Chapter 8

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alyssaarcher  i'm the happiest godmother ever! can't believe this little one is finally here and i'm actually able to post about it (three days late, mind, thanks to @estebanocon slacking on updates about the birth... jk ily). huge congratulations to kudz and esteban on the birth of libby monet damia marcia anthoinette ocon-bandera, you guys have been blessed with an angel ❤️

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maxverstappen1 baby fever hitting hard, huh?

     | alyssaarcher  you don't even know 😭 i was on facetime to kudz for three hours just for the baby

     | maxverstappen1 better hurry up and win the championship then. when you do, give me a call 😏😂

     | alyssaarcher  in your dreams 😘😂

     | maxverstappen1  you are 😘😂

     | archer70_fan  never know when you two are serious. are you dating? we're dying over here 😭😭

     | alyssaarcher @archer70_fan definitely not dating. the man is just desperate 😉😂

     | maxverstappen1 @archer70_fan all for fun. you should see how annoyed she gets in person - simply lovely 😂👌

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The few days leading up to the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend all seemed to merge together. As soon as I had visited my family, I had meetings with my main sponsor, Michael Kors, to discuss the collaboration details and work out meeting dates. Before I could even begin to wrap my head around that, I was jetting off to the Middle East for press events and data analysis for the weekend. I couldn't find a moment to catch my breath, let alone worry about the expectations going into the weekend of the Grand Prix. The fact that I was leading the championship (granted, we had only had one race so far) didn't seem possible a couple of years ago - even a couple of weeks ago it seemed crazy!

Lizzie had scheduled me to do a late night work out on Thursday evening. I was still jet-lagged and had absolutely no concept for what time it actually was so it wasn't dreading it as much as I had done earlier on in the week. My hair was lazily pulled back into a high ponytail so that it would stay out of my face. I didn't expect the workout to be particularly high-impact considering the team do not want me aching before stepping into the car first thing on Friday.

Before leaving my hotel room to head to the gym, I shoved a spare pair of clothes into a bag to take down with me. I hated staying in sweaty gym clothes for too long after a workout so a spare was always necessary. Also in the bag, I chucked in my key card, my phone, and my water bottle for hydration.

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