How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 874 - 347: Return to the Team

At the same time, Qin Miao was also helping the team with the development and research of the new season's car at the team's factory.

Anyway, before the official start of the next season, the team can make adjustments to the car at any time.

Of course, this is limited to some small details and new aerodynamic components; the major direction has been set and cannot be changed.

During this period, various teams have also successively announced the release dates of their new season car liveries.

Although Mercedes has not yet announced when the W13 livery will be released, everyone internally knows that the release date for the new car by the Mercedes team is set for February 18th.

Additionally, the livery of the new car for this season of the Mercedes team has returned to the original silver, evolving from the Black Arrow back into the Silver Arrow.

The exterior of the car is mainly silver, while the bottom uses the natural color of carbon fiber to achieve weight reduction, with the middle using the green of the title sponsor Petronas as a transition.

In terms of design aesthetics, Mercedes indeed has some expertise, and this livery looks great.

Also, to distinguish the two Mercedes drivers, the liveries on the cars of Hamilton and Qin Miao have slight differences.

The camera mount position above the roll cage of Qin Miao's car is red, complementing the red INEOS advertisement below the car.

Additionally, the edges of the new front winglets on both sides of the front wheels have also been painted red for the new season.

Hamilton's, on the other hand, is yellow.

This is one way to distinguish the two Mercedes drivers on the track. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

January 24th.

On this day, Qin Miao normally arrived at the team.

The receptionist at the Mercedes team, upon seeing Qin Miao come in, first smiled and greeted him as usual, then handed him an envelope.

"Qin Miao, here's a letter from Toto for you."

Qin Miao was somewhat surprised; if Toto had something, he usually just called directly, so why send a letter today?

But Qin Miao still took it and, while opening it, asked, "What's this from Toto for?"

"Toto couldn't come to the factory these couple of days because of a business trip, so he asked me to pass this letter to you.

As for what it's specifically for, sorry, I don't know," the receptionist shrugged and said.

Qin Miao didn't mind much, after all, he was just asking casually.

When the letter was opened, Qin Miao unexpectedly found that it was a leave approval from Toto.

There was also a letter.

The general content was that Toto knew Chinese people have the tradition of celebrating the Spring Festival. Considering that the Lunar New Year coincided with the working period at Mercedes, Toto directly approved half a month's leave for Qin Miao to go back home for the holiday.

To be honest, when Qin Miao received this message, he was quite touched. At least from this, you could see that Toto always cared about him and also understood some of the domestic holidays. At least he knew the Spring Festival holiday in China is quite long.

However, the awkward part was, this year, Qin Miao and Qimeng had already planned not to go back for the Spring Festival, and they had even informed their family members in advance.

Before the holiday, the two of them planned to bring their parents over.

Although Qin Miao's home wasn't big, it still had three rooms for people to sleep in.

If that wasn't suitable, there were so many hotels in Monaco, weren't there?

In short, Qin Miao appreciated Toto's goodwill, but it wasn't of much use.

After making a slight "tsk" of regret, Qin Miao nodded to the staff to express gratitude and then took his breakfast to his office in the team's administration building.

Once seated in the office, Qin Miao didn't go immediately to the team's factory to work. After all, as a driver, he had a lot of free time. Technically speaking, during this period, his visits to the factory were considered overtime, so it was entirely up to him when he went to the factory.

At that moment, Qin Miao was pondering whether he should just not have his parents come over and instead go back for the New Year. At least at home, the New Year's celebration was lively, and he could take those kids from the neighborhood to play with fireworks.