Moreover, he rarely speaks when he’s with Qin Miao, mostly just observes, so Qin Miao feels that this guy has some insights of his own.

However, Barber’s words indeed did not disappoint Qin Miao: "I think it’s quite simple, just consider the perspective of being in a team that uses brainless pit stop strategies and various tactics, mechanical failures stabbing in the back.

And this situation is not just once or twice, but seven or eight times, and it repeats every season.

The most crucial part is that you can’t win the drivers’ championship here, only see hope, and then waste time within the team. What would you think?"

Qin Miao put himself in that scenario.

"Hmm... it’s a bit terrifying," Qin Miao pondered for a while, then said, "If it were me, I might directly change teams.

Even if this team can’t win the championship, I don’t want to be tortured by the team.

Besides, I don’t think other top teams wouldn’t want me."

"That’s the difference between you and Leclerc. You know your own strength, and you have already proven your talent on the track, so even if you switch teams, there will be people eager to have you on their team.

But Leclerc already has a deep shadow of Ferrari, he is unlikely to change teams.

Leclerc is gambling now, betting that one day Ferrari can suddenly emerge."

Qin Miao shrugged, at this moment, he had reached the door of the team lounge, and the two were about to part, so Qin Miao turned and shrugged to Barber, saying: "Then he has a long wait."

"Who would disagree?"

...

In the qualifying rounds, although these qualifying rounds only decide tomorrow’s starting positions for the sprint race, which offers few points.

The sprint race still determines the starting positions for the final race, so Qin Miao had no reason to relax.

After taking some time to rest, when Qin Miao appeared again in the broadcast footage, he had already donned his gear.

Gone was the encouragement from everyone and the encouraging words given to rookies at the opponent’s home track, Qin Miao briefly exchanged matters with Reyes before getting into his car.

The situation wasn’t due to the team not caring about Qin Miao’s mood or his achievements on the track.

This was purely an issue of trust, everyone knows Qin Miao’s strength, and they believe he can maintain his consistent performance.

After the qualifying rounds began, in Q1, both Qin Miao and Hamilton did not exert full power.

But despite that, both easily advanced.

During the Q1 stage, there weren’t any flags appearing on the track, but after all, the Red Bull Ring is considered a relatively short track, and it’s fast, so many drivers encountered traffic issues during the final flying lap.

But ultimately no one failed to set a suitable time due to traffic problems.

On another note, as Qin Miao successfully advanced, Zhou Guanyu did not make it past Q3.

Although he was eliminated at the cutoff line of Q3, which is the 15th position, Zhou Guanyu was eliminated.

The reason is actually not hard to guess.

After Qin Miao learned that the Austrian Grand Prix would follow the sprint race rules, he knew Zhou Guanyu wouldn’t deliver as good of a qualifying round performance today as he did in previous races.

It is undeniable, Zhou Guanyu’s current speed can rank in the middle among all F1 drivers.

His skills in various aspects are pretty decent, and even under Qin Miao’s tutelage, his defensive skills can rank top among the F1 drivers.

Besides Verstappen and Qin Miao, Zhou Guanyu has been overtaken the fewest times this season.