. Astral was in dire need of a good result. Even though her race-craft was on par with her brother’s but Danny won a Grand Prix, Astral hadn’t. She hoped the 2023 season would bare more fruitful results.
With lap 19 in full swing, both AKV01s had left the field in their mist. Apart from one… Aria Blaze. Despite Danger’s retirement, it gave her a unwanted urge to challenge up the field. It took about 28 corners which acquaints to nearly two laps for the Ferrari to pass Viral and now, on lap 21… she was now fighting for the lead.
But Aria’s chances would be put onto a slight hold as Beatrice Radiance’s engine failed on her at turn 12 whilst in 17th place. After the brief local yellow. Aria continued with the fight. Akula realised that the Ferrari wasn’t driven by Danger, instead it was Aria. It didn’t deter Akula from giving another Ferrari the taste of AKV tyre smoke.
By lap 25, Rainbow was struggling to keep up with the front runners, despite being in 9th place and after her daughter pitted for fresh mediums. Rainbow was trying her hardest to extend her stint on her medium. By turn 16, she chickened out and pulled in. Meanwhile, Aria was in the lead of the race after Akula fell to 3rd behind Viral.
Sonic Flash was now in 4th place after Rusalka was held in the pits with the fear of releasing into the Volkswagen of Hatsune Soulblitz. The two AKV drivers inverted on lap 27 so that Akula would have a chance. But Akula had only 4 second cushion pullback to Ferrari.
Turn 8 on lap 32 saw another Safety Car period as while she trying to pass the backmarker Pasadena Dragonstorm, Rusalka’s rear-right wheel collided with Pasadena’s front-left wheel causing Rusalka’s car to spin into the barriers which such force that the rear of the Ferrari lifted off the ground… and on top of the tyre barriers.
“Rusalka, are you OK?” Beatrice Firefury asked on the radio.
“Yeah. I don’t know how I’m gonna drive off of this.” Rusalka said.
As Viral came around to turn 8 on lap 33, she was shocked.
“Holy shit! What happened there?” Viral.
Pasadena meanwhile, was still in the race… barely. She pitted for the fresh tyres and then… her Scuderia Tempesta stalled. She was also out of the race.
The race restarted on lap 38, with Aria leading from Akula and Viral. Sonic and Twilight were 4th and 5th with Danny in 6th. Oscura and Rainbow in 7th and 8th, Astral Dash, Blazing Lionfire, Azura Dragonsifre and Fluttershy completed in top 12. But that was about to change.
With 12 laps to go, Aria just had an edge over Akula but he would give up. At turn 7, he performed his signature Kamikaze on Aria to snatch the lead. Viral was liking what Akula was doing with Aria.
“Oh, Akula is a legend.” Viral said.
“Absolute legend at that.” Neon Shock agreed.
9 laps to go, Oscura was keeping Danny honest with the pair keeping close with each other during the restart. Danny made a slight mistake going into turn 10 causing Oscura to take 6th place. Astral was worried that Danny might lose the speed. He did just that. Astral passed her brother at turn 13 and it felt like she would be the saviour that Aston Martin needed. With 7 laps to go… Astral went for it, she picked the places where Oscura could make a mistake and at turn 6, she passed Oscura. Then 5 corners later, Danny got back the speed he lost and passed Oscura on the outside. Oscura couldn’t believe it.
On lap 53, Sonic had an usual feeling ever Danger retired on lap 10. It really wasn’t the same him not on track but he had to try and catch Viral, Aria and Akula. He would need more laps as Akula won the race, Aria and Viral on the podium. Sonic finished 4th with Twilight 5th. Astral and Danny in 6th and 7th, Oscura and Blazing Lionfire 8th and 9th with Azura Dragonsfire, Fluttershy and Jasmine Spark finishing the top 12.
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Cloudsdale GP (2022 Season Finale) (Formula Equestria)
The situation for the championship was clear. Akula was leading the championship by 18 points over his team-mate, Viral and 23 points from Danger. Iris Dayspark lay in 4th with 235 points, but with a 98 points deficit and only 25 points available from the weekend, the title wasn’t in her sights. The battle for 5th in the standings was also on with Rusalka and Aria separated by just 6 points.
Danger knew that if he were to win his 6th title, he would have the win the race and hoped that Akula would finish 11th or lower. For Viral, she would also have to win but Akula were to finish 9th or lower. But for Akula, his job was easier, just follow Danger and Viral home. With that being said, the three headed for the 2.76 mile track of the Cloudsdale Acceledrome. 60 laps to race, one winner.
1st. Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:26.449
The race was on and Aria and Akula both got good starts of the line. Starlight lost out to Danger at turn 1 with Oscura passing Jasmine Spark. Rainbow overtook two cars on the straight and Azura Dragonsfire to slot herself into 13th place, in front of her home crowd with a sight to behold. Akula was keeping Aria honest for the first 2 laps of the race. His teammate, Viral was struggling at the start, getting overtaken by Twilgiht Sparkle at turn 10 on the first lap didn’t help and that Cloudsdale Acceledrome was one Rainbow’s favourite tracks.
By lap 5, the race was running smoothly for all 20 cars, right before Astral Dash’s gearbox went on strike and forced her out of the race, but as this happened before the start-finish straight, Astral came into the pits just in time. Rainbow, having heard of her daughter’s retirement, decided to go for broke. Her next opponent to overtake was Danny Dean. After being jumped off the line by Rusalka Swordlight, Danny settled in for a really interesting race as Rainbow was right behind him in 10th place. It taken Rainbow to pass Danny at turn 9 on lap 9. By this time, Aria maintained the lead from Akula with Iris and Danger right behind in a battle of their own.
It didn’t take long before the carnage to begin as while battling with Hatsune Soulblitz, Lightning Dust banged wheels at turn 10 and before the Lamborghini reached turn 11, it didn’t turn and Lightning Dust crashed into the tyre barriers. It turned out that the clash with Hatsune damaged the suspension and by the time Lightning reached the turn where she crashed, the steering jammed up under braking.
As Lightning’s crash on lap 12 brought out the Safety Car, the race resumed on lap 15. Viral overtook Twilight at turn 3 and was now trying to pass Danger. Meanwhile, Aria and Akula were still in the battle they had on the first lap. Akula tried to make moves on the Ferrari even performing the ‘Kamikaze’ on Aria. But Aria wouldn’t budge. At some points from 16 to 20, Aria and Akula would occasionally bang wheels and sometimes either the AVK01 or the F1-75 would cut the grass. While was going on, something happened.
Starlight Glimmer had crashed heavily into the barrier at turn 9 on lap 22 which brought out the Safety Car again. She was OK but she was out of the race. Danger, who inherited 4rd place, came in for a gutsy pit stop. Even Crimsonia gambled on the fact that Danger could win the championship.
By lap 25, the race was back on and the Ferrari of Aria was still in the lead with Akula, Viral, Iris and Danger in the top 5. Akula figured that if he could extend a gap to Viral, pit at the right time and hold out any challenge from either Ferrari, the championship was his.
While Iris wasn’t in the title fight, she was doing her best to deny Danger his 6th title. Provisionaly, Akula would be on 355 points and Danger, on 325 points. As Viral was in third, she would be 10 points ahead of him. On lap 27, Danger went for it. Picking off every little bit of the cushion pullback with immense skill and at turn 10, Danger performed his ‘Dartstrike’ on Iris get to 4th.
“You can do it, Danger. It’s hammer time!” Crimsonia said on the radio.
By lap 31, the remaining 17 race car were settling into the grove and the strategies were starting to play out. Akula pitted on lap 29 for a standard 2.5 second pit stop and was now in 3rd. Aria decided to pit on lap 32 and was in a good position via strategy. Viral also came on the same lap and as Danger was 3 seconds adrift from the Angel of Speed, the British Speedfreak was now in 2nd place.
Everyone knew there was going to be another Safety Car, but no one knew when. Although the Lotus of Azura made it easy to guess as she got a bit too close to Rosa Dragonlight and smashed the pit lane wall on lap 36. As the half-way mark approached, fortune would soon force it’s hand.
An MGU-K failure in AKV01 caused Viral to park on the side of the road under Safety Car conditions and out of the race. It brought an end to Viral title run but Danger and Akula, the battle was still on and with Twilight Sparkle and Oscura in 4th and 5th. When the race restarted on lap 41, both cars were going through hell and creation despite their vigorous driving. Aria was still comfortably in the lead but… a four car battle had emerged between Danger, Akula, Twilight and Oscura. Seeing the battle, the fans were going wild.
With 16 laps to go, the battle continued while Aria never looked back. It was incomprehensible that a battle at this level would result a massive crash. For now, the battle was rather clean until on lap 49, Oscura realised that only there was too many cars in battle and when she saw an opportunity, that was when it happened.
After getting a little bit greedy when trying to pass Danger, who was on her right Oscura jerked to the left… and collided into Akula and while immediately broke as soon as the contact was made, Oscura’s OSCGP01, barrel-rolled multiple times into the gravel. Both Akula and Oscura were OK but it would take a long time before the race would resume.
“Danger, I know you’re in second… but you deserve this title. Go and bring it home.” Akula said, trying to encourage his title.
For Danger, he heard what Akula said, as if some feeling inside wanted him to overtake his teammate, Aria Blaze. No one in Formula Equestria had the championship six times and Danger was about to make history. If Danger finished second, he would be on 332 points and would lose out to Akula. He had to go for broke As sunset began to emerge, the race restarted on lap 55. Aria still led the way and Danger was still right behind. Iris, Twilight and Rusalka were in the top 5. Aria kept a firm grip on the lead but Danger was still getting closer and closer to her. Danger tried to two moves on lap 58 which didn’t work. Then he tried again on lap 59 with three more attempts, But then on the last corner, on the last lap, Danger made the move to pass… and it worked. Danger crossed the line to win the race after a 5 lap battle. Rusalka finished 3rd to make it a Ferrari 1-2-3. Twilight came 4th and Iris came 5th. Danny finished 6th and Sonic finished 7th. Jasmine Spark was 8th, Rainbow Dash was 9th, Black Flame was 10th, Sayori Blitz was 11th and Rosa Dragonlight was 12th.
When Rosa Dragonlight crossed the line, Crimsonia was ready to give him the news.
“Danger… I don’t know how to say but… YOU ARE THE 2022 FORMULA EQUESTRIA CHAMPION! ” Crimsonia shouted.
“YES! YES! YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! FORZA FERRARI! ” Danger celebrated.
“You drove that race you wanted to and… you did it, you are a 6-time champion.” Crimsonia said,
“Thanks, Crimsonia. Thanks Ferrari and Thank you for the fans that witnessed history.”
After the race, Akula found Danger in the cooldown room and patted his back.
“You deserve it, Danger. I said that you’d make it to glory. But when Oscura crashed into me… I realised it was over for me.” Akula said.
“Don’t worry, Akula.” Danger said, placing an arm on his shoulder. “Your time will come, you can use my style of driving any time when we race each other again.”
“Thanks, Danger. It will come eventually.” Akula said, before remembering something. “Hey, Danger? Want to build some hypercars with me when we get back to Danger City?”
“Sure, why not!" Danger said.
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Silverstone Clash (Grid Equestria) (ETCM+TC-500)
The eighth, ninth and tenth race at the GRID Equestria circus arrived at Northamptonshire in the United Kingdom, the exact location… Silverstone. The home of British motorsport and the Speedfreak himself, Danger Dean. His Honda NSX GT GT500 car was in a special livery, it still had the red, white, black and orange livery, but it peeled into the flag of the UK. He thinks that he can give the Crimson Lions something cheer on, Or they would cheer for Danny (if Danger crashes) as a last resort. When Danger went out for qualifying, he was in another zone.
#15 Danger Dean, Danger Motorsport, Honda NSX-GT GT500, 1:51.171
#1 Nathan McKane, Ravenwest Motorsport, Honda NSX-GT GT500, 1:51.257
#24 Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports, Chevrolet Camaro ETCM, 1:51.342
#14 Aria Blaze, Danger Motorsport, Honda NSX-GT GT500, 1:51.348
#21 Yume Tanaka, Seneca Racing, Honda NSX-GT GT500, 1:51.388
#98 Akula, AKV Motorsports, Chevrolet Camaro ETCM, 1:51.410
#97 Rusalka Swordlight, Team Swordlight, Audi RS5 ETCM, 1:51.570
#13 Oscura Galaxia, Ravenwest Motorsport, Honda NSX-GT GT500, 1:51.698
#7 Adriana Novalight, Magentavision, Audi RS5 ETCM, 1:51.880
#18 Valentin Manzi, Voltz Racing, Honda NSX-GT GT500, 1:51.997
#25 Starlight Glimmer, Voltz Racing, Honda NSX-GT GT500, 1:52.072
#23 Iris Dayspark, Team Dayspark, Mercedes C43 AMG ETCM 1:52.118
#78 Jasmine Spark, Team Dayspark, Mercedes C43 AMG ETCM 1:52.188
#91 Beatrice Radiance, Team Swordlight, Audi RS5 ETCM, 1:52.228
#4 Lara Carvalho, Seneca Racing, Honda NSX-GT GT500, 1:52.246
#5 Sonic Flash, Team Sonic Motorsport, Toyota Supra GT500, 1:52.337
#43 Sayori Blitz, Solarspark Motorsport, Lexus LC500 GT500, 1:52.348
#151 Danny Dean, Team Sonic Motorsport, Toyota Supra GT500, 1:52.369
#20 Rainbow Dash, Loyalty Dash Racing Team, BMW M4 G82 ETCM, 1:52.459
#56 Natsuki Thunder, Magnetavision, Audi RS5 ETCM, 1:52.470
#152 Astral Dash, Loyalty Dash Racing Team, BMW M4 G82 ETCM, 1:52.569
#87 Natalia Shock, Solarspark Motorsport, Toyota Supra GT500, 1:52.599
#39 Hatsune Soulblitz, Goodsmile Racing Team Soulblitz, Nissan GT-R GT500, 1:52.799
#40 Azusa Soulblitz, Goodsmile Racing Team Soulblitz, Nissan GT-R GT500, 1:52.993
#121 Twilight Sparkle, Scuderia Tempesta, BMW M4 G82 ETCM, 1:53.028
#148 Naomi Fuchikazi, Scuderia Tempesta, BMW M4 G82 ETCM, 1:53.369
A lot of laps awaited the 26 cars on the grid and before they knew it… the race started. Viral got the jump on both McKane and the hometown speedfreak heading towards Abbey. Danger tried to cover McKane at Village but he didn’t notice his teammate, Aria coming beside him. The 5 cars battled with Oscura Galaxia joining at the exit of Aintree. Some paint paint scraping occurred by the time the cars reached Brooklands, Luffield and Woodcote. Danny Dean in the Supra had timed the start so perfectly that he had overtaken enough to be ahead of Carvalho. Then the 5 cars battled along the national pits towards Copse and Nathan accidently forced Oscura wide and ended her battle abruptly. But Akula was nearly ahead of her by the time they reached Maggots and Beckets. Akula tried to make a move at Chapel but Oscura made sure he never overtake her. It surprisingly worked… till about Stowe came into the view when Akula launched passed her.
On lap 4, Lara was struggling with the car’s performance and by the time she came for an early pitstop due to a blister on the tyre, she was at the tail end of the field. She needed a miracle and fast. Then on lap 6, Sonic in the Supra crashed at Stowe which brought out the Safety Car and an opportunity for Lara to scythe through the field. Before Sonic crashed, Danger took back the lead from Nathan and Aria was in 3rd with Viral and Yume behind.
Lap 9 comes around and the Safety Car comes in to restart the race. Danger was leading with Nathan and Aria in pursuit. Oscura was in 7th place ahead of Rusalka Swordlight. The 25 cars were settling to the groove as laps trickled down… right up until lap 15, when one part of the engine of Sayori Blitz’s Lexus decided to lay in protest. She came into the pits for repairs and they finished… she stalled. When you stall in a TC500 or even a ETCM car… normally you just restart the car. But your Sayori, the iginition motor had failed and she retired from the race.
Meanwhile, Danger was commanding the field and with the Crimson Lions on their feet cheering him on whenever his Honda goes into view. Viral was charging too, as her Chevrolet was storming through the corners. She left Yume to be swarmed by Akula and with Danger basically gone… she wanted to steal 2nd place. But Nathan and Aria were in their own battle. From lap 16 to 22, Nathan and Aria were telling the fans that both Danger and Ravenwest were the teams to be at… The battle was basically like the Audi, Toyota and Porsche battles at Le Mans, before the age of the Hypercars.
“Aria is a good driver, Danger is lucky to have her as a teammate.” Nathan said on the radio.
While Danger pitted on lap 25 for fresher rubber, Oscura was trying to pass the Seneca Honda of Yume Tanaka. Even though the TC500 cars were on par on speed. The ETCM cars were quick in a straight line. By the time got to Brooklands, Oscura braked later than Yume and took 6th place. What she didn’t realise was that Rusalka was now behind Yume. And when the 2009 Formula Equestria champion overtook the Seneca Honda was now in Oscura’s draft.
By lap 31 the gap between Oscura and the hometown legend was over a minute. With Nathan and Aria in the pits the battle was on. until at Copse, a gust of wind at a puncture caused the Honda to crash into the barriers at 51G, which brought out the Safety Car.
Even though Danger and Oscura were enemies for nearly 13 years, it stop Danger from looking at the damned Honda. He felt sorry for her after a 51G impact to the barrier. And he knows what 51G impact can do to a driver.
“She’s OK right?” Danger asked.
“Yes… she’s OK?” His race engineer replied,
“That was scary. I hope she recovers. That was scary.”
After Oscura’s Honda was cleared, the race got away again and Danger maintained the lead of the race. By lap 37, it was Danger, Aria, Nathan, Viral, Lara, Akula, Rusalka, Yume, Starlight and Iris. The 10 would maintain position till the end on lap 40. Danger had won in his home, Silverstone, his own backyard, the Temple of the Speedfreak. And 60 million plus people of the UK was cheering for their legend.
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2023 Danger City Grand Prix (Formula Equestria)
The start of the 2023 Formula Equestria season is coming soon as the numerous cars take to the track to set a good lap time on the 2.65 mile long circuit of the Central International Raceway, located in the center of the biggest city on Aeris. Danger City. As the winner of championship last year, Danger went out first in his SF-DGR23 and the show had started already.
1st. Starlight Glimmer, Red Bull Racing Team Starlight, 1:23.337
For the new season a new race format was installed in some races to make the competition more tense. In the new multistage race format. The three stages meant that drivers in the top 10 positions get 75 points at max. To the drivers it felt like 3 races in one meeting.
Danger, who was starting 2nd on the grid, was on a mission to achieve two accolades, the first driver in Formula Equestria history to win 100 races as he currently has 99 by his estimate and become the first driver to win 7 titles.
The 5 lights were on… the 2023 Danger City Grand Prix and the 2023 Formula Equestria has begun.
Starlight got a terrible start has she dropped to 5th place behind Danger but Viral was now 3rd after overtaking Iris Dayspark. Akula was still in 6th and with his own punching bag of Starlight falling down to a bad start as the two headed to turn 2. What he didn’t realise was that Danny Dean and Kaci Lionlight were also in a battle for 7th place. As Akula was (in his mind) better than Starlight Gliimer, he blitzed passed the RB19 out of the top 5.
As the laps trickled down, Viral took the lead from Danger as Rainbow was holding off Akula who overtook Iris on lap 6. But before Iris could take 4th place back, the Safety Car came out after Astral’s Mercedes crashed out at turn 15 on lap 9. Astral was OK but it was her first DNF in top tier-team like Mercedes and she knows how not finishing in the points during her spell at Aston Martin. Before the Safety Car came out. The McLarens of Kaci Lionlight and Adriana Novalight were in good positions before Astral crashed. Kaci lay in 6th and Adriana was in 11th after passing both Jasmine Spark and Rusalka Swordlight.
When the race restarted on lap 11, something Akula in the heart.
Before he got harpooned by Oscura Galaxia at the Clousdale Grand Prix, he wanted to win the title so badly as both Danger and Oscura were in a heated battle while Aria held the race hostage until the final lap. He even went as far as calling Team Galaxia ‘idiots in cucumbers’ before the practice sessions. After a pitstop on lap 12, he unfortunately found the one woman who robbed him of his title, Oscura Galaxia. It was very interesting for the fans to see both the AVK02 of Akula and OSCGP002 of Oscura battling. With the Angel of Speed in the lead from Danger and Iris, he began to not be interested in what Viral was up to as he was busy trying to hold of Danger’s primeval nemesis.
Oscura passed Akula on lap 14 turn 9 and it slightly angered Akula. For a few laps, Akula tried every single trick in his book of manoeuvres to pass Oscura. Nothing was working and after the first race of three which resulted in Viral’s victory from Danger, Iris, Rainbow, Starlight Glimmer, Kaci Lionlight, Danny Dean, Aria, Sonic and Adriana Novalight.
On lap 20, Crimsonia Dragonsfire came on Danger’s radio.
“Danger, I think there maybe a bit of heat-related degradation on your tyres so be aware your tyres may have less grip in the corners.” Crimsonia said.
“OK, if the degradation gets too high, all the Ferraris are gonna box.” Danger stated.
“Copy that, Danger.”
The anger started to boil over on lap 23 as Akula and Oscura were still in a battle as most of the field, albeit Viral, Iris and Kaci stayed out. They claimed 7th and 8th respectively and by the time the two reached turn 15, both of them got angry with each other and they smashed into each other which sent Oscura into a half-spin and an unsighted Monika Dawnlight ploughed into the back of Oscura with the Lotus of Sapphiria Daybreaker getting caught up in the crash Akula went into the barrier at 100mph. The red flag was displayed 10 seconds after Sapphiria joined in the carnage.
While the mess was being cleaned up, the ‘Four Horse Riders of the Scuderia Ferrari Apocalypse’ checked on the replay to see who was a fault.
“I’m not sure who was a fault there, Danger.” Aria said, looking at replay.
“I understand that Akula was angry with ‘El-Diablo’ but did Akula cut off Oscura… or did Oscura cut off Akula?” Sonic wondered.
Danger rewinded and found something before turn 15.
“Look at this, they smashed into each other on entry and then Oscura must have had a puncture from this and then. There was nothing that Monika could have done there and Sapphiria was a bystander at this point and she went into the barrier as well.” Danger explained as he played it again in slow-motion
“I think Oscura is definitely at fault here because it happened twice now! She did at Cloudsdale and now here like… How is she still in this sport?!” Rusalka said, confused.
“I was asking myself than we she debuted in 2011 with Toro Rosso and then from 2012 to the Red Bull-Team Galaxia Split last year, she was a fast driver… whenever she didn’t run into anything red that took her fancy.” Danger replied.
By lap 26 after the red flag period, Viral still led from Iris Dayspark in the Mercedes and Kaci Lionight in the McLaren. With Danger and Aria Blaze in 4th and 5th. For the fans, it was a while since a McLaren was in the top 3 and it had been since the Azura Dragonsfire days in 2016. So it was a refresh to anything other red in top 3.
On lap 29, a local yellow was needed at turn 13 after Rusalka Swordlight’s Ferrari decided to fail her before she got to the turn. As Rusalka’s Ferrari was parked off the track boundaries, there was no need for a Safety Car. By lap 31, something was on Kaci Lionlight’s mind. She was in good contention for good points as she lay in 6th place and only behind Sonic Flash by 5 seconds. She also knew that Iris inherited the lead of the race after Viral had a slow pit stop due to a issue with the radio that even left Neon Shock oblivious.
Lap 35 came around and Iris was still leading from Viral and Adriana Novalight who had miraculously her pit stop perfect that left Kaci in 4th and Danger in 5th. Another driver who got lucky with the pit stops from lap 28 to 31 was Starlight Glimmer. Despite a slow start she gathered everything she need to get the RB19 where she desires, a possible top 5 as she was in 6th place. The top 5 remained at the end of lap 38 with Sonic Flash in 7th, Danny in 8th, Rainbow Dash in 9th and Aria was in 10th.
Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 43 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 40 points
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 28 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 20 points
Starlight Glimmer, Red Bull Racing Team Starlight, 18 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 16 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 14 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 10 points
Sonic Flash, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 8 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 5 points
On lap 42, Iris suddenly had her spell of a slow pitstop and dropped to a distant 4th. This resulted in Viral inheriting the lead with Adriana Novalight and Kaci Lionlight in the McLarens. Danger was also doing well in the Ferrari but the Red Bull of Starlight Gliimer was putting his performance into disarray as two battled at turn 11.
“I can’t give up the position to Starlight that easily, Crim!” Danger said on the radio.
“Come Danger, don’t stop at six titles I know you can win your seventh.” Crimsonia encouraged.
The safety car was called on lap 46 as Aria Blaze crashed into the wall at turn 3 and Danny Dean soon followed as he came around on lap 47. The race restarted on lap 50 after cleaning Aria and Danny’s cars. This resulted in Rainbow Dash 8th, Sparkling Lionfire in 9th and Jasmine Spark in 10th.
In the last few laps of the race, Iris was overtaken by Danger and then… the fan erupted as Adriana Novalight in the McLaren passed the ‘Angel of Speed’ at turn 16 on lap 53. From lap 54 to 57, Viral tried on every corner and every straights but it wasn’t enough. It had been seven years since McLaren won a Grand Prix in the Formula Equestria and when Adriana crossed the line on the lap 57… she was the 2023 Danger City Grand Prix winner. Viral came second and Kaci Lionlight were on the podium. Danger 4th, Iris 5th, Starlight Glimmer 6th, Rainbow 7th, Sonic 8th, Jasmine Spark, 9th and Sparkling Lionfire in 10th.
Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 61 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 50 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 41 points
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 40 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 35 points
Starlight Glimmer, Red Bull Racing Team Starlight, 26 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport. 20 points
Sonic Flash, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 12 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 10 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 5 points
Author's Note
What did you think of Adriana Novalight winning her first Grand Prix.
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2023 New Canterlot Grand Prix (Formula Equestria)
Having won the previous Grand Prix, Adriana was looking forward to her chances of winning her second Grand Prix. Her DGR-MCL37 had more pace that than the MCL60s of Kaci Lionlight and Sparkling Lionfire, With Viral holding the lead by 11 points to Iris, she had to run her own race. With the New Canterlot Grand Prix being a multi-race like the Danger City Grand Prix. 75 points were up for the taking.
1st. Astral Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorpsort, 1:12.998
Everyone was shocked to find that Astral put her car on the front row. It was also Astral’s first pole position and the first for Aston Martin in Formula Equestria. When the race started, Viral stormed into the lead with Astral and Adriana behind. Danny overtook both Jasmine Spark Danger and Oscura timed her start so well to go up to 8th place till she reached turn 5.
With Danger and Akula battling for 6th place as the top 5 where within a two second margin, Oscura tried to pass the both.
But Oscura misjudged turn 8 after she overtook Akula at turn 7 and fell to square one. On lap 2, she tried again, picking off Akula again at turn 5 and turn 6 she tried to overtake Danger, her primeval nemesis. The battle was good for the fans as from lap 2 to lap 5, Danger, Akula and Oscura were proving to the fans that can do some good battle. Until on the turn 4 on lap 7… Akula was nudged by Oscura and Akula dropped to 11th place behind the Ferrari of Rusalka Swordlight after a half-spin and Akula was beyond angry. This had been the 2nd time this season that Oscura influenced his race. And while Oscura was in 7th place and now 4 seconds behind Danger, Oscura was still angry with Akula over what happened at Danger City.
Viral meanwhile was still retaining her lead and building a gap to Adriana Novalight who overtook Astral on lap 6. Viral knew that Akula’s behaviour towards Oscura Galaxia was worrying her. But she had Danger as friend to help her, so much so that prior to Danger City Grand Prix, Danger offered Viral to race with Ferrari whenever she wanted. She told Danger that she was still a AKV hardliner but Danger said the offer is still there. On lap 10, the top 5 was Viral, Adriana, Astral, Danny Dean and Jasmine Spark. Viral also realized that wherever AKV Motorsports’ future lies, the Angel of Speed’s career would be rescued by Danger’s help.
On lap 14, a local yellow was deployed at turn 12 after Sonic Flash’s Ferrari parked on the side of the track in pure Italian fashion. This didn’t faze Danger at all as he was now within striking distance of Jasmine Spark. After Iris Dayspark’s qualifying was not good by her standards, this left Jasmine the highest place Silver Arrow.
From lap 15 to 19, Danger tried every move possible to overtake Jasmine as Viral, Adriana and Danny Dean sped away. Danger tried again to overtake Jasmine on lap 20 at turn 12 before his plan of overtaking Jasmine took a silver arrow to the knee. Danger dropped to 7th place as Oscura Galaxia overtook him. Iris was 8th, Starlight Glimmer 9th, Aria Blaze 10th
Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 86 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 59 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 54 points
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 46 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 35 points
Starlight Glimmer, Red Bull Racing Team Starlight, 28 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 25 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport. 20 points
Astral Dash, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 12 points
Jasmine Spark Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 12 points
Lap 23 would mark the end of Akula race after his car pulled into the garage after encountering a engine issue. Danger meanwhile, was now in 6th place after getting overtaking Oscura. He needed a miracle to get back in the championship hunt. With 40 points separating him and Viral with 37 laps remaining, he wanted the miracle to happen sooner than later and on lap 26, he got his wish.
Viral, Astral and Jasmine Spark were caught out by slow pit stops. This resulting Adriana Novalight leading from Danny Dean, Danger Dean and with Viral only in 5th place behind Oscura Galaxia. On lap 27, Jasmine came to the pits again as she had gearbox issue which resulting her retirement from the race.
By lap 30, the top 5 was now, Adriana, Danger Dean, Danny Dean, Viral Velocity and Oscura Galaxia. The race began to settle down as laps trickled down. Then on lap 35 of the race, the engine of Monika Dawnlight’s Maserati stopped working and that brought out the yellow flag at turn 10.
Despite Monika’s retirement, The race was relatively calm with Danger overtaking Adriana on lap 40 with Danny Dean 3rd, Viral 4th. Oscura 5th. Kaci Lionlight was 6th after befitting from other drivers who made long pitstops, Iris 7th, Aria Blaze 8th, Rainbow Dash 9th and Astral 10th.
Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 98 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 77 points
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 71 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 60 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 43 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 40 points
Starlight Glimmer, Red Bull Racing Team Starlight, 28 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport. 22 points
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 18 points
Astral Dash, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 13 points
It seemed that a miracle was coming was the British Speedfreak. If Danger stayed in the lead for the next 20 laps, he would be 2nd in the standings has he would be on 96 points and Adriana would be 95 points. By lap 42, Adriana was becoming a real headache for Danger as the two frequently fought for the lead. With Viral still in 4th place and still being hounded by Oscura. Danger could not keep calm, especially since lap 43, Danny Dean, in the Forza Nova was reeling in on Adriana.
Further down the field, Aria Blaze had overtaken the Mercedes of Iris Dayspark and honing in on Kaci’s McLaren. On lap 47, Aria was right behind Kaci and turn 9 after leaving turn 8… Kaci was passed by Aria by gunning down in the inside and made Danger’s Dartstrike or Akula’s Kamikaze look like weak moves. Ever since 2020, Aria had proven everyone and the tifosi that she can become a eventual champion for the Prancing Horse.
Later on lap 51, Danger had been overtaken by Adriana, and with Viral been overtaken by Oscura. Danger didn’t not give up that easily. Viral was running on 18% personal energy and that after Oscura passed her on lap 49, she began to conserve her enrgy just to make to the line. However, Danger was still challenging Adriana for the lead.
The laps trickled down and eventually on lap 59, Danger nearly passed Adriana at turn 7 but two corners later, Adriana would performing the switchback and snatch the lead back. Adriana went to win the race with Danger and Danny on the podium, Oscura 4th, Viral 5th and Aria was 6th, Kaci was 7th, Astral was 8th, Rainbow was 9th and Rusalka was 10th after Iris’ gearbox went on strike which resulted in her retirement.
Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 108 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 102 points
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 89 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 60 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 55 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 49 points
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 30 points
Starlight Glimmer, Red Bull Racing Team Starlight, 28 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport. 24 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 18 points
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2023 Blaze City Grand Prix (Formula Equestria)
Everyone knew that the ‘Akula-Oscura War’ was taking the toll of some of the fans rooting for both drivers and that some even resorted to cheering for the likes of Adriana Novalight, the Angel of Speed, Iris Dayspark or even the British Lion, Danger Dean. As both of them vowed to silence their haters by finish ahead of the favourites. The OSCGP02 and the AKV02 went out to prove their points.
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 1:29.495
Viral Velocity, AKV-Motorsports-Ferrari, 1:29.574
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:29.686
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 1:29.768
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 1:29.994
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:30.221
Sayori Blitz, Renault-Danger Motorsport, 1:30.673
Jasmine Spark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 1:30.479
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:30.573
Sonic Flash, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:30.884
Azura Dragonsfire, Lotus-Dragonsfire, 1:30.952
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 1:31.107
Akula, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 1:31.228
Astral Dash, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 1:31.337
Monika Dawnlight, Maserati-Danger Motorsport. 1:31.358
Lolestra Maledicta, Team Galaxia, 1:31.685
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 1:31.724
Sunshine Radiance, Renault-Danger Motorsport, 1:31.782
Twilight Sparkle, Scuderia Tempesta-Ferrari, 1:32.035
Riley Radiance, Pagani-Radiance, 1:32.283
Kai Solarguard, Pagani-Radiance, 1:32.573
Angelica Radiantshard, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 1:32.686
Danny Dean. Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, no time (crashed in qualifying)
Azusa Nightblade, Maserati-Danger Motorsport, no time (crashed in qualifying)
When the lights went out, Adriana got a decent start off the line with Danger overtaking Viral and Rusalka now in 5th place after passing Iris Dayspark. Akula got up to 10th after a disastrous qualifying. Many of Akula’s loyal fans were wondering of a potential return to form during his ‘war’ against Team Galaxia. He noticed he can run his own race as there are 57 laps in the race.
On lap 3, Oscura making good progress has lay in 4th place and was holding any potential charge Rusalka may have on her. With her mortal enemy in 2nd place and challenging for the lead, she was wondering whenever his car will blow up as it was Italian. She had a little bit over 60 laps to capitalize on any Ferrari parking on the side of the road.
Despite a half spin on lap 6, Sonic was making sure he’d score points but he realised that Blaze City was Aria’s favourite and that was running in 7th place after some impressive driving and overtakes.
Then on lap 10, while battling with Rusalka, Oscura clipped the rear wheel of Rusalka’s SF-DGR23 and went 270 degree turn at the straight between turn 5 and 6 and then…an unsighted Sayori Blitz ploughed into the side of the OSCGP02 at 130 miles an hour which send Oscura into a violent pirouette and then Kaci Lionlight gets collected by Sayori’s debris. Akula went by unscathed and to add to the chaos, the Renault of Sunshine Radiance got into a spin and ploughs into the back on Kaci’s McLaren.
“Red flag, Sonic, red flag!” Lukas Tailfire said on the radio.
“Wha- What happened here, Lukas!” Sonic asked.
“I think Oscura clipped Rusalka and then she wrecked herself. Sayori had nowhere to go, so did Kaci and Sunshine Radiance.”
“They are OK, right?” Sonic asked
“Yes they are, not sure about Oscura, though. She did take a violent ride.”
Then as Danger went into the garage, he saw the crash replay and was horrified of Oscura’s crash.
“Ouch that’s got to hurt. Can someone like get to Sayori and Kaci and tell them to the Ferrari garage so they get some refreshments and let them talk about their successes or something? I don’t want both of them to go to the medical cause I will need to talk to them, while the debris is cleared.” Danger said.
“Has the ARCA brakes syndrome affected the Formula Equestria cars or something?” Crimsonia asked.
“I don’t know, but from the looks of Sayori’s impact, I can’t imagine Viral being in that situation.” Danger replied.
As the wreckage was being cleared. Oscura, Sayori and Kaci were being attended by the track medics because of the crash. Sayori’s race engineer, Michiko Violetlight then was told something.
“Sayori, I don’t think your friend, Danger needs you to not go in the medical car as his crew members will look after you.” Michiko said.
“That’s nice of him. But why doesn’t he want me to go the medical car?” Sayori asked.
“I think it’s not in his nature… when he has a big crash, he sometimes act like nothing happened. That’s what a six-time champion does I imagine. He never goes to the medical car after a big wreck, he heals himself all the time. Danger can’t stand doctors.” Michiko said.
“Well… I guess I’ll take his advice then. His body must be built like a BMW or something.” Sayori said, surprised.
“More like a Mercedes.”
Sayori decided to not take the Aston Martin DBX707 Medical Car as well as Kaci, Sunshine. And with Oscura still being attended by the medical teams. Danger got into his SF-DGR23 and was on the radio.
“Is Sayori and Kaci in the garage yet?”
“Hopefully. Because I bet Oscura’s girlfriend Daredevil Dean is looking after her right now.” Crimsonia said.
“I don’t think Oscura’s gonna need a stretcher right now, I think she is probably planning on driving back to the pits with half a car. It’s not easy ‘cause I did that once. Sonoma 2007 for example in the Equestrian Le Mans Series. Some idiot went into the back of me and I was pretty dropping parts on the pit straight.”
“I think Oscura’s out of the car now.” Crimsonia said, interrupting Danger’s story.
“Took her long enough!” Danger said, in relief.
“They’re gonna need to get a spinal board for her for this one.”
“When was the last time you saw one those?” Danger asked.
“I think when Azura broke her collarbone and her leg 7 years ago at the Svaroville 500 when Dragonsfire Racing was in it’s infancy. She need a spinal board because of the severity of her injury.” Crimsonia replied. “Have you been on one?”
“No… That’s why I have Rejuvenation Chambers back at Danger City for a reason.” Danger replied. “I have a love-hate relationship with medical personal and I’m built like an impervious machine.”
“Do you think you can put a spinal board in the Rejuvenation Chamber?” Crimsonia asked.
“Don’t know. Never tried it.” Danger replied.
After the wreckage was cleared and the 20 remaining were waiting, except for Danger. Adriana was in 1st place, with Viral and Danger in 2nd and 3rd, Iris Dayspark was 4th and Rusalka was 5th. The race restarted on lap 11 and Akula was channelling is 2022 performance to blitz himself in 6th place ahead of Aria Blaze.
By the time the 20 cars reached turn 10, Viral was leading after overtaking Adriana at turn 8. The next three laps resulted in something clicking for Akula and as by lap 15, Akula used his master-class to overtook Rusalka and with Aria Blaze behind her.
On lap 18, Danger was trying to overtake Adriana but the DGR-MCL37 was too much for the SF-DGR23 to handle and by the end of lap 19, Danger had to make do with P3 while Adriana overtaking Viral before the final corner. Iris and Akula were 4th and 5th, Rusalka and Aria 6th and 7th, Jasmine Spark was 8th, Azura Dragonsfire 9th and Astral Dash 10th.
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 127 points
Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 126 points
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 104 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 72 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 55 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 49 points
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 30 points
Starlight Glimmer, Red Bull Racing Team Starlight, 28 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 24 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 24 points
Then the Safety Car was deployed on lap 23 when Viral, whilst running in 2nd place, crashed into the wall at turn 3 after misjudging the corner exit of turn 3. She climbed out of the car OK as it was driver error written all over it.
The Safety Car peeled off into the pits on lap 27 with Adriana, Danger and Iris Daysaprk in the top 3. Danger was not happy with the tyres on his SF-DGR23 and he was immediately on the radio to Crimsonia.
“This track feels like I’m on bowling balls!” Danger reported.
“Don’t worry, Danger, we’ll sort it when you pit.”
On lap 31, Adriana pulled up a 4 second lead before Danger pitted for freaher rubber and so Iris and Rusalka. This meant that Akula had slingshot himself in 2nd place and only 10 seconds from Adriana. Two laps later, Adriana pitted for fresh mediums and that resulted in Akula leading the race. It turned out that the fans who thought that Akula not leading races were snapped right back to reality.
Then on lap 36, Danger suffered an engine failure and retired from the race as he crossed the final corner.
“Well, I guess being dominant in the game is a double-edged sword.” Danger said, defeated.
At the end of lap 38, Akula was still leading from Adriana and Iris Dayspark. Rusalka and Aria were 4th and 5th Jasmine Spark 6th, Rainbow Dash 7th, Azura Dragonsfire 8th, Astral Dash 9th and Lolestra Maledicta in 10th.
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 145 points
Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 126 points
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 104 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 87 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 55 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 49 points
Akula, AKV Motorsport-Ferrari, 35 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 34 points
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 30 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 30 points
While Danger was checking on Oscura after her vicious crash 30 laps earlier. The AKV Motorsports of Akula was still leading and after a slow and long pit-stops from both Iris and Adriana. It allowed the two Ferrari’s of Rusalka and Aria to be in the top 3, in attempt to avenge Danger’s retirement.
The race was settling down until on lap 45 when the Pagani of Riley Radiance pirouetted at the straight between turns 13 and 14 but, Riley could keep going before passed by Maserati of Azusa Nightblaze. Five laps later, Azura did the exact same thing as Riley did and she could keep going. After Rainbow Dash retired on lap 55 due to vibrations in the AMR23, the pressure was now on Astral shoulder to bring points to ‘DangerDash’ family as Danny was in 13th place after he crashed in qualifying.
In the end, Akula won his first race of the year with Rusalka and Aria on the podium, Adriana was 4th and Iris was 5th. Jasmine was 6th, Astral was 7th, Azura was 8th, Lolestra was 9th and Kai Solarguard picking up Pagani’s first points of the season.
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 157 points
Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 126 points
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 104 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 97 points
Akula, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 60 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 55 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 49 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 49
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 39 points
Jasmine Spark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 32 points
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2023 Neon Metropolitian Grand Prix
Rayfa Divinelight was feeling a little bit excited and anxious at the same as she was making her Formula Equestria debut while substituting in for Oscura who, after a terrible crash, or spectacular by some of Crimson Lion fans who Oscura called ‘masochists’, suffered a broken arm, broken leg, rib fracture and was concussed in the crash. It wasn’t just Team Galaxia that was affected by the crash. Akula and Danger were also affected.
Akula had come to the conclusion that the Akula-Oscura war was taking a toll on the both. Mentally for Akula and physically for Oscura. He wasn’t prepared to injure himself over a something trivial when what really mattered was his love of Chrysalis, he announced before FP1 came around that he would leave the sport when Oscura had recovered to full health. This decision, in his mind would screw over AKV Motorsports in a big way. But his teammate, Viral would still be on the grid as she would transfer herself to Danger Motorsport by the time Oscura was back in the car
Like Akula, Danger was also affected by the crash. But he realised that he had been in big crashes in his career and he, for the first time in 13 years, he had actually sympathized with Oscura because he had been in that scenario himself before. When Danger meet Oscura in the hospital on the Tuesday preceding the race, he told her that he was no stranger to big accidents and that he had been in that same scenario she was in. Oscura then realised that she had been at Danger’s throat since his stint at Ferrari in 2010 and she didn’t want to see Danger as hurt as she was and… it was time to end the rivalry and be on good terms again.
Rayfa, meanwhile, went out on track to prove why she was a good driver, she had 3 Equestrian Touring Car Masters titles to her name to prove it and was also Audi’s test driver and was lapping faster than Adagio Dazzle.
1st. Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:21.835
When the lights go green, Aria maintained her lead with Danger and Rusalka were battling for P3. Adriana started in P6 after the MCL-DGR37 was not really impressive on Neon Metrpolis asphalt. Narrowly missing out on Q3 due to Rayfa’s new speed was not helping her pace as she was being reeled in by Jasmine Spark by the time she reached turn 9. Sonic Flash was not fairing much better as his gearbox went on strike on lap 3 which forced his premature retirement.
By lap 6, the chicanes were catching some drivers out and on lap 7, it caught out Iris Dayspark as she brushed the wall after being squeezed by Starlight Glimmer. There was no need for a Safety Car but it would be out on lap 9 when, in an awkward part of the track, Akula’s machinery failed him again after spinning out on the exit of turn 7.
The race restarted on lap 11 and Aria was still leading the race and it was Viral, Danger, Rusalka and Adriana in the top 5. Danger was not doing a good he thought as he sometimes misjudged the braking zones at some points.
“Crim, I don’t know what’s going on but I’m massively slower than the McLaren in fifth. She must be gaining about 2 or 4 tenths a lap on me.”
“OK, Danger I’ll keep you updated if you need a new set of tyres on.” Crimsonia replied.
“Yeah these tyres are dogshit.”
“Copy on dog poo poo.” Crimsonia replied to Danger’s report.
While Danger was complaining about his tyres and his ‘unique strategy’. It means that tyres were degrading more that Adriana’s were. As Viral was in 2nd and Adriana was 5th, Viral was provisionally on 144 points and Adriana was on 167 points, meaning that she would be netting an 23 points deficit as the race entered it’s 15th lap. With 75 points on offer in the race, Viral was hoping that the McLaren would fall back as the Renault of Sayori Blitz was gaining on the McLaren every corner.
On lap 19, Aria was still leading but she was being pressured by Viral. Aria was OK with Viral joining the Scuderia at the New Shanghai Grand Prix and she thanked Danger for giving her the chance to race with the pride of Italy. As the first twenty-laps trickled down, Viral took the lead on lap 22 at turn 15. Danger was still third and Adriana Novalight was 4th, Rusalka was 5th, Sayori was 6th, Kaci Lionlight was 7th, Iris Dayspark was 8th, Rayfa Divinelight was 9th and Starlight Glimmer was 10th.
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 169 points
Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 151 points
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 119 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 101 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 67 points
Akula, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 60 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 55 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 55 points
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 49 points
Jasmine Spark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 32 points
After Jasmine Spark retired from the race on lap 23 due to a gearbox issue, the pressure was on Iris to make a good result for the Silver Arrows, Rayfa gaining 0.3 seconds a lap on her was not helping her and on lap 26, Rayfa passed Iris for 8th place. This was not what she wanted at this stage of the race as with more than 40 laps to go, she needed to up her game if she wanted to win the Grand Prix.
As the first pit stops were underway on lap 30 and Aria was in, so was Kaci, Rusalka Viral and Danger. Danger and Viral’s pit stops were slower than Kaci and Rusalka’s and by lap 31, Aria was leading the race from Rusalka and Kaci with Adriana in P4. Then on lap 32, Aria came into the pitlane again as she was put on the wrong tyres, which resulted in her dropping to 3rd place behind both Rusalka and Kaci.
On lap 36, the Safety Car came out as Starlight Glimmer lost a wheel and half-spun into the barrier at turn 12. Starlight was OK but she was out of the race and the Forza Nova of Danny Dean was now in 10th. When the race restarted on lap 40, Kaci’s gearbox found out it wasn’t in Neon Metropolis and sometimes stopped working in an attempt to soil Kaci’s efforts.
Sayori was up into P5 after Kaci retired on lap 42 as the gearbox issues persisted beyond the restart. As Rusalka was leading, she failed to realise that despite the long pitstop on lap 30, Viral had caught up with the Ferrari and on lap 44, Viral passed Rusalka for the lead. Danger was in 4th while Adriana was 6th due to some miscalculated decisions at the chicanes. Aria was 3rd still and by the time lap 45 came, Aria and Danger inverted positions in order that Danger would be able to pass Rusalka in the remaining 24 laps. Rayfa was 7th, Iris was 8th, Danny Dean 9th and Hatsune Soulblitz in P10.
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 177 points
Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 176 points
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 134 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 105 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 79 points
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 67 points
Akula, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 60 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 55 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 55 points
Jasmine Spark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 32 points
By lap 49, Danger realised he kind of shot himself in the foot slightly as he unwittingly gave Viral the chance be the 2023 champion by joining his own team, Danger Motorsport, but with 9 rounds remaining in the championship and with 675 points on offer and with 42 points separating him from Viral, it was not yet wrapped up. By the time lap 53 came around, the last thing Viral needed was another Safety Car as she now had a 10 second lead over Rusalka. But Riley Radiantshard brushed the wall at turn 15 and reared into the wall.
The Safety Car was what Rayfa needed as she was 11 seconds adrift from Adriana Novalight and when the Safety Car went into the pits on lap 56, Rayfa threw caution to the wind… and went for it. From lap 57 to 61, Rayfa was picking off any gap she had with Adriana and at turn 4 on lap 62, Rayfa passed Adriana around the outside. She was now in P6 and was hoping to get to 5th. However, Sayori was about a long way away from her.
During that time, Rusalka overtook Viral on lap 60 while Danger made some mistakes in the chicanes. As of lap 63, Rusalka was leading, from Viral, and Danger with Aria and Sayori in the top 5. And the race would finish that order, Rayfa collected P6 and Danny Dean overtook Adriana on the dying stages of the race, Rainbow was 9th and Hatsune was 10th with Iris engine stalling out on the start finish straight which resulted dropping her out of the points.
Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 194 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 181 points
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 149 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 105 points
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 92 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 91 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 63 points
Akula, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 60 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 55 points
Jasmine Spark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 32 points
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2023 Spark City Grand Prix
Danger was calculating his options before he set out a lap on the streets of Spark City. The circuit itself being 3.88 miles in length and a sub two minute time could be achieved if the track was mastered. Danger also factored in Oscura who was still in hospital due her crash and that she would cheer her team on even if Rayfa was their lead driver. Danger took his SF-DGR23 out and was on a mission to grab pole position.
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:43.229
Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 1:43.289
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:43.427
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 1:43.498
Starlight Glimmer, Red Bull Racing Team Starlight, 1:43.573
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:43.717
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 1:43.883
Sonic Flash, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:43.889
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 1:43.958
Sparkling Lionfire, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 1:44.004
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 1:44.048
Astral Dash, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 1:44.173
Rayfa Dawnlight, Team Galaxia, 1:44.217
Manic Speed, Sonic GP-Ferrari, 1:44.234
Sayori Blitz, Renault-Danger Motorsport, 1:44.239
Beatrice Radiance, Porsche Team Radiance, 1:44.249
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 1:44.473
Jasmine Spark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 1:44.618
Akula, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 1:44.793
Vivian Radiance, Porsche Team Radiance, 1:45.084
Monika Dawnlight, Maserati-Danger Motorsport, 1:45.286
Sunset Shimmer, Team Sunset, 1:45.673
Becky Radiance, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 1:45.783
Ashleigh Lavenderfire, Sonic GP-Ferrari, 1:45.884
Despite Rayfa qualifying in 13th, Danger knew she wanted to make Oscura proud and that she is a future star in the making. The race started and Danger retained his lead with Viral and Aria in hot pursuit. In the span of 9 corners, Rayfa had got up from 13th place to 7th place, performing moves that even Danger could take notes on.
Meanwhile on lap 2, Danger was still comfortably from his teammate Aria as his future teammate, Viral in third. As the corners were testing the grip of the Pirelli tyres and all drivers knew how to take the corners with ease. The Spark City Grand Prix circuit also featured a highway section which was inspired by the Solus Highway Circuit so the 24 drivers can go flat out on the straights and they noticed the chicane at turns 8 and 9 could catch drivers out if they aren’t careful.
On the 6th lap, the chicane claimed it’s first victim as the Porsche of Vivian Radiance got a bit to ambitious and spun out on the exit of turn 9. Vivian got going again and the race continued with green flag conditions.
For about a few more laps.
On lap 9, the Sonic GP car of Manic Speed slammed into the wall at turn 23 with brought out the Safety Car. Manic was oblivious to this as he felt the tyres were the source of his crash. The Sonic GP mechanics would tell what happened when his SGP002 went to the garage.
When the twelfth lap came around it was Danger leading from Aria and Viral with Starlight and Rusalka. Iris was 6th, Adriana was 7th, Danny was 8th, Kaci Lionlight was 9th and Rainbow Dash was 10th.
Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 209 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 187 points
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 174 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 113 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 109 points
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 102 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 67 points
Akula, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 60 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 55 points
Starlight Glimmer, Red Bull Racing Team Starlight, 41 points
By lap 16, most of the top 5 came to pit for new softs, mediums or hards. Because the field was slightly bunched up it made Iris Dayspark the leader from Adriana Novalight and Danny Dean in P3, Kaci Lionlight was holding off Rainbow Dash for as long as she could but she knew there was a problem, Sonic Flash had moved up into P6 after overtaking Astral Dash on the lap prior. This shocked Kaci a bit in that her best friend Adriana was in 2nd place and still in the title hunt. Sparkling Lionfire was in P9 and being hounded on all sides by the Porsche of Beatrice Radiance. The Porsche 809 wasn’t as competitive has Kaci’s DGR-MCL37 but Sparky knew the Beatrice hadn’t lost much of her shine, despite being with Formula Equestria since 2007.
Meanwhile, Danger was in P13 and he was not liking the decision he made on lap 16 to pit for hards.
“Crim, why did I have to play roulette with the lap number in order to pit? I swear I’m gonna need to bet on black and do an Oscura Galaxia at this rate!” Danger asked on the radio.
“I thought you never lost in casinos, Danger.” Crimsonia then said.
“Only when Dashie and I are in the same casino.” Danger replied. “I feel like I’m racing when the gods played a royal flush on me… and all I had was three aces… excluding the ace of spades.”
Danger was in need of a Safety Car, so was Viral, who was in 11th place and on lap 19, it came out as Sunset Shimmer decided to litter the straight between turns 21 and 22 with a crash.
This caused everyone to do a free pit stop and chaos ensued as some teams were double or triple stacking. When the chaos subsided, Adriana Novalight was leading from Danny Dean, Danger Dean, Sonic Flash, Starlight Glimmer and Viral Velocity. Aria was in 7th with Rusalka in 8th, Sparkling Lionfire in 9th and Monika Dawnlight in 10th.
On lap 23, the Forza Nova of Danny Dean was trying to overtake the McLaren but the SFN02 was still not up to pace with the DGR-MCL37 and with Danger right behind. Danny let Danger by because he believed his father had a better chance for the title than he had. On lap 26, Danger passed Adriana for the lead and after Viral passed Starlight Glimmer for 5th at turn 25.
Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 219 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 205 points
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 199 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 115 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 113 points
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 102 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 82 points
Akula, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 60 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 57 points
Starlight Glimmer, Red Bull Racing Team Starlight, 49 points
With 20 points now separating Danger from Viral, the British Speedfreak needed to hold station for as long his SF23-DGR can manage. By lap 28, he was starting to realise that Ferrari reliability is Ferrari reliability as when he was approaching turn 19, his car developed a misfire. When he pitted on lap 30, his pit crew used actual magic to fix his Ferrari. When he came out of the pits, Adriana inherited the lead with Danny overtaking him later. But Danger knew that Adriana had not made a pit stop yet so he was waiting for the moment to come when she pitted
Viral was still circulating in P4 and was going to make a pass on Danger. She thought that Danger was on the wrong tyres and decided to turn the fact of being behind Danger into a net positive. On lap 33 at turn 19, Viral overtook Danger and was now in 3rd place. After Adriana pitted on lap 34, Danny Dean was now in the lead but he was overdue a pitstop, so with 10 laps to go, Danny pitted and as Viral and Danger were 5 seconds adrift from the Forza Nova, Viral and Danger were now first and second, while Danny was in P4, behind the McLaren of Adriana.
Then on lap 36, Rusalka had a puncture before the final corner and came for an unscheduled pitstop and the pitstop was ‘a bit Italian’ as Rusalka had too much wheelspin when leaving her pit box. This dropped her to P12 and out of the points with the Team Galaxia OSCGP002 of Rayfa Dawnlight now in P10, she decided to go for it. From laps 37 to 42 she overtook Monika Dawnlight, Sparkling Lionfire and Aria Blaze to get herself up to P7.
On the final lap of the race, she wanted to take on the Red Bull of Starlight Glimmer but the race was over by the time Viral held off Danger to take the win and extended her lead in the championship by 27 points. Adriana completed the podium with Danny Dean in P4 and Sonic Flash in P5. Starlight finished 6th, Aria was 8th, Sparkling Lionfire 9th and Monika 10th.
Rayfa realised that she was definitely the new number one at Team Galaxia, she didn’t want to tell the recovering Oscura Galaxia as it was injure her ego more than her crash at Blaze City.
Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 244 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 220 points
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 217 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 119 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 113 points
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 102 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 94 points
Akula, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 60 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 57 points
Starlight Glimmer, Red Bull Racing Team Starlight, 57 points
DangerVerse Motorsport Events
2023 Svaroville Grand Prix
Viral was looking comfortable with herself when she got into her AKV02, she had a 27 point lead going into the Svaroville Grand Prix. The 2.81 mile track was very welcoming to the cars in the practices sessions and with herself going to Ferrari after Oscura got back in the OSCGP02 for the Aurora City Grand Prix. The AKV02 itself was on par in terms of pace and lap times with McLaren of Adriana Novalight and the Crimson Lion of Ferrari, Danger Dean. Qualifying was around the corner for the Swiss Army Knife as she went on track
The question was… could Viral extend her championship by securing the pole for the 62 laps of the Svaroville Grand Prix?
1st. Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:25.637
Viral realised that with 27 points separating herself from Danger, she wanted to be in first for as long as possible so no matter where Danger finished, he could not beat Viral for the title. There was one obstacle for Viral to endure, however. She qualified in 8th place, nearly three tenths slower than the pole sitter, Aria Blaze.
The race started and by the time the 26 cars reached turn 4, disaster struck.
While battling for 6th place Viral was right behind Sunset Shimmer and she was a little slower compared the AKV02 that Viral has, before she could overtake the Team Sunset car, the Team Galaxia car of Rayfa Dawnlight banged wheels with the AKV02 and that caused Viral to spin out. To the back of the field, Viral’s heart sank as she had 62 laps to turn the race in her favour.
Crimsonia was quick to respond to Danger’s radio.
“Danger, Viral has dropped to 26th place.” Crimsonia informed Danger.
“Bugger!”
“Bugger, exactly.” Crimsonia replied.
Meanwhile, Aria retained her lead with Danger and Danny behind. Danger massively benefited from the moment when Viral plummeted to 26th place after she made contact with Rayfa. Even though she was 98 points adrift from the Crimson Lion, if she held the lead through the 62 laps and as there were 75 points on offer, she would only 77 points adrift. But if Danger’s Ferrari decided to fail him, she would be 23 points behind and that meant she would have a chance to win her 2nd title.
Danger was still in second place as lap 3 came around and if he clean swept the round he wouldn’t be 6 points behind Viral as Viral was now in 23rd place after went into overdrive, Danger would be 48 points ahead of Viral and within grasp of winning his 7th title. With 6 laps in the books, Viral had climbed up to 20th place as she was passing with authority, despite the damage from the lap 1 gymnastics not helping the Swiss Army Knife in the slightest.
On lap 10, the top 10 was Aria Blaze, Danger Dean, Rainbow Dash, Danny Dean, Amy Firepetal, Starlight Glimmer, Adriana Novalight, Hailey Banefire, Rusalka Swordlight and Sonic Flash. Danger was still making good headway, despite the Aston Martin of Rainbow Dash being behind him. Adriana was not faring much better either as the Lamborghini of Hailey Banefire was homing on the McLaren. Hailey knew how to pedal a car as she was a 2-time Equestria GT Championship in 2018 and 2019 despite a bit of bother from Iris Dayspark during her Team Black Falcon days.
Hailey had been also with Lamborghini since 2019 as a test driver and was going to be Aria teammate for 2020, but Aria joined the Prancing Horse to replace Rainbow.
On lap 13, Danger was struggling to keep up with Aria so much so that when he approached the final turn, Danny passed him for second place. Three corners later, Rainbow Dash passed him and he dropped to 4th, he even thought it can’t get any worse.
He was wrong.
Danger’s engine decided to set alight and Danger parked on the side of the track and out of the race. This was the second time this championship that Danger’s car came over all Italian and he was wondering whatever was wrong with the Danger Motorsport power unit.
Meanwhile, Viral was up to 17th place within 3 laps. She felt gutted when Neon Shock told her that Danger was out in pure and agonizing Italian fashion and she wanted to make sure Danger’s pride was in one piece
By lap 18, Aria was still leading from Danny Dean and Rainbow Dash, Amy Firepetal was in 4th, Adriana Novalight was 5th, Starlight Glimmer was 6th Rusalka was 7th, Hailey Banefire was 8th, Rayfa Dawnlight was 9th and Sonic Flash was 10th.
Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 244 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 230 points
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 217 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 144 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 113 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 112 points
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 108 points
Starlight Glimmer, Red Bull Racing Team Starlight, 65 points
Akula, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 60 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 57 points
With 20 laps down and 42 to go, the heavens decided to open and ten the first drops of rain began to fall on the circuit. Viral was praying for rain and the gods gave her a flood. She quickly pitted for intermediates at the first opportunity and by lap 23, her decision to pit was the right call, she found herself in P4, after over 20 laps of driving which was comparable to Danger’s. After the first round of pit stops, Adriana was leading from Danny Dean, Aria Blaze, Viral Velocity and Rainbow Dash.
After Danger retired from the race, he noticed that his former punching bag of a driver, Oscura Galaxia was in the paddock after leaving the hospital before practice. She was still sporting white plasters casts, one on her left arm from her hand to her shoulder that is held with a sling, a leg cast from her foot to her thigh and a neck brace on her neck.
“Hi, Oscura.” Danger greeted,
“Oh, hi Danger. How was your race?” Oscura asked.
“Well… does me parking on the side of the road and the back of my SF-DGR23 on fire mean anything?” Danger replied before asking her.
“Oh, you retired from the race?”
“Yes. After starting second on the grid. SECOND!” Danger said, in frustration.
“Danger, I feel your pain, I ready do… You’re not the only who would be pissed off due to an engine failure.” Oscura said in sympathy.
This reminded Danger of something.
“You have engine failures during your stint at Red Bull?” Danger asked.
“A fair few, during your glory days.” Oscura replied.
Then a few tears start to form.
“I… I… don’t think I should have been angry at you. After 13 years of hate between us… I think I have a promise to give you.”
“What’s that?” Danger asked.
“Well… ever since the Red Bull-Galaxia split last year… my pace had been on the decline and… I felt like it was wrong that they dropped me… do you think I would get my seat back?” Oscura explained.
Danger thought for a moment.
“You promise me I’ll get my seat back and restore my former glory?” Oscura asked.
Danger nodded.
“I hope you do get your Red Bull seat back, from 2015 to 2022, your results were good… but nowhere on the same level when you joined Red Bull back in 2012 and you won your title the following year. But since I won my first of 6 titles in 2014, you just faded away and not really in contention. And now, you are facing me, with two casts away from being a snowman. How did you fall from grace that badly?” Danger said.
“To be honest, Dean… I think about that same question every day for the last 8 years. It’s not been easy since I got that heap of shit the RB11 was… but… something inside me wanted you to win championships. Even though during at some points in 2014, I was leading but sometimes… I forget what the Danger-Ferrari combo is like… you making that car dance on track was something I’d watch from previous drivers that have been in Formula Equestria, or even Formula 1 on Terra. When you put your mind to it… you can make magic happen.” Oscura explained. “I… I even called you the ‘British Schumacher’ one day. You have more wins in the sport than he did and… I see so many similarities between you and him. When I see you dominate whatever sport you participate in. Whether it’d be your GT days from 2002 to 2008 and you forming your own team in 2007… I think I started to realise that… maybe… was a life of hating you worth it? When I was in the hospital… I was asking myself that question and when you visited after the Neon Metropolitan Grand Prix… I realised that a life of smashing your face against a wall and creating a vehicular war of who can make the best car was not worth it for me. Do you think I did right to speak the truth between you and me?”
“Yeah… I suppose you’re right. Even though we were at war with each other… when I see your cars you created… I originally hated them but I… I think they are better than mine. Even though I’ve been in the automotive industry longer than you have.” Danger confessed.
Then Danger traced his mind back to Oscura’s crash.
“It must have sucked being on that spinal board at Neon Metropolis, doesn’t it?”
“Yeah, that wasn't a fun experience. I had to be on that spinal board after my car got pummelled and because I dislocated a vertebrae in my back after the crash. I wasn't feeling too good, I was in a lot of pain and I was having a hard time breathing. It was scary, you know? My back hurt and I felt trapped. I was doing everything I could to try and move cause I didn't wanna make my injury worse, but I couldn't move too much, so it was just a very uncomfortable situation. It definitely wasn't a good time, that's for sure.” Oscura replied.
“Yeah, I’ve never been on one… and honestly, after see you on it during the red flag, I don’t think I want to because… I heal quicker than most drivers..” Danger stated.
“I never knew that, Danger, to be honest.” Oscura said. “I think I shall let you recover from the shock of retiring from the race, then.”
“Yeah, see you later, Oscura.” Danger said, waving her goodbye.
While Danger and Oscura were talking, the rain initially stopped on lap 22 but it wasn’t drying enough for dry tyres, and this was benefiting Viral was trying to overtake Aria Blaze who’s still on dry mediums as she hadn’t pitted yet and by lap 23, she wasn’t going to. Aria was using some of her brain process to make sure the tyre don’t shred themselves even they had no life left. It was the same tactic that Aria used to win the 2019 season. Unbeknownst to Viral, the Aston Martin of Rainbow Dash , who made a pit stop before the rain came as precaution, was gaining on Viral and at the final corner, Rainbow passed Viral for 4th place.
By lap 27, Adriana Novalight and Danny Dean made their pit stops because they felt that the rain would come again. And it did and it rained even harder. Rusalka had climbed up to seventh behind Hailey Banefire but she encountered a puncture and dropped herself down the order. This meant that Rayfa Dawnlight was in 7th place, despite the OSCGP02 not having as much pace on a dry track compared to a wet one
The number of cars on track dropped to 24 by lap 31 as the Sonic Flash’s car decided to drown itself in the rain and forced himself out of the race. Two laps later, Ashleigh Lavenderfire crashed at the second turn after aqua planning and Beatrice Radiance went off at the same turn. By lap 34, the race was red flagged because of the rain. The top 10 was Aria Blaze, Viral Velocity, Rainbow Dash, Danny Dean, Adriana Novalight, Hailey Banefire, Rayfa Dawnlight, Jasmine Spark, Iris Dayspark, Azura Dragonsfire.
One minute, the forecast displayed that the rain would be getting harder by the next 4 hours so the race would finish in the order when the cars crossed the line on the 34th lap.
Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 287 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 250 points
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 217 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 194 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 136 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 117 points
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 108 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 78 points
Starlight Glimmer, Red Bull Racing Team Starlight, 65 points
Akula, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 60 points
DangerVerse Motorsport Events
2023 Nova City Grand Prix
As the Formula Equestria circus headed to Nova City, Danger’s brain was running on fumes as he realised the penny will be dropped with a echoing clang. If he DNFs in the race, he would 145 points behind Viral and if she wins in Aurora City in the Ferrari, she would be the 2023 champion by the time the Sapphire Point Grand Prix came around. But the British Speedfreak decided to put on a good fight for the title and he would not throw in the towel, especially with 6 rounds to go and a 450 points remaining in the championship.
Danger got into the SF-DGR23 and went out to hopefully to whittle away at Viral’s 70 point lead.
1st. Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:37.884
Luckily for Danger he did out-qualify is future teammate but Aria got the pole for the second time in 3 races and if the 64 laps go to plan for Aria and if Danger’s car fails again. What didn’t help him was the when the race started, he was passed on the straight by Starlight Glimmer while Rainbow Dash went into the lead. Dash’s AMR23 was working wonders in Nova City for the 3-time champion and she was ahead of her good friend Aria Blaze. Viral was passed Danny Dean and Hailey Banefire after a slow start. Luckily for Viral, Danger got passed by Adriana Novalight at turn 5 which wasn’t in his script in order to get the lead from Aria Blaze. But in Adriana’s Night City excitement of passing Danger, she misjudged turn 7 and fell back to 8th behind Rayfa Dawnlight. This also result in Danger re-inheriting 5th place after inverting at turn 6. But Danger’s radio was starting become a bit NASCAR-esque.
“You are close to the McLaren by two tenths, Danger.” Crimsonia reported.
“Crim, you sounded like a TV anchorwoman there. IT’S OK, WE GOT IT!” Danger said, before doing his anchorman impression.
On lap 3, Aria was still in the lead of the race after a move on Dash at turn 6, with Starlight and Kaci in a battle for 3rd place. Meanwhile, Viral was still doing fine despite one fact, the Nova City Grand Prix would be Viral’s final race with AKV Motorsports as she will be at the Scuderia with Danger Dean at the Aurora City Grand Prix and she will be in the team Danger had founded 16 years ago. But it wouldn’t be only news that day. Oscura Galaxia would be in that race. After her serious crash at the Blaze City, she made a pledge to return to racing in the team that bears her surname. She also hopefully challenge for the lead because her team is making her OSCGP002 faster than before to give herself the best opportunity to score some of the 375 points needed to win the championship.
With 7 laps in the books, Danger was making sure to net as much points as possible as Viral lay in 6th place and that he would be provisionally 8 points ahead of Aria and 68 points behind Viral. A few corners later, Danger went on a mission to get back into the lead were he knew the Aria would keep it warm for him. From the final turn on lap 9 to lap 11, Danger was scything through the gap to get up to 3rd after a good move on Kaci Lionlight. Every one knew that Danger was on a mission, a mission to get mitigate some of the 70 point gap.
Meanwhile, Hailey Banefire was in another zone and she was making good headway, she was also being a real headache for Rayfa as the MMXXIII was battling the OSCGP002. Despite being Formula Equestria rookies this season, they were fierce competitors, especially during their Equestrian GT Championship in 2018 and 2019 when they were driving a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 and an Audi R8 LMS respectively. While Rayfa was more conservative in keeping her position, Hailey was more aggressive and her driving style was more akin to Danger’s. By the time lap 15 came around, Hailey went down the inside of Rayfa at turn 14 and made it stick, she was now in 8th place and it was good points on the cars for her.
Up front, Rainbow and Aria were in a title battle for the lead, Dash was in 8th in the standings with 78 points whereas Aria was 4th with 184 points. Even Dash clean swept the race, she wouldn’t be in the title hunt, compared to Danger and Adriana. By lap 18, she had the benefit on Adriana being in 6th place but problem was that the SF-DGR23 of Danger was getting closer and closer. Aria and Danger were close by as Rainbow initially took the lead of the race at turn 9, the AMR23 with the Danger Motorsport power unit was quick on the straights but Danger was right beside her when they reached turn 11. Aria was told to not interfere as it was for the championship especially since Starlight Glimmer was about 2 and a half seconds adrift. As Danger passed Rainbow at turn 20 to start his 19th lap, Aria was holding off Starlight Glimmer with Viral in 5th and Adriana in 6th. Danny Dean was in 7th with Hailey Banefire 8th and Rayfa Dawnlight in 9th with Astral Dash in 10th after Rusalka’s gearbox packed up the lap prior.
1st. Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 297 points
A major reshuffle occurred after Danger pitted on lap 22. While Danger retained the lead and making good progress, The Team Galaxia car of Rayfa Dawnlight had a massive benefit to get up to 2nd place. The McLaren of Kaci Lionfire also got a massive boost up the leaderboard as she moved up to 3rd after dropping to 14th at one point due to bad start off the line. A few corners went by and Rayfa was now challenging the Ferrari. For the fans it was incredible to witness, Rayfa attempting to take the lead away from Danger. Hailey Banefire was 4th and Sonic Flash was in 5th after starting from 16th on the grid. Even Hatsune Soulblitz was in the points, 6th place specifically after starting from 17th. Danny Dean remained in 7th, Rusalka was in 8th place, Aria was 9th and Viral was in 10th. If Viral stayed in 10th place, Danger would be netting 48 points if he cleanly swept the remaining 40 laps.
Rayfa was still trying to pass Danger but her OSCGP002 was not as quick in a straight line compared to Viral’s AKV02 or Danger’s SF-DGR23. She tried a move at the hairpin at turn 16 but Danger defended instantly. At the chicane of turns 17 to 20, Rayfa couldn’t keep up with the raw speed that Danger has. For the next few laps, Viral was making short work on the bottom half of the top 10. Passing Aria on lap 25 and Rusalka two laps later. Danger was still netting 21 points as he began to realise why the Nova City circuit was tough on cars.
After Manic Speed retired from the race on lap 30 due to a power unit issue, his Team Sonic Motorsport teammate, Sonic Flash, was still in 5th place and gaining on the Lamborghini of Hailey Banefire. Ever since Aria Blaze left Lamborghini to join Ferrari in 2020, Lamborghini had been on a downward spiral even with Lightning Dust who tried to restore their team to their pre-2020 ways of glory. Hailey had been a test driver for Lamborghini since 2018 so she felt that it was necessary to bring the good victories back. In the span of a few laps, she defended with caution, courage and tenacity to fend of Sonic. 2 laps later, Viral had passed Danny Dean and she realised that she had a 10 second gap to Hatsune Soulblitz. This didn’t matter Viral since she was gaining about 1.7 seconds per lap and by lap 40 she was now 3 seconds adrift and at the final corner on that lap, she overtook the Volkswagen and was now in 6th place.
1st. Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 305 points
With 20 laps to go, the field was reshuffled to when it was 22 laps to go, Danger still led the race but now with Kaci up into 2nd place with Rayfa in 3rd, Adriana was in 4th and Aria Blaze in 5th place.
Danny Dean was 6th place, Hailey Banefire was 7th, Viral was 8th, Rainbow Dash 9th and Starlight Glimmer was in 10th. Viral couldn’t believe it, this is was the second pitstop in a row where she lost all the positions gained in the 20 laps since the second phase and with the laps trickling down. The Swiss Army Knife needed a miracle and a fast miracle. Danger didn’t care about this as he was running his own race and was doing a damn good job of it. Even though the McLaren of Kaci Lionlight was making life difficult for him as well as Rayfa Dawnlight closing in, Danger was still not bothered about the immense pressure and with 18 laps to go, he was getting bored.
“Not much action going on when you’re in first place, is there, Crim?” Danger stated on the radio.
“Have you only realised that for the first time all season, Dean?” Crimsonia asked.
“Now that you mentioned it… yes.” Danger replied. “I need something to happen”
On lap 45, Viral had overtaken the Lamborghini of Hailey Banefire and was on a mission to regain the positions lost in the traffic. She knew the pit stop screwed her over and as she was approaching the Forza Nova of Danny Dean… the safety car came out after Rusalka Swordlight crashed into the wall at turn 13 as she misjudged the turn and nearly collecting the Mercedes of Jasmine Spark in the crash.
After the race got underway again… with 10 laps to go. Danger realised why the Safety Car was out since lap 46. The cranes lifting the Rusalka’s Ferrari had a issue and her Ferrari was dropped back onto the track. After the car was taken on a flatbed, the safety teams were collecting all the debris from where Rusalka’s Ferrari had landed. Meanwhile, a mistake from Kaci Lionfire at turn 6 helped Rayfa to get into second place. Rayfa realised that if she held off Danger in the remaining 10 laps, it would not only be her first GP win, it would be Team Galaxia’s first win the Formula Equestria. She was hounding the Ferrari of Danger Dean and with 9 laps to go, she was now 0.5 seconds behind but the speed the SF-DGR23 had was getting more and more problematic for Rayfa.
7 laps to go, Danger was 0.8 seconds ahead.
5 laps to go, Danger was 1.4 seconds ahead.
With 3 laps to go, the tyres on Danger’s car were getting less and less comfortable. Danger had been told by Crimsonia that the rate of degradation was such that his tyres not last 3 laps. The other problem was Rayfa was on fresher rubber and she had made a pit stop, Danger did not as he was stuck on a 1 stop strategy.
2 laps to go, Danger’s lead at gone done from 1.5 seconds to 0.6 seconds.
From turns 10 to 12, Rayfa began to close in and with Danny being passed by Viral. Danger held his breath. At turns 13 to 16, Rayfa closed the gap and at the eighteenth turn… Rayfa passed Danger to win the race. Kaci was 3rd, Aria Blaze was 4th, Viral was 5th, Danny was 6th, Adriana was 7th, Hailey Banefire was 8th and Azura Dragonsfire and Rainbow Dash finished in 9th and 10th respectively
1st. Viral Velocity, AKV Motorsports-Ferrari, 315 points
DangerVerse Motorsport Events
2023 Aurora City Grand Prix
Danger knew that he could breath a little bit as he managed to somehow convert a 70 point deficit to a 30 point deficit in the span of one round, he did realise that the AKV02 was not as fast on the straights of Nova City compared to the Ferraris and the McLarens, or even Rayfa’s OSCGP002. The main thing was that he was still in the title hunt as well as Viral, Adriana and even Aria Blaze. But with Viral now in the Scuderia after Akula got fed up of being crashed into by OSCGP002s, it made Danger’s job a little harder. But it wasn’t the only story that weekend, Oscura Galaxia was on track… and she was racing. From being criticized by the media to getting back into car with stiffness from the braces and casts and missing four Grand Prix after her crash at Blaze City. She felt like she was back for revenge and she promised that she will bring it.
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 1:19.337
Sparkling Lionfire, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 1:19.428
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 1:19.489
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:19.537
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 1:19.596
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 1:19.673
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 1:19.826
Jasmine Spark, Mercedes AMG Petronas, 1:19.922
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:20.036
Hailey Banefire, Squadra Corse Lamborghini-Danger Motorsport, 1:20.078
Rayfa Dawnlight, Team Galaxia, 1:20.084
Astral Dash, Mercedes AMG Petronas, 1:20.118
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:20.242
Gabrielle Sharkfire, Chevrolet Team Sharkfire, 1:20.321
Azura Dragonsfire, Lotus-Dragonsfire, 1:20.337
Calliope Thunderscythe, Chevrolet Team Sharkfire, 1:20.383
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 1:20.429
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:20.548
Hatsune Soulblitz, Volkswagen ID, 1:20.579
Georgia Dayflame, Volkswagen ID, 1:20.649
Jessica Violetblood, Pagani Prada, 1:20.976
Beatrice Radiance, Porsche Team Swordlight, 1:21.119
Alexandra Swordlight, Porsche Team Swordlight, 1:21.189
Manic Speed, Sonic GP-Ferrari, 1:21.264
Cadenza Spark, Squadra Corse Lamborghini-Danger Motorsport, 1:21.472
Riley Radiantshard, Pagani Prada, 1:21.629
Marcus Shadowlight, Envision, 1:21.794
Diana Swordlight, BMW M GP, 1:21.952
Viral knew that Danger was gutted when his SF-DGR23 failed on him in qualifying, had that not happened, he would have outqualifed Aria Blaze and maybe Oscura. When the lights went out, both Adriana and Kaci got good starts and into turn 1 something happened… Danger passed 10 cars in one turn and he was in 8th place, the fans were loving what Danger was cooking up and in turn 7, which is a 17 degree banked corner, Danger used all his prowess to his son, Danny for 7th place.
A bit later on in the race, the McLarens of Adriana and Sparkling Lionfire were still leading the race but there one thing that the fans were keeping a close eye on. Sparky voiced her displeasure toward the Nova City Grand Prix that Adriana was being prioritized with newer parts and that Kaci Lionlight getting parts before she said was not really an minor inconvenience, but rather a bit of an insult to her. Before the Aurora City GP, Sparky got newer parts before Adriana did as she was recommended and that she would do better on the Sunshine Boulevard more as it suited to her driving style. As Oscura was still in 3rd despite the stiffness, Sparkling was still comfortable.
On lap 5, Danger got overtaken by Viral and that his car still suffering from what happened in qualifying, despite passing 10 cars at turn one, four laps ago. With Jasmine Spark’s Mercedes in close distance, Danger had to deploy a secret weapon at some point in the race but he waited for the opportune time. 2 laps later, Aria was chasing Oscura’s OSCGP002 as the two cars battle through turns 11 to 16. Aria knew that Oscura was easy to part but she didn’t realise that it was Oscura’s ‘arc of revenge’ as she called it despite still being stiff from the being in casts of four rounds. But what Aria didn’t realise was what Oscura was more stronger and more faster. To Aria, it felt as the crash at Blaze City didn’t not affect Oscura. But at turn 9, Oscura ran wide and handed 3rd place to Aria.
A local yellow at turn 11 would come out on lap 13 after Rusalka was taken out after a nudge from the right rear courtesy of Astral Dash. Both McLarens were in a lock for the 1-2 on the podium. It seemed that the racing gods were on Sparkling’s side for the first time as she was praying to them for a good result. Whichever racing god Danger was praying to was confusing everyone, because he pitted for fresh tyres, Viral and Jasmine included. Luckily, the pit lane wasn’t closed as it wasn’t a Safety Car period. These pits tops meant that when the race resumed on lap 16, Adriana, Sparkling and Aria was in the top 3 with Oscura and Kaci in 4th and 5th, Danny Dean in 6th, Hailey Banefire in 7th, Gabrielle Sharkfire in 8th for Chevrolet, Calliope Thunderscythe in 9th and Rayfa Dawnlight in 10th. Aria was too confused as to why Danger and Viral pitted under the Safety Car as she was worried that they would be victims of the Ferrari strategy nightmare.
2 laps later on lap 18, Danger had gone up to P21 with Viral behind P22, the fans were wondering how Danger and Viral managed managed to get from the tail-end of the field to P21 and P22. Many thought it was that field was two slow on pace but then they found the reason why. The power-unit. Out of the Danger Motorsport power-unit runners, Ferrari, McLaren, Lamborghini and Aston Martin were running the second generation variant, it also explained why Aria was in third place and Hailey was now in 6th place after move on the inside of turn 9 on Danny Dean. Chevrolet were running the first generation of the Danger Motorsport power unit and so was Pagani but whatever power unit Gabrielle and Calliope were on, it didn’t matter to them as they were having a good race.
Aria was thinking that Oscura would have fallen down behind the McLaren of Kaci Lionlight at her pace but by lap 20, she was back to take 3rd place and despite the stiffness, Oscura was still as quick as she was. At the final corner, something happened. Both Adriana and Sparky pitted, making Aria the leader from Oscura and Kaci. Danger and Viral were now P14 and P16. After the pistop, both Adriana and Sparkling were in 6th and 7th with Danny Dean in 4th and Hailey Banefire got into 5th place. 3 laps later, Oscura passed Aria for the lead of the race and it seemed to Oscura was gonna get her first win since 2022 and her own win for Team Galaxia. Rayfa had passed Calliope for 9th place before lap 24 and for the fans, it really was on.
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 315 points
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 285 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 272 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 241 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 166 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 117 points
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 109 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 97 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 87 points
Rayfa Dawnlight, Team Galaxia, 87 points
After the first round of pitstops, Oscura stayed out as she felt as she could be on a extra long stint and pull out a gap from second. Rainbow was behind her by 11 seconds then it was Adriana, Danger Dean and Kaci Lionlight in the top 5. Viral was in 6th place and her lead in the champion would be in serious concern as Danger being ahead of the Swiss Army Knife meant that he would be chipping at her lead which would be 26 points rather than 30. On lap 29, Oscura pitted and rejoined the race in 2nd place behind Rainbow Dash in the Danger Motorsport-powered Aston Martin. Sparkling Lionfire lay in 8th place behind Hailey Banefire with Gabrielle Sharkfire in 9th place and Danny Dean in 10th.
“I feel like that pitstop should have been at least 2 laps later. Why did Oscura stay out till lap 29?” Danny Dean asked on the radio.
“It feels as if Oscura’s tyres aged slower than yours Daniel.” Marcus replied on the radio.
“Marcus, you call me Daniel so rarely. My dad never calls me that.” Danny said, a bit perplexed.
“I’m sure Danger does… in his dreams with your mom, Rainbow Dash.” Marcus said.
While Danny Dean was wondering about his pitstop dilemmas, Danger was in pursuit of Adriana. Despite the fuel line falling off in the qualifying and being in 27th place at one point, he managed to get back into the top 5 and he only needed the pitstop to cause the field to shuffle and not because of a crashed car creating a safety car period to close the pit lane. By lap 33, he was approaching the tail of Adriana’s McLaren. Both the SF-DGR23 and the MCL-DGR37 were equal in pace but Danger was more quicker on the corners which resulted in him going up from 27th place to 18th place after his ‘unique’ pitstop. At the first turn on lap 34, Danger passed Adriana and this was good points for the British Speedfreak as this meant he would be, provisionally, 23 points behind Viral in the standings.
But Danger wanted more, he realised that next driver who he needed to pass was Rainbow Dash in 2nd place. After Oscura pitted on lap 33, she retained the lead of the race but only 2 seconds and Danger was 8 seconds back. He needed his pace to be up a bit more to catch Rainbow, but he is confident that we will.
A yellow flag was waved at turn 10 on lap 35 after Beatrice Radiance spun out and went into the grass. Before the race, Beatrice heard rumours that Rusalka would join Porsche after her contract with Ferrari runs out and Rusalka, a Porsche factory driver, heard the rumours too. The plan was to get a Rusalka Motors power unit deal for the next season and in 2025, more teams will get the option to run with Rusalka Motors power units. Mercedes were considered to run Rusalka Motors power units but they were more leaning towards Danger Motorsport as they were starting to realise, if you can’t beat them, join them.
By lap 40, Hailey had overtaken Viral Velocity for 6th place and despite being in the same age range as Danny, the fans didn’t call Hailey the ‘Aria City Bayonet’ for nothing. After Danger passed Rainbow Dash after a switch back move at the chicane, Hailey was doing all she can to help Danger Motorsport be the best engine and power unit supplier for the Formula Equestria championship.
Her radio came on to the sound of her race engineer, Sharina Banefire.
“Hey, sis, how’s the car doing?”
“Going fine, working an absolute gem today. Felt bad for Danger’s fuel line falling off those in qualifying.” Hailey replied in her Australian accent.
“I won’t worry about it right now, Hailey, focus on your race and let him focus on his.
The Safety Car came out on lap 44 as some drivers were complaining over a sudden spillage of fluid on the track and this caused some drivers to talk to other cars as it was a new idea the Equestria-Danger City Motorsport Association was experimenting on.
“Brio told me that there is fluid on track, Danger.” Aria said to Danger’s radio.
“Did someone spilt a drink on the track?” Danger asked.
“Some of the officials think it’s an oil spill.” Aria replied.
“An oil spill? In Formula Equestria? That’s a first!” Danger exclaimed.
“Well let’s face it, Danger, both of us had oil spills in our careers.” Viral said on her radio.
“I bet Aria did too, V.” Danger said.
As the field was bunched up behind the Safety Car on lap 46, Oscura caught on what Danger was saying on his radio.
“Anastasia, can you change the radio channels, please? I can hear Danger in my radio. He thought that someone spilt a drink on the track,” Oscura said.
“What? He did?” Anastasia said, surprised.
“I’m liking his comedic responses, haven’t heard them in 13 years.” Oscura replied.
“Please, Oscura… you need stop thinking he’s your friend! He’s your enemy.” Anastasia ordered.
“Why are you telling me to hate him when I set our hatred aside?” Oscura asked.
“Get on with your race, Oscura.” Anastasia ordered.
“OK! Geez!”
Once the Safety Car came in on lap 48 after the oil spill was cleared, Kaci shot into 3rd place after a dive on the outside at turn 2 with Adriana. Oscura retained her lead with Danger behind. Hailey Banefire was 5th, Gabrielle Sharkfire was 6th, Viral was 7th, Calliope Thunderscythe was 8th, Iris Dayspark was 9th and Danny Dean was 10th.
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 319 points
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 303 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 284 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 241 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 167 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 119 points
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 109 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 102 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 97 points
Rayfa Dawnlight, Team Galaxia, 87 points
With 30 laps to go, Danger was trying every trick in his book to pass Oscura, he tried taking the outside of her but she would defend, the same happened when he tried to go for the inside. Danger’s only hope was to get her if there was a Safety Car and because of Danger’s attempt to take the lead meant that he was losing time to Kaci. Aria Blaze was back in 6th place after overtaking Gabrielle and Viral. Calliope, Iris and Danny pitting before the Safety Car coming out also contributed to Aria’s ascent in the top 10.
4 laps later, Danger had initially given up trying to overtake Oscura and pitted for fresh tyres and came out in 4th place behind Adriana and with Hailey about 8 seconds back from him, he just wanted to bring the car home and cruise for the remaining 26 laps.
“Sweet Celestia, this is stressful!” Danger exclaimed under his breath.
If Danger needed a miracle then he would get on lap 60 as Iris Dayspark spun into the gravel at turn 5 and that brought the Safety Car. Out of the Ferrari runners, Danger was 4th, Aria was 6th and Viral was down in 11th as she made a pitstop on lap 58. Oscura was dreading another Safety Car period as she was provisionally 8th in the standings. Danger would be 4 points behind Viral and Adriana would be 16 points behind Danger.
By lap 64, the race had been in green flag conditions for two laps and Danger was now right behind Adriana, and at turn 12, he passed her for 3rd. Kaci was now 0.9 seconds ahead of him and his tyres were more younger compared to Kaci’s. Danger passed Kaci on lap 65 at turn 3 and he was now on the mission to challenge for the lead again. Crimsonia was praying to the racing gods that something would happen to Oscura.
Disaster would strike for Rainbow Dash as she would retire due to a transmission failure as she exited the final corner on lap 70. Luckily she was close the pit lane and she crawled the AMR23 to her pit slot. Oscura still lead the race from Danger, Adriana and Kaci. Hailey was still 5th after her pitstop on lap 68, Aria was 6th, Gabrielle Sharkfire was 7th, Calliope Thunderscythe was 8th, Sparkling Lionfire was 9th and Jasmine Spark was 10th. But Calliope would be overtaken by Sparkling Lionfire.
Danger got some luck on lap 73 as Oscura pitted for fresh tyres and that meant he was in first and would be in the lead of the points as Viral was stuck in 11th place. Danger thinks that the car was behaving strange in the late stages of the race and he decided to cruise and give Viral words of encouragement.
“Viral, don’t let the car hold you like an anchor. You’ve got the speed so… drive out of your skin.” Danger said on the radio to Viral. And so… Viral went for it.
Viral used the pace of her Ferrari to her advantage and she was making some big gains with 9 laps to go. She passed Jasmine Spark on lap 76, Calliope on lap 79 and Sparkling on lap 82… Then on lap 83, the final lap, she realised something… during her out-of-body experience, Danger had passed Oscura for the lead on lap 81 and as Danger, Oscura and Kaci would complete the podium, she had to settle for 8th place. Adriana was 4th, Hailey was 5th and Gabrielle and Aria were 6th and 7th.
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 328 points
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 325 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 296 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 247 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 167 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 119 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 117 points
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 109 points
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 98 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 97 points
But it was all Danger, after starting from P16 due to his fuel line failing off in qualifying, to being as far down as 27th place at one point to come back and display the driving he was known for to take the top step of the podium after 83 laps. Oscura witnessed it too on the replay and was admired by the way of much Danger extracted out of his Ferrari and she realised that no one… nobody would extract more out of a car that he did and when she saw Danger in the cool down room. She rushed to Danger and hugged him.
“That was some performance, Danger!” Oscura said.
“Thanks, Oscura… if it wasn’t for that fuel line falling off in qualifying and because of suspect strategies from the guys… I would have been trailing” Danger replied.
“I mean like… this is my first race back after my injuries and… thanks Danger for redeeming me.” Oscura said. “It’s not worth the fighting off the track we’ve been doing for the past 13 years. I’ve now realised you are a 6 time champion for a reason and I bet I’ll be able to beat you when we head to Sapphire Point. I’ll see you there.”
“I will. Oh and Oscura, you did well in qualifying, since I did see you struggle in practice due to your stiffness.” Danger said, caring for his former nemesis.
“Don’t worry, Danger, no crash will stop me from retiring from this sport, none.” Oscura exclaimed.
“I sure hope so.” Danger said before going onto the podium to collect his trophy.”
DangerVerse Motorsport Events
2023 Sapphire Point Grand Prix
Viral believed that what Oscura achieved at the Aurora City was a Viking effort and was now 9th in points and 11 points from Rusalka Swordlight. Despite the Porsche rumours, she knew that she can let her car work wonders. But the circuit she would be racing on would the Sapphire Point International Raceway, a 3.48 mile long asphalt paradise to eyes of Danger Dean as had raced there before… but most drivers, like Hailey Banefire, would be racing on this blind. Viral went on the track to try to Danger’s chance of getting pole position.
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 1:31.885
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:31.972
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 1:32.052
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 1:32.089
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:32.135
Viral Veloctiy, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:32.186
Jasmine Spark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 1:32.203
Hailey Banefire, Squadra Corse Lamborghini-Danger Motorsport, 1:32.205
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 1:32.363
Sayori Blitz, Renault Sport-Danger Motorsport, 1:32.379
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 1:32.394
Sparkling Lionfire, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 1:32.418
Rayfa Dawnlight, Team Galaxia, 1:32.448
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:32.474
Gabrielle Sharkfire, Chevrolet Team Sharkfire, 1:32.479
Azura Dragonsfire, Lotus-Dragonsfire, 1:32.643
Manic Speed, Sonic GP-Ferrari, 1:32.696
Hatsune Soulblitz, Volkwagen I.D, 1:32.742
Calliope Thunderschythe, Chevrolet Team Sharkfire, 1:32.788
Beatrice Radiance, Porsche Team Radiance, 1:32.804
Sonic Flash, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport. 1:32.847
Sunshine Radiance, Renault-Danger Motorsport, 1:32.898
Lightning Flash, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 1:32.924
Alexandra Swordlight, Porsche Team Radiance, 1:33.085
With Adriana on pole and both Danger and Viral in 5th and 6th, she was getting confident with the 23 corners the Sapphire Point International Raceway bestowed. Off the line, Aria overtook Adriana into turn one, Danger passed Oscura and was on the charge to pass Kaci Lionlight who was nowhere in championship as she was 7th in the standings with 117 points and Danger had a 3 point lead over Viral so any point he was going to the mitigate from Viral’s points. Rainbow was done in 10th place after losing out to Sayori off the line but the RS23 was nowhere in pace and didn’t make the grid due to the calibre of talent on the grid, but she was now chasing Hailey Banefire who was getting points on a consistent basis for Lamborghini.
3 laps later, Adriana retook the lead from Aria after a move into turn 4 which caught Aria by susprise. Danny overtook Sayori Blitz at turn 3. Rayfa was now in the points after passing Danny and Rainbow turns 13 to 23. Meanwhile Viral was still in 6th as lap 6 comes around and despite extracting more out of the car, she was stagnating in the bottom half of the top 10. Even there were 62 laps to go, she needed something to swing in her direction. Despite being a little stiff from the Blaze City crash, Oscura was still Danger’s tail and by lap 9, she passed him to retake 5th place and as she was cruising towards the McLaren of Kaci Lionight.
Oscura’s charge would have to wait a while as the Safety Car was out on lap 11 after Aria’s hydraulics went on strike and forced her out of the race. Aria herself was gutted with how Italian mechanical gremlins can affect her too, even if the car was running with a Danger City heart. This meant that it was a McLaren 1-2 with Oscura and Danger now in 4th. When the race restarted on lap 14, Oscura started to challenge, picking up any possible overtake opportunity and by lap 17, Oscura needed to pit for tyres. Danger and Viral sensed an option to undercut the McLarens and they pitted a lap later. By lap 21, both McLarens were in the pits and they had to double stack like how the Ferrari’s did on lap 18. This meant that Oscura was now leading from Hailey Banefire and Rainbow Dash with Danger and Viral in 4th and 5th, Adriana and Kaci were 6th and 7th, Danny was 8th, Gabrielle was 9th and Rayfa was 10th.
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 340 points
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 335 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 304 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 247 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 171 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 123 points
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 123 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 119 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 112 points
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 109 points
After 25 laps had elapsed. Rusalka was having a bit of a bad day. Before the weekend, she looked at the rumours that she might be leaving the Prancing Horse at the end of 2023 to focus on Porsche. Even though Rusalka was a Porsche factory driver, she kept denying the rumours and that she was planning to extend her contract with Ferrari. Another thing was that she was down in 11th place behind Rayfa and with Hailey Banefire inheriting the lead after Oscura’s pit stop on lap 26, it meant that her presence on the top 10 in the points would be evaporated as Hailey was provisionally 10th place in the standings as she was on 113 points and the driver behind her, Rainbow Dash would be ahead either 7th or 8th depending on where Oscura finished.
Between laps 30 to 33, disaster would strike for two of top 5 runners, as in both occasions at turn 18 (at the exit of the double S-bends of turns 16 and 18) Viral crashed into the wall after a tank-slapper which brought out the Safety Car and during that period of two laps, Danger’s electrics lost the will to live. In the space of three laps, Adriana and Kaci were promoted to 4th and 5th. Danny was now in 6th place, Gabrielle Sharkfire was 7th, Rusalka was 8th, Rayfa was 9th and and Azura Dragonsfire in 10th.
It was then a 3 car fight for the lead on the restart of lap 34 of 65 between, Oscura in the Team Galaxia OSCGP002, Hailey Banefire in the TZ-MMXIII and Rainbow in the AMR23. As they head to turn 3 they were single file, but then… Adriana sensed an opportunity and in two corners, Adriana passed all three of them and was now in the lead of the race. By lap 36, Adriana was 2 seconds ahead of Oscura and if she realised that if she can continue her hold on the lead of race she would be in the lead of the championship and 14 points ahead of the British Speedfreak (since a race pays 75 points in three 25 point stages).
With 40 laps in the books on lap 41, Danger was hoping that Oscura and Hailey would overtake Adriana took make sure that his lead in the points within the 24 laps left in the race and that since he has a 5 point gap to Viral, he needed the racing gods to shine upon him which wasn’t the first time he did that and it resulted him being nearly dead last in Aurora City. 2 laps later, Oscura had closed to Adriana from 2.2 seconds to 0.7 seconds. Hailey was third and Rainbow in 4th, Danny was now 5th after Kaci fell to 9th after a 24 second pit stop and it resulted in Gabrielle Sharkfire in 6th, Rayfa Dawnlight in 7th and Azura now in 8th with Rusalka completing the 10 on lap 45 with 22 laps to go.
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 340 points
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 335 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 329 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 247 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 181 points
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 141 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 125 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 124 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes-AMG Petronas, 119 points
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 110 points
With 18 laps to go and with 11 points now separating herself and Danger, Adriana realised that she would need to not make any mistakes so that no matter where Danger or Viral finished at the Indigo City, Velocity City and the Cloudsdale Accelardrome if she, Oscura or Hailey won any of the 9 stages, Danger and Viral couldn’t beat Adriana for the title. She also realised that if she kept getting points, she could be the 2023 Formula Equestria champion and McLaren’s first champion since Rusalka Swordlight in 2009.
On lap 51, Oscura was still in 2nd place but she had an epiphany, she realised that because Adriana was leading the race she would be the leading points and that if she overtook Adriana, the McLaren would still be 18 points in hand as Danger and Viral were out of the race and she would still be leading the points with 7 point margin instead of 14. What Oscura needed in the next 16 laps was for Adriana to finish 5th or lower so that Danger would have a better shot at the title when the Indigo City Grand Prix comes.
She would get a stroke of luck on lap 53 when Adriana was stuck in the pits after a wheel gun malfunction and long pit stop meant that she dropped to 4th. This was sort of what she was praying but at the same time, the outcome wasn’t what she expected cause Adriana was now in 4th place ahead of the Forza Nova of Danny Dean. This means that Adriana was provisionally one point ahead of Danger. In Adriana’s perspective it felt like that first place in the standings was becoming more of a pipe dream as Danny was shedding off 0.5 second of her gap of her lead from Danny.
Then on lap 56, Hailey was dealing with the backmarker Volkswagen of Hatsune Soulblitz and her Australian style of was causing her to act strange towards the Mercedes factory driver.
“Can that Volkswagen get out of my way, mate? I’m trying to get past Oscura.” Hailey reported.
“Don’t worry, Hailey.” Sharina Banefire told her. “She’ll let you by.”
On lap 61, the Safety Car came out as the Chevrolet of Calliope Thunderscythe crashed into the pit wall. To many, this was what Adriana needed because the lap prior, Danny had overtaken the McLaren at turn 15 and was losing time on the straight due to one of her wheel guns giving up.
The race restarted on lap 65 after the Safety Car pulled in and there was nothing stopping Oscura and at the end, she took the victory with Hailey and Rainbow Dash on the podium. Danny was 4th, Adriana was 5th place with Gabrielle finishing 6th, Kaci was 7th, Rayfa was 8th Rusalka was 9th and Azura in 10th place
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 340 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 339 points
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 335 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 247 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 193 points
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 166 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 139 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 131 points
Hailey Banefire, Squadra Corse Lamborghini-Danger Motorsport, 121 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes AMG Petronas, 119 points
DangerVerse Motorsport Events
2023 Indigo City Grand Prix
Before the weekend of the Indigo City Grand Prix, Hailey Banefire was told by her peers that she was giving Lamborghini much needed money for further testing of the upcoming TZ-MMXXIV launching when Ferrari’s SF-DGR24 (or SF-DGRJS60 as it was primarily Danger’s idea to name it) gets released. The Australian-accent of Hailey was basically the cause of resurgence in Lamborghini’s rebirth on the podium and Hailey set herself a goal of getting her first win in Formula Equestria and Lamborghini’s first since 2019 with that season’s champion Aria Blaze. She took her #85 TZ-MMXXIII on the 2.88 mile circuit with 10 corners which one including a highway interchange point at 5 and started her quest to get pole position.
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 1:16.854
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:16.896
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:17.009
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 1:17.185
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 1:17.191
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 1:17.197
Hailey Banefire, Squadra Corse Lamborghini-Danger Motorsport, 1:17.327
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:17.329
Azura Dragonsfire, Lotus-Dragonsfire, 1:17.385
Sonic Flash, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:17.418
Gabrielle Sharkfire, Chevrolet Team Sharkfire, 1:17.449
Sparkling Lionfire, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 1:17.497
Amy Firepetal, Sonic GP-Ferrari, 1:17.589
Cadenza Spark, Squadra Corse Lamborghini-Danger Motorsport, 1:17.629
Pasadena Dragonstorm, Scuderia Tempesta-Ferrari, 1:17.679
Diana Swordlight, BMW M Team Radiance, 1:17.727
Leighanna Firepetal, Chevrolet Team Sharkfire, 1:17.797
Vivian Radiance, Porsche Team Radiance, 1:17.979
Manic Speed, Sonic GP-Ferrari, 1:17.994
Beatrice Radiance, Porsche Team Radiance, 1:18.141
Calliope Thunderscythe, Chevrolet Team Sharkfire, 1:18.186
Fiona Crush, Jaguar-Lionfire, 1:18.199
Rusalka Swordlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, n/a (crashed in qualifying)
Sayori Blitz, Renault-Danger Motorsport, n/a (crashed in qualifying)
Monika Dawnlight, Maserati-Danger Motorsport, n/a (crashed in qualifying)
Millie Arcanestorm, Chevrolet Team Sharkfire, n/a (crash in qualifying)
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, n/a (crash in qualifying)
Chandra Dawnsword, McLaren-Danger Motorsport (crash in qualifying)
The cars lined up on the grid for the 63 lap race, and before anyone knew it, it was green in Indigo City. Both Ferraris of Danger of Viral made good starts of the line and passed Rainbow into turn 1, Hailey overtook Kaci on the straight to turn 2 and Oscura stagnated in P4. With Danger leading from Viral and Rainbow, Danger was cruising by turn 5 and then…
The red flag came out.
“Red flag, Danger, red flag.” Crimsonia reported on the radio.
“What? What happened” Danger Dean said, confused.
“I… I don’t know.” Crimsonia said in worry.
Just a couple of seconds later… it was revealed that there was a big crash on the start-finish straight, it all started when the Porsche of Beatrice Radiance stalled on the straight and got collected by both the Renault of Sayori Blitz and her best friend and former teammate in her stint with McLaren, Rusalka Swordlight. Both Sayori and Beatrice got out of their cars but Rusalka was still in the car, collecting her breath and waited for the trackside crew to get her out of the car.
For Danger, this gave him painful flashbacks to Oscura’s crash in Blaze City… if Rusalka was injured, she would need time to recover but… he realised that she would be out for the remainder of the season as there were only two races left after Indigo City. He got on his headset and attempted to call Rusalka.
“Rusalka? Are you OK?” Danger asked in concern.
He waited a while for her to respond.
“Yeah… I’m fine.” Rusalka responded, weakly.
“Are you breathing OK? Cause you sounded like you are struggling.”
Danger could hear crying from Rusalka’s end.
“I am… I just… needed to catch my breath…”
“What do you want to do now?” Danger asked.
“I’ll get out and head to your garage… I could do with a massage but… there’s medical staff next to my car. I don’t want to go to the hospital right now.” Rusalka said, clearly in tears.
“Tell them that you’ll be safe in my garage till the end of the race. My personnel can look after you.”
This sent a good amount of calm to Rusalka as she knew that Danger didn’t want his friends to be sent to any hospital without his knowledge.
“Thanks… but… I might not be able to race the final two races, my back is killing me.” Rusalka said, in pain.
“Don’t worry, Rusalka… I have a plan.” Danger said. “After the race… while you are on a stretcher, I’ll contact a medical hover-ship and it will transport you back to Danger City, where they’ll give you a really good massage.”
Rusalka paused for a while.
“You’ll do that for me?” Rusalka asked.
Danger confirmed by nodding, knowing he’ll do anything to help his friends.
As Rusalka was brought into Danger’s garage on the stretcher, the track had been cleared and the 25 remaining cars went on the grid in the starting positions. When the lights went out. Danger made a bad start falling to 5th place. With Rainbow still leading the race from Viral and Oscura. Rainbow was showing to the fans why she was still on form even if she wasn’t driving a red car. By lap 4, Danger was getting the speed back he lost at the start of the race. Even though Rusalka’s crash was affecting his mind but he vowed to Rusalka that he will give Ferrari a good result.
There was a problem though.
As Danger was in 5th place he would be on 350 points and because Viral was in 2nd, she would be leading the championship by only 3 points on 353, he needed to get in form again and make sure nothing fails on his car.
5 laps later on lap 9, the weather decided to join Ferrari in the pain they were in and decided to summon Indigo City’s finest rain. Danger dived into the pits for intermediates and he anticipated that It would be raining for the remaining 54 laps.
“Crim, did we use the wet weather setup?”
“We already had it in Danger, because you told us before qualifying.” Crimsonia reminded him.
Danger didn’t realise at first then it occurred to him.
On lap 12, 15 of the 25 were on intermediates as the other 10 opted for full wets, Aria, Viral and Hailey included. This meant Rainbow was still leading from Oscura and Adriana. Danger was in 4th and Sonic Flash was 5th. Adriana had put full wets on and was probably going to the lap 31 to get new ones on. 2 laps later, Danger passed Adriana for 3rd place and Viral passed the Chevrolet of Gabrielle Sharkfire for 7th place with Hailey languished in 8th place.
The Safety Car came out on lap 17 as Manic Speed crashed into the back of Vivian Radiance’s Porsche. This pleased Danger, because this Safety Car was set to ruin Oscura’s strategy as she dived into the pits which did not please the 2013 champion in the slightest.
When the Safety went in on lap 20, Rainbow was passed by Danger at turn 2 and with Adriana in 3rd place and Viral in 5th, the championship was in his favour for the time being. Aria Blaze was 4th, Gabrielle was 6th, Hailey was 7th, Azura was 8th, Danny was 9th after starting from 27th on the grid due to crashing in qualifying and Kaci Lionlight was 10th.
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 365 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 354 points
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 345 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 259 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 195 points
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 166 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 157 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 132 points
Hailey Banefire, Squadra Corse Lamborghini-Danger Motorsport, 127 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes AMG Petronas, 119 points
With 11 points separating Danger from Adriana. Danger was hoping that the next 42 laps would be painless as he didn’t want to crash or suffering from his car being Italian. He had promised to Rusalka before he crossed the line to start his 25th lap that he will bring a good result for her and the Prancing Horse. By lap 28, Oscura was in 12th place after climbing the field from having her safety being on the floor in pieces. And if Viral in the pits on lap 29 for fresh wet weather tyres, her time to climb was looking more promising.
Further up the order, Hailey had past Gabrielle for 6th place and is now 4 seconds behind the Angel of Speed. Despite Lamborghini being nowhere in terms of pace since Aria left in 2020 to join the Scuderia, Hailey was getting points on a consistent streak, even Danger called her a future world champion.
3 laps later, a mistake from Viral at the final corner caused her to lose 5th place to Hailey and it turned out that Viral’s SF23 had forgotten how to speed up and that Viral’s throttle technique wasn’t as effective compared to when she was driving the AKV02. Neon made sure that the technique will be in full effect by lap 50. By lap 34, however, Danger was still leading the race from Adriana in 2nd place, 3rd was Rainbow, 4th was Hailey and Viral was 5th. At this point, Viral needed something to happen to any of the 4 cars behind and she needed it to happen now.
On lap 39, Azura Dragonsfire retired from the race due to a transmission failure she had sustained on lap 38. Luckily, Azura was nearer to the pits so the Safety Car couldn’t be deployed, This didn’t benefit Viral as she now under pressure from the Chevrolet of Gabrielle. But she held on, making sure that she didn’t get past. She then realised that she can’t beat Danger for the title because Danger’s pace throughout the races was on another dimension. Aria dropped to 7th after having getting her mind destroyed by track limit blunders and a 35 second pitstop, Oscura was 8th, Kaci was 9th and Amy was 10th.
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 390 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 372 points
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 355 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 265 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 195 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 172 points
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 170 points
Hailey Banefire, Squadra Corse Lamborghini-Danger Motorsport, 139 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 132 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes AMG Petronas, 119 points
Danger knew that the rain would fall harder than before and pitted for full wets on lap 43 as he had a 32 second gap to Adriana. Adriana was also struggling with her wet tyres and she pitted after Danger on lap 44. While this was going on, the Aston Martin of Rainbow, was now up into second place and with 20 laps to run she now only 19 seconds adrift from Danger. But Rainbow’s tyres were more used to conditions like heavy rain.
On lap 47, Rainbow was now 17 seconds behind.
Lap 49, 13 seconds back.
But on lap 52, Danny’s gearbox decided not to switch to 6th gear and that meant he was out of the race. To Rainbow’s dismay, this avoided a Safety Car as Danny pulled into the pits, but the silver lining was that she was now 10 seconds back from Danger which became 9 seconds. Danger attributed this to a Ferrari strategy error and he was the next victim. By lap 55, the top 10, Danger, Rainbow, Hailey, Adriana, Aria, Viral, Oscura, Gabrielle, Amy and Sonic. 3 laps later, Adriana was under a lot of pressure.
After Kaci retired on lap 56 due to her hydraulics going on strike. As she laid in 4th place, Danger was one step closer to his 7th title. Aria was basically out of the title hunt as she the points gap was to big for her even if Danger’s car gave in. Rainbow, meanwhile was getting closer to Danger as she was now only 5 seconds adrift from the Ferrari. The AMR23 was in another league with how much it was gaining on the Ferrari. As the rain was dying out on lap 61, Rainbow was now 3 seconds back but as Danger crossed the line on lap 63 to win the race, she had to settle for 2nd place. Hailey was 3rd, Aria was 4th, Adriana was 5th, Viral was 6th, Oscura was 7th, Gabrielle 8th, Amy 9th and Sonic was 10th.
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 415 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 382 points
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 363 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 277 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 195 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 190 points
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 176 points
Hailey Banefire, Squadra Corse Lamborghini-Danger Motorsport, 154 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 134 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes AMG Petronas, 119 points
After the race, Oscura passed Danger’s pitbox as she saw Rusalka, on her headphones listening to Crimson Firestorm’s music while the medics getting prepared to go to the Legion of Speedfreaks HQ for treatment for her back after her start line crash. Oscura saw her talking to Danger and he promised that he would take her back to Danger City. Oscura wondered why he would do this but she realised… she had been in a crash that resulted her injuries and she sympathized with Rusalka. By the time the medics put a neck brace on Rusalka, Danger took the stretcher and headed for the medical hover-ship.
“Rusalka, I told you I would bring home a victory for you and for Ferrari. I would never let you done.” Danger said.
“Danger… I think I should tell you something,” Rusalka announced, “after the crash had elapsed, I was having these moments in my head. Either I stay with the team 2024, maybe move to Porsche since I am a Porsche factory driver or maybe… announce my retirement. After the season I will tell you what I’m planning.”
“Well, you have been with Formula Equestria since 2007, first with McLaren, then to Tigron in 2014, then to Nemesis in 2018 which I still don’t know how you managed to win in that heap of crap Nemesis called a car. Then to Ferrari for 2019… and you do have a championship. I still remember that year you won the title since it was my first year in the sport itself.” Danger replied.
“Yeah…” Rusalka said. “I have had a good stint in Formula Equestria… I’m still debating on whether to go to Porsche to help out Beatrice or retirement… But… I do have Porsche and Team Swordlight business I could while I recover… but I have a question… who will you put in the car for the Velocity City and Cloudsdale Grand Prix?”
“I think I have an idea.” Danger said. “You know when you saw a woman testing out the DGR-GP24 prototype two weeks ago?”
“I think I remember…” Rusalka wondered as she put a hand on her chin without touching the brace on her neck.
“Well she has like fang-like nails but shorter, her hair is like brown but with like orange and yellow highlights. She is known in her home city as the ‘Aria City Hellhound’ she is known as Selena Sinderlight.” Danger explained.
“I bet she’ll be a good driver to fill in my place. Since I know you want your son to be with Ferrari but Oscura said it was nepotistic in the past.” Rusalka said.
“But that was before her crash at Blaze City. She’s changed now.” Danger replied.
Danger then allowed the medics in the hover-ship to take Rusalka to Danger City and he still had a job to do… win his seventh title.
DangerVerse Motorsport Events
2023 Velocity City Grand Prix
While Danger was preparing for qualifying for the race, a lot of things were running rampant in his mind. The first thing was that he was concerned over Rusalka and that no matter how competitive Formula Equestria is, camaraderie was still a thing. The second thing was that some of the public claimed that Danger didn’t boycott the Indigo City Grand Prix (even though it wasn’t his intention) after Rusalka was not rushed to hospital for her injuries. Danger explained in the press conference that he wasn’t keen on the idea of his friends, or former enemies like Oscura, to be given medical attention by people they don’t know.
But, no one could really blame him.
Having being in the Maranello family ever since he founded his car manufacturer in 2002, he had seen a lot of good drivers contemplate retirement as their injuries was going to affect the prowess. Even though Danger had as much faith in medical workers as Oscura had with Red Bull from 2014 to 2022, he still believed that the Danger City’s finest medical staff will treat Rusalka with as much care as possible, so that she can decide whether or not to either retire or help develop Porsche to be the next Goliath, or in Hailey Banefire’s case rekindle the success Lamborghini used to get during their time in the promised land.
The third thing on his mind was how will Rusalka’s temporary replacement, Selena Sinderlight would cope at the Scuderia. Despite the ‘Aria City Hellhound’ had been in numerous tests with Ferrari and her time in the Equestrian GT Championship, she was heading to the Velocity City track blind as she hadn’t had any experience on the track. Apart from 3 hours of testing on Danger’s race simulator program where she was driving a Mercedes W13 with a Danger Motorsport livery on it.
But those fears would be vanquished by the time he went out on track.
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:21.485
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 1:21.496
Hailey Banefire, Squadra Corse Lamborghini-Danger Motorsport, 1:21.636
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:21.726
Selena Sinderlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:21.740
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:21.794
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 1:22.074
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 1:22.080
Gabrielle Sharkfire, Chevrolet Team Sharkfire, 1:22.117
Sonic Flash, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:22.256
Calliope Thunderscythe, Chevrolet Team Sharkfire, 1:22.288
Azura Dragonsfire, Lotus-Dragonsfire, 1:22.339
Beatrice Radiance, Porsche Team Radiance, 1:22.374
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 1:22.386
Sparkling Lionfire, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 1:22.428
Fiona Crush, Jaguar-Lionfire, 1:22.588
Vivian Radiance, Porsche Team Radiance, 1:22.658
Riley Radiantshard, Pagani, 1:22.688
Manic Speed, Sonic GP-Ferrari, 1:22.778
Amy Firepetal, Sonic GP-Ferrari, 1:22.998
As Viral lay in pole position with for the 66 lap race. Many people were wondering if the either Adriana or Viral would get a clean run into turn 1. Either Danger could avenge last year’s DNF, or get jumped off the line by Selena. When it’s lights out, Selena did jump Danger off the line and heading into the first turn…
Viral and Adriana tangled with each other and both of them lost their front wings. They did go to the pits for new orders of wings but as a result they were 19th and 20th place and a lap down, meaning they really needed a miracle if they had any chance of staying in the title hunt. When the race restarted on lap 4, Hailey Banefire was leading from Selena and Danger.
Danger capitalised massive from the turn 1 calamity Viral and Adriana had and on lap 5 at turn 3, Danger pass Selena for 2nd. Aria was 4th, Danny was 5th, Gabrielle was 6th, Oscura was 7th, Calliope was 8th, Sonic was 9th and 10th was Rainbow. Rainbow was avenging her 14th place in qualifying due to uneven tyre temperatures and pressures. Over the course from lap 6 to 9, she reeling in on Sonic. Despite being concerned over Rusalka, she still wanted to give her something to watch on the TV screen in her quarters in the Legion of Speedfreaks HQ in Danger City.
A miracle came for both Adriana and Viral as on lap 12 at turn 9, Fiona’s Jaguar slammed into the tyre wall after she locked brake and on lap 13, they were able to pass the Safety Car to get their lap back. Most fans watching the decision was debating this as both could gotten the lap back from pace and speed alone. But as they knew by lap 14, fate is a double-edged sword and Ferrari were no exception in the past with crashes or the car being fundamentally Italian.
When the race restarted on lap 15 of 66, Hailey held the lead from Danger and Selena with Aria and Danny behind. Selena was all over the British Speedfreak’s gearbox and with Hailey not getting a good restart, she lost the lead to Selena who in turn lost the lead to Danger after he passed both of them into turn 5. By lap 19, Viral and Adriana climbed up to 14th and 15th but with Danger pulling away into the distance and with 25 points in hand with 150 points on offer in Velocity City and Cloudsdale, they felt as if their title hopes were slipping away lap after lap.
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 440 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 382 points
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 363 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 289 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 205 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 191 points
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 182 points
Hailey Banefire, Squadra Corse Lamborghini-Danger Motorsport, 169 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 134 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes AMG Petronas, 119 points
Disaster would strike for Rainbow Dash as she would retire on lap 24 due to a gearbox failure and as she crawled into the pits to retire, Viral was now in 10th. From being a lap down to be in the points after 23 laps was a comeback akin to what Danger pulled off in Aurora City. Even fans of ‘Double V’ thought of Danger can pull off a comeback. Viral can too.
After Danger retained the lead after a pitstop of lap 29 for Danger Motorsport-spec ‘Super-hard’ tyres and Selena dropped to 3rd behind Aria. Danger’s ‘super-hard’ tyres had a orange ring around the middle of tyre and would run for about 38 to 40 laps. The only downside Danger was facing was the tyres would lose 1.19 miles per hour a lap on average but fans knew that Danger would still be fast no matter hard or soft the tyres are.
Most of the drivers pitted between lap 30 to 33 for mediums and softs. Danger was still leading from Aria and Selena. But as Hailey came into the pits for her tyres, a fire broke out on her left rear brake disc. Hailey was out and that meant, Danny was now in 4th place. This also meant Viral was in 9th place but Sonic had defended like a bouncer of a club when dealing with problematic customers. Adriana was now in 10th place and she hoped that she would chip at Danger’s 77 point lead.
On lap 37, Oscura was still keeping a steady pace in the race and with plenty of room to relax and she was in 6th place and 14 seconds back from Gabrielle and 16 seconds ahead of Calliope in 7th. But her calmness suddenly evaporated on lap 39 as her car slowed to a crawl. As she came in the pit lane, it was revealed that she suffered a terminal gearbox failure like what Rainbow endured 15 laps prior. This promoted the Lotus of Azura into the points but her 27 second gap to Adriana was not worthy of chipping away.
4 laps later (lap 43), Danger had enough of the super hard tyres and switched to medium compound tyres as he lost 30 of his 33 second lead over Aria Blaze. As Danger left the pits, he was now in second place but he only needed a little amount of points to make sure that his lead was no longer under threat if he retired from the race in Italian fashion. Selena was in 3rd, Danny was still 4th and Gabrielle and Calliope were now 5th and 6th, Sonic was 7th, Adriana was 8th after Viral was on the wrong tyres in 9th and Azura in 10th.
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 458 points
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 386 points
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 365 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 314 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 217 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 191 points
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 182 points
Hailey Banefire, Squadra Corse Lamborghini-Danger Motorsport, 169 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 134 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes AMG Petronas, 119 points
With 72 points now separating Danger from Adriana. Crimsonia was now on Danger.
“Danger, I worked out that in order to win your 7th title, Adriana needs to finish 8th or worse… or option B is that you could pass Aria for the lead like you did in Cloudsale last year.” Crimsonia explained.
“What’s the gap to Aria?” Danger asked.
“Er… Aria is now 5 seconds behind but she has to stop again soon.”
With 17 laps left, Aria pitted for mediums, but she didn’t account for the number on her advanced helmet, which was showing her timings like when she’s playing a racing game, displayed ‘-0.1’. Aria thinks that her pitstop may have inadvertently made Adriana’s title chance disappear. Unless there was Safety Car, but since there were 16 cars left and the field was spread out at most parts of the circuit. It could be possible, but it didn’t seem likely.
As the laps trickled down with the sun was setting over the horizon, lights began to don the circuit. Aria still needed fate to shine on her and by lap 55… Adriana crashed into the wall with 12 laps to go. This did bunch the field up and Viral was now in 8th place, Azura 9th and Amy Firepetal in 10th with 1st to 7th not changing.
When the Safety Car came into the pits with 7 laps left, Viral wanted to get past Calliope but the ‘Shark Train’ was holding everyone up. Since Sonic had overtaken Gabrielle and Calliope at turn 5, he didn’t have to endure the cushion pull back if he was held up because of the ‘train’. 2 laps to go, Aria tried to get a move on Danger but her reflexes get the better of her and she had drive the SF-DGR23 home.
As Danger crossed the line on lap 66 to win the Velocity City Grand Prix, it was over. Danger had become a 7-time Formula Equestria champion.
"What a year, Danger! You are now a 7-timer and you can't stop at seven." Crimsonia celebrated.
"YEAH! FORZA FERRARI BABY! That's for all the kids out there, who dream the impossible! You can do it too, boys and girls!" Danger celebrated.
"Yep, beer is on you tonight. Hope we make last call." Crimsonia said.
"They'll make an exception to a 7 time champion, right?" Danger replied.
Danger realised that even with all the hardships, ranging from crashes, failures and the slow start to the season. He climbed on the top step of the podium, draped in British flag while holding a British flag with his ‘Double-D’ on and as he lifted the trophy, 3 confetti cannons containing blue, red and white confetti covered the podium. After the celebration, Danger looked at the top 10 of the standings and it spoke for itself.
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 483 points, 2023 Formula Equestria Champion
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 386 points
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 369 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 332 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 229 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 191 points
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 182 points
Hailey Banefire, Squadra Corse Lamborghini-Danger Motorsport, 169 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 134 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes AMG Petronas, 119 points
Author's Note
What did you think of Selena Sinderlight’s debut?
DangerVerse Motorsport Events
2023 Cloudsdale GP (Season Finale)
As Adriana headed to the MCL-DGR37 for the last time on the Cloudsdale Acceledrome, she realised that the battle of vice-champion was still on between herself, Viral and Aria Blaze. Danny was out of the hunt with 229 points but he realised his SFN02 was not as quick in some races as he hoped his next car, the SFN03 will give him another win. As his sister Astral was prepared to rejoin Aston Martin for 2024, he believes he can give the car he was not originally keen on driving at the start of them season, a final send-off. Despite scoring podiums, he wanted another win and it had been a full year since. As both Danny and Adriana went out, they hoped to get some final points.
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 1:26.786
Hailey Banefire, Squadra Corse Lamborghini-Danger Motorsport, 1:26.799
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:26.837
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:26.937
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:27.157
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 1:27.277
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 1:27.457
Gabrielle Sharkfire, Chevrolet Team Sharkfire, 1:27.677
Selena Sinderlight, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:27.717
Fiona Crush, Jaguar-Lionfire, 1:27.747
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 1:27.787
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 1:27.789
Hatsune Soulblitz, Volkswagen I.D, 1:27.947
Sonic Flash, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 1:27.995
Calliope Thunderscythe, Chevrolet Team Sharkfire, 1:28.068
Amy Firepetal, Sonic GP-Ferrari, 1:28.185
Beatrice Radiance, Porsche Team Radiance. 1:28.358
Rayfa Dawnlight, Team Galaxia, 1:28.399
Felicia Firepaw, Genesis Team Firepaw, 1:28.428
Molly Firepaw, Genesis Team Firepaw, 1:28.478
Cassandra Daybreaker, Volkswagen I.D, 1:28.498
Vivian Radiance, Porsche Team Radiance, 1:28.788
As the cars make their way to start the last 60 laps of the 2023 season, Danger felt relaxed as he is a 7-time champion and Crimsonia told him to not stop at seven times. As the lights went out, Hailey took the lead into the turn 1 with Viral in 2nd after a quick reaction time and nearly plowing into her teammate, Danger. Gabrielle Sharkfire was up into 7th place behind Oscura and at the final corner of lap 1, Gabrielle sent into the inside of Oscura and was now in 6th place. 2 laps later, Danger was challenging Aria for third place with the 2023 champion was making sure to not ruin Aria’s chance of making a Scuderia 1-2-3 in the points. But Aria calculated that it would still be a Danger Motorsport-powered 1-2-3 regardless of where she finished.
By lap 4 not much happened in the top 5, but in the bottom half of the 10, a lot was happened, in the span 48 corners from lap 5 to 7, Oscura had retaken 6th place from Gabrielle and Rainbow was being pestered by Selena and Kaci Lionlight for P8. Things got bad to worse for Danny by lap 9 as his car lost power and retired from the race. This was music to Hailey, because this meant that she had bigger chance of making it a Danger Motorsport top 5 as she was 60 points behind Danny with 75 points on offer. But with Viral 3 seconds behind and with the Ferraris overdue for some bad luck, she had just over 50 laps to bide her time and to avoid being passed by the Swiss Army Knife.
But then on lap 12, disaster struck as Danger rode on the kerbing of turn 5 and it came loose at it spun him out and went into the gravel trap. Luckily, Danger continued on but Oscura went over the kerb as well and to make matters worse, Kaci Lionlight plowed into the left side panel of Oscura’s OSCGP02.
“Crim, the kerb came up and came loose at turn 5.” Danger reported.
“OK Danger, there’s no damage to the floor of the car and it’s looks like Oscura and Kaci crashed as a result of riding that kerb.” Crimsonia replied.
“This goes to show that the track needed more time to prepare the track properly, like in Aria City 5 years ago.” Danger stated.
“I was hoping you didn’t bring that one up as that gave me nightmares.” Crimsonia replied, shuddering.
“Sorry, but my point remains.” Danger apologised.
Meanwhile in Aria’s car…
“Aria, the kerbing came loose at turn 5 just to be aware next time.” Brio said.
“Brio, I think the might call the red (flag) on this one.” Aria stated.
Then on lap 13, the red flag was called to repair the loose kerbing and after about 45 minutes, the race resumed on lap 16 after 3 laps behind the Safety Car which Danger did not agree on. Hailey held the lead with Viral in 2nd place with Aria 3rd, Adriana in 4th and Danger in 5th after the excursion, Gabrielle was 6th, Rainbow was in 7th, Selena was 8th, Calliope was 9th after starting from 15th on the grid and Sonic Flash was in 10th.
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 493 points, 2023 Formula Equestria Champion
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 398 points
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 387 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 347 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 229 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 197 points
Hailey Banefire, Squadra Corse Lamborghini-Danger Motorsport, 194 points
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 182 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 134 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes AMG Petronas, 119 points
With 40 laps to go, Hailey was still leading the race form Viral and Adriana. Aria dropped to 4th place but at the final corner on lap 20, she reclaimed the podium spot which didn’t bother Hailey in the slightest. The Aston Martin of Rainbow was not really much of a fast car compared to the previous races and being passed by Selena was another spanner thrown into her perfect machine.
On lap 22, Hailey pitted for fresh mediums and came out behind Viral but in order to make it a Danger Motorsport top 5, she only needed 32 points and provisionally she would be 14 points back from Danny Dean, but since Danny was out of the race, it wouldn’t matter to Hailey as she thought she would finished ahead of him anyway.
By lap 25, the 19 cars left began to settle into the groove for the remaining 36 laps of the race and after Hailey retook the lead of the race after both Viral and Danger pitted. The top 5 was Hailey from Viral, Adriana, Danger and Aria. But 5 laps later on lap 30, the race would claim another scalp.
After holding off all the moves from Beatrice Radiance, Sonic Flash crashed into the wall after running on to the marbles and ripping the suspension to pieces. After the Safety Car peeled in the pits on lap 33, the race was underway again. Before Sonic had crashed, Calliope had overtaken Rainbow Dash for 8th place. And then on lap 36… Rainbow pulled into the pits to retire from the race. The reason was because of a loss of power which occurred right after Rainbow was passed by the Porsche of Beatrice.
As Beatrice was helping Porsche will developing the team before Rusalka’s contract begins next year, she wanted to score points in the race as it would give Porsche more funds as the 809/23 was underdeveloped. She also hoped the 809/24 would be a race winning car. Amy Firepetal had inherited 10th after Rainbow’s retirement.
By lap 40, the top 10 was, Hailey, Viral, Adriana, Danger, Aria, Gabrielle, Selena, Calliope, Beatrice and Amy.
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 505 points, 2023 Formula Equestria Champion
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 413 points
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 405 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 357 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 229 points
Hailey Banefire, Squadra Corse Lamborghini-Danger Motorsport, 219 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 197 points
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 182 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 134 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes AMG Petronas, 119 points
By the time lap 44 came around, Hailey had a made a slight error by going off into the grass at the exit of turn 10 and lost the lead to Viral. And then she got passed by Adriana at turn 14. The only thing that could jeopardize her chances of a top 5 was finishing 6th or worse. Hailey realised she would technically be 5th in the standing if she finished in 5th place. This is because in a count-back, Hailey would be ahead of Danny as she had more wins.
On lap 48, Danger was in 5th place after being passed by Aria and was 2.5 seconds adrift with 13 to go. He believed that a loss of power may have been the cause of his pace deficit woes and on the next lap, he was now 2.1 seconds back.
Lap 51, he was 1.8 seconds back.
Lap 54. 1.4 seconds back.
During that time, Adriana had passed the Ferrari of Viral Velocity and by lap 58, both Adriana and Viral had accounted for the fact that the Lamborghini of Hailey Banefire was still in 3rd place and getting closer. With 1 and a half laps left, Hailey was 0.7 seconds behind and has the speed advantage heading into turn 11. On the final lap, Hailey made two moves to get the lead, both were unsuccessful and on the last corner, she went for it.
Hailey passed both Viral and Adriana and that move completed the podium, Aria and Danger was 4th and 5th, Gabrielle in 6th, Selena was 7th and Calliope was 8th, Amy was 9th and Beatrice scored the final point in the 2023 season.
Danger Dean, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 515 points, 2023 Formula Equestria Champion
Adriana Novalight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 428 points
Viral Velocity, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 423 points
Aria Blaze, Scuderia Ferrari-Danger Motorsport, 369 points
Hailey Banefire, Squadra Corse Lamborghini-Danger Motorsport, 244 points
Danny Dean, Scuderia Forza Nova-Ferrari, 229 points
Rainbow Dash, Aston Martin-Danger Motorsport, 197 points
Oscura Galaxia, Team Galaxia, 182 points
Kaci Lionlight, McLaren-Danger Motorsport, 134 points
Iris Dayspark, Mercedes AMG Petronas, 119 points
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Starfield Nexus Clash (Grid Universal Series) (LMGT1/LMH)
Both Danger and Viral were a bit perplexed at how Callie had gotten pole and the race win at Velocity City, they thought that the Liberty University-liveried Ferraris where the ingredients needed to win races, even Danger realised that the Ross Chastain tactic of riding the wall doesn’t work well with hypercars. Danger put it all behind as he went out on the Starfield Nexus Circuit in Aurora City to prove that he can challenge Callie.
#66 Callie Mayer, Alpine A424, Hypercar, 1:28.775
#15 Danger Dean, Ferrari 499P, Hypercar, 1:29.006
#25 Starlight Glimmer, Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR PRO Hybrid, Hypercar, 1:29.115
#26 Trixie Lulamoon, Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR PRO Hybrid, Hypercar, 1:29.158
#24 Viral Velocity, Ferrari 499P, Hypercar, 1:29.196
#13 Oscura Galaxia, Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR PRO Hybrid, Hypercar, 1:29.334
#21 Yume Tanaka, Mercedes AMG ONE LM-GT1, LM-GT1, 1:29.417
#14 Aria Blaze, Lamborghini SC63, Hypercar, 1:29.447
#5 Sonic Flash, Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR PRO Hybrid, Hypercar, 1:29.578
#4 Lara Carvalho, Mercedes AMG ONE LM-GT1, LM-GT1, 1:29.725
#39 Hatsune Soulblitz, Mercedes AMG ONE LM-GT1, LM-GT1: 1:29.946
#72 Gabrielle Sharkfire, Chevrolet Corvette C8 Stingray LM-GT1, LM-GT1, 1:29.989
#97 Rusalka Swordlight, Porsche 920 LMH, Hypercar, 1:30.227
#71 Devon Butler, Alpine A424, Hypercar, 1:30.519
#45 Manic Speed, Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR PRO Hybrid, Hypercar, 1:30.583
#85 Hailey Banefire, Lamborghini SC63, Hypercar, 1:30.626
#91 Beatrice Radiance, Porsche 920 LMH, Hypercar, 1:30.726
#89 Aiden Jackson, Alpine A424, Hypercar, 1:31.006
#1 Nathan McKane, Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR PRO Hybrid, Hypercar, 1:31.195
#17 Zoe Smith, BMW M8 LM-GT1, LM-GT1, 1:31.218
#22 Amy Rose-Francis, Ferrari FXX-K EVO LM-GT1, 1:31.274
#48 Rayfa Dawnlight, Audi R20 e-tron, 1:31.667
#98 Alexandra Swordlight, Porsche 920 LMH, Hypercar 1:31.695
#38 Sapphiria Daybreaker, Lotus Evija LM-GT1, LM-GT1, 1:31.773
Danger thought that he had the right package to cope against the pace of the Trident liveried Alpine. But as a legend of motorsport, it was the race that mattered and in a 150 mile race like Starfield Nexus Clash on a 14 cornered, 2.47 mile circuit. When the race started, the Valkyrie of Starlight got the jump on both Callie and Danger but on turns 1 and 2, Danger jumped into the lead after overtaking both Callie and Starlight. Viral in the other Liberty University liveried 499P was in 4th, Trixie was 5th, Oscura was 6th, Aria in the SC63 was 7th, Sonic was 8th, Carvalho and Tanaka in 9th and 10th. At turn 12, Callie got overtaken by Starlight was nearly overtaken by Viral but she held onto it and proceed to remain calm for the next 60 laps.
On lap 4, Hailey Banefire had overtaken both Butler and Manic like she was made for Hypercar races and with the LM-GT1s being a bit slower than the Hypercars, Hailey was able to capitalize on that and was now in 14th place with the Corvette of Gabrielle and the Mercedes of Hatsune Soulblitz behind the two-time Equestrian GT Champion, she hoped to make light work of both LM-GT1 cars.
It may be a 61 lap race but the chaos will still manage to find a way to creep onto the drivers without warning. On lap 9, whilst battling with Callie for 2nd place, the rear of Starlight’s Valkyrie was spewing a bit of smoke and by lap 10, it was coming out of the brakes. Starlight was out of the race on lap 11 after pulling into the pits to retire. Callie was now in 2nd with Viral, Oscura and Aria Blaze in the top 5. Danger began to extend his gap to Callie from 2 seconds on lap 13 to 6 seconds by lap 15. Both Liberty University liveried Ferraris had to pit at one point but Danger wanted to make sure he had a good enough gap he would want to risk to lose.
Drama struck again on lap 19 when the Audi of Rayfa Dawnlight made contact with the Valkyrie of Nathan McKane and they both spun at turn 8 nearly collecting the Alpine of Aiden Jackson. As both cars going again, there was no need to deploy the Safety. The bad news was that they were at risk of being lapped by Danger. On lap 22, Callie made a bold dive on Viral as the two had been battling for 2nd since lap 20 both the Ferrari and Alpine were matched on pace but the Ravenwest-liveried Valkyrie of Oscura was homing in on the both.
Then the Safety Car came out on lap 25 after the brakes on Sonic Flash’s Valkyrie stopped working and sent the Valkyrie into the turn 4 tire wall. Sonic was OK but he was running in 9th place. This was good for Callie because as she pitted on lap 23, she was in 4th place, behind both the Liberty University liveried Ferraris and Oscura.
When the Safety Car came back in on lap 30, Danger got a bad reaction time and got passed by both Viral and Callie. Oscura and Aria were in 4th and 5th, Trixie was in 6th as she was hoping to avenge her friend’s DNF, Yume was in 7th, Hailey was in 8th Carvalho in 9th and in 10th place lay the #71 Alpine of Devon Butler which gave the remaining cars a horrific sight. Miraculously, Gabrielle passed Devon on the exit of turn 9.
As the cars began to settle down, there was still a lot of action. Callie had overtaken Viral was now leading the race from Viral and Aria who had overtaken Danger as he was in the pits. The groove was still strong throughout the race and as sunset began to emerge on lap 46, lights began to don the track.
But then…
For the second time, the Safety Car would be deployed on lap 52 as the Seneca-liveried Mercedes-AMG ONE LM-GT1 of Carvalho crashed into the same place in the turn 4 tire wall that Sonic did. Danger, who climbed up to 3rd behind Viral and Callie was ahead of Aria in 4th, Oscura was 5th by the time race restarted on lap 56 for the remaining 6 laps.
Although the Ferraris were challenging the Alpine of Callie, it was to no avail by lap 60 so both Viral and Danger brought the cars home after Callie took her second win. Aria was 4th, Oscura was 5th, Hailey Banefire was 6th, Yume was 7th, Trixie was 8th, Gabrielle in 9th and Manic Speed finished in 10th after starting from 15th place.
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Yas Marina 100 (Grid World Series) (GT Group 3)
As night falls onto the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, the crowd were getting ready for the 100 mile race that await the 26 GT3 cars and all of them were ready to tackle the lights of Abu Dhabi. Thousands of horsepower were about to be unleashed in a melody of excellence. It is… make or break time.
1st. #15 Danger Dean, Danger Motorsport, Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO, 2:08.648
The green lights went on and Viral got the jump on Danger and took an early lead heading to turn one. Lara managed to overtake both Rusalka and Nathan at the same corner while Yume and Starlight were trading paint and positions at turn 2. Danger took Viral by surprise at turn 7 by making daring lunge but it resulted in minor cosmetic damage to both Ferraris. What Danger and Viral didn’t realise was that while they were batting for the lead, the Ravenwest Ferrari of Nathan McKane was trying to capitalize on any error the two Ferraris may inevitably make during the 29 laps of the race. Until he had puncture with threw him into exile
By turn 10, Oscura was up into 11th place and decided to have a battle with Aria Blaze but she was having her own with Rainbow Dash. But with Danny in 12th place after an overtake on Lightning Dust that made the fans wonder if Danny is the new Danger. Oscura tried to overtake Aria but she defended with ease before a touch of understeer handed 11th to Oscura on a silver platter.
On lap 3, it was three wide going into turn 5 with Rusalka, Akula and Yume Tanaka as the three have been a battle since turn 16 on lap 2. At the hairpin, Yume made a similar lunge on Akula that Danger made on Viral on the first. The Seneca Mercedes AMG GT3s were seemed unstoppable down the straights until Yume mistakenly outbraked herself and because Akula had overtaken Rusalka at the hairpin, Akula used his skill to overtake Yume at turn 10.
Not much happened until on lap 6 when Shizuka Murayama had a paint trade with Amy MacAtilla and both spun out on turn 2 and while MacAtilla managed to get back on track, Shizuka wasn’t as lucky. As she tried to get back on track, she was hit from the rear from Nathalie Vogelstein and both cars were out of the race. Both Nathalie and Shizuka were okay but their cars need to be cleared in order fro the race to progress further.
The track was clear by lap 10 and because the field was bunched up, the top 10 before turn 8 was Lara, Danger, Viral, Starlight, Akula, Oscura, Rusalka, Yume, Rainbow and Aria as they entered the chicane. By lap 12, Danger had caught up with the Mercedes of Carvalho and with Viral closing in on the Ferrari with the iconic number 15 on the doors, if could be Danger’s chance to get his first win in the series or even Viral’s. The three battled through the turns exchaning positions through the chicanes in most cases. But then at turn 15 on lap 16, a puncture turned Lara’s victory hopes into disarray.
Starlight had inherited third place after Lara pitted for new tyres and with Akula and Oscura interlocked in a heated battle which sometimes resulted in Rusalka’s Porsche joining in the fray. But on lap 19, The brakes on Rainbow’s Aston Martin decided to cook themselves as she locked up heading to turn 8. It was evident that Rainbow would lose 8th place as Yume Tanaka also pitted for new tyres after fears she may have a puncture. Beatrice was now in 9th place and was being reeled in by Danny In his Ferrari.
By lap 21, not much had changed in terms of the top 10 as the remaining 24 cars were maintaining a steady pace for the remaining 9 laps. Until at turn 17 when driver error had plagued Sayori Spark’s Mercedes as she ploughed into the barrier rear first as she went too deep on the kerbing. She managed to show get the car back to the pits but the damaged was enough for her retire the car.
The pieces had cleared as it wasn’t enough for the Full Course Yellow. Before Sayori crashed, Oscura overtook Akula at turn 1 as she started her 22nd lap. But after turn 17 was now suitable for overtaking, Akula retook 4th after a lock-up from Oscura. Danger meanwhile, had increased his gap ahead of Viral to 2.2 seconds and with Starlight getting closer and closer to the #24 Ferrari, it felt like smooth sailing for the British Speedfreak.
The battle still continued on lap 25 between Akula and Oscura as both black and red Ferraris were causing the fans to go mad with celebration as often tried to overtake each other through turns 15 to 21. In the end, it would be Oscura that would triumph in the battle as Akula went wide into turn 1 and with Rusalka right behind, Akula now had to play defensive as Oscura sped away.
On the final lap of the race, Starlight was still right on Viral’s tail in final few corners and as Danger crossed the line to win the race, Starlight made a lunge on Viral at turn 21, but was unsuccessful and that meant that Starlight had to settle for 3rd. Oscura came 4th and Akula 5th defending from Rusalka. Aria, Beatrice, Danny and Rainbow would complete the top 10.
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Solus Highway 100 Race 1 (Grid World Series) - (GT Group X)
None of the fans at the Solus Highway Circuit knew what was about to transpire. The best driver taking on the fierce 4.94 miles circuit 20 times in the 2 races scheduled. Some were rooting for Seneca, some for Ravenwest. No one knows who will walk away victorious or who will crash out before the race began.
1st. #21 Yume Tanaka, Seneca Racing, Mercedes-AMG One LMdH, 1:46.779
Before the race started, Sonic was having a conversation with Nathan McKane about the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro that both Ravenwest and Team Sonic Motorsports were using. During the conversation, Sonic offered a ‘hotlap showdown’ after the 2 races and see if both himself and Danny could improve. Nathan agreed the offer because he knew that both Danny and Sonic struggled during qualifying. Danny didn’t like the idea because he was still using tactics his father gave him. Even Danny’s sister, Astral Dash didn’t like it either.
Danger meanwhile thinks that his FXX K EVO had ‘lemoned’ on him which wasn’t really ideal for a speedy driver like he was. Danger believed the 20 laps of race time would be enough to salvage a good result. As the 22 cars started, Yume got into an early lead with Viral chasing her. Aria lost 3rd to Rusalka and Danger passed McKane at turn 1. By turn 3, Carvalho was chasing Rainbow Dash as Starlight passed her at turn 2. The pace between the Aston Martin and the Mercedes-AMG was equal. But being behind Dash was a little uncomfortable for Carvalho as the Alpine of Sayori Blitz was getting closer to her and by turn 5, Sayori had more corner than Lara and the Seneca Mercedes was passed with ease.
Behind the Ferrari of Aria Blaze in 4th place a battle erupted at the ‘highway section’ of the track between Akula, Danger and Oscura. Danger tried to pass Akula with both Ferraris side by side with each other with Oscura’s Aston Martin trying to find an opening. Danger slid slightly on the exit of turn 8 but managed to get enough speed to hold of Oscura. This infuriated Oscura slightly.
“Danger, can you not be a total showoff!” Oscura said. “You already won a race and I really don’t like you in front of me.”
Oscura had planned to overtake Danger and turn 10, but her car tank-slapped on the exit and she was passed by her teammate, Nathan. Even Starlight passed her before the lap ended. Rainbow was also in a battle of her own with Sayori Blitz but Rainbow’s Ferrari wasn’t really on par with the Alpine. Sayori passed Rainbow at turn 4.
On lap 5, Sayori’s teammate, Natalia Shock had a spin on the first lap which relegated her to last place and with her pace slipping away from her, she wasn’t confident for a strong finish. To make matters worse, by the time she was halfway between turns 6 to 7, she sustained a puncture and her Alpine spun left into the Armco barrier rear first. This brought out the Safety Car and Natalia climbed out of her wrecked car. This was perfect news for Oscura as she now reckons that she would be within the top 5 once the race restarts.
By lap 10, the race restarted and as Viral got a super reaction time to slam the accelerator hard, she swerved right to be side by side with Tanaka. The AKV Ferrari dived down the inside into turn 1 completing the overtake. Oscura’s plan to be in the top 5 slightly backfired as Sayori passed her. Danger passed Aria before turn 5 and was hoping to overtake Rusalka, but her Porsche 920 was quicker than Danger on the ‘highway’, even though Danger had better cornering speed in the some of the turns. He needed to use this to his advantage as Akula passed Aria at turn 6.
With 8 laps to go, Viral was leading with Tanaka only 1.4 seconds behind Viral. Rusalka held third and Danger was getting closer to the Porsche in fourth. Akula and Aria were 5th and 6th. Nathan was 7th and Starlight 8th. Sayori was 9th and a really frustrated Oscura in 10th. Things were getting pear-shaped for Seneca by lap 16 as Carvalho’s engine expired before she reached the pit lane. Tanaka didn’t let that bother her as she wanted to win as much as Viral wanted.
Meanwhile a mishap on the corner entry caused Rusalka to lose more time to Danger and by lap 18, Rusalka was passed by Danger. It was evident that Porsche was displaying cosmetic damage but not enough to damage any vital points of her car. Viral took the victory with Yume in second. Danger came third and Rusalka fourth. Akula 5th and Aria 6th, Nathan 7th and Starlight 8th, Sayori claimed her first top 10 in 9th and Iris Dayspark after starting 16th on the grid completed the top 10.
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350 miles at Violet Meadows (GT3)
The Violet Meadows Loop in Shock City, for most drivers, is a challenging circuit to race on. The reason is the hairpin of turn 6 and the chicane on turns 10 and 11. These turns can catch people out, but the 45 cars that are setting fast qualfiying laps on the circuit at about 140 miles per hour on the straights. With 8 minutes left of the session, the #24 Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO of Viral Velocity was on the provisional pole with a time of 1:20.449, but was being pressured by 4 other drivers on the top five: The #1 of Rainbow Dash, the #15 of Danger Dean, the #98 of Akula and the #97 of Rusalka Swordlight. Four of the top 5 drivers were driving a Prancing Horse, with Akula being the exception with a Silver Arrow.
Viral was hoping that her would secure a pole position. But then a surprise time of 1:20.427 from the #7 McLaren 720S GT3 of Applejack pressed the undo button on her top spot. 40 seconds later, Danger responded by setting a time of 1:20.427, which was the exact same. Danger was delighted with this. Until the #13 Ferrari of Oscura Galaxia set a time of 1:20.390. But Danger would snatch the provisional pole by beating his nemesis’ time by 4 milliseconds a lap later.
The next three minutes was nothing special, apart from the occasional complaining from Oscura.
#15 Danger Dean, Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO, 1:20.386
#13 Oscura Galaxia, Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO, 1:20.390
#7 Applejack, McLaren 720S GT3, 1:20.427
#24 Viral Velocity, Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO, 1:20.449
#1 Rainbow Dash, Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO, 1:20.468
#98 Akula, Mercedes-AMG GT3, 1:20.475
#97 Rusalka Swordlight, Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO, 1:20.484
#21 Twilight Sparkle, Mercedes AMG GT3. 1:20.490
#14 Aria Blaze, Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO, 1:20.507
#75 Black Flame, Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO, 1:20.535
#91 Fluttershy, Bentley Continental GT3, 1:20.589
#25 Starlight Glimmer, Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3, 1:20.647
#49 Suri Polomare, Renault RS.01 GT3, 1:20.887
#74 Azure Flame, Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO, 1:20.889
#39 Hatsune Soulblitz, Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3, 1:21.072
#174 Cheese Sandwich, Acura NSX GT3 EVO, 1:21.090
#2 Lightning Dust, Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO, 1:21.098
#3 Spitfire, Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO, 1:21.397
#69 Adagio Dazzle, Renault RS.01 GT3, 1:21.499
#188 Azusa Nightblade, Assegai ASG4 GT3, 1:21.667
#6 Sunset Shimmer, Mercedes-AMG GT3, 1:21.997
#19 Rarity, Renault RS.01 GT3, 1:22.009
#40 Becky Blitz, Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO, 1:22.226
#12 Sparky Lionfire, Chevrolet C8.R, 1:22.358
#4 Midnight Skies, Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO, 1:22.465
#34 Sayori Astrablitz, Porsche 991 GT3 Gen.II, 1:22.698
#113 Lolestra Maledicta, Assegai ASG4 GT3, 1:22.889
#8 Rolling Thunder, BMW M6 GT3, 1:23.099
#20 Pinkie Pie, McLaren 720S GT3, 1:23.194
#11 Blazey Lionfire, Chevrolet C8.R, 1:23.338
#22 Sonata Dusk, Bentley Continental GT3, 1:24.006
#23 Fleur de Lis, Renault RS.01 GT3, 1:24.366
#26 Trixie Lulamoon, Bentley Continental GT3, 1:24.778
#35 Crimsonia Dragonsfire, Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO: 1:25.009
#37 Sapphiria Dragonsfire, Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO: 1:25.056
#18 Flash Sentry, Porsche 991 GT3 Gen.II, 1:25.227
#36 Azura Dragonsfire, Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO, 1:25.332
#73 Estrella Dragonheart, Acura NSX GT3 EVO, 1:25.397
#16 Inferno Tempest, Acura NSX GT3 EVO, 1:25.460
#17 Sandbar, Mercedes AMG GT3, 1:25.676
#42 Shadie Sparks, Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3, 1:25.898
#32 Rosalina Shadowstorm, Assegai ASG4 GT3, 1:26.459
#62 Terramar, Mercedes AMG GT3, 1:27.998
#9 Shadow Wings, Bentley Continental GT3, 1:28.689
#55 Mellisa Glorybringer, Lexus RC-F GT3, 1:29.789
Before the race started, Danger noticed that Crimsonia was feeling down all of sudden. He was aware that qualifying was a complete disaster for the Dragonsfire family with Crimsonia qualifying in 34th, Sapphiria in 35th and Azura in 37th as Azura told him eariler. Danger sightly puzzled as to why. Either it was that mechanical issues that plagued the three Ferraris or that Crimsonia, Azura and Sapphiria and little to no understanding of how the flow of the tracks for her Ferrari.
“What’s up Crim?” Danger asked her.
“My qualifying was literally awful, missed on the top 30 by nearly 2 seconds. I just don’t know what went so wrong on my lap.” Crimsonia explained.
Danger looked on the replay of Crimsonia fastest lap in the qualifying session with was a 1:25.009.
“Looks like you were caught out the hairpin on turn 6, Crim. Also being blocked by traffic doesn’t help.” Danger concluded. “But I wouldn’t feel bad about it, because qualifying isn’t everything, it’s how you perform in the race.”
“You know, Danger, you right.” Crimsonia said. “Getting in the 10 while down in 34th is doable, so as long I don’t mess up... unlike Oscura. But on a most positive note, I heard you’re on pole position.”
“Only just.” Danger replied. “4 milliseconds was the gap between me and Oscura. AJ is 3rd, Viral Velocity is 4th and Rainbow in 5th. Anyway, Crim, I gotta get back to my guys and apparently Viral wants to know I managed to beat Oscura.”
“Oh by the way, Danger. How long is the race?” Crimsonia then asked.
“350 miles or 97 laps.”
“OK, Danger, see ya!”
So, race day. Danger can see a clear track ahead of him, albeit there was a Aston Martin Vantage Safety Car in the way. Danger though did have to fear over the #13 of Oscura as she was on the same row as him. Also, Oscura showed a different kind of race pace to the one she had when she was in Formula Equestria. Even though she won the championship in 2013, but missed out to... Danger and Aria… multiple times.
The safety car set off and the formation lap began.
Aria, who was sitting in 9th place, was looking determined. So was the Mercedes of Akula.
Further down the pack, the McLaren 720S of Pinkie Pie was having a good time. She hoped to avoid the potential danger of turn 6, because if she screwed up, she would find out the hard way of when car and wall leads to a big ouch.
When the safety car pulled. Danger held the lead with Applejack about 10 inces away from ploughing into the Ferrari.
The 350 miles of Violet Meadows was underway.
Heading out of turn 1, all but two cars conquered the turn. The cars that didn’t were the #8 of Rolling Thunder who brushed the wall and the #188 of Azusa Nightblade who got love-tapped by the #6 of Sunset Shimmer and sunk down the order.
Meanwhile, Danger was still leading heading to turn 6 where he nearly did his best Tokyo Drift impression. While Oscura attempted to pass Danger, but Danger defended. Viral, meanwgile was on Oscura’s tail, having being given dirty air for about 4 corners, Viral passed Oscura on the exit of turn 9. Oscura didn’t take a liking to that and tried to challenge for 2nd on the next lap. While Akula caught Rainbow Dash napping on turn 5. The race was swinging in Danger’s favour until on lap 9, where a left-rear tyre burst on Starlight’s Mercedes, causing the tyre to be ripped completely and damaging Starlight’s bumper in the process.
This brought out the Safety Car and the field slowed down.
Starlight hauled her Mercedes to the pits where she was a hit by another wave of disappointment. Her tyre, albeit half of it, broke something else other than her rear bumper, her rear-left halfshaft.
This culimated into Starlight retiring the car.
The race was restarted on lap 13 and Danger lead the way to the line. Before the safety car period, Oscura took back 2nd from Viral and Akula was now in 3rd after Applejack locked up on turn 9. Rusalka Swordlight was in 4th and Rainbow was in 5th. Twilight was ‘Twilighting’ again, even though she had a good start, she began to fall down after running wide 4 times and losing places to be behind Aria Blaze. She thinks she had a loss of power on straights.
On lap 16, Oscura was about 0.5 seconds behind Danger. Danger felt a surge of excitement because of this and heading into turn 5, Oscura tried a move on ‘the British Speedfreak’ which nearly worked but Oscura would get more speed on the exit and overtook Danger on turn 6, she wasn’t aware of Danger’s counter-attack. On the approach to turn 7, Danger and Oscura banged wheels and Danger got better traction on the exit and stole the lead, which understandably, made Oscura angry.
“UGH!” Oscura groaned, furiously. “No matter what type of motorsport I do, Danger always, ALWAYS finds a way to make life difficult for me.”
With Danger now in the lead. He began to fear that Oscura would challenge again. Akula and Rusalka Swordlight however, were battling for 3rd with the Ferrari getting a tenth of a second quicker on the Mercedes’ lap times.
The restart was a disaster for Viral, after being overtaken by Oscura and getting swarmed by Rusalka, Akula and Rainbow, she was lacking in pace, but GT3 racing is a bit different to Formula 1 or even NASCAR. She was now beginning to reel in the Ferrari of Rainbow. At turn 9 or lap 18, Viral made an easy pass on Rainbow Dash.
The racing was continuing to heat up, which caused the fans be on the feet. But then on lap 29, Black Flame’s Lamborghini came over all Italian and came to the pits where the fire extniguishers were needed.
One lap later, carnage would commence as the #73 of Estrella Dragonheart spun on the entrance to turn 2 and crashed into the barrier. This brought the Safety Car out again, which was perfect timing for the leaders to have a pit stop. Eventually all the drivers pulled into pits for tyre changes and their tanks refilled. Estrella meanwhile, was alright after the impact.
On lap 36, Rusalka Swordlight would lead to single-file train of cars, Danger was now second, Twilight third, Viral fourth and Akula 5th. Oscura was swamped on pit road and found herself in 13th. The driver who has the most positions gained was the #11 Chevrolet C8.R of Blazey Lionfire who started in 30th place, she was now behind Oscura.
The race restarted and on the approach to turn 2, Danger snatched the lead and Viral passed Twilight. But further back down the order, Crimsonia passed four cars in the span of two corners to take 25th, after restarting in 29th.
With Danger maintaining the lead from Viral, Rusalka, Akula and Rainbow. Rusalka was trying every trick in the book to overtake the Speed Triumvirate member but to no avail. The rest of the field was in similar pace. Except for one driver however, Twilight wasn’t showing the eariler speed she had during qualifying. On lap 46, the worst nightmare came when heading towards the chicane her front-right wheel parted company with her Mercedes and forced her into the gravel and turn 12. This meant that as Twilight was 10th at the time of Twilight’s retirement, Oscura would become 10th.
Oscura beginning to chase the #2 Ferrari of Lightning Dust was now 9th. She knew that Lightning Dust would be an push-over, but as she was about to make a pass at turn 3 on lap 50. Lightning anticipated that Oscura would make such a move and defended her position. But Oscura would try to make the move at turn 6. But, she rode on the kerb and crashed into the left rear side of Lightning’s car. While Oscura found the wall, Lightning hauled her car into the pits. Only to find out ten seconds laters that a Safety Car was needed. Danger was getting bored of the Safety Car periods, although he found out that Oscura was the cause of it.
Danger led the field to the line with Rusalka, Viral, Akula and Aria who overtook Rainbow before Oscura Galaxia was being Oscura Galaxia.
On lap 51, Danger was getting some pressure from his former McLaren teammate when he was racing in Formula Equestria back in 2009. Rusalka knew that Danger’s Ferrari was fast, but had a nasty habit of remembering mid-race that the car was Italian, which was case with Black Flame.
Heading to turn 12 before the start-finish straight, Rusalka tried to make a pass on Danger. But the British Speedfreak swerved to cover Rusalka’s line. One corner later, Rusalka made a move again and once again, Danger though was wise to the counter attack. But because of Danger’s early swerving, Viral was catching on both Ferrari’s which was a bit alarming to Danger. It also didn’t help with the fact that Viral was gaining at least three tenths for every four corners.
Carnage would strike again on lap 68 when three cars crashed at turn 6. The cars where the #37 of Sapphiria Dragonsfire, the #17 of Sandbar and the #188 of Azusa Nightblade which brought the Safety Car out for the third time. Danger wasn’t a fan of this as he made his second pitstop. Danger found himself in second behind Akula and in front of Viral, Rainbow and Aria as Rusalka, who overtook Danger on lap 62, was in 7th behind Applejack. With Oscura out of the race. Danger wasn’t beginning to relax. With his Speed Triumvirate friends in first and third, his heart was pounding, as he didn’t want to crash into either of them.
Danger knew that if he overtook Akula and held the lead for the remainder of the race, he would win, but Akula is not an easy opponent, neither was Viral. So this meant that Danger had to play his cards very carefully and hope to force an error.
On lap 70, Danger was worn out. This didn’t help with the fact that he was four tenths slower than Akula, Viral was also hounding which wasn’t helping either. Danger attributed this to a small loss of power down the straights. But Viral was also defending from Aria.
5 laps later, drama would come to the #26 Bentley Continental of Trixie had her gearbox go on strike, this meant that Trixie was out. Rusalka meanwhile, was back in 6th place after being in Applejack’s draft for a couple of laps. Rusalka was now challenging the Element of Loyalty, who was, in her opinion, having a good race. But the 2009 Formula Equestria champion was charging down the straight towards the chicane, with Rainbow getting scared of what Rusalka might do to take the position away, 8th was Fluttershy, 9th was Azure Flame and Azura Dragonsfire was 10th.
On lap 79, Danger suddenly felt the sudden surge of speed that the Ferrari seem to have lost eariler, which Akula became aware of. With Viral a full second behind Danger, Akula could see the Ferrari trying to sneak on the entry to any corners. On lap 81, the Ferrari performed an Akula-style ‘Kamikaze’ move and both Akula and Danger sustained little to no damage. Akula thought he was the master of the ‘Kamikaze’ manuever as Danger sped away. He was also beginning to think that Danger may have learnt that manuever
Viral wasn’t doing well in terms of defending, with Aria having caught Viral going about 5 miles per hour slower on the exit of turn 7.
The race was relative quiet until lap 87 where Pinkie’s left-front tyre exploded in a similar manner to Starlight’s tyre explosion at a first point of the race. Luckily for Pinkie, her tyre exploded before she reached the pit lane entrance. Pinkie felt a sigh of relief but the pit stop meant that she found herself in 31st place.
With 10 laps to go, Danger was leading from Akula, Aria, Viral and Rainbow, but Rainbow was trying to overtake Aria on the apporach to turn 6. Aria noticed that Rainbow slightly miscalculated the turn slightly grazed the wall, her right door mirror was slightly damaged bur Rainbow knew that was gonna stop her. But her near-crash experience meant that she was now door-to-door with Rusalka. Heading to turn 8, Rusalka passed Rainbow with the #1 Ferrari nearly going towards a tank-slapper.
Danger was starting to be reeled back by Akula on turn 9. The Demon Lord was hoping to force the British Speedfreak into an error. But Danger wasn’t a push-over.
And it showed.
Akula tried to overtake Danger on the first turn lap 80, but the Ferrari defended on the exit. But Akula got better exit speed and at turn 2, Akula passed Danger. But Danger realised that Viral was a full second behind Danger, but the #24 Ferrari is trying to hold off from both Aria and Rusalka.
Akula meanwhile entered turn 6 with a six tenth gap behind. But Akula was having to deal with the #23 Renault RS.01 of Fleur de Lis and the #113 Assegai ASG4 of Lolestra Maledicta clogging up the track. Danger noticed the two back-markers slowing Akula down and hoped to use them to his advantage.
But the yellow flag was needed at turn 10 after the #69 Renault of Adagio did a pirouette and the rear of the Renault caressing the on the barriers. This didn’t bring out the Safety Car as no track-side debris was found. Adagio atrributed this to either driver error or a possible puncture.
With Danger and Akula behind traffic the #97 Ferrari of Rusalka had overtaken Aria, having Aria overtaken Rainbow at turn 5.
Danger got a bit of shock from ahead as Lolestra was sliping slightly, he hoped that he could overtake the Alliance of Extreme Darkness member, but Lolestra was nearly a lap down so Danger had it pass her immaculately. Another shock came from both Viral and Rusalka. The gap between the 3 Ferrari’s and Akula in the Mercedes was now down to 0.4 seconds per car.
Then, with Danger’s brain was in a conversation with itself, thinking over he would overtake his fellow Triumvirate member or not. Two corners later, Viral passed Danger in an attempt to shut Danger’s mind up.
Akula blasted by lapped traffic with Viral in second and Danger in third, heading towards the climax of the race. Danger was worn out, he had raced flat out for 94 laps and with Rusalka closing, he attempted to hold of her friend at turns 10 and 11. Danger did just so but he wasn’t expected the counter-attack from his former Formula Equestria teammate. But Danger had a better turn entry at turn on lap 96. With Akula now 2.7 seconds in front of Viral and 4.0 seconds in front of Danger, the race was swinging in Akula’s favour.
Akula crossed the line to win the race, with Viral coming second and Danger third after defending from Rusalka.
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Red Bull X2019 at the Circuit of the Stars (Heat 1)
Iris looking forward to her 13 lap heat at the Circuit of the Stars as her Red Bull X2019 sat on the front row with Akula beside her. There was a problem, however.
Her sister, Dahlia Nightblaze was in on the fourth row in 8th place and she said before the race that will trounce her at the first corner. But with the top 5 being Akula, Iris, Viral, Cadenza Spark and Adriana Thunder, it will take more than skill to beat her sister. Dahlia herself was hoping the race whould be one she would forget.
The green flag dropped and both Iris and Akula got starts as left the pack in their dust. Dahlia began chasing Pasadena Dragonstorm into turn 1. Iris was leading with Akula and Viral in top 3. On the approach to turn 6, Thundershock and Cadenza Spark make contact in turn 10 but both cars still keep on racing.
On lap 3, The top 5 were Akula, Iris and Viral with Cadenza Spark chasing the Crimson Arrow with extreme awareness as the Lamborghini Formula Equestria driver was aware that is isn’t Formula Equestria, but she was charging with ease. Adriana was defending from Dahlia Nightblaze but her race pace was starting to wain slightly, As on turn 2 on lap 4, Dahlia passed Adriana.
On lap 5, Cadenza was being chased by the surging Dahlia and then… her fears were met at turn 10 when she was overtaken by Dahlia before the chicane which Cadenza tried to challenge but no avail.
The eighth lap was the beginning of the drama as the #113 car of Lolestra Maledicta, who was running in 9th, collided with Sonata which sent the Dazzling into the gravel trap at turn 6. Sonata managed to get back on track in 11th and only ahead of her fellow Dazzling, Adagio Dazzle.
A battle started on the ninth lap as Viral and Dahlia were approaching turn 3, with Dahlia getting better corner exit speed than Viral but the Speed Triumvirate member defended the podium spot like a lion, which Dahlia didn’t like. On lap 10 at the final corner, Dahlia’s driving as she nearly tank-slapped on the start-finish straight. As a result, Cadenza Spark took back 4th from her and Dahlia was now in 5th only six tenths ahead of Adriana.
On the last lap, despite a few challenges from Iris, Akula crossed the line to advance to the final. Iris came second, Viral third, Cadenza fourth, Dahlia fifth and Adriana sixth.
