How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 800 - 323: Abu Dhabi Practice Session

Interestingly, while Qin Miao was idling away at UNI-Virtuosi Racing, Qimeng secretly made her way from Monaco to Abu Dhabi.

After all, it's the last race, and despite the fact that towards the year's end, various endorsement contracts came flooding in, Qin Miao's agency was incredibly busy.

But compared to Qin Miao's first world championship, endorsements are just secondary.

However, when she arrived at the team's quarters, she was a bit surprised not to find Qin Miao there.

After some inquiries, the people at Mercedes didn't know where Qin Miao had gone either, since they had their own work and couldn't keep an eye on Qin Miao all the time.

Eventually, Qimeng saw Qin Miao on the screen broadcasting the F2 practice session, standing at the UNI-Virtuosi Racing team's command desk, wearing a Mercedes team uniform that was quite out of place among the UNI-Virtuosi staff.

Once she realized what Qin Miao was up to, Qimeng didn't go over to him; instead, she simply opened Qin Miao's laptop in the team's quarters and started handling her own work.

Qin Miao stayed at the UNI-Virtuosi Racing team's command desk until the F2 practice session ended.

After the F2 practice session ended, it wasn't immediately time for the F1 practice session, so Qin Miao stayed around UNI-Virtuosi for over half an hour, chatting with Zhou Guanyu about his impressions of the track.

"So, what do you think of this track? Is it a good run? Any notable areas?"

Zhou Guanyu had just gotten out of his race car, holding his helmet in one hand and wiping his face with a towel in the other.

"Haven't compared with anyone else yet, hard to say, but I feel the track is quite comfortable to run. After modifying some of the slower corners, it runs very smoothly." Zhou paused: "But I feel the modified track might be tough on the tires, although that's just my impression, I can't be sure if it's actually like that."

Qin Miao nodded knowingly, then watched Zhou Guanyu and the UNI-Virtuosi Racing staff analyze Zhou's performance during practice before leaving the F2 zone.

Before leaving, Qin Miao asked Zhou Guanyu for his onboard footage from the practice session.

Since Zhou Guanyu owns shares in the UNI-Virtuosi Racing Team, they had no reason to refuse Qin Miao's request.

Also, the onboard footage can be found on the F2 official website, and the footage Qin Miao got from UNI-Virtuosi Racing compared to that on the F2 website was just higher in clarity and frame rate, without the F2 watermark.

Aside from being much more pleasant to watch, there's no other substantial difference, so giving Qin Miao a copy poses no risk of a leak.

Returning to the team's quarters, Qin Miao was somewhat surprised to find Qimeng in his rest room.

At that moment, Qimeng was sitting at her station, head down, working on her laptop, not noticing Qin Miao had already walked in.

To be honest, seeing her eased some of Qin Miao's inner anxiety.

"When did you get here?" Qin Miao asked curiously, "Why didn't you tell me?"

Qimeng glanced up, spotting Qin Miao, and flashed a radiant smile before lowering her head to continue her computer work: "Landed this morning, wanted to surprise you, so I didn't mention it. But now you're back, so I guess the surprise doesn't quite exist anymore."

Qin Miao noticed Qimeng was just answering without looking up, so he asked curiously, "What are you working on?"

"Handling some endorsement contracts."

"Didn't you set up an agency for me? Can't they handle this?" Qin Miao nodded and sat beside Qimeng.

"They absolutely can, but they can't make final decisions, just sort out tentative contracts for me. The final decision is still mine."

"You've worked hard, come here for a hug."

Upon hearing Qin Miao's words, Qimeng didn't immediately pull her attention from the computer but quickly operated it before hitting enter, finishing all her tasks.

Afterward, like a Knight Rider putting on a transformation belt, her demeanor shifted, morphing from the businesswoman to the soft persona familiar to Qin Miao.

"Coming~" she giggled and jumped into Qin Miao's embrace.

...

Afternoon, the first practice session begins.

When Qin Miao appears on the broadcast, it's already the last half-minute countdown before the session ends.

At this point, Qin Miao is driving his car out of the pit exit, equipped with a set of brand-new hard tires.

This week's Pirelli tire formula provided C3-C5, the softest three types.

Clearly, Pirelli doesn't think this track demands much tire wear.

The practice session had barely any wind, the track temperature was 41°C, quite suitable racing weather.

Like the previous two races in the Middle East, this one's qualifying and race will be held in the evening.

Thus, during practice, Qin Miao primarily familiarizes himself with the track layout.

This process will be quick, as Qin Miao already mastered the track thoroughly in the simulator, and now it's just about verifying his inner thoughts.