It was the last stage at Japan Forum 8 Rally. Y/N was hunting Kalle Rovanpera who was 3 seconds ahead of him. Going flat out in the last couple of corners and he wins the stage but not enough to deny Rovanpera of the 2022 Championship. He immediately went back to service crew not talking to anyone.
Y/N Pov
I can't actually believe this. Me and Kalle was just 3 seconds apart. I have failed again this year. Last year Sebastian Ogier beat me by 15 points while me Kalle just beat me with 5 points in the standings. "I'm so sorry guys I couldn't give you guys the championship like we had in 2018." I said and looked down on my feet. "It's okay Y/N, we will come back stronger next year. There will be certain updates on our engines and gearbox. This year our gear box has long ratios on lower gears. We are fast on the straight but not on corners. That's how Toyota beat us." I looked at our team boss or team principal Cyril. Tears were now streaming down my face as they comfort me.
" Okay so Y/N I suggest that you go to Korea on our headquarters there. To make some suggestions on the updates of our Hyundai i20 for next year." he said. I just nodded my head and went off to the back of the garage. I went to our trailer and change out of my racing clothes. After that one of our team member drove me back to the hotel where we are staying. When I entered the hotel Ótt Tanak saw me and congratulated me for doing my best. He is may teammate in Hyundai but next year he will be back to Ford M-sport team.
"Hey Ótt next year we're not teammates anymore so I expect hard racing from you." I joked with him. "Don't worry mate I will surely be champion next year." he said. "Well, we shall see about it. Nice talking to you mate and Goodluck for next year." I said and bid him goodbye. I went to ride the elevator up to the floor of my room then entered the room.
I really hope that I could still fight for the championship next year. I went to get my towel and took a bath. I looked at the mirror and decided to shave my beard. Oh by the way I'm still 22 years old. I won my first two championships at 2018 and 2019 with Hyundai. If we are slow next year then I'll move somewhere else probably endurance racing or formula 1.
I'm thinking about what our boss said to me earlier. The one about going to Korea in the Hyundai factory. Well I think I should go. Not just to help the team but reset myself as well. I really need a break, I'm just so frustrated over that battle.
I picked up the phone and dialed our boss Cyril. "Hey Cyril I was thinking about the trip to Korea, I think I need it." I told him. "Well then I'll tell Antonio about that. He will be going with you along with Thiery." he said. "Okay just tell me the flight schedule and thank you." I said. "Okay Y/N have a great time." he said and dropped the call. OK now I just have to sleep and have a good rest so I can relax. I'll come back stronger and hungrier next year that's for sure.
Third Person Pov
Y/N decided to sleep and put all of the sadness behind him. Meanwhile on the other side of the world Le Serrafim was having their practice for their new single Anti-Fragile. Chaewon called for a 20 minute break just to drink some water. Yunjin immediately gets her phone and puts on her earphones and goes online. While surfing browsing Instagram she saw the news.
Breaking News
Hyundai Motorsports driver Y/N Santiago narrowly misses out on the World Rally Championship by 5 points. Toyota's Kalle Rovanpera has denied the Hyundai-man his third championship after 2018 and 2019.
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Out of curiosity Yunjin decided to click for more info and occupy herself. She was watching the last stage of the intense race against the time. Seeing Y/N was just a tenth of a second slower than the Toyota disappointment was clearly written on her face. She then yelled "That was so close what the hell" in Hangul of course, which led her four members to look at her.
She felt someone glaring at her so she looked up and see who it was. It was Chaewon and Sakura "Yah watch your language, did you forget that we have a 17 year old here?" Sakura said. "Sorry Unnie but look at this. The Hyundai almost won the championship in this race series. This is thrilling you might want to watch it as well." Yunjin said.
"Then watch the whole highlights and let us see." Chaewon said. Then they can hear all the commentators voice and the roaring of the cars.
Just pretend Y/N is driving the Hyundai.
After they have watched the video. The girls were astonished to see the insane speeds these drivers are taking through the turns, and the jumps are ridiculous. After the rally they were still watching the interview. Chaewon was surprised to see the one driving the Hyundai.
CHAEWON pov
OH! He's cute and brave, also he's tall. What am I thinking? It is still dangerous for him to drive that fast.
"C'mon guys back to practice, break time is over." I announced.
We practiced till night and now after practice we are at the van going to our dorm. I went through my phone and scroll through insta and guess what I found. I found the Hyundai Motorsports page. So I followed it. The next moment I received a notification.
"Hyundai rally driver Y/N Santiago is going to Ulsan, South Korea to visit the Hyundai factory. Santiago has been under a lot of pressure so he decided to go to the factory and give feedbacks about the engine, chassis and the way the car behaves to improve handling and performance. Courtesy of Hyundai Motorsports Rally team." I read aloud.
Then the girls head went up to look at me. "Is that true Unnie?" asked Eunchae. "Yes it's true I just saw from the Hyundai page. As I was scrolling on Instagram." I answered.
"You know what, that driver is kinda cute and talented at the same time. I searched about him and he's only the same age as you Unnie." said Yunjin.
I looked at her and gave he the 'are you serious' look. I had my eyebrows meet at the middle of my forehead of what I just heard. I was about to ask her but then we arrived at the dorm.
I went straight to my room and took a bath. I layed down my bed and thought for a second. That what if I bumped into him here in Korea. I got lost in my thoughts but I immediately turned of my phone and sleep.
Y/N Pov
I woke up at the middle of the day here in the UK. I was instructed to prepare my luggage since I'll be flying to Korea the next day. Before I packed up I went down to the convenience store for some lunch. I missed cooking so I'm gonna cook some steak for myself. I took my wallet and wore some jeans and sneakers then a hoodie. I got out of the apartment and walked down the street.
I entered the store and there are people who recognized me. They were calling my name asking me to sign their shirt of their cap. If your asking how much money do I make a year well its probably 5-8 million dollars a year. That's already a lot for me.
After I shopped I went back to my apartment. Immediately sorted out the ingredients. Some pork, pepper, some salt, also the redbulls I won't forget about those.
Then pre-heated the pan and cooked my lunch slash dinner. Also made some popcorns for later when I'm watching movies or some kpop. I haven't really watched kpop for a while now.
There is this new group Le Serrafim and I don't I have any idea about them. All I know is that they are from HYBE labels same as BTS. To be honest I always listen to some BTS song before every session. It helps me calm my nerves down and really gets me hyped up.
I was browsing through some channels, I found nothing interesting. So I packed up my clothes and after that I went on Instagram. I found that the news of me going to Korea was all over it. So I switched again to YouTube then I saw a video "A helpful guide to Le Serrafim" so I pressed it and watched. So they are all beautiful then Sakura and Chaewon are from another group that disbanded. And chaewon is only months older than me. Gosh! She is so cute I think I have a bias. Then Yunjin, Kazuha and Eunchae. Now I know them this is really helpful.
Then I watched some funny videos of them and called it a night, before I slept Antonio called me that tomorrow at six we will be leaving. Their just gonna fetch me here at my apartment. After that I put on some slow music and fell asleep.
Author's note:
Hey guys this is your author. This would be my first book. I just love kpop and motorsports so much. I was getting bored of reading so I decided to make my own. This would be a pretty long book but the chapters would not be long. Probably the longest chapter would only contain 4k words.
So thank you guys for reading and I hope we keep supporting Le Serrafim and WRC, F1, Motogp, and WEC towards the end.
Thank you guys, just comment if you feel there is something that I should improve and hopefully I shall fix it.
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