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blue rival | CL16 & MV1

media day - Imola 2025
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It was a Thursday like any other Thursday on a race weekend. It was Ferrari's home race and therefore it was only logical that Charles was here with his parents, his parents who were the owners of Ferrari.

Charles Marc Herve Perceval Leclerc Ferrari, hell that was a name, a name as heavy as the millions his family had. All the glamour and money, but it was Charles's life and he would never change it for anything, even though he had been at a point in the last years, where he had considered it.

Not without a reason, but for a person, a person he never imagines falling for. A man, a man that had showed him life from a completely new perspective, showed him to feel again, to love. These past years had been Charles's best and it was only the beginning.

"Good morning Herve, Pascal and of course Charles." Fred welcomed them as the Ferrari family walked into the garage.

They had become regular guests, especially at the races here in Europe, which was due to the great performance of the team. Also because Charles had become a much bigger fan of the sport than expected.

It was only necessary for the family to attend one or two races a season, but this was Charles's third and the season had only started. Luckily he had always been able to connect it to the good performance, and not the real reason why he had been around.

"Any work today or just checking in?" the team principal of Ferrari asked and Charles looked at his parents, not sure if they had anything on their agenda.

"We need to discuss some things considering the cost cap and the engineering." Herve said and Fred's smile dropped, but he nodded.

"Not only fun then." he pouted sarcastically and Charles laughed, he really liked the team principal, always up for a joke.

"I'm sure it's over quick and the rest of the weekend is fun." Charles returned before he looked around, "Is Sainz here already?"

"Yes, Carlos is in the hospitality for breakfast, arrived ten minutes ago." Fred answered and a smile developed on the Monegasque's face.

"Great, you excuse me." he then said and walked out of the garage again.

When he hated one thing than it was listening to his dad about technical stuff. He loved the work they did and everything, but formula one was so much more exciting than that. Also Carlos Sainz had become a really good friend of Charles and Thursdays were always a good opportunity to catch up.

As they were nearly the same age they understood each other pretty good and Carlos had also dragged Charles to some driver parties and stuff like that so he knew most people of the grid. The first of this occasions was the championship party 2021, a day Charles would never forget.

When he now stepped out of the garage, back into the paddock, the sun was shining and it was quite warm. Slowly the paddock filled with more people and also Charles spotted some drivers. His body froze though and a smile creeped onto his face as he saw a specific driver entering the paddock.

At first everything went normal, the photographers were taking their pictures. But then the Dutch driver brushed some hair behind his ear and from that moment on the journalists went wild, crowding around him.