How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 515 - 226: New Mission (6K, Bonus 10/19)

And Hamilton wasn’t picky either. Even though he struggled a bit with Chinese food due to not knowing how to use chopsticks, whose house doesn’t have a couple of spoons?

Moreover, it’s worth mentioning that although Hamilton is a seven-time F1 world champion and has tasted countless delicacies, he really never had the chance to try the everyday home-cooked dishes that Chinese people eat almost daily.

So when he sent a flavorful eggplant into his mouth, his eyes visibly lit up.

After chewing carefully and swallowing the eggplant, Hamilton sincerely said, "I’ve always had this question, what does ’melts in your mouth’ really mean?"

Speaking of which, Hamilton looked at the plate of stir-fried eggplant in front of him and said, "Now I know, this taste and texture is something I’m experiencing for the first time. It’s really delicious."

Qimeng smiled and said, "If you like it, eat more. There’s rice in the kitchen."

Hamilton nodded repeatedly.

Later on, Qimeng didn’t talk much, instead Qin Miao and Hamilton chatted about the team affairs, like how many spectators would attend the British Grand Prix, what commercial activities the team had arranged for them, and when they would go to shoot advertisements.

After the meal, Qin Miao went to wash the dishes, while Qimeng showed Hamilton around their little home.

When Hamilton saw that whole row of F2 championship trophies in Qin Miao’s trophy room, he was completely shocked.

To a certain extent, Qin Miao’s wall filled with F2 race victory trophies and the overall championship trophy could be equivalent in prestige to his seven F1 drivers’ championship trophies.

In fact, in some sense, Qin Miao’s F2 overall championship is of even higher value than Hamilton’s.

After all, Qin Miao is the only person in the world who could win both the sprint race and the main race in the F2 arena, achieving consecutive wins and clinching the F2 drivers’ championship with 330 points more than second place Mick Schumacher.

Whereas in the F1 paddock, there’s more than one seven-time champion.

So seeing that row of neatly arranged F2 race victory trophies of Qin Miao’s, Hamilton was genuinely stunned.

Hamilton even felt that the two F1 race victory trophies in Qin Miao’s display room seemed a bit pathetic and helpless in front of these F2 race victory trophies.

Having toured around Qin Miao’s house, Hamilton naturally noticed the Ferrari 488 parked at Qin Miao’s door.

"How did you get the license plate on this car?"

At that moment, Qin Miao had just finished washing the dishes and was standing beside Hamilton, appreciating the undeniably handsome Ferrari with him.

To be fair, despite Ferrari being a bit lackluster recently, and even placing focus on developing next year’s car by withdrawing all resources from this year’s races, with an endless path to revival and intense internal politics.

But, in aesthetic design, Ferrari still stands out uniquely with a peculiar aesthetic and design sense exclusive to Ferrari.

Hearing Hamilton’s question, Qin Miao explained, "Actually, it’s just a normal 488. When I was still in Maranello, I had a pretty good relationship with people from Ferrari’s racing division, so I asked them to modify this car a bit for me."

After hearing Qin Miao’s explanation, Hamilton’s eyes lit up—brilliant!

It’s well known that Ferrari does not allow customers to modify their cars privately, yet Qin Miao went directly to Ferrari to have his car modified.

The key is, since the car is modified by Ferrari, it can legally be driven on the road to a certain extent.

"Can I try it?"

Qin Miao turned around and went back to his room to fetch the car keys and handed them to Hamilton.

Qin Miao didn’t bother telling him to drive carefully or anything. They are both F1 drivers, teammates, and pretty familiar with each other’s skills. If Hamilton really ends up crashing the car, it would probably be more of a concern for Hamilton than Qin Miao.

His lifelong reputation would be marred by crashing Qin Miao’s car.

The weight of those seven world championships could very likely be diminished by such an incident.

Hamilton eagerly took the car keys from Qin Miao and sat in the racing driver’s seat, smoothly starting the car.

All Ferrari supercars start in a similar way, and as an owner of two LaFerraris, Hamilton is quite at ease with how to start a Ferrari.

After saying goodbye to Qimeng, Qin Miao sat in the passenger seat of the race car.

Hamilton expertly set the car to track mode and drove it onto the street.

But in all honesty, the aerodynamic components of this car are primarily effective on a track, not on ordinary roads.

Driving this car on public roads, you can only feel it handles better and has more grip than the usual 488; apart from that, you can’t experience much else, as the conditions on public roads don’t allow you to test the car’s limits.

However, after all, he’s an F1 driver, there’s some prestige in that, plus the Silverstone Circuit is less than two kilometers north of Qin Miao’s home, so after cruising around, Hamilton drove the car right up to the entrance of the Silverstone Circuit.

Being regulars, Hamilton and Qin Miao didn’t even use the usual entry path; they entered the track through the staff entrance.

Even though the track is currently being prepared and maintained for the upcoming British Grand Prix, for Mercedes drivers like Hamilton and Qin Miao, driving their Ferraris on the track for a couple of laps is just a phone call away.