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F1 AIE Chapter 1

By: Serrated on Apr 13th, 2012  |  syntax: None  |  size: 6.55 KB  |  hits: 469  |  expires: Never
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  1. -Authors note-
  2. The first few chapters of this story were written pre AiE thread 100. The quality improves later on. Trust me.
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  8. >The anticipation,
  9. >The adrenaline,
  10. >That’s what you feel staring at those start lights hanging above the track.
  11. >At any moment, those lights will signal the start of the United States Grand Prix
  12. >It’s November, and you’ve been racing in Formula One all this season.
  13. >But the feeling never changes; this is what you live for.
  14. >The speed
  15. >The power
  16. >The gravitational forces pulling on you at every turn
  17. >It never gets old.
  18. >Sitting in the car, qualified 4th, you start thinking to yourself.
  19. >You’re sitting in a marvel of human engineering
  20. >0 to 100 kph in 1.7 seconds
  21. >Oh god, that feeling of immense acceleration
  22. >You couldn’t wait for it.
  23. >Aerodynamics that make it seem like you’re driving on a rail
  24. >…until you punch the throttle too hard coming out of a turn.
  25. >Make sure not to do that today.
  26.  
  27. >Looking around, you observe the drivers beside and in front of you on the grid.
  28. >Red Bull got another one-two start. Fucking Vettel
  29. >Webber is alright in your book, but Seb just gets on your fucking nerves.
  30. >You’d love to sacrifice your front wing on his tire to blow it out, make it look like an accident.
  31. >Nah, that’s just childish.
  32. >You have a race to win
  33. >And going in the pits on lap 2 to get a new front wing would shatter that chance.
  34. >You look to the car beside you, an exact copy of the car you’re driving.
  35. >Looks like you and your teammate are starting 3rd and 4th.
  36. >How he got a faster lap time than you in qualifying you’ll never know.
  37. >You then look at the rear wing of his car and chuckle to yourself.
  38. >You two, being the bronies you are, placed small decals of your favorite p0nies’ cutie marks on each side of your rear wings.
  39. >The top corner of his wing sporting three small diamonds, top corner of your wing showing off a very badass looking greyscale thunderbolt.
  40. >They’re small enough so the television cameras can’t catch them that well. but big enough to see if you know where to look.
  41. >Other drivers have noticed before, chastised you for it, but you couldn’t seem to find a fuck to give.
  42.  
  43. >In your mirrors, you notice an impressive sight.
  44. >Ferrari, McLaren, and Mercedes cars are situated behind you.
  45. >How your team, brand new to Formula 1 in 2012, is faster than Ferrari, McLaren, and sometimes Red Bull, still baffles everyone who follows the sport.
  46. >Is it the cutie mark decals?
  47. >Yeah, it’s not the hours upon hours of car designing, wind tunnel tests, and simulator time.
  48. >It’s the fucking p0ny stickers.
  49. >Speaking of car design, your team didn’t go the way of the platypus like the majority of the teams did.
  50. >Thank fuck.
  51. >Fucking duckbill nosed F1 cars.
  52. >Yours and McLarens cars are the only ones on the grid that look normal.
  53. >Suddenly, red light.
  54. >Oh shit here we go.
  55. >The inaugural Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas is about to begin
  56. >little do you know, you’re not even going to complete one lap.
  57.  
  58. >700+ HP V8 engines start revving up.
  59. >You rev yours a few times, shuddering at the feeling of such insane power.
  60. >and it’s all yours to unleash when the lights go off.
  61. >The second of five lights light up
  62. >The third
  63. >Fourth
  64. >Your teammate gives you a thumbs up
  65. >You return the gesture
  66. >All five lights are blazing
  67. >You rev close to the red line, getting ready to let go of the clutch
  68. >As does everyone else as the entire grid screams with power.
  69. >A few more agonizing seconds, and the lights go off.
  70. >You blast forward
  71. >Towards a stalled out Webber
  72. “SHIT”
  73.  
  74. >Lightning quick reflexes take over your arms and you successfully swerve past the immobile Red Bull machine
  75. >Barely missing the right rear tire by centimeters
  76. >No one else hit him either, lucky guy.
  77. >Like the pro racer you are, that little predicament is instantly forgotten as you focus on the first turn ahead of you.
  78. >You speed ahead and… ah there it is, that feeling of acceleration you are so in love with.
  79. >No woman could please you like this car could.
  80. >First turn coming up an… Holy shit, your teammate got inside of Vettel!
  81. >Go you glorious bastard go!
  82. >He brakes late, takes the turn smoothly, and guns it out of the corner in a wide arc that almost cuts Seb off into the grass.
  83. >You see this coming out of the corner.
  84. >“I bet he didn’t like that.”
  85. >You start to catch up to the two cars in front of you as you navigate the esses with precision.
  86. >All of a sudden, a large piece of front wing emblazoned with “Red Bull” fly’s past your helmet.
  87.  
  88. >No fucking way…
  89. >They both go off the racing surface, your teammate spinning dramatically with a blown right rear tire and Vettel with insane under steer.
  90. >That fucking twat took out your teammate in the same exact way you thought that you would take him out just before the race started!
  91. >You’re so enraged that you don’t realize that the lead has been handed to you on a silver platter.
  92. >That is until you reach the turn leading to the longest straight on the circuit.
  93. >Holy fuck you’re leading the race
  94. “Holy fuck I’m leading the race”
  95. >That’s going to make this long straight so much more amazing
  96. >Out of the corner, ease on the throttle, and hold on!
  97. >The engine sings its powerful song as you shift though the gears.
  98. >This feeling.
  99. >This fucking feeling right here.
  100. >It’s so glorious you almost hate the corner coming up for taking the feeling away from you.
  101. >But you’ll be back here at least 50 more times, so it’s not that bad.
  102. >So you think…
  103.  
  104. >Here comes your braking point
  105. >Smoothly press th… wait… FUCK…
  106. >You’re not stopping, your brakes have gone out…
  107. >”SHIT, SHIT, SHIT, SHIT”
  108. >Your throttle seems to be stuck too…
  109. >”AW FUCK ME!”
  110. >You’re hoping to god that the gravel runoff area will slow you down enough to where your neck doesn’t snap when you hit the wall.
  111. >HAHA LOL NO, don’t you remember? This is a Hermann Tilke designed track! This runoff area is solid asphalt!
  112. >Fucking Tilke…
  113. >Speeding towards the wall you don’t notice that the cutie mark decal you placed is starting to… glow?
  114. >Yeah you’re too focused on imminent death speeding at you at over 200 mph.
  115. >Fuck, this is it then huh?
  116. >You brace yourself, hoping that all the safety features in the car at least allow you to live.
  117. >You can kiss your legs goodbye if you do live though.
  118. >This is gonna fucking hurt
  119. >Just then, the decal glows intensely
  120. >just before you hit the wall, an outside force completely envelopes your car
  121. >And in an instant you disappear, machine and all, off the face of this planet.