How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 145 Chapter 143: Upgrade (6K, plus 1724)

Although I am surprised that such a rigid chassis will appear on a car that can be used on the road, I have to say that the excellent chassis tuning of this Lotus car brings good handling, and because the car is light, the front direction of the car is very good when driving. It's almost time to catch up with F3.

The most important thing is that this car is still cheaper than F3, and it can still be licensed.

But if he sees someone driving this car on the road to buy groceries, Qin Miao will sincerely call him: "Ruthless."

Putting down his daughter-in-law, Qin Miao drove the car for two more laps on the track. By the way, he refreshed Qin Miao's silverstone lap record at the car rental company. Qin Miao was no longer interested in this car.

Although Lotus is indeed a car specially designed for the track, it is still much worse than F2.

Do you design for the track?What the hell, I was born F2 and can only run on the track, do you understand what it means to specialize in art?
After playing all afternoon, Qin Miao and the three went back.

Afterwards, Qin Miao's schedule returned to normal: study, meetings, and practice.

Qin Miao enjoyed an ordinary daily life for a long time.

But this is because Qin Miao basically didn't turn on her mobile phone to watch Twitter and other software that can harvest outside information.

During this period of time, the news was flying all over the sky, and the topics of these discussions basically revolved around whether Sainz would join Ferrari.

As for Qin Miao?

Although his performance in F2 is indeed remarkable, no one is sure whether his amazing performance in F2 can be maintained until he enters F1.

And Sainz's performance during McLaren is obvious to all.

A genius can't be called a genius, but he definitely deserves the position of Ferrari's No. 2 driver.

Moreover, the audience who paid attention to Qin Miao was a minority after all. At most, there were not too many car fan groups in China who cared about Qin Miao. The social groups at home and abroad complained about Qin Miao, but their efforts were in vain after all.

On the eve of the start of the second British Grand Prix, that is, on Thursday, Ferrari and McLaren jointly announced that Sainz will join Ferrari next season.

Although Sainz is very strong, Ricardo on the other side is about to leave Renault. McLaren is too interested in Ricardo, so naturally there is no psychological burden for letting Sainz go.

If you readily agree to Ferrari's request, you can also sell the other party a favor.

After the news was confirmed, basically everyone who knew about the contract between Qin Miao and Ferrari immediately called Qin Miao.

Their original intentions were good. They all thought that Qin Miao had lost his Ferrari position and wanted to comfort Qin Miao.

But Qin Miao didn't feel much about it, and was even a little annoyed by those people who kept calling her, because from Luo Xin's words, Qin Miao had already guessed that Sainz would eventually join Ferrari. These people's phone calls made it impossible for Qin Miao to train properly.

But they were out of good intentions, so Qin Miao couldn't say anything serious.

When a phone call came, Qin Miao had to explain for at least ten minutes to let the other party understand the twists and turns. On the contrary, the most worry-free thing for Qin Miao was his mother.

She called and asked Qin Miao if it was okay.

Qin Miao didn't explain, just said: "It's okay, I have been mentally prepared for this matter."

After getting the exact answer from her son, my mother nodded clearly and did not continue to ask further questions on this question. Instead, she asked about the situation between Qin Miao and Qiu Meng, and told them that it is not easy to work abroad. Learn to take care of each other.

Should I say that she is my mother? Qin Miao always feels at ease when it comes to these big things.

Another day passed, Friday, the day when practice and qualifying began.

As soon as Qin Miao arrived in the paddock today, he realized that the atmosphere was not right.

In the past, although the staff of Mick and his crew would not be friendly when they saw Qin Miao, at least they would say hello to each other after meeting.

But now, after they met Qin Miao, they greeted Qin Miao less frequently, and they would not show Qin Miao the kind smile they used to.

Qin Miao quickly figured out the reason, feeling a little uncomfortable in her heart.

Compared with Ferrari's backstab, the attitude of these people made Qin Miao feel the indifference and reality of this paddock more clearly.

Qin Miao was actually a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he didn't show it on the outside. In the eyes of others, Qin Miao was still the same Qin Miao.

Shaking his head and throwing these messy thoughts out of his mind, Qin Miao devoted all his attention to the upcoming game.

The good news for Qin Miao is that the weather conditions in the past three days have been very good, and the probability of rain in these three days is less than 20%.

Besides, Qin Miao's racing car was replaced with a new set of floor plates and a new set of engines.

The reason was that when Sui Wentao and the others were helping Qin Miao change the floor, they found that there was actually a crack on Qin Miao's engine, but for some reason, although there was a crack on the cylinder shell of the engine, the engine was able to keep running stably for so long. What an accident.

Although after inspection, it was found that the crack was not deep, and it was unlikely to affect the normal use of the engine, but just to be on the safe side, Qin Miao still spent money to replace it with a new engine.

In addition, Qin Miao also counted the rewards issued after the settlement of various tasks in the system during this period.

So far, there have been four Grand Prix races in total, and Qin Miao has also participated in eight points races.

Among them, he finished seven times, won the championship six times, and won the runner-up once.

The record can be described as quite shining.

Basically, the system will send a task to Qin Miao in every F2 race. The specific task content is to convert the pole position of the race into the champion, so that he can get some free attribute points.

Qin Miao remembers that he had a [Supernova] task at the beginning, which was to convert the pole position into the champion. After the task was completed, all attributes could be increased by two. Unexpectedly, after the task was over, the rewards given by the system would start to be searched.

In addition, Qin Miao also has a long-term branch series of tasks: [Series of branch tasks: have 1 followers]

[Reward: Free Attribute Point*1]

This is not that Qin Miao can get a little attribute point for every [-] fans, but multiplied.

According to the statistics of the system, there are about 3.1 fans of Qin Miao, and Qin Miao has only obtained two skill points from this skill so far.

The current task becomes: [Series of side tasks: have 4 fans]

[Reward: Free Attribute Point*1]

这个技能是按照1、2、4、8、16的倍率来计算的。

Up to now, Qin Miao has accumulated a total of 8 free attribute points, plus Qin Miao's original 8 points, now Qin Miao has a total of 12 free attribute points.

Because after completing the supernova mission, two points of all attributes will be increased, but Qin Miao's defensive ability is at full value again, so these two points have turned into a point of free attributes.

So there are currently 13 free attribute points in total.

Strictly speaking, Qin Miao feels that his total score has actually reached 90 points, because the system did not include his two passive skills when calculating Qin Miao's ability to protect his pregnancy.

If it is counted, Qin Miao's ability to protect the fetus is estimated to be 100 points.

After learning about the resources she currently has, Qin Miao directly raised her rain fighting ability score from 69 points to 11 points by spending 80 free attribute points without saying a word.

This is not a waste, but because Qin Miao feels that he really has no talent in rain warfare. If it is not for the system, his talent in rain warfare will only get 69 points. Can only be stuck here.

After this wave of free attribute points is used up, Qin Miao's free attribute points are only left with 2 points, but the effect is gratifying.

Qin Miao is finally no longer a landlubber. Although if Qin Miao didn't invest more free attribute points in the rain battle, Qin Miao would only be stuck at 80 points in this life and could not make an inch, but the 80-point rating is said to be in F2 , Even if it is placed in F1, it is enough.

Because of this, Qin Miao's total score came to 88.5, and Qin Miao's shortest shortcoming has become a point that many people talk about, that is Qin Miao's ability to protect her pregnancy.

A wave of upgrades has been given to his rain fighting ability. Although it doesn't seem obvious enough now, Qin Miao believes that in a future rain fight, Qin Miao will use his ability to amaze everyone.

Qin Miao's current personal ability rating is as follows:

Qin Miao
Age: 19
Overall Rating: 88.5
Stamina: 97
Mentality: 91
Stability: 95
Ranking ability: 87
Starting ability: 80
Race long distance: 90
Tire protection capacity: 75
Rain Fighting Ability: 80
Attack power: 90
Defensive Ability: 100
During the practice session, Qin Miao ran more seriously. After all, Qin Miao’s mistakes in the sprint race last week were not only due to Qin Miao’s own problems, but also due to the poor tuning of the car, which made Qin Miao’s driving not so comfortable. There are also certain reasons. inside.

So Qin Miao didn't test the tires in this practice match, and tried his best to find the tuning settings that were comfortable for him to use.

And Qin Miao made up her mind that the priorities of the practice races in the future are tuning settings, tire tests, fuel tests, and lap times after that.

After the practice match was over, Qin Miao had almost found the training he wanted, but Qin Miao's practice match results were still unreadable as usual.

Afternoon qualifying.

Qin Miao returned to her comfortable rhythm.

Don't fight, don't fight, wait for other drivers to drive out of the maintenance area, Qin Miao will slowly drive out of the maintenance area
However, after the other drivers went out for about 2 minutes, just when Qin Miao was about to run out to do his own tire warm-up lap, Sui Wentao, who was directing traffic in the pit lane, was about to let Qin Miao go out, but suddenly stopped Qin Miao gesture.

Qin Miao was wondering when she heard a voice coming from her TR. There was a corner on the track where the shoulder was loose. For safety reasons, the race committee decided to repair the track before starting the race.

When I asked when it would be repaired, the answer I got was uncertain.

The environment inside the monocoque of the racing car is really not that good. If it runs fine, but if it stays in place, the heat accumulated by the racing engine will be transferred quickly. Even though it is in a standby state, the heat conduction can also make Qin Miao's cockpit temperature reached about 37 degrees in a short time.

So Qin Miao didn't want to stay in the car all the time, and got out of the car directly after the headrest was removed.

People who know Qin Miao are not surprised by Qin Miao's unconventional operation.

Because he didn't bring his mobile phone with him, Qin Miao was fine. It happened that a set of tires on the trailer of his team had been used up, and a seat was vacated. Qin Miao sat directly on the empty seat of the trailer.

At this time, the director happened to be filming the cars and drivers of other teams because there was no race to film because the track was being repaired.

Basically all the drivers sat in their cars obediently, waiting for the restart of the race.

As soon as the camera came to Qin Miao, the audience saw that this man was like a retired old man, sitting for a while, standing for a while, and walking in the maintenance area with his hands behind his back.

Because the parking location for the Prema team was right at the gate of Force India, Qin Miao came to the gate of the Force India team curiously and studied the pink and white front wings for a while.

No matter how you look at it, you look like a retired old man who is idle at home and has nothing to do.

After 10 minutes, there were already cars waiting in line for the exit of the maintenance area in advance.

It was only at this time that Qin Miao returned to the side of his racing car with his hands behind his back, and sat in again.

Soon, the race resumed, and Qin Miao followed her own habit and drove the car out after 2 minutes.

之后的排位赛就没什么好说的了，找到了适合自己赛车调教的秦淼第一个飞行圈就做出了1分38秒556的成绩，险些就破了周冠宇去年在银石F2的最快单圈1分38秒498的成绩。

But Qin Miao's achievement also gave him enough confidence.

So everyone saw that Qin Miao finished the first flying lap and brought the car back to the maintenance area with 21 minutes before the end of the race.

Just when everyone thought that Qin Miao might have something wrong with the racing car and was about to go back for debugging, Qin Miao drove the car back to the maintenance area and turned off the engine, took off the headrest, unfastened the seat belt, and got out of the car.

Qin Miao's little combo stunned countless hosts who were explaining the match.

The same is true for the three of the five-star sports: "This is Qin Miao? Just stop running?"

What followed was deep admiration, because Qin Miao's result in the first lap was really fast, and this result may also make him no longer need to continue running.

But not everyone can be like Qin Miao, who is confident that he can get the pole position after running a lap.

At the same time, the three commentators also admire Qin Miao's mentality adjustment ability.

Those who follow the paddock news in China all know the saying "there are no rumors in the paddock".

So they had already guessed that Qin Miao had signed a contract with Ferrari.

However, the signing of Sainz by Ferrari that broke out some time ago is something that both Ferrari and McLaren have issued official statements.

Therefore, many people in China are very worried about whether Qin Miao will have any mental problems after receiving this news.

But looking at it now, Qin Miao was basically the same as a normal person, and they even felt that Qin Miao at this time was even more arrogant than before.

Of course, it is also possible that Qin Miao did not sign any driver contract with Ferrari at all.

……

After taking off the helmet, Qin Miao took the helmet and went to the weighing room of FIA official staff P room at the entrance of the maintenance area to start weighing.

In fact, the FIA ​​staff still wanted to get Qin Miao's car to be weighed, but it seemed that Qin Miao's car had been turned off immediately, and it would be troublesome to get it back, so they stopped thinking about it.

Anyway, Qin Miao's strength is obvious to all, and no one will question his fastest lap.

After completing her task, Qin Miao did not stay in the paddock for a long time. After packing up her things, she went directly to the temporary P room of the F2 team. -Fi played the game while waiting for the team meeting after the race to start.

Qin Miao's operation can't be said to be self-confidence, it can only be said that he has a clear understanding of his own strength.

After the final results came out, it also proved that Qin Miao's judgment on himself was correct.

His result was 2 seconds faster than the No.0.5 Ilot, and he was completely beating the kids.

There is nothing to repeat about the rankings of other drivers in the future. Anyway, the cars of these people are unlikely to appear in Qin Miao's rearview mirror during the race.

Now Qin Miao in F2 has a feeling that he is playing "F1 2020" but the difficulty of AI enemies is easy.

At the end of qualifying, Qin Miao was happy to score two points, and now the total points reached 152 points, which is 2.05 times that of Zhou Guanyu.

Seeing that Qin Miao easily won the pole position after only one lap, most of them were full of emotion and admiration, only Binotto was full of regret.

In Binotto's view, Qin Miao's talent is not weaker than Leclerc's. If Qin Miao can join Ferrari next year, then next year's Ferrari may not be without the possibility of touching the championship of the F1 team.

But now?Although the contract with Sainz has not been officially signed, the contract of intent has been signed and the news has been released.

Sainz's move to Ferrari next season is a given.

Although Binotto does not deny Sainz's ability, he is at best only a qualified second driver in Ferrari, and there is no way to shake Leclerc's status.

In Binotto's view, Sainz is not a qualified championship puzzle.

He could have brought two top talented drivers to Ferrari... Unfortunately, after Qin Miao made that mistake, everything was irreparable.

Thinking of this, Binotto suddenly feels a little lost. If there is no internal political struggle, Ferrari may not be able to compete for the highest podium for the team after the next rule change.

The next day, in the afternoon, today is the day when the F2 race starts.

Qin Miao came to the paddock as usual.

Although Qin Miao's schedule has not changed, but Qin Miao found that when he passed the maintenance area, there were many people in casual clothes but wearing staff badges silently observing in some inconspicuous corners. Own.

Although very puzzled, why these people looked at themselves as if they were looking at rare animals.

Qin Miao also deliberately looked into the eyes of some of them, trying to make the other party look away at her by relying on her own gaze.

It's just that for some reason, these people didn't hide their gazes, they just looked at Qin Miao.

This made Qin Miao lose first.

Although full of doubts, Qin Miao has gradually gotten used to the feeling of being watched after running for such a long time.

So after deliberately ignoring the existence of these people, Qin Miao came to the position of her own team.

The game is about to start, and he needs to prepare before the game.

Of course, considering that Qin Miao's current personal ability is similar to those of the top F1 drivers, it only takes one sentence to make most people determine the final ranking of today's race.

It didn't rain today.

And when Qin Miao changed into her racing suit and came to the field, Qin Miao realized that not only was someone watching him deliberately on the way to the pit lane, but also many people in the stands above the pit lane were watching him.

After seeing the cameras and notebooks in their hands, Qin Miao vaguely guessed the identities of these people. If there is no accident, these people should be the staff sent by other teams to inspect themselves. They want to evaluate their strength and join them Team Possibility.

But Qin Miao wasn't sure which teams these people belonged to. After all, they didn't have clear identification on them.

And Qin Miao had a feeling that they deliberately wanted to let themselves know that they were observing them, and they had no intention of hiding their intentions at all.

Shaking his head and throwing out all the thoughts in his mind, Qin Miao withdrew his gaze. In this environment, Qin Miao still has the ability to keep his heart and put all his attention into the game. some.

Afterwards, there was nothing to talk about during the competition. As I said before, if it didn't rain, it was Qin Miao's world.

Qin Miao had a set of soft tires and a set of hard tires. It took eighteen laps for the soft tires to start to fail obviously. There are more than seven seconds.

Qin Miao's set of hard tires was used until the end of the race.

According to Qin Miao's team members after the race, Qin Miao's set of hard tires is completely enough for him to finish tomorrow's sprint race according to Qin Miao's tire protection ability.

What stands out is a thrifty housekeeper.

In short, Qin Miao transformed the pole position into the champion once again.

During the post-match reporter interview, the other party didn't know what specific questions they should ask Qin Miao.

After going through the process normally again, Qin Miao returned to the team with champagne and the trophy.

Qin Miao+27
Ilot +18
Longard +15
Aitken+12
Ma Zeping +10
Drey Traz +8
Kakuda+6
Mick +4
Zhou Guanyu+2
Drugovich +1
Zhou Guanyu's qualifying results were not bad, ranking fifth, but his old problem was committed, he didn't start well, and fell directly to No.11, a total of six positions.

In the end, it was not easy to chase all the way to ninth.

(End of this chapter)