Chapter 1537 - 563: Binotto’s Gift

Chapter 1537: Chapter 563: Binotto’s Gift

In the end, we just needed to add a few shots.

Because of this, Qin Miao and Toto were pulled by the director to record quite a bit more.

To be honest, Qin Miao had participated in the filming of "The Wandering Earth 2", which received quite a bit of praise from car fans after its release, even if seeing Qin Miao’s performance in the movie brought a slight smile to everyone.

But this time recording here, Qin Miao felt it was more troublesome than when he was filming the movie.

Fortunately, the recording was finally completed before lunch.

Netflix people hurriedly packed up and left the Mercedes headquarters building.

They even left in a bit of a rush.

When having lunch with Toto, Qin Miao found out that although Mercedes allowed the Netflix filming crew to shoot the video, they only gave them the morning.

After all, the place where they were filming was the real office area of the Mercedes team, although not in Toto’s office, it could still affect the work efficiency of the Mercedes team.

This is not the off-season, there isn’t much time to squander.

After Netflix people left, they immediately started editing the video.

Although every year’s "Speed of Life" documentary is released after the current season ends, right before the new season begins for a preview.

But Netflix knew that this weekend without races, car fans were quite idle, so they just released it.

Anyway, Netflix believed that all car fans would definitely love it.

Regard it as the teaser trailer for the 23rd season of "Speed of Life".

This video quickly received huge reactions in the car fan community.

Ferrari and Mercedes fans were engaged in a lot of discussions again.

[Staged, right?]

[Toto’s face visibly worsened]

[Hilarious, Qin Miao totally played a straight, then directly a bomb]

[Toto is dumbfounded]

[I still can’t understand why Qin Miao wants to go to Ferrari, doesn’t he know about Ferrari’s abstract strategy group?]

[Maybe Ferrari offered too much]

[At this point, one has to quote the words of Ferrari Red Bull, Ferrari, Aston Martin legend, Vettel]

[Another victim of the son’s dream of Ferrari]

[Toto is after all just a shareholder, not the boss]

[Actually, Qin Miao leaving is definitely a good thing for the FIA, they really hope for the downfall of the Mercedes dynasty]

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As for the comments online, Qin Miao was just enjoying the fun.

He couldn’t possibly make his treatment public.

It wouldn’t benefit Qin Miao, but might instead cause a lot of trouble.

This Grand Prix weekend, the only notable thing was this.

During other times, Qin Miao focused his energy on physical training and familiarizing himself with the next Grand Prix, which is the Austria Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring.

This season’s Red Bull Ring track hasn’t changed much, still unsuitable for the W14’s car characteristics, and is even the home field for the Red Bull team.

Honestly, with the venue coming here, Qin Miao didn’t know how to win.

Now Qin Miao can only look forward to the upgrades Mercedes will bring to the Austria Grand Prix.

After all, it’s a European race, and the Mercedes team also hasn’t brought major upgrades for two Grand Prix races, according to the information Qin Miao received, this race Mercedes would bring at least one major upgrade.

But as for the specific effects of these upgrades, whether they are positive or negative, Qin Miao wasn’t sure.

Time quickly moved forward a week, arriving at the Grand Prix weekend, by Wednesday Qin Miao was already in Austria.

By this time, Mercedes team’s upgrade package was already confirmed, and Qin Miao was somewhat surprised that the team brought two major upgrades this Grand Prix weekend.

One was the front wing, one was the floor.

The reason these were considered major upgrades is because in the ground effects era, these two components are the most important parts of the car.

Because under current event rules, 80% of the car’s downforce is provided by these two components.

And Mercedes team upgrading two aerodynamic components at once had huge risks.

Because if there were issues with this upgrade, it would be hard to find the cause.

But under the insistence of the team’s design department and Elliott, Mercedes still brought both upgrades at once.

Firstly, the front wing, the newly upgraded front wing end plate is softer, but still above the FIA’s detection standard.

Even if a 120-pound person stands on the front wing end plate, it wouldn’t bend.

But once the tail speed of the W14 exceeds 270 kilometers per hour, the front wing will deform, greatly reducing the car’s front wing downforce when traveling at high speeds.

At the same time, the front nose also changed the nose angle, complementing the floor upgrade, better channeling airflow, reducing turbulence, and stabilizing airflow separation effects.

In short, facing the major upgrades brought by the team, both Qin Miao and Hamilton were very excited.

They both tried in the team’s simulator to see the most direct effect from the upgrades on the car.

Honestly, though the specific real-world effects of these two upgrades are unknown, in the simulator both felt the car’s condition improved quite a bit, with balance greatly enhanced, and W14 was finally not so extremely specialized.

Of course, both drivers originally liked cars with understeer, and Mercedes couldn’t at this point develop the car towards the understeer side.