Millie and Ollie have both achieved their dreams....to drive in Formula 1. But can their relationship make it though this big career change, or will they have to put thier dreams before their love?
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tagged: @astonmartinf1 liked by lewishamilton, felipedrugovich and 938,234 millienorris: starting p5 today. final push in the aston💚
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astonmartinf1: let's go millie!!
olliebearman: prove them wrong love
user03: what does she mean by final push? ———————————————————————
qualifying p5 in her first race weekend back was incredible, everyone knew that. millie wanted to get that podium and she wanted to prove the team wrong so she knew the hard work was yet to come.
she hopped out the car after lining it up on the grid as the mechanics began to surround the car to do the final checks. looking around the grid made her realise how much she loved these moments before a race. 100s of people would be covering the grid, and yet once the clock strikes lights out, everyone disappears within seconds, leaving the drivers to battle it out. there was one rule millie would always follow during these times. the moment her visor went down, she had no friends. it was every man and women for themselves and she would fight no matter what. no matter who it was.
she made her way a few rows back to the number 8 labelled haas car and joined ollie who was sat against the pitwall. she placed herself down next to him and put her head on his shoulder. he leaned his head back on top of hers as they stayed silent for a while, just enjoying each others company.
"what are you gonna do about next year?" he eventually asked she sighed "i don't know. every seat is filled and it's way to late to even start negotiations. i could always look for something in 2026" "but do you really want to not be racing atall next year" she hesitated "i'd hate it but maybe i need the time to get my strengths back up" "i admire you so much" he said with a smile she moved her head to look up at him "yeah?" "absolutely. your so confident and calm about this. you don't seem scared" "i'm not. at this point with everything i've been through, this is the smallest of problems. i don't know what's gonna happen but im feeling ok about it. no fear" "your fearless" they shared a smile "thats me"
they both looked up to the clock that was above the start finish line. lights out in 10 minutes. they stood up and embraced each other in a long hug. "i love you mil" "i love you ol, good luck and be safe" "good luck my love"
millie walked away, back up the grid towards her car. she was going to push with everything she had during this race. she wanted to come out of this year with no regrets and she would do that by being fearless just like ollie said.
visor down
showtime
"and for the final time this season its lights out and away we go"
millie got a decent start and managed to hold onto p5 into turn 1. the car was fast no doubt, but the mclarens and redbulls ahead of her were faster. mclaren had basically matched the pace of the redbull car now, meaning lando and oscar were just as capable of winning as max and daniel were.
around lap 6, millie was still in p5 "okay gap to daniel ahead is 0.8, you will get drs. go get him girl" she giggled at her engineer trying to spur her on. he would never live down saying 'go get him girl' and she would make sure of that.
by lap 10 she was past him, but her softs tyres were beginning to to struggle due to the track temperature. as if on queue, he race engineer spoke to her again. "okay millie, oscar ahead, box to overtake" as asked, she pulled into the pits at the end of her lap to a fresh set of hard tyres and as planned, when oscar pitted a few laps later, he came out just behind her.
the plan was to make the tyres last until the end, so once she had pulled a safe distance away from oscar, she started to look after her tyres more. even though she was ambitious, she knew she could hold this position for the rest of the race and aston martin would hold p3 in the constructors championship, but her ambition got the best of her. lando was ahead in p2 and max in p1.
"safety car millie, slow down please" "what's happened guys" "car stopped on track ahead" it was like a miracle....well for millie, not for max. his engine had failed and he had lost power during the lap meaning he couldn't get the car back to the pits. they followed the safety car round for a few laps while max's car was moved to a safer spot before the restart.
5 laps remaining
lando norris p1 millie norris p2 oscar piastri p3
lando got an amazing start again once the flags went green, leaving millie no chance of overtaking her brother, but she was going to give it her all. daniel got past oscar on the restart, swapping the aussies positions on track. millie's tyres were old and worn, so she had no chance on keeping up the pace with her brother, but when she crossed the line in p2, she was still over the moon.
many emotions flushed through her as she realised that was probably it. when would she next race again? who knows.
