Starting from the Pit lane - Lewis Hamilton

Emma

Emma is the main character in "Slow Flames", my fan fiction about Carlos Sainz. You can already find it on my profile: I love doing crossovers wit my own OC :,) have a nice reading!

Melissa got off the bus and a man, middle-aged with little hair and all white, immediately approached her. He looked perhaps ten years older than he actually was.
"This life must be stressful" Melissa thought as she let her gaze jump from one detail of the man's face to another.
-You must be...- he took a pause –Sofia?-
-No-
-Very good. We're off to a good start - he looked away from a piece of paper he was holding in his hand - Do you want to tell me your name or do we play guess who all day? -
-My name is Melissa-
-I also need the surname-
-I didn't think there were so many girls with the same name as me. Melissa Mandelli -
-Ok very good, Molasses, Listen, we know that you are among the most qualified but you are also the latest arrival and you have never dealt with engines on a professional level. We know that you have studied to be here but in any case we cannot favor you, for the moment, so today you will be in the Alfa Romeo team. They all speak Italian and it will be a quiet start. You have to go- he turned to his left -down the road and then to the left- he mimed the indication with his arm. –Have a nice day- and then he passed her and disappeared into a group of people.
"That fucker called me Molasses!" She thought as he went towards his stable.

She was welcomed warmly, in fact they were all Italians and they even offered her a thermos with some cappuccino inside:–today it's not even too cold, it's usually worse. But here, drink all you feel like- she was left alone since all the other interns were busy with the other stables (more important ones by the way). She was eager to shine and advance her career but she still remained grateful to those people who, despite working hard, had found the time to be welcoming and kind to her.

In the end she remained with them willingly, almost forgetting that she was left "behind".
The race would have been the following day and the drivers, after qualifying, had all returned to their engineers and retired to think about strategies. Interviews with them were off-limits that day. There was an air full of hatred and competition. She didn't expect it. She had seen many interviews on YouTube in which they "played" together or in any case where they were clearly calm, bringing out a certain feeling.
Melissa took notes about it, she didn't have much to do in the end. So she simply observed and wrote down everything she saw. She met Valterri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou, the team's drivers, but did not have time to interview them. They seemed kind to her even if they were in a hurry.

Melissa saw a beautiful girl with black hair and freckles being photographed by the paparazzi. She approached and recognized her. She had also done his research on girlfriends and that was Emma, ​​Sainz's girlfriend. She interviewed her regarding the name change. She was a very sweet woman but you could see that she was gaining more and more confidence thanks to her position in the spotlight.
"I would never be able to lead a life like his" Melissa thought as she wrote the answers to his questions in his faithful notebook