The Team Principal

Eighteen

It's the morning of the Monaco Grand Prix, and I was still snuggled under the duvet, whilst Nicky was getting ready. I didn't particularly want to get up this morning but I knew I had to. Shoving my face into the pillow, as I turn over, I feel a hand on my back, which is gently shaking me and a soft voice could be heard.

"Babe, wake up, you need to get ready, we need to leave for the track in 45 minutes," Nicky said. I let out a groan of annoyance because I couldn't be bothered together but in the end, I literally dragged my backside out of bed and went straight into the bathroom to have a shower, so that I feel fresh as a daisy.

After having a refreshing shower, I walk out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around my body and one around my hair and see Nicholas sitting on the bed on his phone. He doesn't even realise that I have walked in until he hears the sound of the hairdryer going. Nicky then walks over to me and bends down to give me a kiss on the cheek which made me smile. 

I switched the hairdryer off and Nicky came back over to me wrapped his arms around me and then whispers something in my ear "I've got a special surprise for you tonight to show you how much you mean to me" and I turned to face my boyfriend, who then leans down to give me a kiss on the lips before I carried on getting ready to head down to the track. I was wearing my Williams racing top, with a skirt and royal blue trainers, to have the sort of professional look.  So, I grabbed everything that I needed and then both myself and Nicky left the hotel and headed down to the track, ready for race day. 

Once arriving at the track, Frankie heads over to hospitality and Nicky goes over to his driver room. It was only 10:30 in the morning and celebrities were walking down the pit lane. Both drivers we now in the garage, talking to either their mechanics or engineers and I was talking to the pit crew, until the celebrities start the walk down the pit lane. I had to try and contain myself because I am a massive Marvel fan and I could see Tom Holland in the pit lane with his best friend Haz Osterfield. I started having a hot flush, but then my best friend came over to me. "Frankie, you alright?" George asks. "I've just spotted Tom Holland walking down the pit lane and he is head straight for the Williams garage," I said. George then look down the pit lane and his eyes widened because he knew I was a huge spiderman fan. 

As Tom Holland was getting closer to the garage, I was getting the pit crew to practice getting all the equipment out ready for an incoming stop and then someone said "It's good to get practice in for the big event". I turned to my right and see TOM FUCKING HOLLAND standing next to me. "Yes it is, the team doesn't want any hiccups during the race," I said. "Sory let me introduce myself, I'm Francesca Williams and I'm team principal for Williams racing," I said and shook Tom's hand. "It's lovely to meet you. Do you enjoy running the team?" he asks. "I love running the team, being able to follow on the family legacy and keep what my grandfather built up many years ago" I replied. "Do you mind me asking how old you are?" Haz Osterfield asked. "I'm 21. I'll be 22 the day of the Brazilian Grand Prix" I replied. Both Tom and Haz's eyes widened when I told them my age. "Well, it was lovely meeting you both but I've got to go and sort some stuff out before the race. I hope you enjoy the race and the rest of your time in Monaco," I said. They both said thank you and headed off.

A few hours have passed and the drivers are out on the grid ready for a race but I've heard that Charles won't be racing. It seems that he never has the luck he wants at his home race. From the pit wall, I could see all the drivers getting back in their cars, ready to do a formation lap of the track. The clock strikes 15:00 and IT'S LIGHTS OUT AND AWAY WE GO. 

For the majority of the race, I was watching the incoming data and looking at the map of the track to see where the drivers are currently. On lap 31 George's engineer called him in to the pits for a change of tyres and it was done pretty quick so we could get the car back out onto the track. On lap 43, Nicky's engineers brought him and there was another decent pit stop done by the amazing pit crew. 

After 78 laps of the famous Monaco track, the race came to a close with George placing P14 and Nicholas placing P15. All I can say is that is the team has had a pretty decent race weekend. Now I'm just looking forward to Nicky's surprise later on.