Picture Perfect || Charles Leclerc

Part Twenty One ✨

Today it was race day in Jeddah and I have to say it's steaming hot here. Charles qualified on 2nd place, with Perez on pole and Carlos took the 3rd starting position.

I was on the track very early today since I had some work to catch up on. I decided to edit a couple of team videos and write down some ideas.

After a while there was a knock at my door.

"Come in, the door is open" I said while still looking down at my papers.

"Hello there, how are you feeling?" Fred said and I stood up from my chair. I stumbled backwards because I felt a little dizzy, probably from standing up too quick.

"I'm good. I was actually writing down some new ideas for the team videos"

Fred nodded his head and smiled at me. In contrary to my other bosses, I never felt uncomfortable with Fred. He made me feel at home the second I stepped foot in this building.

"Are you actually alright? You look a bit pale" Fred frowned and looked worried.

"I'm all good! I'm probably just really excited for the race."

"Okay if you say so. If you're not feeling well you can always tell me you know that. Health is on the first place in this team."

"I know, thankyou Fred" And with that he left my room again.

I continued working and the time flew by. Another knock at my door followed to let me know the race was about to begin. I could get a glance at Charles who was just getting into his car and I shot him a quick wink. I didn't want to do too much in the public, because I don't really know how the team members would react if they found out.

I put on my headset so I could listen to Charles and Carlos' radio. The formation lap began and all the cars started warming up their tyres.

Everyone was in the right place and the five red lights were shown above them. Time seemed to stand still as I watched the light slowly go out, one by one. I got interrupted in my thoughts when I heard the incredibly loud noised of the cars zooming off.

Charles remained his place on the second position and Sergio Perez was still leading the race.

On the 16th lap Perez went into the pits which caused Charles to gain the lead. Also in the 16th lap Nicholas Latifi crashed into the barriers which lead to deploying the safety car.

This meant Leclerc, Verstappen and Sainz all had a free pit stop. Although, when Sainz drove out of the pits, Perez got the chance to overtake Carlos and so he did.

In lap 37 Daniel Ricciardo had a problem with his car and had to retire the race right at the entrance of the pit. Unfortunately, Bottas also had to retire the race.

In lap 42 Verstappen managed to overtake Leclerc, but Charles took the lead back within seconds. A few laps later, Verstappen overtook Leclerc again.

"Max verstappen wins the Saudi Arabian grand prix! Charles leclerc brings it home in second place with his teammate coming in thrid." The commentator yelled.

We took off our headsets and made our way to the podium. The cars pulled into the first, second and third signs and jumped out of their cars.

Max sprinted in the arms of his team and it was nice to see them happy over their victory. Charles made his way to the barriers where his team was standing. I could see he was dissapointed, but still happy with his second place. Red Bull just had an incredible pace today.

After he hugged his team he came over to me and gave me a tight hug. I gave him a quick kiss on his helmet and whispered "I'm so proud of you".

He made his way to the cool down room and showed up on the podium after that. The crowd cheered very loudly and Charles pointed his trophy to the sky and blew me a kiss.