Summary:

How Max fell in love with Carlos across the seasons.

Spring — Spark & bloom
Autumn — Realization
Winter — Redemption
Spring — Forever

🌸 Spring — The Beginning (Toro Rosso Days)

Where it all started: a sunshine boy meets a storm in the making.

Max Verstappen stepped into the Toro Rosso garage like he had something to prove.

Seventeen. Barely. Sharp tongue. Sharper talent. People whispered about him in corners, called him a prodigy, a hazard, a wild card. He ignored them. He had his eye on one thing: the track.

That’s when he happened.