During the F1 practice session, Qing didn’t need to run up to the spectator stands above the Paddock Club; with Qin Miao leading her, she could openly enter Ferrari’s Paddock Club.
However, she could only stay in the VIP area of the Paddock Club, as she was not staff and her presence could disrupt other people’s work during internal etings. Qin Miao, on the other hand, could sit directly beside the racing engineers and watch Vettel’s car data with them.
He could even get close to Vettel’s car when Vettel was tuning it.
Vettel didn’t mind Qin Miao being there. Once he chose a car setting, there would be a brief downti when the technicians started adjusting his car.
During this downti, Vettel might even ask Qin Miao if he understood the reasons for his adjustnts.
If Qin Miao answered correctly, Vettel would generously praise him.
And if Qin Miao answered incorrectly, Vettel would patiently explain his reasons for the settings, demonstrating remarkable tolerance for a junior like Qin Miao.
But during this period, Qin Miao recalled the fear of being called upon by teachers to answer questions back in high school.
Even though he knew Vettel was doing this to ntor him and show optimism and encouragent for the new generation of drivers, this feeling reminiscent of school days made Qin Miao, who grew up in exam-oriented education, feel deeply afraid.
Luckily, it was only during the second practice session, and Vettel was busy. He took advantage of spare monts to teach Qin Miao, but most of the ti he was focused on his own work, testing on track.
Qin Miao lingered in Ferrari’s Paddock Club until the practice session ended.
During this ti, Qin Miao indeed noticed many details that couldn’t be seen in the VIP area, such as drivers’ driving curve graphs, vehicle status data feedback, driver onboard caras, and ways to tune F1 cars.
These things were enlightening for Qin Miao, though they were just data and tables; applying these to the track allowed Qin Miao to understand Vettel’s general driving style on the circuit.
After the second practice session ended, Qin Miao’s work was also finished. He prepared to sneak back to the hotel with Qing without saying goodbye to Binotto.
It wasn’t impolite; Qin Miao simply feared Binotto might drag him into Ferrari’s post-practice eting.
As he turned to leave Ferrari’s Paddock Club and reached the path behind it, he happened to run into Vettel, who was heading towards the Paddock Club after weighing in.
Fortunately, Vettel rely shook hands and greeted Qin Miao, smiled and nodded at Qing, and then turned and entered Ferrari’s Paddock Club to continue his closing work.
In Europe, it’s common to greet familiar won with a cheek kiss. By now, the relationship between Qin Miao and Vettel was rather amicable, but Vettel knew Qin Miao and Qing were Chinese, where cheek kissing isn’t popular, so he greeted Qing with a normal smile and nod or handshake.
This shows Vettel is genuinely cultured and attentive.
During the ti watching the second practice session at Ferrari, Qin Miao also greeted Leclerc; though they knew each other early, their relationship wasn’t as close as with Vettel, to be honest.
Mainly because there were fewer chances for communication and collaboration between them, and also because when Qin Miao first t Leclerc, he was just an ordinary person.
Yet within a re year, Qin Miao transford from an ordinary person into the most talented rising star in F2, leaving Leclerc montarily uncertain about Qin Miao’s approach.
However, the impression Qin Miao gave him when they played simulator gas together was still vivid—that passion for cars and driving was sothing Leclerc still rembered, so it’s no surprise Qin Miao developed so quickly.
After sneaking out, Qin Miao returned to the hotel, exhaled deeply, and took out his phone; it was ti to indulge in so complints from fans.
After easily securing pole position in the qualifying session, many must have seen it, right? How would they appraise him?
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Young people, although Qin Miao was a bit socially anxious, it doesn’t an he didn’t care about others’ opinions of him, especially in things he was proud of and confident about.
However, amidst today’s heap of praise-filled words, Qin Miao still harvested so negative emotions.
At this point, so might say, "Why don’t you just ignore those negative comnts?"
But those negative comnts stood out like tall individuals among a crowd of short ones, so conspicuous that it’s hard to ignore them.
"Qin Miao is just dominating in F2; I’ll say this season’s F2 had no genuinely talented drivers. The real talents like Leclerc and Russell went to F1 long ago; Qin Miao is just a tall figure among short ones."
Quite a few trolls replied under this comnt, with similar sentint, gripping the idea that without strong competitors in F2, Qin Miao had the room to outshine in the races.
For those who don’t understand racing, this might seem reasonable because during F2 races, Qin Miao would widen the gap with the cars behind, making the other drivers appear weak.
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