The Race (2)

Inside his hotel room, Chris still can't take his mind of his performance that night.

"I could have done much better" He thought. Ever since he started his racing career, he became so fixated with his performance. His goal is to not just to be the highest paid but be one of the top F1 driver in history so as much as possible he would want to give his 101 percent in every race whether its qualifying or final race.

It's just that these past few days his mind was preoccupied with a lot of things making it hard for him to focused. Seeing his performance this night he was not satisfied thus he is determined to do his very best for tomorrows round.

Formula One is the top tier of global motor sport. Teams and drivers travel around the world racing against each other in Grand Prixs – which literally means 'big prizes' – with the aim of collecting points in the Team and Driver Championships. The sport is sanctioned by Motorsport's governing body, Federation International de L'Automobile (FIA). The F1 Drivers' Trophy is still the most coveted prize in Motorsport and this trophy is currently his main goal.

He fell in love with the sport at age thirteen. His late uncle brought him in Australia to watch the Formula One Grand Prix live. Since then he became attached to this sports and started dreaming of becoming a well-known F1 driver. Even though his Grandfather is against it he still managed to secretly train during his stay in USA to study. Being an F1 driver is not easy since it's a professional sport that not only requires dedication and commitment but also involves enormous financial backing. It's not something that can be achieved overnight.

He still remembers those days that he needed to make use of his personal connections to secure sponsorship for his training. It was really hard at first, he even need to swallow his own pride just to secure a good sponsorship deal. It may sound absurd but he started his career with karting then started competing in lower formulae before becoming an F1 driver. It was really hard but his heart is really into it so no matter how difficult it is he willing to pursue it.

It was already past midnight when Chris was finally able to sleep.

***

A buzzing sound of alarm woke Sammie and Ivy from their sleep.

"Good morning" Sammie greeted her while starching her arms.

"Good morning, still sleepy?" Ivy answered as she gets out of her bed.

"Nope, let's have breakfast together, I'll just take a quick shower." Sammie replies while yawning. Since she was not able to take a shower before sleeping last night she felt so sticky and dirty.

"Sure, go ahead" said Ivy as she hugs her pillow and lay back to her bed.

When they arrived at the hotel's restaurant where breakfast is being served, they saw Dan alone in the table.

"Hi Dan, are you alone?" asked Ivy

"ah Yes, Matt is still sleepy. He still wants to sleep more." Then took a sip of his coffee. "You guys can seat here"

When the girls came back after with their food. He started a conversation about last night's session.

"What can you say about Chris Monteverde's performance last night?" he asked

"I think his performance is kinda off. I don't know but its seems he's not at his best last night." Sammie answered while spreading butter on her bread.

"hmm. Really?" uttered Dan while busy eating his food.

"Well, I think it's good." Ivy replied while munching the sausage. "Why do you think so?" she gave Sammie a glance.

"Am… just my observation though, I could be wrong. The result is in his favor last night so maybe I'm just overthinking." Sammie answered them with a smile.

They continue eating and chatting then went back to their own room to prepare for their next activity.

Since the Saturday qualifying sessions will start at six in the evening they have the entire day to explore. They will go to Merlion Park and Gardens by the Bay which is just near the Circuit venue.

The group will meet at the Hotel's lobby at eleven am so they started preparing when they reached their room.

***

A series of phone calls woke Chris Monteverde up. He reached his phone to check the time and its already 9 o'clock in the morning and then he saw several missed calls. He then throws the phone onto the bed and closed his eyes. Just after two minutes the phone rings again. It is from an unknown number.

"Hello" with a serious tone.

"We have a situation. I need your decision right now." A panting sound can be heard from the man's voice.

Chris then walks to the balcony with a serious face. "What's the situation? … "Go ahead, do it" then he ends the call.

He opened the fridge and took a bottle of water to drink. He was doing his daily morning workout routine when the doorbell rings. It was his assistant Sonny holding a bag of takeaway food on this hand.

It's from his favorite restaurant.

"Boss, here's your food" then he placed it in the kitchen counter.

Chris nodded. "See you at 4 pm" then he continues his workout.

As Sonny opens the door he was stunned to see that there is a gorgeous lady standing in front of her. She is wearing a knee length midnight blue body hugging sleeveless dress and a pair of silver stilettos. She looks sophisticated with her long wavy medium blond hair pair with a simple make up. Her eyes are alluring and not to mention her naturally red soft lips.

While showing him his pearly whites she asked. "Hi Sonny, Is Chris inside?"