How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 806 - 325: An Unexpected Visitor

No one would believe you if you said Mom turned 43 this year.

She looks at most 30.

"I'm here to cheer you on." Mom walked up to Qin Miao with a smile and, after carefully looking him over, caught him off guard with a big hug.

Although Qin Miao has gotten used to greeting foreigners with handshakes, hugs, and even cheek kisses while overseas, he was still a bit flustered after receiving a hug from his mom.

After a moment of awkward stiffness, Qin Miao finally reached out and gently patted his mom's back.

Once the two separated, Qimeng said somewhat helplessly, "Originally, I had booked a flight that would land half an hour before your race ended, thinking you'd take about half an hour for interviews before returning to the hotel, so I wasn't in a rush.

But who would have thought the flight would be delayed by half an hour, and you came back so quickly. I was hoping to surprise you."

Qin Miao shook his head with a smile: "Seeing Mom is already such a surprise, whether you're waiting at the hotel or if I see you when I come back, it's all the same."

Mom smiled and said: "Alright, hurry up and tidy up your things. Doesn't Qin Miao have another race tomorrow? Let him rest early today."

"Okay, Mom." Qimeng responded with a smile and then started helping Qin Miao's mom with organizing things.

Qin Miao's hotel room is a family-style suite, with a living room, a master bedroom with an attached bathroom, and a secondary bedroom.

Because she needed to take care of Qin Miao, Mom took the secondary bedroom, while Qin Miao and Qimeng shared the master bedroom.

There's no talk of respecting the elderly or caring for the young—Qin Miao's mom and Qimeng both understood the significance of tomorrow's race for Qin Miao.

So naturally, they provided the best resting environment for Qin Miao.

Qin Miao went to bed early, so he got up early too. After waking, he went straight to the circuit for pre-race preparation.

Notably, when Qin Miao entered the circuit through the driver and staff entrance, the space reserved for fans on both sides had already become jam-packed. It's not even 7 a.m. yet, and seeing so many people here, Qin Miao was truly surprised.

Moreover, among these people, disregarding those with cameras pointed towards him who were obviously reporters, about a third of the remaining people were wearing Mercedes team uniforms—clearly Mercedes fans—and among these fans, half had Asian faces.

Presumably, these people were Qin Miao's fans.

Qin Miao wasn't in a rush at this moment, and to be honest, it's not easy for them to get up early and come here waiting for him.

So Qin Miao rummaged through Barber's bag and then took out quite a few prepared small gifts, such as Mercedes team caps, masks, wristbands, and team-scaled-down Lego figures, Hot Wheels cars.

Holding these items, Qin Miao tossed them directly into the crowd of fans.

He then took his phone and snapped a group photo with the area with the most fans as the backdrop.

After taking the photo, he posted it instantly on his Weibo and Twitter in front of them.

That concluded his interaction with the fans.

As Qin Miao left, the fans on-site called out reluctantly: "Qin Miao! Keep it up!"

"Qin Miao, we believe you'll definitely win the championship."

"Stay steady, you can do it!"

"Go Qin Miao!"

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It's hard to imagine it's Qin Miao's first F1 race, and quite a few Mercedes fans have some critiques about him.

Some even attended the race live to hurl insults at Qin Miao.

After entering the circuit, Qin Miao first greeted the team; since his mom was visiting today, he naturally needed to prepare a VIP ticket for her.

Qimeng had a driver's family entry ticket issued by the FIA. Although this ticket allowed access to all areas inside the circuit where fans could go, only Qimeng could use it.

To bring Qin Miao's mom in, it would require the team to communicate additionally with the FIA.

But this process wouldn't be too complicated, after all, whether it's drivers or team staff, everyone has family or friends who would want to watch an F1 race live.

So both the FIA and FOM had detailed regulations for these procedures.

After taking care of the main matters, Qin Miao started his routine fitness exercise with the team in the morning, but given that there was a race at night, it wasn't possible for Qin Miao to expend all his energy and stamina on exercising; thus, pre-race training was just warming-up exercises. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

After finishing his exercise, Qin Miao had about ten minutes to rest.

Then there was the pre-race press conference.

After the press conference finished, Qin Miao returned to the team home.

After having a normal lunch in the afternoon, Qin Miao more or less needed to attend one or two functions.

Perhaps meeting and chatting briefly with fans who'd bought high-priced VIP tickets and then taking a group photo, or dining with local sponsors of the team—whatever the case, Qin Miao had work to handle before the race started.

But due to the special situation and environment of today's race, it directly involved the whole year's efforts of Qin Miao and the team.