Chapter 1078 - 412: Urging Marriage? Urging Kids!

"Mom? When did you get here?"

Qin Miao went over and gave her a hug.

Actually, with Qin Miao’s personality, there are rarely opportunities to hug his mom in everyday life.

It’s only at times like this that Qin Miao would take the initiative to hug her.

It’s not that Qin Miao doesn’t love her, it’s mainly that he feels awkward in daily life, or for some other unspeakable reasons.

In short, there’s just a lack of an opportunity for Qin Miao to make such gestures.

After patting Qin Miao’s back, his mom let go and said with a smile, "I was on a trip to Austria and knew you had a race today, so I came to take a look."

"Why didn’t you tell me earlier?"

His mom rolled her eyes, "Why should I tell you this? To distract you during the race or to let you expect me to serve you?"

Qin Miao gave a wry smile, "You know, no matter how nervous I am, I..."

"Alright, alright, don’t I know your temperament by now?

It just so happens my trip brought me to Austria, I was in Vienna a few days ago, and I only came here today.

But I must say, today’s race was fantastic!"

"Hehe, of course, who else could I be the son of?" Qin Miao said with his hands on his hips.

His mom chuckled and then said, "Alright, there’s still a post-race interview, go ahead and get busy."

"Oh, alright, the team should have a celebration banquet tonight, make sure you come to it, I need to get going now."

After saying that, Qin Miao turned around, just in time to see Leclerc, who had already taken off his helmet, walking towards him with a complex expression.

But when Leclerc got right in front of Qin Miao, he still smiled and hugged Qin Miao, "Great race, but how did your damn C5 tires last so long?"

For today’s race, Pirelli provided three tire compounds from C5 to C3, which are the softest tires on the entire calendar. The C5s Qin Miao used were the softest tires this season.

Thus, no one except Qin Miao used soft tires during the main race phase.

For other teams’ drivers, these tires would last just about six or seven laps during the race before losing durability, so no one switched to soft tires.

The cost-effectiveness was too low.

However, Qin Miao used two sets of soft tires during the main race and covered an astonishingly long distance, leaving other teams, drivers, and Pirelli dumbfounded.

"Shorten the entry and braking distances of each corner as much as possible, using the softest part of the curb," Qin Miao explained seriously.

Leclerc rolled his eyes dramatically, "Who are you kidding?"

Qin Miao shrugged, saying, "I explained, but if you don’t believe me, that’s not my problem."

What Qin Miao mentioned is the most basic tire-preserving technique, but in the eyes of most drivers, it’s like saying you eat when you’re hungry—it’s the most fundamental common sense.

So in Leclerc’s view, what Qin Miao said was as good as not saying anything, just perfunctory.

"I was just lucky," Qin Miao waved his hand and said.

Leclerc rolled his eyes again, thinking, "If I believe you, it’ll be a miracle."

Seeing Leclerc’s expression, Qin Miao decided to tell the truth, "Alright, I cheated. There’s a Machine Soul in the car that actively helps me reduce tire wear."

Leclerc rolled his eyes even more dramatically and ignored Qin Miao.

But Qin Miao has been tight-lipped about it, making nonsense has become a trend, and by now, Leclerc is used to it.

So he went straight to prepare for the interview.

Qin Miao also took off his gear and tidied up his appearance.

Since Qin Miao stayed a bit longer than planned while celebrating with the team staff and talking to his mom, he was running a bit late.

Leclerc and Verstappen had already completed their post-race interviews, and only Qin Miao was left.

After getting himself ready, Qin Miao stepped in front of the post-race interview cameras.

The staff responsible for the interview today was quite interesting, an old acquaintance from the Mercedes team: Nico "15-time Champion, Princess of Monaco, Hamilton’s Lifelong Nightmare" Rosberg.

For Rosberg, what he most hopes to see is Hamilton losing at the hands of a teammate.

Because of this, when he guest-commentates on Sky Sports, his commentary style is noticeably skewed in favor of Qin Miao.

During commentary, he praised Qin Miao many times and said many good things about him.

He couldn’t help it, he saw too much of himself in Qin Miao, especially when Qin Miao stood on the top podium in the 2021 season.

Just like him in his younger days.

But not as handsome.

So when Qin Miao stood in front of Rosberg, the 15-time champion’s face was almost creased with joy.

The 15-time champion smiled and congratulated, "Congratulations, Qin Miao, another victory that’s very characteristic of you. How does it feel now?"

Qin Miao smiled and said, "Great, I’ve always loved the Red Bull Ring track, especially the second and third sectors, you know, driving through these corners feels amazing.

Plus, with this victory, all the happy things came together.

Today’s race couldn’t have been better."

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Then Qin Miao expressed gratitude to the audience who came to the track, even though they might not have come to support him.

However, after learning from his teammate Hamilton’s way of doing things, Qin Miao has now gained quite a few fans who previously didn’t care much about him.