How Did I Become an F1 Driver?

But now as the call connected, Qin Miao’s words dispelled Leclerc’s worries. At least from what that jerk is saying now, even if I knocked him out of the race, he wouldn’t hold any grudges against me.

However, verbally Leclerc would never admit defeat: "Fear you, my ass. Your two world championships at Mercedes were just a stroke of good luck. Mercedes’ car performance just happens to suit your driving style. You wait till you join Ferrari and see how I block you on the track!"

Qin Miao smiled faintly: "Sure, at that time I’ll start all races with hard tires, clog up your pit windows on the track. When you come out from the pits and fall behind me, I’ll wear out all the durability of your new tires before I change mine! It’ll be sickening for you!"

"You bastard, when changing tires at the pit, I’ll bribe my crew’s staff to intentionally make mistakes while changing your tires!"

"Then I’ll bribe the team’s engineering staff to cut corners when upgrading your parts, so halfway through the race, your front wing will snap off passing those hard and high paths."

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On the other side, at Leclerc’s home in Monaco, Leclerc’s girlfriend watched Leclerc waiting nervously and anxiously for Qin Miao’s call.

But when Qin Miao’s call really came through, the two didn’t really engage in any friendly conversation. After exchanging a few words, they started throwing harsh lines at each other, and the topics were quite... childish.

Just like two elementary school kids quarreling.

Yet the critical point is these two are one of the youngest double champions in F1 history and a natural prodigy of Ferrari, a hero among the Monaco people.

Helplessly shook her head.

Men who never grow up~

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After finishing the chat with Leclerc, Qin Miao had many more people to inform, so he didn’t chat further with Leclerc.

After hanging up with Leclerc, Qin Miao started making calls to other familiar friends one by one.

Basically, everyone who called Qin Miao received a call back, and they all chatted briefly.

Busy until the afternoon, Qin Miao managed to satisfy the curiosity of his acquaintances.

This only settled his social circle, though. After this news exploded and Qin Miao admitted it on social media a few hours later, the entire paddock was directly shocked.

Numerous excited onlookers eagerly joined the crowd, expressing that this is exactly what they love to see.

Qin Miao’s fans rationally discussed the advantages and benefits for Qin Miao between the two teams.

After all, they like Qin Miao, the person himself, not the team he belongs to.

But for Mercedes and Ferrari fans, their reactions upon hearing this news were truly contrasting.

Mercedes fans genuinely felt the sky was falling.

Last season, Mercedes fans could see that Mercedes’ car performance was inferior to Red Bull’s, and Qin Miao won the driver’s world championship purely due to Qin Miao’s stable performance and a bit of luck.

Since Qin Miao joined Mercedes in his first season, Hamilton never contested for the world championship with his rookie teammate, and by the next two seasons, he seemed a bit disheartened. Although his strength hadn’t greatly diminished, everyone could see Old Man had indeed lost his former vigor.

So far, in the eyes of many Mercedes fans, Mercedes is entirely supported by Qin Miao alone.

Originally, they were waiting for Mercedes to announce the renewal with Qin Miao mid-season, as any fan knows such a powerful driver wouldn’t be let go by Mercedes.

But the sudden bad news informed them that the backbone of Mercedes had run away, and this news was no less than a sky-falling disaster for all Mercedes fans.

However, Ferrari fans experienced a completely different situation.

Ferrari fans naturally had a good impression of and a favorable view of Qin Miao. After all, Qin Miao came from the Ferrari Young Driver Academy. In F2, Qin Miao served in a Ferrari-connected F2 team Prema and created a record-breaking achievement that compelled FIA to modify the F2 rules.

At that time, many Ferrari fans started anticipating the formidable alliance of the Chinese prodigy Qin Miao with Leclerc, hoping to make Ferrari great again.

Moreover, from many interviews of Qin Miao, it was evident that he truly wanted to join Ferrari back then.

Yet unexpectedly, the unexpected happened.

The damn internal political struggle at Ferrari gave Mercedes a chance. When Ferrari brought in Sainz, Qin Miao’s seat at Ferrari was entirely lost. Toto took advantage and paid Qin Miao’s rookie contract’s penalty fee and brought him from Maranello to Brackley.

Toto didn’t even go through standard recruiting procedures; he hurriedly forced Qin Miao into Mercedes, seemingly afraid Ferrari might not release him.

In fact, initially many high-ups within Mercedes were quite critical of Toto’s actions.

Even externally, there were many discordant voices accusing Toto of breaking the paddock’s unwritten rules.

But as time passed, these questioning voices gradually disappeared because Qin Miao brought two world championships to Mercedes.