In the opening of Episode 6 of Motor Valley, Elena is torn between signing the contract with her family or not. She has turned them down once, but with her mother's influence here, it's difficult to say no. However, she's not going to turn her back on SC17 now when they need her.
At the racetrack, Blu is all business and not in the mood to converse with Paolo. She runs into Arianna though, who hands over the old white gloves her father used to wear. It's her way of trying to mend the bridges burned between them and to show that there's more going on here than just wanting a quick payday.
The race goes ahead, but Blu isn't in the mood to even talk to Benini about strategy. It doesn't help that Benini and Elena aren't really on great terms either. Despite Blu taking the lead and making good time, she refuses to pit when Benini tells her too and she loses control of the car. She gets involved in a huge crash, with the car spinning out and eventually collapsing.
Ahmed holds Arianna, who's there to see the wreck and gets flashbacks of Michele again. Thankfully, Blu is still alive but she's in a rough way at the hospital. She's in a coma and there's no way of knowing if she'll regain consciousness any time soon.
Arianna turns her anger toward Benini, bringing up how he never even showed up at Michele's funeral, calling him a coward. Benini is obviously scared and starts to spiral until Elena calms him down. Blu does regain consciousness quite quickly though and Arianna offers some words of encouragement to her. Benini is also there too and as he lays a hand on Arianna's shoulder, Elena sees this and decides to leave.
Benini stands up for what he believes in and confronts his feelings with Blu. He admits that Michele was lit up on that last race because he knew Arianna was pregnant. Benini prayed that he'd lose the race so he could win and finally claim his rightful place at the podium but he never killed the guy. It tore him apart what happened, even if they were being competitive on the racetrack.
Benini sees a lot of Michele in Blu and wants to honour his memory. He also brings up that Ahmed is in hospital too and has been since the beginning. Unfortunately, Blu isn't out the woods just yet. She's having photophobic episodes, causing blurring of the vision and migraines. It's going to take time for her to recover fully but Blu doesn't have that sort of time.
Despite this, Blu wants to hit the racetrack again, putting her life on the line for a podium finish and the hopes of beating Paolo and coming out on top. With the dirty cash from last episode's heist, the team work together to craft a new car from scratch for Blu to drive. Well, Blu’s vision starts playing up on the racetrack, so they get back to old tricks again. Benini guides her just like he did when she was blindfolded. The training pays off and Blu finishes in second place overall.
On the podium, Elena questions Benini over Blu’s parentage. Before things can escalate though, officials show up and look set to arrest Benini, Elena and Blu for their part to play in the robbery at the port.
