How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 162 - 110: Vacation (Part 2)

First, let’s talk about the attributes of the Prema Racing team.

Qin Miao originally thought that this team, which has been immersed in the racing world for many years, would have some unique team heritage and special abilities.

But when the system pulled out the team’s attributes and looked at them, apart from the ability to tune the car, everything else was remarkably unremarkable.

Moreover, Qin Miao felt that the strong tuning ability of Prema Racing might likely be due to Ferrari deploying engineers to help Mick with car tuning, just as Lawson said.

It’s actually normal for Qin Miao to have such doubts because basically all F2 teams’ ratings hover between 69 and 50 points. This scoring mechanism of the system is based on the F1 teams’ rating system, so the F2 teams’ low ratings are quite normal.

After venting about the Prema Racing team’s capability, Qin Miao turned his attention to the system tasks.

There’s nothing much to say about the second task. Qin Miao felt that as long as the team doesn’t hold him back, with his current skills, completing this task is not difficult.

It’s just that the reward from the system is somewhat stingy, but this reward does match Qin Miao’s strength.

However, Qin Miao was confused because the first task had quite a deviation from his life plan.

Before, the system always gave Qin Miao what he wanted, but this time was different. Qin Miao currently had no intention to enter F1, yet the system issued such a task to him.

But that’s about it.

Although the Golden Lottery is highly tempting to Qin Miao, he thought about when he met Leclerc at Silverstone during the race, and how exhausted he looked, barely keeping his feet on the ground during the Grand Prix.

Qin Miao felt that compared to his freedom and precious downtime, it’s okay not to have those Golden Lotteries.

At this moment, Qin Miao had already signed the two contracts given by Lawson.

After taking them back, Qimeng first studied the contracts for half a day on her own, and then the two went to find a lawyer as Lawson suggested, even asking quite a few questions about Qin Miao’s contract in the process.

After all, even though it was the first time encountering such an odd client, the lawyer conscientiously answered all of Qimeng’s questions.

Once it was confirmed that there were no issues with the contracts, Qin Miao signed them with satisfaction.

However, these two contracts did not take effect immediately from the moment Qin Miao signed them.

The team’s contract would only take effect after Christmas, and the other Ferrari Driver Academy contract would only come into effect after Qin Miao’s current contract expired this year. Unlike the team contract, which is only one year, the Ferrari contract was extended from one year to three years.

Counting the current one-year contract Qin Miao had, he signed a total of a four-year youth-training driver contract with Ferrari.

This time, Qin Miao’s purpose in going to the UK was simple: to vacation while freeloading off Zhou Guanyu.

After all, this year’s learning period for Qin Miao had ended, and the upcoming time until Halloween was Qin Miao’s rest period.

This time Qin Miao didn’t notify Zhou Guanyu of his trip to the UK, intending to give him a big surprise.

Of course, even when on holiday, Qin Miao couldn’t just think about playing. He still had to undergo intense training every morning to ensure his fitness. The dietary restrictions could be slightly loosened, but the food couldn’t be too greasy and salty. When he returned from vacation, he would undergo a physical examination again, and if unqualified, Qin Miao would face a long period of grueling training.

Qin Miao and Qimeng planned to stay at Zhou Guanyu’s for half a month before going to watch the final F1 and F2 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and then head straight back home after watching the race.

They hadn’t seen their parents for nearly half a year, and it wasn’t just their parents frequently urging them over the phone; even they themselves missed their hometown after living abroad for so long.

The attachment to one’s homeland is nearly etched in the hearts of all children who grew up on the Chinese land.

When the plane landed, Qin Miao didn’t go to Zhou Guanyu’s house right away but went directly to the supermarket to buy three new monitors.

When freeloading off someone else, you can’t show up empty-handed. You have to bring some gifts at least as a gesture of goodwill.

So Qin Miao planned to bring three monitors.

Although the monitors Zhou Guanyu prepared for him didn’t have a low refresh rate, compared to the 240HZ monitors that CS:GO professional players use, the 144HZ monitors Zhou Guanyu prepared really couldn’t hold up. So, Qin Miao decided to get something better.

Having searched for quite some time but not finding any ZOWIE monitors in the supermarket, Qin Miao had no choice but to choose the 240HZ Asus ROG brand.

After purchasing the items, Qin Miao happily headed to Zhou Guanyu’s home.

However, Qimeng was also aware that giving someone a monitor as a gift was a bit avant-garde, and more crucially, two of the three monitors were for his own use, which made it even more nonsensical.

So before going to Zhou Guanyu’s house, Qimeng prepared some gifts that Zhou Guanyu would definitely like—three hundred boxes and matching keys.

The whole set cost 5,000 yuan, and naturally couldn’t compare to the price of the monitors Qin Miao was carrying, but it certainly wasn’t cheap either.

Even though it seemed like what Qimeng was giving was even more unreliable than what Qin Miao offered, you have to admit, Qimeng was gifting based on Zhou Guanyu’s preferences.

Zhou Guanyu’s house used a digital lock, and during Qin Miao’s stay, he just happened to have his fingerprint recorded on Zhou Guanyu’s digital lock.

So even though Zhou Guanyu wasn’t home, Qin Miao quietly let himself in.

It was still just the afternoon, and Zhou Guanyu should still be in training.

Qin Miao casually found a place to sit down and started texting Zhou Guanyu.

[Game on! Hurry up and log in]

Zhou Guanyu was probably slacking off; he replied quickly: [Are you crazy? Don’t you have to train?]

[I’m on vacation,]

[So fast? You’re free, but I’ve still got a final to run]

[So pitiful, when are you gaming?]

[Tonight, I’ll play when I get home after training]

[Alright, what time roughly?]

[By eight at the latest]

[Waiting for you, no show and you’re my son]

[You little...]

After sending this, Qin Miao directly shut off his phone, stretched lazily, and looked at the time on the clock in Zhou Guanyu’s house, realizing there were still over three hours before Zhou Guanyu would return.

He might as well switch out the computer monitors for himself and Qimeng first.

As for Zhou Guanyu’s monitor? Qin Miao wasn’t sure if he’d want to switch to a new one, so he left the choice to him. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Meanwhile, Qimeng started preparing dinner for three. After all, they couldn’t just lounge on the sofa waiting for Zhou Guanyu to order takeout once they were at someone else’s place, right?

Friendships require mutual effort to maintain; if one only takes while the other never complains, then he’s not your friend, he’s practically your parent.

At six in the evening, Qin Miao timed it just right and quietly hid behind the door, as it was about the time Zhou Guanyu would return.

Not long after Qin Miao hid, there came a sound from the digital lock as it unlocked.

As soon as Zhou Guanyu opened his door, he noticed two unfamiliar pairs of shoes at the entryway and immediately sensed something was wrong before a dark figure suddenly appeared in front of him, startling him.

"Whoa!" he instinctively blurted out a phrase in his native tongue, and even shivered a bit.

But he quickly recovered because, after all, he’s a professional driver, and his reaction speed and dynamic vision are much better than the average person’s. So after the initial scare, he soon realized who it was.

Sure enough, it was that brat Qin Miao!

Peeved, Zhou Guanyu kicked Qin Miao in the rear and said, "Why are you here? You didn’t even give me a heads up. Scared me to death."

Unfazed by the kick, Qin Miao brushed himself off and said cheekily, "If I told you in advance, I wouldn’t see that wonderful expression of yours."

As he spoke, Qin Miao picked up his phone, placed on the entryway cabinet facing the door, to check that he had recorded Zhou Guanyu’s expression, and quickly pocketed it.

However, how could Zhou Guanyu possibly miss what Qin Miao was doing, especially since his actions were blatant with no intent to hide?

After a momentary pause, Zhou Guanyu rushed forward to put Qin Miao in a chokehold, quickly forming a rear-naked choke position.

"You little rascal, are you recording me?!"

"Cough cough...ah...I’m done for, I’m sorry, I’m sorry...Zhou, I’m wrong...I can’t breathe."

PS. Hotfix applied, balance adjustments made

Passive Skills: [Research Department’s Guide (Purple)] team skill average rating reduced from +15 to +5.