E6 - The Tragic Rallyist

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[00:01] Commentator
    But here comes the real surprise
    I uncovered while doing this research.
[00:05] Commentator
    There happens to be a Japanese instructor
    on the staff at this academy in Donington.
[00:12] Commentator
    And his name is...
[00:13] Commentator
    Takumi Fujiwara.
[00:15] Kogashiwa
    Did you say Fujiwara Takumi?
[00:17] Kogashiwa
    Are you serious?
[00:19] Commentator
    Yes. And after seeing that name,
     it all made sense.
[00:23] Commentator
    It can only be the man
    known as the "Tragic Rallyist."
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    The Tragic Rallyist
[02:12] Kakeru
    In qualifying, he was passing people
    in the death zone like a man possessed.
[02:17] Kakeru
    Even with zero visibility, he had an
    attention flag on him the entire time.
[02:21] Kakeru
    That legit freaked me out.
[02:23] Kakeru
    Even Beckenbauer ain't that crazy.
[02:29] Kakeru
    I expected him to be out
    for blood on this stretch,
[02:33] Kakeru
    but he's staying quiet behind Nozomi.
[02:36] Kakeru
    He's taking it easy.
    Maybe he's trying to conserve his tires?
[02:40] Kakeru
    If so, he's even cleverer than I thought.
    He must have a ton of experience.
[02:46] Kanata
    There's still a lot of the race left.
[02:48] Kanata
    On top of that, this area's too risky.
[02:51] Kanata
    For the one being overtaken,
    not the overtaker.
[02:56] Kanata
    I'd hate to give that pretty girl
    with the ponytail a fright.
[03:01] Kogashiwa
    Fujiwara-kun and I have a complex history.
    You might even call it a rivalry.
[03:08] Commentator
    Really?
[03:09] Kogashiwa
    Yeah. We battled hard on track,
    but were friends off it.
[03:15] Commentator
    Fujiwara Takumi hails from
    Shibukawa in Gunma prefecture.
[03:18] Commentator
    Aged 20, he went overseas on his own to
    compete in the British Rally Championship.
[03:23] Commentator
    While he struggled on gravel,
    he was unbeatable on tarmac,
[03:27] Commentator
    and in his third year in
    the series, he won the title.
[03:31] Kogashiwa
    That definitely sounds like him.
[03:33] Commentator
    Due to his remarkable speed, the fans
    dubbed him "the Flying Man from Japan."
[03:38] Kogashiwa
    That's British humor for you.
[03:40] Commentator
    He went on to make a few
    appearances in the WRC.
[03:44] Commentator
    And up to that point,
    everything was going well.
[03:47] Commentator
    But during a works machine test,
    his car suffered a drive shaft failure
[03:52] Commentator
    and plunged into a ravine,
    seriously injuring him.
[03:57] Commentator
    After a lengthy hospital stay and
    rehabilitation period, he retired from racing.
[04:01] Commentator
    After that, he more or less vanished, with even
    those in the know unsure what became of him.
[04:08] Commentator
    But now, ten years later,
[04:10] Commentator
    I find myself mentioning his name
    in a way I could never have anticipated.
[04:17] Commentator
    Though I have to question how a rally driver
    ended up as an instructor at a racing school.
[04:22] Kogashiwa
    Oh, I think that just
    speaks to the similarities.
[04:26] Kogashiwa
    Whether you race on public
    roads or in a formula car,
[04:29] Kogashiwa
    the basis of driving is about
    controlling your center of gravity.
[04:34] Commentator
    I see.
[04:36] Commentator
    So it seems the tragic genius and
    Katagiri Kanata are master and pupil.
[04:41] Commentator
    Just the idea of it adds
    extra excitement to the race.
[04:45] Kogashiwa
    Putting the racing aside, I'm glad about it.
[04:49] Kogashiwa
    Hearing he's out there and doing well...
[04:52] Kogashiwa
    That's plenty.
[04:54] Commentator
    The feed has switched.
[04:56] Commentator
    It seems the leaders are
    out of the death zone.
[05:00] Commentator
    Let's see if they can blast away
    that sad tale with a fiery battle!
[05:05] Ishigami
    Everything's fine. I just need to let
    the car carry me to the line like always.
[05:11] Ishigami
    There's one clear advantage a rear-engine
    design has over a mid-engine one,
[05:16] Ishigami
    and that's the braking.
[05:22] Ishigami
    With the heaviest part of the car,
    the engine, being more toward the rear,
[05:29] Ishigami
    it increases the grip of
    the rear tires when braking.
[05:36] Ishigami
    In my experience, this means they
    can go deeper than any other make,
[05:40] Ishigami
    and stop harder than you can believe.
[05:49] Michael
    This has been a profound
    disappointment on every level, Ishigami.
[05:53] Michael
    Your reflexes, eyesight,
    conditioning, and spirit...
[05:57] Michael
    In my opinion, no part of you
    is in competitive shape.
[06:00] Michael
    The way you race has
    an old man reek about it.
[06:03] Michael
    And the reason I find MFG so boring
    is because a washed-up old fool like you
[06:08] Michael
    was able to come out on top
    two years in a row.
[06:12] Michael
    You're an eyesore.
[06:13] Michael
    And I'm sick of looking at you.
[06:31] Michael
    What's the matter? Step up, Ishigami.
[06:33] Michael
    Can't you accelerate?
[06:35] Michael
    If we were in Europe, even a 10-year-old kid
    would be willing to press the gas pedal.
[06:47] Michael
    This loss isn't on the GT3.
[06:50] Michael
    You're just too weak, Ishigami.
[06:54] Commentator
    Ishigami Fujin has finally been
    toppled! We have a new leader!
[06:59] Commentator
    Kogashiwa-san, can you give us some
    insight into what just happened?
[07:03] Kogashiwa
    Sure. It was a beautiful pass.
[07:06] Kogashiwa
    Beckenbauer smoothly upped his pace...
[07:09] Kogashiwa
    ...and capitalized on the smallest of gaps
    by moving to the outside and braking later.
[07:15] Kogashiwa
    The two cars then went
    through the corner side by side,
[07:18] Kogashiwa
    and on the approach to the next turn,
[07:20] Kogashiwa
    Beckenbauer made intentional contact
    with his rival to deprive him of space.
[07:26] Kogashiwa
    This put Ishigami-kun in trouble,
    as he couldn't hold his line.
[07:30] Kogashiwa
    It was like something you'd see
    in the German Touring Car Masters.
[07:34] Kogashiwa
    That willingness to make contact is
    something you often see with the generation
[07:38] Kogashiwa
    that's grown up with simulators.
[07:41] Kogashiwa
    Beckenbauer's something of an outsized
    threat for a local racing series like MFG.
[07:49] Staff
    There's been a position change.
[07:50] Staff
    Please update the board.
[07:52] Kyoko
    Right.
[07:54] Kyoko
    Off I go.
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[08:02] Kyoko
    Seems old man Ishigami got taken down.
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[08:05] Kyoko
    Guess there's no beating these young kids.
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[08:09] Uehara
    Thanks for that, Kyoko-neesan.
[08:13] Kyoko
    Hey, would it kill you to point
    the camera at this pretty face?
[08:17] Uehara
    Okay, it's Question Time.
[08:19] Uehara
    Who's your favorite driver?
[08:22] Kyoko
    Well, considering I've been
    doing this for four years
[08:25] Kyoko
    and I'm acquainted with all the drivers,
    it's not like I can pick a favorite.
[08:30] Kyoko
    Plus, there's the fact that
    I'm not into young guys.
[08:33] Uehara
    I see. It's true that most of
    the drivers are younger than you.
[08:39] Kyoko
    Excuse me? You got some kind of problem?
     Haven't you checked out my profile?
[08:44] Kyoko
    It says right there that I'm 24.
[08:46] Uehara
    Yeah, but I'm pretty sure it said that
    last year. And the year before that.
[08:52] Kyoko
    You askin' for a beating, punk?
[08:55] Bar Guy
    She definitely used to be in a gang.
[08:56] Uehara
    And that was the fans'
    number three, Kyoko-neesan!
[09:01] Seven
    Being an Angel sure is tough.
[09:16] Commentator
    The three cars vying for 11th
    emerge from the death zone—
[09:20] Commentator
    Whoa! Through goes the 86!
[09:22] Nozomi
    Are you kidding? How'd he brake so late?
[09:25] Kanata
    Sorry. I'm going first this time.
[09:32] Commentator
    The 86 made its move on
    the 18 at the Ohiradai hairpin.
[09:36] Commentator
    The approach to that curve must be a
    tough one, given the lateral Gs involved.
[09:41] Kogashiwa
    It's remarkable.
[09:42] Kogashiwa
    He's able to manage the G-force
    while decelerating with relative ease.
[09:47] Kogashiwa
    His finesse in utilizing all four tires
    to decelerate is honestly astounding.
[09:51] Kogashiwa
    He almost overcooked it in the entry phase,
[09:54] Kogashiwa
    but he did an amazing job
    of correcting his line.
[09:57] Commentator
    It seems the pupil of the "Tragic Rallyist,"
    Fujiwara Takumi, is truly something special.
[10:04] Commentator
    So we have Katagiri Kanata, who learned
    Fujiwara Takumi's techniques at RDRS,
[10:08] Commentator
    and Porsche Academy
    graduate, Beckenbauer.
[10:10] Commentator
    Do you see similarities between
    these two European-raised drivers?
[10:14] Kogashiwa
    Hm, well, superficially at least,
     they have a lot in common.
[10:18] Kogashiwa
    But I think on a foundational level,
    they're very different.
[10:22] Kogashiwa
    Beckenbauer received a spartan education
     scientifically designed to produce brilliance.
[10:27] Kogashiwa
    You could call him a
    third-generation simulator driver.
[10:31] Kogashiwa
    He's like a cyborg that
    never makes mistakes.
[10:34] Kogashiwa
    But I don't see any of that mechanical
    perfection in Katagiri-kun's driving.
[10:39] Kogashiwa
    You could maybe say he's the kind of
    random mutation that can't be grown in a lab.
[10:44] Kogashiwa
    He's got a very distinct vibe
    about him that's hard to pin down.
[10:49] Kogashiwa
    I'd say he's still got a few rough edges,
[10:52] Kogashiwa
    but that just means he has
    greater potential for growth.
[10:56] Kogashiwa
    I will add, however, that I doubt he can
    threaten the leaders this time around.
[11:01] Kogashiwa
    His car is just too down on power.
[11:03] Ogata
    You don't have to keep saying it.
[11:05] Kogashiwa
    For his future racing career...
[11:06] Kogashiwa
    ...I hope he will make the most
    of the experience he gains here.
[11:11] Kogashiwa
    We really are witnessing the
    debut of a promising talent.
[11:14] Kogashiwa
    I'd say he and Beckenbauer are the
    rising stars of this new MFG generation.
[11:20] Joyu
    The second Kogashiwa found out
    he was Fujiwara Takumi's student,
[11:24] Joyu
    he started talking him up.
[11:25] Commentator
    Whoa!
[11:27] Commentator
    Is he making his move?!
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[11:39] Kanata
    MF Ghost.
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[11:44] Kanata
    MF Ghost.
[11:49] Kakeru
    Trying to pass me around
    the outside? I don't think so!
[11:53] Kakeru
    Damn. The traction
    control's holding me back.
[12:01] Commentator
    The 86 overtakes the 16!
[12:04] Commentator
    That pass was smooth as butter!
    I've got chills, folks!
[12:08] Commentator
    The rookie's up into 11th!
    Katagiri Kanata is not to be trifled with!
[12:13] Kogashiwa
    That's the perfect example of
    what makes Katagiri-kun so puzzling.
[12:17] Kogashiwa
    He just suddenly goes and does things
    even veteran drivers would think impossible.
[12:25] Kogashiwa
    I'm finding it hard to imagine myself
    making a move out of nowhere like that.
[12:29] Kogashiwa
    I can only imagine he has
    some sort of sixth sense for it.
[12:33] Nozomi
    Bro, he totally got you. So lame.
[12:36] Kakeru
    It's not funny, dumbass!
[12:38] Kakeru
    Booth, do you read me? We're gonna pull
    ahead of him again on the Kamaboko Straight.
[12:43] Kakeru
    Calculate how close we need to stay to him.
[12:45] Yamaya
    Got it. Gimme a sec.
[12:49] Yamaya
    Done! Be within 4.2 seconds by the Seijo
    Bypass intersection just before Kamaboko.
[12:55] Yamaya
    Stay inside that and
    you can turn this around.
[12:58] Kakeru
    Hear that, Nozomi? You'd better keep up!
[13:00] Nozomi
    What's got you so fired-up?
[13:03] Kakeru
    Call it masculine pride. The thought of losing
    to some pretty boy in a race pisses me off.
[13:08] Kakeru
    But it's fine that he trounces you
    in the looks department?
[13:10] Kakeru
    Shut the hell up!
[13:13] Staff
    Mami-san, could you please
    update the leaderboard?
[13:16] Mami
    Coming!
[13:18] Sign
    Katagiri
[13:18] Sign
    Katagiri
[13:18] Sign
    Katagiri
[13:19] Sign
    Katagiri
[13:22] Kyoko
    Most people would fix a wedgie
     without even thinking, right?
[13:26] Kyoko
    But she just lets her butt
    hang out and heads up there.
[13:31] Kyoko
    The other Angels call her "Butt Bongo Mami."
[13:35] Kyoko
    Most girls would be embarrassed walking
    around like that, but she uses it to get fans.
[13:39] Kyoko
    She's a shrewd one.
[13:41] Kyoko
    Gotta admit, I couldn't do that.
[13:44] Uehara
    Now, a question for Mami-chan.
[13:45] Uehara
    Who's your favorite driver?
[13:47] Mami
    My favorite is the rookie,
    Katagiri Kanata-kun.
[13:52] Kyoko
    What's up? That was quite a reaction.
[13:55] Seven
    Huh? O-Oh, nothing. Don't worry.
[14:00] Mami
    I saw him up close during the pre-race
    ceremony and couldn't take my eyes off him.
[14:05] Mami
    He looked more like a model in a
    fashion magazine than a racing driver.
[14:09] Mami
    He might be younger than me,
    but I'm definitely rooting for him.
[14:15] Seven
    I don't like her one bit.
[14:27] Ishigami
    It's amazing how much speed
    he's retaining on this tight exit road.
[14:31] Ishigami
    Is he compensating for the Cayman's weakness
    by carrying speed into the Kamaboko Straight?
[14:36] Ishigami
    I couldn't pull that off.
[14:39] Ishigami
    And he's doing it with
    strut-based rear suspension,
[14:42] Ishigami
    compared to my multi-link Carrera...
[14:46] Ishigami
    It's like every move you make
    is executed to perfection.
[14:52] Commentator
    The leaders dive into the long straight!
[15:06] Commentator
    Will the Cayman or the Carrera be
    in first at the start of the second lap?
[15:10] Commentator
    There's still no telling what might happen.
    This race is nowhere near over!
[15:16] Commentator
    And seven seconds back,
    we find the group racing for third!
[15:21] Commentator
    They're going at it like
    it's a regular drag race!
[15:25] Commentator
    Sakamoto's 5 car is an Audi R8 with
    a 5.2-liter naturally aspirated V10,
[15:30] Commentator
    while Aiba's 9 car has
    a 3.8-liter V6 twin-turbo.
[15:34] Commentator
    Yes, it's Japan's strongest
    trump card: the Nissan GTR!
[15:41] Commentator
    Up against Germany's ultimate cars,
    he's still breathing down their necks.
[15:45] Commentator
    Now, let's see what the
    Kamikaze Outlaw, Aiba Shun, can do!
[15:49] Aiba
    I've got the perfect slipstream.
[15:52] Aiba
    I got this!
[15:53] Aiba
    That kiss from Number Seven is mine!
[16:01] Commentator
    Looks like he's going for it.
[16:03] Commentator
    They're side by side!
[16:06] Commentator
    And the 9 car powers past the 5 car!
[16:10] Commentator
    Aiba in the 9 is up to third place!
[16:13] Sign
    M. Beckenbauer
[16:13] Sign
    Ishigami Fujin
[16:13] Sign
    Aiba Shun
[16:13] Sign
    Sakamoto Yudai
[16:13] Commentator
    The first of the German
    power bloc has been defeated!
[16:29] Commentator
    We see car after car
    entering the long straight.
[16:38] Commentator
    Here's the pair fighting for eighth.
[16:40] Commentator
    The Lamborghini Huracán
    with a 5.2-liter NA V10
[16:44] Commentator
    is battling hard with the 3.9-liter
    V8 twin-turbo Ferrari 488 GTB.
[16:51] Commentator
    It's a clash of two 800-plus horsepower
    beasts dripping with Italian machismo!
[17:00] Commentator
    And there he goes!
[17:02] Commentator
    Akaba Kaito leaps out of the Lambo's
    slipstream with pinpoint timing!
[17:06] Oishi
    Screw you, Akaba!
[17:12] Akaba
    What's wrong? You're not keeping up.
[17:14] Akaba
    Have you really fallen off that much?
[17:18] Commentator
    And it's a successful overtake!
[17:20] Commentator
    Odawara's Kamaboko Straight is proving
    why it's the birthplace of many a drama!
[17:39] Kakeru
    How far behind are we, booth?
[17:41] Yamaya
    As of Hakone-Yumoto station, 3.2 seconds.
[17:43] Yamaya
    This part's pretty flat
    so you can gain some more.
[17:45] Kakeru
    Damn right I can!
[17:49] Kakeru
    Time to leave the 86 in the dust.
[17:57] Kakeru
    Got ya.
[17:59] Kakeru
    Look sharp, Nozomi!
[18:00] Nozomi
    Okay, bro!
[18:02] Kakeru
    Time for a slipstream!
[18:07] Commentator
    The Kamaboko Straight continues
    to be a major hurdle for the 86.
[18:11] Commentator
    The Yashi-Kita Gang are
    steadily gaining on him.
[18:14] Commentator
    This is rough for Katagiri Kanata!
[18:22] Commentator
    And now, they slipstream past him!
[18:28] Nozomi
    Link up with us, Kanata. We'll pull you along.
[18:35] Nozomi
    I don't wanna hear any whining, bro.
    Three cars make for a better slipstream.
[18:41] Kakeru
    No complaints here.
[18:43] Kakeru
    But, man, he's at the perfect distance.
    Not too close, not too far back.
[18:48] Kakeru
    He really knows how to slipstream.
[18:51] Kakeru
    He must be seriously seasoned.
[18:54] Ogata
    This is Ogata! Are you reading me, Kanata?
[18:57] Ogata
    What the heck is happening? Your top
    speed is way higher than in qualifying.
[19:02] Ogata
    There's no drone footage
    so I can't see what's going on.
[19:05] Kanata
    It's a tow.
[19:07] Kanata
    Oh, sorry. In Europe,
    we call a slipstream a "tow."
[19:12] Kanata
    I'm in the pocket of air created
    by the two cars in front of me.
[19:16] Kanata
    It's cutting down on drag and
    giving me more from sixth gear.
[19:20] Kanata
    I'm near the braking point,
    so I have to cut this short. Over.
[19:29] Ogata
    Unbelievable.
[19:31] Ogata
    He's managing to minimize the time loss from
    his biggest obstacle, the Kamaboko Straight.
[19:39] (Flashback) Kanata
    Slipstreams...
[19:41] Ogata
    Was using the Yashi-Kita Gang's
    slipstream his plan from the very start?
[19:48] Ogata
    I saw on the telemetry that he started to
    lift and coast around Hakone-Yumoto station...
[19:55] Ogata
    That naturally lost him some pace.
[19:57] Ogata
    Given that he was fine
    on fuel, I wondered why.
[20:01] Ogata
    What if he was adjusting his timing to
    link up with the two cars behind him?
[20:05] Ogata
    So while battling with the Lotus and Alfa,
    he gauged their engine power,
[20:09] Ogata
    and that let him control where they'd
    catch him on the Kamaboko Straight?
[20:14] Ogata
    Can't be. That'd just be way too calculating.
[20:18] Ogata
    I've gotta be imagining it, right?
[20:22] Commentator
    The two leaders are
    through the starting gate.
[20:28] Commentator
    Ishigami in the 1 car trails
    Beckenbauer in the 12!
[20:31] Commentator
    And at last, we enter
    the second lap of the race!
[20:35] Kogashiwa
    This is the power section,
[20:37] Kogashiwa
    which means Ishigami-kun has
    a real chance to turn it around.
[20:44] Commentator
    Aiba in the 9 is clear of the 5 car!
[20:47] Commentator
    He's now in the podium places!
[20:49] Man A
    Go for it, Aiba!
[20:50] Man A
    Don't let those German cars beat you!
[20:53] Commentator
    The cars at the front start
    their second lap one after another.
[20:56] Commentator
    The roar of the exhausts as the cars zoom
    over the start/finish line is deafening!
[21:11] Commentator
    The 16, 18, and 86
    ascend toward the toll plaza.
[21:16] Kogashiwa
    We're seeing real sparks fly
    between these three cars.
[21:24] Staff
    Okay, Number Seven,
    please update the leaderboard.
[21:31] Seven
    Right.
[21:31] Sign
    Katagiri Kanata
[21:38] Seven
    Kanata...
[21:40] Seven
    You can do this.
[21:43] Commentator
    And so, the race enters its second lap.
[21:46] Commentator
    Will we see more upsets
    from Katagiri Kanata?
[23:31] Narration
    Next time, Turn 07: The Man in the 4 Car.