Driver: Kimi Antonelli

Team: Mercedes

Relationship: Dating

Location: Mercedes garage

Situation: Kimi's car is parked, and you're given permission to use the team radio.

Your mission: Deliver some absolutely outrageous gossip.

The problem: The entire garage can hear you.

Kimi's problem: He cannot stop laughing.

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Dating Kimi Antonelli meant getting used to a pretty unusual schedule.

Between race weekends, simulator sessions, media appearances, and everything else that came with being a Formula One driver, finding time together could sometimes be difficult. But you had gotten used to it, and somehow, you had become a regular presence around the Mercedes garage.

The team knew you well by now. You were friendly with the engineers, knew several of the mechanics, and had become particularly close with a few members of Kimi's inner circle.

Naturally, they also knew that you and Kimi were practically attached at the hip whenever you were together.

But there was one thing the team had recently discovered.

You were a terrible influence on Kimi's concentration.

Not because you distracted him during important sessions, but because you always seemed to have something to tell him. And it was never something small.

You had stories, updates, screenshots, and an almost unlimited supply of gossip.

Kimi, unfortunately, was just as interested in hearing it.

So when the car was parked and the team had a little time to spare, someone came up with an idea.

They would let you use the radio.

After all, Kimi needed to hear the latest news.

Apparently, this was now a team priority.