Again, you are looking at things way too specifically. It's his mannerisms/behavior that can be learned from .. not the actual specifics/context of the circumstances. Way before she found out he was a formula 1 driver, he was already demonstrating with his behavior that he was high status. ANYBODY can mirror this behavior regardless of their profession. He was confident, bold/decisive, he was c0cky/funny, etc. He didn't supplicate, he didn't pedestalize, he didn't explicate, he demonstrated high value by taking charge, being amused and aloof, etc. etc.
Everything else (all the lucky/movie stuff that fell into place) was just icing on the cake.