How Did I Become an F1 Driver?

This place is just behind the podium on the second floor.

It's worth mentioning that the scene of the three people staying in the prep room was somewhat awkward.

Because the three were basically doing their own things without any communication.

In one word, they were like strangers.

Qin Miao isn't familiar with Mazepin, and his relationship with Mick is even worse.

Mazepin belongs to a different training system from the two, so he just knows them without private interactions.

He knows Qin Miao because of his outstanding performance in the last two races, and Mick because of his father.

Because of this, the atmosphere in the prep room was quite delicate.

Fortunately, the prep time for the F2 race isn't long. In less than a minute, Qin Miao saw staff signaling him that preparations were done.

Mick, who came third, walked out first, followed by Mazepin, and lastly Qin Miao, who won the championship.

After that, there isn't much to say—play the national anthem, receive the trophy, spray champagne, and return to the P room.

...

"Qin, you know Mick's performance today—starting fifth and finishing third, not bad. But we noticed a detail: your car has at least 7% less average wear compared to Mick's.

There have been differences in this regard in the previous two races, but we initially thought Mick hadn't found the right setup yet, so he couldn't compare to you. But from today, whether it's tire wear, fuel consumption, or engine wear, your car's wear is less than Mick's.

Undoubtedly, this is an advantage and something every team hopes to see.

But we're really curious, how exactly did you manage this?"

This was the question Lawson asked Qin Miao after the meeting when he kept him behind.

By this time, everyone had left the meeting room, leaving only Qin Miao and Lawson.

The big screen in the meeting room displayed the charts of the two drivers.

Upon hearing Lawson's question, Qin Miao was truly puzzled. You ask me, who do I ask?

So Qin Miao could only answer vaguely, "I don't really know, maybe it's just due to driving habits."

Hearing Qin Miao's vague answer, Lawson felt he wanted to keep his secret, so he didn't press further. After letting Qin Miao go, he started scrutinizing the differences in the throttle and braking action lines of both drivers.

From the telemetry data results, Mick had just some stylistic differences from Qin Miao, but these differences were due to personal habits and choices of braking points, not something that could explain such a huge gap in car wear. Could it be due to weight?

Roxin scratched his head, unable to understand this issue.

Though Qin Miao didn't know what caused all this, he at least knew there must be a reason behind it.

So after returning to his hotel room, Qin Miao started inspecting himself.

Initially, he didn't notice any anomalies in his skills.

It wasn't until the second check that he found one of his passive skills: [Strong and Healthy (Blue)]: Reduces physical wear by 3% when equipped.

At first glance, this skill seemed irrelevant, but upon closer thought, Qin Miao realized his car had the effect of a Man and Car Unity skill card.

Could it be, to a certain extent, the moment he sat in his F2 car, under the system skills judgement, the car and he became united?

Does this mean that the skill can reduce his physical wear while also reducing the wear of the car?

Qin Miao felt this speculation might be true, but he lacked concrete evidence.

Thus, he would need to verify it in future races.

Blame it on his system being a bit rigid, if only it had a voice assistant… Qin Miao wouldn't have only started questioning the linkage between his skills and the Man and Car Unity skill card after Roxin pointed it out.

...

After a main race, Qin Miao once again scored a full 27 points.

Here are the main scores of the drivers from this race:

Qin Miao +27.

Mazepin +18.

Mick +15.

Jiaoto +12.

Drogovich +10.

Daruwala +8.

Dretraz +6.

Ilott +4.

Ticktum +2.

Zhou Guanyu +1.

After this victory, Qin Miao crossed the 100-point mark for the first time in the F2 standings, currently with a total of 108 points.

Keep in mind, he hasn't even completed the third race...

Counting quietly in his mind, Qin Miao's current points are equivalent to the total of those ranked eighth to seventeenth.

Nothing happened that evening, Qin Miao maintained his familiar life rhythm and moved on to the next day.

Today marks the Sprint Race day, and Qin Miao is about to start another round of overwhelming opponents.

However, before getting up, driven by curiosity, Qin Miao pulled open the curtains in his hotel room. Last week's Austria Grand Prix and the qualifying race two days ago taught Qin Miao a lesson.

Therefore, he is now very concerned about weather conditions.

Upon pulling the curtains, although the sky didn't seem rainy, it wasn't particularly sunny either, giving a sense that it could rain at any moment.

Seeing this weather, Qin Miao silently prayed to heaven not to rain during his Sprint Race, and then headed to the track.

What happened next started to annoy Qin Miao because as the race approached, the sky became more overcast, even drizzling for a brief period, although it cleared before the Sprint Race began, the sky remained gloomy.

At this time, there were watermarks in the asphalt gaps on the track that hadn't fully dried yet, though switching to slick tires wasn't affecting the grip.

After a few laps, any remaining water was dried up on the track.

But Qin Miao still had some concerns, although the team's weather map indicated no rainfall during the Sprint Race, weather changes unpredictably.

Inaccuracies in weather forecasts aren't unusual, so there's always a possibility of rain at any time on the track. If he aims for the podium again or to claim the championship throne, he needs to gain a sufficient advantage early in the race, before any rain.

Only by doing so can he protect his position after the rain.

The pre-race preparations were basically the same as the main race.

It's worth mentioning that, suspecting his skill [Strong and Healthy (Blue)] might trigger some magical reactions with his skill card, Qin Miao used a skill card from a draw: [Purple Skill Upgrade*1].

The purpose of this tool, as the name suggests, is to upgrade a blue skill to purple.

And before this race, Qin Miao specifically asked Roxin and others to keep an eye on his car's wear and other parts' usage after the race.

[Strong and Healthy (Purple)]

Description: Passive skill, reduces physical wear by 8% when equipped.

This is another divine-level skill.

The key is, when combined with Qin Miao's other skill that reduces tire wear by 30%, it results in a total 38% reduction in tire wear.

It's foreseeable that if Qin Miao enters F1, he could use a set of soft tires to run an extra flying lap than other drivers without losing too much speed.

During the main race phase, Qin Miao could use soft tires as mediums, mediums as hards, and hards as long-lasting consumer car tires that can be used for a year or two without replacement.

For instance, a practice session using just one set of hards…

Imagine, others on two stops while he's on one stop, maximizing the reduction in team-induced pitfalls, with his tire degeneration pace akin to drivers on three stops, preventing backstabbing while gaining over ten seconds in pit stop time.

Even Perez would call Qin Miao's tire-preserving ability invincible.

(PS. Sorry, only 4000 words today, not feeling well, facing writer's block)