CHAPTER 527: CHAPTER 229: THE WARM AND HOSPITABLE BRITISH_2

7: Ricardo

8: Russell

9: Sainz

10: Vettel

And after this race, Qin Miao’s tire reserve has 3 softs, 2 mediums, and 2 hards left.

Hamilton’s tire reserve is 2 softs, 2 mediums, and 2 hards.

After the FIA’s post-race meeting, Qin Miao returned to the team for a meeting.

After finishing everything, Qin Miao went to the location where Mercedes drivers were responsible for autograph signing.

Qin Miao’s appearance naturally caused nearby fans to exclaim.

Soon the crowd gathered near Qin Miao’s signing area, but the FIA has been holding races for so long, naturally, there would be no oversight at such times.

So about five meters in front of Qin Miao’s signing area was blocked by a barrier, and only those who bought something from Qin Miao’s store and won a prize could come in.

And when entering, they were also required by official staff to wear a mask.

In fact, the FIA staff wanted Qin Miao to wear a mask too, but Qin Miao didn’t care and said he would be responsible for himself.

The staff couldn’t out-argue Qin Miao, so they had no choice but to let him work without a mask.

Actually, Qin Miao was flaunting the invincibility against diseases skill given by the system.

Qin Miao stayed there until it was completely dark before he got off work.

And with his sitting there, he directly sold out all the items in his store.

He also gave out nearly two hundred signatures.

However, Qin Miao didn’t forget to finally give some signed small gifts to the staff maintaining order, through Barber.

After all, they would have been off work a long time ago, but because of Qin Miao’s presence, they were dragged to work overtime for almost two extra hours.

Everyone is a worker, and Qin Miao didn’t need to make them work for free for him.

Some might say at this time, it’s just a small gift, not sincere at all, and how is this different from taking advantage of others’ labor for free?

But in fact, items signed by Qin Miao are quite popular in the second-hand market.

Because Qin Miao hasn’t returned to his country recently, yet his influence continues to grow with this F1 season back home.

Many car fans in his home country want a set of Qin Miao’s autograph, even if it’s a small gift with his autograph.

So in the overseas flea market, a small gift with Qin Miao’s signature can easily fetch a few hundred US Dollars.

Those who work in the paddock maintaining order are definitely aware of this, so giving them these items is quite appropriate.

If they want money, they can sell them directly, and if they don’t want money, they can keep them as a collection.

It’s a win-win.

Fortunately, Qin Miao’s physical fitness is excellent, and after signing so many autographs, he didn’t have any noticeable hand soreness.

After work, Qin Miao returned to where his Challenger was parked.

Ate dinner in the car, watched some TV, and when he was about to sleep, Qin Miao and Qimeng briefly discussed and agreed to take the RV back home.

When they first got it, the RV was really fresh, everything looked satisfying, and driving it to go fishing and picnicking was an excellent choice too.

But in the end, it’s just an RV. No matter how good the living experience is, it can’t compare to the big bed at home.

After all, the home is near the paddock, and driving to work is not troublesome.

Meanwhile, Qin Miao also completed his fourth system task, and the system’s randomly selected attribute point was simulator development ability.

This attribute point had been stuck at 79 for a while, and the random attribute point landed on this attribute perfectly to help him break through the 80 barrier.

In the evening, he took a nice soothing bath in the home bathroom and didn’t do much else; he went straight to bed.

The next day, Saturday.

Today is the day for the second practice and sprint qualifying to begin.

To be honest, the FIA staff thought the sprint qualifying would make the race more exciting, with interesting content to watch every day during the Grand Prix weekend.

Watching qualifying on Friday, sprint qualifying on Saturday, and the main race on Sunday.

There wouldn’t be a dull day throughout the Grand Prix.

But in reality, Qin Miao feels this sprint qualifying is likely to be somewhat boring.

After all, the incentives for drivers in this race aren’t enough; only the top three drivers can earn points, and others just aim for a better starting position for the qualifying.

But if they go too hard in the sprint qualifying, a crash could mean not even getting on the track for the main race.

Even without a crash, any small mistake on the track could cause a driver who could have secured a top ten start position in the normal qualifying to drop directly to the back of the pack.

This risk makes all drivers more cautious when overtaking.

So Qin Miao thinks the viewership of this race might be just average, and will definitely be modified by the FIA later, but it also counts as an experiment by the FIA for something new, and everyone hopes F1 can get better and better.

But all these are after the second practice; now Qin Miao needs to go to the track to complete his second practice work.

In the morning, as usual, completed physical training, then lazed around at home for a while, played two games of CSGO before having lunch, and then drove alone to the paddock.

Since it’s the Grand Prix period, the traffic in and out of the paddock is still very heavy. As a Mercedes driver, privately owning a Ferrari won’t get any comments, but it’s definitely not appropriate to drive a Ferrari to the paddock during the Grand Prix period, and that AMG GT was left by Qin Miao at the team. So this time going to the track, he drove the RV.

Regardless of this car’s function attributes, with pneumatic seats and its design leaning towards an off-road vehicle, the comfort level of this car when driving on the highway is quite good.

Upon arriving at the paddock, Qin Miao formally experienced for the first time the situations drivers face on a typical Grand Prix Saturday.

As soon as he got out of the car, Qin Miao could see some fans standing outside the fence of the driver parking area.

As Qin Miao got out of the car, they were filming him with their phones while waving and cheering from a distance.

"Qin!"

"Look over here, Qin Miao!"

"Qin Miao, I love you!"

"Qin Miao, good luck in the race!"

"F**k you! Qin!"

"This is England! Yellow people have no right to compete with Hamilton for the championship!"

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Perhaps through the broadcast camera, all F1 drivers appear glamorous, everyone seems dazzling, and all fans at the races are extremely friendly.

But in reality, since becoming an official F1 driver, Qin Miao has been cursed at many times, encountering a few irate fans directly cursing at him face-to-face during almost every race.

And among all, the most enthusiastic track is the Red Bull Ring.

After all, Qin Miao and Hamilton were considered Red Bull’s biggest rivals this season, and also the biggest obstacles on Verstappen’s path to winning the championship, so the Austrian audience truly coordinated their chants during the pre-race activities for Qin Miao and Hamilton, shouting: "So f**k you Qin! So f**k you Hamilton!"

But to be honest, compared to the current British crowd, Qin Miao actually felt more at ease when being cursed by the Austrian audience.

Since Qin Miao understood that the Austrian audience cursed them purely to disrupt Qin Miao and Hamilton’s competitive state, making Red Bull’s two drivers unable to unleash their full potential during the race.

This is a matter of stance; there’s nothing much to say about their approach.

However, it’s clear the British audience didn’t think the same way; while cursing Qin Miao, they might also aim to interfere with him, not wanting him to perform well at the British GP, but Qin Miao thought their actions leaned more towards arrogance.

Yet all are F1 drivers; internally, they can’t let their thoughts show because, after all, they depend on fans for sustenance.

So even though he heard his name being used to curse, Qin Miao still smiled and waved towards the direction where those fans were, as a greeting.

But internally, he marked down a note for Hamilton in his little book.

While fan behavior shouldn’t reflect on their idols, I just want to reflect it.