"Yellow flags in sector 3, has Valtteri Bottas had a bit of a moment in the final sector? He might well have done, down in turn 19."

"If he's spun there, then he would have flat spotted the tyres quite badly because its super quick through there, oh, he's very much spun there."

"Spun and beached, for Valtteri Bottas in turn 19."

As the laps went through, lap by lap, Jimmy saw how the field had changed, as during lap 17, his teammate Valtteri Bottas had a spin, leaving him in the gravel trap.

"Is Valtteri ok?" Jimmy asked on the team radio.

"Yes, safety car has been deployed." Al responded. "Mode SC, follow the delta, follow delta."

Jimmy pressed the safety car button on his steering wheel, which reduced the speed of the car, requiring him to run within a pre-defined lap time to be the gap between that pre-defined target and his current lap.

Through the digital displays on his steering wheels, Jimmy could see if he fitted within that time, trying to get as close as possible to the pre-defined minimum time, but without going below it.

The advantage of having a delta when trying to get up when the safety car meant that no driver was better or worse off, neutralising the race.

Cruising along the back straight, he came up to the Williams of Alex Albon, making sure that he was following the Thai driver within the 10 car lengths that were prescribed.

"So, you are currently P16" Al told him on the radio.

"The car's keeps sliding" Jimmy reported to his brother.

"Understood, stay out, stay out." Al replied.

As lap 19 started, both Albon and Kevin Magnussen had pitted, allowing Jimmy to rise to 14th.

"After the serious incident in Japan, all drivers are being told that there are recovery vehicles on track at turn 19, and teams of course are obliged to tell the drivers that. Some drivers, in Japan, went past that truck twice, and never knew it was there. In fact, a delegation by all 10 team principals, led by the incoming AlphaTauri Team Principal, Harry Potter, and the Aston Martin owner, Draco Malfoy, had very strong words with FIA President, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, about the situation, which resulted in an investigation by the FIA, and changes made."

Jimmy received the radio message about the recovery vehicle. Coming round turn 5, he asked Al a question.

"Is it a bad window for us?"

"Stay out, just focus on the race. You've got Schumacher ahead of you, Magnussen behind, it's still a long race."

Following the pack, the safety car led the race along lap 20, the recovery vehicle heading to behind the fences. The safety car went back into the pits, the pack slowing down as Max Verstappen acted as the defacto safety car.

As he approached the line, Jimmy lined himself up to make a move on Mick Schumacher, who was in 13th place.

His attempt, however, was unsuccessful, and a place drop as well, as Kevin Magnussen overtook him.

"Crap" Jimmy muttered to himself.

Following the Haas through the turns onto the back straight, he suddenly found himself having to take evasive action as he went along the straight, having to avoid the damage from a collision between Scorpius Malfoy and Fernando Alonso.

"Safety car deployed. Mode SC. Is your front wing ok?" Al called out over the radio.

"The front wing is ok. My left mirror is a bit off, and there was debris on the track."

"We're checking the data, stay out, stay out."

"Copy."

"Woah, and Fernando Alonso goes off the track, that's a high speed crash, and he's made contact with his teammate for next year, Scorpius Malfoy. That is a big moment down the back straight, and we've got another safety car coming in here at Austin."

Draco Malfoy was shocked. His son had been in 7th heading into the back straight, the Aston Martin going along one of the high-speed sections, when he had been impacted in the rear by the teams signing for the next season, Fernando Alonso.

Sitting in the back of the garage of the team he owned, he could see the production crew for the Netflix show F1: Drive to Survive approaching him, but he didn't want them interviewing him with the mood he was in.

Heading out of the back door, he could see his father, Lucius Malfoy, standing in the paddock on the phone.

"Hold on a moment Narcissa, Draco wants to talk to me" the older Malfoy said. Muting the call, Lucius looked at his son."

"Scorpius just got ran off the road by Alonso." Draco said.

"What? Why?"

"I don't know, but he hasn't even come back to the garage yet. I've just been trying to avoid those Netflix people. They're filming that F1: Drive to Survive, and they seem to have taken up residence in the garage."

"Well, what do you want me to do about it. You wanted to buy the Stroll family out, you wanted to own a Formula One team, and now that you have, you're complaining that a TV show has taken up residence in your garage?" Lucius said. "That's why I let you be the public face of the company."

Draco scowled at his father.

"You better get more information on what happened, and I want the truth. I don't want half-cocked accusations to end up with me looking like a fool. Again. Your little plot with the allegations you had made about Alfa Romeo and AlphaTauri working to fix races blew up in your face, and by extension, mine. James Potter has taa." Lucius said, signalling to his son that the conversation was over.

Draco stormed off, leaving his father standing in the middle of the paddock area by himself.

Alison "Lis" Longbottom was happy. It was the last lap and her boyfriend, Jimmy Potter, was in 14th place. Since she started dating the young driver, things had been going really well, despite him travelling to races and her being stuck in Oxford.

The only downside for her was that her housemates, most of them on the same course at Uni as her, were all pretty jealous of the relationship between the two of them. She knew that some of them would never have a chance like this if they ever met someone as good as Jimmy Potter.

But to be honest, she couldn't understand how any of them could be so upset. He was cute, funny, smart, and he treated her the way that she deserved to be treated.

The only other problem was, since she had started dating him, and she was living in an all-female house share, was that they had all started becoming fans of Formula One, and they were all trying to rate which driver was the hottest.

Not that Lis cared. She had Jimmy.

Pushing the thoughts of her friends, and their constant comments about what a great catch she had, out of her mind, she settled back in her seat and watched the cars go around and waited for the chequered flag to come out.

When it did, she heard the cheer from the crowd as Max Verstappen passed the chequered flag on the television.

But she was more interesting on the progress of her boyfriend. Much to the annoyance of those she was in the living room with.

Eventually Jimmy came through in 14th and she was happy. He may not be a winner, but he had won her heart the day he stopped by the roadside. Leaving the room, she headed to her bedroom.

There, sitting on her desk, was a gift from Jimmy. A small box wrapped in silver paper. She remembered how he had had it delivered to her the previous day.

Taking it out, she carefully opened the package and inside was a pair of earrings. They were simple gold hoops, but to Lis they were beautiful.

Just like her boyfriend.