How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 928 - 367: Secret Test

Seeing Zhou Guanyu's begrudging look, Qin Miao quickly adjusted his expression, patted Zhou Guanyu's shoulder and said, "I understand your pain. Although I've never encountered this situation, I feel for your experience... pft... hahaha, sorry, I couldn't hold it in. Losing one point on the last Super License, I really couldn't help it."

"I shouldn't have told you about this." Zhou Guanyu now regretted making friends with such a troublemaker.

After laughing for a while, Qin Miao recovered, downed the rest of his cola, stood up, and said to Zhou Guanyu, "Come on, let's have a couple of CSGO duels."

Upon hearing Qin Miao's suggestion, Zhou Guanyu was dumbfounded and looked at Qin Miao in disbelief.

Can't you see I'm miserable now? Is this really the time to say such things?

"Let's go!"

...

After the plane landed, Qin Miao happily took 500 euros from Zhou Guanyu's pocket, contentedly returning to Monaco with Qimeng.

Meanwhile, Zhou Guanyu, complaining, took Qin Miao's plane back to England.

As for the 500 euros.

Losing a round of duel cost 100; Qin Miao won 500.

As a result, there's no more dispute about who is the best gamer among the racers.

Comfortably spent two days at home, with no work, no brain-wracking media interviews to avoid making mistakes, and no fans' cameras. Qin Miao was completely relaxed.

There was also time to do shameless things at home with Qimeng.

Of course, given Qin Miao's terrifying physical condition, it's always Qimeng in a state of a girl leaning against the wall.

However, such relaxed and happy times were short-lived; on the third day, Qin Miao returned to England.

In the following days, Qin Miao was, as usual, immersed in the team's factory, helping test various equipment.

It's worth mentioning that Elliott temporarily stepped away from developing the new underbody because the budget was exhausted, but there were effective results.

Although these components couldn't be produced due to budget issues, at least it provided Mercedes with an alternative development path and a platform.

Even though in CFD simulations, this new underbody and sidepod weren't performing well, this platform still had a lot of room for improvement.

The development speed was terrifying, even taking Toto by surprise.

But Mercedes still decided not to implement the new underbody or sidepods.

Because the team's major upgrade is coming, and the new rear diffuser can effectively alleviate the dolphin jumping caused by excessive rear downforce.

Both Qin Miao and Hamilton are looking forward to this upgrade.

Most excited was Qin Miao, as he completed the majority of the simulations and tests for this rear diffuser.

This counts as Qin Miao's hands-on upgrade this season, hence the high expectations.

However, simulators ultimately differ from the actual race; no one knows if the component will perform as well as expected once installed.

But at least the simulator data suggests that although the car's bouncing can't be completely eliminated, there's significant progress in tail speed and acceleration.

Meanwhile, after this upgrade, the team embarked on new upgrade projects, primarily targeting the underbody and sidepod intake.

The design goal for the sidepod intake is to reduce the car's projected area, thus reducing frontal air resistance.

This season, Mercedes focused on upgrading the engine's high-temperature performance and operational stability, so a smaller intake doesn't affect car performance or engine stability.

Simultaneously, the sidepod upgrade aims to optimize the car's body, guiding more airflow towards the rear to create turbulence, delaying the trailing car's speed.

The team was busy until Saturday, and tomorrow Qin Miao can take a day off.

Qin Miao originally planned to return to Monaco tomorrow; Leclerc organized a gathering, inviting Qin Miao to meet new friends, among other things.

But as Qin Miao was about to leave after work, Elliott called him.

"Qin Miao, are you still at the team factory?"

Though uncertain why Elliott suddenly called him, Qin Miao replied, "Yes, I'm still at the team factory. What's up, Mike?"

"If you're free tonight, come to Silverstone Circuit at eleven."

Before Qin Miao could respond, Elliott hung up. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Looking at the disconnected call, Qin Miao was confused—why hang up after spewing a bunch of inexplicable words? At least tell me the reason!

But Qin Miao was just puzzled; as for whether to actually go?

If the team contacts him, it must be urgent. Leclerc's gathering can be postponed; he can cook for Leclerc to apologize at another time.

After dining in the team factory's cafeteria, Qin Miao put on a mask and a cap, and drove to Silverstone Circuit.

Initially, Qin Miao thought perhaps the team's engineers organized a small internal gathering there and asked him to join.