i ain't here on business, i'm only here for fun

Oh dear, I couldn't possibly pick one so yes, there will be multiple, anon! And then I will probably forget one or two probably more big ones that I'll think of later and be bummed about that. In the meantime, I've had a little time to think about this and decided: there could be categories!

Max and GP in the media: not so much a moment but both of them saying they don't want to work with anyone else. Both of them giggling together at the beginning of podcast, and the '23 Talking Bull podcast in its entirety but special mention for "he's my little brother" and GP's fond looks. But I really have a lot of love for when they did the virtual lap videos, because even though it's not a race you can actually see them working and having fun together. But I especially loved when they switched and GP drove with Max being his co-pilot ("See? I press DRS for you." 😭) which was not just fun but suddenly the dynamic was slightly different than what we were used to with GP asking if he was doing well, if Max was happy and Max praising him (though apparently not enough: "don't be a motivational speaker, will you? 'a bit better'?! I was flat through Maggotts!")

Onboard radio: there are way too many and while I love their squabbling ones, I truly love the ones where GP praises Max as well or maybe more. Especially post-race when all the congrats and little race reviews you usually hear in the broadcast have been said and GP comes back on the radio once more to pay Max a compliment and Max deflects. Max telling GP: "You won your home Grand Prix" and GP saying: "You whispered well today." at Monza '22. Imola '22: "where's GP? he ran off? [...] oh hi GP!" and then he went and got GP an apology ice cream after. When Max hit the pitwall when driving out of the garage and GP innocently asking "What happened, mate?", GP calling Max 'Seabob' after Zandvoort qualifying after they'd spent a bit of their summer vacation together. Brazil '24, the whole race, I don't think I need to elaborate. The WDC '21 where GP, previously known to us as calm and collected, absolutely lost all of that and turned into a screaming Alex Albon , and '24 where they both got emotional and GP had to take a moment and let Horner do the talking 🥺.

Pre-race footage: GP fixing Max's collar at the Monaco GP, it's a blink and you miss it moment at the beginning, and it looks like nothing special, casual, which is exactly why it makes me so 🥰🥺🥵😊When watching the older onboards, I noticed GP giving Max a three minutes until race warning with just holding up his fingers, no radio, which means Max has to have been watching GP even when there's other things going on and people bustling about and that GP is assured he will see. As far as I've seen there was only one time that he had to wave his clipboard to get Max's attention for it. There are more than the three in the video below the cut but you get the idea. And then there's this pre-race encouragement gesture, short but sweet 🥰 And obviously a big fan of their pre-race ritual get-togethers underneath/over the halo.

GP's smile when Max did a bit of overtaking in the pitlane. Not just supporting but enjoying his work husband's, sorry, little brother's crimes. One of my all time favourites actually.

Post-race/WDC win moments: I love all of them, the dick grab and hands holding of '22 and the hug and fond neck tuck of '23 but last year's with GP lifting Max up and quietly (and maybe a bit awkwardly on account of the cameraman in there as well who was pretty much in their faces) keeping him company on the Rolls Royce ride to the podium is... I love it so much that I don't have proper words for it actually.