Friday, March 6th 2026
The hot Australian sun beat down on Delphine as she walked through the not yet crowded paddock. Her high heels clicking against the pavement. She squinted cursing herself for forgetting her sunglasses. Forgetting things wasn't like Delphine. She was a creature of habit. Had a routine for every part of her life. First day of her new position must have her mind distracted. She took a deep breath.
'Pull yourself together' she muttered to herself b
When she stepped into the garage she was almost immediately greeted by Fred Vasseur team principal for the Ferrari formula 1 team.
"It's so nice to meet you in person" Fred shook her extended hand.
They had video conferenced many teams discussing her new role many times prior to her coming in.
"Come I want you to meet the drivers" he waved me to follow him.
She followed him over to where the two drivers were chatting next to a wall of monitors showing different parts of the track as well as data that she had no idea what any of it meant.
"Ahem" Fred cleared his throat and the two men turned " I have someone to introduce to you"
Both men looked her up and down. Pointed black heels, a red dress with the hem stopping mid calf, her brown hair was curled her tan face peppered with freckles and she had piercing green eyes. A gold Rolex and a stack of Cartier bangles adorned her wrist.
"This is Delphine Joly, headquarters created a new position for her. She is the Ferrari brand ambassador. She will travel with us and display cars for the guests of our garage. It's good for the brand image and sales" he explained.
I extended my hand to shake. First to Lewis and then to Charles. I had watched formula 1 before this so I briefly knew who they were but not much about them otherwise. Charles has a firm handshake. In business that is something she immediately judged someone for.
"Delphine? You're French?" Charles raised an eyebrow.
"Non. Well I guess sort of. My grandmother is. I was born in Texas though" she spoke in a thick southern accent something far from French.
"It's very nice to meet you." Lewis nodded.
"Oh no the pleasure is all mine."
A/N: the rest of the store will be written from first person but I wanted to do the intro differently:)
