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rickybaby · 6 months ago

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No matter how much Helmut annoys me at times, but this man really was there for the beginning of Daniel's career. No wonder Daniel knows what he has to do to impress him. Their relationship is wildly complicated.

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Imagine you're Helmut Marko. You've seen hundreds of young drivers come and go. You've made the careers of some, and broken the careers of many more others. It's 2007 and you see this lanky guy with big poofy hair come 6th in some regional junior championship and you think he's maybe quick enough to be part of your junior team. And then he shows up to meet you and the team boss for the first time with his shoes squelching water all over the floor because he fell into some fountain outside because he was too busy gawking at the Red Bull headquarters. Surely, you wouldn't have much hope of him surviving the shark tank that is the red bull junior academy, but yet he surprises you by jumping through every hoop you throw at him, by his sheer dogged determination to show you he can be your next golden boy. So, of course, he's going to have your grudging respect and you wouldn't mind playing godfather for a bit and use your influence to get him a seat at some struggling team - it's like here's another challenge for you, show me what you can do.

#thinking how in those early years when Daniel first got the toro rosso seat and he did his first few interviews with the australian media #and they're all like so Dan you're a formula one driver now #and Daniel smiling all shyly because he didn't want to show his braces too much would just say #im really grateful to the red bull family for their faith in me. they've always pushed me and encouraged me #and at that point in time he hadn't yet known Christian; so every red bull family mention WAS Helmut Marko #he was in Daniel's mind the man who gave him his formula one career #so what if some ten plus years later you're 34 and you're back to where you started #and this man who in your mind made your career possible makes some criticism on your current performance #ofc you're going to take it on your chin and say that's ok that's how it is with Helmut #and you're kind of vindicated when a few weeks later you have one of those amazing performances #and here's helmut walking with you into the paddock and smiling and praising you once again #like you've known this old man for nearly half your life #and he's known you for as long #obviously at this point it's something a little more than a professional relationship #anon.txt

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