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Sergio (Checo) Pérez is competing for the 2028 World Drivers' Championship against the new addition to his team, Max Verstappen, driver with who he shares a dark and intimate past, and currently despises entirely.
So when they both find themselves in the same team after two years of being apart, the racing and competition against each other becomes personal, causing old wounds to be reopened and the past to start haunting them once again.
Will it end well o will they die trying?
Or
An AU based on real F1 events and a fallout that occurs after Checo leaves Red Bull, but with a deeper reason behind it than a simple heartbreak.
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