[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver":3,"chapter-how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-chapter-1059":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","How Did I Become an F1 Driver?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1719351,2195,"Chapter 1059 - 406: I’m So Anxious","how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-chapter-1059",1059,"\u003Cp>And more than half of this 4 million US dollars is because Qin Miao didn’t want to participate in these activities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So strictly speaking, Qin Miao wasn’t originally required to attend these activities. On Monday and Tuesday, when Qin Miao helped me share some work, I should actually be grateful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After calming down, Hamilton said, \"Yes, but it’s just a small modification, mainly to the floor. Seems like it’s about the location of the floor’s vortex generator, enhancing the floor’s sealing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Qin Miao nodded, but Hamilton immediately added: \"Apart from that, Toto went to the FIA this week, planning to have them add a new technical directive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He thinks just because he wants to add something, FIA will do it?\" Qin Miao was a bit puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his daily work, Qin Miao didn’t see Toto have any overly frequent interactions with FIA staff. Is it because Toto actually has a good personal relationship with Ben Sulayem, but to avoid suspicion, he usually doesn’t show it in the paddock?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Qin Miao was still pondering, Hamilton directly interrupted and explained: \"He doesn’t have that kind of influence at FIA. During the time when Mercedes was winning eight championships in a row, FIA basically saw Toto as a thorn in their side.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt at that time they wished they could directly eliminate Toto to slow down Mercedes car speed; all the technical rules and improvements FIA launched back then were targeted at our team.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Miao curiously looked at Hamilton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hamilton shrugged, \"Though this season our team’s car doesn’t have its former competitiveness, also because of what I just said, Toto is unlikely to have much sway with the FIA.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because of me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Miao: ???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t look at me like that, I don’t have that much influence there either.\" Hamilton waved off and explained, \"Remember the Azerbaijan Grand Prix?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Miao nodded, recalling Perez proving himself at Red Bull, securing his first race win in his career at Red Bull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Firmly establishing his title as the king of street races.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the most dazzling wasn’t the one and two Red Bulls but the Ferrari engine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That race had a large number of retirements for cars using Ferrari engines, which terrified all customer teams using Ferrari engines, fearing their car might be next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, Hamilton bringing this up now surely isn’t because of the mass retirement of Ferrari cars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it has nothing to do with the current topic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were relevant to today’s topic, then it might be the scene after the race where Hamilton was holding onto his waist, sitting in the car for quite a while before finally getting out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Qin Miao suddenly realized, \"Pressuring the FIA with driver safety issues?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pretty much,\" Hamilton nodded, \"With this reason, the FIA has no choice but to issue a new technical directive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just don’t know if this move can precisely hit Red Bull and Ferrari cars hard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Miao shrugged, \"That’s hard to say, it might even backfire and significantly affect our car speed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Hamilton shook his head, \"Not likely. If Toto goes to the FIA himself, there’ll surely be a corresponding contingency plan. Compared to this, I’m more hoping... forget it, nothing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Hamilton holding back his words, Qin Miao knew what he wanted to say but chose not to continue the conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two had a meal together, frankly speaking, the taste was just average, but for both racers who had exhausted both mentally and physically throughout today, taste wasn’t a concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dining, they each went back to the hotel to rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Austria Grand Prix adopted a sprint race format.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Friday practice and qualifying, Saturday practice and sprint race, and Sunday main race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, if Qin Miao were still an ordinary fan now, he’d quite enjoy watching races with sprint races, as there’d be races to watch on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after becoming a racer himself, he developed a deep hatred for the sprint race format.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because an additional sprint race reduced practice time that was already limited for the racers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most importantly, during Friday’s qualifying stage, racers and teams weren’t familiar enough with the car on the track, and finding a suitable qualifying setup in one practice session really tested the ability of racers and teams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, although Qin Miao was quite opposed to this race format, he didn’t have this aspect of worries, he could easily find his qualifying setup in one practice session.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wednesday, the day of practice and qualifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weather today was pleasant, with temperatures in the thirties and track temperatures as high as over fifty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Miao found his most comfortable setup within about half an hour during practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With 30 kilograms extra fuel in the car, Qin Miao’s fastest lap time was only 0.9 seconds slower than the team’s expected speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strictly speaking, Qin Miao’s speed on this track was still very impressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, contrary to Qin Miao’s comfortable practice, the latter part of the practice session saw a total of two red flags.\u003C\u002Fp>",849,"2026-06-06T15:23:24.827Z",1,"novelbin.me","68080696c0ecd1b2651404840958195db8992900c04a90a3748cc8b7fda56797","how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-chapter-1060","how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-chapter-1058",1086,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhow-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-cover.jpg"]