How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 749 - 308: The Second Person

The next day, the two got up relatively early.

After breakfast, Qin Miao and Qimeng started packing their things to check out.

After checking out, Qin Miao went to the airport to see off Qimeng, who was still reluctant to leave him.

After Qimeng left, Qin Miao waited in the VIP lounge at the airport until noon.

Qin Miao's flight to Qatar was in the afternoon, so he planned to stay in the lounge during this time.

While waiting, Qin Miao suddenly thought of the call he received from Zhou Guanyu last night.

Since he was bored, Qin Miao took out his phone and browsed through news about the race track. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Then Qin Miao saw: Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 team announced that they officially signed a one-year contract with Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu.

As a result, next season, Zhou Guanyu will become the second official Chinese F1 driver.

The driver partnering with Zhou Guanyu for the 2022 season has long been announced as Bottas.

This veteran-novice model is the top choice for most teams.

Although he already knew about the contract negotiations between Alfa Romeo and Zhou Guanyu, and heard from Zhou Guanyu that both sides had a strong intention for this contract,

until things are officially confirmed and announced, there's always room for backing out.

Now it's settled, with Alfa Romeo's announcement, his good friend Zhou Guanyu has officially entered the F1 sport, and Qin Miao can be assured.

As for Zhou Guanyu's performance after entering F1...

Given Alfa Romeo's team... honestly, Qin Miao doesn't expect much from Zhou Guanyu's performance, gradual improvement is enough.

And Qin Miao would also pass on all his driving skills to Zhou Guanyu, whatever he knows, he will certainly teach.

At the same time, Qin Miao isn't worried about any risk of leaking or teaching a student who might surpass the mentor, at least not in the short term.

After all, the strength gap between the two teams is obvious, over a one-second lap time difference ensures there's no direct competitive relationship between Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu.

This is just the limit of what Qin Miao can do as a friend for Zhou Guanyu.

But aside from these considerations, after seeing the news, Qin Miao immediately called Zhou Guanyu.

Joining F1 is definitely a big deal for Zhou Guanyu, so Qin Miao naturally needed to call and wholeheartedly congratulate him.

However, Zhou Guanyu's phone couldn't be reached at all, and the receiver always conveyed the message that the other party is busy, please try again later.

Qin Miao understood that Zhou Guanyu was probably experiencing the same situation he did last year after joining Mercedes officially, with calls coming in one after another, leaving no time to handle them.

So after dialing unsuccessfully twice, Qin Miao didn't continue to call, Zhou Guanyu would likely return the call when he saw it.

But by the time Zhou Guanyu pulled himself away from the flood of calls and was ready to return Qin Miao's call, Qin Miao was already on the flight to Qatar.

On the plane, Qin Miao's phone naturally had no signal.

As for why not hitch a ride on Toto or Hamilton's private jet?

These two aren't like Qin Miao, who only has the identity of a Mercedes team driver, besides that, he's just an ordinary person.

Toto and Hamilton have a chain of industries behind them, with many people relying on them for a livelihood.

So after the race is over, they naturally need to return to their industry to work for a bit, and as Toto is the boss of the Mercedes team, he also has a board pressing overhead.

Even after the team secured the team championship in advance, there are still many things on the board side that require Toto's attention.

So after the Brazilian Grand Prix, they were planning to go directly back to the UK, whereas Qin Miao wanted to go to Qatar first.

Since it wasn't on the way, Qin Miao naturally could only take a plane there.

After the plane landed, Qin Miao discovered that Zhou Guanyu had called him twice.

On the way to the hotel, Qin Miao returned the call.

Soon the call was connected.

"Just on the plane, no signal, congratulations to you! We'll be racing together again next season," Qin Miao said directly once the call connected.

"No worries, understandable, I've been really looking forward to racing together next season,"

Qin Miao laughed and asked, "How are you feeling now? Are you super excited?"

"Actually, not that exaggerated, I knew the result a long time ago," Zhou Guanyu answered, "But since you mention it, I do have a question I want to ask you."

"Go ahead, there's no need for formalities between us."

"How did you feel specifically when you first learned that you could drive an F1 car next season?"

Qin Miao thought for a moment: "The most sincere human emotion is happiness, joy.

Why? Are you feeling anxious?"

Zhou Guanyu had no retort this time, and nodded, saying, "Yes, feeling a bit nervous, afraid of letting down the family's years of effort, worried about not performing well on the track..."

Qin Miao listened and pondered for a while, then said, "I can't really help you there, I didn't have negative emotions like that at first, knowing I was going to drive a Mercedes I mostly thought about how to improve my abilities, how to win races.

But to speak frankly, if you're thinking too much at moments like these, you might be idle. I'd suggest just taking a cab to Alfa Romeo's Xinweier headquarters, find the simulator department, and drive the simulator for an afternoon, once you're off the simulator, you won't have these random thoughts."