How Did I Become an F1 Driver?

Chapter 1199: Chapter 453: A Sudden Awakening

And the rain at the venue will get heavier as the race begins and progresses.

On the contrary, this piece of news is actually good for Qin Miao, because if the rain gets heavier, they’ll have to switch to full wet tires.

Throughout the race weekend, only Qin Miao has tested full wet tires on the track, although that test resulted in a frightening incident for everyone in the Mercedes team.

But looking at this weather, Qin Miao couldn’t be happy no matter what, as the slight advantage in information couldn’t translate to any improvement in lap times.

Didn’t do well in Saturday’s qualifiers, and now it’s going to rain during the race again, surely there’s some bad luck targeting me in this crappy place.

Qin Miao cursed angrily, "Damn it!"

After cursing, an idea suddenly popped into Qin Miao’s head.

He immediately took out his phone to call Barber.

"Good morning, Qin Miao."

Qin Miao usually wouldn’t call Barber, and even in one season, the number of times Qin Miao actively called Barber could be counted on two hands.

Qin Miao is quite self-sufficient.

However, Barber didn’t forget his primary job, so as soon as Qin Miao called, he picked up, although his voice sounded a bit dazed, presumably just having woken up.

"Barber, go check around the track if there’s anyone selling vermilion, yellow paper, and brushes. Buy some for me."

"Huh? What are those?" The unfamiliar terms left Barber completely puzzled, but hearing these never-heard-before Chinese words, his drowsiness quickly vanished.

Qin Miao explained over the phone, but Barber still didn’t really get it.

So Qin Miao called Barber over, wrote him a note to find those items nearby, and sent him off.

Qin Miao doesn’t actually believe in these things, or rather, Qin Miao has the typical Chinese traditional mindset of believing when needed, and otherwise not caring.

This race weekend, Qin Miao genuinely felt a bit unlucky, so he decided to trust the wisdom of the ancestors for a moment.

As for drawing talismans...

Qin Miao actually doesn’t know how, but there are plenty of templates online, just follow and draw them.

Whether it works or not doesn’t really matter to Qin Miao; he doesn’t expect it to have an effect. Mainly, he just felt things weren’t going smoothly this race weekend, looking for some psychological comfort.

After arranging everything, Qin Miao put on his jacket and headed to the paddock.

The Japanese Grand Prix is held on October 9th, already autumn, and since Japan is in the subtropics, the temperature drops quickly.

Plus, with the rain, the temperature around the track becomes even lower.

The perceived temperature is only around 20℃.

However, today’s rain hasn’t dampened the enthusiasm of the Japanese audience for F1 racing. When Qin Miao entered the paddock, there were already many spectators in raincoats and holding umbrellas waiting at the entrance for the drivers to arrive.

After Qin Miao appeared, he immediately saw lots of fans in Mercedes team uniforms holding signs with his face, despite the heavy rain.

Qin Miao didn’t have such extraordinary judgment to immediately tell whether they were Japanese fans or fans from home, but he still lowered the car window and waved to them in the rain.

Anyway, these fans braved the rain to watch his race, so he certainly couldn’t just stay in the car and wave to them through the window glass.

As for getting his clothes wet? It’s no big deal, he would have to change clothes upon arriving at the paddock. Besides, to avoid the rain today, Qin Miao wore boots and a waterproof Mercedes jacket.