Chapter 375: Chapter 180: Transformation (6K, Extra 4/20)
The most annoying thing is, Toto actually calculated overtime pay for Qin Miao, always at the highest rate of triple salary, regardless of whether it’s a holiday.
But Qin Miao’s base salary is only 600,000 US dollars, the lowest among all the team drivers.
Even Tsunoda, who ranks sixth on the F2 standings, has a base salary of 1 million US dollars.
While Qin Miao, the F2 annual champion, has a base salary of only 600,000...
Although the team paid Qin Miao a champion bonus of 600,000 US dollars three days after the Imola race, this is a separate payment, irrelevant to the base salary.
Meticulously calculated, Qin Miao’s hourly wage is only 208 dollars, and overtime is 624 dollars per hour.
Converted, Qin Miao can earn roughly 4,477 RMB for an hour of overtime.
This figure might seem like a lot, but it’s important to note that Qin Miao currently has over 100 million RMB in the Racing Fund, as well as more than 5.5 million in liquid assets.
With so much money, Qin Miao isn’t exactly dismissing this 4,000 plus, but there is indeed little emotional impact.
Qin Miao would even be willing to pay Toto to not damn call him to the factory to work overtime during his rest.
Today was just like that. A new rear wing design had passed down from the designers’ drafts, and after fifty-plus hours in the wind tunnel, the data was input into the simulator. Just as Bottas was on vacation today, if the simulator testing could be completed today, this new wing could be used in next week’s race, so Toto made a call to Qin Miao, whose face wrote his displeasure.
There was no concept of an 8-hour workday during overtime. Qin Miao arrived at the factory around 10 in the morning, shuttling between the design department and the simulator department. By the time he left the Mercedes team headquarters, it was already past 9 in the evening.
But fortunately, the wing testing was finally completed, and the simulator effect was satisfying, though how it would perform on the racetrack is still unknown.
After returning home, Qin Miao didn’t even feel like playing on the computer. He took a shower and directly lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
29th.
In the morning, Qin Miao got up and grabbed something randomly from the fridge to fill his stomach, then completed his usual training routine. After training, Qin Miao put on a mask and called Ken, and the two of them flew to Portugal together.
Qimeng was still handling Qin Miao’s contract and didn’t have time to accompany Qin Miao to Portugal.
Since Qin Miao didn’t have the opportunity to run on the Portimao track in F2, and when he last met Hamilton, Hamilton advised him that the Portimao track is a frequent undulating track. To achieve a good result and decent speed on this track, he must walk the track himself to familiarize himself.
So, anyhow, Qin Miao had to come to the site to walk around, measuring the track length and elevation changes with his own feet.
After all, as the ancestors said, theory from books always seems shallow — true understanding requires personal experience.
No matter how realistic a simulator is, and even though Qin Miao uses VR equipment for daily training, the elevation differences, the sensation of weightlessness they cause, and the actual feedback from driving in such a state are different from reality.
Getting off the plane, passing through security, Qin Miao under Mercedes team staff arrangements arrived at the hotel prepared for him.
After dropping off his things, Qin Miao directly dragged Ken to the racetrack.
By Monday, the Portimao track already started preparations for this week’s Portuguese Grand Prix, so when Qin Miao arrived, all the surrounding facilities were installed.
It’s worth mentioning that before entering the racetrack, Qin Miao saw quite a few Asian faces along the roadside outside the racetrack. At the time, Qin Miao didn’t pay much attention, but after he parked his car in the drivers’ designated parking lot and got out, those people suddenly brightened up and walked towards Qin Miao.