#st73

A story about girlhood, friendship, grief, and racing, in which various ships haunt the narrative.

MASTERLIST, OC MASTERLIST

Featuring: Nina Reyes (OC), Zoey Valente (OC), Sofia Torres (OC), Courtney Carter (OC), Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, George Russell, Kimi Antonelli, Austin Taylor (OC), Alison Reyes (OC), Alejandra Reyes (OC), Maria Estrada (OC), Zak Brown, Andrea Stella, Mark Webber, Laurent Mekies, Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, mentions of: Domingo Reyes (OC), basically the rest of the 2026 grid.

In 2026, there's three new rookies on the grid: Nina Reyes, Zoey Valente, and Sofia Torres. Though it is a dream come true, it comes with its many challenges, some of which they're more prepared to face than others. The following chapters see them (and other characters, like Courtney Carter and Austin Taylor) through the 2026 Formula 1 season, seeking to prove that they deserve to stay on for next year.

Switching third person POVs, updates every two weeks!

Prologue Chapter One: Silly Season Chapter Two: The Audition (There Goes The Season) Chapter Three: Let The Games Begin Chapter Four: Rain On Our Parade - June 19th Chapter Five:

OC INTRODUCTION POSTS

NR13 - Nina Reyes - #nr13

Information about the rest of her family

ZV21 - Zoey Valente - #zv21

ST73 - Sofia Torres - #st73

CC89 - Courtney Carter - #cc89

OC Introduction: Sofia Torres

July 2001 // Driver Number: 73 // Portuguese

With the Torres family, everything is a transaction, even if you are family. Both Sofia and her older sister, Ana, were allowed to do whatever they wanted as long as they never made a fuss and followed the small amount of orders they were given. She took an interest in cars and how they worked from a very young age and fell in love with karting as soon as she was allowed to do it.

Her parents thought it was just a hobby at first, but then she was scouted for several feature races and for F1 Academy and that's when the transaction aspect kicked in. Sofia was allowed to pursue her motorsport career, so long as she did so with grace and made the Torres family look good. This is why she is kind of forced to start with and remain with the Ferrari academy.

She committed to the career without complaint, but had a nagging thought in the back of her mind that perhaps the engineering aspect was more for her than the driving. Eventually, she found a way to do both - a part-time, multi-year engineering degree while she was driving in the junior formulas. Sofia was happy to just drive, not overly ambitious for a title. Her talent was enough to move her up the formulas, having been on multiple Constructor's winning teams despite not being a champion.

Eventually, however, she's faced with the fact that she can't stay in the junior formulas forever and, even if she does love engineering, driving is what she loves most. Either she changes motorsports entirely, or she chases Formula 1.

Fun Facts:

She hardly ever visits her parents, they hardly ever go to races, neither party complains. They only go to Monaco and races with high prestige. Ana doesn't take sides or protect Sofia from their influence because she feels sidelined.

Out of all of her friends, she is the best PR trained because she grew up around the cameras. She knows how to say what the cameras want without letting their gaze get to her.

She'll often do engineering-related courses or attend webinars for fun. This is why she gives surprisingly good feedback, but she never pretends to know better than the actual engineers.

Her insane memory means that she will win multiple seasons of Grill the Grid. Fitting, given that her mentor figure is Vettel for a little bit.

Career Summary, relevant years:

2019 - started F1 Academy, Ferrari

2021 - GB3, Carlin (Constructor’s Win)

2022 - Formula 3, Prema (Constructor’s Win)

2025 - Formula 2, Prema, (with Austin Taylor)

Featured in:

And All The Stars Aligned - SIDE CHARACTER

(Only You Know) I'm Only Me When I'm With You - SIDE CHARACTER

I'll Catch You - SIDE CHARACTER

When I Was Drowning: the duology - SIDE CHARACTER

The Annual Cookie-Baking Frenzy - SIDE CHARACTER

Stand Back Where You Stood - MENTION/SIDE CHARACTER

This Is Our Time - IN PROGRESS

4) What song describes your OC and their partner/love interest?

Okay so! Only Nina and Courtney have love interests that you guys know (Oscar and Lando) and I don't want to spoil what happens with Zoey and Sofia and their respective love lives, so I'll leave those two out for now!

NR13 x OP81/piastreyes/ninoscar (to be loved is to have your friends come up with ship names): Dancing With Our Hands Tied, Taylor Swift. In general they are incredibly Reputation coded at the beginning. CC89 x LN1: Dear God, Tate McRae. Genuinely unironically the song that even gave me the idea for these two and how they start :).

14) Who's a character your OC cannot stand! It's on sight when they see them!

Nina couldn't stand when Stroll was racing cause he had her dad's number (18) but she hardly met the guy. Zoey is wary of everyone and she's a very good judge of character, but there's no one she really dislikes. Just people she keeps at a distance. It is very hard to get Sofia to dislike someone so honestly I'm going to say her parents? But she's very good at just blocking it all out and not reacting. Then there's Courtney who genuinely thinks everyone hates her but in reality no one does. She does glare at some interviewers though.

30) My OC and your OC are friends. This isn't a question. I'm not asking. (How do they respond?)

OMG OMG I'm gonna do this for Vivi cause I know her best but I'm so down to do them all if you want to discuss!!

Nina is intimidated in the sense that she doesn't know how to be a role model but she's also the most protective out of all of them. Zoey isn't protective but that's because she sees her as an equal, especially once they're in F1 together. Sofia thinks she is adorable. Absolutely ruthless on track, but adorable. Courtney actually may be a little insecure/afraid that Vivi will "replace" her but she gets over it quickly lol.