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• He Looks Like The Real Thing by Greenpicture

  Fandoms: Formula 1 RPF  

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  06 May 2026

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  • Andrea Kimi Antonelli/Oliver Bearman
  • Alicia Torriani & Oliver Bearman
  • Andrea Kimi Antonelli & Eliska Babickova
  • Flavy Barla/Esteban Ocon
  • Carmen Montero Mundt/George Russell
  • Jules Bianchi/Daniel Ricciardo
  • Lewis Hamilton/Nico Rosberg
  • Charles Leclerc/Max Verstappen
  • Lando Norris/Oscar Piastri
  • Thomas Bearman
  • Maggie Antonelli
  • Isack Hadjar
  • Gabriel Bortoleto
  • Liam Lawson
  • Second Chances
  • POV Third Person
  • 2025 Formula 1 Season
  • Post-Break Up
  • Canon Compliant
  • Idiots in Love
  • Unresolved Romantic Tension
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
  • Existential Crisis
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Curse Breaking
  • Metaphors
  • Childhood Friends
  • Panic Attacks
  • Hospitals
  • Car Accidents
  • Getting Back Together
  • Miscommunication
  • Caretaking
  • Eventual Smut
  • Chapter titles all come from songs
  • english is not my first language
  • their entire lovestory
  • and lifestory

  Summary

  In 2025, two teenage boys are to join Formula 1. One with Haas. One with Mercedes. They used to be everything to each other - until the breakup. But love doesn’t just disappear into the thin air. Not when it’s real. Not when the whole world is watching.

  Or: What if every childhood friendship in Formula 1 was doomed…until this one wasn’t?

  Language:

  English

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  Chapters:

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