Chapter 268 Summary: The Unseen Hand Of God

At the exit of the lost ball hairpin, #4 and #86 are still side by side with Sawatari having half a nose ahead. When they enter the next right turn, the Alpine emerges in front.

In the commentary booth, Keisuke claims he doesn’t understand Katagiri’s move as it looked like they were completely side by side by then he seamed to ease off and let the alpine back past.

Tanaka then suggests that he didn’t want to lose too much time to Beckenbauer as going side by side loses a significant amount of time to which Keisuke claims it was probably a kind of rehearsal for later in the race.

Tanaka then replies that this is not needed as Katagiri can pull off tricky overtakes without practice. Keisuke notes it won’t be as easy this time as Sawatari’s greatest strength is his corner entry speed.

He then claims that when Kanata makes his move, it will be so fast it will be like a lighting bolt.

At the battle for fifth place, The Yashi-Kita gang have almost caught Yanagida in the W, Nozomi claims that no matter what, they will catch and pass Yanagida by the end of the race.

Back with the leading group, Kanata and Sawatari have now caught up to Beckenbauer in the #12. Keisuke claims this is probably to do with the tires, Beckenbauer was pushing hard from the mid point in the race to make up for his early struggles. He goes on to claim this is where the grip to weight ratio works its magic, like an unseen hand of god and says this race will have a major climax before the end.

For Sawatari’s part, he believes this is his chance, the do or die moment of the race and season. He resolves to win.

Further back, Mai in the #860 is starting to have issues with her tires, which worries her dad. This is no issue for her and tells him she used to be a drift racer and claims the real battle begins now.

The leaders are now approaching a series of hairpins.