"mil?"
"yeah?"
"is that my hoodie?"
Being a racing driver and the sister of a Formula 1 driver can be pretty stressful. It all gets worse when the FIA ban her from signing a contract. What will Millie Norris do when she is offered a temporary seat...
"Ollie?" "yeah" "how long does it take for a broken arm to heal?" "about 6 weeks, why?" Millie got up from where she was sat in her hotel room to go and sit next to ollie at the end of the bed. he looked up from his phone "fred didn't have a cast on at silverstone. his arm is probably better. i'm out of a seat" "relax mil. they will talk to you before they make any descisions." "this weekend could be my last race" the had arrived in hungary ready for the final race before the second to last race before the summer break. "we will have to see" ollie said with a sad smile
they did their track walk on thursday, along with some interviews and a press conference. They then filmed some content with prema, which involved learning a tiktok dance with the f3 boys. Paul and Dino loved it and continued to do it after the video was filmed. However when asked, Paul said he hated it.
On friday, Frederik Vesti arrived at the garage. He walked in, high fiving some mechanics, with the arm he had broken . Millie let out a sigh. She was battling for the championship, no way would they make her give the seat back. However as a reserve, that was her role. "Hello Millie" she snapped out of her trance "oh hey Fred. how's the arm?" "all better. i've been training hard and reckon i'll be ready to drive soon" "ah" she said sadly he smiled "i'm not taking the seat off you mil" "what?" "your fighting for the championship! there's no way i'm gonna take the seat off you now. " "but fred, it's your race seat and even your career we are talking about" "don't worry, besides i think i'd rather sit on the sidelines for now. this arm is still very fragile" "what about the team?" "i have spoken to the team saying i would not like to race for the remainder of the season. the seats yours mil" She couldn't help herself in the moment, so she jumped up and gave him a hug. At this moment Ollie walked in. "what's going on here then?" he said with a giggle "i'm racing for the rest of the season!" millie said excitedly "no way really?" ollie questioned looking at Fred he nodded and explained that he wanted to fully recover and that the championship battle deserved to go on.
After a while, they had to go and get ready for quali. they put their race suits on and got ready to drive out of the support paddock. ———————————————————————
"ok millie. we have time for one more lap. your current P4 but 18 drivers are getting ready for a final lap so who knows where that would leave you. max push please" "copy" She pushed and pushed round the track, making all effort she could to perfectly ride off the curb where needed and to hit each apex perfectly. As she came round the final corner she lost the rear slightly but managed to keep the car straight as she crossed the line.
"okay millie we need to wait for everyone to cross the line" she heard her engineer say "ok keep me updated" there was silence for a minute "okay millie that's P3!" "YESS let's go. good position for the weekend. who got Pole?" "your not gonna like this" "theo?" "even worse" "who?" "jack doohan" "bastard" she said with a slight giggle. She was always happy for jack getting pole but there was still a level in her that wanted to beat her best friend . non the less, she got out the car and congratulated Jack on a mega lap. "i saw you loose the rear through the final turn. your lap was perfect otherwise. would have been pole for sure" "yeah i wish" they both had a photo taken by the formula 2 photographer along with Victor Martins (who got P2) before heading to their post quali press conference ———————————————————————
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liked by alpinef1team, millienorris and 103,639 others jackdoohan: got pole and looked cool doing it. see you tomorrow hungary😎🇭🇺
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millienorris: you got pole. i wouldn't say you look cool >jackdoohan: @millenorris i hate you
formula2: congratulations pole sitter👏
alpinef1team: mega lap jack🎉
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after the post quali press conference, millie got back into the garage. ollie gave her a high five and a hug. he would be staring from P6 on sunday. "where did theo qualify?" she asked him "P4" he replied "the fight is on then. i start behind him tomorrow so need to do everything u can to get him at the start. if i can get a better gap in the points i'll be happy" "you will be fine. youve still got 5 rounds to fight for it and i believe in you" "thanks ol" he took a quick look around to make sure nobody was looking. the garage was empty. he piled her closer by her waist and gave her a sweet kiss on her lips. she giggled "what was that for then hmmm?" he shrugged "couldn't help myself" he smirked and stepped backwards as people started to come into the garage again. Millie could feel the heat rising to her cheeks, knowing she was blushing. he looked at her and smirked before walking off with is engineer. ———————————————————————
"okay millie that's P3 and fastest lap. double Prema podium" her engineer said down the radio "woohoooo let's go boys. where did Ollie finish then?" "he won" "WHAT!! LETS GO OLLIE" she giggled. She was super happy for him. she then continued on "who's P2 then? i couldn't make out their call through the rain!" "theo" "fuck" "it's ok, you both got the same amount of points because you got fastest lap" "okay good. thanks for everything today guys" "no worries. bring the car in safely"
Sharing the podium with Ollie was something that she always loved to do. Being up there with Theo was nice too. As much as they were challenging each other for the championship, they still got along quite well. There was no bad blood there as of yet.
However, sundays race didn't exactly go to plan for millie. "shit shit shit guys what's going on" she said as she felt the car slowing "we are checking" "i'm pressing the throttle with all my might guys, i think i've lost power" "millie it's overheated, pull the car over and get out immediately" she moved over to part of the runoff area just near the chicane and hopped out of the car. it was a good job considering her car had lit on fire at the back. she kicked the ground in frustration before taking a seat on the barriers. Not only was it a DNF but Theo was just behind Jack for the restart from the red flag that was now being waved. Theo went on to finish in second place behind Jack. Luckily Ollie had taken fastest lap and P4. This meant that Theo was going into the final race before summer break with a 12 point lead. Great ———————————————————————
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liked by olliebearman, theo pour hairs and 143,244 others millienorris: bittersweet weekend here in hungary. good to take away a podium and trophy from saturday but disappointing sunday with an overheating issue and loosing the championship lead. Spa next. scary one for me and jack but that won't stop me💪🏻 see you next week👋🇧🇪 tagged: @prema_team
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landonorris: mega weekend incoming at spa
ferraridriveracademy: unlcuky run this weekend. head up and onto the next one mil!
olliebearman: all with you during the battle mil <3
jackdoohan: big one for us two next. together every step of the way
prema_team: drove amazing this weekend. unlucky on sunday but we go again
theopourchaire: unlucky today millie. i'm gonna need something mega to defend this lead from you 🧡
