
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Race :: Round 09 - Entering the First Hairpin
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Both Norway and Finland shift down with sudden force, skidding into the curve at Hôtel Negresco, with Norway's Megane Omalie still in the lead but Tavho Myrsky perfectly positioned to take the curve and, if he times it properly, to cleanly accelerate out onto the Promenade des Anglais, in the other direction toward Hôtel Ruhl. A second pack of racers are in a tight battle for 3rd place at the intersection of Rue de Rivoli. At the lead there, cheered by throngs of well-wishers from Nice, is France's Aristide la Fontaine who is advancing ahead of Germany's Teutonic pilot, Godeschalk Hegkman. Germany will have to give way as the three cars, including Sweden’s famed shark, Rutger Hägglund, are poised to assault the curve together. Farther back, another tight grouping of cars is fighting for position, with Monaco in the lead. On a second floor balcony of the Negresco, the Czech driver's fiancée, VV, is leaning over the railing and screaming down the track toward Vitez's car, yet the Czech's Bugatti is struggling in the midst of the pack in a tight battle with Italy’s Sebi Orsi for position. She might have fallen from the balcony if not for a dark stranger who steps forward from inside and grabs ahold of her shoulders. Belgium's pilot, Victor Hugo Stéphane, in his bright yellow Bugatti T35B, slipstreams from behind advances three positions in a daring move, threading the needle past Monaco's pilot, Orsi follows closely, also slipstreaming off the Czech to barely edge past. Finally, the Spanish driver, Teide Sorolla, falls back to 11th place as he downshifts to prepare for the heavy traffic entering the curve. At the tail end, the Swiss driver has fallen back further but even so may be the best positioned of all.

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