How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 90 - 78: Ferrari Pit Garage

But before he finished speaking, another person chimed in, "I bid 6,000 British Pounds!"

The person who first offered the bid looked displeased at the person who immediately followed with a bid. He quickly turned to Qin Miao and raised the price to 8,000 British Pounds.

"10,000 British Pounds!"

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Out of nowhere, a small auction seemed to have formed in front of Qin Miao.

At present, the offer of 10,000 British Pounds seemed already quite high to Qin Miao, considering the money spent by the two of them coming from their country to play here was about the same.

Just because he met Leclerc and had a not-so-intense e-sports match with him, Qin Miao got a helmet. If he sold this helmet, he could cover all the expenses for attending the British Grand Prix.

Leclerc invited Qin Miao to the British Grand Prix, with all expenses for food and lodging covered.

Moreover, the additional value these F1 drivers carry with them truly shocked Qin Miao.

Is even a flake of dandruff from these F1 drivers worth five dollars?

However, no matter what, Qin Miao could not sell the helmet signed by Leclerc. While he wouldn’t worship it at home, he would definitely protect it carefully in an acrylic display case upon returning home.

Politely declining the offer from tourists who tried to buy the helmet, Qin Miao held the helmet tightly in his arms and left the simulation experience area with Qimeng.

After wandering around for a while, Qin Miao was hungry. He found a restaurant in the paddock with Qimeng and ordered a serving of butter scones and roast meat.

To be honest, the food here tasted average for people like Qin Miao and Qimeng, who were from a gourmet country, barely edible. freewёbnoνel.com

They ate a little to fill their stomachs, then found a sightseeing car along the way, heading to the team’s P room location.

Although the F2 practice session was not finished yet, it wouldn’t take long. Qin Miao, after returning to the viewing area above the team’s P room and resting for a while, found the F2 practice session had ended.

While in the viewing area, Qin Miao and Qimeng saw a young man of similar age to them in the race area, only he appeared as a driver sitting in an F2 racing car.

Although Qin Miao liked racing, he usually only watched F1 races and wasn’t very familiar with F2 races and players.

But Qin Miao became a bit curious about this driver, wondering who he was. A fellow countryman?

It’s a pity that during the F2 first practice session, Qin Miao wasn’t on the stand, and couldn’t obtain more information from the big screen there.

Now, it was time for the F2 teams to withdraw. From above the P room, Qin Miao could see some F2 team staff pushing trolleys out of the P room after the first practice session, and the F2 cars being wheeled away.

Soon, F1 staff, with their large bags, emerged from the resting area, opened their P room, and parked their F1 cars inside, making final preparations before the British Grand Prix’s first practice session.

At this time, Qin Miao and Qimeng took the opportunity to go downstairs, successfully entering the Ferrari P room after showing their wristbands.

The VIP area where they stayed was close to the F1 cars, right behind a panel at the back of the F1 cars, behind which was the VIP viewing area.

At this time, Leclerc and Vettel hadn’t arrived yet, and the cars hadn’t started, so Qin Miao was curiously observing the interior facilities of the F1 team.

A bunch of monitors displaying professional data charts, wireless radios with noise-canceling headphones for everyone, and muscles that could run horses.

Among many monitors, Qin Miao could understand very few specific purposes and was only half-informed about what Ferrari staff were busy with at that time.

However, Ferrari staff quickly handed Qin Miao and Qimeng a pair of red noise-canceling headphones with Ferrari’s prancing horse logo printed on them.

Because it’s practice, other Ferrari VIPs didn’t come over; only the curious newbies, Qin Miao and Qimeng, wanted to come and see how F1 teams work during practice.

Qin Miao and Qimeng didn’t know why they needed to wear headphones, but Qin Miao didn’t refuse, wearing them immediately upon receiving.

To be honest, the noise-canceling effect of these headphones was truly instant.

Once worn, the noise decibels from the outside instantly decreased by over fifty percent, almost giving the illusion of the world being quiet.

However, their attention quickly shifted as they noticed Ferrari was preparing to start their car.

A Ferrari staff member picked up a pole almost two meters long. The front end of this pole had structures Qin Miao didn’t understand, the rear end had a large motor and control panel, then the Ferrari person directly inserted this pole into the rear of the car.

However, this was not the end but just the beginning, because after inserting the pole, another staff member connected a hose to a notch in the car’s engine and started pouring water in.

Qin Miao was puzzled, how come starting an F1 car requires adding water? Other mixed liquids provide better cooling effects, right?

But Qin Miao quickly noticed a detail: the water they added into the car was actually hot water.

Nowadays, the precision of F1 car parts has reached the micron level, with very little tolerance between parts.

Therefore, under the cold car condition, parts are tightly interlocked, making it impossible for a so-called cold start.

Only when the engine temperature rises, causing the shell to heat and expand, will there be enough clearance between parts for smooth operation.

They watched Ferrari staff fiddle with the car’s rear for more than half an hour, then a staff member went to the long pole inserted into the car’s rear and started the motor on it.

With a "roar,"

The Ferrari SF90 was finally started amidst a loud noise.

To be honest, ever since F1 entered the hybrid era, spectators couldn’t hear the high-pitched yet uniquely charming roar of V12 and V10 engines anymore.

But having experienced the current F1 cars up close, Qin Miao felt that the noise of the current F1 V6 hybrid engines was not small at all, and the sound wasn’t unpleasant, just lacking a bit of the passionate feel compared to the V10 era.

After the SF90 started, everyone in the Ferrari P room put on their noise-canceling headphones.

Out of curiosity, Qin Miao took off one of his noise-canceling headphones slightly to feel just how noisy it was outside.

He quickly regretted it, as noise decibels of at least 130 rudely stabbed into Qin Miao’s ears, piercing his eardrums, shaking him to the core.

Hurriedly putting his headphones back on, Qin Miao realized why all F1 team staff wore noise-canceling headphones all the time.

In such a working environment, not having noise-canceling headphones to protect your ears would definitely affect one’s hearing over time.

Moreover, the huge noise could make you feel irritated if listened to for long, making it hard to stay focused at work.

After the car was started, Ferrari staff began thoroughly checking the vehicle’s status.

They needed to ensure there was no damage due to force majeure during transportation.

Not long after, there was a commotion at the entrance behind the P room.

Turning back, Qin Miao saw a man approximately 1.9 meters tall, with brown curly hair piled upwards, and wearing black round-framed glasses on his nose, walk in.

Having often watched F1 races, Qin Miao was familiar with this person’s appearance. He was Ferrari’s team leader: Mattia Binotto.

Ferrari fans affectionately and eagerly referred to Binotto as: Bi Hai.

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