Kimi Antonelli is chasing a place in Formula 1 history.
Less than two years ago, Lewis Hamilton was still driving for Mercedes.
Today, the young Italian is challenging for the world championship as part of the generation Mercedes prepared for life beyond Hamilton.
That made me think about Manchester United after Sir Alex Ferguson.
Why do some organisations navigate the departure of extraordinary people, while others spend years trying to recreate what they lost?
Perhaps succession is not really about replacing the architect.
It is about whether the architecture survives them.