How Did I Become an F1 Driver?

Chapter 990 386: Half Home Advantage

Under the dual buff, Leclerc's nerves have always been tense.Actually, Leclerc's multiple retirements at his home race are not without trace.

Apart from luck, it's also because Leclerc cares too much about this race.

Leclerc indeed has the strength, there's no doubt about it.

However, compared to top drivers like Qin Miao, Hamilton, and Verstappen, Leclerc's personality is somewhat impatient.

When defending opponents and having an advantage, Leclerc mentally relaxes a bit, making his defense very stable. Even the master of defense, Qin Miao, recognized in the paddock, would give a thumbs-up upon seeing Leclerc's defense and sincerely say: Leclerc's defense is flawless!

But when chasing behind opponents, Leclerc tends to make some unforced errors due to his impatient nature.

This kind of personality and mindset easily puts Leclerc in an embarrassing situation on the track, where the more he wants something, the easier it is for him to lose it.

So, despite Qin Miao hoping that nothing unexpected happens to Leclerc in this week's Monaco Grand Prix, and that he finishes the race normally.

Qin Miao still has a feeling that Leclerc might retire from this race.

After finishing Thursday's track walk, Qin Miao completed all his filming tasks, and back at the team home, he pulled Frankie and Reyes to discuss the characteristics of the Monte Carlo circuit, beginning to analyze which tuning method could extract more speed given the specific characteristics of his car this season.

After all, the Mercedes team's simulator has already declared GG, and for a while, simulator data can only serve as a reference.

The simulator data adjustments won't be ready until the Australian Grand Prix in June.

The Mercedes team's preparations are estimated to be in this state during this time.

Qin Miao was so busy that he only left the paddock past ten at night.

Fortunately, Qin Miao's house is not far from the paddock, only a fifteen-minute drive away, shorter than the travel time from the paddock to the hotel during some Grand Prix races.

Saturday, the day for practice sessions one and two.

Upon arriving at the paddock, Qin Miao noticed that even for practice sessions, attendance this year was significantly higher than in previous years.

Without dwelling on the reasons, Qin Miao spent more time and attention on familiarizing with the track and collecting data during today's two practice sessions.

Meanwhile, this week Mercedes fitted the car with a high-drag rear wing and front nose wing.

This aerodynamics kit was prepared by the team before the start of the season.

Strictly speaking, this was the first time it was used, and its exact effect could only be known on the track.

Moreover, at the Monte Carlo circuit, the car's top speed performance can't be maximized, so it was better to trade horsepower for downforce, at least this way the car's cornering downforce and mechanical downforce would be stronger.

With the start of the first practice, Qin Miao quickly discovered some good news. The dolphin jump phenomenon at the rear of the car, originally due to excessive rear downforce, was clearly alleviated with the addition of the high-drag aerodynamics kit, and the car's cornering and handling improved with the kit's aid.

Of course, this only suggests that the Mercedes car might be more suited for the Monte Carlo circuit compared to other tracks.

After all, the Monte Carlo circuit doesn't have long enough straights to trigger W13's dolphin jump.

And maybe Red Bull and Ferrari are the same?

Thus, Qin Miao continued his normal Friday duties, albeit with more attention to detail than usual Grand Prix races.