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  1. Public Bookmark 34

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    In Abu Dhabi Max hits a bird. Blood gets on his visor but he doesn’t notice it. The speed pushes it off. A second later he’s a mile away.

    Twenty-eight laps later he crashes and the car crashes with him. On the track, feathers drift.

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    28 Jan 2026

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    Max kept thinking there were no gaps left between them, but then Daniel would move and make clear there had been one which he’d just closed.

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    Lewis is ten kilometres into his ride before his phone buzzes again.

    It’s a bad idea to sleep with another driver, right? George’s message says, and Lewis almost falls off his stationary bike.

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    Lewis hands out relationship advice. Eventually, Sebastian does too.

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    16 Dec 2025

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    Half the time I can’t tell when he is joking and when he is not Charles says, as if Sebastian’s face doesn’t telegraph to the whole room when he makes what he thinks is a particularly funny joke.

  3. Public Bookmark 13

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    There was the gap between what he wished for and what he got. This year it was worse for Daniel than ever, more, he thought, than a man could bear. He spent a lot of time staring at his teammate’s ass, and not in a fun sexy way. More of a potential axe-murder type of thing. Homicide, type of.

    Max gave him a wink as they passed each other in the garage.

    If Max thought Daniel was so tender he’d fuck him after all that then Daniel might as well take a header off the balcony.

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    23 Jan 2026

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    But in his head everything was allowed, and so he let the tape of the vision reel on: a world in which they were with other people, and yet the other people didn’t matter, that as soon as a door closed on a room with just them in it the air made a soap bubble which pushed out any germ or distraction. Christian, the team, the world championship, chlamydia, homophobia in the Middle East, Baku City Circuit, the age thirty and Daniel’s creaky knees, refracted and bounced off the iridescent wall like a bad dream. Just Max’s hand and Daniel’s hand and the blind grasping on the counter to find one another and hold. Like two starfishes on the sea floor. Love from a primordial age.

  4. Public Bookmark 30

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    Oscar had, at some point, become a piece of furniture.

    That wasn’t a complaint. Just an observation. Like noticing the weather had turned or that the apples in hospitality were bad again.

    George Russell had apparently decided that wherever Oscar was standing was the correct place to be. This was true at national anthems, in the paddock, in the media pen, and—most impressively—exactly when Oscar was attempting to film something for McLaren’s social channels.

    Every race weekend, without fail, George found him. Especially if he needed an umbrella.

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    09 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 51

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    "Daniel," Max says as soon as he hears the line clicking through. "How are you? How do you feel? Is your wrist alright? Do the doctors and nurses take care of you-?"

    "Max?" Daniel says, incredulous. High, drugged up, gone on pain medication. "How did you get in my phone?"
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    Max calls Daniel, post Dutch GP crash injuries

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    06 Dec 2025

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    Sometimes, Max thinks his need for Daniel is a bottomless pit, something that has hollowed him out and leaves an ache echoing through him.