Wryly: "True enough. But it's a secret race, which probably means you can only watch it if you have an invitation. Something tells me this datachip doesn't include an invite."

He lifts a shoulder in a slight shrug. "And a secret race run by crime cartels? That's the kind of thing where they'll only let you join the audience if you pay a steep entry fee and put down some kind of bet," he adds. "And I don't know about you, but I definitely didn't bring that many credits."