Grand Prix
Y/N POV

As my team and I pull up to the track practice I'm instantly swarmed by paparazzi, I put on my Mercedes team hat and put my sunglasses on as my security and team escorts me into the building.

"Well well, if it isn't Ryder Hamilton" a greasy haired businessman says loud as he approaches me and my team.

I give Max who's standing beside me a look to see if I need to remember this guy or not, he shakes his head making it clear that I've never met him before.

He smiles at us displaying his odd gold tooth,
Before sticking his hand out for me to shake.

"Y/N is just fine" I say to him as he moves over to shake Max hand.

"Well it's nice to finally meet the Y/N Ryder Hamilton, I tell you when I got the call saying you were going to be down here today I had to come and see it for myself" he says looking between me and Max.

"I'm sorry but, who are you?" Max asks the obvious.

"Ah yes sorry where are my manners, I am Michael Bates, Daniel Ricciardo's manager" he states proudly.

Of course my number one competitors manger decided to come today, I look over to Max and see him clenching his jaw.

"I didn't realise McLaren was practicing here today?" Max says bitterly, I place a hand on his shoulder to try and calm him down.

"Oh we're not, we just wanted to see the field before the big play" he says smirking a little.

"With all due respect I-" max begins to say and I can hear the rage building up in his voice.

"-But I think we should head out and get ready, it was nice meeting you Mr Bates" I say cutting Max off and dragging him away.

"This is so fucked, I'm going to call Ross, will you be okay?" Max complains and then turns to me to excuse him self.

"Yeah me and Bottas are gonna go find Wolff" I say reassuring him I'll be fine.

"Okay I'll see you two out there, good luck" he says sticking a thumbs up to us as he walks away.

"No Alycia?" Bottas asks me as we head out to the track.

"No she's still out filming, she'll be back the next day though so I'm going to pick her up and surprise her" I share easily with my teammate.

"That's adorable, thank you for the invite by the way, it came in yesterday" he thanks me.

"Of course your practically family" I tell him putting a hand on his shoulder as he smiles gratefully at me.

We finally step outside and my breath is taken away, this track is something else, I won my very first win here and I always practice here ever since, something about the road built here just makes me feel at home.

It's also where I met Alycia, so this place is extra special to me, they even have a full wall with my name on a plaque here, telling all the stories of my famous wins and how I became the number one formula1 racer in the world.

As we get closer to the pit stop I spot our team chief Toto Wolff, he's a great guy always the kind to have a smile on his face, I remember when I first joined the team and he gave me the best welcome you can get.

"How are my Mercedes champions?" He asks pulling us both into a hug.

"Well we were good two seconds ago until Michael Bates showed up" Bottas tells him as my crew and his get set up at the pits.

"Yes I got the angry text from Max, there's nothing I can do, he's here as a VIP guest for the behind the scenes access" he informs us.

"That doesn't seem exactly fair, a manager for a McLaren driver is here at a Mercedes track practice?" I say crossing my arms getting agitated by the sneaky man I just met.

"Look before the VIP's sit at their tables they go through a brief security check to make sure they have no cameras on them or any note pads to write down the specs of the cars, they really are here to just watch the practice run" he says trying to calm the situation down.

Me and Bottas just nod not really sure what to say, clearly both are still skeptical about the guy.

"Alright, Bottas your out first since you gear is all set up, Ryder you'll be out next, we've still got the tires to arrive" he informs us.

We both nod smiling getting excited to be back out on the track, the high you get from driving is like no other.

I'm just counting the seconds until I'm back out there...

Lizzie POV

Today I'm spending my second day off with Robbie since he arrived back this morning, he says he has a special thing planned for today, so here I am now getting ready to go to some fancy racing club thing.

I see press and magazines of the formula 1 races all the time but never took much interest in it until Robbie started to get really into it and he hasn't stopped talking about this one driver he finds incredible and how amazing each races of theirs are.

I think the name was Hamilton, I'm not exactly sure but apparently she's going to be there today so he insisted we go to see her practice out on the track.

I however just wanted to have a nice day in with him and try to get back to the somewhat normal us but things just haven't seem to be the same lately.

So when I saw how excited he was about the club invite and how he wanted me to go with him, I just couldn't say no.

So here I am at some fancy racing club sitting at the built in restaurant drinking a cup of tea as Robbie is else where chatting to some other VIP members completely leaving me all by my self.

I didn't want to come to this stupid race thing but he insisted on it, plus I thought this would give us a chance to actually talk about us instead of pushing it away like we have been for months.

As I sip on my tea and look out at the track when there's a loud announcement being blasted across the entire place.

"First practice test for Valtteri Bottas driving the The Mercedes AMG F1 W10 EQ" the announcer says.

Just then Robbie finally decided to come back to the table.

"You were gone for a while" I deadpan, but he doesn't notice my annoyance.

"Yeah I was just catching up to a few guys I met back in Brooklyn, their here too" he says not once making eye contact, too busy looking out at the track.

"Yippee" I say sarcastically taking another sip of my tea, he clearly didn't hear me as he keeps his eyes glued to the racer who starts to drive around out in the track.

After a little while the racer out on the track stops and pulls into the pit stop just as the announcer comes back on.

"First Practice test for Y/N Ryder Hamilton driving The Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid" he announces.

"Finally" Robbie says excitingly standing up from his chair and leaning over the railing to try and get a better look.

I get up and stand next to him I smile when he squeezes my shoulder from being excited, as soon as Hamilton drives out he lets go and starts to cheer.

"Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton!" He chants loud as if she'll hear him.

I smile at the total fan boy and steer my eyes to the driver who pulls out from the pit stop.

I watch her drive around the track and by now the entire place is outside watching her, she clearly owns up to the name.

I can't help but be impressed by how she steers around the track and can easily glide like nothing at the corners, she finishes within minutes.

"Wow, she's actually pretty good" I say out loud.

"Pr-Pretty good?! She fucking fantastic she's the number one formula 1 race driver in the world of course she's pretty good" Robbie corrects me.

I hold my hands up in defence and chuckle a little.

"Sorry there fan boy" I say laughing at the glare he gives me.

After she pulls back in everyone starts to leave, so we head to the car, as we get in the car it's like the small moments we just shared are gone, the now common silence is back and I can't help but feel like it's my fault.

What happened, we use to be inseparable, I thought we'd even be closer when he proposed but I guess I was wrong.

What's happening to my relationship?...

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Sorry this took so long I was distracted and wanted to make sure this turned out good.

Next part Alycia arrives back home 😏
So look out for some Smutt ;)

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