How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 145 - 102: The Opportunity Has Arrived

Qin Miao’s Purple Lottery track was completely based on this year’s F1 schedule.

This also corresponds with Qin Miao’s work content.

For example, now, the focus is on the Circuit of the Americas for the upcoming United States Grand Prix, so Qin Miao’s current work is to help the team test how the Ferrari SF90 performs on this track in the simulator and determine the most suitable setup for it.

Although the simulator cannot fully simulate the actual condition of the car, it is still a reference and provides some insights for the Ferrari team.

In addition to gaining lottery opportunities, Qin Miao has also shown significant improvement in his skills.

Name: Qin Miao

Age: 18

Overall Rating: 64.4→77.7 (+13.3)

Stamina: 82→89 (+7)

Mentality: 70→81 (+11)

Consistency: 80→85 (+5)

Qualifying Skill: 55→77 (+22) 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Starting Skill: 60→71 (+11)

Race Distance: 60→79 (+19)

Tire Management: 55→65 (+10)

Rain Combat Ability: 22→59 (+37)

Attack Ability: 72→79 (+7)

Defense Ability: 88→92 (+4)

From the data above, it is easy to determine that during this period, Qin Miao has indeed frenziedly compensated for his shortcoming in rain combat, as Lawson expected, skyrocketing from a score of 22 to 59.

Even Lawson, seeing this terrifying speed of improvement, exclaimed that this young talent was truly terrifying.

However, upon closer inspection, despite improving his rain combat ability by 37 points in four months, it remains the shortest plank in Qin Miao’s barrel.

Aside from rain combat, the biggest improvement has actually been Qin Miao’s defense ability.

Don’t underestimate the four-point increase in four months, but remember that the higher the score, the harder it is to increase. The four-point increase beyond 90 is roughly equivalent to a 40-point increase below 80.

Through the system’s scoring, Qin Miao also realized that while he possesses extraordinary talent in racing, his most outstanding talent lies in his defense ability.

The only other aspect worth discussing is his stamina because it has been stuck at 89 for over a month without moving. Despite not reducing his daily training, Qin Miao’s stamina attribute has yet to break through the 90-point mark.

During this period, Qin Miao spent some money to modify his Ferrari 488 for real car training. Yes, the Ferrari 488 gifted to him by Lawson.

Now, someone might ask, doesn’t Ferrari forbid customers from modifying their Ferraris privately? If caught, Ferrari might blacklist the customer, never selling them a car again.

As a Ferrari trainee driver living in the Ferrari employee dormitory, modifying the car should be like snatching the leader’s food, scoring points during the leader’s card game, or interrupting the leader’s karaoke—it’s courting death.

Yet Qin Miao remained totally unaffected.

That’s because Qin Miao found a workaround, asking the Ferrari factory to do the modifications for him.

Isn’t private modification forbidden? But having Ferrari do the modification should be fine, right?

Qin Miao didn’t make any excessive modifications; he just equipped his 488 with the aerodynamic kit from the 488 GT3, leaving the interior untouched and not installing a roll cage. The only alteration was the aerodynamic kit’s appearance, but the modifications still resulted in improvements. After some tuning, Qin Miao could barely match the baseline data of the 488 GT3.

Because of Qin Miao’s status, he had people from the Ferrari Racing Division do the modifications, the guys who build GT3 cars.

Meanwhile, the news of a new Chinese driver joining the Ferrari Driver Academy created a small ripple in the racing community, which soon disappeared without a trace amid the turbulent sea of information.

However, domestic racing fans were actively discussing the news.

[Brothers, seems like Wofa’s youth team has a new member named Qin Miao]

[Qin Miao? That’s a Chinese name, right? Looks like another victim of the Ferrari dream]

[Is he the second Xiaozhou?]

[Anyone got intel on this person? I couldn’t find anything on him after searching Baidu]

[He doesn’t seem to be famous domestically, but I saw a photo of him with Zhou Guanyu on Weibo, so they seem to have a good relationship. (Picture)]

[Hey, this Qin Miao looks pretty handsome, has a clean and sharp look]

[I need all the information on this handsome guy! Now!]

[Just came back from browsing outside, he joined the Ferrari Driver Academy mid-year, from HN, 18 years old this year. I also saw photos of him training with Zhou Guanyu, so they probably have a good relationship]

[Continuing the quest for info!]

[Nothing else, no competition records for him. After his signing was announced, there was no more movement. I’m even starting to wonder if Ferrari has shelved him...]

[Isn’t he close with Zhou Guanyu? Let’s ask Xiaozhou on Weibo about this Qin Miao’s deal]

This is a forum thread discussing Qin Miao, with many aware of the news feeling curious and expectant about having a fellow countryman join Ferrari. Unfortunately, Qin Miao has been busy leveling up and hasn’t participated in any races, so there’s no news about him from the outside world.

Moreover, as he is just in the Ferrari youth training, his domestic attention is not high, so not too many people know about the news.