I’m obsessively playing guild wars 2 at the moment, and it is arguably similar, in that you don’t absolutely have to grind to enjoy the game. You can get a character to top level very quickly (a few days), and you can gear them up to play a lot of the end game content fairly quickly (exotic gear is about 5% weaker than the best gear in the game and significantly cheaper and easier to get. You don’t have to craft or collect resources to play and have a good time.

So he should have waited til it was at school?

Hopefully not

You are absolutely correct. It just seems like red bull wants to try and fix their problem by finding a second driver who suits the car rather than fixing their car.