LEGACY/// FORMULA ONE (3)

FORTY ONE

FORTY ONE

TRIGGER WARNING: MENTIONS OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

CHARLES LECLERC TO JOIN FERRARI ON A MULTI YEAR DEAL

"Bwoah, the boy will be good at Ferrari."

Kimi Raikonnen spoke to his niece as he carried her out of his car, since he was well aware of how tired she was.

He knew that Monza was approaching.

The death of her father.

He knew that everybody who knew Luiz would be struggling with the anniversary approaching and his death, but he knew that nobody would be struggling like their little girl.

It was her first race in Formula One at Monza.

It was eleven years since his death.

He knew that both Fernando and Sebastian would be struggling, as would he, like they did every single year because of their attempts in vain to save their best friend.

But he also knew that the three of them would have to put aside their grief to comfort and support their niece, since the little girl of their best friend was going to be needing them more than ever.

"Uncle Kimi, what was the real reason that you left Ferrari?"

Larissa mumbled tiredly in to the neck of her Uncle and godfather, since he was carrying her as her legs were wrapped around his torso.

It was how he carried her as a child when she was too tired to walk.

She hadn't been able to sleep the previous night, since she had suffered from yet another nightmare, which caused her to wake up on the middle of the night with a loud scream.

The only good thing about that night was that Charles had immediately woken up and ran to comfort her.

"You."

Kimi spoke quietly to his niece as he carried her, running his fingers through her hair gently as he did.

"Huh?"

"Kid, I left Ferrari because of you. I wanted you to have my seat, but because you didn't want it, I did not want to stay at a team where you would be fearing for my life both on and off track."

"I love you, Uncle Kimi."

Larissa muttered quietly to her uncle, as her eyes were struggling to stay open. She had not wanted to leave it because of her, but she knew that he could not go back.

She also knew that even if she had told her uncle not to, that he would have done it anyway.

Kimi's lips twitched up in to a smile as he heard her release a small yawn.

"I love you too, kid."

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"Mon Cherie."

Pierre Gasly spoke as he rushed in to the garage of Larissa Cohen whilst wearing his driving suit.

Larissa jolted up and awake from her slumber from the sound of her team mates voice, forcing herself to lift her hands up to rub at her eyes.

She had been so tired due to her lack of sleep that she hadn't even realised that she had fallen asleep in her garage, and almost missed qualifying.

She couldn't help it.

Her body had been shutting down during the past few weeks, since her mind and body were both very well aware that her father's death anniversary was now only one race away.