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The Media have Questions

All of the drivers thankfully all arrived on time for their media duties after there was a lot of panic over the luggage. Somehow the drivers kept wondering off so there was frantic stops every couple of minutes to look for them.
However, over the course of the break, some pictures had found their way into the hands of journalists who had some questions.

Reporter: Lewis, you were seen in the company of Max Verstappen in the past weeks. What is the nature of your relationship with him?
Lewis: The nature of our relationship is not of your concern
Reporter: So is it a romantic relationship?
Lewis: No, our relationship is not romantic
Reporter: Have you ever. . .
Lewis: I have never had sex with HIM if that's what your suggesting

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Reporter: Esteban, I have pictures that showed you with Pierre Gasly yet we know you hate eachother, so why were you seen with him?

Esteban: Why, is it a crime for me to have been seen with him
Reporter: No, I just want to clear things up for the general public
Esteban: But before you said anything, the general public didn't know about this
Reporter: Will you answer the original question please?

Esteban: Well, I just bumped into him when I was out and about, we live near eachother, as do most of the other drivers

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Reporter: Lance, over the break between races, you were seen in the company of a number of other drivers, would you like to comment on that?
Lance: I wasn't aware that who I hang out with is any concern of yours
Reporter: So?
Lance: I was just hanging out with friends
Reporter: So your friends with Max Verstappen?
Lance: Yes

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Reporter: Recently, you have been seen in Spain, further fuelling reports of a relationship between you and Carlos. What is going on then?
Lando: I was in Spain with friends
Reporter: What friends?
Lando: Oh, George, Charles, Alex and a couple of others
George: I can confirm that he was in Spain with us
Reporter: So you weren't going to see Carlos's family?
Lando: No I wasn't
George: Come on Lando let's go

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2022 Grid

Lewis: The media are getting too out of hand
George: They just harassed Lando about being in Spain
Lando: They wanted to know if I was meeting Carlos's family
Carlos: That is out of order
Esteban: I got quizzed about how I got seen with Pierre
Pierre: Is it a crime to be seen together
Nando: That's exactly what Esteban said
Lance: I got asked to comment about how I was seen with other drivers
Seb: What???
Lance: They wanted to know if I was friends with Max
Max: What 😠
Max: Just because we're not often seen together in public, doesn't mean we're not friends
Alex: Lewis got it worse
Nicky: He got asked about the nature of his relationship with Max
Val: What did he say
Lewis: I said that the nature of our relationship isn't any concern of yours
Alex: He then got asked if he was involved in a romantic relationship with Max
Charles: What 😠😠😠
Daniel: That is bang out of order
Lewis: I said that our relationship is not romantic
Nicky: It gets worse
Alex: The reporter started to ask if Lewis and Max had ever had sex, but Lewis cut him off mid question
Seb: The media are out of control
Checo: If this is there reaction to finding out we hang out together outside of the grid . . .
Zhou: What will they say if they find out we stayed together?
Yuki: Or are in relationships with eachother?
Mick: Or are generally friends with eachother?
Kevin: I want to know how they got hold of the information in the first place
Lewis: I think that pictures may have been taken and sent to the media
George: I agree
Lando: Same
Esteban: Same
Lance: That's what it sounded like
Seb: We have to do something about it
Max: But what???
Daniel: We could give journalists some pictures anonymously
Lewis: Or we could always do a Kimi and ignore the questions
Seb: Or just go off on a tangent about some random topic
Zhou: I like those ideas
Val: The media would soon stop bothering us if they get no answers
Pierre: See you all later
Esteban: Bye 👋