Sebastian Vettel (One Shots)

Forever Senna (B.T.Y.)

May 2024

Seb looked at the t-shirt and knit balaclavas (adult and kids) he put on his bed and smiled widely. Those were produced by a Swiss fashion label, Neumühle and the ideas were developed by him in collaboration with them.

At the 2024 Emilia Romagna GP, Seb was going to hold some special events, in commemoration of the 30th death anniversary of two F1 legends, Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari or also known as Imola Circuit. He thought that both of them deserved to get the tribute especially from young generations.

He was going to run on the track with F1, F2, and F3 current drivers on Thursday. He would also invite former drivers, team crews, photographers, and journalists if they were willing to participate. But before that, he would give each one of them a Senna t-shirt and a Ratzenberger wristband and hopefully they could all wear it.

He would also ask them to stop at Tamburello, where he would hand them some Senna padlocks that were produced by ABUS, a German manufacturer of security solutions, and add them to the catch-fencing there, as a symbol to lock their thoughts and pay a tribute.

And on Sunday, before the race started, he would do the demo run with Ayrton's McLaren MP4/8 car that he personally owned. He was excited yet nervous as he would drive it in front of some of Ayrton's family members who had confirmed to attend the Grand Prix.

"Like what you see, Papa Seb?"

He looked back and grinned. His beautiful wife was coming into their shared bedroom with carrying their 5-month-old daughter in her arms and their 3.5-year-old son was walking next to her.

"Yeah," he replied. "Come here, Ludwig."

The boy ran a little as he was called by his father. Then, Seb kneeled in front of him and put the kids balaclava on his head. He stood up again and looked at Gia. "What do you think?"

"It looks good on him," she laughed a little. "Do you like it, Ludwig?"

He ran to the standing mirror there to look at himself. "I look like Papa!"

Both Seb and Gia laughed as their son thought that he looked like a racing driver wearing that yellow balaclava. He then ran back to stand next to his parents. "Can Ivara wear it too?"

Gia smiled with the mention of his little sister's name. "No, Ludwig. It is still too big for her."

"Okay." Ludwig glanced towards the bed and saw similar balaclava he was wearing, but bigger. "Papa, please wear it too!"

Seb quickly understood what he meant and took the adult balaclava from the bed. He wore it and felt how soft the wool material of the balaclava was. Ludwig cheered after he saw his father wearing the same stuff as him.

"Are you excited for next week, Seb?"

He nodded. "I am, but slightly nervous too."

"Why?"

"You know that Ayrton's nieces will be there as well. I need to take care of that beautiful car."

"They will be proud of you and happy to see you drive their late uncle's car."

"I like that you always have positive thoughts."

Gia laughed a little. "That's what we should always do."

He smiled before giving her a quick kiss. Then, he looked at his daughter. "Can I hold her?"

"Of course."

Seb gently lifted Ivara from Gia and started holding her in his arms. Their daughter was born on the 7th of December in 2023 which was about a week before their 4th wedding anniversary. They felt complete with the presence of their second bundle of joy. Ludwig was also very excited to be a big brother for her.