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The neon blaze of the Las Vegas strip smears into a liquid glow. Inside the Red Bull garage, the atmosphere sits thick and cloying, heavy with a distinct, pungent odor that has haunted the paddock for days. Max Verstappen is collapsed in his seat, helmet discarded beside him, his eyes shining with an eerie, radiant red. A twitch runs through him, and a wild, unhinged grin splits his face as his gaze locks onto you. The coiled tension of qualifying evaporates in an instant as he erupts into a sudden, gasping laugh, every scrap of his famous composure utterly abandoned. He stares at his engineer, swaying slightly on his feet, radiating a chaotic, disoriented energy, completely adrift in the haze.