'Formula' for 'one' love

Twice

9th October 2011

       Rebekah stood in the Red Bull garage watching the screen with delight. It was the Japanese Grand Prix and Sebastian only needed one more point to become to World Champion, four races before the end of the season. She watched as he raced round the track, fighting Fernando Alonso for second place.

"He really needs to calm down." Tommi muttered anxiously next to her. Rebekah nodded in agreement just as Sebastian nearly clipped Fernando.

"Jesus Seb!" She moaned.

"Seb calm down, keep the position, this is good enough for the championship." Came Rocky's, Seb's race engineer, voice over the radio. The whole garage gave a sigh of relief when he backed off.

           30 minutes later and the race was in its final lap. Sebastian was comfortably in third with Jenson Button in first and Fernando Alonso in second.

"Oh my God, he's gonna do it again!" Rebekah squealed in German. The garage looked at her with confused expressions plastered over their faces.

"What?" Tommi asked her.

"Sorry, I said, Oh my God, he's gonna do it again!" She explained, this time in English. "Look!" She squealed pointing at the screen. The garage turned its attention to watching Sebastian cross the line. As soon as he passed the chequered flag everyone in the garage erupted into cheers. Rebekah did her happy dance, much to the embarrassment of Tommi and clapped happily.

""Congratulations Seb, you are the double world champion!" Christian's excited voice exclaimed over the radio. Rebekah ran out into the pit lane and waited excitedly for Sebastian to pull up. This year she was determined not to get blocked off by the press. Camera crews and presenters shuffled around behind her to get the position to see the world champion but she stood her ground and stayed in front of them.

      Eventually, after what seemed like an eternity to Rebekah, Sebastian pulled into the pit lane and parked up in third place. He slowly got out of the car and stood on top of it. After scanning the crowd he lifted his arm and stuck up his index finger. Number one. He pumped his arm excitedly, bowing to the crowd. Rebekah had a thought come into her head, she knew she would get told off for it but she didn't care. She ran past the barrier and jumped up onto Sebastian's car with him. Sebastian immediately wrapped his arms around her and lifted her off the ground. Once she was back on her feet, Rebekah undid Sebastian's helmet and pulled that and his balaclava off. She was greeted with her boyfriend's grinning face.

"Congratulations Sebi." She grinned. "Youngest ever double world champion."

"I can't believe I did it." He exclaimed as he pulled her in for another hug.

"I can." Rebekah told him. By now there was a stern looking security waiting by the side of the car for Rebekah.

"You bag girl, having to be escorted away by security." Sebastian laughed.

"You're so precious even I'm not allowed near you." Rebekah teased.

"Well, being the youngest ever double world champion means I'm quite important." He joked. Rebekah laughed and hit him playfully on the arm. She gave him a kiss on the cheek before turning to the security guard.

"I'm not jumping down so you'll have to lift me off." She told him cheekily. She received a stern glare but she grinned when he lifted his arms towards her. He gripped her waist and roughly lifted her off the car. She landed gracefully. "Hey, watch the jumper. This is my favourite jumper." She scolded the security as she smoothed the jumper in question down.

"Please go back to the crowd." He told her, his voice stern.

"I was just messing with you." Rebekah told him as she walked past and back to the crowd. "Jeez, some people need to learn to lighten up."