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F1TV interview, Max & GP, GP Hungary, 2026

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first contact -> daniel's pov <--> max's pov

that old man loves him <3

i am always thinking about this shit. he's mature and he's polite and... do you remember that article where the writer met with jos and met max? max was 9. he was described as quiet and polite. he said he drove them home last night. he ate a spoonful of his soup. in 2021, max said, nothing could be worse than what i experienced back then. and he said, my father was always telling me i wasn't good enough. in f3, a reporter noted that when he was up on the podium, he didn't pump his fist in celebration, but rather stood there looking overwhelmed. he was put into a kart when he was four (and a half) and he had to take it serious straight away. when he went to f1, some people said he was too young, but everybody who knew him said, he's not 17 though. he is but he isn't. he's much older than that. he had to be. he was eight when he stopped living with his mother. he was only a day over 18 when he moved to monaco. he described the way his father raised him as harsh. he hitchhiked back to his hotel room when he was a teenager and then had to walk back to it when his father drove him back. people said that it looked like max wasn't listening in meetings because he'd look down, but he always knew everything that was said. he was soft-spoken. he couldn't drive a road car. when asked about the pressure, he said he didn't feel it. when asked about the criticism he shrugged and said everybody has their own opinions. he was 17, and he was 16, and he was younger still, but he wasn't, because he was so much older. he had to be.

jos on max's signing

STOP HE'S THE SMALLEST IN THE WORLD

look at my smallest bull

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(yes their muscle mass/weight has changed since this but height shouldn't change until you're much much older)

“Max isn’t going to get better” Charles’ mouth felt so dry. “I’m sorry?” “It’ll get worse as time goes on” Dr Frances said calmly. “Age will make it worse. It makes everything worse. Max is a young man now, but he is going to spend the rest of his life like this. Think about two, four, six decades of not standing on your own feet. The body isn’t made for that” “Why are you telling me this?” He whispered. “Because every appointment, you bring with you a notebook and ask me how it is improving, what needs to be changed, how Max is changing. I am telling you this now so in five years when you are angry with me that nothing has changed yet, you understand. This is Max, Charles. I’m so sorry” -- one day I am gonna grow wings / a chemical reaction

“. . . Sorry” Max whispered, leaning in to kiss his cheek but Charles jerked away.  “No” Charles shook his head hard enough to crack his neck. “No you don’t ever apologise to me” “Oh, don’t” “No-” “Fuck, Charlie, we are not doing that again” Max said angrily. “Stop it”

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