Saturday, July 11, 2009

F1 Race


I'm sure you know what is an F1 Race. It is just many cars speeding at like, 200km/h around a track, right? Personally, I feel that there is more than meets the eye about these car races. To share with you more about that, below is a story about a fictitious F1 racer:

Jack was an F1 racer. He spent his days entering races and competitions, sometimes for charity. But how did he begin his journey of F1 racing?
Since young, Jack had always been fascinated with cars. His first toys were miniature racing cars and car models. Then, as he grew older, he began to watch car races on television. By the age of 12, he had entered a go-kart competition for kids and achieved second place. Motivated by this, he set a goal: to become a F1 racer.
After completing university, he applied for a car racing academy and continued his dream there. Through hard work, he finally graduated as a fully-fledged F1 racer.
Jack won quite a few races because of his sheer determination to win and of course, his dedication to F1 racing. He is proud of his capabilities, despite not being very well-known.
Now, he was at the starting point of a racetrack. Memories flooded his mind as he thought back to the past. Jack had applied for a race, in order to win a much coveted cup.
The race was about to start. Jack tightened his grip on the steering wheel and his foot trembled above the accelerator. This was to be his greatest race in his whole career, thus it was no surprise he was nervous.
Before he knew it, the race started. All the race cars accelerated in a huge cloud of dust and the frenzied cheers from the supporters could be heard. Jack forced himself to focus. He could not afford to let his mind wander, or else it would all be over.
Jack slipped past two race cars easily through the bend in the track, as he was an expert in turning round a corner. Now he was in fourth place, quickly gaining on the third-placed racer. He stamped even harder on the accelerator, forcing his car to give all it had.
Many laps passed. The cars continued to circle the track. Finally, the last lap emerged for the racers together, as it was a close competition.
Then came the dilemma for Jack. He lost concentration for a second, and suddenly his car slid onto the side of the track and grazed the borders. Sparks flashed and bits of metal tore away. Jack thought frantically,"Oh no! This is bad. The crash in the wall has momentarily thrown the car off track and now all the racers have gone past! What am I going to do?"
He struggled to keep the car on track again and tried to get past the last few racers. However, they were smart in blocking every space there was, disallowing Jack to get past. Jack started to panic when the last quarter of the race track came into sight. Suddenly, he saw a gap in the race cars ahead. He grabbed that opportunity and swerved past the sixth racer. Now he was fifth!
Jack dashed past the fourth and third racer with ease. There were only two more racers ahead of him. And there was only 300 metres more before they reached the finishing line! In desperation, Jack pushed his car further and miraculously, gained second place! The only obstacle left in this race was the first car, just barely a metre in front of him.
There had to be a way to beat him! Now the driver of the leading car was using tactics by anticipating Jack's swerves and blocking his advance. Jack tried every move he knew to breach the leader's defence, but to no avail. The last 100 metres closed in and there was still no luck for Jack. I cannot just lose like this, after all I've been through, Jack thought. He gave a last burst of speed to try and overtake the racer in front of him.
In the drama and tension of the moment, Jack's car flew past the other race car and was now in first place! The rest of the race was over. Jack covered the last few metres with ease and won the race.
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Now have you better insights on F1 racing? It really requires lots of determination and a calm mind during racing.

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