impermissible (Charles Leclerc)

t w e n t y f i v e

September 1st 2023

Matthew figured "You're telling me.. you went to lunch and the next day you moved in together? Damn kids these days move fast."

I simply laughed as I walked besides him to the meeting room, today Charles, Matthew and I were doing our first team progress report where I was going to meet the full Ferrari team, the thousands of people behind the scenes In Italy, we flew out last night.

Thankfully I've been assured that I only need to keep my helmet on when it's a race weekend, when I'm doing interviews and on media days but within the team building and in the paddock I was free to roam without my face being masked.

The team had all been threatened if they revealed my identity they would be sued for breeching confidential work documents and Fred had money, so it wasn't worth exposing me.

Charles laughed at Matthews reaction also "So are you ready for this Evs? I think the mechanics are going to lose their minds."

Matthew nodded in agreement "Oh yeah, I still struggle to comprehend the fact you're a driver and a damn good one, let alone for Ferrari."

Charles pushed on the main entrance doors, opening them widely and as soon as the room came into view the sea of people started shouting and gasping, "The new driver of the 2024 Formula one season." Fred spoke through a microphone as instantly we came in.

I awkwardly waved as the room was in uproar, "Okay okay, settle down everyone." Fred chuckled, I heard all sorts of things as Charles encouragingly nudged me forward to Fred.

"So Evelyn, this is the team." Fred smiled with pride as I took in the amount of people, Mercedes had a lot of crew members but this was significantly larger.

He passed me the microphone and the room went silent waiting for me to say something, I wasn't prepped for this at all "Um hi everyone, my names Evelyn although you're all going to have to pretend you don't know that for the next six years," I laughed "I'm really excited to work with you and it's going to be great."

The thousands clapped, they'd all been awaiting my arrival as they were stood to the door "Is this what daddy's money gets you?" Someone from the team shouted above all the other noise, I knew some people wouldn't like this scenario.

Fred ordered, "Watch it, I will fire you in a heartbeat. Evelyn is an incredible driver and deserves this chance to prove it, the chance she didn't get in Mercedes so everyone who is of importance, you know who you are, head to the main board room."

Fred put the microphone on the table as the building went quiet immediately, these people either worshipped the ground that he walked on or they were shit scared of him.

I knew what I was.

As we followed him into the board room roughly ten people were sat around the table, someone moving from the end and allowing Fred to sit there instead "Sit wherever you want." He ushered to us, Charles and I sat opposite one another and Matthew sat by Charles.

Fred clapped his hands together "So everyone this is Evelyn, our new driver of our life. I know what you're all thinking but stop, how has the driving been Evelyn?"

Everyone turned to look at me, "I'm feeling good, I have some pace and I'm looking forward to racing." Fred smiled from ear to ear "So much PR training for someone who won't even talk during interviews."