Despacito • Marcus Armstrong

I'll show you some pictures of him

"Ok, now I just have to talk my parents into letting me go to Bahrain." Tita thought.

- Yeah, that ain't gonna be easy...

She decided to talk to them at that moment, before starting to prepare anything for the trip.

- Mom, dad, can I talk to you right now? - she screamed and they both appeared immediately.

- Is everything ok, dear? - her father asked, worried.

- Oh, it's nothing serious. I mean, it's serious but nothing to worry about. - she replied - So, I met this friendly driver from Formula 2 and he invited me to go to Bahrain next week.

She waited for her parents' response, and it seemed that they had a lot of questions to ask.

- What boy? Is he one of those who will be in Formula 1 next year? - her father asked.

Tita had become a Ferrari fan, and a Formula 1 fan in general, thanks to her father. He had taught her everything about the sport and made her a Tifosi. But, unlike her, his only interest was in the major Formula, so he didn't know much about the young drivers until they got to F1.

- He is actually a great driver, in his rookie year, but I've been following his path since Italian F4 in 2017, which he actually won.

- But does the boy have a name? - her father insisted

- Marcus Armstrong.

- Hm. I'll check him out today. What time is the quali?

- In half an hour, more or less.

- How did you two meet? - her mother was interested in questions a bit different, worried about the girl's privacy. - You know I don't like the way teens nowadays live on the internet.

- Yeah... We actually met through Instagram, but I knew who he was, it's not like he was a complete stranger.

- Mm.. - it was clear that her mother wasn't convinced about it, so Tita had to make a bigger effort.

- What about you sit with dad and me, and we watch his quali, while I'll show you some pictures of him, or something.

-  I need to meet him, to talk to him at least once, just to clear out all the details.

- Alright mum... - Tita wasn't pleased with that decision, she didn't want her mother to meet Marcus so soon but it was better than not letting her go at all.

N.A.: I'm pissed off with today's Feature Race: Mazepin's behaviour was unacceptable; he got two penalties but I'm hoping he understands the dangerous situation he put Tsunoda and Drugovich into.
I'm looking forward to Sprint Race, but tbh it's hard, not to say impossible, for Callum to still become champion. I'm not sure what he's up to next year (not F2 for sure, whether he's champion or not), but I'm hoping we'll get to see him drive for Alfa Romeo in tests and FP's.