How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 796 - 322: The Road Is Long and Difficult
Of course, this result is likely what the As Team's leader Steiner hoped to see.
After all, if a driver earns points, the cost of the Super License for the next season is based on the number of points earned that must be paid to the FIA.
And this payment to the FIA is an additional budget expenditure for Haas.
Originally, Haas wasn't in F1 for business; Haas is a machine tool company, and they have a team in the paddock purely because the owner of Haas likes F1.
So to the Haas Team's owner, it is really just a big toy.
And the reason Steiner became the leader of the Haas Team isn't because his leadership abilities are particularly strong, or because he has remarkable development abilities like Binotto.
His main ability, in fact, is helping the team save money.
However, passion will fade one day, and as time goes by, the owner's enthusiasm for F1 will inevitably begin to wane, especially since Haas has consistently been at the bottom of the rankings.
Even though the Haas owner hasn't publicly indicated any plans to sell the team yet, he is still anticipating the upgrades that Steiner mentioned for the next season.
Many people believe that his expectations may be disappointed, because judging by Mick and Mazepin's crash rhythm this season, the funds Haas can allocate to the development department next season won't be ample.
Getting a bit off track, back to the main subject.
After the driver's points standings were announced, naturally, the team's points standings followed.
1: Mercedes: 739
2: Red Bull: 528
3: Ferrari: 284
4: McLaren: 232
5: Alpine: 127
6: Alpha Tauri: 100
7: Aston Martin: 75
8: Williams: 13
9: Alfa Romeo: 9
10: Haas: 0
The top two teams need no comment; Mercedes had already secured this year's team championship in Brazil.
Originally, everyone thought Ferrari and McLaren's competition would be extremely intense, but all suspense was gone early on.
Ferrari fully confirmed their third place for the year.
While McLaren faced financial issues from the parent company this season, leading to little improvement in car performance.
At the start and middle of the season, McLaren had a few highlights, and their standings on the points table were quite impressive.
But since Norris missed out on his first career victory podium at the Russian Grand Prix, McLaren has been on a downward trajectory, continuing to this point.
Furthermore, McLaren's parent company's financial situation still shows no improvement; foreseeing this, not only this season but also next season, McLaren is expected to continue its decline.
... 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
After the race ended, Qin Miao's work was not over.
In fact, since arriving in the Middle East region, Qin Miao's work hours have often been stretched very long.
He frequently needs to attend various kinds of social events and meet a variety of local celebrities.
And during these events, Qin Miao could see from their tone and eyes the same kind of gaze that racing fans in the paddock gave him.
Although these gatherings were initially somewhat interesting and Qin Miao met many internationally reputable tycoons.
After all, being looked at with worship and joy, and being gifted items worth tens of thousands of US Dollars at first meeting would make anyone feel good about them.
However, after a while, it does become somewhat dull.
The only thing keeping Qin Miao going was the extraordinarily high appearance fees.
Indeed, besides their salary, drivers have other income streams, and attending various post-race events is a very common revenue activity.
This is also why drivers are very willing to appear in front of the camera; the more exposure you have, the more people want to invite you to events, boosting your income.
And the appearance fees for these gatherings in the Middle East were significant, with a single event being worth 500,000 US Dollars!
When Qin Miao heard this figure, he was shocked, and seeing his expression, these oil tycoons were puzzled.
Their expression seemed to be asking Qin Miao, is 500,000 a lot?
Fine, you have oil, you're impressive.
Although Qin Miao had been to the Middle East during his time in F2, his focus was mostly on the race, and even when out with Qimeng, he just felt the place was very dry, a bit pricey, with more luxury shops, and the people were slightly friendlier to Chinese.
Beyond that, Qin Miao didn't find anything particularly special about the place.
At that time, Qin Miao didn't have a clear concept of how wealthy these oil tycoons were.
Until now.
500,000 US Dollars is just a small amount...
In short, after the race, Qin Miao neither returned to Monaco nor went to the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi to prepare for the race like his teammate Hamilton.
Instead, he earned a million US Dollars in one night and acquired contact information for several tribe princes.
He even signed so many autographs that his hand was numb.
But fortunately, the busy day finally ended.
On Monday, Qin Miao rested for a day locally in the UAE, and early the next day, he went to Abu Dhabi with Zhou Guanyu.
The last two races of the F2 season have the same schedule as F1.
