Race :: Round 54 - The Final Hairpin Curve

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France's Aristide La Fontaine continues to hang closely behind the Spanish "Volcán" as they enter the curve at Opéra. Their cars are just inches apart as the two make their way around the final hairpin. It looks like it will be a race to the end with the two cars neck-and-neck. The French crowd is going wild, screaming “Aristide!! Aristide!!” Yet the Spanish race fans are here as well. Over the din, almost as one, they start to rhythmically stomp their feet, first a small group, then another. Over the screams of the French, the ground shakes with the thunder of a thousand shoes, boots and sandals upon the Quai des États-Unis! And from the masses, the low moan of the beginnings of a song begins to stir. The Swiss driver, Petrus de Salvion, now flies into the curve at Jardin, his Bugatti giving one last run to catch the Czech, Vitez Rychly, who races into the Paillon curve. There, he hopes that his narrow lead will carry him to a podium finish. At Place Masséna, Sebi Orsi emerges from the crowd of cheering fans with two beautiful French ladies, one on each arm. He waves jauntily to the assembled masses and walks toward his bent Maserati, the crowd filtering in from behind…. He smiles and pumps his fist up and down, looking every bit like the winner of the race. The last cars on the course have disappeared into the black smoke that streams from the pit area. For those nearby at the northern edge of the track, who will have won and who will have lost is to be an unknown. So, caught up in the moment, the crowd begins to cheer, “Sebi! Sebi! Sebi!”