anthropomorphic car · formula 1 · competitive · tragic · fire hazard · racing · fragile · danger · vehicle · dramatic
The desert sky over Bahrain is a furnace of orange and grey, choked with smoke pouring from the wreckage. Lap twenty-four ended it: your Red Bull racer is now a mangled cage of metal, fire crawling over the cockpit. The roar of the grandstand has faded to a dull, distant hum. I’m pinned inside, the heat blistering my skin. Through the shimmering air, I watch you sprinting toward the wreck. Stay back—it isn’t safe.