Thinking of this, Qin Miao couldn't help but shiver.

Qin Miao silently decided in his heart that if the domestic Grand Prix is held, he would definitely not participate in any activities or interviews. He would just adjust his state and do his best to run well in Shanghai.

After all, for a driver, the most important thing is your performance and results on the track.

The team had been busy until August 29.

That day, Qin Miao got up as usual, completed his daily workout in the gym, took a shower, and after having lunch, he went to the team.

What surprised Qin Miao a little was that the team had a lot of people today, even Hamilton, who had been extremely busy these past few days, was there.

Seeing these people, Qin Miao knew that something major was likely to happen with the team today.

Sure enough, after Qin Miao got to his office, Barber came over shortly to inform Qin Miao that there would be a meeting later.

Qin Miao tidied up a bit and then went to the team's meeting room.

Qin Miao was already quite familiar with this place.

Unlike usual team meetings, today there were quite a few familiar faces that Qin Miao usually didn't see.

These were the people responsible for the simulator in the team.

They typically didn't attend meetings since it wasn't necessary, and just one responsible person showing up was enough, but this time the entire department was there.

The simulator department's main job is to help test the performance of new components, provide evaluations, and calibrate data.

Seeing them in the meeting room today, Qin Miao had a sense of assurance. It should mean that the simulator department had completed all the upgrades to the simulator, and any bugs with the simulator should now be fixed.

For some reason, Qin Miao suddenly began to feel a bit of anticipation.

The subsequent meeting content confirmed this point, as the head of the simulator department personally took to the stage to deliver the report.

Briefly mentioning the issues found with the Mercedes team's simulator and when specific modifications were made, describing the effects of these modifications, and finally, amidst applause and cheers from everyone in the team, announcing that all bugs and issues with the team's simulator had been resolved. The Mercedes team's car development would now get back on track.

After the simulator department head finished speaking, the other high-ranking members of the team went on to report their work and outline their department's work plans for the near future.

Finally, Qin Miao and Hamilton, the two drivers, took to the stage to boost the morale of the team members.

While it's true that within the team, the main decision-makers are still the team leader and the chief technical officer and technical director,

it is undeniable that within the Mercedes team, the influence of the world champions Qin Miao and Hamilton in the hearts of most of the grassroots staff is even greater than that of Toto and others.

Many people even joined the Mercedes team because they wanted to work with Qin Miao and Hamilton.

After a round of morale-boosting, the meeting was about to end. Toto went on stage to make a summary, and then everyone returned to their respective work positions.

Qin Miao, Hamilton, and the team's test driver, De Vries, eagerly made their way to the simulator department.

Subsequently, under the astonished gazes of the others, Qin Miao expertly entered his car setup from the last Canadian Grand Prix into the computer and was the first to enter the simulator, beginning to test whether the simulator's data matched the actual car on the track.

Even someone as strong as Hamilton wouldn't remember exactly how he set up the car initially.

But on the simulator, Qin Miao was pleasantly surprised to find that after running two flying laps, he didn't notice any difference between the simulator data and what he experienced on the track last week. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

The car's speed remained the same, but at least the simulator accurately provided feedback to Qin Miao.

It was considered that the fundamental issues the team developed during the ground effect era were resolved. With a strong foundation, the team could now rebuild on this base.

However, the budget for the remainder of this season was also limited, and the team wasn't prepared to abandon the development of the W13 this season.

So the already scarce resources would have to be directly halved.

Of course, this was not the kind of problem Qin Miao and Hamilton needed to worry about, it was up to Toto and Elliott to handle.

After briefly experiencing the simulator they hadn't touched for a long time, Qin Miao climbed out of the single-seater shell of the simulator.

Hamilton supported Qin Miao for a moment, waiting until Qin Miao stood firm, and then curiously asked, "How does it feel? Judging by those last two lap times, it seems pretty good."

Qin Miao smiled, indicating to De Vries that he could give it a try, then replied to Hamilton, "You can tell just by the results, right? I wasn't even fully adjusted yet and still managed to get those times, which only means the simulator has been fixed."

"Great, great!" Hamilton clenched his fist excitedly, then looked at De Vries, who had just sat in the car's single-seater shell, not even fastening the seatbelt yet.

His eyes were full of enthusiasm.

Qin Miao had a feeling that at that moment, Hamilton really wanted to rush over, pull De Vries out of the shell, and take a couple of laps himself.

However, Hamilton ultimately resisted his urge and sat down with Qin Miao to wait for De Vries' testing to finish.