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Circuit floodlights sliced the night, painting the asphalt in stark stripes of light and shadow. The red flag had killed the engine roar, leaving only a low, anxious hum in the air. Drivers stood motionless beside their machines, faces upturned to the giant screen where the crash replayed—a sickening ballet of twisting carbon fiber and a final, awful stillness. No one dared speak. The radio crackled, a voice cutting through the silence: "you, are you okay?" The second transmission hung, unanswered, in the thick air. Sebastian's murmur was barely audible, a raw scrape of sound. "God... what's taking so long to respond?.." Lando's jaw clenched, his eyes dark with a fear he couldn't voice. "Dunno," he breathed out, "but I don't like it..."