Chapter 223 - 130: Another Championship

Words : 864 Updated : Sep 25th, 2025

With an incredibly earnest attitude, Roxin couldn’t find a single flaw, but Roxin just didn’t hear any assurance from Qin Miao that he would correct his mistakes. In the end, this chat with Qin Miao concluded with Qin Miao humbly accepting the criticism. Roxin also knew that on this smooth path, Qin Miao, who had been successful thus far, would not contemplate his shortcomings before hitting a wall. But the current issue is, with Qin Miao’s talent... when exactly will he hit that wall? ... On his way back to the hotel, Qin Miao happened to meet Mick Schumacher at the F2 parking zone exit, and Mick even proactively greeted Qin Miao. "Hi, Qin Miao." Mick even understood how to pronounce Chinese names, saying the surname first followed by the given name. However, Qin Miao directly ignored him, putting his earphones in as if he heard nothing. This left Mick Schumacher standing there awkwardly, but soon he regained his composure, knowing that since Qin Miao joined the Ferrari Academy last year, not just Mick, but all the young drivers at Ferrari Academy, knew what kind of person Qin Miao was. Although he usually smiled pleasantly and chatted with the staff without any airs, his arrogance was innate, looking down on all the Ferrari Academy drivers equally. Just like now, initially, the Ferrari Academy members ostracized Qin Miao once, and since then, Qin Miao had been ignoring all the Ferrari Academy drivers; any persuasion was ineffective. Mick even heard that Lawson chatted with Binotto about this issue, but now, it seems the effect was neither immediate nor significant. With a sigh, Mick also left. Who knows if the sigh contained regret or something else. ... A night passed without a word. The next day, Qin Miao again woke up early; the weather finally cleared up today, and since dry tires hadn’t been much used in the main race, Qin Miao, starting seventh today, still had a set of new soft tires to use for the entire race. Of course, besides the situation on the track, there’s another piece of good news. Qin Miao’s COS costume, custom-made domestically last week according to Qimeng’s measurements, arrived last night, with the delivery address filled as his hotel room; checking his phone today revealed a message from the hotel lobby manager, stating his package had been collected by the front desk and could be picked up whenever convenient. The thought of Qimeng wearing that outfit and standing in front of him made Qin Miao’s heart blaze. Of course, Qin Miao wouldn’t forget his duties, suppressing his inner excitement before starting his daily washing routine and training. Celebrating a victory with his girlfriend in their favorite activities is truly satisfying. ... Today’s sprint race’s starting order is a reverse of yesterday’s top eight, as follows. Row 1: Ticktum, Armstrong. Row 2: Long Jia De, Ilott. Row 3: Mick Schumacher, Yuki Tsunoda. Row 4: Qin Miao, Zhou Guanyu. As usual, all cars were fitted with yellow hard tires, but when the director switched the view to Qin Miao’s car, those red tires were exceptionally striking. While no one discussed it deliberately, the six drivers ahead of Qin Miao all subtly watched Qin Miao’s car through their rearview mirrors before the race began. They all knew, like last week, Qin Miao was using red soft tires in the sprint, attempting to move from starting eighth to aiming for the championship. All coincidentally wanted to create some obstacles on Qin Miao’s path forward. Not for any special reason, just simply annoyed. Dominate the main race, fine, but leave some room for the rest of us to enjoy the sprint... Soon, the five red lights dimmed, the sprint began the countdown, all cars pulled out of their starting positions into the warm-up lap. At the moment the five red lights dimmed, Qin Miao’s car received its buff. Because of yesterday’s red flag, Qin Miao activated his car buff too early, and during the main race, his skill’s two-hour limit was almost up. Thus, to be safe this time, Qin Miao applied the buff to his car just before starting the warm-up lap. This would minimize the reduction of his buff duration. Soon, 22 cars completed their warm-up laps and returned to their grid positions. Each car positioned perfectly, and then the five red lights lit sequentially. A second later, the five red lights dimmed! The second F2 sprint race at Red Bull Ring officially started right here! As if venting yesterday’s stifling frustration, Qin Miao’s start reaction was swift this time, combined with some starting techniques he learned from Vettel yesterday, Qin Miao’s start was impeccable. The time between the red light dimming and Qin Miao pressing the clutch wasn’t more than 0.2 seconds, the car tires and the ground remained at the limit of coupling, a bit more spin would result in wheel slipping, a bit less acceleration would slow him down, everything was so perfect. The most direct effect was that after the red lights dimmed, Qin Miao rapidly closed in on Yuki Tsunoda, overtaking the poorly started Yuki Tsunoda before reaching the end line of one lap, continuing towards the car ahead.

Chapter 223 - 130: Another Championship

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