_Rowena's POV_
The second run was supposed to be clean and simple.
I had the points from the first run already banked.
The sensible approach was to drive efficiently, finish without incident, and save the car for the later rounds. I had told myself this in the staging area between runs while the mechanics checked the Ferrari and Silas's team relayed a few notes through the earpiece.
I intended to do exactly that.
Then I watched Kaelen pull out of the bay for the second run and something in how his car moved told me the conversation his team had with him between runs had produced results.
He was different.
The aggressive front-loaded pressure of the first run was gone. What replaced it was something more considered, more patient, the kind of driving that came from a t
