It’s a good thing the weighing session just now also completed the inspection of Qin Miao’s car, so they could directly push Qin Miao’s car back. Otherwise, they would have to wait on the track until the end of the qualifying session, complete the unified inspection, and then push the car back to put away.
And Qin Miao, after returning to the Prema team’s spot in the pit lane, crossed the track and shook hands with Frankie, then said to Roxin, "Boss, I’m off work."
Roxin didn’t stop him, waved his hand, "Go ahead."
Just like Qin Miao, Roxin didn’t think anyone today could break the lap time that Qin Miao set. With the pole position secured, since his team’s top driver wants to leave early, let him leave early. Qin Miao worked hard to set the fastest lap time, what’s wrong with heading back early for some rest?
Then the director watched as Qin Miao crossed the track again, took off his gear, bent slightly to get inside the half-lowered roller door of the Ferrari team’s garage...
The director and everyone watching through the director’s camera were stunned.
Hey~ that’s not right!
Why the heck does an F2 driver just directly enter Ferrari’s garage? Even if you’re a driver from Ferrari’s youth training, it’s not proper, right?
Isn’t anyone overseeing this? Won’t Ferrari have any objections?
However, this question is destined for no one to answer, and because of Qin Miao’s actions, new rumors started circulating in the paddock, that Qin Miao had actually already entered the Ferrari F1 team.
Yet neither Qin Miao nor Ferrari paid any attention to this rumor, and without any hype, over time this rumor died down.
Meanwhile, on the race scene, usually after completing his qualifying task, Qin Miao would head straight back to the hotel to play games.
But not this time, he was forcefully required by Binotto to wait in the Ferrari garage after qualifying ended until F1’s second practice session started.
Moreover, throughout the entire second practice of F2, Qin Miao had to stay in the Ferrari garage to familiarize himself with the work processes and habits of Vettel’s technicians.
Because next season, it’s highly likely that these technicians would become Qin Miao’s own, Binotto wanted Qin Miao to build a rapport with them early on and get to know each other.
As a working person, Qin Miao naturally had no objections to the requests of his immediate supervisor, and strictly speaking, Qin Miao was still technically on duty now.
After entering the garage, he found a few technicians inside watching equipment. After greeting them, Qin Miao found a place to sit down and started playing on his phone, waiting for F1’s second practice to begin.
Although Qin Miao alone became the biggest highlight of the entire F2 qualifying session, his departure wouldn’t affect the progress of the F2 qualifying. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ NoveI~Fire.net
As the countdown ended, the F2 qualifying also concluded.
Just as Qin Miao anticipated, the result Qin Miao achieved was unlikely to be surpassed by anyone else apart from Qin Miao himself.
Eventually, Qin Miao won the championship with a time of 1:14.019, and Zhou Guanyu with a time of 1:14.549 came in second.
During simulator training in recent days, Qin Miao specifically called Zhou Guanyu. While Zhou Guanyu was on the simulator, Qin Miao taught him a lot and also shared his setup for this track with Zhou Guanyu without reservations. Although Zhou wouldn’t directly adopt Qin’s car setup, some settings gave Zhou inspiration, so getting such results was also within Qin Miao’s expectations.
Third place went to Yuki Tsunoda, with a speed of 1:14.803.
While Qin Miao’s teammate Mick Schumacher came in ninth, with a speed more than a second slower than Qin Miao.
Qin Miao started to wonder what excuse his buddy would use in the post-race meeting after this Grand Prix.