Vladislav Arkadi Verano

Vladislav Arkadi Verano y Bonifacio (born 01 May 2037) is part of the wealthy and famous Verano clan from the Philippines as the seventh child and fourth son of Nikolai Xavier Verano and Mayumi Phoebe Bonifacio. He is the younger brother of Viktor, Vasilisa, Valentin, Veronika, Vladimir and Valeriya, and the older brother of Violetta. Influenced by his parents' great interest with motorsports and the family's attractiveness to speed, he decided to make his own name by being an accomplished racing driver. He is considered a prodigy and legend for being a six-time F1 driver world champion (2058, 2059, 2061, 2065, 2066 and 2067) under the Audi Sports F1 Racing Team, and a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans (2059, 2060 and 2068); only short of winning the Indianapolis 500 to be granted the title of being one of two drivers to win the Triple Crown of Motorsport.
He is the deuteragonist of Slipstream, the fifth spin-off story of the FLIGHT series, alongside Kaia Charlotte van Staveren, a two-time F1 driver world champion (2063 and 2064), who served as the story's protagonist and later his wife.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Vladislav's conception was actually not planned as his parents, after suffering a second miscarriage, decided that his six older siblings were enough. However, his mother failed to take a pill about twenty-two hours late due to the time difference between the Philippines and Belgium when the two were to attend the F1 Belgian Grand Prix on 03 August 2036. The two decided to abstain from intimacy to possibly lower the chances of pregnancy, at the same time that his mother stopped taking the pills in fear that if she ended up pregnant at the short mishap moment, there would be further complications to the child. Weeks later, after a missed period, the pregnancy test came back positive.
Vladislav was born on the early morning of 01 May 2037 at Hôpital Necker-Laennec Enfants-Malades, Paris, France to Nikolai Xavier Verano, Chairman of the Verano Group of Companies and President of Verano Development Corporation, and Mayumi Phoebe Bonifacio, President of Malyari Air; and was christened on 08 August 2037 at Santuario de San Antonio Parish Church at Forbes Park, Makati, Philippines, before being followed by a reception at the McKinley Ballroom of Alethea the Fort, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Philippines.
He had eight older siblings, two were miscarried: Viktor, Vasilisa, Valentin, Veronika, Vladimir and Valeriya. Roughly two years later, he had a younger sister, Violetta. At birth, like his siblings, Vladislav had his own fair share of stocks from the Verano Group of Companies, which he was bound to personally own when he turned eighteen years old.
Ever since he was a child, due to the influence of his parents' interest with motorsports and aviation, he dreamed of being a racing driver and a pilot. However, as he grew up and with the support of his family during his karting days as a child, he became much more interested in focusing his goal to be an Formula One racer in the future, considering it as a career.
He studied at the British School Manila during his pre-school days, at the International School Manila from first grade until eighth grade, and at the Institut Le Rosey for his junior and senior high school like his siblings. Additionally, it favored him as it made him closer to his rising career as a racing driver. He was one of the few to enter university at Imperial College London with a degree of MEng Aeronautical Engineering; and also took up flight training from their family-owned flight school, Malyari Air Flight Training Academy, from 2053 until 2056.
=== Racing career ===
==== Lower Formula ====
After a successful competitive karting record, Vladislav immediately moved to lower Formula in 2053 at the age of fifteen. He drove for Prema PowerTeam in ADAC Formula 4 Championship and Italian F4 Championship, ending with a remarkable mark of being 4th Place and 10th Place, respectively. Additionally, during his racing career, he continued his studies and was renowned to remain on the honor list despite the circumstances. As per Le Rosey, Vladislav wasn't given special privilege except for his acceptance to leave campus during race weeks, but all academic related had been his own hardwork as he caught up with his studies by self-studying and submitting necessary tasks before the given deadlines.
According to Vladislav, his parents had always been supportive and gave him the freedom of whether to continue his studies or focus with his career, which he also revealed to be his decision to juggle both as he knew how important education was, especially with him being the privilege to do so at rather expensive and prestigious schools when too many are less fortunate not to. Aside from his earnings since the start of his racing career and with his birthright net worth, he became one of the youngest known philanthropist to sponsor academic scholarships in the Philippines, and honing kids with the less means to sponsor the expensive career in motorsports and bright futures ahead, all aside from those already sponsored by his family. 
Due to his outstanding performance despite being a rookie, Vladislav easily climbed the ranks and joined Prema Racing, competing the following year in Formula 3 (2054), where he finished 3rd Place that ultimately promoted him to Formula 2. Before the start of the 2055 Formula 2 season, he was chosen among countless other drivers to be a member of Ferrari Driver Academy. Leading the 2055 Formula 2 Championship during the first quarter of the season with podium wins for featured races (four of it being wins, and one being second), except for the Suzuka Formula 2 round where he was involved in an accident; and sprint race finishes with points (one being a win), except for retirements in Jeddah and Melbourne, Vladislav was regarded to be a prodigy and genius of his generation with his exceptional record while being a rookie. Due to this, at the end of the Monte Carlo Formula 2 round, where he finished eight and second for the sprint and featured races, respectively, it was announced that he was to get his first free practice sessions at the 2055 Mexico City Grand Prix and São Paulo Grand Prix with Audi. Prior to the following grand prixs, he made his F1 debut in a Formula One car during a private test at Fiorano with Ferrari.
However, before the free practice sessions, Vladislav was given an opportunity to fill the seat of Finn Heinemann, who've fallen ill before the race week itself. With Heinemann's insistence, he took the substitution, and tremendously scored points after finishing fifth in the said grand prix. Having scored points in his debut and completing the free practice sessions at Mexico City and São Paulo, Audi signed him for an assured F1 seat for the next season when Heinemann's contract was not renewed as he transferred to Aston Martin. At the end of the 2055 F2 season, Vladislav won the Championship.
==== Formula One ====
Vladislav was considered one of the best F1 drivers ever known by his generation that many considered him to be a genius that Audi had been both worthy and lucky to pick. After all, throughout the time that he remained as an F1 driver of the team, Audi had only remained either as first or second in the Constructor's Championship. According to the team, Vladislav had been hands-on with every testing and designing of the team's car and engineering due to his theoretical knowledge and skill that he correlated to aviation. If Vladislav wasn't in a F1 car, training, testing or racing, he was very much involved with behind-the-scenes, continuing his studies and flying planes like the rest of his family.
For his first year, Vladislav finished fourth place in the Driver's Championship of the 2056 season, following closely behind Audi's other driver, Cian Pearce. As a rookie, he performed exceptionally well that he only had two race retirements (British Grand Prix and Hungarian Grand Prix) for throughout the season, while all other rounds had him finished with points. For his first race of the season, he finished third on the podium; and just five races later, Vladislav won the 2056 Miami Grand Prix with a grand slam, the only rookie driver to ever do so. Within the same season, he had two other wins at the Austrian Grand Prix and Mexico Grand Prix, ten podium finishes (four finishing second and six finishing third). Due to his performance, Audi renewed his contract at once over the summer break of 2056 for a multi-year contract, and had been considered to be the Best Rookie of the Year.
The following year, in 2057, Vladislav was credited for his consistent form as he finished third place in the Driver's Championship. Ultimately, in 2058, he became a Formula One World Driver's Champion at 21 years old and 207 days on 24 November 2058, breaking the record held by Sebastian Vettel for almost fifty years, who've won at 23 years old in 2010. Additionally, he was the second only driver after Max Verstappen who've finished an entire season never outside of the points with fourteen wins out of 25 rounds, two finishes as second place, and three finishes as third place. By the end of the 2058 season, he was already compared to be one of the legends of the sports and had shown interest in participating outside of F1, particularly at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
He also became a two-time world champion after winning the driver's championship the following year, in 2059, as well, and tied Fernando Alonso's record upon winning his first 24 Hours of Le Mans with Aston Martin in 2059 for the Triple Crown of Motorsports. Once asked regarding the possibility of entering the Indianapolis 500, he said that it wasn't currently on his agenda for now. He would go on winning four other World Driver's Championship (2061, 2065, 2066 and 2067), finishing second place for the years that he didn't win the championship title (2060, 2062, 2063 and 2064). Despite the offered by Audi to renew his contract, he decided to retire after the 2067 season to try other department of motorsports and focus on his family.
==== 24 Hours of Le Mans ====
Vladislav was introduced to the endurance racing 24 Hours of Le Mans at a young age as well; however, had decided to focus primarily on Formula cars. Upon securing his first Formula One World Driver's Championship in 2058, he was noted to be in talks with Aston Martin despite the earlier announcement that he would continue racing with Audi in Formula One. It was later announced that with fellow F1 drivers Alan Blázquez of Aston Martin and Kasper Eekwielders of Red Bull, he would be joining Aston Martin's line-up for the 2059 24 Hours of Le Mans. Alan, after having an experience with Le Mans, wanted to participate the endurance racing with Kasper, and the two decided on Vladislav to complete their team. It coincided with the partnership between Audi, Aston Martin and Red Bull. The trio won the 2059 24 Hours of Le Mans held from June 7 and 8, 2059 with the Aston Martin under the hypercar category. As Vladislav also secured the World Driver's Championship in the same year, he was the only driver to ever won two different categories of motorsports in Formula One (also winning the 2059 Monaco Grand Prix) and Le Mans, which were considered to be the Triple Crown of Motorsports along with Indianapolis 500.
The following year, the same trio participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans another time and secured their second win. Asked if they would continue on the habit of joining the Le Mans, the three decided that it would depend on the F1 calendar as it had been obvious that the 2059 and 2060 24 Hours of Le Mans had only been a free weekend for the three of them before the succeeding six grand prixs in Europe, only the 2060 24 Hours of Le Mans coincided during their four-week summer break.
It would only be by 2068, after retiring from Formula One, did Vladislav returned to participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans once more. This time under Ferrari AF Corse, and also won the race. Due to his consistent wins in Le Mans, Vladislav was regarded to be the most successful driver of the said endurance racing track.
== Personality ==
Vladislav was considered to mirror his mother's personality too well, considered to have the same MBTI-personality of an INTJ. He was, by far, the quietest among his siblings and wanted to keep himself busy. As a child, he was regarded to be curious with everything and wanted to try anything that interested him, later on lacking interest by the time he mastered it. However, he was a diligent and intelligent student that he was known to have the mentality of a genius leader, and that of a winner. In the presence of the media, due to his career, he was charismatic that despite the backlashes and his lack of response to negative comments, he was also known as "the golden boy" and "the media's heartthrob". Despite such, he remained open and direct to the point when it came to his thoughts, all the while keeping his anger in check.
== Physical description ==
Vladislav is described to be a handsome young man, the same way that the rest of his siblings were regarded, and one that had been mentioned to be of genetics; as both of his parents were also highly regarded for their beauty. Among his brothers, he was considered to be the carbon copy of his father. He had the same thick and slightly wavy dark brown hair that tapered by his nape and matching dark brown eyes. He was also the second tallest among his siblings, only an inch shorter than their oldest brother Viktor, and due to his career as an F1 driver, he was relatively leaner and slimmer with taut muscles, a mirror to that of their father.
== Skills and abilities ==
== Possessions ==
== Ancestry ==
* Father: Nikolai Xavier Verano y Alcántara
* Mother: Mayumi Phoebe Bonifacio y Cadaval
* Sibling/s:
** Viktor Alexander Verano y Bonifacio (m. Aelia Cyrille Alvarado y Guinta)
*** Achilles Mikhail Verano y Alvarado
*** Alcyone Maria Verano y Alvarado
*** Aeneas Maxim Verano y Alvarado
*** Alcmene Marta Verano y Alvarado
** Vasilisa Alyona Verano y Bonifacio (m. Adrian Josef Buenviaje y Fernandez)
*** Aamir Konstantin Buenviaje y Verano
*** Arianne Klara Buenviaje y Verano
*** Aurore Kristina Buenviaje y Verano
*** Astride Klavdia Buenviaje y Verano
*** Ademar Kirill Buenviaje y Verano
** Valentin Alexei Verano y Bonifacio (m. Camille Soleil Vannier)
*** Aelius Ivan Verano y Vannier
*** Aether Ilya Verano y Vannier
*** Amarente Inna Verano y Vannier
*** Amandine Irina Verano y Vannier
** Unborn brother/sister (I)
** Veronika Aleina Verano y Bonifacio (m. Riccardo Inigo Dell'Agnello)
*** Aloisio Danil Dell'Agnello y Verano
*** Augusta Diana Dell'Agnello y Verano
*** Albus Dominik Dell'Agnello y Verano
*** Aquiliana Daria Dell'Agnello y Verano
*** Aldrik Dmitri Dell'Agnello y Verano
*** Almir Damián Dell'Agnello y Verano
** Vladimir Andrei Verano y Bonifacio (m. Serena Cordelia Garcia)
*** Acacius Leonid Verano y Garcia
*** Anastasie Liliya Verano y Garcia
*** Arsione Lidiya Verano y Garcia
*** Arsenios Lavrenty Verano y Garcia
** Valeriya Aksinia Verano y Bonifacio (m. Maksimilijan Hervé Walsh)
*** Anraí Sergey Walsh y Verano
*** Aisling Sofia Walsh y Verano
*** Aoife Shanna Walsh y Verano
*** Aodhán Stepan Walsh y Verano
*** Aedh Stanislav Walsh y Verano
** Unborn brother/sister (II)
** Violetta Amaliya Verano y Bonifacio (m. Reece Kian Domínguez)
*** Arleen Eleonora Domínguez y Verano
*** Arawn Eduard Domínguez y Verano
*** Armelle Evelina Domínguez y Verano
* Spouse: Kaia Charlotte van Staveren
* Issue:
** Artair Yakov Verano y van Staveren
** Aliza Yekaterina Verano y van Staveren
** Alvar Yuri Verano y van Staveren
** Aliya Yelisaveta Verano y van Staveren
** Adair Yefim Verano y van Staveren
== Relationships ==
=== Romances ===
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Kaia Charlotte van Staveren is Vladislav's soulmate and later wife.
The two actually first encountered one another during their karting years, though they first formally met and got to know one another on late 2053 when Kaia was introduced to be part of Prema Racing's junior team in Formula 4, at the time that Vladislav had been part of the parent team already and had been promoted to Formula 3. She was fifteen years old and he was sixteen. Despite initially being awkward with one another and being part of different series, the two became close due to team promotions, workshops and trainings. Ever since their friendship, they've been private with their relationship that even others among their team considered their interaction professional and unsusceptible of being anything more than colleagues or friends. Throughout the course of the 2054 season, they became close with one another, and nine months after their initial meeting, Vladislav started courting her. By the end of the 2054 season, Vladislav finished third place and was immediately promoted to F2, while Kaia finished 16th and was promoted to F1 Academy.
Before the start of the 2055 season, Vladislav and Kaia became a couple on 15 February 2055, at seventeen and sixteen years old, respectively. It was about the time of Prema Racing's pre-season testing that they've decided to also keep their relationship private, being mutual to not let the public and even anyone from their team know or catch scent of it; however, their families were aware of their relationship when both introduced one another. When Vladislav was involved in a massive crash at the 2055 Suzuka F2 Round on 04 April 2055, suffering a light concussion after hitting the barriers at roughly 52Gs all the while leading the Formula 2 Championship, their relationship was almost revealed but Kaia was stopped by Vladislav from heading to the hospital to visit him and informed her that he was also going to continue resting until the next round back home at the Philippines, that they would be seeing one another three weeks later at the next round in Miami. Additionally, he promised to her that he would definitely back in form and win the said race, which he ultimately did.
The two of them had started to be intimate with one another roughly two weeks into their relationship, but only after Vladislav's win at the 2055 Miami F2 Round did they do the deed when Kaia sneaked in to his hotel room at Eslanda Florida, a move only heightened by security due to the said hotel being under Vladislav family's management. Even when the two of them escalated through promotions until reaching F1, they've decided to keep their relationship a private matter despite the fact that a few were catching hints of them being together.
For the 2061 F1 season, Vladislav and Kaia became teammates under Audi. Ever since being in Formula 1 in 2056, Vladislav had been with the team, winning two World Driver's Championship in the short span of his F1 career; Kaia was signed by Audi after three years with McLaren. Their dynamic was considered to be being one another's great nemesis on-track and close friends off-track, wherein many speculated to be some sort of media promotion but had been the two's intention as they keep being professional with their careers.
Audi's Team Principal Jannik Heissler, at first meeting with the two drivers as part of the team had been direct in asking what was really going on between the two of them; hence, Jannik was the first one in the Formula world to know about their relationship and assured the two that it will remain a secret until they reveal it to the public on their own, given that they were to remain professional and competitive on their own games. Not so long, their respective race engineers knew of their relationship as well, and had been part of the circle to keep their mouths shut about the two of them. When Kaia won the 2063 Formula One World Championship, with Vladislav being second in the ranking, the circle had inquired if it was his intention to let the win; but he said that it wasn't his intention because he knew that Kaia would definitely break up with him for letting her win, and it was also proven by the next season that it was truly her own talent that led her to win.
When Kaia won the 2063 World Driver's Championship on 25 November 2063, after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Vladislav proposed to her after eight years of being together. Aside from their family and the few in their team aware of their relationship, their engagement had remained a secret from the public as well.
During the summer break of the F1 2064 season, coinciding with her 26th birthday, Kaia announced her retirement through her social media by saying that she has other plans for the following year. It had been earlier discussed among the team that she had been planning to leave F1 despite leading the current season, and only through a private conversation with Jannik did she informed him that she wanted to focus in family life as she and Vladislav had been planning to marry the following year; additionally, it was revealed that Vladislav also planned to retire at the same time, but found it Audi's liability to lose them both at the same time, hence he were to continue racing with the team for three more years after. Kaia, however, was asked by the rest of the public about what her plan was, but she decided to keep quiet about it.
After the qualifying session in Abu Dhabi, Kaia posted that it will be her last pole position and she couldn't wait to step into the next chapter of her life after the season by posting her engagement ring, announcing it then all the while keeping who her mystery man was. Also, the 2064 F1 grid threw a luxurious dinner at Hakkasan Abu Dhabi for Kaia's retirement, initially, and once the reveal was dropped, a celebration as well for her and Vladislav's upcoming wedding, despite the fact that the grid were planning a separate bridal and bachelor's party for the two during the season break. Apparently, the grid had assumptions of their relationship, but was only made aware of it and their engagement during the dinner. As courtesy, the rest of the drivers posted on their social media about the dinner but there had been no indication of the engagement news they've heard about.
At the end of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Vladislav, finishing second, said during the post-race interview of his congratulations for Kaia winning and her engagement. Kaia, winning the grand prix and the World Driver's Championship for a second time, was congratulated for her win and engagement by the media before being asked about her future plans and mystery man, wondering if he was present, at least, for her last race; as she was always known to only have her family as guests on the team garage. She said that her current agenda was to marry after her retirement, and decided not to answer who her fiancé was because they wanted to keep it private until the right moment. While they were on the cooldown room, Kaia and Vladislav posted about their relationship, and for others who weren't aware of it at the social media, were surprised to find the two congratulating one another with a kiss during the awarding ceremony. The rest of the grid posted a second part of the dinner with a congratulation concerning the two for their engagement and upcoming wedding.
Before the start of the F1 2065 season, the two married on 15 February 2065, on their tenth anniversary, at XXX and had their honeymoon at Alghero, Sardinia, Italy. Only a few were invited and photos of the event were initially not publicized until a month later when Vladislav and Kaia were the first ones to post about it. Their union led to five children: Artair Yakov (17 July 2066), Aliza Yekaterina (19 December 2068), Alvar Yuri (12 May 2071), Aliya Yelizaveta (09 October 2073), and Adair Yefim (21 March 2076).
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* Vladislav's full name is Vladislav Arkadi Verano y Bonifacio.
** Vladislav is derived from the Slavic elements vladeti that means "rule", and slava that means "glory".Behind the Name: Vladislav
** Arkadi is an alternate transcription of the Russian name Аркадий (Arkadiy), which was from the name "Arkadios", from an ancient Greek name meaning "of Arcadia". Arcadia was a region in Greece, its name deriving from ἄρκτος (arktos) meaning "bear".Behind the Name: Arkadi, Arkadiy and Arkadios
** Bonifacio is the Italian and Spanish form of the name "Bonifatius" or "Boniface" which meant "good fate" from bonum "good" and fatum "fate".Behind the Name: Bonifacio and Boniface
** Verano means "summer" in Spanish.Ancestry: Verano
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