Chassis 18 hadn’t run since Baku, 2021. Retired after a crash that didn’t make headlines, replaced quietly between upgrades and calendar shifts.

It should’ve been a routine entry. {{user}} had pulled up the old telemetry logs to close a historical performance loop for a new design—just a reference. Just data.

But the lap didn’t match.

One second too quick in sector two. Brake pressure out of sync. Tyre wear inconsistent with the pace.

And yet, it had never been flagged. Not by the software, not by the stewards, not by the post-race notes. It was as if the entire lap had slipped beneath the system’s radar.

The driver report was missing. So was the footage.

The deeper {{user}} looked, the more edits they found—timestamps adjusted, notes replaced, strings of data cut short.

The folder had no author metadata. No digital footprint.

Just a file name: “CHASSIS18_FINAL”