"A gifted driver like Qin Miao, once fully adapted to the rhythm of F1 races and starts to show his fangs, is bound to compete with Hamilton for points. This year is a crucial period for Hamilton to chase his eighth championship, surpassing Michael Schumacher's historical status. Any internal conflict can happen anytime, but not now," Toto admitted.

Allison was astonished: "Just because of this, you made Qin Miao, who had a chance at the championship, sacrifice for Hamilton?

But doing so won't prevent the internal strife between the two drivers; it might even exacerbate the conflict."

However, Toto simply smiled at his chief technical officer and said, "But the final result isn't bad, is it? Besides, Qin Miao didn't lose anything."

Allison paused for a moment, recalling the harmonious 'brotherly state' between Hamilton and Qin Miao and the fact that Qin Miao also secured a victory in that race.

With some suspicion, he looked at Toto: "Was all of this calculated by you?"

Toto waved nonchalantly: "Don't speak such nonsense. I'm not capable of such intricate calculation and planning. I just had a momentary lapse and issued a wrong team order, and it was too late to retract. I paid the price for it."

Although what Toto said might very well be true, Allison still suspected things weren't as simple as Toto described.

He just had no evidence.

After the third practice, Qin Miao was the first to return to the pits.

After getting out of the car, Qin Miao hurriedly went to the restroom.

Upon returning from the restroom, Qin Miao quickly adjusted his car settings during the break.

What Qin Miao didn't notice was that Toto and Allison were both observing him from afar.

…

At three p.m. local time in Spain, nine p.m. domestic time, it's an extremely comfortable time slot for Spanish and domestic viewers.

The qualifying session is about to begin.

Qin Miao was already prepared in his car.

Despite the gearbox breaking after using skills in last weekend's race, Qin Miao still applied a buff to his car before the race, since this routine had become more than just a system skill buff applied to his car. It was also a small habit and psychological comfort before each race.

After applying this buff, Qin Miao felt less worry and concern internally.

After finishing his pre-race preparations, the team equipped Qin Miao with a set of soft tires.

Actually, given Qin Miao's ability, he could have used old medium tires during Q1 to steadily advance to Q2, but considering the potential traffic conditions in Q1, the team ultimately decided to put new soft tires on Qin Miao.

Because using soft tires, even if you encounter unexpected situations on the track, you can recover the lost speed in time due to the advantages of soft tires.

During the time Qin Miao was preparing, there were already drivers waiting at the exit of the pit lane.

The camera showed Mazepin, Mick, and Latifi.

That's all right. These guys indeed need to produce effective laps early.

Qin Miao went out with 13 minutes left on the Q1 clock.

Qin Miao's track engineer Frankie found a suitable flying lap window for him.

During the warm-up lap, he avoided several cars, and then Qin Miao began his first flying lap in the Catalonia track qualifying session.

On the first lap, Qin Miao felt great, got a purple in the first timing sector, and the rhythm in the second timing sector was good too, without any of the usual mistakes he made during practice sessions.

"Qin Miao has started flying as well, purple in the first sector, directly faster than second place Norris by 0.2 seconds, seems like he's in good shape." Bing noticed that Qin Miao had begun his flying lap.

Fei said with gratification: "When Qin Miao retired at the Portuguese Grand Prix last time, I was concerned that his form might be affected by a retirement, as many talented drivers lose some of their spirit after their first retirement.

However, whether it's this week's three practice sessions or now in qualifying, Qin Miao demonstrated that he's in excellent form."

Zhou Haoran said: "Qin Miao's mentality is indeed great, his adjustment ability is strong, too. In that sole F2 retirement, his performance was still strong in the next race; from then, his adjustment capability and mental stability began to show."

"Qin Miao's strength makes us Chinese F1 fans truly happy."

"Yeah, after watching F1 for so many years, I have only fantasized about seeing a Chinese driver on the F1 podium, but even when fantasizing, I only imagined getting like third place as Qin Miao did in his first race."

Bing quipped: "You never even dreamed or imagined a Chinese driver being an F1 Grand Prix winner, huh?"

The other two commentators agreed with a laugh.

Eventually, Fei concluded the topic with a sentence: "I just hope Qin Miao can always maintain this mentality."

…

While the three commentators were chatting, Qin Miao's second timing sector was completed.

The second timing sector was also purple, and the rhythm in the third timing sector was quite good. Although there were other cars on the track, none obstructed Qin Miao.

When Qin Miao crossed the line, his time was 1 minute 17.555 seconds.

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