STREETS -
act one chapter twelve.

TW: mentions of assault and inflictions of violence against women.

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williamsracing: As a team, Williams has been working on the correct way to address what has happened to our driver, Alicia Hugo. There was a loss of words at first. And we have waited until the moment Alicia was ready to speak out on the assault that took place on the weekend of the Zandvoort Grand Prix.

Alicia was subject to an assault the evening of qualifying. And there's almost no words to describe the shock and disgust. The attack was planned and happened to her simply because of her gender. This will not and should not happen ever again.

It disappointing to even have to write this statement, and shocks the team that there are not as many people accepting the fact women can be in this sport.

The comments made about Alicia recently have not gone unnoticed, we understand you may have trouble accepting the fact she is now a driver in formula one but simply get used to it.

Our team principal, Jost Capito, would like to add: 'A driver has never been doubted or under minded as much as ours. I am often still in disbelief this happened and as a sport we should be working to fix the clear misogyny that runs in our sport. This is not a matter we can brush under a rug and pretend it never happened because it did. And if we do not improve the safety of drivers or women at races, we should not race at all.'

Do not support formula one if you cannot support all the drivers and do not support us if you can't accept that a woman is doing a better job than you would.

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author: i doubt this how a team would address an assault but it's the way i have depicted it.

userone: sorry??? she waits almost two weeks to even post a statement and we're supposed to believe her
usertwo: @userone so because she simply waited to weeks to accept the assault which happened to her you can't believe her? an assault is not a matter that happens to you and you simply accept it, it takes acceptance and a lot of thinking. i don't blame alicia for waiting, she needs time to understand why and what happened to her. you should not rush a victim for a statement nor should you not believe a victim simply because they waited two weeks to talk about it.

userthree: the formula one account liking this but not posting a statement???
userfour: they'll post campaigns about bullying but not for assault, classic f1

userfive: i'm glad that alicia is making a statement about her assault because it's nerve wracking and a lot of people won't understand the pain she is going through.
usersix: someone should do it again so she understands the pain a second time around @userfive
userfive: and you should seek some help if you think it's correct to respond to an assault like this. some people are truly scary.

lewishamilton: half of the comments in this section are hard to read. how a lot of people can't understand that this is wrong is worrying. this should never happen to a driver, let alone anyone else in the paddock or stands. this is not the first time an assault had been mentioned surrounding f1, it just happens to be the first one that has been an attack on a driver. and alicia is one of the bravest people i know for even finding the courage to speak out, things need to change for the safety of women in our sport and if it doesn't we should be disgusted with ourselves that we let assaults happen right under our noses.
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aliciahugo: my life has changed since that night in zandvoort, where i thought i was safe enough to simply go for a walk. i was wrong. and some will say i should have known better, walking down the street with no lights late at night. they'll say i was the one who was wrong, they'll focus on that instead of the fact i was assaulted.

my life is different now. i think of what i did wrong to deserve this?

i'm still not ready to talk about it. and i don't know when i will be ready.

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summer_media: you're my strongest girl 💗 you know we have your back all the way 💙

alex_albon: anyone who has anything to say can suck it 👍🏻 had enough of people asking for evidence from you when you owe them nothing. you've got me whenever you need me licey 💗

carlossainz55: people never fail to amaze me alicia, just know you may feel alone right now but you truly never are.

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lily's bf:

LILY'S BF:
i didn't know you were
posting statements today

BEST TEAMMATE:
yeah me neither alex

LILY'S BF:
???

BEST TEAMMATE:
they didn't tell me either
they posted their statement without my
knowledge
so then i had to write a statement
that i wasn't really ready to

LILY'S BF:
why ???

BEST TEAMMATE:
summer said the guy was about
to go to the press with it
idk why
and frankly i don't want to
i just want that guy to rot
you know i'm not the only one from that weekend

LILY'S BF:
some people are genuinely sick

BEST TEAMMATE:
yeah

bae:

BAE:
do you wanna take a walk
and talk?

BAE 2.0:
idk lewis
it might be better if i'm just alone tonight

BAE:
you know that's not true

BAE 2.0:
believe me
you don't want to be sat
with a crying mess
i think i just need a lot of time
i'm not just going to suddenly get
over it
so if i just think about it

BAE:
text me the second
it gets too much

IT WAS ALL TOO MUCH. The forced statement, the sentences she could barely put together. Why did this have to happen to her?

It was all too much. The pressure to have to talk about it, to be this voice that spoke out so soon. Why couldn't people understand that she needed time to herself?

Alicia was constantly beating herself up over that night, the images of the nights engraved in her mind. She couldn't sleep at night without at least waking up once or twice to his face towering over hers.

Why wouldn't this go away?

And why was she in this mindset that ignoring the problem made it go away?

How does she heal from this? How does she move on?

Alicia didn't know where, but she was going to find answers to these questions and she was going to get the help she needs. No, scratch that, Alicia is going to get the help she deserves.

AUTHORS NOTE:
by writing chapters like these i get very anxious about posting them. that a lot of you will think that i'm bringing topics such as assault into a lighthearted formula one fanfic. but, assault is a topic that is rising within an f1 community.

the amount of tweets i see in relation to people feeling uncomfortable at gp's is scary, and frankly disgusting. so, while people might not see the importance of it i feel very strongly that i have the right to talk about it.

and i have never written anything like this before so your critiques are welcome (i can take it i swear) but also your support helps me so much. and it has not gone unnoticed so i thank you all for reading streets.

i truly love you guys 💗