After all, Qin Miao is still young, fearless, and doesn’t know the serious consequences of saying the wrong thing. Since Toto asked, Qin Miao said what he had long wanted to say in his heart: "I think having sidepods would be better."
Hamilton glanced at Qin Miao like he was looking at a lunatic, you’re really bold for saying that.
Although the culture within Mercedes promotes not blaming individuals, meaning that after mistakes are made, responsibility is not pinpointed to a specific person to be held accountable for the team’s failures, but rather this questioning period is entirely utilized for repair and plugging loopholes.
However, it is said so, but in reality, after such a thing happens, everyone remembers whose opinion it was and who is mainly responsible for the error.
Although Hamilton doesn’t know the saying: "Where there are people, there are conflicts."
He does understand this principle, but he didn’t expect Qin Miao to be so headstrong. Follow current novels on novel⚑fire.net
In fact, those within Mercedes who support the design with sidepods are few; most want to follow Mercedes’s original design philosophy.
After all, the W11 and W12 cars have already proven the excellence of the zero-sidepod concept on the track.
Toto was also a little curious and asked, "Can I know the reason you choose the sidepod design?"
Qin Miao thought for a while before answering, "Mainly, I noticed from the onboard camera that our car’s front wing carbon fiber gets pressed down by the air at high speeds. Although these are intentionally designed to reduce drag, it got me thinking, if the carbon fiber, such a hard material, gets deformed at speeds of two to three hundred kilometers per hour.
To reduce weight, our undertray surely can’t be too thick, and next season we are using a ground effect undertray, under atmospheric pressure, I feel if we go with zero-sidepods, our undertray support might not be sufficient, and could severely deform under wind and pressure.
By that time, the car’s consistency and stability might be greatly affected."
Qin Miao’s words were well-reasoned and made perfect sense.
Toto nodded, after Qin Miao finished his answer, Toto looked at Hamilton.
Hamilton thought for a moment and said, "I think we can continue with our zero-sidepod concept.
After all, all our previous technical accumulation on the sidepod was focused on zero-sidepods; in this regard, our research investment doesn’t need a restart, naturally requiring fewer resources and manpower, and the risk is also lower."
Hamilton’s consideration was from a different angle.
However, there was another subtle layer in Hamilton’s words, suggesting to focus Mercedes’s main attention and resources on this year’s car development and upgrades, ensuring Hamilton secures the eight-time champion title first before considering next season’s matters.
Undoubtedly, compared to Qin Miao’s idea, Hamilton’s idea received more recognition from the Mercedes staff.
On one hand, most inherently support maintaining zero-sidepods; on the other hand, Hamilton himself holds a high status within the Mercedes team, and his words carry certain authority.
However, Toto did not make a clear stance, but rather shifted the topic to the next content.
One morning plus two hours in the afternoon, Mercedes had already finalized the development direction for next season’s car, after which it’s the design department’s turn to start designing the next season’s car.
But these have little to do with Qin Miao.
After all, next season’s car is still at the PPT stage.
On Wednesday, Qin Miao took Qimeng to Monaco.
Bringing his wife mainly because Monaco is open for spectators this time.
Qimeng had been cooped up at home recently and hadn’t gone out much, and she hasn’t been to Monaco before.
Qin Miao brought her here essentially as a vacation.
This time, Qin Miao didn’t hitch a ride on the rich lady’s plane, booked his own ticket honestly.
Of course, he booked first-class; all these travel expenses are covered by the team, so Qin Miao had no reason to skimp on himself.
After landing, a person from the team’s partnered hotel picked him up.
However, after returning to the hotel and settling his stuff, Qin Miao did not immediately end his day’s work, he still had to face a press interview, attend an event, and participate in the filming of an advertisement for a sponsor’s watch company.
In short, even on Wednesday, Qin Miao was very busy.
On Thursday, Qin Miao had no work in the morning, but didn’t slack off on exercising, in the afternoon, he first changed into Mercedes’s team uniform to attend a pre-race press conference, where he not only answered the host’s questions but also responded to some questions recorded online by spectators.
These conferences usually involve two drivers from different teams, randomly paired.
This time, joining Qin Miao for the interview was Norris.
From the appearance, Norris seems like a young man close in age to Qin Miao, appears to love laughing, seems to be the type of sunny and cheerful big boy, but once you get familiar with him, you’ll know that Norris is actually a very proud person underneath.
Of course, with his talent, he naturally has grounds for pride.
But upon meeting Qin Miao, sharp observers could clearly sense a certain hostility from him towards Qin Miao.
This hostility didn’t arise because Qin Miao offended Norris; you can understand it as a genius encountering another genius who is even more outstanding and feeling unwilling.