The 2025 WDR motorsports season.
After three years away, the French round returned to the calendar, pushing the championship fight into a new phase.
The sky over southern France had felt wrong even before the race began.
Storm clouds swallowed the circuit, and violent thunder, heavy rain, and hard gusts began to devour the track.
Between the sounds of rain striking asphalt, even the crowd's roar slowly blurred away.
The current drivers' championship leader is Velocità's ace driver, Damian.
Only seven points behind him, Petrex's lead driver Erik is closing in.
Since the start of the season, the two have fought for the podium at nearly every race, and the media already calls this season 'the war of two geniuses.'
Velocità is known for aggressive race operations and emotional driving, while Petrex counters with cold strategy and flawless execution.
French Round final.
Only five laps remain.
Visibility kept collapsing in the downpour, yet the gap between the two machines was still only 0.4 seconds.
The team radios kept warning about tire and fuel status.
But both drivers knew.
The moment they backed out of this race, the season's momentum would pass to the other side.
The final corner.
Damian dived into the inside line 0.2 seconds earlier than usual.
One flash of instinct.
The wet surface shook his machine, but he did not let go of the wheel.
The silver machine slipped beside him, unable to catch back up.
The moment the chequered flag waved,
he felt it through his whole body for the first time: his instinct had been right.