what if you stepped up to F3 and took the seat that was vacated by your biggest rival in karting because he got promoted to F1 at a ridiculously young age and you had an amazing start to the season and were in contention for the title until everything went to shit in Zandvoort (your rival’s home) and then you and the team could never get the car setup quite right again so it all slipped away and there’s only a few races left in the season and you show up to Hockenheim on your BIRTHDAY and there’s your karting nemesis rival hanging out in your team’s garage, chatting with your team principal—
Happened to my buddy Charles Leclerc.
Oh, but don’t worry, you did manage to clinch the Rookie Championship that weekend, so you got forced to go on the podium and take a picture even though your race weekend was abysmal :)
