//------------------------------// // Grand Prix of Diamond Bay Sprint 2 (Formula Equestria) // Story: DangerVerse Motorsport Events // by DangerDean //------------------------------// Danger wasn’t surprised at the fact the Oscura was in 9th place for the second sprint race which is another 26 laps but that Akula went from 22nd place into 11th place in the space of a entire sprint race. Azura was also making good progress as her Lotus sat in 6th place to hopefully get her first win for Lotus. It had been years since a Lotus won in the top flight of motorsport but the improvements on the E30-DRG2 will hopefully break the drought. The lights went out and Viral blitzed past both Danger and Rainbo while Azura went past Aria but couldn’t overtake Rusalka as her pace was more on par with Viral. Oscura overtook two cars at turn 6 to get up to 7th. She was now within sight of Aria. But with Sonic keeping Twilight at bay, Oscura had pass Aria quickly and not make any mistake. Akula passed Astral Dash on lap 2 and he was playing the long game as he was very early into his plan of claiming the lead back. Like Viral, he had on the fastest cars as his pace in the first sprint race proved it. Sonic had held Twilight long enough for Akula sneak by on the striaght between turns 12 and 13. Twilight retook the position at turn 14. From turn 15 to 19, Sonic had the advantage over Akula and Twilight. But when the three cars reached the final, Akula overtook both of them, it showed after that the calamaties on the first lap of the first sprint race, the AKV01 would be unstoppable. The other AKV01 in Viral’s grasp was still cruising. Even with Danger still trying to make Rainbow’s AMR22 catch up as the British Speedfreak past Rainbow on lap 4. Viral was chilling in the lead but she knew her teammate was losing time to herself, Danger and Rainbow and Rusalka and she prayed that either a Safety Car or even a red flag to bunch and give Akula an opportunity to challenge the front of the field. Even though Akula was right on Aria’s draft. On lap 5, Danger was still being hounded by his former teammate, Rainbow and by turn 19, the Ferrari had the upper hand and Rainbow’s AMR22 was being consistent in the corners. This was something that Danger had to play second fiddle to as he only 5 seconds clear to Rusalka Swordlight, 8 seconds from Azura and nearly 12 seconds clear from Oscura. Danger still wanted to win. But with Viral getting away from both he and Rainbow, he couldn’t play the waiting as he was side by side with Rainbow by lap 6. There was no time to relax. The race was quite slient in terms of drama but that all changed from lap 9 to 12. Firstly at turn 20 before the pit entrance, Fluttershy’s Bentley decided to leak on her efforts as was running just outside the top 12 in 14th place. She realised that Bentley had already peaked in the first race and she was having some bad luck. After Fluttershy’s retirement from the race, Azarea Dragonlight’s Lotus decided to take a trip to the gravel trap at turn 8 and then further up the pack, Oscura, who was in 7th place, had a bit of a paint trade with Akula at turn 16. Understandably, Oscura was mad with Akula and attempted a similar to what she did to Danger at Mystic Falls. She eventually had to back out of it at turn 20 when Azarea Dragonlight got going again. By lap 14, Viral was way too ahead of both Rainbow and Danger but Viral was showing excessive tyre wear and had to play the game of tyre but Viral had been in situations like this before when she took her Mercedes to victory at Silverstone in 2019 with only three tyres which suprised everyone, including Danger. Speaking of Danger, he had lost second place to Rainbow and with Rusalka being about 16 seconds adrift from the Crimson Lion, he was keeping up a strong pace and was still on par with AVK01s but with 10 laps of the second sprint to go, he still had a chance of taking 2nd from Rainbow. “Crim, at this pace, where are looking in terms of position?” Danger asked on the radio. “Because Viral’s already gone, P2.” Crimsonia replied. “Alright then.” Danger announced and chased after Rainbow. By lap 19, Oscura was still in 7th place and with the AKV01 of Akula showing superficial damage to the car, she reckoned that it was now or never to strike. She made a lunge on Akula at turn 6 and with Akula’s defending being to what Danger would describe as ‘masterclass’, it meant that Akula could speed away into the distance. This infuriated Oscura as she was still suffering from the mental of her Danger ordeals prior the sprint. Since Danger had already developed a 26 second gap to herself, she got desperate. At turn 11, Oscura made contact with Akula, sending the AKV01 into a third-spin. In response to this, Akula banged wheels with Oscura and retook 6th place back from Oscura. She once made contact with Akula at turn 15 and by the final corner… The engine in Oscura car decided it didn’t to be in a constant battle with death from Oscura’s aggression or death from Akula’s defence. She headed into the pits to retire from the sprint race. Akula was safe in 6th place but would be promoted to 5th after Rusalka decided to change to harder compounds pr “NOOOOOOOO!” Oscura screamed on the radio as her OSCGP001 was pulled into the garage With only a handful of laps to go, Azura Dragonsfire was now in 4th place and it was looking pretty bleak in terms of a podium. She wanted luck to intervene on either Viral, Danger or Rainbow. But Viral had way too much speed and seemed to be game over for her. But then… Danger incured a puncture on lap 23 causing him to pit and this narrowed the gap between Azura and Danger to just 2 seconds. With Akula trying his utmost to spoil Azura’s podium in Formula Equestria. The three battled to end of the race with Azura managing to hold off from both Danger and Akula as Viral and Rainbow crossed the line. Azura in 3rd with Akula 4th and 5th was Danger. The other Prancing Speedfreaks in 6th which was Rusalka, 9th was Aria and 10th was Sonic Flash. Twilight finished in 8th place after being overtaken by Astral Dash. Lucia Swordlight finished off the top 12.