Italian Mega Prix

Luca wondered how Oliver Kristensen felt about starting at pole, being the first driver to lunge into action.

As all drivers sat on the grid, with drivers P18 to P30 still lining up behind, Luca studied those ahead and the track that wound like spaghetti into the abyss of the evening sky.

This was a very peculiar grid for a peculiar race—the last race of the season. Kristensen would begin the race once the five lights disappeared, followed by strange faces like Taubert and Legrasse.

From the view of the grandstands of Tribuna Centrale, any spectator wouldn't see powerful colors until P4, where Albert Derstappen, in Squadra Jnr's black and gold livery, sat confidently and menacingly.

The competition grew the more one's eyes moved to the left.

Dani Walding followed in his blue Dallara, and Miles Bellingham sat in P6, right before Luca, the sharp angles and shape of his car painted the same colors as Derstappen's.