joke me something awful (just like kisses on the necks of best friends)
alex albon/george russell/kimi antonelli | 4.1k
Kimi’s performance had improved significantly over the past several weeks. He’d started the season with 7th, 9th place finishes. Keeping it in the points, but only just. A DNF here, a P16 there. Facing constant headlines speculating on his ability to manage the new car, his ability to compete with the rest of the field. Alex recalls a particularly biting headline he’d seen after Suzuka–Russell fighting to win, Antonelli fighting not to lose. He’d felt bad for the kid. Their situations weren’t the same, but Alex knew a thing or two about how the media could be, the pressure of being compared to a more successful teammate. But aside from that, he hadn’t really paid Kimi a whole lot of attention, on his own. His spike in performance, then, came as a surprise to everyone, when he went from one or two points a race to a sudden P2, and kept it going, podium after podium. Alex had seen those headlines too. Antonelli’s Surging Comeback: What Happened In Miami? Alex knew what happened in Miami.
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