Alaric
Before I could answer, officials ushered us toward the weighing area and post-race checks.
Formula One was annoyingly strict about procedures after races. Drivers had to weigh in immediately after finishing to ensure nobody dropped below the minimum weight regulations from dehydration during the race.
Nico stepped onto the scale first while cameras flashed endlessly around us.
Even exhausted, he carried himself like someone born for attention. Like someone who knew the entire world was watching him and enjoyed every second of it.
I hated how magnetic he was.
I hated how impossible he was to ignore.
Then I stepped beside him, and almost immediately the interviews began.
A former world champion conducting the podium interviews shoved a microphone toward Nico first while the crowd screamed around us.
"Nico, another victory in Bahrain. But tonight looked difficult. Just how intense was that battle with Alaric De Villier?"
