Aerodynamics - {Daniel Ricciardo}

1.9

"I'm not the one who's so far away
When I feel the snake bite enter my veins
Never did I wanna be here again
And I don't remember why I came"

Voodoo // Godsmack

48 hours missing

Daniel sat in the bolide, the engine roaring beneath him. His stare was blank as he couldn't find a calm way to race this Grand Prix of Canada. He had a conversation with Sam today and he didn't want to be replaced by development driver Pierre Gasly. Daniel thought racing might get his mind of Maja's kidnapping, finding just five minutes of clear thoughts was his wish.

Oh he wanted her back to dearly, those 2 days of her being missing felt like 2 weeks. His hands tightened around his steering wheel. "Remember, Daniel. You can take it easy". Simon's voice through the radio made him jump slightly and he blinked a few times, not replying. The lights flickered on, five, four, three, two, one. Lights out. The automatic pilot of himself kicked in and he sped away from his starting position.

Simon exchanged a look with Christian and they both knew this was going to be a long race. And indeed. The Red Bull normally got the pace to catch the Ferrari in front of him, but not the time. Daniel tried is best to focus, especially as his teammate was in a better position than he was. He finished in P7, staying out of the fights for the podium and making not too much attempts to slip past someone.

He drove his bolide to parc fermé, wanting to be out of the car, out of here as soon as possible. He received some pats on his shoulder by his colleagues, which he choose to ignore. Daniel sighed and looked over at Anna, who gave him an apologizing smile that he still needed to do the media paddock with her. He plastered the automatic smile on his face, the world not knowing about him and Maja yet so he couldn't speak too much about that.

"Does the kidnapping of your head of aerodynamics have any influence on your situations?".

"Well, of course. Maja handles an important section of the car. We hope she'll be safe and we'll back soon".

The answer was imprinted into his brain, ready to repeat whenever he received that kind of question. "Daniel...". Anna started as he was seated at the table on the opposite of her. "I have the camera here so we can film the clip you brought up during the briefing". She carefully continued and was relieved he nodded. He moved a hand through his curls, sitting a bit more straight up.

"Do you want to make a small script of what to say or...?". Anna suggested, but he shook his head. "I'll just start to tell something". Daniel lightly chuckled and she nodded now, setting up the camera and letting it run so he could decided when he was ready.

"Danny Ricciardo here, since two days our head of dynamics, Maja Tuva, is missing. The police are working on it, but I'd be nice if you could spread this message as much as possible. Because Maja's not only a part of my crew, but she's my girlfriend too. And I learned to love her a lot since she joined Red Bull. So yeah". Daniel remained quiet after that and Anna shut the camera down. This will be send to the media and communications crew of Red Bull and then posted onto twitter, Facebook, instagram and whatever media platform else.

Daniel forced himself to concentrate on the briefing his had with Stuart and Simon, but it didn't really break through his brain what they were saying about the race. He just told them the balance of the car was good, which was true, yet the further details were left behind. Stuart patted his arm. "Go home, catch some sleep". He didn't wait for Daniel's reply and walked away. Daniel looked after him and got his stuff.