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I wish yesterday was a bad dream, but it was not.
After my emotional breakdown, I skipped media and went straight to the hotel.
I know as F1 drivers we shouldn't showcase our emotions like that, thus I apologize to everyone, but can you blame me?
ugh anyways
It's now 4am and I can't fall back asleep, so I'm bothering Xena.
I sat in her room watching her on the bed as she's half asleep.
"and that's how I got this scar" I said showing her the dark line on my knee.
"uh huh" she said dazed as her face was smushed into her pillow.
"oh do you want to hear about my first kiss?" I smiled spinning around in the chair.
oh my first kiss what a day
She sat up and grabbed something from her nightstand and a cup of water.
"what is-"
She leant forwards shoved whatever it was into my mouth then force fed me the water.
I pushed her off coughing.
"w-what was that?"
"sleepy time" she yawned falling back onto the bed.
"but I'm not tir-"
flop
7:00pm
"I can't believe you actually gave me a sleeping pill" I huffed as we walked to the paddock.
I ran a hand through my hair as I sipped on a cup of espresso.
"you know I love you but you wouldn't shut up" she whined.
I rolled my eyes handing her the now empty cup.
I tied the sleeves of my suit around my waist before putting my hair up into a ponytail.
Yes, it's long awaited day that everyone's been waiting for.
it's race day
She then handed me my Red Bull.
weird combo but trust me it works
I bit down on the straw ignoring media screaming at me to make a statement on the car and me being in P15.
We reached the paddock and I was greeted by Giancarlo and Niko.
"how are you dear?" Giancarlo asked.
I gave him a small smile.
"I'm fine"
He nodded heading off to the pit wall.
"you're dad didn't pay that much money for you to go out only on your 2nd race" Niko said kissing my forehead.
he needs to work on his pep talks
"where are my two drivers?" Christian asked walking in.
"I'm here and Max is eating Kelly's face in the back" I said following behind him.
"heard that!"
"you were supposed to!"
Kelly sent me a look before settling in her place by the monitors.
"be nice" Max whispered to me.
"tell her be nice" I huffed.
imma keep it a buck, I don't like her
In fact I don't think anyone ACTUALLY does. Plus her nose is crooked.
We talked over strategy with Horner then began our warmups.
My mechanics were making some last minute tweaks to my car, so they put up the barriers to block it.
I yawned stepping out the paddock and into the pit lane.
"good luck mi amor!" Carlos yelled from behind me.
"thank you!"
I looked up at the sky and said a prayer.
be nice to me will ya
"there will be cars out of position, old rivalries coming to the fore and rookies looking to make their mark as the we gear up for the second race of the season" Kravitz said at the end of the pit lane.
I looked down from the sky and waved at the camera as it pointed towards me before walking back into the paddock.
let's get this over with
Starting at the front is Max of course who's on pole.
We had what looked to be a tough fight with each other before I suffered a transmission issue and dropped out of Q2.
sorrows sorrows prayers prayers
The car has the speed, but how likely is it that I'm actually going to be make it up that many positions?
stay tuned for tonight's episode of what will Amani do!
I put in my earplugs then pulled on my balaclava.
"good luck baby" Kelly said squishing Max's face as she kissed him.
I gagged putting my helmet on.
get a room
She's such a cougar.
I climbed into my car and waited for everyone to leave the pits.
As I was on track I felt my heel slipping off the break pedal.
"my heel keeps sliding off the heel rest on the brake pedal, I think you need to clean it" I said.
"understood"
I turnt off the radio and did my lap before pulling into my P15 position.
ugh I hate this
I'm sandwiched in between a Alpha Romero and Alpha Tauri.
like what!?
They're m literally the two slowest cars on the grid.
Anyways, let's talk about Sir Hamilton.
He has struggled compared to George this weekend and could only manage eighth in qualifying, which then became seventh on the grid.
That's where he started in Bahrain before coming home fifth, so I shall assume that he'll be looking for a similar result today.
I climbed out my car and stood off on the side with Xena and Niko.
She put on a headset for me to hear as Christian was getting interviewed.
"you're always nervous with these cars, they are so on the edge. we understood the failure that happened with Amani's car and we think we have it fixed. if she gets anywhere near the podium, that will be a hell of a drive"
I smiled.
At least he has some faith in me.
Just as I was about to escape the media frenzy, Nico Rosberg caught me.
And when I heard him say my name it was like fireworks went off inside me.
I love that man
He's the only man to beat Lewis in equal machinery and plus he's a German.
"hello Amani" he smiled.
"hi Nico" I said in a girly voice.
I'm swooned
"how do you feel about racing in P15 and the fix Red Bull has made?"
"I mean we have a quick car, but I still need to be careful. it's a long championship, a lot of things can happen, but I also don't think it is realistic to try and fight for the win. so I'll try to move forward and se show far I can get"
He nodded.
"coming from starting pole and winning in Bharain to this, do you think that your first race was just beginners luck?"
I snickered.
"now we'll see tonight won't we?" I smirked.
He smirked back nodding.
"thank you Amani and good luck"
"thank you" I winked.
Once he walked away I began to fan myself.
"he hasn't aged one bit" Xena smirked watching him.
I smirked sipping my Red Bull.
"unbelievable" Lewis huffed walking past us.
I rolled my eyes.
"stop being jealous!" I laughed.
He stuck up his middle finger as he made his way to his car.
I shook my head walking off with Xena.
After the national anthem we returned to the grid and climbed into our cars awaiting Max to lead us off on our formation lap.
There's 50 laps of this Jeddah Circuit incoming, but will everyone have a clean race?
keep reading to find out
"mode 12 watch the permitter" Giancarlo said.
I clicked the button.
"anything else?"
"don't die"
I rolled my eyes.
"grazie mille carlo" I said sarcastically.
The lap came to an end and everyone slotted back into their positions.
I took a deep breath watching as the lights went out.
"and it's lights out and away we go!"
I'm sure you all watched the race so let's fast forward to the end
"and that's P2!"
"congratulations on the amazing comeback drive Amani"
I closed my eyes dropping my head to my wheel.
the race is over now please get me the hell out of the Middle East