After her dad tragically passed away, when she was 12, she moved in with the uncle she never knew she had, Fernando Alonso.
She becomes fast friends with a few familiar names, one in particular😉.
"Charles, can you help with these shoes please" My heel strap was being a pain in the ass.
"Of course" He got down onto one knee doing up the straps on each shoe. "You look gorgeous my love" He held my hand helping me stand up spinning me round once.
"You look alright I guess" I said sarcastically. Tonight was the evening of the drivers dinner, but when we say drivers we really mean the drivers, the principals, the WAGs, any ex-drivers who decide to turn up, drivers families, and sometimes even commentators show up.
I decided since there was going to be all my somewhat father figures there, I was not about to total slag it up so I went with something just pretty.
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All our friends had already left so it was just Charles and I left to lock up the boat, I stood outside whilst he locked all the doors, I always let him do that bit just because I don't trust myself.
"I have a feeling there'll be some exciting news shared tonight" Charles gave me a look as he opened my car door, telling me he knew something.
"What do you know?" I raised an eyebrow, turning down the radio that was set to be loud.
"I can't tell you but you'll find out tonight" I cocked my head, he knew he'd end up telling me now.
"You're telling me one way or another so just do it now."
"Fine, remember on Thursday when you came into my drivers room, and I was taken by Mattia" He didn't take much convincing.
"Vaguely" I can remember specific details of a day four years ago but you ask me what I did yesterday and you've lost me.
"He had all the upper staff in there, like directors and that, as well as Fred"
"Wat Fred as in your ex-principal, currently at Alfa" I was beginning to catch onto what happened.
"Yep, Mattia is on the outs and Fred is on the in" He gave me a big smile as we drove.
"As of when?"
"Well, normally they have to wait till the end of the season to have him replaced, but with money and status he's gone by next weekend"
"Oh amazing, it'll be so fab to see what you can do with the right car and a good boss, I mean pole-sitter with a bad one, babes you'll be winning frequently" I held his hand.
"Fred is a mad man, but he gets the job done and he's a right laugh" Fred had been his principal at Sauber, now Alfa-Romeo, they'd gotten along really well and although Sauber was a backmarker team, they were scoring points quite regularly when they were there together.
"Frederic Vasseur Ferrari team principal, got a nice ring to it" I smirked.
"When it gets announced you have to act all solemn and surprised you know" I nodded, he didn't need to tell me, I was used to doing this sort of thing, none of my friends can keep a secret.
