request: requesting about hybrid!drivers (dog!mick and bunny!charles, + any others you want to add) and their post-race routines?!
summary: your boyfriend has a very specific post-race routine.
warnings: mentions of ferrari’s interesting strategies (charles), mild angst to comfort (lance), very very mild implication of logan’s mistreatment (logan), non-hybrid friendly scheduling (oscar)
contains: charles leclerc, lance stroll, logan sargeant, mick schumacher, + oscar piastri
word count: 1,065
bunny!charles leclerc:
charles was quite a clingy boyfriend, but his post-race routines were fairly simple. he doesn’t need material things or even for you to do all that much. he does all of his team duties first. he may be a clingy bunny, but he lives and breathes ferrari and will never ever ever do anything to disappoint them.
once he’s finished in the media pen, doing his team debrief, and congratulating or commiserating with each and every single one of his mechanics and engineers, he’ll meet you in his driver’s room. you should be sitting on the little sofa, with a nice soft blanket or a nice cold drink (with a straw—his bunny teeth are very sensitive) depending on the weather. he’ll come over and flop down on your lap. charles makes the cutest squeaky-humming noise whenever you hug him.
he’ll want you to massage his ears (they get quite sore being pressed flat to his skull during races) while he tells you absolutely everything. some details are more “important”, like his view of incidents and penalties during the race. sometimes he’ll rant about his team’s strategies, and you were the only one who would ever hear him say a negative thing about the scuderia. sometimes he’d just ramble for a solid 30 minutes about things he noticed around the track, like a pretty flower. you’re often the last couple to leave the paddock.
cat!lance stroll:
he hates doing media, so he’ll rush through interviews to get back to you. lance is at the point cats get to where they’re so tired and frustrated that they’re more than ready to draw blood. if anyone tries to drag him into an argument post-race they will regret it. for most people, it’s common sense not to mess with a cat hybrid when they’re tired. unfortunately many people in the world of formula one are somewhat lacking in common sense.
by the time he gets to you, lance is often overstimulated and angry and has maybe even used his claws. it doesn’t help his reputation, but he can’t help it and you can’t blame him. not when you’ve seen how insistently people ignored his boundaries. he’ll let out a sort of angry, screaming meow of frustration when you start cuddling him. don’t be deterred—it’s just a vocalisation. he knows you respect his space when he needs it, but he still puts up token resistance so you know he’s letting you do this. he’ll melt into your touch soon enough.
unlike some other drivers, he will not want to talk. he’s so overstimulated that even hearing you talk will grate on his nerves. just scratch behind his ears and maybe play fight with him a little to help him get out the excess energy. eventually he’ll get reallyyyyy blinky. that’s how you know he’s ready to go home and take one of his beloved naps with you.
lynx!logan sargeant:
big ears, big heart—logan’s the cuddliest feline in the paddock. most lynx hybrids were very very heat intolerant, but since he grew up in florida, he’s got a little bit of extra immunity. no matter where in the world you are, logan will want cuddles all the time.
he loves you so much and he absolutely does not fit the solitary stereotype of his species. honestly, if he could be within arm’s reach of you 24/7, 365, he’d basically just be a happy purring kitten. forget formula one, logan would just as happily spend all day as your personal heater and lap cat. post-race, he’d quite like to just curl up on your lap and either tell you all about his race or listen to you talk about just about anything.
after a little debrief in his driver’s room, you’ll go back to the hotel/apartment and have a proper cuddle, with the fan cranked up. sometimes he’s perfectly happy to just lie with you in silence. if he’s had a bad race or bad weekend, though, he’ll prefer to watch a sitcom or something else lighthearted. you may or may not manage to turn the tv off before you both fall asleep.
dog!mick schumacher:
he’s generally pretty high-energy after a race. in stark comparison to the others, he gets adrenaline rushes that extend for a couple hours beyond the actual race ends. he does interviews, team debriefs, gets head pats from all his mechanics and also several other drivers, meets about two dozen extra fans, and does several cute lil tiktoks with his team before he even gets back to you.
even after all of that, he’s still got leftover energy. item number one will always be running around with him and (ideally) playing fetch to tire him out. it’ll probably take hours, a lot of zoomies, and a full weekend debrief for him to finally settle down. he shouldn’t, but mick will feel guilty for being so much work for you (he’s not) and will insist on making and bringing you your comfort beverage and snacks. he’s a sucker for a good rom-com while snuggling in bed after a race. belly rubs are mandatory.
koala!oscar piastri:
the cuddliest cuddler to ever cuddle, and the clingiest boyfriend to ever cling. the second he’s out of the car oscar is basically climbing into your arms no matter what. he doesn’t care whether you're bigger or smaller than him—you will have to give him at least a piggyback.
poor baby’s so sleepy. he’s usually borderline nocturnal after all! and on race weekends he has to be out and functioning all day and he barely even gets any naps. if you’re bigger than or roughly the same size as oscar, you should be prepared for him to just hook his arms around your neck and whine until you pick him up. if you’re smaller, expect him to be dragging you with him to media and almost falling asleep with you on his lap during the team debrief.
once he finally gets to retreat to his driver’s room with you, oscar will munch on a few special koala hybrid snacks with eucalyptus before promptly falling asleep on you. his whole post-race recovery routine is based around getting a few solid hours of sleep. in an ideal situation, with his head on your chest so he can listen to your heartbeat as he dreams.
