Emily POVSix months after Sebastian Cross fled to Switzerland, life found an unusual rhythm. LotusAutomotive sold for eight billion. Sebastian accepted, overpaid dramatically, andimmediately discovered he'd bought an expensive shell. We retained all IP, key personnel,and the Formula One team.Lothan-Lotus Racing prepared for our debut season. I stood in the team garage atBarcelona testing, watching mechanics work on our cars during their eighteen months of development."Emily, we have telemetry from Davies Hartley's run, " my race engineer called. "Fastestlap of the session. The car's performing beyond our projections."I studied the data. Hartley was twenty-three, aggressive, hungry and that's exactly what we needed.Our second driver, Mercedes refugee Lucas Werner, provided experience and consistency."Tell Davies to push harder. I want to see where the limit is."Nathan appeared beside me."You're in your element. Haven't seen you this alive sincebefore house arrest.""Racing
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