Chapter 1134: Chapter 430: Targeted by Dutch Fans
Qin Miao was about to roll his eyes to the sky, since when did I agree? I’m being voluntold here!
But Leclerc was indeed right, as of now, Qin Miao really was free.
Besides, Qin Miao’s relationship with Arthur was quite good. When visiting Leclerc’s house, Leclerc and Arthur’s mother treated him very well.
So Qin Miao reluctantly agreed.
"Really, thank you Qin Miao, I don’t even know what to say."
Qin Miao waved his hand: "No problem, every gift of destiny already has a price secretly tagged."
With that, Qin Miao gave Leclerc a mischievous look, boy, just you wait!
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Though this week the temperature in the Netherlands was quite pleasant, the air was 23 degrees, and the track temperature was only 40 degrees.
But walking the Zandvoort track of 4.259 kilometers was still tiring, so Qin Miao headed to the Mercedes team’s garage to find a scooter.
At the moment, the Mercedes team’s garage was still sparse, all materials had arrived in the paddock but hadn’t been unpacked yet. All teams’ staff were busy setting up the equipment.
But who was Qin Miao? Future star of the Mercedes team, the team’s big shot.
So, he easily exercised his network with the help of the team’s post-production supervisor, unpacked early, and found three scooters from the boxes.
After all, the race hadn’t started today, and the track wasn’t technically open to the public; though no one objected to Qin Miao and his friends being there, there were engineering vehicles maintaining the track.
To avoid causing trouble for the staff on-site, Qin Miao got a scooter, and the three of them just wandered around the track’s perimeter.
Although it might not be as direct as walking inside the track, the effect was definitely there, for a world champion and Le the Fourth, both top F1 drivers who mastered lightning in lower formula levels. They exchanged insights and shared some tips even unknown to driver coaches.
They even managed to learn some details from each other that they hadn’t noticed before.
Of course, Qin Miao had a slightly better grasp of the track than Leclerc, despite having only raced once there. Thanks to the system skills, Qin Miao’s familiarity with the track was above average.
However, because they took a long route and needed to explain along the way, it took Qin Miao and his friends two and a half hours to complete a lap around the track.
Due to the track edge not offering a direct view, at some specific bends, they explained from the spectator stands.
After the explanations, Arthur excitedly returned to his team.
He had gained a lot along the way and had plenty of ideas to apply to his car, eager to try them out on the track.
But due to current restrictions, he could only return to the team to note his inspirations and test them once the race began.
After Arthur left, Qin Miao got into Leclerc’s Ferrari SF90, and the two went to a local Ferrari-themed restaurant in the Netherlands.
As for whether Qin Miao’s identity as a Mercedes driver made visiting such a restaurant inappropriate?
Once Qin Miao walked in, the bustling restaurant froze momentarily and then erupted in laughter, everyone raising their glasses to Qin Miao:
"Qin Miao! Welcome back!"
"Hi! Qin Miao!"
"Good luck for the race, Qin Miao!"
"Wishing you good health, Qin Miao!"
Though Qin Miao had never been to this Ferrari restaurant, typically, Ferrari fans frequented it, so they recognized him.
And each showed great attitude towards Qin Miao.
These folks abroad pay a lot of attention to lineage.
On the track, it’s a different kind of lineage.
Despite Qin Miao now serving Mercedes, many Tiefu Temple fans viewed him as strongly marked by Ferrari.
Qin Miao, after all, came up through Ferrari’s youth training, creating that legendary record in F2 with the Ferrari Driver Academy badge on his racing suit.
Like Vettel said, everyone is a Ferrari fan.
Most Tiefu Temple supporters believe Qin Miao will one day return to Ferrari and drive that red car.
Bringing them victory after victory in races.
Nodding and smiling at the restaurant guests, Qin Miao and Leclerc entered a private room.
Once seated, Qin Miao poured a glass of water.
The weather in the Netherlands was nice today, but Qin Miao worked up a sweat along the way.
"Where is Arthur in the F3 standings now? I have some connections with Prema’s team manager and owner, do you want me to ask around?" Qin Miao asked after catching his breath.
Leclerc gave Qin Miao a sideways glance: "Isn’t it possible that I also drove for the Prema team in F2?"
Qin Miao: ???
"Huh? Roxin didn’t mention it to me, and I didn’t see your photo in Prema’s honor room either." Qin Miao said, clearly joking.
He knew Leclerc had been with Prema when he was there.
Prema’s honor room did have Leclerc’s photo.
Though the wall originally holding Leclerc’s photo had now replaced it with Qin Miao’s, being an F1 world champion and achieved during his first professional year.
