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my first race

finally time for the first race of the season in bahrain i loved this track in f2 but only got on it once. to be fair i loved all the tracks probably cause it was my first time on them.

i woke up early because free practice 1 starts at 11. i woke up at 7.00am so i could chill before my first day of racing. once i woke up i went to get ready i put on a pair of black disco shorts and my red bull top. i put my hair in my usual race hairstyle of dutch braids and put my red bull cap on. once i was ready i walked downstairs to get my breakfast. because we have to stay in a hotel we need to all eat breakfast downstairs and because we all stay in the same hotel some of us eat breakfast together.

once i got down stairs i went into the restaurant and i saw george, charles, carlos, lando and mick. charles was waving to me so i walked over to them and sat with them.
y/n : "good morning guys how are we all today?"
lando : "were all good exited for your first race weekend?"
y/n : "honestly im petrified. like what if i crash!"
mick : "look y/n im new too and im scarend but we will both be fine"
charles : "y/n you are a great racer and im sure you will do amazing today"
y/n : "thanks guys it means a lot to me you saying that"

once we have all finished out breakfast we all get in our cars with our own team mates. me and max v were in the car and were talking about how exited we were and he helped me get ready for the practice.
once we arrived we went into our garage and thats when i seen it. my big brother was stood talking to christian along with my best friend.
y/n : "ben! max! i cant believe you are here i thought youse were going for a boys weekend!"
ben : "we are. were on a boys weekend in bahrain so we could watch your first ever race."
y/n : "i cant beleive you two are here."
max : "we couldnt miss this for the world. but just to let you know the whole team is here."
y/n : "oh god i can feel the drama already"
ben : "we arent that bad"

we talked for another while before i had to start racing. i was walking over to my car when i heard someone shouting my name.

lando : "het y/n"
y/n : oh lando are you exited for the practice?"
lando : "yea i can't wait to start racing again it feels like it was ages ago i last raced even though it was only december you exited for your first practice in formula one?"
y/n : "im buzzing but really nervous."
lando : "you'll be fine your an amazing driver and an amazing person."
y/n : "thank you lando you are too."

he looked me in the eyes. he was perfect. i found myself leaning inti him and he was leaning into me and before i knew it we were kissing. it was a quick kiss but it happened. i cant believe i just kissed lando norris.
christian : "come on y/n were going to start soon"
y/n : "i-uh ive got to go."
lando: "uh yea sorry good luck see you soon"
y/n : "good luck lando"

i walked over to christian stunned after what just happened. i kissed him. im so happy.
christian : "good luck y/n i know you can do this. it may only be a practice but its your first one you will to great"
y/n : "thanks christian"

the rest of the day went by so fast. i didn't get a chance to speak to lando again but i did amazing in free practice 2 i cane 1st.

i woke up on saturday at 7.00am again i wasn't super impressed with the early morning but i was just to exited for qualifying. i came 2nd in fp3 today witch is amazing.

i was getting ready for q1 and had gone out i came 4th. then it was time for q2 where i came 2nd it was awesome.
lastly it was q3 i would be battling for pole against lewis, max, lando and charles but so far im doing a great job at qualifying. i got into my car and went out i done my in lap then my flying lap then my out lap. after i done my out lap i went back in so i could get fresh tires. luckily i had still had enough time to get in another flying lap otherwise that would have been a proper penalty. when i crossed the finish line i heard my race engineer andy screaming from the mic. 

andy : "p2 y/n well done thats amazing for your first quali. you are starting p2 tomorrow congrats."
y/n : "oh my god andy yesssssssss. p2 thats amazing. thanks for all your help today and cant wait to race tomorrow.

i drove up to the p2 spot and got out my car. i ran up and hugged my team and thanked them all. if it wasn't for them i would be in p2. after i had thanked them i realised red bull had locked out the front row with max being on pole. i was so happy. i then went to get weighed by the fia and i saw lando. he came up to me and i remembered he got p4.
y/n : "hey lando congrats in quali p4 is amazing."
lando : "not as amazing as p2. well done y/n you deserve it. but just know that tomorrow i will be coming for that podium weather i knock you off it or not."
y/n : "haha getting cocky now are we"
lando : "maybe a little. oh crap i gotta go see you after."

then he left.
after i finished all my post quali work with my engineers and got everything ready for the race tomorrow it was already  9.30pm and if i wanted a good race tomorrow i needed and early night. i walked over to get a car back to my hotel. once i got back i got ready for bed and feel asleep the second i hit the pillow.

the next day i woke up at 7.00am again to get ready for the race. i got up, got breakfast then got in the car with max. once we reach the track i see ben and the team all in the stand with flags and banners. i chuckle to myself a little before waving to them and going to get ready for the race.

as i was getting ready for the race i had various good lucks and you can do its from so many people most of them who i don't even know.

i got in my car in p2 and started the race.

lap 1- carlos collision with pierre
lap 2 - carlos out
lap 4 - charles overtakes pierre
lap 9 - yellow flag
lap 13 - lewis over takes y/n
lap 25 - lando gets hit by valtteri
lap 26 - red flag
lap 26 - lando out

as soon as i got into the pits during the red flags i asked andy if lando was ok but he didn't know. i seen his crash with valtteri in my mirrors valtteri tried to overtake but swerved into lando.
i asked everyone around me if he was ok but no one knew. my team tried talking strategy to me but they could tell i was distracted.
andy : "y/n go find out if he's ok. you cant race like this. go now you have fifteen minutes until the race resumes."
y/n : "thank you so much andy."

i give him a quick hug and go to see if i can fund someone to tell me lando was ok. but then i seen him. he was stood just a few steps away with his race engineer. i stood where i was. i knew he had seen me because he quickly finished his conversation and came over to me. i gave him the biggest hug possible but i think i may have almost suffocated him.
lando : "i mean y/n i was fine after the crash but i might not be after this hug!"
y/n : "oh-uh sorry" i stood back awkwardly after that.
lando : "i was joking it was good to know you care about me."
y/n : "i thought something had happened to you no one knew if you were ok."
lando : "well here i am perfectly fine."

andy shouting : "come on y/n we have 5 minutes."
y/n : "sorry lando i need to go."
i turned to walk away but before i could start walking lando had grabbed my hand spun my around and kissed me. it want quick and almost meaningless like before. it was passionate and deep like he was hungry for more. he pulled away and smiled at me as j quickly walked away to start the race.

all of a sudden before i could even blink i was on the podium in p3. on my debut it was amazing. max was first and lewis was second. the bad thing about it being my first podium was they absolutely soaked me in champagne.

it was the best day of my life.