Twenty twenty-six David ALMANSA
Buriram burning heat and light
Thirty-four in the air
Fifty-one on the ground
Nineteen laps ahead everything held still
Red lights frozen time not moving yet
Tension in the circuit waiting for release
David on the pole
One forty point zero eight eight
But pole position is only the start
Lap one David leads
Lap two still the same flow
Behind him positions breathing
Carpe, Adrian, Veda rising
From row five, Perrone climbs
Lap three fastest of the race
But speed alone won’t decide
Only those who read the flow stay ahead
Only those who hold their form reach the end
This is not a race of speed alone
This is not a game of numbers on the straight
Only the will that never breaks survives
Lap by lap he carries it forward
The race into the future
Lap ten, Two riders break away
David and Maximo, Inside a tenth side by side
Then Lap eleven, final corner
Maximo dives inside
The lead is gone
But, Lap thirteen, turn one
One small mistake
David takes it back
Maximo stays close waiting
The balance holds
Final lap
Still not decided
Final corner
He dives again
Takes the lead
But, It’s not over, Not yet
Twenty twenty-six
Final straight, Side by side
The gap, zero point zero zero three
This is not distance
This is will
Refusing to give in
Nineteen laps held to the end
Buriram remembers
That tiny gap
Taken once taken back
Side by side
To the line
What remained
A perfect race