‘every second counts’ record book

[hyojungss]

every second counts
le sserafim chaewon/yunjin
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spoilers for the fic below 🏎️
 

GOOGLE DOC MIRROR

1. IN THIS UNIVERSE: 

• Formula Asia is an all-women racing series that races in East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia
• Modeled after Formula 1 (points system, open formula instead of spec series so there’s some car development, regional but international)
• Similar prestige level as Super Formula, but marketed like F1, and globalizing like kpop

2. CIRCUITS / RACE SCHEDULE

#	Name	Circuit	Country	Perm/Street	2021 date	2022 date	2023 date
1	Korean FA Grand Prix	Korea International Circuit	SKorea	Permanent	April 18, 2021	April 10, 2022	March 12, 2023
2	Aida FA Grand Prix	Okayama International Circuit	Japan	Permanent	April 25, 2021	April	March
3	Chinese FA Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit	China	Permanent	May 9, 2021	May	April
4	Beijing FA Grand Prix	Beijing International Street Circuit	China	Street	May 23, 2021	May	April
5	Macau FA Grand Prix	Guia Circuit	China (Macau)	Street	June	June	May
6	Thailand FA Grand Prix	Chang International Circuit	Thailand	Permanent	June 27th, 2021	June	May
7	Vietnamese FA Grand Prix	Hanoi Circuit	Vietnam	Street	July 4th, 2021	July	June
8	Indonesian FA Grand Prix	Jakarta International Circuit	Indonesia	Street	July 18th, 2021	July	July
9	Malaysian FA Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit	Malaysia	Permanent	August 1st, 2021	July	July
summer break
10	Philippines FA Grand Prix	Batangas Racing Circuit	Philippines	Permanent	September	September	August
11	Singapore FA Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit	Singapore	Street	September	September	September
12	Indian FA Grand Prix	Buddh International Circuit	India	Permanent	October	September	September
13	Seoul FA Grand Prix	Seoul Street Circuit	SKorea	Street	October	October	October
14	Fuji FA Grand Prix	Fuji Speedway	Japan	Permanent	November	October	October
15	Japanese FA Grand Prix	Suzuka International Racing Course	Japan	Permanent	November 21, 2021	November	November

 2b. CLASSIFICATION (Source Racing only)

#	Name	Heo Yunjin	Kim Chaewon
1	SKR (P)	14th	9th
2	JPN (P)	10th	6th
3	CHN (P)	18th	DNF
4	CHN (S)	DNF	10th
5	MAC (S)	8th	6th
6	THAI (P)	16th	9th
7	VIET (S)	7th	13th
8	INDO (S)	9th	8th
9	MLY (P)	DNF	5th
summer
10	PHL (P)	11th	8th
11	SGP (S)	DNF	15th
12	INDI (P)	8th	DNF
13	SKR (S)	10th	8th
14	JPN (P)	4th	5th
15	JPN (P)	9th	11th
	FINAL	32 points	53 points

*i plotted out all the frontrunners’ points for the whole 2021 season because i wanted to make sure it all fit together but i can’t be bothered to finish the rest of the grid, so it looks like a mess and i can’t actually verify the final standings
 

3. DRIVERS ON THE GRID

2021

Team Name	Team Nationality	Engine manufacturer	Driver	Driver Nationality	Driver debut	approx. age at debut	Season #
Source Racing	🇰🇷	Renault KR	Heo Yunjin	(🇺🇸)	2021 debut	19	1st season
			Kim Chaewon	(🇰🇷)	2019 debut	18	3rd season
Vernalossom	🇯🇵	Toyota	Miyawaki Sakura	(🇯🇵)	2016 debut	17	6th season
			Choi Yena	(🇰🇷)	2018 debut	18	4th season
SM Hyundai	🇰🇷	Hyundai	Bae Joohyun	(🇰🇷)	2013 debut	22	9th season
			Kang Seulgi	(🇰🇷)	2013 debut	19	9th season
Yuehua Motors	🇨🇳	Wuling	Wang Yiren	(🇨🇳)	2019 debut	19	3rd season
			Kim Sihyeon	(🇰🇷)	2018 debut	19	4th season
JY Park Racing	🇰🇷	Kia	Park Jihyo	(🇰🇷)	2015 debut	18	7th season
			Shin Ryujin	(🇰🇷)	2020 debut	18	2nd season
Cube Motorsport	🇰🇷	Kia	Nicha Yontararak (Minnie)	(🇹🇭)	2017 debut	19	5th season
			Song Yuqi	(🇨🇳)	2019 debut	19	3rd season
SM Universe	🇰🇷	Hyundai	Ning Yizhuo (Ningning)	(🇨🇳)	2021 debut	18	1st season
			Yoo Jimin	(🇰🇷)	2020 debut	19	2nd season
Sony Motorsport	🇯🇵	Honda	Morita Hikaru	(🇯🇵)	2020 debut	18	2nd season
			Tamura Hono	(🇯🇵)	2020 debut	21	2nd season
Wake One FA Team	🇰🇷	GM Korea	Choi Yujin	(🇰🇷)	2015 debut	18	7th season
			Shen Xiaoting	(🇨🇳)	2019 debut	19	3rd season
Black Label Racing	🇰🇷	GM Korea	Jeon Somi	(🇨🇦)	2018 debut	17	4th season
			?

2022

Team Name	Team Nationality	Engine manufacturer	Driver	Driver Nationality	Driver debut	approx. age at debut	Season #
Source Racing	🇰🇷	Renault KR	Heo Yunjin	(🇺🇸)	2021 debut	19	2nd season
			Choi Yena	(🇰🇷)	2019 debut	18	5th season
Vernalossom	🇯🇵	Toyota	Miyawaki Sakura	(🇯🇵)	2016 debut	17	7th season
			Kim Chaewon	(🇰🇷)	2018 debut	18	4th season
SM Hyundai	🇰🇷	Hyundai	Yoo Jimin	(🇰🇷)	2020 debut	19	3rd season
			Ning Yizhuo (Ningning)	(🇨🇳)	2021 debut	18	2nd season
Yuehua Motors	🇨🇳	Wuling	Wang Yiren	(🇨🇳)	2019 debut	19	4th season
			Kim Sihyeon	(🇰🇷)	2018 debut	19	5th season
JY Park Racing	🇰🇷	Kia	Lily Morrow	(🇦🇺)	2022 debut	20	1st season
			Shin Ryujin	(🇰🇷)	2020 debut	18	3rd season
Cube Motorsport	🇰🇷	Kia	Nicha Yontararak (Minnie)	(🇹🇭)	2017 debut	19	6th season
			Song Yuqi	(🇨🇳)	2019 debut	19	4th season
ADORIS Racing	🇰🇷	Renault KR	Lee Nagyung	(🇰🇷)	2020 debut	20	2nd season*
			Baek Jiheon	(🇰🇷)	2022 debut	19	1st season
Sony Motorsport	🇯🇵	Honda	Morita Hikaru	(🇯🇵)	2020 debut	18	2nd season
			Tamura Hono	(🇯🇵)	2020 debut	21	2nd season
Wake One FA Team	🇰🇷	GM Korea	Ezaki Hikaru	(🇯🇵)	2022 debut	18	1st season
			Shen Xiaoting	(🇨🇳)	2019 debut	19	4th season
Black Label Racing	🇰🇷	GM Korea	Jeon Somi	(🇨🇦)	2018 debut	17	5th season
			?

*Nagyung had a year off
*2023 grid - Hanni replaces Nagyung under ADORIS Racing, who bought out SM Universe’s spot in 2022
*2023 grid - Kazuha enters Source Racing and moves to Sony after 2 years
*2025 grid - Eunchae partners Yunjin @ Source Racing for 1 year before Yunjin moves to SM Hyundai
 

3b. Yunjin is inspired/paralleled by:

• Daniel Ricciardo: “main character of Drive to Survive”, generally well liked by others in the sport for jokester persona, i dropped this inspiration very quickly in favor of these others but it still exists in the dts section
• Yuki Tsunoda: rookie who enters Formula 1 in a midfield team’s car which is competitive enough for finishes in the points, improves as a driver in second/third season but doesn’t get significantly better results because the car goes to shit
• Lando Norris: purinz was supposed to be inspired by the carlando/yukierre attachments where the new driver got really close to the older/more experienced driver who was still in his youth so to speak... and (lando voice) “just kinda grew up a little bit more together” but then i was like why replicate an interesting relationship (carlos/lando) when i could just replicate a boring one (lando/oscar)!!!! i still yukierre-ified them though... the way yuki looked like a kicked puppy when pierre left alphatauri and then had to continue to deal w/ a shitty car while pierre got to move to a (slightly) more competitive car
• Oscar Piastri: spent some time out of the sport for reasons beyond his control (ie. got “behind” even though he’s very talented because he was part of a junior academy for an incompetent french team), is polite with his teammate but doesn’t immediately get on as well as his teammate did with his former teammates aka they have no chemistry comparatively (EDIT: this is subjective but i think the lando/oscar dynamic is getting better through the season). if i do say so myself there is a serious parallel btwn yunjin and oscar... girl got evil edited out of pd48 for the silliest reason and came back in to kpop swinging with one of the best stage presences in her group...
• Charles Leclerc: messy rebound after finally getting what you’d always, foolishly wanted... iykyk

4. DRIVERS’ CHAMPIONS OF ASIA

Year	Driver	Team	Runner-up
2011	Kim Taeyeon	SM Hyundai	Jessica Jung, SM Hyundai
2012	Kim Taeyeon	SM Hyundai	Jessica Jung, SM Hyundai
2013	Kim Taeyeon	SM Hyundai	Kim Hyolyn, Starship Motors
2014	Jung Eunji	Cube Motorsport	Ahn Hani, Yedang FA Team
2015	Jung Eunji	Cube Motorsport	Park Jihyo, JY Park Racing
2016	Park Jihyo	JY Park Racing	Kim Sejeong, Jellyfish Racing
2017	Bae Joohyun	SM Hyundai	Jennie Kim, YG Motorsport
2018	Miyawaki Sakura	Vernalossom	Hirate Yurina, Sony Motorsport
2019	Kang Seulgi	SM Hyundai	Bae Joohyun, SM Hyundai
2020	Miyawaki Sakura	Vernalossom	Song Yuqi, Cube Motorsport
2021	Kang Seulgi	SM Hyundai	Shin Ryujin, JY Park Racing
2022	Shin Ryujin	JY Park Racing	Kim Chaewon, Vernalossom
2023	Kim Chaewon	Vernalossom	Yoo Jimin, SM Hyundai
2024	Yoo Jimin	SM Hyundai	Ning Yizhuo, SM Hyundai
2025	Yoo Jimin	SM Hyundai	Hanni Pham, ADORIS Racing
2026	Huh Yunjin	SM Hyundai	Hanni Pham, ADORIS Racing

ROUGH ANALOGIES TO F1: SM Hyundai is Mercedes (string of hits) or RB (sister team in SM Universe = AlphaTauri), Vernalossom is kinda Red Bull (relatively new emerging dominance), and Cube is Ferrari lmao (incompetent legacy team won’t win another championship for 15 years). JY Park Racing doesn’t really have a good analog (McLaren?) but they’re pretty good contenders every few years, just hit gold when they have a star driver. YG/Black Label are the same thing... YG also has Ferrari-isms.

2021 standings:

• Seulgi 1
• Ryujin 2
• Joohyun 3
• Sakura 4
• (Minnie, Yuqi, Jimin, Somi)
• Chaewon ~9
• (Jihyo, Yena)
• Yunjin ~12

2022 standings:

• Ryujin 1
• Chaewon 2
• Sakura 3
• Jimin 4
• Lily 5
• Ningning 6
   

5. PLAYLIST

what i listened to: some songs from a playlist of HYJ recommendations + whatever was fitting the vibes at the time. but really i did it all for love i did it all on no drugs = me writing this fic

1. nonsense - sabrina carpenter
2. kill bill - sza
3. labyrinth - taylor swift
4. stargazing - the neighbourhood
5. bags - clairo

what i think is actually most representative of the fic:

2021 - bags
2022 - labyrinth

the title ‘every second counts’ is the first line of bags, and i think it’s a great double meaning because in the context of the song it’s about not wanting to waste your time with the person you like, and in a racing context, every second/tenth of a second/hundredth/thousandth literally matters because those fine margins are what makes a driver good.
 

6. NOTES/COMMENTARY

what do i have to say... i love formula 1 and realized this was the only way i could write 1) an “f1 au” of anything 2) any au that isn’t a basic modern setting. unfortunately it ended up being a ton of work to world build which is why i will never do it again. i think it’s actually insane that i wrote this many words because i have literally never written something above 8k. i started it around pre-season testing, which was in february of this year...? it took me 5 months to finish T__T i did give up on it for a bit but i would say i have been writing or editing a few days a week for the last 2 months T__T

fun fact: hinatazaka46 tomita suzuka is named after the suzuka circuit! (she has a tiny cameo in this fic...) i believe she does real-life commentary or promotional work for super formula.

*(a line-by-line commentary may follow if i feel like it)
 

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT F1

• Netflix Drive to Survive (Season 1 standalone is probably the most useful, or watch them all, or just skip to the latest season if you want to see who inspired the fic)
• my personal fav F1 podcast Shift+F1 does yearly primers (2023’s is here)
• the official F1 Youtube channel + Twitter are great at clipping highlights and news
• Reddit is where I read news/discussion/reactions!

Comments

[girlrock]

i haven't read anything yet but I. Am. Obsessed. With. You. brb

[icarusundone]

omg i adore this... i think it’s so clear and cool that you know about the world you’re writing, which makes me so excited to read the fic ^^

[girlrock]

>"why replicate an interesting relationship (carlos/lando) when i could just replicate a boring one (lando/oscar)"

OH HOW THE TURN TABLES