Formula 1 Oneshots

Charles Leclerc-fainting disorder part 2

Charles pov:
It had been two months since I had been diagnosed with POTS, I had chosen to stay in formula 1 but Arthur was hired as a back up driver, so if I ever felt off before or during a race he would take my place. The only time he's ever had to take my place so far, was in Miami after I fainted from dehydration. I had only had a couple fainting incidents, I have been very careful of what I do, I don't drink, I constantly have water with me, I avoid the heat as much as possible, and try to get as much sleep as possible, and avoid anxious situations. All the other drivers especially Pierre, Carlos, Lando, and max are always checking on me and asking how I'm feeling, double checking I've drank that day.

It was a day before race day and I was getting ready for qualifying, I was super tired, for some reason I wasn't able to sleep last night. I sighed, exhaustion was something I was supposed avoid, oh well I'll just have to drink lots of water, I told myself. I glanced around my drivers room and realized that in my exhausted state I had forgotten a water bottle, I made a mental note to ask someone for water. I shrugged it off and headed out for qualifying, as I walked to the garage, I noticed Lando walking towards me.

"How are you feeling today?" Lando asked, I shrugged,
"Fine a bit tired but I'm okay." I told him, he nodded and we made small talk to the garages before going our separate ways.

We made it to Q3 so i was very proud of the team and the car, we started second row, next to max. Lewis got pole. I went back to the hotel and collapsed on the bed, I fell asleep quickly.

I woke up and glanced at the clock, 1:00 am. I groaned and tried to go back to sleep but I couldn't. I sighed and laid there thinking about the day, i suddenly remembered that I had never asked for water and so I hadn't drank all day. I sighed oh well I'll make sure to drink in the morning, i dosed off into a restless sleep, I woke up many times during the night before finally giving up at 5 and getting up. I had a shower and got dressed, before eating some breakfast, I felt like I was forgetting something but I couldn't think of it so I shrugged it off and grabbed my stuff and drove to the track.

"Your here early." My crew chief said, as I walked into the hospitality,
"Yeah I know, couldn't go back to sleep so I got up and came here." I explained, I walked to my drivers room and put my stuff in it before walking around the paddock a bit.

"Good morning." Lewis greeted me as I walked by the Mercedes garage,
"Morning." I replied,
"How are you today?" Lewis asked, I shrugged,
"Fine, you?" I asked,
"I'm pretty good, I'm excited to race today I think we're gonna have some good battles, everyone seems to have a pretty decent car." He said, I nodded,
"Yes I agree." I answered, we talked for a bit before I continued on, I signed some stuff for some fans and took some photos before heading to the Ferrari garage.

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During the drivers parade I started to feel a bit off, I ignored it and shrugged it off as nervous. But when I actually got in the car and lined up for the beginning of the race I wondered if it was more. I didn't have much time to think about as we were quickly off racing but three laps in I was suddenly remembered that I hadn't drank in a long time. I panicked a bit, I should make it till the end of the race, I told myself, I calmed down a bit and settled into the race. 40 laps into the race and max and I were battling hard for second, with Lewis not to far in front of us. I felt my head start to pound and my ears started ringing a bit, Crap, crap, crap! I thought as my vision started to blur a bit.

"I don't feel so good." I told the team over the radio, "we might need to make a switch." I informed them,
"Negative, that would mess our strategy up." I was told,
"I'm freaking going to faint, and crash the car! I could die!" I yelled angrily over the radio,
"If you thought you could race at the beginning of the race you should make it till the end." Was all I got in response, anger coarser threw me and a bit a panic, this is only making things worse, I told myself.

I tried to stay calm but I started to see dots and I could feel the world going black.

Carlos pov:

"Red flag, Carlos, red flag, crash on the back stretch." I frowned,
"Who?" I asked, as I slowed the car down and pulled onto pit road, I started to worry when I got no response, "WHO?!?" I yelled, I still got no response, I climbed out of the car angrily and looked around, Lando was running towards me panic in his eyes, I breathed a sigh a relief at least it wasn't him.

"Who crashed?" I asked as Lando reached me,
"Charles." Lando said, I froze I ran to the screens and watched the replay, the car just randomly crashes like Charles wasn't even driving it,
"We've checked the stats, purely driver fault, nothing was wrong with the car." My crew chief said coming up to stand next to me and Lando,
"He also mentioned wanting to do a driver swap right before he crashed." He added before leaving us alone again,
"He must have fainted." Lando said, his voice full of horror.

Max, george, Pierre, yuki and lewis walked over to us grim looks on their faces,
"He's being taken to the hospital, he's unresponsive." Lewis informed us,
"The race has been canceled." Pierre added,
"Let's go." I said, we didn't even bother changing we didn't tell any one where we were going either we just piled into two cars and drove to the hospital, we were given a separate waiting room away from the public. Not long after we got there Lorenzo and author and Charles mom came and joined us, not long after them, Daniel and Sebastian walked in. We all sat in silence, none of us wanting to talk.

We all looked up as a doctor came in, "he's in stable condition, his hip, 3 ribs, and his left arm are broken, he also has a concussion, but other then that he's pretty okay, he'll be out of the car for the rest of the season." The doctor explained,
"Can we see him?" Lorenzo asked,
"Yes in groups of three and he is still asleep, it could take an hour or two or maybe less before he wakes up." The doctor said, Arthur, Lorenzo and Charles mom went and saw Charles, then Pierre, Lando and George went, after them, max, Sebastian and I went in.

Charles was lying on a bed, his left arm was in a cast and he was super pale, there were things hooked to him monitoring his heartbeat. It was quite the scary sight to see, we went and sat beside him, "I remember when he first came to Ferrari, he was so young and innocent then." Sebastian said,
"I don't know if I would use the word innocent." Max said, he chuckled, "Charles didn't have as many opportunities as I did growing up or connections but he got here not long after me and we always were fighting with each other." Max said, his eyes on Charles,
"Well I remember my first few days with Ferrari I was sad because I didn't think I would be as close to Charles as I was with Lando, and I'm not but Charles was there and welcomed me and we hit it off right away, he's honestly such a honest kind person." I said, we all nodded in agreement.

"Thanks." Charles suddenly said,
"AHHH!" Max yelled falling off his chair, Sebastian and I both jumped,
"Your awake?" Sebastian said,
"Yeah." Charles said,
"For how long?" Max asked getting up off the floor,
"Since you guys came in." Charles said shrugging,
"You just about killed me." Max said,
"Darn, maybe I should have sat up as well." Charles said teasingly making max roll his eyes.

"Okay glad you okay but in a serious note, what in the world happened?" I asked,
"I fainted." Charles said,
"We know that but why?" Sebastian asked,
"I kinda forgot to drink all Saturday and then didn't drink Sunday either." Charlie sheepishly admitted, "and I didn't sleep very well Friday and Saturday night." He added,
"Have you lost your mind? Why did you get in the car?" I asked,
"Cause I felt fine, I honestly did, okay maybe a little off but I thought it was nervous. Then when I did realize something was wrong I tried to put and do a driver swap but no it would ruin Ferraris strategy." Charles explained,
"I'm gonna burn Ferrari down." Max said angrily,
"That's it I'm done with their crap." Sebastian said angrily he pulled out his phone and walked out,
"How are you feeling right now tho?" I asked,
"Tired, a bit in pain, and bummed I'm gonna be out for the rest of the season." Charles said sadly,
"Its okay you'll come back better then before next season." Max reassured him,
"Thanks you guys are the best." Charles said.

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