How Did I Become an F1 Driver?

Chapter 1172 - 442: Qin Miao’s Half Home Court

Recently, the team’s progress in developing the new car has been steadily improving, with most work proceeding as planned, so Qin Miao hasn’t needed to work overtime.Basically, every day, he finishes work on time.

However, in recent times, after getting home from work, Qin Miao hasn’t been playing much CSGO.

This is mostly because Zhou Guanyu has been focusing most of his energy on self-improvement and commercial activities.

As mentioned earlier, Qin Miao does not really enjoy participating in commercial activities or interviews, but with the growing fanbase in China, there’s a substantial demand for information in this area. Fans are curious about the various fun things happening inside the F1 paddock and even more curious about what an F1 driver does during a day.

Since getting the most influential Chinese driver, Qin Miao, was not possible, they had to settle for Zhou Guanyu.

With Zhou Guanyu not available as his gaming buddy, Qin Miao naturally played less CSGO.

But this doesn’t mean Qin Miao doesn’t have other games to play; after all, he and Zhou Guanyu are not the only F1 drivers who like video games.

There’s also Norris and Verstappen, Gasly and Leclerc quite enjoy gaming as well.

During this off-season break, in their leisure time, Qin Miao, Norris, and Verstappen formed a team and went off-roading in COD Warzone.

However, it’s mainly Qin Miao that is running around causing chaos and killing enemies, while Norris and Verstappen are just goofing around.

Since Verstappen and Norris have known each other since childhood, as men growing up together, it’s natural for them to become each other’s mischievous friends.

When Qin Miao queues with the two of them, the dynamics are completely different.

Qin Miao is genuinely serious about gaming and quite cares about winning or losing, holding the shortest TTK gun in this version of COD and rampaging in Warzone.

While Verstappen and Norris are constantly messing with each other’s mindset.

For instance, during a gunfight, Norris throws a smoke grenade at Verstappen’s cover, blocking his view of the opponent.

As they’re running towards the safe zone, Norris picks up some resources on the map, turns around, and sees Verstappen already flying off in a helicopter without waiting for him.

After Norris got knocked down, Verstappen wouldn’t even glance at him lying on the ground; instead, he shouts about things like courage, justice, and bonds before charging off to fight the enemy, only to die in the battle.

Leaving Qin Miao alone in TS asking them about the enemy’s exact location, only to get responses like "I don’t know" and "right there."

Which rendered Qin Miao at a loss.

Yet, this style of play from the two, entirely different from Qin Miao’s style, didn’t frustrate Qin Miao to the point of cursing; instead, he quite enjoyed it.

Especially when after getting themselves killed, the two would always humbly request Qin Miao to save them back in TS.

In the paddock, it’s rare to see Verstappen being so humble.

And because of these two entertaining clowns, Qin Miao always has $6,000 ready when playing Warzone so he can revive them anytime.

Moreover, the three of them stream while playing.

The whole process is extremely fun, and the fans also enjoy watching.

At least during this three-week period without races, fans can watch them fooling around.

However, this joyful scene didn’t last too long, because not long after, Leclerc, who was also streaming, noticed Qin Miao and the others playing and naturally joined the off-roading team.

With Leclerc joining, Verstappen and Norris suddenly got competitive.

The two stopped joking around, turning their vehicle into a real chaotic mess.

Some viewers commented: [It feels like when playing COD, the communication among these four is even more serious than during their races.]

As they’re professional racers, this industry demands high responsiveness from individuals, which naturally means they have some talent in FPS games, playing notably better than average people.

So, during this rare downtime, the four of them played games for nearly five consecutive days, meeting every night at 8 PM sharp to play until 11 PM, which their fanbase in the streaming rooms became accustomed to watching.

On the fifth day, which was Monday of the Singapore Grand Prix race week, everyone had to start working.

Fans habitually opened their four streaming channels, only to find none were live, experiencing a sort of withdrawal.

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"Have you packed everything?" Mom popped her head in the door to check on Qin Miao, who was watching past onboard laps and team reserve data for the Singapore Grand Prix in his bedroom.

Qin Miao replied without looking up: "Qimeng said she took care of it."

Mom was not surprised by this and felt assured about Qimeng. Since this girl took it, she would certainly handle it perfectly.

So she didn’t continue disturbing Qin Miao, closing the door and leaving.

This race weekend, Mom took advantage of the Singapore Grand Prix to plan a trip to Singapore, intending to watch Qin Miao’s race in the paddock and because Singapore is closer to home, planning to return home straight after the Grand Prix.

Having been abroad for so long, Mom suddenly realized that outside, especially in places like Europe, apart from the pure and unique natural landscapes, the interesting places aren’t actually as entertaining as back home.