How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 144 Chapter 142: Paddock Politics (6K, plus more 1624)

Elsewhere, a conference room in Maranello, Ferrari's headquarters.

At this time, many people were already sitting in the conference room.

They are meeting to discuss what just happened on the field.

Qin Miao's shortcomings in the rain battle were completely exposed in this match.

Originally, Binotto could use Qin Miao's current performance in F2, as well as his amazing talent and future to suppress the voices against Qin Miao in Ferrari.

But after Qin Miao's mistake this time, no matter how hard Binotto tried, he couldn't suppress these voices.

Those who opposed Qin Miao immediately convened this meeting and began to discuss the next course of action.

It is an indisputable fact that Qin Miao's rain fighting ability is weak.

Ferrari is not short of drivers, as long as the news is released, at least half of the drivers in the F1 paddock are interested in the Ferrari seat.

So after Qin Miao's serious mistake this time, he gave Ferrari's internal opposition a reason.

A reason not to use Qin Miao, but to find a new driver in the paddock who has proven his strength to replace Vettel after retiring.

And they already had intentions, and they quickly discussed the result...

What Qin Miao didn't know was that he had just returned to the team's P room. On the other side of the paddock, Mekis had a meeting with McLaren's race director, accompanied by Sainz broker.

No one knows what they talked about in this meeting, but under the impetus of interested people, there were rumors in the paddock that Sainz would join Ferrari next season.

……

Maybe other people are not surprised by the news that Ferrari is contacting McLaren in the paddock, after all, this is a normal transaction between the team and the team.

But the problem now is that those who know that Qin Miao has contacted Ferrari and signed a one-year driver contract are a little confused about this news.

Among them, Qin Miao was the most confused.

And Luo Xin, who was talking to Qin Miao, helped Qin Miao analyze: "Ferrari's internal struggle tradition has a long history, but it has been covered with a fig leaf. Everyone knows that Ferrari's internal political struggle is serious, but no one I will bring this matter to the table.

The driver is a crucial part of an F1 team, and it is also a very important part of the internal political struggle. After all, the driver represents the face of a team to a certain extent, and now Ferrari In terms of internal situation, Leclerc can be regarded as a member of Binotto's faction, and you can also be regarded as a member of Binotto. After all, your contract was given by Binotto.

But if a team has two drivers from the same faction, how can there be political battles within Ferrari?Other factions are not enough?No more power?Ferrari has become your dictator for Binotto?Not to mention that other factions do not agree, nor does Ferrari's current CEO, Benettito Vergina. "

Speaking of this, Rosin also f**k helplessly, it can be seen that he is also somewhat dissatisfied with the current internal environment of Ferrari.

After lighting a cigarette and taking a puff, Rosin continued to explain after calming down his heart: "Ferrari generally don't directly promote drivers from F2 to their first team, and usually throw their favorite drivers to Arlo or Haas, after he proves his strength in these teams, he will be promoted to the first team at his discretion. So at the beginning, the opposition did not do anything. In their view, the driver quota for next season is determined by them of.

However, Binotto has not released the rumor that he needs to find a new driver for a long time. Coupled with your amazing performance in F2, and Binotto's closeness and care for you, they began to worry. They are very afraid that you will directly enter Ferrari. .

After looking through the files in the database, my good guy, Binotto has already signed you. This is all because he wants to sneak in and let you become the official driver of Ferrari next season. This is not acceptable.

Then, while contacting the driver they are looking for, in the internal meeting, they will use your weakness in rain fighting to attack Binotto who chose you.

The news that Ferrari is in contact with McLaren and that they are interested in Sainz can effectively sow the relationship between you and Ferrari. After all, they all know that you have signed for Ferrari, and Binotto promised that as long as you perform well, Next season will be able to drive Ferrari's F1 car. "

Speaking of this, Rosin paused again, looked at the car being inspected for damage, Rosin shook his head helplessly and said: "Now those who don't want you to join Ferrari are happier, because you made a mistake in the rain race." A relatively low-level mistake."

In fact, Rosin did not know that the faction inside Ferrari had another reason to attack Binotto, that is, the terms of Qin Miao's contract were too loose.

It's just that Luo Xin only knew that Qin Miao had signed a contract with Ferrari, but he didn't know the details of the contract.

Qin Miao was really having a headache at this time, and he felt that Luo Xin's persuasion was very useful, because at this time, Qin Miao's inner regret that he missed the championship due to his own mistakes was diluted by the complicated internal struggle. Quite a lot.

My head is so itchy, do I want to grow a brain?

"Then what should I do?" Qin Miao asked.

Luo Xin glanced at Qin Miao: "Drive well, it's best to stay away from paddock politics, try not to get involved, at least at this stage..."

"But don't lose confidence in Binotto, he should have a way to solve this matter, of course, the premise is that you have performed well enough in F2, and you can't make this kind of mistake again." Rosin said Order Qin Miao's racing car.

"But you don't need to be too nervous. You should also know that many teams' youth training camps have contacted your agent. Even if you can't go to Ferrari, with your current performance, it is still no problem to drive in the F1 paddock next season. Yes, that's up to you."

Qin Miao nodded slightly, and after chatting with Luo Xin, although Qin Miao still felt the feeling of remorse in his heart, it had been faded by the complicated political struggle in the paddock.

"Then I'll go first." After the chat, Qin Miao also chose to leave.

Rosin nodded slightly but did not stop him.

Qin Miao left Luo Xin's office just like that.

After coming out of Luo Xin's office, Qin Miao met two reporters.

A man and a woman. The woman is dressed in cool clothes, beautifully dressed, blond and blue-eyed, which is in line with the stereotype of reporters that Qin Miao has seen in movies. The other man is a photographer holding a video camera.

But these two didn't come up to ask Qin Miao tough questions like the two reporters Qin Miao met in Vicenza.

The other party first greeted Qin Miao politely and explained his identity.

These two are reporters from the broadcaster.

Normally, F2 drivers like Qin Miao are interviewed by reporters at the end of the race or the beginning of the race.

The competition like now has been over for a long time, even when the preparations for the F1 race have begun, basically no reporter will come to interview an F2 driver.

It's just because of well-known reasons, Qin Miao is special, because there were rumors in the paddock earlier that Qin Miao, a talented Chinese driver, has joined Ferrari and will fill in the vacancy left by Vettel next season.

Recently, it has been reported that Ferrari is in contact with McLaren and has intentions for McLaren driver Sainz.

Under such a background, Qin Miao, who has always been cutting melons and vegetables in F2, unexpectedly made a mistake that a driver should not have made on the field today.

This topic is already full of interest, and it is not surprising that there will be reporters coming to interview.

"Hello, Qin, do you have time? We would like to ask you a few questions briefly."

Qin Miao really has no intention of accepting an interview now. After hearing Luo Xin's explanation, Qin Miao's mind is still a little confused at the moment, and her mentality is also undergoing a change.

At first, Qin Miao had a sense of belonging to Ferrari, but after the contract happened, Qin Miao hated Ferrari, and now...Qin Miao couldn't tell what kind of feelings he had for Ferrari. It feels very complicated, I can't explain clearly, and the way is unclear.

But in the end Qin Miao still did not refuse, because Qiu Meng reminded Qin Miao: If a reporter wants to interview you, unless you have something very urgent, it is best not to refuse.

After all, they are holding pens, if you give him convenience, they will give you convenience too.

In case they offend them, how to arrange you is not a matter of their few words.

"Yes, I have time, just ask."

The other party didn't expect Qin Miao to be so easy to talk to, but after seeing Qin Miao agreeing, he hurried to work.

"Okay, so do you know the news that Ferrari is contacting McLaren that is circulating in the paddock recently? What do you think of it?"

"I know. It's just normal team activities, I don't think it has much to do with me."

"However, it is reported that Ferrari contacted McLaren to introduce McLaren driver Sainz to Ferrari. There have been rumors that you have joined the Ferrari F1 team, do you have anything to say about this? Sainz Will the addition of Si cause you to miss the driver's seat at Ferrari next season?"

Qin Miao was about to say something, but quickly realized that the other party was trying to trick her.

Although the insiders know that they have indeed signed a contract with Ferrari, but this news has not been announced, and there are more rumors in the paddock, and there is no definite news to prove the authenticity of this matter.

If I accidentally revealed this incident in front of the camera, I believe that there will be another wave of public opinion in the paddock soon.

Qin Miao didn't know what would happen after the news was revealed, and he didn't want to think too deeply about it.

It's also because the other party is going to talk to me, and because the other party is good-looking, and the little favor I had for the other party has disappeared.

So Qin Miao didn't answer directly, and didn't care about the microphone handed over by the other party. Under the confused expressions of the two, she turned around and left.

If you don't want to ask, then don't ask.

reporter:? ? ?

Photographer: ? ? ?

Qiu Meng did tell Qin Miao not to provoke reporters, but now Qin Miao is just a child at heart, he can behave like that after Ferrari was squeezed out, and naturally he will behave like that with reporters who have nothing to do with him. Will not behave so well-educated.

So Qin Miao left directly, leaving only the two of them in a mess.

But not long after, a negative comment about Qin Miao came out.

"F2 Genius?Or is it an egomaniac without quality? "

This column is mainly based on Qin Miao's isolation of others in the Ferrari youth training and his arrogant attitude during interviews.

In short, it is an article that does not have a good reputation for Qin Miao.

Although F2 has a certain degree of attention, the overall number of viewers is not as high as F1, and many people may know F2.

Just like what Alonso said during the race: "GP2 engine."

GP2 is the predecessor of F2, and because of Alonso's words, many people know that there is still such a race as F2/GP2 in the world.

If it is strictly counted, there will be only one spectator who knows the names of a small number of drivers in F1 among the fifteen people who watch F2.

But this report happened to be seen by many people, and it was widely disseminated, giving many F1 viewers the first impression of Qin Miao.

Young and energetic, arrogant, defiant and arrogant.

The report deliberately avoided talking about Qin Miao's current dominance in the F2 arena, and focused on describing Qin Miao's daily style of work.

That is the message of this report.

These false information also brought a lot of trouble to Qin Miao, who just entered F1 next season.

But these are later stories.

……

After leaving the paddock, Qin Miao took a taxi to Zhou Guanyu's house.

Zhou Guanyu won the championship today. According to their team's habit, after the driver wins the championship, the team will hold a dinner party.

Qin Miao was not suitable to participate in this kind of activity because of his status, so Qin Miao chose to go back to Zhou Guanyu's house first.

On the way, I bought some quick-frozen food casually. Qin Miao was going to eat something casually after returning home. Although the chicken breast in Zhou Guanyu’s refrigerator could be eaten by boiling it with water, but Qin Miao didn’t want to eat it today. Eat things that don't taste good.

In a bad mood, Qin Miao was ready to turn grief and anger into appetite.

But when Qin Miao opened the door of Zhou Guanyu's house with her fingerprints, she found that the lights in the house were on.

Qin Miao was taken aback, subconsciously thinking that it might be Zhou Guanyu's family or some friends who came to Zhou Guanyu's house.

But after looking down and seeing Qiumeng's familiar pair of sneakers, Qin Miao knew that the person who came was the girl from her family.

Although I was a little puzzled as to why Qiu Meng would appear here at this time, Qin Miao, who was depressed, didn't have the extra thought to think so much.

After taking off his shoes and putting on slippers, he entered the room, and then found Qiu Meng who was reading a book in the study.

When Qin Miao found Qiu Meng, she also found Qin Miao.

As soon as she saw Qin Miao, Qiumeng's little face full of collagen burst into a bright smile: "I'm back~ I've prepared dinner for you. It's in the microwave oven. You can eat it after heating it up."

As for Qin Miao, he didn't say anything, just walked over and hugged Qiumeng.

Qiu Meng patted Qin Miao's back with a gentle smile, and said as if coaxing a child, "Okay, it's all over, I'm here~"

Qiumeng has a lot of things going on recently, coupled with the problems of the general environment, in fact, she is not planning to go out for a while.

But Naihe saw Qin Miao's mistakes that should not have been made on TV, and the appearance of Qin Miao standing next to the racing car with his hands on his hips in the rain after getting out of the car.

At that time, Qiumeng really felt distressed, so she simply stopped busying with her own affairs, and flew directly to England by plane as soon as the TV was turned off.

This is also the reason why Qin Miao had just finished the competition, held another meeting, chatted with Luo Xin, and saw Qiu Meng when he got home.

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Last night, Zhou Guanyu and his crew were playing crazy outside.

He didn't come back at night, and it was the next afternoon when Qin Miao saw him again.

When Zhou Guanyu came back, he also brought a lot of snacks that athletes should not touch, such as spicy chips and cola chips.

His original intention was to comfort Qin Miao who had lost in the competition.

They are both big men, and they can't say any nasty comforting words, so the two buddies sit together, eat the snacks that they usually can't move, and play games all afternoon, which is the most effective way that Zhou Guanyu can think of to comfort his friends. .

But Zhou Guanyu, who was full of confidence, pushed open the door and saw that Qin Miao and Qiu Meng were sitting on the sofa at home cuddling each other. A movie was playing on the TV. noticed.

At this moment, Zhou Guanyu really felt that he was a bit redundant, and the snacks he bought were also a bit redundant.

"Ahem!" Zhou Guanyu, who approached behind the two, coughed, which attracted their attention.

Qin Miao, who held Qiumeng in her arms, looked back: "Hey, isn't this the British Grand Prix F2 sprint champion? Are you crazy? Are you back?"

Zhou Guanyu rolled his eyes: "I'm not careful in making friends. I bought some snacks to comfort someone with good intentions, but when something that doesn't know what to do or what is wrong comes up, it's yin and yang?"

It was not until this time that Qin Miao saw the snacks that Zhou Guanyu was carrying. Although Qin Miao was not in charge of Lubosi anymore, Qin Miao knew it in his heart. Although he had the health care medicine as a base, eating some junk food by himself would cause harm to his body. The damage will be very small, but the small damage does not mean no harm, so Qin Miao usually wants to eat these carbonated drinks and fried foods, so he only eats them once or twice, and basically does not touch them under normal conditions.

But today is different, Zhou Guanyu bought these, as the saying goes, he bought them all.

And I haven't eaten junk food for a long time.

So when seeing these things, Qin Miao became energetic.

But he still looked down at Qiumeng, his face full of anticipation.

Qiu Meng was helpless, but still nodded: "Only this once!"

With Qiumeng's approval, Qin Miao directly lowered her head and kissed Qiumeng's small mouth in excitement: "Hey, thank you wife."

Seeing this scene, Zhou Guanyu's molars were about to be crushed. The sour smell of love made him almost unable to open his eyes.

Damn, don't let me find a girlfriend. Once I find a girlfriend, I must bring her to the two of you, and then chew each other in front of you!

Of course, although he was thinking about how to get revenge on Qin Miao in the future, this did not prevent Zhou Guanyu from reaching into the plastic bag with his not-so-clean hands, grabbing a bottle of Pepsi and shaking it vigorously for several times. Down.

Zhou Guanyu knew that Qin Miao liked to drink Pepsi. If there was a bottle of Coca-Cola and Pepsi in front of him, Zhou Guanyu knew that Qin Miao would definitely choose Pepsi.

Facts have proved that Zhou Guanyu really knows Qin Miao very well.

It's just that when Qin Miao, who was soaked in Coca-Cola, chased Zhou Guanyu with a pillow on the sofa, his escape was really embarrassing.

After breaking two pillows and wasting half a bottle of Coke, the three of them sat back on the sofa, eating snacks and watching an unfinished movie.

Looking at Qin Miao, who was still sluggish yesterday afternoon, but returned to normal in just one night, Zhou Guanyu couldn't help but feel emotional.

Zhou Guanyu knew that Qiumeng was Qin Miao's anchor. No matter how much he was hit outside or how many negative emotions he had, Qin Miao would be able to regain his composure after coming to Qiumeng's side.

To be honest, Zhou Guanyu is very envious of the way Qin Miao and Qiu Meng get along.

After seeing the two of them, Zhou Guanyu has moved to find a girlfriend more than once, but it is not difficult to find a girlfriend in modern society, but it is basically impossible to find a girlfriend like Qiu Meng.

After the movie was finished and the snacks were almost eaten, Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu went back to the study, and started their daily training after sitting on the simulator.

It is worth mentioning that after hearing what Luo Xin said, Qin Miao did not continue to worry about expressing herself on the spot and showed better strength.

After all, Rossing also said that Ferrari contacted McLaren because of internal political struggles, not because they thought Qin Miao had no talent and did not like him.

So after training for a while in the afternoon, Qin Miao started playing games again at night...

There are two games in the British War, and this is just the first one.

So Qin Miao will stay at Zhou Guanyu's house during this time.

The two returned to the state of life when Qin Miao just moved into Zhou Guanyu's house.

Training in the morning, training for a while in the afternoon and playing games, and continuing to play games in the evening,

However, on Tuesday, the second day after Zhou Guanyu came back, Qin Miao was brought to Silverstone Circuit by Zhou Guanyu. Today is not an open day, but it is a day for the customer teams of Silverstone Circuit to practice their cars.

Qin Miao was fortunate to be able to take advantage of Zhou Guanyu's convenience to run on the track and do lap times.

Of course, because Prema's truck is not far away, Qin Miao can actually get his car over and get off the track directly.

However, Qin Miao was on vacation, and Sui Wentao and the others were also on vacation. Although the chassis had been delivered, it was not installed.

So for the sake of safety, Qin Miao didn't drive her own car, but rented a Lotus on the track, which is the Lotus acquired by Geely, and ran on the track.

After experiencing it for a while, it was really hard for Qin Miao to imagine that this chassis, which was as hard as his F2, was the chassis of a private car.

Sitting in Qin Miao's co-pilot, Qiu Meng, who was about to experience what it was like to be driven on the track by her boyfriend, who has won the championship frequently in F2, yelled to get off the car on the second lap.

(End of this chapter)