And they’re off! You can hear the crowd going wild as the race begins, a few filthy cars crossing the start line over the course of half a minute, some grouped together and jockeying for position, others spaced well apart, the unlucky winner crossing last...
...We’re a third of the way through now, pristine paintwork and sponsors’ logos are coming into view as dirt flies off the vehicles and is neatly pressed into the road surface by the large front wheels of the following cars. Tyres are building up as they pick rubber up off the roads, and we’re almost at the stage where they have to be replaced...
...For those of you who haven’t seen the race before, those large intakes suck in air, and the engines process the gases into a useless liquid making the car heavier and slowing it down. When the car’s tank is full, the liquid is taken away and stored it until it can be thickened and pumped into empty holes in the ground...
...There goes the first car into the pit lane... Incredible! Less than ten seconds to swap out the heavy old tyres for light new ones and empty the tank...
...I can see red flags being waved by marshals over there to indicate that it’s safe for the two cars on the grass to join the race. There they go, spinning and bouncing off each other, stabilising as they settle onto the road on that hairpin...
...Here they come into the final straight, the full complement of immaculate cars slowing to a stop in neat formation, as the crowd falls into reverent silence.
Back to the studio.
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