The ninth lap soon came to an end, and as expected, Mason was at the twelfth place by the end of it.
At the start of the tenth lap, Mason was now hot on the heels of the eleventh place. Anyone could see that even before the tenth lap was over, Mason would be eleventh. That was only just one spot away from the top ten.
Currently, the crowd was astonished at his progress. This was because Mason didn't just overtake a driver per lap, but he did so while moving at almost the same speed as the top four drivers.
These drivers, due to the early lead they had, were already in the eleventh lap. This meant that they had overtaken some drivers at least twice, and most, thrice. However, Mason was able to avoid such a fate because he was moving at roughly the same speed as they were.
Mason currently drove out of the first half of the tenth lap being at the eleventh position, while the top four drivers were still at the starting infinity tracks of the eleventh lap.
