At this moment, there was no time to have them move the rain shelter from the team's P room to Qin Miao's car, so they could only give Qin Miao an umbrella and let him hold it himself to prevent water from entering the cockpit.

Qin Miao wasn't a fussy person either; after taking the umbrella, he opened it himself and positioned it between the steering wheel and the monocoque shell connection.

The only good news for Qin Miao now was that after the rain started, the track's originally hot environment had cooled and become somewhat refreshing, albeit a bit damp.

Nevertheless, Qin Miao was still a bit uneasy and asked Frankie about the upcoming weather conditions through the team TR.

Frankie naturally did his best to answer Qin Miao's questions. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Meanwhile, Reyes and the others also brought full wet tires from the team's P room.

Because if you start in the rain, all cars are required to use full wet tires.

After waiting for two more minutes, Barber hurriedly arrived in front of Qin Miao with a brand-new helmet.

As everyone knows, F1 drivers' helmet visors have a layer of film, whose main function is that when an F1 driver's visor gets dirty, they can restore their clear view by peeling off a layer of film without using their hands to wipe.

However, the visor film for sunny conditions and rainy conditions vastly differ in terms of function, transparency, and hydrophobicity.

At this point, there might be less than 10 minutes until the race starts, and with the rainy environment, naturally, it's not enough time for Qin Miao to change a film layer, so the team directly provided him with a new helmet already fitted with a rain film.

Ultimately, the good news Qin Miao was hoping for didn't come, as 16 minutes later, with the race about to start, the track was still raining.

The only good news for Qin Miao now is that the distance from the start position to T1 on the Monte Carlo circuit isn't long, so as long as his start is not particularly bad, he can hold the inside line before entering T1 and be more aggressive on exit, which greatly increases the chances of maintaining his starting position.

In fact, defending against the rear cars becomes easier in the rain.

The only concern now is that Qin Miao knows his lap times in wet conditions aren't as fast as on dry surfaces, and there's a high chance of being undercut by rear cars on the track.

This start is under the guidance of the safety car.

But the safety car didn't just take one lap, as the worsening rain was deteriorating the track conditions.

Therefore, the FIA decided to have the safety car lead the remaining 20 cars using full wet tires to try and establish some driving lines, hoping to drain as much water as possible before starting the race.

After all, the drainage capacity of full wet tires is extremely strong, and this season, due to the ground effect era, the high-speed airflow of the Venturi tunnels emerging from the rear diffuser creates an upward trajectory.

Thus, the spray raised by ground effect cars is bigger than that of hybrid-era cars.

After all, not only the tires, but the ground effect bodywork also raises spray.

The good news is that, in the first rain battle of the ground effect era, Qin Miao doesn't have to endure the exhaust of the car ahead.

The spray raised by the car in front won't affect Qin Miao's race.

As for Leclerc behind Qin Miao... once Qin Miao's speed reaches 70 kilometers per hour, his view becomes a white blur with nothing visible.

After the safety car completed three laps, the rain on the track still didn't stop; in fact, the FIA discovered that the rain was increasing in intensity.

After three laps, 21 cars hadn't left much trace on the track's driving line, so the FIA directly showed the red flag.

The race was suspended.

So, Qin Miao could only follow the safety car back to the pit P room.

Since Qin Miao started from pole, he was at the front, parked at the pit exit.

After parking the car, Qin Miao didn't continue to wait inside for the team staff to bring an umbrella, especially since the Mercedes team's P room was at the pit entrance, while his car was parked at the pit exit.

Since the Monte Carlo circuit's pit lane isn't long, so the distance from Qin Miao's location to the Mercedes team P room isn't far, but at this time, almost all the team technicians were walking back and forth in the pit lane, transporting things, carrying maintenance equipment for the cars and keeping busy.

Hence, Qin Miao didn't think he could see his team members anytime soon.

He decided to climb out of the car and find a place to stay dry.

When Qin Miao got out of the car, he saw Leclerc behind him also emerging from his car, but the two just exchanged nods without engaging in conversation.

The two were walking in the same direction towards the team's P rooms, but since it was during the race period, conversing wasn't appropriate between them.

As Qin Miao headed towards the team's P room, he happened to see Hamilton and Angela holding an umbrella for him.

Qin Miao similarly didn't disturb them, but after a few steps, he realized that the rain had increased, so he decided not to continue walking and just waited at the entrance to the Martin Team's P room for Barber and the others to arrive.

Aston Martin team, along with Mercedes and Qin Miao, are somewhat connected.

After all, Mercedes holds shares in Aston Martin, Geely does too, and the Martin team uses Mercedes' engines, although they're also a manufacturer team, you could jokingly refer to Martin as Mercedes' second team without opposition.