22: F1

He saved the replay, leaned back, and smiled. Tomorrow, he would chase this ghost. And he hoped, with everything he had, that he would lose.

He’d set the qualifying time three months ago, on a night when everything clicked. A 1:28.347. His personal best around the virtual Bahrain International Circuit. Since then, he’d been chasing it, losing a tenth here, two there. The fire had dimmed. He saved the replay, leaned back, and smiled

Tonight’s ghost was his own.