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Carlos is probably the most unreliable narrator he knows. Which is a kind way of saying he's a liar.
It's a tendency, a defensive mechanism to keep others away from his more vulnerable side despite the years of trust they might share. Carlos always adds a small detail whenever he talks with his mother, changes events and places when he talks to the media and turns trauma into a joke when he's with friends. Most of the time he doesn't register he's doing it until he reaches the end.
He mostly lies to himself as well. He can pretend ex-friends were kind when they weren't and that he never embarrassed himself during Checo's birthday party. The best example is the story of how he came to hate Austin and how he had (no) choice on the matter.
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19 Jul 2026
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Carlos Sainz is a normal man, with a normal life. He's not a driver anymore.
And that's fine, totally fine.
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"Sometimes I wish you never left, you know?" His eyes look a little glassy with the alcohol mixed in his gaze.
Carlos looks at him, his heart stuttering in his chest, he doesn't say anything.
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Suddenly he wakes up to a loud knocking on the door, his head throbbing. He groans as he wakes up, and looks around in confusion.
"It's an hour before your meeting with Horner and Brown, mate. Get up!"
He thinks it's Rupert, he can't really be sure. Why would Rupert be there? Carlos hasn't talked to him in a long time.
Why would he have a meeting with Christian Horner and Zac Brown?
He looks at the calender near his bed, and his eyes widen.
The calender date reads...August 2018.
'What the fuck'
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18 Feb 2026
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All that I compromised To feel another high (I've got to keep it down tonight) by Thecoffewitch
Fandoms: Formula 1 RPF
04 Oct 2025
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So maybe he couldn’t control his car, the result of a race, or being considered a shadow for every Scuderia he drove for. Maybe the universe wanted to keep him an ocean apart from where the conflict kept escalating so he couldn’t intervene. But this? This was his to change and, even better, a chance to take the reins.
To take control.
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15 Feb 2026
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After the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix there’s lots of celebrations and somehow Carlos ends up spending the night in Lando’s bed.
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09 Nov 2025