Even though Qin Miao and rcedes's official social dia accounts firmly denied the rumors, the buzz surrounding the topic hasn't diminished.
"I'm speechless. No matter how I think about it, I can't figure out why this story spread like this." After chatting with Hamilton, Qin Miao also vented a bit.
"That's how the dia is, you'll get used to it." Hamilton laughed and patted Qin Miao on the shoulder.
Although he said that on the surface, is there a mont when Hamilton actually hopes Qin Miao has an ardent Formula dream?
Then, just like the dia rumors in the paddock, Qin Miao might directly switch to Ferrari, who knows?
Or maybe he himself wants to go to Ferrari?
Who can tell.
After chatting with Hamilton for a while, the attendees of the eting room had mostly arrived.
Finally, Toto and Elliott walked in, and with their arrival, the eting officially began.
Throughout the eting, Qin Miao and Hamilton barely spoke a word.
They simply listened attentively to Elliott and his team's engineers' reports and explanations.
Although both drivers are skilled in racing and can offer so constructive opinions,
but when it cos to the car design, subsequent upgrade plans, and solutions to existing car problems, neither of them has a deep understanding.
Qin Miao might be slightly better off since he spends his days in the team's developnt factory, understanding what's being said on stage. Hamilton, on the other hand, is completely in the dark.
During this process, neither driver had the need to speak up.
This process might be sowhat tornting for Hamilton, but quite interesting for Qin Miao, at least he knows how the W13 he's driving is designed and where the issues lie.
After the eting, Hamilton said to Qin Miao beside him: "You looked quite happy listening, I zoned out halfway, can you summarize it for ?"
Qin Miao shrugged: "In short, the W13 has a certain potential for upgrade, but if the fundantal issue with the chassis isn't solved, we'll never catch up to Ferrari and Red Bull.
Summary: This season is hopeless; W13 will be abandoned next season."
After speaking, Qin Miao and Hamilton could only share a wry smile.
Although this decision seems hopeful, after making it, rcedes is a season behind other teams in car developnt.
Even though there's a whole season's worth of 2022 data as support and reference, it's estimated that the car of 2023 won't have the chance to compete for the drivers' championship.
However, there's so good news; the team will directly abandon the W13's design concept next season.
Major changes to the floor, adjustnts to the front and rear suspension layout, and addressing the driver's seat position issue often reflected by Hamilton.
As for Qin Miao, due to his formidable adaptability, he doesn't really feel the W13 has significant problems; the only discomfort for Qin Miao is that the car's setup window isn't as wide as last season's W12.
Last season's W12 had a wide setup window, so making so extre setup configurations wouldn't affect the car's overall speed too much.
This season, however, it's different; if you exceed a certain threshold, perhaps increasing the front wheel camber by one degree could slow the lap ti by 0.2 or even 0.3 seconds.
In the racing industry, a decline of 0.2 to 0.3 seconds in speed is almost fatal.
It's equivalent to having no competitiveness in qualifying and the races.
But currently, none of this really concerns Qin Miao.
With the eting concluded and the W13's upgrade plans redrafted, next season's new concept car developnt is on track, now just waiting on the progress of the simulator departnt.
Everything is moving in a good direction.
Therefore, despite this season's poor car performance, everyone's morale within the team isn't much lower than last season.
As they left the team, Qin Miao and Hamilton exited together.
At the entrance, watching Hamilton wait for Angela to fetch the car, Qin Miao casually said: "Lewis, just at dinner ti, want to co over to my place for a al?"
Originally, it was just a polite offer from Qin Miao; little did he expect Hamilton to agree imdiately: "Sure, I heard recently from a driver in the paddock that you've got really good cooking skills. It's a great chance to try it now."
Since Hamilton agreed, Qin Miao had no reason to refuse and nodded: "Alright, my place isn't far, let's walk over."
"Great, I'll call Angela, ask her to co directly."
Angela knows Qin Miao's ho address too.
Speaking of which, this is the first ti after Qin Miao won the championship last season, the two are having a al together.
And given there's a guest at ho today and Hamilton ntioned Qin Miao's cooking skills,
so naturally, Qin Miao's cooking tonight.
Qin Miao's top-notch culinary skills; even if Hamilton and Angela haven't tasted authentic Chinese cuisine much, Qin Miao's cooking naturally drew praises.
Not to ntion Hamilton, a British guy, when it cos to food, what do they know about gourt?
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