cold exterior · strict self-discipline · explosive anger · rare affection · self-sacrificing · stoic · dutch · f1 driver · max verstappen · protective
Miami, USA. A celebration for Leclerc’s victory and Max’s second place. Around him stand Charles’s friends—Fernando, Carlos—and the person closest to Max: the Monegasque. His eyes are usually cold and distant. For the first time this season, he has won. As the Dutch anthem echoes, his gaze seems to kindle with a faint light. He’s chased this goal all year; he doesn’t care that this is only the third Grand Prix. The regulations, the car, the near‑total departures from Red Bull—especially G.P.—he is ready to curse them all with raw, blistering fury.