𝑾𝑶𝑾 (𝑴.𝑽)

1. 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐥𝐲𝐧

7 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 2020

9:40 𝐚𝐦

Zara sat in her white Mercedes G-wagon waiting for her dad's assistant to come and give her her paddock pass.
The 22 year old was drained but after not seeing her father for months she was willing to endure the 10 hour flight to attend the second leg of the British Grand prix.
She'd arrived in London at 2am that morning, taken a nap at a nearby hotel then got up at 6.30 to make the drive up to Silverstone. She was tired to say the least.

The brightside to it being Free practice Friday meant she could take a nap in her dad's office and he wouldn't mind.
Her thoughts had begun to lull her to sleep as she leaned her head on the steering wheel. But her quick nap was soon disrupted by Jordan, her dad's assistant, rapping her knuckles against the drivers side window. Zara shot up, frightened by the loud noise. She calmed down once she noticed who it was.

Opening her door she scowled at the brunette standing in front of her.
"Jordan I know that you have an important role in this team but I will not hesitate to kill you if you do that again, I swear."

Jordan laughed at the girls behavior. Zara and her father shared similar characteristics, one of them being that they hated being woken up. What made it more amusing is that they'd both have the same pout on their faces when they were irritated.

" I'm sorry Ms. Wolff but we need to urgently get going. Your dad is still in the meeting with the stewards and other principals but with you having to do an extra Covid test we'll only have two minutes before he gets back to the garage. Which means only two minutes to hide you for the surprise. "

With that news Zara quickly grabbed her things and followed Jordan through the swipe gates and to the medical centre where she did a Covid test and received a flu shot to boost her immune system. The two women quickly ran to the Mercedes team garage and with the help of the engineers came up with a plan as to how Zara would surprise her dad.

Toto Wolff entered the garage frustrated. The meeting had been long and filled with him and Christian Horner going back and forth. Eventually the race director got tired and dismissed them. He headed to his designated spot in the garage only to find someone already occupying his seat.

He was about to shout until the person turned around, revealing themselves. It was his baby girl. Instantly he let out a loud laugh and opened his arms for her to jump into them. As the crew watched the beautiful reunion some members awwed while others clapped, happy to see their boss smile again. Other teams that were walking through the pit lane peered into the garage hoping to see what the fuss was about. Yet none of them could see as the father-daughter duo was standing at the back of the room, hidden by the multiple screens and computers.

They'd only find out later when Zara was seen walking down the pit lane towards the Williams garage. As she did so a few drivers stopped her for a chat. The younger drivers were confused as to who this mystery girl was.

Max was minding his business, talking to his performance coach when he saw a blonde girl walking by with George Russell. At first he ignored the two but his interest was spiked when she turned her head to look into the Redbull garage as George called over his friend, Alex Albon. Even from a far and with a mask on her face he knew exactly who the girl was. He just couldn't believe that she was here of all places. As he was staring at her their eyes finally met and he saw her eyes widen as she realized who she was looking at. She quickly turned to the two boys next to her, excusing herself by saying that she was tired and was off to take a nap somewhere in the Mercedes motor home. The boys let her go with a wave and a promise to chat later.