It's already been mentioned earlier that the weather in Austin has been great lately, with basically zero chance of rain.
So today the track was once again basking in bright sunshine.
When Qin Miao appeared at the paddock entrance, the American fans who had come to the venue early started cheering.
Qin Miao naturally smiled and waved to the crowd, which only drew even louder cheers in return.
Soon, Qin Miao returned to the Mercedes team's motorhome.
The next series of procedures won't be elaborated on too much, because over the next three days the track's weather conditions won't differ much from the race itself.
So the workload for this week's three practice sessions would be relatively much lighter.
Qin Miao could also devote more of his attention to getting familiar with the track and pushing the car to its limits here.
In FP1 and FP2, the most headache-inducing issue that Qin Miao and Hamilton discovered was how quickly the tyres were wearing on today's track.
