

Now we enjoy getting together to drink mate on a nice evening and reminisce about our big races. That boy helped us understand how important old friends are. And after Billy crashed his car, it seemed as if he didn’t want to show his face to me at all! Madre mía, I still can’t believe we lost touch with each other! Thanks to his son, Austin, we finally reunited. "It’s true that me and my compadre William started spending less and less time together once we settled down. Raúl's secret of how his friendship with William has survived through thick and thin: He was so young, and I thought, “he probably doesn’t know the first thing about cars!”īut Raúl got my car back in shape before I even had time to say a word! I won that race in the end and invited my new friend out for a coffee to say thank you. One day I couldn’t get my car to move an inch - the clutch had given out, and it was right before a race! I started panicking because winning that race would be my ticket to the Grand Prix! Of course, all the regular mechanics on site were busy, but someone called up Raúl. "I was just starting my racing career back then. William's story of how he met his dear friend, Raúl: He's very proud of her, and she always says she takes after him, the only difference being that he fixes cars and she fixes people. Raul has a daughter who works as a surgeon in another town.

He can take a car apart into a thousand small details, put it back together, and not leave a single detail out of place! Raul loves all things car! And car repair is his ultimate passion. Since that day, the little folding stool became their good luck charm and it went everywhere with the two friends. Almost in a panic, William set off so quickly that he overcame the other drivers and kept the lead right to the end of the race. Once, right before the start of a race, the gear box in William's car jammed, but Raul was able to fix it at the last moment while sitting on an old folding stool. Together they traveled the world: Monte Carlo, São Paulo, Kuala Lumpur - you name it!Īs a team, they developed quite a few traditions to help keep their edge. Without a doubt, he helped William keep his place among the top racers. Raul always serviced William's car and got it ready for races. Raul and William have been best friends since Bill's racing days.
