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Chapter 14 - First F1 Race

SOPHIE POV

Today is Saturday meaning its qualifying day today and my first real go at driving the Williams in anger as they say. Practice was an eye opener in what our car is capable of in my opinion we were a little further back in the field then we would have wanted with my highest position being P15 and Nicks highest position being P13 ironically both of our highest positions were in P1 on the Friday morning session and then we fell back in the night session on Friday and we didn't have good pace in P3 however we, like everyone else, weren't running full speed and doing race programs, high fuel programs and generally getting a feel for how the car will handle in this race.

Anyway, this morning consisted of me waking up, having breakfast and then heading to the track with my parents, Ash, Ali and Sloane for P3 then when P3 finished we headed to the paddock building which is where we are now to chill out until I need to head back to the garage and get ready for qualifying.

"Are you excited for your first qualifying session of F1?" Ali asks as she is playing with Sloane.

"Yep, but I'm also nervous but I know when I get in the car I'll be fine" I reply 

"Yeah, I understand that, I was a nervous wreck before my first game in soccer but as soon as I got on the field I was good" Ash says

I check my watch and see that it's time to head to the garage again so get all my stuff together.

"Well it's time for me to head to the garage, you guys can come along or if you wanted to wait for qualifying to start then that's fine as well" I say as I stand up.

"We'll come with you honey" my mom says and see the rest of my family nod including little Sloane who is also smiling away, somehow I doubt she know what she is nodding her head because her moms are nodding.

"Ok lets go" I say then we head to the garage which is only about 2 minutes. 

When we walk in I take my family to the section where guests can sit in during the qualifying and race before heading to my room where I can get changed back into my race suit and get my helmet before walking back into where the car is.

When I get into the main section of the garage I do a quick reaction time test with my engineer to make sure my reactions are sharp and ready for the qualifying session to come. After I have done this I head to my race engineer to get some final details covered like wind direction and track temp.

Once we have finished this I head back over to the car, put my helmet on and then get into my seat, the engineers then proceed to strap me in tighter than a serial killer in a straight jacket, but hey if I crash at 200+mph then at least I wont get swiss cheesed by the halo.

"Ok Sophie lets get you out there for a lap then come back in" my race engineer says over the radio before the tyre blankets get taken off and the car is lowered to the ground allowing me to exit the garage and begin my first warmup lap in a competitive F1 session.

ASH POV

"And there she goes" I say to no one in particular as my little sister goes out of the garage.

"Yep, she's going to do great" Ali says as she squeezes my hand as a reassurance knowing I was very nervous for today, can you blame me? my little sister is going to be driving a car around a track at over 200mph with 19 other drivers not only today but tomorrow as well. I wasn't nervous yesterday or this morning because those were practice sessions and no one really goes racing in those so I knew it was less likely that something bad would happen.

I look over to my mom and dad and my mom has glossy eyes.

"Hey" I say to get her attention. "She's going to be fine and we'll see her soon" I say trying  to calm her down not knowing if she's upset or happy.