How did I become an F1 driver?

But Red Bull was very excited after learning the news, because it meant that Ferrari would not have enough time to understand the upgraded SF24 car as in the past during this sprint race weekend.

Also, not many teams will upgrade their cars during sprint races.

Because there is really not enough time to practice.

But Red Bull overlooked one thing, that is, Qin Miao's ability to adapt to racing is the highest in the entire F1 paddock and there is no other.

No matter what kind of racing car you give him, no matter how weird the performance and characteristics of the racing car are, as long as you give it to Qin Miao, he can fully understand and become familiar with the racing car in a short period of time and bring out all the performance of the racing car.

If anyone had to be hurt by Ferrari's upgrade, it would probably be Leclerc.

The unfortunate Leclerc is facing an F1 car with a drastic change in temperament. It will definitely take him a long time to adapt again.

The most important thing is that because of Qin Miao, Leclerc actually has a great influence in the country.

Therefore, like Qin Miao, Leclerc had very limited time to train and familiarize himself with the new car during this Grand Prix weekend.

But Leclerc has also thought of a solution.

He had been following Qin Miao closely since the competition week, and whenever he had any problem, he would communicate with Qin Miao. This made Qin Miao, who usually had a good temper towards his friends, a little impatient.

Qin Miao was already much busier than a normal Grand Prix weekend with his home race. Now with Leclerc's actions, Qin Miao didn't even have time to relax.

Under this high-pressure situation, perhaps the only thing that can make Qin Miao feel a little comforted is that no matter how late it is when he returns home after work every day, there is always a light on at home specifically for Qin Miao, and when he opens the door, he can always see Qiu Meng waiting for him.

And now the little one is almost one year old. His internal organs are gradually developing and he no longer wets the bed as easily as he did when he was little. Now in a week, I may only need to get up at night to change his diaper two or three days.

Both my father-in-law and mother-in-law said that this little girl is developing very fast. For example, Qiu Meng is four years old and still sometimes wets the bed at night.

This made Qiu Meng very embarrassed, but they were already an old couple and there were no outsiders in the house.

But what puzzled Qin Miao was that when Qin Miao changed little Muchu's diaper, there was a very slight red mark on the little guy's butt, which looked like a slap mark no matter how you looked at it.

……

Back to the topic, Qin Miao and Leclerc did not waste any minute of the track time on Thursday, and were frantically filling their minds with information about the track.

Thursday morning passed quickly in a busy manner, but when it came to the afternoon, Qin Miao and Leclerc were forced to stop collecting information on the track.

After all, Thursday is part of the media day. In order to meet the needs of Ferrari and some domestic sponsors on Ferrari cars, Qin Miao and Leclerc had to set aside Thursday afternoon to shoot some promotional videos and attend the pre-race press conference.

Finally, Thursday passed like this. After returning home, Qin Miao looked at Leclerc who followed behind him helplessly and said, "Are you really not worried about not running well in tomorrow's race? You still come to see my daughter so late."

Leclerc shrugged indifferently: "Anyway, the main focus of the fans at this Grand Prix weekend will definitely be on you. Besides you, there are Zhou Guanyu and Ye Yifei. My only request for this Grand Prix weekend is that you don't make a fool of yourself and retire. You are the protagonist, and my ranking doesn't matter."

Qin Miao discovered that ever since he had a chat with Leclerc and Leclerc agreed to be his number two driver, this bastard has indeed become more and more lazy.

But Qin Miao had no good way to deal with Leclerc in this state.

After all, he has given up competing with you for the world championship. Can you still expect this guy to have any motivation to move forward on the track?
Today, I was frantically collecting information on the track with Leclerc. It was probably because he had a large number of fans in his country and he didn't want to leave a bad impression on them.

After returning home, Qin Miao went straight to wash up and went to bed.

Leclerc naturally stayed at Qin Miao's house today, but he played with Xiao Muchu until 10:30 in the evening before reluctantly going to bed.

It’s not that he was sleepy, but because the little guy was sleepy.

When Qin Miao, who was already half asleep in bed, felt Qiu Meng hugging him from behind, he asked dazedly, "Is the plague god gone?"

"No, he went back to the guest room to sleep after Xiao Muchu fell asleep." Qiu Meng said while lying on Qin Miao's back.

"Bad luck." Qin Miao cursed inwardly, and Thursday passed just like that.

It's Friday.

The day when the first practice and sprint race qualifying begin.

Because the car's tuning can be modified during the sprint race qualifying and the race, Ferrari actually wants Qin Miao to strategically give up the sprint race results and focus his competition on the race. The sprint race can be regarded as a practice race where the tuning cannot be changed.

As for Qin Miao's statement in the post-race interview at the Japanese station that he wanted to win the pole position, sprint race championship and race championship.

There are always some force majeure in the world that are beyond human control.

And don’t say that Qin Miao is just a triple champion. Even Michael Schumacher and Hamilton would make bold statements before the race, but fail to fulfill them in the end.

However, Qin Miao was indeed serious when he said that.

On Friday, Qin Miao and Leclerc arrived at the paddock together by car.

As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the race, Qin Miao and Leclerc found that a large number of fans gathered on both sides of the guardrail at the entrance.

Almost all the fans were wearing Ferrari's red jerseys. When Qin Miao and Leclerc came to the paddock this time, they didn't have to keep a low profile like they did when they attended pre-race events. They both wore Ferrari's driver jerseys.

As soon as the two appeared at the entrance, the fans at the scene became agitated. They excitedly shouted the names of Qin Miao and Leclerc over and over again, hoping that their favorite drivers would cast their eyes over to them amid their shouts, even if it was just a glance.

If it were any other Grand Prix weekend, even if it wasn't very busy, there would be fans greeting them from a distance. Qin Miao and Leclerc, both very experienced drivers, would at most wave and smile in the direction of the fans, but this was Qin Miao's home Grand Prix after all.

Most of the people who came to watch the race today were fans who supported Ferrari and Qin Miao, so when Qin Miao heard some fans greeting him, he smiled and trotted over to the fans.

"You're here so early?" Qin Miao greeted the fans at the scene familiarly, as if he was a friend he had known for a long time and met by chance while watching the F1 race, giving people a refreshing feeling.

But when the fans at the scene saw Qin Miao coming over, they were not as calm as Qin Miao. They were all extremely excited.

Many female fans screamed out loud. Qin Miao even saw a female fan who was originally jumping and jumping excitedly while holding the guardrail fainted on the spot after seeing him coming.

In the past, Qin Miao used to sneer at the scenes where the female fans of popular stars were so excited after seeing their brothers.

Isn't he just a man? If you see it, then you see it. Why are you so excited?

But things change, and Qin Miao never thought that one day he would meet such a fan.

The key point is that this person fainted because he was too excited after seeing himself.

However, having been a driver for so many years, Qin Miao also knew the principle of keeping a low profile. So even though he was a little anxious when he saw a fan fainted from excessive excitement, he did not run into the crowd to rescue him, because he knew it would be difficult for him to get out of the crowd within an hour. He still had a lot of work waiting for him to do today, and he could not waste too much time here.

And this is still the best case scenario. If there are bad guys among the crowd, Qin Miao might even get injured.

So after the fan who was too excited and fainted was carried out for rescue, Qin Miao just chatted with these fans, asked where the tickets came from, whether they were expensive, how much they spent on the tickets, etc., signed a few autographs, and then took out his mobile phone to take a photo with them. Qin Miao then turned and entered the paddock to start his work for this Grand Prix weekend.

Leclerc, who had been watching all this from a distance, clicked his tongue and said when he saw Qin Miao coming over: "The Triple Crown is extraordinary. Look at the enthusiasm of your fans. If you asked them to buy your merchandise, I believe they would pay for it without even frowning."

Qin Miao went through the scene in his mind and felt that what Leclerc said made sense, but he quickly changed the subject and said to Leclerc with a smile: "Speaking of this, I have a way to make my domestic fans fight."

Leclerc was surprised: "What method?"

"Vote on whether to add sugar, vinegar, or chili to tofu pudding."

Leclerc: ...?
……

After a harmless little joke with Leclerc, the two entered the paddock together.

The pre-race press conference had already ended on Thursday, and due to heavy work schedules today, both drivers even refused to be interviewed by the pre-race paddock host.

After arriving at Ferrari's team home, the two quickly changed into their racing suits and went to the team's P room to prepare for the practice race.

The first practice session in Shanghai will last from 11:30am to 12:30pm.

For domestic car fans, it is an absolutely wonderful time, but for drivers like Qin Miao, it is a bit painful.

They had lunch at 10 a.m. and had no break at noon. They were always at the team house preparing for the start of the practice session.

Normally, even on a sprint race weekend, the paddock occupancy rate is around 70% at most.

But after all the preparations before the practice session were completed, Qin Miao came to the team's P room, ready to put on his equipment and get into the car for the practice session, he accidentally caught a glimpse that the main grandstand directly opposite the Ferrari team was densely packed with fans wearing red Ferrari uniforms.

The place was packed.

Moreover, that seat in the stands happened to be able to see the situation inside the Ferrari team's P room, so when Qin Miao walked in from the team's P room, the cheers that erupted from the crowd of fans on the scene were no less than the cheers that Qin Miao saw from the fans outside the paddock.

"Aren't you going to say hello to them?" Wasser, who was standing nearby, came over with a pair of noise-cancelling headphones around his neck, smiled and patted Qin Miao on the shoulder and said, "These people are all here for you. That seat was already full before you arrived."

Qin Miao thought about it and felt that Vassel was right.

After putting down his helmet, Qin Miao walked out of the Ferrari team's P room.

Qin Miao originally thought that those who were so determined to support him during the practice session might be the fans who bought tickets for the area directly opposite his team's P room. However, after Qin Miao completely walked out of the Ferrari team's P room, he found that the entire main grandstand of the race was already packed with people. Although it was not full, the attendance rate had reached a terrifying 90% or more.

Qin Miao's appearance was naturally seen by car fans. First, the fans in the main grandstand area opposite Qin Miao quieted down. Soon, under the synergistic effect, the originally noisy grandstand area instantly became quiet. This sudden silence even disturbed the technicians of other teams who were busy in their respective team P rooms.

They were already somewhat accustomed to the slightly noisy environment on the scene. If they wore noise-cancelling headphones, the slight background noise could even be considered a good white noise.

But the white noise suddenly disappeared without any warning, and they were a little uncomfortable for a while.

However, the fans at the scene were unaware of the doubts of the team technicians. At this moment, all their attention was focused on the figure wearing Ferrari No. 66 driver's racing suit and standing at the door of the Ferrari team.

Many fans at the scene even started paying attention to this amazing young driver when Qin Miao was in F2. It can be said that they watched Qin Miao grow step by step from a rookie who knew nothing to the current three-time world champion.

But as Qin Miao's fans, those who have watched Qin Miao grow up, their biggest regret may be that they have not seen a Chinese driver appear on the soil of their own country.

At this moment, in this place, the driver that they had been dreaming about was standing in front of them from afar. (End of this chapter)