AutumnDR3 II Daniel Riccardo

Chapter Four:

"So sorry for making you guys wait so long it's been so busy lately. Making sure everything runs smoothly" Stacy says walking into her office and closing her door. 

"No worries" I say

She smiles in appreciation. "So there was this competition we wanted to run but it's to late to get all the fans  to enter. So we're turning to out drivers instead. "

"What's the competition?" Lando asks.

"Good question. We want to bring a fan in and give them a tour of the garage and let them watch the cars on track and spend the race weekend with us. I was supposed to start it a while ago so that we could have it before summer break but Everything just piled up. So If there a fan you guys know of at any of the races before summer break that would love to come to the paddock? Any that you've seen online or anywhere." She says. 

My mind immediately goes to Autumn. God Daniel it's been a week  you need to stop thinking about the bloody fanfiction Author. 

"Actually" I hear Lando say next to me I look at him.
"Me and Daniel found this girl" He starts. Don't bring me into this mate.
"Her name is Autumn Night" He adds. I give him a death stare. 
" We found her on Instagram. Big McLaren fan. And I think she's exactly what you guys would want" he finishes. 

"Okay. Daniel?" Stacy questions my name.

I turn my head to look at her. "Hm?"

"Are you on board with that Idea?"

"Um- Yeah. Although are we just gonna let her come alone? Are you guys gonna give her a plus one?"

"That's actually a smart Idea. I love that. I'm gonna miss your smart ideas next year." She says. I just smile. 

"Okay You guy's said you found her on instagram?"

"Yes. Autumn like the season. Night like night and them dot JPG " Lando says. 

"Okay awesome what race would she attend?" 

Lando looks at me. "Oh um- the next race. Silverstone" I say.

"Oh awesome the quicker we can get this done and out of the way the better." Stacy says.
"I'll be in touch and let you guy's know her response. As for this meeting. That's it. Thank you guys so much" She thanks us.

"No worries" Lando says. 

"Your welcome" I smile. 

We both stand up and walk out the office. 

I close the door and turn to Lando.

"Are out of your fucken mind mate?"

He smile his goody smile.

"Lando! What the fuck?"

"I've been thinking over this last week that maybe this girl is fate. I saw her tiktok, read her story and told you about it for a reason. The reason, I don't know. But I have this feeling that something good is going to come of it" He says. 

I sigh "Okay, but don't try stuff please. And don't mention we know her stories"

"Deal" He puts his hand out and I shake it. 

"Let's  go show Canada some good driving" I say.

"Hells yeah"

******

I'm sitting in my car waiting for the race to start, engineers are all around me. They all disappear and We go on formation lap. We come back to the race line and I get into my grid position. 

 The lights turn red and then go off, so do I. During the second lap I'm fighting with Zhou trying to keep my P9.  In lap five he manages to get past me. Leaving Perez behind me. Someone who knows how to overtake.

 In lap seven or eight Mick goes into the pits helping me gain P9 again. Checo goes off the track and I have Albon behind me now in lap nine. It causes a virtual safety car. 

On Lap eighteen the four cars behind me are fighting for tenth, of which Bottas is able to secure. Lap nineteen Micks car has a problem and he starts slowing down. I do a quick over take and secure my P8 spot. There's a safety car because of mick and I box. I come out in P12. Charles goes into pits during lap forty getting me into P11 but once he's out the pits he's ready to fight. He overtakes me and I want to die.  I watch as Charles over takes Yuki in front of me.

Lap forty seven and I take back P11. Points are so close I can taste it. A lap later Stroll goes into pits helping me gain a position. P10 baby. Let's see if we can do any better.  Another lap later and there's another yellow flag.  They decide it's a full safety car. Maybe this can be beneficial. I go into pits for a new set of tires.  I come out and I'm P11 again. Shit. 

The safety car goes back in and It's time to race.  Lap fifty eight I get past Vettle and I'm back in the points. A few laps later Stroll passes me, taking those hopes of points away. Fuck sakes. 

I come over the line in P11. I was so close. I sigh out. Maybe moving out of this team next year is a good thing.