How Did I Become an F1 Driver?

Chapter 1360: Chapter 511: Bahrain Race Begins

Moreover, there’s a bit of inconsistency. Last lap you came through, you only needed to turn the steering wheel halfway, combined with keeping the throttle unchanged to take the corner. The next corner you might need 2/3 of the steering.

Also, the tires are somewhat difficult to heat up.

Since a lot of the airflow from the front wing is used to guide and seal the car’s floor, causing the overall downforce on the front of the car to be relatively low.

But overall, the W14 is still considered a good car.

And these shortcomings can be solved in the successive upgrades that follow.

"Awesome! The overall feel of the car is great." This is what Qin Miao said to Reyes and Elliott after finishing a practice session and returning to the team garage.

And Hamilton, after returning to the team garage, also gave high praise to the performance of the car: "This is definitely the best car I’ve driven in the last two years. Well done, everyone. I really love this car, you’ve created a masterpiece!"

During subsequent practice sessions, both Qin Miao and Hamilton had pitot tubes installed on their cars to begin testing the airflow dynamics.

Actually, other smaller teams, like Lynk & Co, Alfa Romeo, completed their airflow detection work during the Bahrain winter tests.

They don’t have many twists and turns, the aerodynamic layout of the cars during winter testing is the same as during the race.

Even if there are changes, it’s not because they, like Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull, want to hide their skills. It’s likely because they found the original component data wasn’t particularly good during winter testing, so they switched to another set.

Of course, the re-testing process for Mercedes is also not cumbersome; they just collected data along the way.

Mercedes is an old team after all, so they definitely have pre-arrangements and reasonable planning in this regard.

Quickly, Friday’s two practice sessions were spent in a busy rush.

After Qin Miao finished his day’s work, he went to the post-race interview area to accept an interview.

At this time, Qin Miao happened to see Verstappen and Perez also in this area.

Moreover, all the slots in the post-race interview area were occupied by drivers, it was the peak time for interviews.

Basically, all the drivers completed their weigh-ins at this point and came for interviews, just happened to crowd together.

Normally, this phenomenon only occurs after the qualifying sessions and the races, rarely during practice.

The reason they clustered today, on one hand, was because there were not many journalists because it was only practice, on the other hand, it happened that all the drivers gathered together.

Qin Miao didn’t rush and just leaned against a pillar, waiting for others to finish their interviews.

Coincidentally, Qin Miao’s position happened to allow him to hear Verstappen’s interview.

Since it is the first post-race interview of the new season and right after the practice, naturally the host’s questions are related to the new season’s car performance.

The host of course asked Verstappen questions in this regard.

Verstappen, with no smile on his face, seriously stated: Red Bull’s season start is not very good, and there are many problems with the car this season that need urgent solutions. In the short term, they probably cannot challenge Mercedes.

To be fair, Qin Miao was not intentionally eavesdropping.

But after hearing Verstappen’s words, Qin Miao was quite pleased.

Unless unexpected, this season Mercedes is stable.

Soon, it was Qin Miao’s turn for the interview, facing the host’s questions, Qin Miao’s answers were standard, but at least he didn’t underappreciate his team’s car performance.

Qin Miao’s work on Friday ended after the post-race interview.

However, after the interview, Qin Miao felt quite good, after all, rivals were having bad luck.

Qin Miao returned to the hotel to rest for the night.

The next day, Saturday, the day of the third practice and qualifying.

It’s worth mentioning, Qin Miao is completely the favorite in the paddock now.

When Qin Miao arrived at the paddock on Saturday, many team leaders had also returned to the paddock.

At this point, everyone was busy with work, so no one specifically went over to block Qin Miao just to chat. But basically, whenever team executives encountered Qin Miao on the road, they would smile warmly and greet Qin Miao or chat for a bit.

Some greeted warmly, while others were more direct, directly asking Qin Miao if he was interested in joining their team, letting Qin Miao set the terms, and even offering team shares.

Of course, only dry shares, enjoying dividend rights without participation in management.

Honestly, seeing the olive branches and offers from other teams, Qin Miao felt not joy, but rather a bit of a headache.

He really didn’t want to deal with such situations, nor was he accustomed to dealing with such scenes.

But there’s no choice. Before Qin Miao’s contract was officially finalized, it seems every team would continue to offer olive branches to him.

As for Qin Miao’s own thoughts, to be honest, looking at this season’s Mercedes W14, Qin Miao still wanted to stay with Mercedes, at least there was certainty about the performance of the car he would be driving.

And if he joined other teams... no matter how good they are at boasting or making presentations, without truly getting a car capable of winning championships, Qin Miao wouldn’t dare to take the risk.

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