How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 690 - 290: A Perfect Start

After exchanging a couple of words in jest, Qin Miao confirmed the photo's clarity and waved to Leclerc saying, "The photo is for a gift, help me sign it later. I have something to do, so I'll leave now."

Seeing Qin Miao ready to leave, Leclerc put away his doubts and said, "Sure, just bring the printed photo over to me. Looking forward to your performance in this race."

"Thanks for the wishes, Le the Fourth." Qin Miao gave a rather perfunctory salute to Leclerc.

From his words and actions, Leclerc could see Qin Miao's indifference, so he jokingly retorted, "Shut up!"

"Hahahaha~"

...

On the way back to the team, Qin Miao sent the photo he took to a somewhat familiar staff member in the marketing department, asking him to print the photo at the highest specifications before the end of the U.S. Grand Prix race.

Qin Miao's request wasn't actually difficult, just a bit overstepping. Generally, Qin Miao and the marketing department only had a cooperative relationship, and he didn't have the authority to order their staff.

Even though foreign countries aren't much about personal networks, sometimes a driver's status still holds weight.

That's why as soon as Qin Miao arrived at the team's place, the other party brought him the photo.

However, at this moment, Qin Miao was doing the final preparations before the race started, so it was impossible for him to get the photo signed by Leclerc.

Both Leclerc and Qin Miao were pressed for time.

So after thanking, Qin Miao handed the photo to Barber and said, "Remind me after the race to get this photo signed by Leclerc. I want to give it as a gift."

Barber nodded and put the photo away. Then Qin Miao continued with his pre-race preparations.

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Listening to the cheerleaders' fiery dance music on the track, Qin Miao, already suited in his racing gear, arrived at the team's garage.

After greeting his team members, Qin Miao got into the car to perform the last routine check before the race.

Domestic time, 3 AM, Five-Star Sports.

"Hello, everyone. Welcome to the 2021 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix broadcast brought to you by Five-Star Sports..."

Accompanied by the pleasant voice of the commentator, Libao, Five-Star Sports began live broadcasting the race.

The commentators for this race were the same trio from the qualifying rounds: Libao, Zhou Haoran, and Wang Yang.

Before the race started, the three commentators discussed in the studio how many positions Qin Miao could potentially gain in this race.

With the precedent of the Monaco race, all of Qin Miao's fans knew he had talent in offensive and overtaking abilities, especially since he was driving the Mercedes car.

Not just them, but all the viewers watching this race had high expectations for Qin Miao's performance today.

They were also discussing what the points gap between Qin Miao, Hamilton, and Verstappen would be after this race.

Since Qin Miao is a Chinese driver, as commentators, they naturally considered things from his perspective, and watched the race from this angle as well.

Therefore, their conversation favored Qin Miao achieving a good result in this race.

Soon, the F1 theme song and the 2021 season intro began playing.

As the intro finished, the broadcast switched to the race.

The first broadcast shot focused on Qin Miao starting from the seventeenth position.

At this time, the crew beside Qin Miao's car performed the final checks, with four brand-new medium tires wrapped in warmers.

As the camera panned over, you could see Qin Miao seated in the cockpit, eyes closed, appearing particularly relaxed.

Even Qin Miao's helmet was tilted inside the cockpit, looking completely at ease.

"The driver shown in the camera is our Chinese driver, Qin Miao." Before every grand prix starts, as long as there's a shot of Qin Miao, Five-Star Sports would introduce him to the audience.

This has become a habit for them.

Even though many already knew of Qin Miao's presence, his increasingly excellent overseas results boosted his influence back home. Almost every live broadcast had new viewers tuning in.

Thus, the Five-Star Sports commentators needed to answer new viewers' pressing question: Who is Qin Miao?

At this moment, the camera happened to switch to a close-up of Qin Miao's eyes.

Qin Miao seemed to sense something, and his previously drooping eyelids opened.

His eyes were directly on the camera.

Then Qin Miao blinked at the camera.

But after that, there weren't many shots of Qin Miao. In today's race, Qin Miao was sure to perform an overtaking spectacle for all his fans.

However, the battle between Hamilton and Verstappen was also one of today's race highlights.

Many of Qin Miao's fans even hoped he could challenge Verstappen and Hamilton's positions in this race.

Given the current dire rivalry between Verstappen and Hamilton, Qin Miao might actually catch up when those two are tangled in a fight.