My idol's daughter / CL16

2022 Australian Grand Prix

"Red flag, Stroll and Latifi just crashed" I heard down the radio only in the last minutes of the qualifying for Australia 

"Yeah well no shit I just saw it happen in front of me!" I said on the radio and headed to the pit wall anyway.

 "What the fuck even happened there?" I asked annoyed 

 "Latifi and Stroll misunderstanding" Ilmari said and I groaned and cut the radio. 

It's so annoying to being able to get anything right because there's always a red flag.

 "What position were we in?" I asked as they put my car inside the garage. 

"Eh.. 15th but you were in the middle of a fast lap that could have been good" Ilmari said and I got out of the car without answering.

 I was so annoyed since we arrived in Australia, after the incident with Charlotte and then I couldn't think properly for the week. The press conference annoyed me even more than necessary after they couldn't let go of my radio message from Bahrain, which was 3 races ago, and I got defensive. 

(Flashback) 

"So a question for Lena" an interviewer said and I almost rolled my eyes. Almost. "What did you mean with your radio message at the end of the Bahrain grand prix?" I rolled my eyes, I was once again paired with mick but this time accompanied by Kevin, Checo and George. No friends here apart from my brother. 

"I have already answered this question in the media pen from bahrain, the press conference from saudi, the media pen from saudi and I do not plan on answering it again my answer has not changed so if everyone could please stop asking me about that and start asking about my racing I would appreciate it" I said and cut my mic.

 I knew John was going to be mad and I knew it could be bad press for me but I was over it. The week started awful and this just made everything worse 

(Flashback over) 

"The red flag is over time to get back in the car" Imari interrupted me from my glaring to the space in front of me. I nodded and grabbed my helmet getting into the cockpit of my car once again. 

"Ok radio check?" Ilmari said and in the spirit of being in a better mood I decided to return to my dad's jokes. 

"I'm afraid of the calendar" I said down the radio, earning confused glances as I looked at Ilmari. "Why?" She asked, falling into my joke. 

"Because it's days are numbered" I said and laughed at my own joke while I could see a few people snickering and other people shaking their heads. 

"No more dad jokes for you Lena" Ilmari said as I drove out of the garage. "I promise nothing" I said with a smile on my face. 

"Do you know if they fixed Sebastian's car?" I said driving out of the pits. "Yep, he's last on the queue to re-enter the track" She said and I smiled. 

Good for seb. 

I got out into the circuit and started to wave around warming my tires. 

"Ok do another outlap and then attempt a fastest lap to get over our time" I did my outlap and started to push the accelerator down the straight making me feel the adrenaline coursing through my body. I started fine and it was a good lap, breaking late and pushing as much as I could. I crossed the finish line and that's when I realized my time had ended. 

"And?" I asked down the radio while I finished another outlap. 

"Schumacher, I mean Mick, is two tenths behind we made it through on the 15th" She said and I silently celebrated while they pulled me into the garage.