The movie

1

Max's POV

So to start off the season strong in Bahrain I was thinking about going with the 2 pit strategy, starting with softs...... that's where I spaced out. It's been a rough couple of days. The first race of of the season is only two weeks away and I couldn't concentrate on what anybody was telling me. My girlfriend now ex I suppose and I broke up. I knew it wasn't gonna last, fuck, I didn't even want it but I just didn't want to be alone and now I am. Another season of needing to be the best I can. Needing to beat Mercedes. We've been trying for years but the car has been disappointing me the last few years. I need to be on my A game. How am I gonna do all of this while I can't even concentrate during the briefing.
"Max, do you agree?"
"What?"

Anna's POV

"I'm gonna miss you Anna"
"Don't go all sappy on me" I say, trying to cheer him up a bit
"At least i wont get kicked as much, i still have bruises from the last time we hung out" a smile appeared on his face
"You can't blame me for you making me want to kick you"
We both started laughing
Samir has been my best friend for quite a while. At least from the start of the semester. There's no one just quite like him. As much as I'd like to remain a stone cold bitch I just can't deny he's the greatest guy I've ever met. When we met it just felt like all the puzzle pieces started fitting. Everything started making sense. There was this short stage of him being in love with me and me forcing myself to fall in love with him because he was just so perfect. Which failed tremendously I might add. Ever since that was over it's been hours of laughing and making good memories.

I was leaving to fulfil my dream, F1. No I do not drive. Hell, I don't even have my drivers license due to miss Rona. I love F1, the speed, the people, the strategies, everything. I've grown especially quite fond of Max Verstappen. His competitiveness, his honesty, his speed. There's just something captivating about him so when Redbull released an Instagram video asking for people to film Max for a movie about him I immediately signed up. I'm not one for these types of adventures but this was something I needed to do. I would be around Max 24/7 which was great because I just needed to know more about him. After some excruciating online interviews I got in. I didn't know Jack shit about editing but there was one thing which got me in for sure. I can read people like no tomorrow. I guess its because of my past,It's proven to be quite useful. Samir  always thought it was creepy because I basically told him he was in love with me before he realised. I'm still in high school as an 18 year old, you don't even wanna know why cause I'll have to explain the entire Dutch education system and ain't nobody got time for that. I only got one year of high school left so when i got into Redbull I discussed what to do with school and we came to the agreement that I'll just do school work in between filming and take some online classes. It wasn't like I was gonna be in school much anyways due to corona and I'll just fly out to the Netherlands when I have important exams coming up.

"Take care of yourself Anna"
"Will do, I'll text you when I land"
After we said our goodbyes, my mom drove me home, I packed my bags and we drove to the airport.
"You're 18 Anna, you should really get your drivers license" my mom said, annoyance filled her voice.
"Don't blame me, blame miss Rona" I said casually while staring out the window. I bet I look like those girls in the movies.
"Miss who?" My mom questioned, obviously not understanding it one bit.
"Corona"
Quietness filled the car. She probably didn't know what to say. Me neither to be honest. I was gonna leave the family. On my own, travelling the world at 18. I don't even know how I managed to convince my parents but I'm just glad i did.

After a 15 minute drive we arrived at Schiphol
"Text me when you land, okay?"
"Will do"
"I love you" she says, sounding extremely vulnerable
"I love you too" I said while giving her a reassuring smile.
I got out of the car and grabbed my bags out of the trunk.
My mom drove off and I went into the airport.
You're probably wondering how an 18 year old is supposed to know her way around the airport. I feel you. my uncle has been a purser at KLM as long as I can remember and once I was 15 I gotta come with him to Barcelona. Ever since then I loved travelling and started going to Schiphol more often. I basically know the place like the back of my hand now. After checking in my bags I checked my boarding pass.
"Gate H, you must be fucking kidding me"
Gate H is like a 10 minute walk from here. I'll be brain dead by the time I arrive there.
I took a deep breath, put in my AirPods and started walking. This place definitely brought back memories from the time I went to Barcelona, the excitement I felt, the uncertainty. So much has changed since then. I arrived at the gate and started watching dacha's 44 Grand Prix videos to fill my time.

After waiting for about half an hour we started boarding. That's when I realised Redbull had bought me a business class seat. What a waste of money for an hour long flight to the headquarters of Redbull in England. I'm not complaining though. I found my seat and after everyone boarded I realised I got the entire business class row to myself.
"This is gonna be great."