Bobby Deerfield

American Bobby Deerfield is a self-absorbed, successful Formula 1 driver on the European circuit. He goes through an existential crisis when, in a fiery crash during a race, his teammate Bertrand Modave is killed, and his friend and fellow driver Karl Holtzmann is seriously injured with a broken neck. Bobby, who drives the same car as Modave, refuses to race again until his team can determine the cause of the crash, more precisely what was wrong with Modave's car and thus potentially his, Bobby refusing to believe the cause being driver error. In visiting Holtzmann in the medical facility in the Alps where he is receiving his care, Bobby meets Lillian Morelli. In she speaking to him, he begins to be intrigued by her because of the seemingly somewhat random nature of what she talks about, especially the questions that she asks of him. Despite being in a committed relationship with supportive Parisienne Lydia, Bobby ends up falling in love with Lillian. Bobby eventually learning the reason for Lillian being at the medical facility just places their relationship in a different context.