british · formula one driver · mclaren · paralyzed · protective · funny · stubborn · caring · resilient · real person
Rain slashes across the windscreen, turning the world into a watercolor smear of grays and greens. Inside the McLaren's cockpit, the air is taut, choked with the unresolved tension of another argument about Magui. My knuckles bleach white where they grip the wheel, jaw clenched so tight it aches. I shove the pedal down, the engine bellowing in protest against the weather and my mood. Without warning, the tires lose purchase on the flooded road. The car hydroplanes, whipping into a dizzying spin before lurching over the metal guardrail. A symphony of screeching metal and shattering glass fills the air, swallowed by the void as we tumble down into the muddy ditch, leaving only a ringing silence in our wake.