Chapter 1394 - 525: W14 Unleashed with Full Firepower (6K, Extra Update 8/14)

Chapter 1394: Chapter 525: W14 Unleashed with Full Firepower (6K, Extra Update 8/14)

After dealing with Frankie’s side, Qin Miao naturally focused his attention on Reyes.

However, it seems this guy has a non-compete agreement, making it somewhat difficult to bring him along as well.

Moreover, they are quite busy at this time. After all, technicians, unlike race engineers, have much more on their plates than Frankie.

So Qin Miao decided to chat with him after the Saudi Grand Prix ends.

After a few more casual chats with Frankie, Hamilton’s race engineer messaged Qin Miao, letting him know that Hamilton’s telemetry data was ready.

After greeting Frankie, Qin Miao went over to Hamilton’s race engineer, got Hamilton’s telemetry data, and started the review.

Compared to Perez’s data, Hamilton’s is much more comprehensive, including satellite maps, throttle and brake line graphs, and even the G-force exerted during driving.

After all, the data between Qin Miao and Hamilton, as Mercedes drivers, is shared, so there’s no difficulty in accessing it.

On the other hand, Perez’s data, which cannot be made public, naturally cannot be too detailed with only publicly collected data available.

At a glance, Qin Miao noticed it was close to the end of the workday, and in front of him on the laptop were three to four pages of notes he had written down.

Mainly because Qin Miao can completely recreate his driving approach during the qualifying stage in his mind, and with this ability, by looking at Hamilton’s telemetry data, Qin Miao could also immerse himself, find his own deficiencies, and understand where Hamilton didn’t perform well.

Writing it down helps reinforce his memory, and of course, he could also show it to Hamilton.

Although they are in a competitive relationship, everyone can still unite against common external challenges in situations like this.

After doing all this, Qin Miao reviewed everything again with his notebook in front.

If Qin Miao were to hit the track for a qualifying session one more time, although he’s not confident about breaking 27 seconds, improving his qualifying time by 0.06 seconds shouldn’t be an issue.

At the level of Qin Miao and Hamilton, the room for lap time improvement is very small.

Unless there’s a major leap in the car’s performance, relying on the driver to refine their driving techniques would only result in a few tenths of a second improvement.

Though it’s unlikely to catch up with Perez, considering the RB19 with DRS is just too strong.

But Qin Miao is confident he can beat his teammate Hamilton.

At this point, Qin Miao completed all his tasks for the day, and after placing the notebook in Hamilton’s lounge, Qin Miao left the paddock.

Hamilton would look at Qin Miao’s notes when he arrives at the paddock the next day.

Only because of this, Qin Miao got quite a bit of teasing from Hamilton.

Because Qin Miao’s English grades in high school weren’t great, and after staying abroad for so long, he only mastered basic reading and writing skills.

As for the professional vocabulary on the F1 circuit, after more than three years of exposure, Qin Miao could speak and understand but just couldn’t write it.

After all, English isn’t like Chinese, where new words are created by combining characters, allowing you to guess the specific meaning of a word from its literal meaning.

On one side you have to memorize by heart, while the other allows for associative learning, which is obviously easier to remember.

Over time, Qin Miao could only spell the words based on the general phonetics, but he often wrote them wrong.

And because he often wrote words incorrectly, Qin Miao was frequently teased by the Old Man, saying reading Qin Miao’s writing felt like a high school teacher looking over a student’s English homework.

So now, Qin Miao simply writes in Chinese.

At least with Chinese, there are fewer words and strokes, and on the other hand, it’s just more comfortable for Qin Miao to write!

If worse comes to worst, let the Old Man do the translation himself, and let him suffer.

After finishing all these things, Qin Miao clocked out.

Besides almost daily video calls with his wife after returning to the hotel, Qin Miao also found time to play a round of CSGO.

Balancing life and entertainment!

Sunday.

The day of the main race.

The pre-race drivers’ parade, press conferences, interviews, and events are not detailed here.

For fans visiting the paddock for the first time, seeing their favorite drivers and interacting with them during the events is indeed a delight.

But for drivers who face twenty-plus races a year, having to smile at fans, interact positively with them, face cameras for various interviews, and answer numerous questions from reporters, a certain amount of fatigue accumulates over the year.

If you’re a driver like Ricardo, who enjoys this kind of spotlight, then undoubtedly, this is the life you want.

But if you’re somewhat introverted and just want to enjoy the thrill of driving, then Kimi is your best model.

And Qin Miao is somewhat like Kimi.

Dealing with fans is no problem; he’s willing, after all, they pay him.

But over time, after getting used to this kind of spotlight, Qin Miao inevitably grows a bit weary.

This is also why Qin Miao has always insisted on having the right not to participate in commercial activities with the team.

Consequently, today Qin Miao finished his commercial activity schedule much earlier, returning to the team’s lounge to prepare for the race almost an hour before Hamilton.