How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 116 Chapter 114: The Final Road Test
There are only these few logos on the whole car. Compared with other F2 cars, Qin Miao's car is really spotless.

Excitedly, he reached out to touch the paint on his racing car, feeling the smooth feel of the paint, Qin Miao couldn't help but start to get excited.

Although Qin Miao has also driven F2, but that car is not his after all, no matter how good the relationship with Zhou Guanyu is, Qin Miao dare not drive Zhou Guanyu's car to do whatever he wants on the track.

This can be regarded as one of the concerns that dare not step on the gas pedal, but the source of this concern is not money, but people.

But today is different from the past, the car in front of him completely belongs to Qin Miao, even Qin Miao bought it with his own money, and Qin Miao's savings are enough for him to buy another seven or eight F2 cars like this, so Qin Miao on the track Miao dared to push this car to the limit, not afraid of collision at all.

As soon as Qin Miao's hand touched the racing car, Qin Miao took a picture of the purple human-vehicle integration skill card and placed it on the racing car in front of him.

Originally, in Qin Miao's eyes, this car was just a big toy full of unknowns and novelties for him.

But as soon as this skill card was used, Qin Miao immediately felt that the simple F2 racing car in front of him was full of intimacy.

And Qin Miao felt that after getting in this car, the sense of intimacy and familiarity would be stronger than the current feeling.

After having this feeling, Qin Miao couldn't wait to turn her head and ask Luo Xin who was looking at her with a smile on her face: "Sir, when can I try this car?"

Hearing Qin Miao's question, Luo Xin froze for a moment.

Although very satisfied with Qin Miao's love for racing, he still poured cold water on Qin Miao with some embarrassment: "I'm afraid it won't work in the short term. This car has just arrived in our hands for less than a week." , we have only carried out some basic inspections on him now, and completed the installation of the custom monocoque, as well as the painting of the paint, the system adaptation of the steering wheel, etc. I am afraid we will have to wait at least a week for the parts to be inspected in more detail and in depth."

After using the purple human-car combination skill card, Qin Miao's familiarity with this car has reached the limit. Even without checking, he knows that there is nothing wrong with this car.

But before he could say anything, Luo Xin said: "I know you are in a hurry, and we also know that the car that just came out of the manufacturer's factory is unlikely to have any problems.

But child, you have to know that your life safety is more important than your momentary excitement. "

Qin Miao sighed regretfully, but he was not an unreasonable person.

Although it's a pity that I can't sit in the monocoque and drive this car on the track, but before leaving, Qin Miao sat in the driving seat that only belonged to him, started the engine, and felt the power of this car. rhythm.

After getting out of the car, Qin Miao chatted with his crew members.

After all, we haven't seen each other for half a year, and both parties need to get acquainted with each other again in order to regain the previous feeling.

The first day was quite leisurely. After seeing the racing car he was thinking of, Qin Miao returned home contentedly, helped Qiumeng complete the housework at home, and cleaned most of the places.

It's a pity that Lu Bosi was recruited. Although there is no serious problem now, he is still lying in the hospital and cannot get out. Otherwise, Qin Miao and Qiu Meng would be much more relaxed with an extra labor force.

On the second day, Qin Miao exercised in the morning and started adaptive training with the simulator in the team when he returned to the team in the afternoon.

It is worth mentioning that the simulator used by Qin Miao in Prema is much more realistic than the simulator used by the Ferrari F1 team.

This is not Qin Miao's feeling, but Qin Miao's proficiency in training the system on Prema's simulator is much higher than that in Ferrari.

The reason is also very interesting. The Prema team's simulator is the right to use the Ferrari team's simulator. In a sense, Qin Miao still uses the Ferrari simulator.

However, the Prema team’s simulator eliminates the variables of vehicle upgrades, and only needs to calculate the data of the F2 car and the track. The load of the simulator is small, and the data to be simulated is less, and the variables are naturally small. The simulator is accurate The degree and degree of fidelity are even higher.

However, the simulator of the Prema team still has shortcomings, that is, the lack of hardware.

The Ferrari simulator uses the monocoque of the F1 car as the cockpit. When you sit in it, you have the same perspective and posture as sitting in a real F1 car.

And Qin Miao recently heard from the staff in charge of the simulator that they are planning to introduce VR glasses to further increase the simulation level of the simulator.

The Prema simulator is the kind of simulator solution that can be bought on the market. Although it is expensive and the simulation effect is very good, the sense of substitution is not as strong as the simulator of the Ferrari F1 team.

After starting normal work, for the next week or so, Qin Miao practiced in the simulator with the assistance of Frankie and Sui Wentao, and tried to test various adjustments and settings on various tracks. , Try to find the tuning that best suits Qin Miao's driving style.

To be honest, Qin Miao didn’t like this step, and thought it was useless, because the car he was driving in the simulator was not the F2 car he was really familiar with, so the simulated data might have some deviation, but it’s okay. The news is that practicing on the simulator can indeed increase Qin Miao's proficiency on the track.

This is also the main reason why Qin Miao has been training patiently for so long.

And a week later, Prema's inspection of Qin Miao's racing car was over, and there was nothing wrong with it. There was not even a trace of rust on the racing car, which meant that Qin Miao could finally drive his own car on the track.

Of course, in addition to Qin Miao’s racing car having completed testing, Qin Miao’s teammate, Mick Schumacher’s racing car also completed testing today, and the two cars will be loaded tomorrow to the Fiorano track they are familiar with Do a pre-match test.

From now on, the comparison between the two drivers of the Prema team begins.

Although F2 is not like F1, teammates are the biggest enemy, but it is inevitable that two drivers of the same team will be compared subconsciously.

But Qin Miao didn't think too much about it, and took Qiu Meng back to Maranello on the big truck used by the team to transport the racing cars the next day.

There was no time to go home and rest. After arriving in Maranello, Qin Miao and his team's technicians unloaded his F2 car, and then changed into the racing suit in the P room.

Qin Miao's racing suit is the same as his racing car, there is no sponsor's logo on the surface, it is very clean.

As for the helmet, Qin Miao is wearing a helmet designed by Qiu Meng for Qin Miao. I still remember when the two of them were trapped in Maranello when they designed this helmet.

At that time, Qin Miao pestered Qiu Meng, wanting her to design a helmet for herself, but Qiu Meng couldn't hold back him, so she agreed.

Because what I ate that night was chopped pepper fish head, Qiu Meng, who has been thinking about which design elements to use to make a helmet for Qin Miao, drew inspiration from this dish, so when Qiu Meng designed the helmet in front of the computer Incorporate the elements of this dish into it.

So today Qin Miao has a cartoon version of fish head on his head, pepper is sprinkled on the fish head, and there are white noodles in the red fish soup.

To be honest, Qin Miao regretted choosing Qiu Meng to customize the helmet for him when he received the helmet.

Now after sitting in the car with this helmet... I regret it even more.

I feel like I have a plate of food on my head, as if I am saying how many dishes I have...

Because the vehicle has already completed the self-inspection at Prema, Sui Wentao and other engineers only conducted the most basic inspection of Qin Miao's racing car after coming to the side of the track this time.

After confirming that there was no problem, Qin Miao knew that she could drive on the track under Franky's prompt.

However, Qin Miao was not in a hurry, but sat in the driving seat and took several deep breaths.

Qin Miao did this to calm down his agitated heart. Then he put the fingers of his right hand together at a 45-degree angle, and lightly patted the flip-flops of the racing car, putting a buff on his racing car.

Although Qin Miao's system didn't give him any hints about the joy of machine soul, Qin Miao, who has already established contact with his F2 racing car, clearly felt that after he performed this set of rituals, the racing car under him The state is obviously different, some imperceptible metal fatigue, burrs and errors of parts will disappear automatically, and the whole car has come to the best state at this time.

At the same time, Qin Miao was also equipped with three passive skills: [Strength and Fitness (Blue)], [Guide of the Research Department (Purple)], and [Best Pirelli Tire User (Purple)].

This set of skill configuration is what Qin Miao plans to use in the competition, so he will naturally take this set of configuration out to see the effect during the test.

After completing the ceremony, Qin Miao drove the car out of room P.

This is not only the first time Qin Miao is familiar with his own F4 car on the track, but also the first time to formally cooperate with his team for training. He must be familiar with Franky's command and the rhythm of the team's staff changing tires .

There are many items to be tested today, but Qin Miao is not in a hurry to start working.

He first ran two laps on the track, then returned to the P room, increased the downforce a little, then drove on the track again, and then did a speeding lap on the track with all his strength.

The final lap time was 1 minute 03.661.

Qin Miao feels that he still has room for improvement, but this space is not big, and can increase by 0.2~0.5 seconds at most. Due to the natural limitations of F2, Qin Miao knows that it is impossible for him to use this car on this track to achieve a lap time of [-] seconds. within a second.

After the addiction of driving an F2 racing car at full strength, feeling the huge downforce and side box G force provided by the formula car, as well as the roar of the engine, Qin Miao can't wait to drive this car. The car goes to the track to compete with other F2 drivers.

However, Qin Miao did not forget the business of coming here today. After finishing her addiction, she began to cooperate with Franky's request and began to do tests on the track and collect various data.

After a whole morning of busy work, Qin Miao drove the car back to room P again.

When Qin Miao unbuckled his seat belt, lifted off his headrest, took off his helmet, and was about to ask where he had lunch so he could go home and get some chili sauce, Frankie came to Qin Miao frowning with a paper form. Miao's side.

Meanwhile, Sui Wentao, Alvin, and Steve began to check the engine system of Qin Miao's racing car.

Looking at Frankie's face and the actions of the other three, Qin Miao roughly guessed what might be wrong with the results of this competition test.

"What's the matter?" Qin Miao asked curiously as he put the carbon fiber steering wheel that fit his hand shape and was comfortable to hold back onto the racing car.

"There is a problem." Frankie handed the document in his hand to Qin Miao and explained, "But there may be a problem with the telemetry system."

Qin Miao took the file curiously.

While Qin Miao was looking at the documents, Franky said: "After the test in the morning, we exchanged test data with Mick's crew. You understand the necessary procedures. By comparing the data of the two of you We found that the tire wear data of our car is a bit too abnormal, did you deliberately protect the tires on the track just now?"

Qin Miao was a little distracted looking at the data, so she didn't analyze the meaning of Franky's words in detail, and answered directly after hearing the other party's question: "No."

After hearing Qin Miao's answer, Franky nodded and said, "That should be a problem with the telemetry data."

During this period of time, Qin Miao also read the data given by Franky. After all, he has been working in this industry for almost a year, and Qin Miao can be said to be familiar with the data.

The reason why Franky and the others reacted so strongly was also found.

The data shows that Qin Miao's tire failure was at least 19% slower than Mick's during the test.

Even though this data did not reach the 30% reduction in tire wear described by Qin Miao's skills, the 19% reduction in wear is still against the sky.

Because there are really too many.

It was also because this number was extremely outrageous that Franky and the others thought that there was something wrong with Qin Miao's vehicle telemetry system.

After all, Qin Miao's car and Mick's car are the same, but the tuning settings are different and the drivers are different.

And there is no reason for these two differences to cause such a large tire wear gap.

After testing now, Qin Miao's average lap time is faster than Mick's, and his fuel consumption is less than Mick's. The most outrageous thing is that the tire wear is 19% less than Mick's.

With such outrageous data, anyone who reads it will subconsciously feel that there is a problem with the system's telemetry.

Unlike others, Qin Miao knew the specific reason for all this: her own system skills.

And Qin Miao also discovered the law of his system skills, that is, it depends on how he drives.

Because during today's test, Qin Miao maintained a comfortable rhythm for most of the test, without tire protection or pushing, so his tire loss was 19%.

Qin Miao believes that if he drives this car with the tires protected, the reduction in tire wear will definitely reach the 30% that the system said.

And if you force yourself to push, the tire loss should be reduced by about 10% compared to the normal loss.

The exact number has not been tested by Qin Miao and his team, but it should not be too different from the data guessed by Qin Miao.

(End of this chapter)