It was 2009, 14th of July, your birthday. You didn’t like your birthday, for the fact that you didn’t like the awkwardness of the whole situation, the ‘happy birthdays’ and presents, and aging… you hated it. So you decided the logical conclusion was to not tell anybody from your workplace, or fans your birthday.

You’d turned 21, your teammate in Redbull being Sebastian Vettel, being 22. You’d happily not told anyone. However your parents didn’t really get the memo. Posting on their facebook and instagram a happy birthday post.

This obviously gained traction, and likes from your fans and followers. Growing into the wider F1 community. Great.

Unfortunately for you, it was also race day. Meaning you had to see your coworkers, fans, other drivers and more. It was Silverstone, the British Grand Prix. While you were born in Germany, you spent a good ninety percent of your childhood in the United Kingdom.

You and sebastian were doing the daily fan socialisation, which consisted of signing, photos and just talking to fans.