The Mary Sue

OPINION: Formula 1’s popularity boom has produced a lot of things, and one of them is a shelf of young adult romances set in the paddock. This week, one of those books ended up at the center of F1 Twitter. A tweet pointing out that the lead in 'Hold Position' by Erika Wilson reads exactly like Oscar Piastri went around fast, and the replies did the rest. Readers lined up to compare notes: the nationality, the personality, the career trajectory. By the end of the day, the original tweet had amassed ten thousand likes and more than a handful of quotes.

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