Video of Max congratulating him in parc ferme as well:
Nico: “Max was the first guy who came (to congratulate me). We (Max and I) go way back, you know, from karting days when we were teens. I think we have a lot of respect… I mean, I have a lot of respect for him, you know — what he does, what he stands for. A great human being.”
Both Max and him have repeatedly said the same on this and it always confuses me because of the age difference. It must be something like Hulk still doing karting besides his single seater climb up