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YukiTsunoda

*pretend her shirt has the art from the spice girls' debut album on it*

caption: 🇸🇦 💕 because i love you i forgive you for wearing a shirt with the wife of another team's boss on it

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dakotaelainee replied: i don't care that ginger spice is married to h*rner. the spice girls are iconic

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F1Wags: dakota via yuki's story today outside in the paddock !!

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yukota4eva if she hates christian horner so much why is his wife on her shirt?

---------- > user46294 is she not allowed to like the spice girls ?? geri halliwell aka ginger spice is the definition of girlboss

sparkletsunoda if she takes the mclaren offer and she and yuki get split up im going to be so upset :((((

-------- > gossipfromthegrid honey, i know things that would shatter their relationship before dakota can even think about agreeing to mclarens terms

-------------- > user710 wait what do you think you know

-------------------- > gossipfromthegrid azerbaijan 2021, the month before yuki and dakota went public. its juicy, but im going to wait until my photographic evidence comes through before i blow the whoel thing wide open. we wouldn't want to get sued for slander now, would we

------------- > sparkletsunoda so you have nothing is what you;re saying

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DakotaElainee

caption: this never gets old

location: jeddah corniche circuit

music: tell me more by wstr

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2022 Season

JEDDAH,  SAUDI ARABIA

ARAMCO SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX

SATURDAY - QUALIFYING

Dakota sat at the pit wall, drumming her fingers against her thigh. Sweat was soaking through the back of her Spice Girls shirt as she watched Pierre and Yuki circle the track. As she had assumed, the usual suspects were at the front of the pack, and Red Bull had clearly ironed out whatever issue they were having with their engines.

Which was a shame, because she was hoping something big would happen during quali so Verstappen would have to give up his position on the grid and start behind Nicholas Latifi.

"Dakota, I think we have a problem." Yuki's voice crackled through her chunky headset

Mac snapped to attention, sitting up straighter in the plastic barstool. "Tell me what's happening, hot stuff."

Dakota glanced at the myriad of monitors set up on the bank in front of her. Yuki hadn't even finished talking, and Dakota already knew what it was. "The water pressure in the engine is off, that's why you're not running smooth. Fuck. I think we have to retire the car, babes. This is bad, Jordy is going to have to take a look at it."

"Copy that. Sorry, lovebug."

Dakota shook her head, wiping at the sweat underneath her eyes. "What's more important is that we get this sorted out for tomorrow, especially after Bahrain."

Yuki brought the car back into the garage, and Dakota resisted the urge to leap off the pit wall and look at the car. That wasn't her job anymore, she had to leave that to the other mechanics. Pierre was relying on her to make sure that his car was fine and to guide him through the rest of the qualifying session.

Yuki got out of the car, pulling off his helmet and fireproof balaclava, making his way through the AlphaTauri garage as the mechanics and engineers patted the rookie on the back. He dumped his things on a plastic folding chair, unzipping his race suit as he made his way towards the pit wall. Dakota was lost in thought, fiddling with the pendant on her necklace as she stared intently at the monitor showing her Pierre's view from the cockpit of his car.

The mechanic didn't even notice at first when Yuki came up behind her, wrapping his arms around her upper body before pressing a kiss to hte side of her head.

"Gross, babes. You're all sweaty." Mac laughed, turning her head to press a gentle kiss to Yuki's cheek, a scene being broadcasted on Sky Sports to viewers across Europe

Yuki raised an eyebrow "That's not what you said last night after-"

"That's enough, Yuki!" Franz scolded. "Behave or I'm sending you to your driver's room." But the team principal had a smile on his face, the rest of the pit wall breaking into laughter.

"And that's Mick Schumacher into the wall! That's gotta be a red flag!"

At the words 'red flag', Dakota swivelled around in her seat, heart in her throat. Red flags only happened when something was really bad. She pressed a few buttons on her keyboard to change the camera view in her monitor, making sure she was tuned in to the live coverage as the replay ran for Mick's accident.

the Aussie's throat began to constrict as she watched the Haas car collide with the wall, crunching in on itself before breaking in half, momentum alone carrying the vehicle further down the track.

There was no way Mick could survive that. Then again, Dakota had seen worse, and somehow the drivers still managed to be physically fine. She remembered Romain Grosjean's fireball crash, and considered the young Schumacher lucky as she got out of her seat, ready to run down to Haas' garage and make sure that the boy was okay.

"Mac!" Jake Volkov stopped her. "Look, Mick got out of the car. He's okay."

Dakota sunk into her seat with relief as she watched the German walk across the track, aided by one the medical workers as the remaining cars glided into the pit lane behind her, Yuki's hand holding hers protectivley.

That was the hazard of being friends with so many Formula One drivers.

Grace Ricciardo had said it best about her son: all I ever hope for is a safe race. The rest is just a bonus.

Watching a crash like that would never get easier, Dakota knew.

She counted her blessings after every race that Yuki and Pierre were okay.

SUNDAY - RACE DAY

BREAKING NEWS: SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX DELAYED DUE TO MISSILE ATTACK ON OIL PLANT 20 KM AWAY FROM TRACK IN JEDDAH

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