#alex Lynn

[robinfrinjs]

Happy Holidays @fredwardart from your @motorsportsecretsanta2024

Alex Lynn Racing Simulator, Nintendo Switch game concept

[nnato]

[ryo-hirakawa]

happy race day

[formulatrash]

You're so right, it doesn't/didn't get talked about enough that Mitch stopped his car to check on Alex after his car got turned upside down!!!!!

Sure, he wouldn't have scored points anyway, but a finish could have very well made a difference at the end of the season for the championship standings if there had been equal points with someone else...

it was such a genuinely heroic thing to do, like he clearly wasn't thinking about anything but Alex at that moment. Mitch wasn't in the points but his teammate was leading, so his priority should have been to get the car back safely and not risk anything that might mean there was a restart where Sam could lose the victory - or a disqualification for Mitch for, y'know, abandoning his car in the middle of a race track. and yeah, you're right, it could have been decisive in the title battle if it had gone to countback.

I didn't turn my recorder on when I spoke to him about it afterwards because we didn't know how Alex was at the time (he had a mildly bruised thumb, was the totality of it but he'd been taken to hospital and no one knew anything, not even the team) so I just asked him if he was ok and if he was willing to say anything about Alex. which he was, since he was perfectly fine and obviously fully conscious, a huge relief.

I did ask him about it at the next race and he just said it was the obviously right thing to do, so he did it without even thinking. only thing I can think to compare it to is George going mad and getting out of his car at Silverstone after Zhou's crash. there's a lot of press and pundits that talk about them as these cold competitors who effectively hate each other but there is real solidarity to being the 20 or 24 or even 186 people doing something no one else is. and of course being friends from childhood changes that even more.

at the time, Formula E's own communications department had sold the photos of the crash to the Sun (who were not at the race) even though we had no idea if Alex was alive, officially. Mahindra were terrified he was seriously injured and I was the only person who'd managed to speak to Mitch, so had to go and tell them he was probably ok. Alex never forgave them for selling the pictures and it made the crash the story, without the detail that turned it away from the horror, which was Mitch stopping to help him.

but I also think Mitch is just a good person. the next year in Diriyah he arrived to the (freezing, the temperature was below 0C because the desert at night and it hadn't been warm even during the day) media pen in just a t-shirt. I was a bit confused given he's one of the ones that tends to wrap up at the sight of a cloud and asked him about it, he just said he was running kind of hot. Adrian (the then-Jaguar PR) pulled me over after and I thought he was gonna tell me I couldn't use one of Mitch's answers or something but he just said "since he won't tell you, Mitch gave his coat to a local girl from the scrutineering team because she was freezing."

sometimes they are just good, the little car men.

[l1veleak]

WOO that was a long time coming!! CADILLAC POLE !!!!!!!💙💙

[babysdrivers]

my man!!!

[gardenofadonis]

He's so Hollywood...

[yuki-tsunodas]

alex lynn in wec full access: 2024 24 hours of le mans

[thisisyourdriverspeaking]

It's the most iconic race in the world so it's deserved it's own post & playlist. I give you the all the drivers in the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans racing tunes. Enjoy (even though this post is a little late). 😊

John Hartshorne (18th April 1957) - Malcolm Vaughan - The World Is Mine

Thomas Flohr (17th March 1960) - Bert Weedon - Big Beat Boogie

Claudio Schiavoni (14th November 1960) - Brenda Lee - I Want To Be Wanted

Satoshi Hoshino (7th April 1961) - Nat 'King' Cole - The World In My Arms

Johnny Laursen (16th February 1964) - Cliff Richard - Don't Talk To Him

George Kurtz (5th May 1965) - Pretty Things - Honey I Need

Hiroshi Koizumi (25th May 1969) - Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Takeshi Kimura (22nd October 1970) - Tom Jones - I (Who Have Nothing)

Ben Keating (18th August 1971) - Gilbert O'Sullivan - We Will

John Falb (13th December 1971) - The Who - Let's See Action

Alexander Mattschull (2nd March 1972) - The Partridge Family - It's One Of Those Nights

Michael Wainwright (25th July 1973) - Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

Rodrigo Sales (2nd November 1973) - Rod Stewart - Oh No Not My Baby

Ian James (22nd July 1974) - Main Ingredient - Just Don't Want To Be Lonely

Naveen Rao (21st May 1975) - Billy Swan - Don't Be Cruel

Giacomo Petrobelli (7th November 1975) - George Harrison - You

Hiroshi Hamaguchi (1st October 1976) - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown

Francois Perrodo (14th February 1977) - Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way

Valentino Rossi (16th February 1979) - The Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing

Sebastien Bourdais (28th February 1979) - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Oliver's Army

Brendan Iribe (12th August 1979) - David Bowie - DJ

David Heinemeier Hansson (15th October 1979) - Secret Affair - Time For Action

Jenson Button (19th January 1980) - Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

Scott Dixon (22nd July 1980) - Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say

Ryan Hardwick (3rd October 1980) - Gladys Knight & The Pips - Taste Of Bitter Love

Frederic Makowiecki (22nd November 1980) - David Bowie - Fashion

Ahmad Al Harthy (31st August 1981) - Central Line - Walking Into Sunshine

Patrick Pilet (8th October 1981) - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir

Andre Lotterer (19th November 1981) - The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl

Loic Duval (12th June 1982) - Danger Danger - Comin' Home

Jose Maria Lopez (26th April 1983) - Eurthymics - Love Is A Stranger

P.J Hyett (10th August 1983) - Shakin' Stevens - It's Late

Augusto Farfus (3rd September 1983) - Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)

Francois Heriau (25th October 1983) - Hot Streak - Body Work

Neel Jani (8th December 1983) - Robert Plant - In The Mood

Richard Lietz (17th December 1983) - Ann Breen - Pal Of My Cradle Days

Alessandro Pier Guidi (18th December 1983) - Black Lace - Superman

Oliver Jarvis (9th January 1984) - Lionel Richie - Running With The Night

James Cottingham (21st January 1984) - Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield

Daniel Serra (24th February 1984) - Bourgie Bourgie - Breaking Point

Franck Perara (21st March 1984) - World Famous Supreme Team - Hey DJ

Nicolas Lapierre (2nd April 1984) - Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

Arnold Robin (7th October 1984) - Orange Juice - Lean Period

Matteo Cressoni (28th October 1984) - Tracey Ullman - Helpless

Nick Tandy (5th November 1984) - Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights

Robert Kubica (7th December 1984) - Meat Loaf - Nowhere Fast

Ben Hanley (22nd January 1985) - Bronski Beat - It Ain't Necessarily So

Filipe Albuquerque (13th June 1985) - Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA

Salih Yoluc (22nd August 1985) - Maria Vidal - Body Rock

Renger Van Der Zande (16th February 1986) - The Damned - Eloise

Rahel Frey (23rd February 1986) - Madonna - Dress You Up

Maxime Martin (20th March 1986) - Dee C Lee - Come Hell Or Waters High

Paul Di Resta (16th April 1986) - Simple Minds - Sanctify Yourself

Romain Grosjean (17th April 1986) - Jim Diamond - Hi Ho Silver

Mathias Beche (28th June 1986) - Madonna - Live To Tell

Davide Rigon (26th August 1986) - Pam Hall - Dear Boopsie

Kamui Kobayashi (13th September 1986) - Modern Talking - Brother Louie

Rene Rast (26th October 1986) - Marti Webb & The Simon May Orchestra - Always There

Edoardo Mortara (12th January 1987) - Mick Karn - Buoy

Francesco Castellacci (4th April 1987) - Lionel Richie - Se La

Alex Malykhin (17th August 1987) - Total Contrast - Jody

Tom Van Rompuy (8th September 1987) - Marshall Hain - Dancin' In The City

Darren Leung (25th September 1987) - ABC - The Night You Murdered Love

Jean-Karl Vernay (31st October 1987) - Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody

Nicky Catsburg (15th February 1988) - The Cure - Hot Hot Hot

Paul Lafarque (8th July 1988) - Natalie Cole - Everlasting

Daniel Mancinelli (23rd July 1988) - Maxi Priest - Wild World

Colin Braun (22nd September 1988) - The Beatmasters & PP Arnold - Burn It Up

Kevin Estre (28th October 1988) - Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry By Happy

Sebastien Buemi (31st October 1988) - Robert Palmer - She Makes My Day

Miguel Molina (17th February 1989) - Big Country - Peace In Our Time

Sarah Bovy (15th May 1989) - Royal House ft Ian Star - A Better Way

Christopher Mies (24th May 1989) - Swing Out Sister - You On My Mind

James Calado (13th June 1989) - Robert Palmer - Change His Ways

Matt Bell (5th November 1989) - Erasure - Drama!

Marco Wittmann (24th November 1989) - D Mob Introducing Cathy Dennis - C'mon And Get My Love

Brendon Hartley (10th November 1989) - Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise

Mirko Bortolotti (10th January 1990) - Inner City - Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin'

Andrea Caldarelli (14th February 1990) - The Beloved - Hello

Stephane Richelmi (17th March 1990) - David A Stewart ft Candy Dulfer - Lily Was Here

Ollie Millroy (21st April 1990) - Lloyd Cole - Don't Look Back

Jean-Eric Vergne (25th April 1990) - MC Duke - The Final Conflict

Earl Bamber (9th July 1990) - Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma

Michael Christensen (28th August 1990) - DNA ft Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner

Marco Sorensen (6th September 1990) - Happy Mondays - Step On

Matthias Kaiser (22nd January 1991) - Alexander O'Neal - All True Man

Jack Hawksworth (28th February 1991) - Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces

Ryan Cullen (26th March 1991) - The Bee Gees - Secret Love

Ben Barker (23rd April 1991) - Inspiral Carpets - Caravan

Daniel Juncadella (7th May 1991) - Pet Shop Boys - Where The Streets Have No Name

Laurens Vanthoor (8th May 1991) - Vic Reeves & The Roman Numerals - Born Free

Jordan Taylor (10th May 1991) - K-Klass - Rhythm Is A Mystery

Will Stevens (28th June 1991) - Divinyls - I Touch Myself

Klaus Bachler (27th July 1991) - Amy Grant - Baby Baby

Robin Frijns (7th August 1991) - Voice Of The Beehive - Monsters And Angels

Jakub Smiechowski (11th October 1991) - Gloria Estefan - Live For Loving You

Paul-Loup Chatin (19th October 1991) - Oleta Adams - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Harry Tincknell (29th October 1991) - Public Enemy - Can't Truss It

Nicolas Costa (14th November 1991) - Love And Money - Winter

Rene Binder (1st January 1992) - James - Sound

Nico Muller (25th February 1992) - Texas - Alone With You

Stoffel Vandoorne (26th March 1992) - The Charlatans - Weirdo

Zacharie Robichon (31st May 1992) - Michael Jackson - In The Closet

Norman Nato (8th July 1992) - KWS - Please Don't Go

Felipe Nasr (21st August 1992) - Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson - The Best Things In Life Are Free

Alex Lynn (17th September 1993) - Pet Shop Boys - Go West

Pipo Derani (12th October 1993) - Salt-N-Pepa - Shoop

Antonio Giovinazzi (14th December 1993) - Brian May - Last Horizon

Michelle Gatting (31st December 1993) - Belinda Carlisle - Lay Down Your Arms

Alex Riberas (27th January 1994) - Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle - A Whole New World

Ryo Hirakawa (7th March 1994) - Morrissey - The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get

Giorgio Roda (18th March 1994) - Urban Cookie Collective - Sail Away

Daniil Kvyat (26th April 1994) - Roxette - Sleeping In My Car

Mathieu Jaminet (24th October 1994) - Take That - Sure

Matthieu Vaxiviere (3rd December 1994) - Sophie B Hawkins - Don't Don't Tell Me No

Raffaele Marciello (17th December 1994) - PJ & Duncan - Eternal Love

Mikkel Jensen (31st December 1994) - Pearl Jam - Spin The Black Circle

Nyck De Vries (6th February 1995) - M People - Open Your Heart

Matt Campbell (17th February 1995) - MN8 - I've Got A Little Something For You

Alessio Rovera (22nd June 1995) - Pizzaman - Sex On The Streets

Charlie Eastwood (11th August 1995) - Oasis - Some Might Say

Jack Aitken (23rd September 1995) - Vanessa Williams - Colours Of The Wind

Dennis Olsen (14th April 1996) - Oasis - Supersonic

Antonio Fuoco (20th May 1996) - Kavana - Crazy Chance

Matteo Cairoli (1st June 1996) - Gloria Estefan - Reach

Kelvin Van Der Linde (20th June 1996) - Blur - Charmless Man

James Allen (4th July 1996) - Gina G - Ooh Aah.. Just A Little Bit

Larry Ten Voorde (2nd November 1996) - Los Del Rio - Macarena

Sean Gelael (1st November 1996) - Huff & Puff - Help Me Make It

Ben Barnicoat (20th December 1996) - Phil Collins - Dance Into The Light

Mikkel O.Pedersen (26th January 1997) - The Prodigy - Poison

Nicklas Nielsen (6th February 1997) - Kavana - I Can Make You Feel Good

Ben Tuck (3rd March 1997) - Space - Dark Clouds

Alex Palou (1st April 1997) - Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are

Louis Deletraz (22nd April 1997) - Michelle Gayle - Sensational

Ferdinand Habsburg (20th June 1997) - Sneaker Pimps - Six Underground

Laurents Horr (11th September 1997) - Refugee Allstars & Lauryn Hill - The Sweetest Thing

Frederik Schandorff (26th December 1997) - Course - Best Love

Dries Vanthoor (20th April 1998) - Ultra - Say You Do

Erwan Bastard (9th June 1998) - Solid Harmonie - I Want You To Want Me

Job Van Uitert (10th October 1998) - Ultra - The Right Time

Callum Ilott (11th November 1998) - Culture Club - I Just Wanna Be Loved

Mick Schumacher (22nd March 1999) - Men Of Vizion - Do You Feel Me? (Freak You)

Marino Sato (12th May 1999) - Melky Sedeck - Raw

Sheldon Van Der Linde (13th May 1999) - Busta Rhymes ft Janet Jackson - What's It Gonna Be?

Fabio Scherer (13th June 1999) - Bjork - All Is Full Of Love

Riccardo Pera (4th July 1999) - Salt Tank - Dimension

Julien Andlauer (5th July 1999) - Luscious Jackson - Ladyfingers

Phil Hanson (5th July 1999) - Tina Cousins - Forever

Ritomo Miyata (10th August 1999) - Lolly - Viva La Radio

Robert Shwartzman (16th September 1999) - Paul Johnson - Get Get Down

Bent Viscaal (18th September 1999) - Supergrass - Moving

Rui Andrade (23rd September 1999) - Lauryn Hill - Everything Is Everything

Gregoire Saucy (26th December 1999) - Holly Johnson - The Power Of Love

Scott Huffaker (28th December 1999) - Leann Rimes - Crazy

Felipe Drugovich (23rd May 2000) - Mel C & Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes - Never Be The Same Again

Timur Boguslavskiy (30th April 2000) - Andreas Johnson - Glorious

Yifei Ye (16th June 2000) - Peter Lazonby - Sacred Cycles

Sebastian Baud (6th July 2000) - Morgan - Flying High

Oliver Rasmussen (6th November 2000) - Texas - In Demand

Nicolas Varrone (6th November 2000) - Darude - Feel The Beat

Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer (19th November 2000) - Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue - Kids

Clement Novalak (23rd December 2000) - Kandi - Don't Think I'm Not

Alex Quinn (29th December 2000) - Britney Spears - Stronger

Simon Mann (10th February 2001) - ATB ft York - The Fields Of Love

Roman De Angelis (15th February 2001) - Ash - Shining Light

Charles Milesi (4th March 2001) - Spooks - Things I've Seen

Joel Sturm (28th November 2001) - Dido - Hunter

Frederik Vesti (13th January 2002) - Westlife - Queen Of My Heart

Olli Caldwell (11th June 2002) - Sugababes - Freak Like Me

Bijoy Garg (15th July 2002) - The Prodigy - Baby's Got A Temper

Antonio Serravalle (18th September 2002) - Nore - Nothin'

Reshad De Gerus (1st July 2003) - Flaming Lips - Fight Test

Malthe Jakobsen (29th October 2003) - Sheryl Crow - The First Cut Is The Deepest

Carl Bennett (2nd September 2004) - Stonebridge ft Therese - Put Em High

Esteban Masson (18th September 2004) - Easyworld - How Did It Ever Come To This

Nico Pino (21st September 2004) - Kylie Minogue - Slow

Kyffin Simpson (9th October 2004) - The 411 - Dumb

Nolan Siegel (8th November 2004) - Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot

Lorenzo Fluxa (23rd November 2004) - Daniel Bedingfield - Nothing Hurts Like Love

Jonas Ried (18th December 2004) - Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten

Vladislav Lomko (27th December 2004) - Electric Six - Radio Gaga

Morris Schuring (20th February 2005) - Keane - Bedshaped

Maceo Capietto (12th January 2006) - James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover

Conrad Laursen (11th May 2006) - Beyonce ft Slim Thug - Check On It

And here is the link to the playlist 😊

[robinfrinjs]

Countdown to Season 11, dates in Formula E History: 3 Days to go

24 July 2021: Alex Lynn takes his first Formula E Victory

[nnato]

Alex Lynn | London ePrix 2024 | by me

[nick-cassidy]

elms autograph session

[jessmac566]

How is it only now that I realised Alex Lynn didn't score any points in Bahrain because he didn't fulfill his mandated minimum driver time?? Wtf so it means that he is down in 20th in the championship with 26 pts and Earl is 15th with 38 pts

[fredwardart]

The best thing about Antonio getting married is that the boys are back together and this is a prime setting for a group orgy.

Also seeing Mitch and Alex together made my heart explode ngl.

And don't even get me started on what André was doing...

[evanestraz]

Good luck babe!

Pairings: Mitch Evans & André Lotterer, Past Mitch Evans/Alex Lynn, Past André Lotterer/Jean-Éric Vergne

Summary: Being the best man at Alex's wedding, was not the place Mitch thought he would take, having been together with him just three month ago. At least André is ther for him with a much needed bottle of Tequila.

You can read here on ao3, or under the cut, there is a part two, which I'll put in a reblog but this can be read as a stand alone.

By now, Mitch learned to expect the unexpected. Because most racing drivers were unpredictable at best, chaos agents at worst. That also goes for the time they spend together away from the track.

Like right now, when André Lotterer in all his glory sits down in front of him with a whole bottle of tequila, two shot glasses and a deep sigh, that indicates Mitch, that he won’t get away from whatever parenting technique André would be trying whatsoever.

He vaguely thinks about how alcohol usually should not be involved in parenting, but he does feel like getting drunk and the fact that André just produced lemons and salt out of his pockets tells him, that this is probably a long planned intervention, rather than just a spontaneous idea.

André pours them the first glass, still not telling him why exactly they are doing this right now at one of his best friends wedding, but honestly that is reason enough. Mitch doesn’t like being that honest to himself. He gets ahold of the salt shaker, licking over the back of his hand to make sure the salt will stick, before shaking some of it onto his skin.

He takes the lemon he’s offered with the same hand as the salt is on and the shot with the other.

"Ready?", he asks the man sitting opposite from him, the first words uttered between them. André just nods, shot in his hand himself.

"Go."

They simultaneously lick the salt of their hands, downing the shot and bite the lemon, before they look at eachother again, André already pouring the next one. Placing it right in front of Mitch again, together with another slice of lemon, offering the salt shaker too. They down the second one too and while André already pours the third round, Mitch finally speaks up.

"While I appreciate this, why exactly are you trying to get me drunk at Alex's wedding, I don’t think he will appreciate it too much, when his best man is hammered."

"I'm just returning the favour, don’t think I didn’t know you sent Stoffel my way at Jev's wedding."

"How did you-."

André waves him off. "Takes one to know one", he smiles weakly.

"Cheers to that."

And there went the third round.

"So how are you holding up?", Mitch tries to stir the conversation to André's dilemma, away from his own. Even though it was clear, that he won’t be able to avoid it forever. But André indulges him for the moment and spills his thoughts

"I'm doing fine mostly. Jev and I had been apart for quite some time when he asked me to be the best man on his wedding. We ended it off on good terms. I know there is no sense in telling you, that I wasn’t miserable inside. On one hand, I'm insanely happy for him, because he deserves someone who makes him truly happy. On the other hand, whenever I used to imagine standing at the alter with him, it was not as his best man."

He recognises the longing in André's eyes. He knows his eyes glint in the same way, whenever he looks to the dance floor, where Alex is still glued to his wife. Newlyweds or something. Mitch is so happy for his friend. So happy. But he’s two for two now. Two for two boyfriends that chose the easy life of marrying a woman. Instead of him that is. Two for two of asking him to be their best man. Mitch would laugh if that wasn’t his life they are talking about.

"Hey, you there?", André asks, nudging his hand with a new shot. Mitch takes and downs it without even waiting for the lemon and salt, pulling a face. It’s definitely a lot more grim like that.

The sympathy in André's eyes almost kills him.

"Yeah. More complicated for me mate", Mitch says, what is implied heavy in his tone. "Two for two." He formed a fist with his fingers, spreading the thumb and pinky away and shaking it. The same thing surfers did to show that everything’s great. Or some of their colleagues like to do after a win. Making fun of himself was the only way Mitch could remotely deal with it.

André just sighs again and pours another round, this time insisting Mitch takes the salt and lemon.

"Daniel was pretty shit, I won't lie, but at least he made it quick and a lot more painless, going back and marrying at the slightest inconvenience in our relationship, telling me that we are better off as friends after all. But Alex, it hurts like a bitch."

And there goes round six. Mitch knows he should pause now. Let his stomach get accustomed to it. Let his liver some room to breathe. He also should be the one at Alex side so what the hell was going on anyways. He's allowed to scrape this night from his memory.

"I still don't really understand you guys' time line if I'm honest", André confesses, urging Mitch to go on.

"He and I have been on/off for years, a decade give or take. Even before my relationship with Daniel. Hell we were on just three months ago. When he called and said he wanted to talk, I-", his voice breaks and the sobs that he is holding back so well so far, nearly break out of him. He takes a shaky breath in, trying to keep his voice from trembling. "I thought he called me to tell, that he was leaving Alice for good, but instead he told me, that he had proposed to her."

André reaches over to squeeze his hand, trying to offer support. It's about as bad as he expected. Maybe worse even.

"You are not the problem here", André says, voice soft.

"No, I know, but that makes it worse. Because that means it would have worked under different circumstances it could have worked", Mitch sniffles and André tuts.

"No crying Mitch, here, take another one of these instead."

Mitch laughs and downs the next shot with André.

"I don't know if that is of any soothing, but you can't know if it would have worked under different circumstances. We never will."

"But it's pretty damn obvious, when you've been on and off for ten years. Something was there."

André doesn't know how to answer, because it's not like Mitch is wrong. So he tries to make him laugh again.

"Maybe we are just meant for that bachelor life", he says, shooting finger guns at Mitch.

"Maybe we'll end up together", Mitch just muses back, making André laugh in turn.

"You're not really my type", André responds.

"Why? If I grow my hair a bit longer and work on that beard, I can pass as a Jev impersonator."

From all the answers André expects, this was none of them, he laughs out short and loud. "I'll pay you 500€ if you do that for this year's Halloween party."

"You might have yourself a deal there Lotterer", Mitch smirks, clinking their shot glasses together, as they take the seventh round of the evening.

"So what are your options then, what about Rossiter? You and him used to be close, isn't that an option?"

André shakes his head, fond smile on his lips. "While I did hook up with James a few times, I fear he's of f the market."

"No. You are kidding? How did I not get wind of that?", Mitch suddenly sits up straight again, he loves gossip almost as much as he loves to be the gossip.

"'Cause he's on the grid", André smirks.

"Who?", Mitch asks faking a gasp, vibrating with curiosity.

André chuckles, he knows neither Max nor James will mind him telling Mitch. They had thought about telling the grid anyways, is just easier for hang outs.

"Max."

"As in Max Günther?", a real gasp coming from Mitch.

"The one."

"James was his team principal", he gapes.

"Precisely", André answers.

"How long? I mean- what? That's. Oh I'm so happy for them!"

"Can't really give you details, you'll have to ask for yourself, but they are incredibly sweet together."

"Well to them then", Mitch decides to give a spontaneous toast. Round eight of the night running down the back of their throats.

Mitch can see André's eyes lock on a point behind him, he doesn't even need to look to know that it's Jev there, probably dancing with his wife.

"Hey eyes on me", he commands spontaneously, not really sure why he said that himself.

André looks at him, equally surprised.

"We were just getting somewhere that isn't sulking over our ex-boyfriends. Let's not loose that momentum."

André nods and pours them another shot.

"Oh my god, you are actually trying to get me drunk", Mitch laughs. "Like I said, you can get into my bed easier than that."

André shakes his head and just holds out the shot. Mitch still takes in and downs it, biting into the lemon afterwards.

"But we have to find you someone, we are too hot to be the hottest bachelors in town", Mitch pretends to fan wind into his face, as to cool himself down.

"I originally wasn't going to tell you, but I'm on a good way with someone right now."

"Ohhhh tell me!!", Mitch wants to know immediately.

"It's still too early. But I think it's going somewhere", André blushes, fully blushes and Mitch isn't sure if he ever saw the always so cool André Lotterer blush before. Well, apart from when he still was with Jev. Mitch deems that to be a good sign.

He coos at his friend. "Finding love on your old days."

"Shut up", André laughs, shoving him gently over the table.

"Still. It's not easy to see Jev with someone else", André tells truthfully. "I've just been with him for too long, for it not to sting."

"Yeah. I feel that. I'm over Daniel, one hundred percent, but when I see him in the paddock, my stomach still twists. And Alex is a different story entirely."

The following silence seals the tenth round of shots for them, the bottle almost half empty already.

"Oh we will regret this so much tomorrow morning", Mitch chuckles, getting a nod in response from André.

"Go dance to sweat a bit if it out?", the German asks, offering Mitch his hand. That did sound enticing.

"Sure."

_______________

Another ten shots later - they have successfully convinced themselves in the time that passed that they'd have a hangover either way - Mitch still clings to André.

"I want a boyfriend, a boyfriend, that doesn't just goes of and marries the next best girl. One that will stay", he says, speech slurred.

"Yeah, that's what you deserve", André muses, patting Mitch's head. He's drunk too, but not nearly as drunk as Mitch. German genes or something.

"I need a boyfriend, who doesn't even think about marrying at this point. I think James is doing it right, being with something younger that is."

André looks at suprised, not sure where that came from, just to see tears brimming in Mitch's eyes.

"Okay, it's okay. Let's get you to bed. You're tired, huh?", André soothes and steers him towards the exit. Just before they make it out though, Alex steps in their way. It is late by now, surely past one in the morning, but the air is still warm, so not even that is an excuse for André to just drag Mitch along.

"You're leaving Mitch?", Alex asks, looking disappointed. André is like 85% convinced that Mitch would just fall into Alex's arms if he wasn't holding him.

"Yeah, 'm tired. André's taking me to bed."

"I'm bringing him to his bed so he can sleep", André corrects softly but sternly.

Still, jealousy flashes over Alex's face. André sighs deeply. He feared this could happen. He steers Mitch, who had previously stood between them to the side and grabs Alex's arm with his free one.

"Mate. You just got married. This isn't a good look. I promise I'll get him to bed safely. But this is on you. He would've married you too."

"I know", Alex's conceives.

"She's looking here", André observes.

Alex tenses up and bids them goodbye tight-lipped.

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Mitch wakes up, already groaning, his head hurts like a bitch and he once again swears to himself, that he'll never drink Tequila again. At least with André Lotterer.

He vaguely patts around to find his bedside table, hoping, praying, that he'll find an aspirin and some water there. When he does actually find these things, he makes a new resolve, to only drink with André ever again.

He does remember stumbling into his room aided by André, but judging by the fact, that the older man is nowhere to be seen, that's probably all he did in his room. Tuck him in, tell him everything will be alright and listen to him cry over Alex a bit more.

Live isn't fair and Mitch knows that too well. No title, no husband, not even a boyfriend, no one to come home to.

He wants to spend the day in bed, not get up, just laze around. There is nothing to do for him anyways. Well, Alex and Alice organised a day-after brunch, but Mitch isn't sure, if he's ready to see Alex again. With his wife.

He doesn't even know why he agreed to be best man in the first place, probably because he didn't want to loose his best friend and boyfriend in one go.

It feels like he lost both anyways.

Only then, he sees the little piece of paper, that also was left on his bedside table. It's still too dark in the room, to actually read it and Mitch doesn't feel like enduring the headache that would come as soon as he opens the blinds just yet.

It'll have to wait until Mitch has slept at least three hours more and so he doesn't exactly that. The next time he wakes up, he only feels vaguely like shit, which is already progress.

He stumbles out of bed and opens the blinds, letting some light in, the sun already standing high. He has probably slept through at least half of the brunch by now anyway and basically everyone knows his situation with Alex anyways, they will understand, at least those that matter to him. He can afford that one of Alice cousins thinks he's a dick.

The piece of paper finds its way back into his field of vision. He picks it up, squinting a bit to read it properly.

You said you want to date someone younger. Text him.

And then there is a number written on the paper. A number he doesn't have in his phone. From the scribble, Mitch can clearly identify it as André's handwriting. 'Is he trying to set me up?', shoots through his head.

And knowing André, he probably is. He always wants to see his friends happy and if that means pushing them into a certain direction, he would.

What does he have to loose anyway? Mitch shrugs and retrieves his phone from where he had previously neglected it, to read the note again. It would be nice, to be with someone again. Like actually, without buts and maybes. Without fearing they'll propose to their ex-girlfriend. But even some no strings attached fun would help him right now. He hasn't been seeing anyone ever since Alex broke it off for good

So he types out a message.

[gardenofadonis]