How Did I Become an F1 Driver?

Chapter 1087 - 414: King of the Kids (6K, Extra Update 14/19)

After Toto left, Qin Miao washed the dishes, tidied up the restaurant, and then lay down on the sofa.Qimeng sat next to Qin Miao, moved Qin Miao’s head onto her lap, and curiously asked, "Is it really like you said? That you won’t change teams until Geely has the power to compete for the championship?"

Qin Miao snuggled his head closer to Qimeng’s stomach, inhaling the familiar scent of his lover, and murmured, "Actually, I don’t have such high demands for Geely. As long as the car can consistently get into the points and doesn’t make some rookie mistakes in the race, and if my contract happens to be expiring at that time, I’ll consider switching teams."

"So, if Geely enters the competition next season and they can consistently get into the points, and if your contract expires at the end of next season, you won’t renew with Mercedes?"

"Not necessarily, didn’t I say I’ll consider it? There’s a good chance it will depend on whether Mercedes can improve the car’s performance this year in a significant way; if they continue to decline, I really might think about switching teams." Qin Miao adjusted his position a bit.

Although Qimeng’s thighs were sweetly soft, the place where Qin Miao rested his head was the highest part of Qimeng’s thigh, which made it a little too high to be comfortable.

After adjusting to the most comfortable position, Qin Miao said, "Rather than staying with a decaying team and rotting slowly, I’d prefer to join a new team and grow with them."

"Hey, what do you think? Would it be considered ungrateful if I left Mercedes?" Qin Miao tried to look up at Qimeng’s face, but all he could see were two towering peaks and the shadows below them, nothing else.

After a pause, Qimeng’s voice reached him from the other side of the peaks: "Actually, I think it’s too early to talk about this; after all, there’s still half of the season left, and no one can predict what might happen.

But if you really decide to leave Mercedes, I’ll fully support your decision!"

"Hmm~"

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In the end, Qin Miao made a call to President Li during the two-day break.

They naturally talked about the hot topic in the paddock about Geely preparing to enter.

President Li’s attitude was very clear: this is the group’s strategy, and unless something significant changes, Geely’s strategy will not change.

Essentially, it means Geely is very determined to enter F1 and will not change this lightly.

Of course, he also indirectly asked if Qin Miao had considered switching teams once his contract expires.

Qin Miao subtly hinted at his intentions without explicitly stating them, but the message was clear.

After this conversation, Qin Miao felt a sense of relief.

However, the impact of this news wasn’t weakened at all, as many viewers who watched Qin Miao’s game streams kept asking him about this issue recently.

After all, those who love a good story hope to see a Chinese team alongside a Chinese driver in F1.

Faced with these questions, Qin Miao felt a bit overwhelmed and tried his best to ignore them.

Then someone went a step further by sending bullet comments that make a sound to ask those questions to the streamer.

After brushing off a few questions, Qin Miao finally had enough and abruptly ended his stream.

After spending two somewhat uncomfortable days at home, Qin Miao resumed his regular work schedule on Wednesday.

However, on his first afternoon back at work on Wednesday, just as Qin Miao arrived at the team factory and hadn’t even put his things back in his office, his phone’s work group notified him about a meeting.

Though taken by surprise about the timing of the meeting, Qin Miao still put his things away in the office and headed to the team meeting room.

Initially, Qin Miao thought this meeting wouldn’t be very large in scale.

In reality, the meeting wasn’t very big, with only about a dozen people, but those dozen people were mostly Mercedes team high-ups.

Besides Qin Miao, both Hamilton and the other test driver, De Vries, were present.

Qin Miao scratched his head in confusion, recalling that he hadn’t seen Hamilton’s car when coming to work.

Despite his confusion, Qin Miao found a seat for himself.

After all, he had been called to this meeting today, and sitting in an inconspicuous corner wouldn’t affect anything.

Soon, others arrived one after another, mostly department heads or chief engineers who had a say within the team.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Miao had a premonition that the content of this meeting might be significant.

Once everyone had arrived, the meeting began.

This time, the meeting wasn’t led by Toto but by Elliott.

As the meeting started, Elliott first discussed with the Mercedes high-ups the challenges the team faced on the track this season.

After drawing the empathy of many and capturing everyone’s attention, he said, "Although the current W14 upgrade plan looks quite promising, it’s important to note that the W14’s design and data are based on the current performance and condition of the car, and I don’t think our current understanding of the car will allow us to build a W14 that meets our expectations, there are various risks, and I’m sure everyone is aware of them.