How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 707 - 295: Mexican Qualifying

"Then I look forward to the day you can enter F2 and challenge the race records I set during my F2 days, and break them."

When Qin Miao said this, Qimeng quietly poked Qin Miao's back.

Do you not have any awareness of what exactly your status was in F2?

Saying this now not only fails to encourage Arthur, but quite possibly might undermine his confidence.

After all, Qin Miao's performance in F2 is something that even insiders in the racing industry find unbelievable, let alone outsiders.

Fortunately, Arthur inherited his brother's naivety; he didn't think Qin Miao's expectations for him were hard to meet. Instead, he confidently pounded his chest and promised, "I definitely will!"

After a brief chat, Qin Miao led Qimeng into Leclerc's house.

"You guys arrived so early?" Leclerc, who was still tidying up, looked quite surprised to see them.

Qin Miao shrugged and unceremoniously took some dried fruits from Leclerc's snack tray, saying as he ate, "Mainly because Qimeng has a habit of being early, while I usually like to arrive just on time."

Leclerc nodded understandingly: "Make yourselves at home and find a place to sit; it'll take me a bit longer to finish tidying up."

Qin Miao showed off the dried fruits in his hand, implying that he wasn't being polite at all.

After a while, Arthur also returned and joined Qin Miao's side.

Due to Qin Miao's young age, he was already used to the fact that people much older than him were fans of his.

And putting aside his relationship with Leclerc, Arthur was just an ordinary young man who knew how to drive an F3 car and had some talent in racing.

So after the initial shock, Qin Miao was able to adjust his mindset and chat calmly with Leclerc's brother, Arthur.

But even though Qin Miao seemed very relaxed at the moment, Arthur was still somewhat overly excited after meeting his idol.

He stuttered a bit as he spoke, "Qin Miao, can I... can I take a picture with you?"

Of course, Qin Miao didn't refuse Arthur's request for a photo and autograph.

Because after Qin Miao and the others arrived, they started waiting at Leclerc's house, which made Leclerc pack up much quicker.

By 9:50, the three of them had already left the house.

Since this was for work, and because Arthur still had training duties, he couldn't go with Qin Miao to Mexico.

On the way, there were naturally lots of laughter and conversation; when Qin Miao was with Leclerc, they could always find something to talk about. Even if they stopped chatting, they'd pull Qimeng over, and the three of them could start a game of playing cards.

Not to mention, after the first time Qin Miao hitched a ride on his plane, Leclerc added an Xbox to his plane and downloaded a bunch of games.

So on the way to Mexico, Qin Miao didn't feel bored at all.

After landing, Qin Miao parted ways with Leclerc.

From the moment their plane landed in Mexico, they entered the work zone.

In the coming period, both of them would be busy with their respective tasks, and their workplaces weren't the same, so parting was inevitable.

There was a Ritz-Carlton Hotel branch near the Mexican track, and this hotel was one of Mercedes' sponsors, so Qin Miao's entire team was staying at this hotel for race week.

After landing, Qin Miao didn't just laze around; he immediately went to find Barber, and the two of them went to the hotel's gym to start adaptability training.

It's been mentioned before about Mexico City's altitude issues; although Qin Miao, due to his exceedingly robust physical condition, didn't feel short of breath here, the fact is that the air is thinner here than on other tracks.

Even if it didn't feel that way, such an environment does affect the drivers' bodies to some degree.

Qin Miao needed to acclimatize to this high-altitude climate over Wednesday and Thursday, with Barber, a professional, naturally providing guidance.

So Qin Miao spent Wednesday entirely adapting to the local climate without taking a rest.

Thursday, Qin Miao's work began.

In the morning, he walked the track, ate a little at noon, rested briefly, and then started adaptability training again.

Qin Miao declined the team's Thursday afternoon filming schedule; according to his contract with the team, he wouldn't participate in any media or sponsor activities for the entire upcoming season.

Friday marked the start of the Mexican Grand Prix.

Mexico, located in southern North America, shares almost the same time zone as the United States, so the race times in Mexico are quite inconvenient for European and Asian fans.

In China, the first practice session started at 1:30 AM on November 6th, and the second practice session was at 5:00 AM.

Therefore, very few Chinese fans stayed up late to watch the practice sessions.

However, many fans attended the first and second practice sessions on-site; Mexicans are quite passionate about F1 racing, not to mention Mexican driver Perez is on the Red Bull team.

And given the performance of the Red Bull car, Perez had hopes of reaching the podium in this race.

So Mexican fans were enthusiastic about this Grand Prix.

As a result, on just this Friday alone, the number of Mexican fans present on-site reached 150,000.

This was the number of fans for just one day.