How Did I Become an F1 Driver?

Chapter 1123: Chapter 426: Belgian Grand Prix

Qin Miao was actually quite surprised at that moment. After all, he only knew that he was somewhat famous domestically. In the domestic CSGO circle, he should have a certain level of recognition, but he really didn’t expect to be so popular in the international CSGO community.

Many spectators at the scene showed genuine surprise and delight upon seeing him, as if they truly didn’t expect him to be here.

"I’m actually quite surprised to have so many fans."

"You didn’t know you had so many supporters and still came to participate in this event?"

Qin Miao glanced at Barber and said, "I’m participating in this event purely because I think it’s fun."

Barber was taken aback, then shook his head with a laugh, "I didn’t expect such a reason from you, but it’s definitely something you would do."

...

Days passed as usual afterward.

However, Qin Miao noticed that when testing the car on the team’s simulator, the feedback from the car felt somewhat odd. Overall, the mechanical grip in the corners weakened significantly, especially in slow corners, making it more prone to understeering than before.

This wasn’t just understeer, but more severe oversteer.

After asking Frankie and the others, he learned that before the summer break, the FIA issued new technical regulations, known as the TD039 directive.

This technical directive sounds quite prestigious, but its content is straightforward and blunt. freewebnøvel.com

In short, this technical directive mandates all F1 teams to reduce the porpoising of their cars on the track to a prescribed frequency.

If the bounce frequency exceeds this limit, penalties will be imposed.

The FIA does not restrict the teams from using any means within the rules to limit the car’s porpoising, whether by raising the floor, increasing suspension rigidity, or controlling speed.

Any method is permissible, but the car simply can’t keep bouncing. freёweɓnovel.com

Upon understanding this, Qin Miao said with some puzzlement, "Why didn’t you tell me earlier? I thought the team had some negative upgrades."

Frankie was speechless, "We basically send emails to your inbox every week. The content mainly reports what modifications and upgrades the team made to your car this week. Don’t tell me you haven’t seen them."

Qin Miao: "What? There’s such a thing? Honestly, I haven’t checked my work email since I joined..."

Frankie: ???

"Whatever, it doesn’t have much impact anyway," Frankie said, waving his hand helplessly.

After all, it’s just a report, which has no effect on Qin Miao’s performance during the actual race, since his performance is truly stable.

Then Barber said, "For next week’s Belgium Grand Prix, the team is bringing new chassis optimizations for you and Hamilton.

However, this is not an upgrade; it’s an optimization on the existing foundation, laying the groundwork for future upgrades.

The entire summer break yielded only this one chassis, which shows how tough it was to develop it.

Future upgrades will be based on this new platform, and it’s believed the team’s progress will accelerate significantly.

Although there is an upgrade, the current upgrade is foundational for future rearrangement, so its effect will be minimal, potentially even a downgrade. You should be mentally prepared."

Upon hearing this, Qin Miao waved his hand indifferently, "It’s all the same; I’ll rely on my tire advantage in the actual race to score points."

"Indeed, now let’s hope the TD039 directive can have some impact on Red Bull and Ferrari."

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August 25th Morning.

Qin Miao arrived in Belgium.

Qin Miao quite likes Spa, the longest track in the race calendar.

On one hand, it is a challenging track; on the other, it’s dangerous. Most importantly, driving through Elloge corner is really thrilling.

Every time passing through is a double challenge mentally and physically.

A high-speed uphill blind corner requires sticking strictly to a familiar path while testing the toughness of one’s luck.