When Carlos started dating Max, everyone reacted the same way.

Concern. Not openly...no one was rude about it...but the concern was there in the pauses, in the careful words, in the way people kept glancing at Carlos like he might be walking straight into something painful.

Because everyone knew Max. Max was brilliant. Max was intense. Max was relentless.

But Max was also, famously, already married to racing. Carlos heard it from teammates, friends, even people who meant well.

“You know Max,” someone said gently one night in the paddock lounge. “He’s… different. Racing is everything to him.”

Another added, “He doesn’t slow down for anyone.”