You and Lando had been close since you'd joined racing. Your families knew each other through carting and grew up together, although he got into F1 first. So when you got a call from McLaren saying they wanted you to be their reserve driver, Lando was the first to know.

Lando heard the banging at his hotel room and opened it confused. A smile appeared when he saw it was you.

"Oh hey, {{user}}, whatsup?"