ABOUT A BOY | SEBASTIAN VETTEL

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When it was time to see all the cars on the grid, right before the race would start, Camilla had told Britta that she didn't actually have to come with her and Jonas to the grid. Jonas most definitely wanted to see every car on the grid... twice, and Camilla wasn't going to let Jonas walk any further away from her than holding hands distance. Although she explained this to Britta, she told Camilla that Sebastian had told her to go with Camilla anyway. No matter how many times Camilla would say that she was fine. He was really looking out for Camilla. 

To keep both happy, Britta decided to go with Camilla to the grid but she would wait for her at the front in case if anything happened. She thanked Britta and while she carried Jonas on her hip they walked through the orders of cars. When they almost got to the last Red Bull car, starting on p10 she recognized Christian Horner. She hesitated whether or not it was appropriate to go over him and thank him for keeping her son safe. But he looked too busy talking to more important people and she remembered Sebastian telling her they didn't need a thank you. Suddenly Camilla's attention went to Jonas' pointing finger and she tried to look where her son was pointing towards.

"Danny!" Jonas yelled out and pointed to the Red Bull driver who was sitting on the side with his headphones on and eyes closed while someone was hiding the sun for him with an umbrella.
"That's Daniel yes. But we can't say hi to him. He probably wants to concentrate on the race right now." Camilla explained to her son who looked disappointed but got straight away distracted with something else when Camilla started to walk away from the Red Bull car to go further up the grid. They walked all the way to the last car, to finally move their way back to the front. However, a hand on Camilla's shoulder stopped them from walking back to the front of the grid, and instead, Camilla turned around to see who got her attention. To her surprise it was Christian, team boss from the RedBull.

"Christian," Camilla said out of surprise. Christian smiled at her before his hand moved to tickle Jonas under his chin. Jonas giggled as he hides his face in Camilla's neck.
"Hello, Camilla. It's good to see that this little guy has found his mom back," Christian said. Camilla smiled back at the team boss.
"Yes, thank you by the way for finding him. I wanted to thank you before, but seeing as the race is about to start I didn't think it was appropriate," Camilla explained. "Anyway I hope he wasn't too much of a trouble."

"That's okay and no he wasn't at all. Daniel and I didn't mind looking out for him for a while. He is a good kid." It was nice to Camilla to hear those nice words about her kid. She felt a little proud even though her kid made her have the scare of her life. Camilla got a little push away on her other shoulder from someone with a big camera in his hands, making Christian hold her arms in case she was going to fall and when that wasn't the case he pulled her a bit to the side.
"It was nice to finally officially meet you, Camilla. Especially after hearing all these things from Sebastian when he was still our driver." Camilla raised her eyebrows.
"Oh," she said in surprise. She didn't know Sebastian had ever talked about her in his old team.
"He only talked good things about you. Don't worry," Christian said with a laugh. He got called by one of the press people to give a last-minute interview and he apologized to Camilla. "I have to go. I hope you enjoy the race Camilla, and Jonas of course too!" Camilla watched as Christian walked back to the RedBull car where someone with a microphone was waiting for him. She decided to walk back to the front of the grid where Britta was waiting.
"Was it fun?" Britta asked mostly to Jonas but also looked at Camilla. Jonas nodded excitingly, but Camilla could tell he was less excited as he got a little bit tired. Sebastian's plan seemed to have worked. Camilla followed Britta back to the hospitality and went into a room where they would watch the race. 

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With Kimi finishing the race in fifth place and with Sebastian finishing on the third step on the podium the race had ended. Jonas took halfway through the race a nap in the stroller, while Camilla had a great talk with Britta, Antti, and Mark.
"Do you want to go and watch the podium ceremony?" Mark asked when Britta and Antti both had to go to meet their driver. Camilla looked over at a smiling Mark.
"Uhm..." Camilla said as she looked over at her sleeping son. "I don't know. I could watch it from here. That's fine too,"
"But you want to go and see the podium ceremony, right?" Mark assumed with a grin. Camilla raised her eyebrows.
"Did Kimi tell you something or what?" she asked him as Mark was acting a bit weird. As if he knew her secret or something. Mark shook his head.
"No, no. Kimi didn't have to tell me anything. You see more things when you have more life experience." Camilla started to laugh at Mark.
"Okay, Mark." She laughed, feeling slightly awkward.