Loving You Was Red // lestappen

Chapter 1- The crash

Charles Leclerc

As Sunday crept up and It was time for the Brazilian Grand Prix where I was  starting in P2, I was aiming for another Pole position but sadly Qualifying was interrupted by a heavy storm which led to the session being cancelled, but that's in the past and I was trying to focus on the present,which was the Grand Prix. It was 30 minutes before lights Out I was already lined up on the grid waiting impatiently while my team looked over some final data and warmed up my tyres.

30 minutes flew by very quickly. it was almost time for the formation lap, as everyone cleared the Track I got my car ready for the start.

the marshalls waved a green flag and the lights went out for the formation lap I followed max who was starting on pole. We were weaving down the track to get some heat into my tyres.

We went round the 5th corner heading round  to the 6th..all of a sudden I had a massive lock up I tried my best to regain control sadly I couldn't save it and put it in the wall. At Least this time it wasn't my fault, there was something that failed and if I kept going it could have blown up.

*Over the radio*
" NO I LOST THE HYDRAULICS I LOST THE HYDRAULICS. WHY THE FUCK AM I SO UNLUCKY? WHY THE FUCK AM I SO UNLUCKY??. UGHHHH"

I tried to get back to the pits but there were  further problems with the car and I had to abandon the race before it even started.

Xavi: "are you okay??"

"I'm fine. I'm switching everything off.."

Once I got out I had to find a way back to the pits which was today's biggest challenge, I got lost a few times, I was running up hills and everything but couldn't find a way back. by the time I got back to the pits a red flag was waved and the drivers started heading back to the pits. There was a massive crash on the race start Albon lost control and hit Magnusson, in total four cars were  Damaged, magnussen made contact with the back of piastri's rear end and Riccardo was hit by a loose tyre. Albon and magnussen came out of that unharmed which was a relief knowing no one got hurt.

The next 20 minutes were just sitting in the garage and looking over data and analysing the crash . Once it was time to race again I sat in front of a screen to watch the race I had nothing better to do. I watched the race start to finish and as the last lap closed in i watched Max get another win, good  for him I muttered under my nose so no one could hear me. I was still a little annoyed by the fact I couldn't be out there with them it was so unfortunate but I always had a chance at Vegas.

Carlos pulled into the pit lane and got out of his car, I left the garage to go congratulate him on P6, it was the best he could have done today as he also had problems with his car mostly the cooling and breaks. we talked about what happened for a bit before I decided it was time to head back to the hotel I felt like stopping by the bar to grab a quick drink cause I was feeling awful after today's incident.

That's what I did. I went to a bar that was in walking distance of my hotel so I wouldn't have to Uber anywhere afterwards.

*Writers note: I'm not sure if this is any good, it's my first time writing anything like this and I'm not very good at writing so I'm sorry if it's got mistakes or isn't very good * :)