How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 153 - 106: Dominating Qualifying Session

Lawson’s meeting this time felt a bit like painting cakes for his employees, but Ferrari’s cake is not like those of small startups that can only be seen but not eaten. At Ferrari, if you put in the effort and achieve results, it’s still possible to eat this cake yourself.

The content of Lawson’s meeting mainly covered the competition process and some points to note during the races:

The morning time is for the qualifying stage of the three categories, with a two-hour break for lunch and rest at noon. Afterward, there will be three races, namely F4, F3, and touring car races.

The qualifying race determines the ranking for the main race stage and won’t have reverse grid starts like in official F2 races. Whatever position you achieve in qualifying, you will start the main race in that ranking.

As for rewards, Lawson said that as long as you win the current category’s championship, you might receive a reward. However, he did not specify the details of the reward, just: "When one of you wins the championship, you will know."

After explaining the meeting content, Lawson gave Qin Miao and the other young racers some time to digest.

During this time, Qin Miao carefully observed these drivers who would be competing against him. Most of them were kids, including some under ten years old.

But it wasn’t difficult to see their anxiety and nervousness on their youthful faces.

There were also many racers who looked older than Qin Miao, though this might just be because of their ethnicity, making them appear more mature.

Notably, Qin Miao did not see Mick Schumacher or other official racers from the Ferrari youth training team in the crowd.

Qin Miao didn’t mind much.

After a while, people started getting up and leaving.

Seeing this, Qin Miao knew it was time to prepare for the race, so he followed their steps and left the meeting room.

By this time, the stands on the track were already filled with people.

Among these people were photographers carrying cameras, but most were wearing suits, looking like successful individuals. There were also some dressed casually, even holding juices and beers. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

However, everyone knew that those who could be here at this time were definitely not ordinary spectators.

Among the crowd, the most striking was a man wearing Ferrari F1 team gear, with curly hair, black round-frame glasses, and an extraordinarily tall stature.

Seeing this outfit, anyone familiar with F1 would immediately recall his name: Mattia Binotto.

The current team leader of the Ferrari F1 team, fans "affectionately" call him Bi Hai.

But those familiar with him usually call him by his name or Bi Teacher.

In private, Qin Miao also calls him Bi Teacher.

The two have had quite a few private exchanges, thanks to Binotto giving Qin Miao opportunities for simulator testing. When Binotto checks on simulator upgrades or new parts testing, he often seeks Qin Miao’s opinion on the changes.

Through these interactions, they have become somewhat acquainted, though their mutual understanding is not deep, as their conversations mainly focus on work.

Additionally, at the scene, besides him, many team leaders from customer teams using Ferrari cars in GT races had come. Given their relationship with Ferrari, they undoubtedly have some priority selections over Ferrari’s youth training drivers.

Besides them, leaders from formula teams with good relations with Ferrari were present, as well as many professional driver agents.

Teams need good drivers to enhance their overall strength, and driver agents need to find good clients to boost their income and reputation. Many young drivers usually do not have agents, and this competition is an opportunity to find potential young drivers and try to negotiate contracts.

Many people have their eyes set on Ferrari’s talents.

The morning qualifying races started in the order of the touring car, F4, and F3.

Due to the limited number of participants, the total time for the three qualifying races would not exceed two hours.

When Qin Miao’s F3 group was up, it was precisely 10:30 in the morning.

With a reminder in his ear radio, Qin Miao drove the car onto the track.

At the same time, four F3 cars also emerged from their pits, all with decent speed, clearly wanting to secure relatively open flying lap positions in the upcoming qualifying race like Qin Miao.

Qin Miao, however, was not in a rush, completing a warm-up lap cautiously before slightly pausing before the penultimate corner, waiting for the F3 car ahead to run a bit further before preparing to accelerate.

By this time, the track in front of Qin Miao was quite clear. Gradually accelerating, Qin Miao began to increase speed. Crossing the finish line, he officially started his first flying lap in the qualifying race.

Qin Miao had already mastered the lines and all the turns on this track. Although not to the point of closing his eyes and driving a lap, he had memorized all the braking points.

Furthermore, during yesterday’s practice, Qin Miao completed two flying laps on this track, familiarizing himself with the limits of the current F3 car. At this moment, Qin Miao was full of confidence.