His Little Louie | Charles Leclerc

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Silverstone Circuit
July 7

Eloise POV

I've been following Papa around the world my whole life,  and not once has he let me used the headphones most mechanics use from the garage. It allows you to hear Papa's radio and since he cussed so much, he wouldn't let me use it. But to be honest I don't care anymore and I've been using it without him realizing.

Most people might see Papa as the quali king, or for some other, the quali merchant. For me he's in between. There's the good Saturdays then there's the bad Saturdays. It might be hard for you to believe but Charles Leclerc's race results never effect me. Whether he wins or lose at the end of the day he's just my dad.

Alright, back to quali. I walked backwards as Papa drove his car out the garage alongside the other drivers. It's uncle Carlos' turn to exit first so his car went out first. I stood there beside Julian with the radio headphones on. 

Q1 is starting but I know he's going to make it, so while we wait for him to return back to garage let me tell you a little bit more about myself. Many people wonder how I end up being the daughter of Charles Leclerc. So let me tell you the story.

9 years ago
Charles POV

"For children's day, we would like both of you to visit an orphanage, in Roma" It's almost the end of the 2015 season and I was looking forward to taking a little break after winning a race but apparently it's children's day in Italy and Ferrari wants us to visit an orphanage.

Let's all pretend that Charles is already in F1 back then.

"And what do you want us to do there?" Seb added, clearly just as annoyed as I am.

We don't have any problems with visiting orphanages, we love children but this is not the right time. We're both clearly exhausted and we need a break before the last race of the season. Instead we have to fly to Roma and do a bunch of events.

"We understand that this might not be the perfect time, but just spending an hour or two will really make a difference for these children" Sylvia, who is the head of our PR team has always loved the idea of social events like this, while me and Seb would rather send the orphanage money instead.

For those who don't know me, hi I'm Charles, I'm 21, and I'm a Formula 1 driver racing for Scuderia Ferrari alongside Sebastian Vettel for the 2015 season.

"It will also make a difference in the last race of the season if you'd let us rest" Seb was always the one who talks from the two of us. It's my first season here and I choose not to say much when it comes to things like this.

But then, Seb nudged my shoulders, not sure what it meant but "Yeah, I a-agree with Seb, perhaps we could do it at the end of the season instead guys?" I quickly added trying to convince Seb that we're on the same page

"Yes we could, but children's day is tomorrow here in Italy Charles, doing it at the end of the season is impossible especially with all of our testing schedules" The PR team continued. They look like they had disappointed faces on so I shut my mouth right away.

Seb sighed and so did I, there was nothing we could do besides agreeing to do this. At the end of the day we are Ferrari drivers that are obliged to follow team orders on track and off track. But I'm used to seeing things more on the bright side, who knows maybe hanging out with kids would be a great idea.

"Please guys, for the kids" Sylvia said, with the *pretty please* eyes

Obviously there was no going back for the both of us so we agreed on doing it. Now that I think about it, it shouldn't be that bad right? I'll just imagine I'm playing with Arthur and everything will be fine.