Eqlima
Bad things in a positive race
Because Rita also followed Fadil and his 7 & 8-year-old children to the Magny-Cours area, Eqlima and Fadil no need to return to Monaco.
They immediately looked for a restaurant near the airport for dinner as well so that they could leave for Berlin sooner, they arrived there and ordered food and dinner together.
"Eeeh, I'm sorry Rita, by the way do I have to take the new boy's test tomorrow?" Tanya Eqlima opened the conversation at the dining table.
"It should be, but you're lucky that Daphne's company went bankrupt, so the BWT has written a plea letter so you don't have to come and race, because it's your job to replace her." Said Rita while looking at Eqlima with sweetness.
After that, the food came, but even so, they had not finished talking about how tomorrow.
"You know, tomorrow I come and take a free practice session?" Ask Eqlima who started the conversation again.
Rita just nodded with a smile.
After that, Rita asked Fadil about the plane ticket "Eh Fadil, did you order the ticket? If so, we can go to Berlin right now"
Fadil also while fiddling with his cellphone said "Belom anyway, nyari affordable first, afraid we tekor".
Eqlima and Rita saw each other hear this while laughing and eating their orders.
" Well, here it is, we get it!" Said Fadil who had found and booked his ticket.
"Gee, my painstaking husband!" Said Rita while patting her shoulder and hugging her from the side.
Eqlima reflexively says "Yes painstaking, so painstakingly eating his bellyball, whoops!" While performing the gesture after.
But they are not angry, instead they laugh because it is true that Fadil forgot to eat so much to look for affordable airline tickets in his HP application.
After they finished dinner and paid the bill, they went straight to the International airport in France to fly to Berlin, although in fact the free practice session is still 5 days away aka Friday, the first day of the week, they keep preparing themselves so as not to rush after time.
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(Illustration of the airport in Berlin)
Arriving in Berlin, they also look for a place of lodging closest to Berlin Templehof because according to them, they can just walk before the start of the race week session on Friday.
They reached the destination hotel and they immediately took out the goods they were carrying as well as their luggage from the trunk of the taxi car.
As usual, Eqlima and Rita and Fadil separated their rooms, and their room differences were not far away, just one number difference.
Eqlima actually planned to sleep, but he felt not sleepy, until finally he put up a television and saw the news on the television.
"Recent news, Eqlima Handayani, a racer from Indonesia, officially replaced Daphne Volta at BWT, although it sounds strange, although it sounds, but in fact they have written a letter of request that Eqlima replace him to fill the slot left by Daphne because of financial problems" said the news reporter with German and English translation below.
Eqlima immediately turned off the television and chose to play mobile phones while seeing there were missed calls again or not.
But after being seen, no one called at all, even though Eqlima knew they were busy, at least they could call even once, but there was something different when no one called at this time.
And when he wanted to close his cell phone, there was a video call from an unknown number, Eqlima tried to lift it even though he was afraid it was a fraud.
"Hello who are you!" Said Eqlima with his voice in English.
"Eh uh uh uh, just calm down Eqlima, it's me, Emina, the racer who will be your compatriot in the future!." Said Emina with her English rather frantically because she was arrogant yesterday.
"Eminas? I don't know you like I did yesterday"
"Yes sorry, I know I was too much yesterday, I thought you were going to fail that's why I was like that, in fact I was wrong."
"Okay, so what did you call me?"
"I want you to be Indonesian?"
"Yes, why?"
"To be honest, I also want to speak Indonesian because I'm originally a Diaspora with Bosnian-Herzegovina passport"
Emina was surprised to not believe that she was an Indonesian Diaspora.
"Kkkk...you're not kidding, are you?" Those who are impressed don't believe that.
"Yes, you may not believe this, but I have to tell you this, so that we don't speak most English anymore". Answer with a slight smile
"Well if that's the case, oiya, about me not having to take the Rookie test in Berlin, is that true?"
"True, you don't have to worry, but you're just going to a free practice session, okay?" Asked Emina while giving a thumbs up
Eqlima nodded as he said "Okay, fine if that is so, thanks for the info" with a small smile.
They both said goodbye and closed the video call
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Eqlima also trained hard after his arrival at the hotel the next day at the Gym where he stayed to get positive results on the circuit, Eqlima was given a trainer so that he not only lifted the barbell in the gym, but a test of dexterity, skill and mental readiness ahead of the first E-prix for Eqlima.
(Illustration of the Berlin Tempelhof circuit layout for the Berlin E-prix and one of the shots on the circuit)
...5 days later...
After 4 full days of training for almost 12 hours, the day awaited came, he will make his first debut in Berlin, he said, he and Fadli went to Berlin Templehof using online transportation ordered by Fadil.
He meets Emina at Paddock and enters the paddock, but a short time later they have a conversation before starting their first and second Free Practice.
"So, are you really a Diaspora? How can you have Bosnia-Herzegovina citizenship?" Eqlima said starting a conversation while doing a track walk with Emina beside him.
"So this is Eqlima, my mother was previously married to my father, he is Indonesian who is the boss of the coal company." Reply Emina beside Eqlima.
"When I was born, I was still Indonesian as my father who was originally Indonesian as well, before that my mother and father met while my Father was visiting some immigrants who fled Bosnia." Continue Emina who seems to be opening the veil of her past.
"Then there was a woman who lost her parents during the war between Serbia and Bosnia, which ultimately made her lost her family and had difficulty finding her brother and sister."
"But, how's the wedding going?" Ask Eqlima who was somewhat astonished by him.
"So my father immediately engaged with him without looking for his brother first, then in the end my father immediately moved to Bosnia-Herzegovina to find his lost family"
"And when you were born, what happened?"
"My father actually had dual citizenship when I was born, but he forced my mother to live in Indonesia, while she refused because she was born in Bosnia and she had trouble changing her citizenship because there was no family." His words were delayed as he wanted to sigh first.
After the Track Walk is complete, start the first free Practice Session, all seems to be fine for Eqlima because in this session no one is too serious about this session.
(Illustration of the car used by Eqlima and Emina)
They also drove the car well, and the results were quite satisfactory because they were able to record their time in the top 5, he said, and they ended the session with Eqlima in 4th place while Emina in Emina position with a time of 1.25.00, 3 minutes adrift with Hazril bin Abdussalam.
They both entered the pitstop with a sense of relief because they had finished the session and just waited for tomorrow to arrive.
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The next day, they also underwent their second free practice session, but different from before, if yesterday Eqlima and Emina felt not too burdened, another thing with the current one, if yesterday, because their car did not come out first, but Sampoerna University McLaren who actually came out first.
When she saw the two cars passing in front of them, Emina also told Eqlima about the car "Hey, you know? They're both men who are very scared of the other team, but not BWT!" With a fiery tone while pointing at the two of them when they did not see Emina and Eqlima.
(Illustrated picture of Hazrool Abdus Salam and Burhan Rusdi, drivers on the Sampoerna University McLaren team)
They also run smoothly as if nothing was blocking on the circuit in their first round
But in the next round, Eqlima and Emina also drove the race car on the circuit after the McLaren rider had gone 4 laps while the remaining minutes were only 15 minutes away.
The BWT team drove as if without a load, they also mpu record time thanks to a car proposed by Emina where she relied on handling on the back of her car, while the speed on the front of her car, while the speed on the front of her car, Eqlima was able to be in 4th position while Emina was under Haz.
But the disaster happened when the remaining minutes were 10 minutes, at a corner near the starting line, Haz's car drove fast and wanted to overtake Eqlima who wanted to turn his car, he said, accidents for Haz are inevitable.
His car was slammed like Sophia Floersch's car in Macau in 2018, thankfully both survived even though the back of the Eqlima car was badly destroyed, while Haz was actually his car thrown up the track guardrail.
"Oh God! Oh God! who hit me?" Said Eqlima through his radio team.
"You were involved in an incident with Haz, copy" Reply to Team Principal over the radio
When Eqlima can actually return to the Pitstop, Haz was not able to come out because of the direction of his stewards who had to settle first following his fluttering red flags on the track.
"Okay, who was that blocking me?!" Said Haz through his radio team.
"So we saw, Eqlima was in front of you." Reply Irsan Rusdi, team principal of Haz's team.
"What's? The new kid's Volta's replacement?"
"Yes right."
After the conversation, Steward allowed her to get out of her car because all the cars had entered the pitlane when the wreckage at the turn was cleared.
On Eqlima's return to Pitlane, Eqlima covered his face as he cried after feeling guilty about him blocking Haz from turning in the chair.
"Have you guys, it's not your fault either, no need to think about it, right?" Said Emina while patting Eqlima's shoulder gently to calm her so as not to cry anymore.
"But what about Haz? I'm afraid something will happen" replied Eqlima who was still crying tears.
And sure enough, not long after that Haz also tried to go to the BWT paddock along with Burhan who tried to hinder him so as not to aggravate the situation.
"Here is Mr. Haz, he was unintentionally too, please understand if he's a new kid." Said Burhan who tried to block her from Haz's side.
"I don't care! that traditional market shouldn't be driving a car like this!" Said Haz while walking to the BWT paddock.
He threw his helmet at Eqlima who was walking towards his car and said "Go home and sell vegetables, new boy!" with his English.
BLEED IT!
This also ignited the emotions of Emina who took her too seriously with this free practice session.
"Heh, Lo if the accident fitting FP doang why the mosquito?" Emina snapped while pushing Haz's body despite not being knocked down.
"Lo's supposed to teach him how to drive a car, maniac! He's mostly at his cake market!" Reply to Haz with emotion and do the same thing Emina did to Haz before.
Quarrels were inevitable, not only a bacot but they were almost to menjotos each other if the team crew Sampoerna University McLaren and BWT Nissan did not separate them both, Eqlima also tried to join the separate, separate, and the team, but unfortunately Eqlima was told to stay away from Emina so that she would not be finished off.
Moments later, the quarrel was over and successfully quashed, and Eqlima and Haz were summoned to the FIA Office for accountability and the reason why it happened.
"So you guys were fighting because of a trivial thing at the first corner?" The FIA Race Director in the office opened up a conversation between the three of them.
Eqlima just nodded, another thing with Haz who complained about it.
"She's blocking my turn and I'm sure of it!" Haz said in a loud voice
"Who told you to argue? Sit down!" Reply the FIA chairman loudly while hitting his desk once."
Shortly thereafter, the FIA revisits the accident through its computer screen, and sees that Haz's car is not making a turn, but rather speeding.
Seeing this suspicion, the FIA immediately asked Haz about it.
"Haz, did you have a chance to speed up and not brake?" The FIA race director.
Haz who saw the incident could only sigh while nodding and saying "To be honest, I hate to say it myself, but yes, I was a bit too late because the driver in front of me was too amateurish."
Eqlima was surprised to hear that, and in his heart he said, "What am I so am in his eyes?" then hold the left temple while thinking about it
"Okay, I've already decided on the punishment for both of you, your team in addition to being fined, you have to start without qualifying!" The FIA says after typing the file on the computer.
"And for Haz, you're on the last grid because you were found guilty of not braking at the beginning, Eqlima, you're ahead of him." Continue the FIA while performing gestures pointing one by one.
Then after finishing, the two of them left the room while thanking the FIA race director.
It was seen that the two of them walked to their paddock as if they had a problem but none of them called or spoke a word.
Arriving at Paddock, Emina tries to talk to him.
"Hey Eqlima, what about that?" Emina asked Eqlima who was not well
Eqlima who had been bowed immediately looked at Emina and said "Team is fined, I start in the last position on the fourth grid." sighing and bowed again.
After that, Eqlima said "See you tomorrow, friend." And leave the paddock early even if the decision continues or not the session has not been announced.
After word got out that Free Practice was no longer continued due to the cleaning of the former accident site, Emina also tried to catch up with Eqlima who she thought was still near the exit gate, but in fact Eqlima had left before the news was broadcast