How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 682 - 288: Qimeng’s Fury (6K, Bonus Update 10/20)

Putting aside off-track matters, Qin Miao has already fallen out of championship contention in this American Grand Prix.

Due to engine wear, Qin Miao needs to replace the entire power unit for this race.

This was something the team had planned for a long time, and Qin Miao was mentally prepared, so he wasn't expecting too much out of the American race.

The team's and Qin Miao's expectation for this race was merely to finish in the top five.

This time, the team replaced Qin Miao's entire power unit, unlike Hamilton in the last race, who only swapped out the internal combustion engine.

The replacements for Qin Miao this time include the internal combustion engine, MGU-K, MGU-H, turbo, and exhaust system.

As a result, Qin Miao's penalty is more severe than Hamilton's. Hamilton got a 10-place grid penalty, while Qin Miao starts from the back of the grid.

It's worth mentioning that Qin Miao also replaced the gearbox this time, but since it didn't exceed the usage limit, it won't incur further penalties. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

According to the team's calculations, after this engine swap, Qin Miao won't need to change engines again until the end of the season. The only thing that might need replacing is the exhaust system.

However, each driver has 9 sets of exhausts per season, and if used sparingly, it's more than enough to last a season.

No matter what, these are things to consider a month later, and they have nothing to do with the present Qin Miao.

After returning home, Qin Miao indulgently played computer games all night.

But when it came to the next day, even though he was still on holiday, Qin Miao resumed his regular training.

Qimeng stayed with Qin Miao at home for two days, but on the third day, after Qin Miao started going to the factory to work, she left the UK and went to Monaco.

Even though Qimeng doesn't plan to buy a bigger house, considering Qin Miao's work needs.

The home needs to be set up with a room for Qin Miao to play games in, and it might need an integrated racing simulator, possibly doubling as a study, and also include a fitness room.

After planning out such a set of rooms, there might only be three rooms left: one master bedroom, one secondary bedroom, and a guest room or something else.

In summary, preparing a house to live in is truly an enormous undertaking.

Even though Leclerc and Zhou Guanyu recommended some good interior designers after learning that Qin Miao wanted to buy a house.

But Qimeng declined them all.

Strictly speaking, this is the first house they've ever bought in their lives. Instead of calling it a house, it's more like their home.

Qimeng is particularly attentive to their home; she even wants to handle the renovations herself, considering she has plenty of free time compared to Qin Miao.

On the afternoon after Qimeng left, Zhou Guanyu drove to Qin Miao's house.

Although Qin Miao and Qimeng have a really good relationship, Qin Miao has never had any thoughts of cheating.

But every married man knows that, even though you love your wife dearly, after being together, whenever you want to do something you know is harmful, your wife will always try to interfere or get in your way.

Once your partner leaves, no one's watching over you, and you're home alone, that sense of relaxation, peace, and comfort is incredibly wonderful.

After confirming that no one was supervising him and that Qimeng wouldn't return anytime soon, Qin Miao started indulging himself.

Once Zhou Guanyu arrived, aside from his regular training, Qin Miao didn't do much else.

Rest? That's not a thing, playing games fills up the whole afternoon.

Sleep at night? Forget that! Go fishing!

At 11 PM, Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu packed their gear, drove Qin Miao's RV, and went to the nearby park to fish.

When they get tired, they just sleep in the RV.

It was all about being unruly and unencumbered.

Qin Miao spent three days playing wildly this way with Zhou Guanyu, completely messing up their sleep schedule, often going to bed at 2 AM and getting up at 11 AM to train for an hour, before hitting the computer again.

Despite such a terrible sleep pattern, neither of them showed any signs of lack of energy.

Mainly because they're young and can endure. After an all-nighter, a short four to five-hour nap is enough to feel refreshed.

Of course, they couldn't just shirk all responsibilities; on the fourth afternoon, Qin Miao took Zhou Guanyu to the Mercedes team.

But because Zhou Guanyu is associated with the Renault Young Driver program, he could hardly access any new components or concepts under development at the Mercedes team.

However, thanks to Qin Miao, Zhou Guanyu could go up to try driving an F1 car in the simulator when the simulator department was less busy, to get a feel for it ahead of next year's race preparation in a professional simulator.

Who knows if after experiencing the top-notch Mercedes F1 simulator, Zhou Guanyu will feel a stark contrast when trying out Alfa Romeo's simulator?

Speaking of Zhou Guanyu, while fishing together, they inevitably talked about Zhou Guanyu's seat for the next season.

Zhou Guanyu mentioned that Alfa Romeo has expressed interest, so barring any unexpected developments, next season Qin Miao could be racing alongside Zhou Guanyu on the same track.