How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 140: Chapter 138

Zhou Guanyu is still a little baffled. Just this little thing forced you, Qin Miao, to change his temperament?
But soon he remembered that Qin Miao had already signed a contract with Ferrari. Strictly speaking, he would become Ferrari's official F1 driver next season.

And with Qin Miao as an official driver candidate, Ferrari began to contact Sainz again.

Substituting himself into Qin Miao, Zhou Guanyu found that Qin Miao's behavior is not difficult to understand.

Although it is understandable, in Zhou Guanyu's view, Qin Miao's performance is not like him at all, so Zhou Guanyu comforted him: "Look at it, although there are no rumors in the paddock, the current rumor is just that Ferrari is here. It's just a contact with McLaren, and the two sides have not yet made a definite intention."

Qin Miao didn't want to talk deeply about this topic, so she shook her head and said, "Don't talk about these unpleasant things. If you come or not, rain fighting vehicle, I have to practice my rain fighting skills." .”

Facing Qin Miao who changed the topic, Zhou Guanyu didn't continue to mention this matter, shrugged and said: "It is natural for me to have Qin Miao, who currently dominates the F2 standings, as a training partner for me. But I have to say something, buddy later Don't be so defensive, sometimes I can't get past it, and I'm almost being guarded by you so that I have no game experience."

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In the morning, the two practiced the offense and defense of the rain battle at home, and in the afternoon, the two went to the track together.

After all, Zhou Guanyu is a local snake, and he often comes to Silverstone to practice when there is no competition, so his understanding of this track is not much worse than that of Qin Miao.

The two of them walked around twice in the afternoon, and then rented a Fit and drove around twice.

The reason for renting a Fit is mainly to let Qin Miao get acquainted with the feeling of driving on this track.

It can also allow Qin Miao to feel more clearly the bumps of the track and the height difference of the track. The most important thing is to be familiar with the feeling when the wheels hit the shoulder in advance.

Thursday passed just like that, and Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu spent the night on the simulator uncharacteristically.

Qin Miao was stimulated, and Zhou Guanyu was driven by Qin Miao to work hard because of Qin Miao's hard work.

During the period, Qin Miao also tried the Renault simulator. If it was the old Qin Miao, he might not be able to tell the difference between the Renault simulator and the Ferrari simulator.

But now Qin Miao has also run 6 points races, and the total mileage of F2 driving has exceeded 500 kilometers.

I also have my own understanding and feelings about driving a car.

After comparing the two, Qin Miao can easily tell that Ferrari's simulator simulates the engine to a higher degree, whether it is the accuracy of acceleration, or the feeling of different output of the engine due to different accelerator pedals, or The simulation of engine response is also closer to reality.

Renault's simulator is more realistic in simulating the suspension and tire grip when cornering. The changes in suspension when cornering and the feedback from driving after tire wear are all better than Ferrari.

It can be said that each has its own merits.

There was nothing to say all night, the next day, the two got up early, washed up and went to the track.

Qin Miao still remembers the scene of coming to Silverstone last year. It was really full of gongs and drums, firecrackers blasting, crowds of people, shoulder to shoulder, and people's voices.

But now, the entire paddock is empty, walking on the road for half a day without encountering a single person, even if they do meet, it is Matthew, team staff, FIA staff, etc., and no spectators enter the arena.

When the two passed by a staff member who was installing a signal repeater, Qin Miao also heard a voice from the staff's walkie-talkie: "The repeater moves 50 meters to the southeast!"

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After the two came to the parking area of ​​the convoy, they separated and prepared to go.

In the car inspection stage before the start of the practice session on Friday morning, Qin Miao performed a "perfunctory" car inspection as a routine.

In the eyes of outsiders, Qin Miao first took the form sent by Sui Wentao when inspecting the car, then Qin Miao directly touched the flip-flops of his racing car with his hand, then turned around and signed the form.

Qin Miao's method of car inspection cannot be said to be bold and careful, but it can also be called serious and responsible.

This refers to when Qin Miao signed.

So in Sui Wentao's view, Qin Miao especially likes to be lazy during the car inspection process. Basically, touching the car is considered as the completion of the car inspection.

In fact, Qin Miao was blatantly lazy here, relying on the effect of his skill of combining man and car.

As long as Qin Miao touches his own car, Qin Miao will feel the state of the whole car just like a person feels the state of his own body.

Therefore, it is very convenient for Qin Miao to inspect the car, and it also gave the team members of the Prema team a feeling that Qin Miao was very perfunctory in the car inspection.

The previous car inspections were fine, but this time Qin Miao felt that there was a problem with the right front wheel of his racing car.

This feeling is a bit like you feel some discomfort inside your right hand. Although you can move, you just feel that something is wrong.

Qin Miao guessed that there might be something wrong with her right front wheel.

So before the practice match started, Qin Miao carefully checked his right front wheel.

The inspection method is also very simple, just touch the parts one by one with your hands.

Feel the tires first, then the brakes, and then the suspension, and you can always find the problem.

Then it was discovered that there was a problem with the brake pads of the car.

In fact, after each race, Qin Miao's car crew will replace Qin Miao with a new set of brake pads.

After all, it is a racing car, the most worn parts are the brake pads except for the four wheels that touch the ground, and then the engine and gearbox that provide power.

I don't know if Sui Wentao and the others were careless when they changed the brake pads for Qin Miao or something. The other three tires were replaced with brand new brake pads normally, but this tire still used the old brake pads.

At this time, Qin Miao didn't realize the seriousness of the matter. What he thought was: since the problem was found, it would be good to solve the problem. After all, the vehicle inspection before the race is to eliminate the problems on the vehicle. .

So Qin Miao stood up and said to Sui Wentao: "Old Sui, there is something wrong with the brake pad of the right front wheel, please help me replace it with a new one."

When Sui Wentao heard Qin Miao's request, he was still puzzled. The racing cars were inspected before departure and before going on the track, and there was no possibility of problems at all.

And the brake pad is still a part that needs to be replaced frequently, so there is no possibility of problems...

Although he was very puzzled and felt that there was no problem with the brake pads, it was his own job after all. If Qin Miao asked, he had to go and check it.

But when he removed the right front wheel of Qin Miao's racing car full of doubts, and saw the brake pad of the right front wheel, cold sweat broke out on his back instantly.

Because he could clearly see that the brake pad on Qin Miao's right front wheel had obvious wear marks.

Anyone who knows some professional racing knowledge knows that this is the trace left after long-term use.

The right front wheel of Qin Miao's racing car turned out to be a used brake pad.

On the one hand, this happened because the technician was not careful when working, and another reason was that he, the chief technician of Qin Miao's car crew, didn't pay attention when reviewing.

If such a problem occurs, he also needs to take responsibility.

Because this kind of mistake is related to the outcome of a game if it is small, and it is related to the safety of the driver if it is large.

So after Luo Xin found out about this matter, everyone in the team stopped their work immediately, and they all came to Qin Miao's racing car for a meeting.

After some investigation, it was determined that the person responsible for the error was the right rear tire changer: Alvin.

After determining the person responsible, the team imposed the highest punishment on Alvin: a month of work for nothing, but fortunately he did not cause substantial losses, so Alvin kept his job.

Sui Wentao, the chief accountant of Qin Miao's team, was also given a verbal warning and fined 1000 euros.

Although it seems that the main person responsible for all this, Alvin, only lost one month's salary, and Sui Wentao, who has no responsibility, is implicated in bad luck.

But Alvin's mistake will be recorded in his personal file, and because of this mistake, he basically lost his way to rise.

You know, quite a few F1 team technicians are promoted from the F2 team.

F2 is not only the best way for drivers to enter F1, but also the best way for mechanics and team leaders to enter F1.

Although Sui Wentao was fined 1000 euros, he was only given a verbal warning, and his future was not affected.

After this incident, everyone dispersed and continued the preparations before the start of the practice match.

As for Qin Miao's crew, everyone's morale was very low after this happened.

Faced with this situation, Qin Miao wanted to comfort everyone, but he didn't know what to say at this time because his EQ was not very high.

However, Qin Miao also vaguely guessed the main reason for this situation, that is, his usual car inspection was a bit too "perfunctory", just reaching out to touch the car and then signing to make sure the car was fine.

Qin Miao's approach can easily make other people subconsciously relax the carefulness of the car inspection. After all, you, Qin Miao, the car owner, don't pay much attention to this car, so the people below will naturally not be so careful when inspecting the car. .

Therefore, Qin Miao also has a certain joint responsibility for this situation.

After analyzing this point, Qin Miao wrote in the newly installed notebook: In the future, even if the car inspection is just a show, every key part must be checked before signing...

After this episode, Qin Miao finally successfully accepted his car, and finally completed the warm-up and pushed the car to the track with the crew members.

There is nothing to repeat in the practice match, and the whole process was smooth.

Everyone runs at their own pace, and each gets their own data.

And Qin Miao hastily made two flying circles during the practice stage, and after that, he was looking for a comfortable setting for himself, but the final effect was not very satisfactory.

When the practice match stopped, Qin Miao was ranked No.15.

A short break at noon followed by qualifying in the afternoon.

At the beginning of the qualifying match, the broadcaster usually has three hosts sitting together to analyze the situation on the field and warm up the game.

And from the first sprint match of this season, Qin Miao has basically become a topic that the hosts can never get around.

This time is no exception.

Perspective came to the arena.

Because it wasn't raining, Qin Miao didn't queue up at the pit exit as early as in the previous qualifying race.

The director first put the camera on the row of cars waiting to be released at the exit of the maintenance area.

After staying in this scene for about three seconds, the director switched the camera to Qin Miao.

Because of Qin Miao's outstanding performance in F2, Qin Miao received treatment that other F2 drivers did not have.

That is, the director specially arranged for a cameraman to follow Qin Miao, and this photographer was only responsible for shooting Qin Miao alone, so that the director could cut Qin Miao's perspective during the period before the start of the game.

At this time, the qualifying race had already started, and there were already drivers on the track, and the director was still showing Qin Miao's profile in the broadcast screen.

The key is Qin Miao's side face wearing a helmet, only Qin Miao's eyes and eyelashes can be seen.

Surprisingly, most viewers were not offended by this.

After another minute or so, Qin Miao took out his water bottle from under his helmet.

After handing the kettle to Sui Wentao, Qin Miao drove the car out.

It is worth mentioning that after Qin Miao drove his car out, Zhou Guanyu also drove his car to follow.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that Zhou Guanyu probably wants to catch the tail of Qin Miao's car.

This was actually agreed by Qin Miao.

At that time, it was Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu walking the track together.

When walking the track, Zhou Guanyu jokingly said that he wanted Qin Miao to give himself a wake on this track.

Zhou Guanyu's original intention was really just to make a joke, at most it was a little more tentative.

But what he didn't expect was that without saying a word, Qin Miao just generously expressed that he was casual.

However, Qin Miao still said that he would not intentionally wait for Zhou Guanyu, and if he wanted to catch the tail, he had to watch the timing.

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Half an hour later, Qin Miao drove her car into the maintenance area leisurely, and parked the car directly at the gate of her team.

And Luo Xin looked at Qin Miao with a complicated face.

If it is said that the bones on this boy's body weigh fifty catties, then there are at least 49 catties of anti-bone in these fifty catties of bones.

After all, this is a master who would rather drag the tail of the drivers of the hostile team than help his teammates.

But Rosin with a complicated face couldn't say much about it.

How does this relate to Qin Miao?
Are you doing this against the interests of the team?What the heck, the points this person has obtained so far is the sum of the points obtained by the two drivers of the No.2 team UNI team.

Even adding the points of the six drivers of the last three teams to Qin Miao's points, there is still room.

This argument is completely untenable.

Undermining internal unity?Qin Miao and Mick didn't deal with it. It was a tradition passed down from when he was still in Ferrari's youth training. How could they destroy it if they were not united?

At this time, Luo Xin could only look at it with a complicated face.

It is really happy to be happy, and it is really uncomfortable to be sad.

(End of this chapter)