Me and a friend have been thinking about a f1 × codz au,,, Just hear me out.
Out favourite four would be in Red bull. Because it matches them. Anyway, Richtofen would be the new director (for like, a maximum of five years at the moment of the story), who is pretty much your combination of extremely genius but also extremely crazy. He has good strategies - at least good enough to have Takeo the Max Verstappen of this dimension - but also has rather... toxic tendencies, like his back and forth with Dempsey.
Poor Dempsey just got into Toro Rosso (at that time named like this, anyway) (some context for those who don't know: a team dependent on Red bull that drivers go at before entering Red bull itself) from Haas (that isn't exactly as good as Red Bull to put it lightly,,,), and, after finally getting out Toro Rosso and getting into the real deal - Red Bull - he's really hopeful about his career. Problem? Him and Richtofen got together. But he can't figure out how he went from second driver on Red bull back to Toro Rosso. Why his boyfriend would sent him back to "training" after the real deal. He doesn't have a clue what in Richtofen's twisted mind concluded his boyfriend would like such a downgrade. But he has to shut up and suck it up as Richtofen promises him it's a temporary thing, that he'll be back in no time and not to worry.
Takeo doesn't have nearly half the problems with Richtofen, as he comes with really good results all the time. He's the golden child of Redbull, loved and taken care of by Richtofen. Meanwhile, Nikolai, despite having a great downfall after a certain... accident, is still held by Richtofen, whether it be second driver or reserve driver.
There's far more to this au, but I'll explain their dynamics in a seperate post. Thanks for reading!!