In Love With Formula 1

Part 19

I woke up with a pounding headache not really taking in my surroundings so I did a massive star fish stretch and ended up whacking the other person in the face, a grumble escaped their mouth and they rolled over and pulled me close to them, only then, noticing the bracelets on this persons wrist did I realise it was Lando, I felt so hungover so I just gave in and went back to sleep in his arms for the second time. 

I woke up with my head on his chest and he was brushing his fingers through my hair and I didn't want to move too quickly because I still felt like shit so I slowly pushed myself up and moved to the other side of the bed leaning up against the head board trying to put together what happened last night

"You went a bit too far with the drinking" Lando said breaking the silence

"That's not a surprise though is it"

"Look at these videos of you and Daniel dancing last night" Lando then moved a bit closer to me and I leaned over, resting my head on his shoulder whilst he showed me all these videos of me dancing and making everyone laugh, even Kimi. A smile formed on my face, I hadn't been to a party for years I was doubting I would be any fun but I was proven wrong. Just as he was going to show me the photos of me falling over in the lift there was a text from a "Lily Rose" who had a heart next to her name 

"I shoved Lando with my hands and almost shouted at him

"Who the fuck is that!! Is that your girlfriend?" 

"Errrr not really but I'm inviting her to the next Grand Prix in Hungary"

"Oh my God, this is really big you need to like sort your life out" I was secretly kind of hurt by this, I didn't need to be though but there was a part of me that already hated her.

"Have you met her before?" I asked 

"No"

"I have my karting testing in Barcelona this weekend, invite her to that, less big time media companies and it's slightly less intense than a race weekend"

"Yeh thanks for the idea, I think I'll do that"

I had sweet talked him in to getting me to meet her like it was nothing, I really was evil, with a hangover as well I was impressed with my skills. 

I got up and went for a shower to try and wash the stink of alcohol off of my body and freshen up before going back to my own hotel room. I genuinely had never been this hungover in my life, expensive alcohol obviously is nicer than my cheap stuff, I probably drank the bar dry from vodka. I got dressed back in to my dress and smiled and waved bye to Lando before picking up my shoes and walking to the lift to go to my floor. 

As I was walking to my room I could feel my nostrils flaring and my jaw tensing, I seriously couldn't be that jealous of this Lily Rose girl and Lando, that would be ridiculous. I got back to my room and put my music on and just listened to that for the rest of the day, making sure to drink plenty of water for my hangover, I packed my bag for the flight to Barcelona, I had been in contact with a helmet designer and helmet company and I had created an almost identical helmet to the one I won my first world championship in. It was a deep purple with glitter in it and there was some white writing on it saying 'love is love'. I got sent the helmet and as soon as I put it on all these emotions came flooding back and I was so excited to be karting again even if I didn't have a team yet, loads of teams had reached out and offered me a drive but the best offer so far was with Prema and I knew a lot about them so I knew I was going to sign for them and have my Mclaren sponsor. 

My flight was later on in the day so I made my way down to the airport and checked in with all my stuff and sat watching the planes take off and land until my gate was called, I sat down in my seat when a flight attendant came up to me saying there was a seat for me in business class, I didn't argue and moved up to business class.

"Do you know why I got moved up to Business class?" I asked the flight attendant

"The pilot and Co-pilot saw that you were on this flight and they are massive fans of your karting career"

"I see, well please thank them for me" I said in return and sat down in my seat.

As the plane was in the air I was looking at all the photos that were taken before the party and I decided to post a few on my main instagram account, a selfie I took of myself, a picture that showed my resting bitch face, taken by the reporters and a final picture of me stumbling out of the building. I captioned the post 'At least I know how to have a good time'. I knew I would get hate for posting me absolutely out of it but I thought it was quite funny. I posted it then started watching a film and eventually landed just as the film finished. 

I got my bags and got told that someone will come and pick me up from the airport, I found the woman driving me to the hotel and she told me all about the stuff we'd be doing, I was more excited that I would let on. I fell asleep in my hotel and was excited to start testing for the team I was going to sign with.

I woke up the next day and braided my own hair like I always used to and packed my bag with my racing suit, helmet and racing boots and I was off, it was an early start and it was cold so I made sure to get a beanie off of someone as soon as I arrived and I put the hoodie that I threw in my bag earlier not realising it was the Mclaren one Lando had let me keep. 

Today was all about getting our seats sorted out and getting to know one another. There was one other girl there but we didn't have time to talk much because there were so many things going on. I was the last one to get my harness fitted for my ribs, I completely forgot that I needed to do that, the strain on my body had become almost normal to me now, but the harness definitely made a big difference without even going in a kart. 

The team boss came up to me and greeted me and asked me about my flight and asked how I was 

"I was wondering, if it all goes to plan today, if I would be able to sign a contract with you"

"You want to join the team?!" He said in response

"Yeh, I like the team and there's a really nice atmosphere and I think everyone here can push each other to be better"

"That's amazing I will get a contract written up now, do you have a manger or anything?"

"No, do I need one?"

"For now you will be okay but when we announce you as a driver if you sign with us you might want to start thinking about it"

"Okay thank you" I said as I was getting in to my new kart, making the adjustments I needed and making sure everything was working properly.

We all made our way on to the track and we just had a feel for the karts and their performance, I was flying, I adapted so quickly to the kart and I knew that this was a sign to go for it with Prema, I was grinning the whole time whilst going round the track I felt at home but the real testing happened from Friday onwards and I was creating a list of small things that I needed to be adapted that could be done in that period of time.

We all returned to the garages and I overheard the other girl saying she hated the kart and she wanted to go to another team, this meant that I would be the only girl on the team and possibly the only one with a solid contract so far. I walked over to the team boss with my suit tied around my waist and my helmet in my hand 

"Lets sign the contract"

"Right now?"

"Yep right now, I'm happy, I just need to read the contract and we can sort out any concerns"

"Sounds good to me"

We walked over to the garage and sat down at a table and I read the contract and the only thing that I wasn't sure on was the social media control. I said that I like to post what I want because it represents my personality and they agreed to it.

"Before you sign, what number do you want to race with?"

"09? Is that okay?"

"Perfect"

"Would you be able to take a picture of me signing it on my camera please"

"Yeh"

And I was now officially a professional kart driver again.