So everyone at Prema is still very grateful to Qin Miao.

They're also happy to see Qin Miao establish himself in F1 and rise quickly.

However, given the special circumstances, after old friends met, they didn't hug but just bumped fists with each other.

"Hahaha, Qin Miao, it's really nice to see you."

Qin Miao nodded and said, "Me too. How's the team doing recently?"

Roxin shrugged, "Without you, the team naturally lost the dominance of crushing all other competitors, but fortunately, the team can operate normally and prepare to challenge for the annual championship again."

At this point, Qin Miao didn't know what to say, but Roxin started comforting Qin Miao, "When you were in F2, you often had to climb up from the midfield pack during sprint races. I believe in you; we all do. Even if the Monaco track is challenging, you'll find a way."

Qin Miao smiled, inevitably recalling the days in F2 researching setups with Roxin and others, celebrating after races. Back then, he was carefree, fully exploiting the talents given by the system, wasting away his youth.

Although somewhat wasteful, thinking back now, it was indeed quite beautiful.

After chatting with Roxin for a bit and greeting others at Prema, Qin Miao left them.

The Prema team's parking area wasn't far from the track entrance, so after a few steps, Qin Miao arrived at the podium location on the track.

By now, the area was already cordoned off, ready to welcome the top three drivers.

It was only at this moment that Qin Miao noticed that Zhou Guanyu was leading in the F2 broadcast screen.

Now he understood why Qimeng wanted him to come over and wait.

Of course, Qin Miao's appearance would naturally attract the cameraman's focus on site.

F2 races don't usually garner much attention, and there's only so much you can film at Monaco before a race ends.

F1 races on this track might not even have more than ten overtakes, let alone the standardized F2 cars.

Now that Qin Miao appeared, he was naturally put on screen by the live broadcast without delay.

And he was filmed for quite a long time.

Qin Miao didn't mind; he had met the staff of Zhou Guanyu's team, so they even reserved a spot for Qin Miao while waiting for Zhou Guanyu to finish.

During the wait, Qin Miao started chatting with Qimeng on WeChat.

Mainly, Qimeng was asking if Qin Miao had prepared the birthday gift for Zhou Guanyu since the end of the month was approaching.

Qin Miao confidently assured that Zhou Guanyu would definitely like the gift he had prepared.

Three minutes later, the relatively sparse audience started a wave of cheers. When Qin Miao turned his head, he saw Zhou Guanyu had crossed the finish line, winning the Monaco F2 main race.

To be honest, Qin Miao felt a bit envious of Zhou Guanyu. After all, he had never seen what the Monaco championship trophy looked like, not even the runner-up trophy.

Because F2 didn't race in Monaco in 2020.

And today at the Monaco Grand Prix, Qin Miao started in 12th place, with no real hope of stepping on the podium himself. The team now pinned its hopes on Qin Miao scoring as many points as possible.

It must be said, the Mercedes team has had its share of bad luck this race.

The second driver, Qin Miao, missed pole position by just 0.004 seconds.

That would have been fine, but in the last race, Qin Miao was penalized ten positions for illegal maneuvers.

The first driver didn't even finish his last flying lap, ending up seventh, so thanks to the second driver, he got to start sixth.

Toto wasn't happy with this race from the start. Yesterday, neither Hamilton nor Qin Miao qualified in the top three, which made him almost burst a blood vessel.

Although he didn't smash the headset, he kept muttering "F**k" like an English teacher Steiner.

Back then, Toto somewhat regretted not negotiating with the FIA to reduce the penalties. Damn it, can't kids even play around a bit?

Of course, no matter what, the situation was a fait accompli. Arguing wouldn't help, as the FIA announcement had already been made.

Surely they wouldn't suddenly change their decision?

Meanwhile, on the track, Zhou Guanyu soon drove back.

After getting out of the car, the guy celebrated standing on the car for quite a while.

Then he saw Qin Miao standing by the track, smiling like a father pleased with his son's good performance.

Zhou Guanyu didn't mind Qin Miao's less-than-formal expression, jumped off the car, and approached Qin Miao with a smile.

Instead of celebrating with his crew, he gave Qin Miao a hug.

"Awesome, Old Zhou," Qin Miao said, patting Zhou Guanyu's helmet hard. "You're showing the flair I had back in F2."

On the surface, Qin Miao's words might sound boastful, but considering his performance in F2, it could indeed be taken as a compliment.

But as a buddy with a bickering relationship, Zhou Guanyu playfully punched Qin Miao back, "I'll take that as a compliment."

With other team members needing to celebrate, Zhou Guanyu exchanged a few words with Qin Miao before looking for others to celebrate with.

Qin Miao stayed below the podium until the F2 awards ceremony ended.

Listening to the national anthem from the podium below felt pretty nice too.

At least it showed that on his journey, Qin Miao wasn't without friends accompanying him.

Today's F2 race saw Drogovich, whom Qin Miao knew, take second place, and a newcomer this season took third.

Watching Zhou Guanyu's teammate Drogovich, Qin Miao couldn't help but wonder if, while standing on the podium listening to their national anthem, he remembered the dread of last season when Qin dominated them.

However, Qin Miao's thoughts were quickly interrupted as the awards ceremony ended and the champagne spray began; Zhou Guanyu sprayed Qin Miao's face directly.

Thankfully, he wore a hat, so it didn't get into his eyes.

In front of the cameras, Qin Miao couldn't just casually throw his shoes at Zhou Guanyu like he would in normal interactions.

But having champagne sprayed all over his face, Qin Miao couldn't help but grumble a bit.

In the end, seeing Zhou Guanyu continue to shine in F2 did make Qin Miao quite happy.

However, Qin Miao still had things to do; there was a driver parade before the race, and now, with his clothes wet, he needed to return to change.

After exchanging goodbyes with Zhou Guanyu, Qin Miao went back to change his clothes.

Next was the driver parade.

To be honest, it was Qin Miao's first experience in a driver parade, which indeed felt somewhat like being paraded through the streets.

The procedure was that all drivers gathered at the track entrance when the time came, where a truck would wait for them.

Once the time arrived, drivers would get on the truck and start the parade.

During the process, drivers would be interviewed, but the main goal was for fans to see them clearly, with interviews being a side thing.

The rest of the time, drivers could chat with their friends nearby.

Naturally, Qin Miao joined Leclerc and Norris.

Qin Miao's relationship with Hamilton was good, but they actually didn't have much common ground in daily life.

After all, they have a significant age gap and grew up in different environments, so it's normal they don't share many things in common.

Because their habits and values differ in daily life, their conversations mostly revolved around racing when they were together.

But Leclerc and Norris were different. They were about the same age and could hang out to play games during breaks, naturally giving them more to talk about. Plus, with Leclerc's home race advantage, those around him gained considerable camera time and fan attention.

The rest of the process doesn't need to be detailed further.

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