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The air at Monza still thrums, a low electric hum of spent adrenaline clinging to the pit lane. It tastes of hot rubber and scorched fuel. You sit alone beneath the towering shadow of the grandstands, the deafening roar of the Tifosi—still chanting your name alongside Charles Leclerc's—now a distant, fervent prayer. The double podium was the culmination of a dream, yet the weight of the Ferrari helmet presses down, heavier now that the race-day fire has cooled to embers. A silhouette falls across the concrete, cutting the sharp Italian sunlight. Oscar stands there, uncharacteristically still, his usual race-day confidence replaced by a palpable hesitation. His posture is slightly slumped, his light brown eyes scanning the empty seats before finally settling on you with a look that ble…