The fight for position between these three was planetary. No matter how many times he got hit by it this season, Luigi was always surprised by Luca's adept defence. He could not comprehend how such a young man—still nineteen years of age and the youngest on the grid—was able to be putting up a sublime performance worthy of a seasoned veteran, the kind who should be ready to retire very soon.
Even before the relay from Squadra's pit wall, Luigi understood that Luca's objective was not to facilitate a direct defence and offence between the both of them, but to stall him, keep their delta relatively unchanged, increased or decreased but only by small margins. This would subsequently affect DiMarco's pace against Luigi, putting him in a tough spot primarily because he was the middleman in this structure.
Notwithstanding, Luigi flushed all doubt and revitalized himself with sturdy resolve, since he had faced such a challenge before in his career.