Chapter 6

@F1
Here is the complete calendar for this season.


1-Melbourne
2-Bahrain
3- China
4- Azerbaijan
5-Spain
6-Monaco
7-Canada
8-France
9-Austria
10-Great Britain
11-Germany
12-Hungary
13-Belgium
14-Italy
15-South Africa
16-Russia
17-Japan
18-Mexico
19-USA
20-Brazil
21-Abu Dhabi


I quickly reread the tweet. "Are you serious?" I say to myself as a smile grows on my face. "What's wrong?" Asks Max, leaning over the table attempting to see what's on my screen. "We are racing at Kyalami in South Africa this season." I say with a huge smile. "Oh yes. That's so cool. I have always wanted to race there. That's going to be amazing." Max smiles. "I can't wait. That's going to be so much fun." I say. "Here is the best part." Max says looking up from his phone. "There is a two week break after that race." Max says. My smile somehow gets bigger.


~2 Moths Later~
I scan my paddock pass and walk into the formula one paddock. "Hey Hannah." I hear and see Max walking towards me. "Hey Max." I say. "We have about an hour till we need to be in the garage, come I'll introduce you to the other drivers." Max says very enthusiastically. I follow him as we weave through people. "Daniel!" Max yells. We walk up to renault garage where daniel turns around and spots us. His signature smile apears on his face. "Hey Max. Hannah, just the person I wanted to meet today. How are you doing?" He asks. "I'm good, a little nervous but good." I say with a smile. "Great, nerves are expected but I think you'll do great, I'll catch up with you both later." He says and walks into the Renault garage.


Max proceeded to drag me around the paddock for the next 45 minutes. I'm very grateful that he did because I met so many people, not just the other drivers. It was so surreal meeting drivers who I have looked up to for years, like Sebastian.


"And last but not least the Mclaren boys. Carlos and lando." Max says. "Hey lando." I say and walk up to him, giving him a hug. Max looks a little confused but leaves it. I hug Carlos as well. "Great to finally meet you." Carlos says with a smile. "You too." I reply. "Hannah, can I talk to you quickly?" Lando asks from next to me. "Yeah sure." I say and follow him away from the other two boys.


"I was wondering if you would like to go out on another date with me tonight?" He asked rather nervously. "I would love to." I smile. "Great. I'll be at your hotel room at 7. dress casual." He says, smile growing on his face before walking back to the other two boys. "Ok Hannah, we should go back now before Christian explodes. It happened once before and it's not pretty." He says with a small smile and I laugh. "Ok. Bye Carlando. See you later." I wave at the smiling boys before walking back to the Red Bull garage. I had a huge smile on my face as we walked into the garage. "Why are you so smiley?" Max questions. I laugh a little. "Wel-" I started to reply but was interrupted by Christian. "There they are, Finally. You know the drill let's get to work." Christian says and we split off to our teams.


I spent about 5 minutes with my engineering team before a familiar face walked in. "Hi Hannah. We have interviews now. Let's go." Kaylee says and lightly takes my arm, pulling me away from the engineers. "Bye guys." I wave and walk out the garage towards the media.


"Ok Hannah. You start here with Sky Sports and work your way around. I'll be here the whole time." Kaylee says with a smile. "Ok." I say and walk up to the first journalist.


"What's it like being the first South African woman in Formula one?"


"How have you coped being so far away from home?"


"Any one special back home?"


"How do you think you will do this season?"


"What's it like being the only woman on the grid?"


"Do you get on well with the other drivers?"


"What are your goals for this season?"


"Are you excited to finally be racing at Kyalami this season?"


"Are you nervous for your first home race in your rookie season?"


After about an hour and a half of questions and other media things I was finally finished and walked back to the garage to finish walking though things with my team. I arrive back at my hotel room rather tired from all the interviews and videos we did today. I check the time and instantly feel awake and excited again. I have an hour to get ready before my second date with Lando. As I get ready I feel a little nervous. I throw on my jeans, a crop top and grab my white sneakers. I do very light makeup and grab my phone and wallet, placing them in my pocket.


As soon as I'm done I hear a knock on the door. I open the door to find a smiling Lando. "Hey Hannah." He says giving me a hug. "Hello." I reply, reluctantly ending the hug and closing the door behind me. "So what are we doing tonight?" I ask  as we walk to the elevator. "It's a secret." He says with a smile.


I climbed out the Uber and my eyes landed on the bright lights of an arcade in front of me. "We need to be back by 11." Lando says. I turn towards him and realize that my face is inches away from his. All I can see are his gorgeous eyes and the rest of the world disappears. He almost seems to be getting closer before he turned his head and pretended to cough. I turns to look at my shoes, which are suddenly very interesting. "Let's go." Lando says and grabs my hand. Leading me into the arcade.

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