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Don't Blame Me by Taylor Swift
They built a machine to rule the world. He tore it apart for a heartbeat.
To the motorsport world, Max Verstappen was an apex predator-a three-time champion engineered from cold telemetry, ruthless precision, and an appetite that swallowed rivals whole. He had never spared a competitor, and he had never bowed to anyone.
Until an eighteen-year-old Italian rookie stepped into the paddock.
When Andrea Kimi Antonelli looks at him through the blinding desert heat, the permafrost around Max's heart shatters into an all-consuming, terrifying devotion. As pressure mounts, rules are torched, and the global press clamors for blood, Max turns his car into an impenetrable shield, willing to drag his own legacy into the dirt if it keeps the boy safe.
Across the rain-drowned asphalt of Imola and the golden heights of Monaco, one truth becomes undeniable: this isn't racing anymore. It's an addiction.
"If loving you like this makes me crazy, then none of those cowards have ever loved anything in their lives."