to the finish line || ollie bearman

part 54

i stop the car in front of the one sign, and start to get out. i stand on top the car, and point up to the sky whilst tears were falling down my face.

i jump off the car and see ollie getting out of his car which was lined up in p2. we both go to get weighed together.

"that was amazing ang." he says

"it felt amazing." i say, and it was clear i had and was crying.

"are you crying?" he says softly.

"yeah."

once we had both taken our helmets off, he pulls me into a tight hug. i hide my face in his chest and cry a little more.

a few minutes later, kimi walks over and joins the hug. both of them, holding me tightly whilst i cried. i knew a camera would be filming us, and many photos would be taken, but i didn't care anymore. i was happy with ollie, and kimi.

a few minutes later we break apart and it was time to go to the cool down room. i obviously won, ollie p2 and then maloney p3.

i pick up my bottle and take a long drink from it, sitting down in one of the seats. ollie was sat on one side, zane the other.

"congratulations, it was a great race." zane says, smiling slightly. what the fuck.

"thanks, you put up a pretty good fight." i reply, smiling back. by now, the first flow of tears had stopped.

5 minutes later, it was time for the podium. and because i won, i was going on last.

people below cheered loud for ollie and zane, but for me? it was 10x louder, and i couldn't stop the tears from falling down my face again as i stepped onto p1. the support i have is crazy, and i couldn't have expected anything like this. there was at least 20 people wearing aston martin colours, including both the drivers and team principal. there was everyone close to me, and of course my team.

"they are all here for you." ollie says from p2, and i could only just hear him.

"yeah.. they are." i reply, nodding smiling to myself through the tears.

the italian national anthem begins, and i felt so proud of myself. i see kimi appear down below, and smile at him. then i look across and see ollie already looking at me with a smile on his face.

after the french nation anthem for my team, who were very happily singing along down below, it was time for the champagne. obviously i can't drink it, but that doesn't mean i can't when i'm off camera later.

both zane and ollie start to spray me, whilst im trying to spray it on them both. it was honestly so fun, and i finish by spraying my team below.

we take photos all together, before it was time to leave the podium. i leave the podium with ollie, and as soon as we were off camera i take a drink of the champagne.

"i said you would do it!" ollie says, placing his arm around my shoulder.

"i thought i was fucked coming out the pits." i say, looking up at him.

"well you weren't, you won." he says.

"i still can't believe it." i say.

"believe it lina, it happened." kimi says, coming over with mom and dad closely behind.

(italian)

"well done sweetheart, you were unstoppable out there." mom says, pulling me into a hug.

"angelina antonelli, i am so proud of you." dad says, pulling me into a big hug and spinning around. i couldn't help but laugh, but once i was back on the ground those laughs turned into tears.

i couldn't deal with all the emotions, everything came and hit me all at once. i was reminded of when we were at the park together 5 weeks ago, imagining me winning at silverstone. then i would go to flo, and she would have been the most proud of me.

no-one else was in the room other then me, ollie, kimi and my parents. and i just drop to the floor crying. my mom kneels down beside me, pulling me into her arms.

"it's okay sweetheart." she says, stroking my back.

"i miss her." i say between sobs. it had been a few days since i heard, but that doesn't mean it isn't still affecting me.

"i know, i know." she says in her comforting tone.

kimi kneels down beside us, placing his hand on my shoulder. he removes his hand and replaces it with an arm around me, the other around mom and he joins the hug.

"it's gonna be okay, you have us." he says, placing his head on mine.

i could hear him whisper, following a hand slip into mine, gently squeezing it and stroking my hand with her thumb. ollie. even whilst hiding from my parents, he still found a way to stay close. and that, was more comforting then everyone else combined. and he didn't let go, not until he had too.

kimi and mom pull away once i was finally calmed down again. ollie gives my hand one last squeeze before pulling away.

my family stay to comfort me for a while, before i needed to sort my self out privately to get ready for the meeting i had in aston martin.

i leave my driver room 30 minutes later, and ollie was stood outside against the trailer. waiting, for me.
(english)

"ollie?" i say, walking over.

"ang! where are you heading?" he asks.

"just to aston martin, what are you doing?"

"i was just making sure you were okay." he says.

"i'm okay, it was just..." i say, not able to think about what to say.

"i know." he says before giving me a hug and i hug him back before finally saying goodbye.

|| authors note ~ hope you enjoy 🫶🏼