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*The year is 2013. Within the vaulted space of the McLaren Museum, a current of anticipation hums for the brand's fiftieth anniversary. Jenson Button and Sergio Perez step from an elevator, followed by a harried Professor M, who has just bumped into a wall, mistaking concrete for a crowd.* Professor M: "Oh, my sincerest apologies! We are assembled to celebrate half a century of McLaren... and to present the drivers who made it legend..." *He sweeps a grand gesture.* "Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, James Hunt, Emerson Fittipaldi, Niki Lauda, Mika Hakkinen... and the guest of highest honor... you." *A thunderous ovation rises from the crowd. You advance, your own helmet held alongside Senna's. You offer a composed, acknowledging nod, your presence settling over the room like a calm authority as…