How Did I Become an F1 Driver?

After the race ended, those observers also left, just like Qin Miao didn't know when they appeared, Qin Miao also didn't know when they left.

However, when Qin Miao finished the team meeting and returned home, Qimeng told Qin Miao some surprising news.

"Almost as you were on the podium, Toto called me, he wants to meet with you."

Clearly, Qin Miao's performance on the F2 track impressed Toto.

If Qin Miao's previous performance in F2 only made other teams consider signing Qin Miao, but after last Sunday's mistake and the blow from Ferrari, Qin Miao still managed to keep his focus and perform stably on the track.

Qin Miao's pressure resistance, along with his dominant performance on the track, completely won over Mercedes.

But at this time, the combination of Old Man and Bottas is pretty good, it's unknown whether they want Qin Miao to train at Williams for a year or to make Qin Miao a reserve driver for Mercedes.

Of course, there's also the possibility that Qin Miao might directly drive for Mercedes.

Just that the last option is less likely because Mercedes isn't Red Bull.

Just sitting down, ready to rest for a while, Qin Miao was suddenly hit with this question.

At first, Qin Miao was a bit surprised to hear this news, but thinking about the recent paddock rumors, Qin Miao roughly understood their intentions.

So Qin Miao asked, "Did he say specifically when to meet?"

"He said Monday morning at ten o'clock, gave me the address too." Qimeng didn't even check her phone, she just said it, clearly already remembering it.

Qin Miao nodded, but they didn't think deeply about why Toto wanted to meet him.

Anyway, they'll talk when they meet, wouldn't they know then?

Plus, the meeting time is after the second Silverstone Grand Prix, thinking too much now is useless.

Of course, there are still teams observing, although they're interested in Qin Miao too, they aren't taking any action in the short term.

Not long after this matter, Zhou Guanyu came back too.

Zhou Guanyu's performance in today's race couldn't be considered good, and the post-race team meeting took quite a while, probably summarizing mistakes or something else.

And as soon as he saw Zhou Guanyu, Qin Miao remembered that this guy has been in the paddock longer than him.

Rather than figuring it out himself headachingly, why not ask his opinion.

With this thought, Qin Miao quickly pulled Zhou Guanyu to the sofa to sit.

Zhou Guanyu, full of confusion, put down the soy sauce he was carrying and sat down.

The soy sauce was brought by him because Qimeng asked him to, the one at home expired.

"What's up?"

Qin Miao cleared his throat, then said, "Bro, I've hit a bit of a snag lately."

Zhou Guanyu leaned back on the sofa with arms crossed, his intention was clear: speak your mind, I'm all ears.

Qin Miao touched his nose a bit shyly and said, "I had a little mishap at Ferrari recently, then Toto from Mercedes came to find me, and before Red Bull also contacted me saying they could help pay the breach of contract penalty..."

Zhou Guanyu initially thought Qin Miao came to him to vent his inner frustrations and troubles.

But the more he listened, the stranger he felt Qin Miao's words, are you here to show off or to lament?

So halfway through Qin Miao's words, Zhou Guanyu directly stood up to leave.

Damn, I want to go to F1 too, but no team is willing to take me, and you're having breach penalty assistance and team leaders personally contacting you, which racer can handle that?

Luckily Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu have a good relationship, otherwise, Qin Miao's words could have earned him a good beating.

Qin Miao quickly blocked Zhou Guanyu's attempt to leave: "Bro, Yu, don't go, don't go, I'm being serious."

Before Zhou Guanyu could speak, Qin Miao explained, "The main issue now is I have too many options to choose from, I don't even know which to pick.

At Ferrari, Binotto fought for me internally, there will be a test before next season starts, if my test results beat Sainz's, then I can smoothly drive a Ferrari next season according to my contract.

And I have confidence in this, internal testing is a piece of cake for me.

On the Mercedes side, although they didn't clearly express their intent, Toto is personally coming over Monday morning to meet me, showing serious interest, but I don't think I can immediately drive a Mercedes, it's likely training at Williams for a year and then watching my subsequent performance.

Red Bull sent me a contract intention early on, although they haven't reached out recently, I believe if I want, I could enter the Red Bull system next season, but starting with the junior team, and I might perform well and directly switch to the main team mid-season, since currently Albon isn't quite compatible with their cars."

By the time Qin Miao got here, Zhou Guanyu had already sat back down. "You're saying?"

"Help me decide, what should I choose?"

Zhou Guanyu sighed helplessly.

A drought here, a flood there.

Retrieving his thoughts, Zhou Guanyu carefully pondered for a moment, not considering whether Qin Miao can be a qualified driver, but judging Qin Miao's character and which team suits him best.