Speaking of which, Qin Miao was planning to bring his electric scooter to this race, but when Qing found out, she reprimanded him without holding back: "Monaco is a street circuit, you’ll be walking on the street when you walk the track.
Not to ntion whether Monaco’s traffic regulations would allow you to play with a scooter on the main road.
You have to understand, playing with a scooter on the circuit is not a big deal, since the track is so wide, even if you fall, nothing major will happen.
But the traffic situation on the street is so complex, what if sothing happens, what will the team do? What will happen to the race?"
After Qing’s reminder, Qin Miao behaved himself and chose to walk honestly.
After all, they circled the track twice, and although quite a few tourists were following the path taken by Qin Miao and Norris, characteristics of drivers like Qin Miao and Norris are still quite obvious.
So despite being fully ard, they were still recognized by passersby, but these people didn’t disturb Qin Miao and the others, at most they recorded videos from afar with their phones.
Of course, besides the pedestrians, there were also quite a few photographers who specifically ca to capture drivers walking the track.
For this reason, they even found a suitable position in the houses around the track, with caras aid at the inevitable path of the track walk.
These people naturally took quite a few photos of Qin Miao.
After all, scenes of two drivers walking the track together are a rare sight, and Qing was also photographed in the mix.
But these images are nothing more than a treat for the fans before the official start of the race.
After walking the track, Qin Miao’s day’s work ended; he stayed in the team’s garage for half an hour, connected with his car group’s staff, received so comfort from them, and then returned to the hotel.
In the evening, Qin Miao didn’t continue grinding Monaco’s track on the simulator, as he had practically been living on the simulator during this period, never stopping practice.
But ultimately, a simulator is just a simulator; it can resemble but cannot replicate reality.
Having never actually raced in Monaco before, Qin Miao felt that rather than forming habits based on the simulator, he should better seize the opportunity of the upcoming three practice sessions to familiarize and understand the performance of his car on the Monaco track.
Slept through the night, the next day, Friday.
Qin Miao went to the paddock.
Monaco is different from other Grand Prix, as it’s a street race, there isn’t much open space to host activities, so pre-race activities are few.
From today, the circuit officially enters a closed state, and the closure will continue until after the race.
Before the race, Qin Miao still went through several interviews and a fun Q&A.
Afterwards, Qin Miao went to the FIA office to attend the pre-race drivers’ eting.
In other circuits, drivers’ etings usually talk about the changes made to the track this year, which parts of the track have lenient penalties, and which parts are strict.
These items are generally told to drivers in the pre-race eting.
But Monaco’s track is different, the track itself is just so big, with curves having essentially no buffer zone, going off the track just ans hitting the wall, no need to restate what is obvious.
So each year Monaco’s driver etings are more about formulaically reciting the rules already set, with little room for modification.
As a newcor, Qin Miao hadn’t heard the rules before, other seasoned drivers can go on playing with their phones, but he had to honestly keep his head raised, watching the FIA official reading the script.
The drivers’ eting was short, only about twenty minutes, with the rest of the ti spent on Russell, as a driver representative, discussing so matters beneficial to drivers with the FIA.
Qin Miao listened intently, as these matters were also beneficial for him.
Among them, Russell pointed out that excessive activities before the race might affect drivers’ focus on the circuit, so he suggested the FIA simplify the pre-race activity process as much as possible, conserving the drivers’ energy, or to shift the timing of activities...
After the drivers’ eting ended, everyone left, leaving Qin Miao alone.
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