How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 725 - 301: Restless Little Hands

Just like Qin Miao, after a day of rest in Mexico, Hamilton, Qin Miao's teammate, also directly came to Brazil.

For Brazilians, Qin Miao might just be an ordinary racer. There may be some Qin Miao fans in Brazil, but compared to Hamilton, Qin Miao's popularity here is negligible.

In Brazil, Hamilton is almost the racer second only to Senna in terms of popularity.

Brazil can also be considered another home ground for Hamilton.

This time, after arriving in Brazil early, Hamilton, unlike his usual self, didn't engage in various commercial activities, instead, like Qin Miao, both of them practiced on the simulators prepared by the team for the Interlagos track.

Hamilton was also provoked by Verstappen in the last race.

The crushing defeat in Mexico not only dealt a heavy blow to the Mercedes team but was also a significant setback for drivers like Hamilton and Qin.

So after leaving Mexico, Hamilton was filled with determination; since entering F1, he had never been so aggrieved nor lost so badly before. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

He needed to reclaim his position on this track in Brazil, which suits the Mercedes cars.

Thus, upon arriving in Brazil, Hamilton resolutely dropped all commercial activities and immersed himself in the simulator.

From Monday to Wednesday, not only Qin Miao and Hamilton but also Bottas from the team factory and Mercedes test drivers were all working with high intensity without any rest time, working overtime at night.

During these three days, Qin Miao didn't even touch a computer. Even exercising was reduced to an hour of basic physical training to ensure his fitness level didn't drop.

After training, without even half an hour's rest, Qin Miao went straight back to work.

After three days of high-intensity work, by Thursday, the day before the Brazilian Grand Prix, Mercedes started addressing some issues that Qin Miao and Hamilton encountered during the Mexican Grand Prix.

Moreover, they brought a new rear wing upgrade for the Brazil round.

And due to these three days of efforts, Qin Miao was almost tired of running laps on the Interlagos track in the simulator. By Thursday, Qin Miao even didn't want to do a track walk; he was simply too exhausted.

Without exaggeration, Qin Miao now felt that as long as he had a suitable car and the Man and Car Unity Buff, he could physically, with eyes closed, run a lap on the Interlagos track without hitting the wall or going off track, and Qin Miao even had confidence in maintaining a decent lap time.

Muscle memory was almost ingrained.

And these days of high-intensity work even Qin Miao couldn't endure, not due to physical issues; with Qin Miao's physical condition, staying up all night every day wouldn't be a problem.

The main issue was organizing data, reviewing simulator footage, then modifying in accordance with data, and continuing the simulator runs; this whole process was mentally and emotionally exhausting.

But there was no way around it; today, strictly speaking, was a workday for Qin Miao. Besides familiarizing himself with the actual Interlagos track, he also had to psychologically prepare his team members.

After all, in the last race, Qin Miao and his team didn't meet the minimum points standard set by the team before the race began.

This was a chance to create a semi-closed space for Qin Miao and his team members to have a good conversation about recent occurrences, giving some moral support to the team's technicians.

And due to Hamilton, the Mercedes team had quite a few marketing activities in Brazil, requiring Qin Miao and Hamilton to be present.

In summary, back-to-back practice sessions, whether for drivers or the team, were tough on everyone. The only ones who might be happy were the audience watching this year's competitions.

After all, they've had races to watch every weekend for more than half a month.

Upon arriving in the paddock, as Qin Miao was preparing for his track walk, he saw Hamilton in the team garage.

Seeing Hamilton's slightly haggard face, similar to his own, for some reason, suddenly made Qin Miao feel that his fatigue over the past few days wasn't so bad.

And Qin Miao also noticed that after Hamilton saw him, his fatigued expression seemed to ease a bit.

But upon closer inspection, Qin Miao didn't find any unusual expressions on Hamilton's face, possibly it was just Qin Miao's imagination.

They nodded in greeting, then chatted about what they've been up to in the past few days. They were a bit surprised to discover they hadn't rested much and were both helping their team's R&D department with simulator data.

The reason Qin Miao and Hamilton didn't know they were busy with similar tasks was that they were liaising with different team members.

Moreover, both were in a state of single-minded focus during their busy times, fully concentrating on their work, without leisure to pay attention to anything else.

After learning about each other's endeavors, they looked at one another with mutual understanding and sympathy.

On Thursday, after the track walk, Qin Miao and Hamilton together recorded numerous videos for promotional purposes.