#the grid

tags: F1 AU, Sukuna x f!Reader OR Gojo x f!Reader (you're choosing), kinda enemies to lovers, slow trust build, extremely slow burn (you’re too busy saving your team), feelings buried under strategy calls and press statements, full F1 immersion, F1 jargon (there’s glossary)

Welcome to the JJK Formula 1 AU. It’s 2025, there’s no cursed energy, just stupidly fast cars, too much money, and drivers who really need PR training.

This story lives in the chaos of a full F1 season: race debriefs, media disasters, strategy tensions, and the slow-burn mess of navigating proximity when everything’s on the line.

Choose your path:

You’re either the Ferrari's Chief of Engineer, responsible for wrangling their volatile #1 driver, Sukuna Ryomen, who doesn’t like to be told what to do… which means yelling at a double world champion who thinks strategy calls are “suggestions”

or

The Mercedes' PR officer tasked with keeping Mercedes’ chaotic defending champion, Satoru Gojo, out of trouble (and out of headlines) while he seems determined to push every boundary (including yours), which means stopping him from trash talking rival drivers, flirting with cameras, reporters, and you.

Either way, you’re fighting for the team and the last thing you need is falling for the one man who makes your job impossible. 

Whatever this thing between you is? It can wait until you save the team.

Follow one path or both: two different MCs navigating the same season from opposite garages.

Expect: rivalries, tension, late‑night strategy calls, team politics, data sheets, media fallout, miscommunication, and the painfully slow shift from enemies to something else.

MEET THE GRID: Ferrari: Sukuna Ryomen (#69) + Yuji Itadori (#9) Mercedes: Satoru Gojo (#1) + Kento Nanami (#12) Red Bull: Suguru Geto (#4) + Toji Zenin (#13) McLaren: Choso (#44) + Megumi Fushiguro (#22) Alpine: Aoi Todo (#77) + Toge Inumaki (#17) Aston Martin: Noritoshi Kamo (#8) + Hiromi Higuruma (#11)

MEET THE TEAMS: Scuderia Ferrari · Mercedes AMG Petronas · Oracle Red Bull Racing · McLaren Formula 1 Team · BWT Alpine F1 Team · Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team

CHAMPIONSHIPS: 2020: Suguru Geto 2021: Satoru Gojo 2022: Sukuna Ryomen 2023: Sukuna Ryomen 2024: Satoru Gojo

Race results (spoilers! will be updated after posting each GP) · Glossary

The Grid on Ao3

YOU'RE CHOOSING SUKUNA: Chapter 0: Bahrain pre-season testing Chapter 0.5: Pit stop Chapter 1: Australian GP Chapter 1.5: Pit stop Chapter 2: Chinese GP ...

YOU'RE CHOOSING GOJO: Chapter 0: Bahrain pre-season testing Chapter 0.5: Pit stop Chapter 1: Australian GP Chapter 1.5: Pit stop Chapter 2: Chinese GP ...

alex saying drivers aren't book people -- "we're ipad kids"

also him saying the driver had to be someone old and that strat working. great

I agree that recipe books that have no pictures are fucked up and evil though

nico getting fernando the cane is elder on elder hate crime

I am obsessed by charles trolling george w that picture

how on earth is charles shocked it's from pierre it said calamar

both mercedes drivers are totally cheating by using their adidas sponsorships

(although kimi went super overboard and even got something for pierre's dog so i forgive him)

love learning lando had a giant poster of alex in his room for 10 years, what a fan boy. not sure I agree him having his helmet on makes it less creepy

I think it should be mandatory to give franco art supplies every year he had nothing to build on for a bit 😔

esteban continuing to get wonderful gifts!! i know he's easy to gift but a spiderman RC car is perfect. well done oscar :D

leaving the name on oscar's gift was so funny way to defeat the whole game

THE GRID

THIS IS SUCH A FUN ASK, THANK YOU. okay. so. here are my thoughts (focused on like... areas we practice in the uk lol) I didn't do everyone because I couldn't come up with ideas for some, but here are the few I've managed haha...

Lewis: I think he would be in Human Rights for obvious reasons. Arguably the most activism-focused on the current grid, and I could see him wanting to work in an area where he feels like he can truly make a difference.

George: I'm giving him Consumer Law, because he is always fighting for the people (the GDPA, hello??) He wants the best for the drivers, he wants the best for consumers.

Oscar: I reckon Construction Law, because it has a big focus on infrastructure and engineering, which obviously he's interested in. Not too many people skills needed, and there wouldn't be a lot of emotion in this area which I think he'd want (I know he's not emotionless guys, but I think he'd rather not have to deal with emotional people lol).

Fernando: Criminal Law. He'd be defending people who definitely did the crime but he'd manage to get them off anyway. The kind of defence lawyer you're scared to see named on the docket.

Lando: I'm giving Lando Charity Law because I think he's quite soft-hearted really (not a bad thing at all), and he'd also want to do something that makes a difference like Lewis, but I don't think he'd be cut out for really, deeply emotional and prolonged court cases. I think he'd get too emotionally involved (and same, honestly).

Charles: Civil Litigation Dispute Resolution purely because he's charming and I do think he would be very persuasive. He's out here flirting with the other sides lawyer until they agree to all his terms and he has the best deal for his client.

Max: Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence because he's an aggressive driver, literally no other reason... a lawyer on either side these cases needs to be aggressive. Also he would say the funniest shit in court. The judge would either love or hate him.

Kimi: Family law because he's a child so he can relate!! Okay, I'm mostly joking. But he's already got multiple 'parents' on the grid, I think he'd be good at negotiating intra-family.

Franco: Taxation law because I remember he made funny comments about Monaco and tax etc. Hunt down the other drivers and make sure they're paying their debts please sir.