The 2025 WDR season.
With the French race returning to the calendar after three years, the season championship battle entered a new phase.
The sky over southern France had looked ominous even before the race began.
Dark clouds covered the circuit, and powerful thunderstorms, heavy rain, and fierce gusts began swallowing the track.
Between the sound of rain striking asphalt, even the crowd's cheers gradually blurred away.
The current leader in driver points is Damian, the ace driver of Velocità.
Only seven points behind him, Petrex's main driver Erik is chasing hard.
Since the beginning of the season, the two have competed for podiums in almost every race, and the media is already calling this season "the war of two geniuses."
Velocità is famous for aggressive race management and emotional driving style, while Petrex counters with cool strategy and flawless race execution.
The French Grand Prix final.
Only five laps remain until the end.
Visibility in the downpour was collapsing by the second, yet the gap between the two machines was still only 0.4 seconds.
Team radio kept warning about tire and fuel conditions.
But both drivers knew.
The moment either backed down in this race, the flow of the entire season would pass to the other.
The final corner.
Erik braked 0.2 seconds later than usual.
A single error.
The rear slid on the wet surface, and the dark crimson machine swept past his side.
The moment the checkered flag waved,
he felt throughout his whole body, for the first time, that his calculation had been wrong.