Chapter 1364 - 513: The Grand Performance Begins (6K, Extra Update 6/14)

Chapter 1364: Chapter 513: The Grand Performance Begins (6K, Extra Update 6/14)

After seeing this, Qin Miao crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair, smiling as he said to Frankie beside him, "I have a feeling that in this season of Speed of Life by Netflix, they’re definitely going to capture the funny scenario of us popping champagne at the start of the season and then hitting a Waterloo at the very first qualifying."

Frankie nodded at Qin Miao’s words, "That’s definitely something they like to do."

As he said this, Qin Miao happened to notice a few Netflix crew members sneaking around with cameras and microphones in a very hidden corner next to the Mercedes team’s paddock.

Seeing this scene, Qin Miao joked, "Maybe my words will get edited in by them."

Frankie also chuckled, but it was just a normal chat between the two, and neither of them gave it much thought.

In fact, their conversation did end up being edited in.

Although it never became as classic as Steiner teaching English, it became a topic of interest among seasoned racing fans.

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"By the way, for tomorrow’s race pit strategy, the strategy team has already put out the options. You know that during practice at the Sakhir track, the durability of the medium tires is the same as the soft tires, but the lap times are only 0.2 seconds faster than the hard tires, so we basically won’t be using medium tires on track this weekend. So barring any surprises, your pit strategy tomorrow will likely be red-white-red."

Qin Miao was a bit surprised, "I also go with red-white-red?"

Frankie nodded, "The asphalt at the Sakhir track is the roughest all year round. The team predicts that if you use the red-white-red pit strategy, you won’t need to worry about tire wear throughout the race, just follow the normal pit strategy."

"Of course, if the lap times and durability of your two sets of tires hold up as they have before, the team will try to have you run red-white with just one stop."

Qin Miao nodded, "We’ll see when the time comes..."

After chatting with Frankie for over ten minutes about work and things to note for tomorrow’s race, Qin Miao packed up his things and went back to the hotel to rest.

The night passed uneventfully, and the next day, the Bahrain Grand Prix race day arrived.

As usual, Qin Miao arrived at the paddock bright and early.

It’s worth noting that once Qin Miao got to the track, he saw many Middle Eastern fans in white robes holding their national flags as they entered the paddock.

However, perhaps due to cultural differences, there were many drawings on the flags these fans brought.

But Qin Miao remembered that Middle Eastern fans didn’t have the tradition of waving such flags in support.

This type of flag-waving in support of drivers typically only happens in Europe where racing has a deep-rooted culture.

But these people were clearly oil tycoons.

Though the drawings were nice and some were quite creative, Qin Miao found them somewhat uncomfortable to look at.

After all, his own country’s flag has a different origin than other Western countries, and his country has flag laws...

So, seeing this, Qin Miao instructed his management company to prepare an article on his social media platform.

Of course, Qin Miao didn’t plan to post it right away.

Whether or not they knew about national flag protection laws, it’s likely that these fans brought their designed flags because they liked Qin Miao and came to watch his race.

And from a fan’s perspective, if you bring a carefully made flag to cheer for a driver you like, hoping it catches their attention and they respond with praise or surprise.

Then, if at that moment, the driver you adore posts on social media saying they don’t like what you did and hopes you won’t do it again in the future.

Your hard efforts would be meaningless, even making them unhappy.

That would be quite disappointing.

Therefore, Qin Miao planned to post the video two or three days after the British Grand Prix, using mild language in the video.

The time following this was for pre-race activities and preparations.

Qin Miao continued playing games in his lounge as Hamilton listened to music, just as in the previous two seasons.

Time quickly advanced to just before the race.

Under the night sky in Bahrain, Qin Miao drove his car around the track for a lap, confirming that all parts of the car were functioning well. He then parked his car in the fourth grid spot.

After parking, Qin Miao got out of the car and heard fans along the track edge greeting him over the fence.

He waved back at them and began his usual pre-race preparations.

In short, just killing time.

The track’s temperature that evening was quite comfortable, air temperature at 25°C, track temperature at 24°C, with little wind, so there’s no worry about crosswinds at the curves. Since the race is held in a desert, there’s no chance of rain during the race.

This was undoubtedly good news for Qin Miao.

He spent over half an hour preparing.

Actually, during this time, drivers are free to do what they like.