How did I become an F1 driver?

When the public opinion in the paddock was raging, Qin Miao and the three had already prepared a sumptuous lunch. Since Leclerc, a guy who can't eat spicy food, was not involved, this time the hot pot in front of the three of them no longer included him who shouldn't appear The pure red hot pot soup base shows a Hunanese's persistence and love for chili.

At this time, bursts of fishy and spicy aroma were coming out with the gradual boiling of the soup base, making the salivary glands in the mouths of the three people start to secrete saliva quickly.

Next to this hot pot, freshly cut beef louvers, rolled beef and mutton slices, coriander, enoki mushrooms, chicken blood, beef balls, salmon slices and other dishes are placed in order.

In addition to the food they ate, the two large bottles of Coke also proved the determination of the two drivers to go all out for this meal.

At this time, the three of them were not in front of the table, but took out portions of food that had been cut from the kitchen.

After all the dishes were ready, the table in Qin Miao's house, where seven people could sit around without looking crowded, couldn't fit all the dishes, and many dishes were temporarily placed on the stools.

After everything was ready, the three of them washed their hands and sat back at the dining table.

There is no such thing as a toast and a few words.

As the three sat down and glanced at each other, all of them stretched out their chopsticks in unison, picked up the food they wanted to eat, and put it into the boiling red soup pot of the hot pot.

"Old Zhou, are you going to run F2 again next year?"

While eating, the three chatted about their respective futures.

"It's not that I want to run, the main reason is that F1 really has no place now,"

Speaking of this, Zhou Guanyu is angry. Isn't his ranking in the F2 standings higher than that of Ma Zeping and Kadota Yuki?But this year's F1 paddock can be said to be a big change.

A quarter of the drivers left, or temporarily left the F1 paddock.

Originally, under such a big change of blood, Zhou Guanyu could get a position no matter what, right?But the fact is that Zhou Guanyu, the third runner-up in F2, didn't win anything, and in the end he could only run F2 for another year.

In fact, it is not too surprising that Zhou Guanyu will end up like this, because compared to other F2 rookie drivers, Zhou Guanyu's background is really not that good.

You are like Nikita Mazepin, the son of a Russian oligarch.

From the team livery announced in advance by the Haas team, it can be known that this buddy’s family is rich enough to have the colors of the Russian flag printed on the body of an American team.

What stands out is the ability to make money.

And if Ma Zeping is playing money offensive, then Mick Schumacher is playing favor offensive.

His father's influence in the paddock coupled with his domestic reputation in Germany, many people hope that he can succeed his father in the F1 arena, so it is not surprising that he also got a position in the paddock.

The other is Kakuda Yuki.

As a person who came out of Honda's youth training, he was naturally assigned to the Red Bull camp. After all, there are only two teams in the entire paddock, Red Bull and Toro Rosso, using Honda engines.

It won't be a surprise that he can get a place in Toro Rosso.

Qin Miao...

The ruthless person who has suppressed F2 for a whole season with one hand, if no team is rushing for such a person, it is not Qin Miao's problem, but the problem of those teams.

So no one thinks that he has no strength. Now the only doubt that the melon eaters have about him is whether he can adapt to the Mercedes car within the three races mentioned by Mercedes and show his strength.

As for the few good words in the paddock now, most of them are maliciously speculating about the dark public opinion inside Qin Miao and Mei Ben?
The main reason is that Mei Ben's behavior of asking Qin Miao to replace Bottas is a bit too unimaginable, which makes it difficult for everyone to understand.

Reality is not a game.

In the game, you can see that the attribute value of a young driver is higher than that of the old driver in your own team, so you can replace the old driver with a young driver without any psychological burden. No one can find fault with this operation.

However, this is reality. No one knows whether Qin Miao can adapt to the rhythm of F1 competition. Maybe his talent is really against the sky, but no one can guarantee that Qin Miao can bring the role that Bottas did to Mei Ben last year.

What really made Zhou Guanyu angry was that Renault was actually interested in Zhou Guanyu. After all, he is now a member of Renault's youth training, and then he came here.

Zhou Guanyu's idol Alonso is back after winning a Le Mans title outside the paddock.

Renault, which has changed its name to Alpine F1, is already obvious what it will choose among rookie Zhou Guanyu and two-time F1 world champion, one-time Le Mans 24 Hours champion.

As a matter of course, there is no place for Zhou Guanyu in the paddock, and he can only drive F2 for another year.

Zhou Guanyu would not be so angry if he was robbed of his position by other drivers, he would be angry that it was his idol who robbed him of his position.

"Calm down, calm down."

Qin Miao raised her own Coke and touched it with Zhou Guanyu's Coke on the table. Qin Miao also knew what happened to Zhou Guanyu in the paddock these days, so she comforted him.

Zhou Guanyu shook his head a little bored, then picked up the cup and took a sip of Coke and said:

"If there is no accident, I will run F2 again this year, and next year... let's see next year."

Qin Miao joked:
"Brother, this year's car should be pretty good. Then I'll see if I can find a few unlucky guys on the field, give them a heartbreak, and give you a seat."

Hearing Qin Miao's outrageous words, Zhou Guanyu didn't care:

"Didn't you drink alcohol today? Eat more food to suppress the alcohol, you look drunk."

"Tsk, look down on people, don't you?"

"Eat vegetables and eat vegetables."

Seeing that Zhou Guanyu didn't want to have a deep chat on this topic, the three of them quickly changed to another topic.

And these three are all teenagers with Internet addiction, and the topics of daily chat besides their respective jobs are games.

After chatting about the game, talking about other drivers, and talking about the interesting things in the team that each knows, the meal is coming to an end.

After eating, Qin Miao cleaned up the room and washed the dishes, while Zhou Guanyu was in charge of cleaning.

After everything was dealt with, the two of them didn't go to play computer immediately today.

During the recent vacation, the two of them got tired of playing computer games, and the night fishing equipment that Qin Miao bought online also arrived.

This evening happened to drive to a nearby fishing place for an exciting night fishing.

After all, both of them are drivers, and their physical fitness is better than the other. Even if the temperature outside is in single digits at this time, it will be fine to wear thicker clothes.

……

【Ding! 】

【Mission: Double Jump (Completed)】

[Two-level jump: directly promoted to become an official driver of the F2 team after the end of the first season of F1. 】

[Basic reward: All attributes +2, golden lottery *1]

[Mission completion: 3 stars, extra reward: golden lottery*3]

[1 star: enter the F1 team as a paid driver]

[2 stars: rely on strength to attract the attention of the F1 team, and enter the F1 team through the normal process.Completion Reward: Golden Lucky Draw*2]

[3 stars: Join one of the three giant teams when entering F1 for the first time.Completion Reward: Golden Lucky Draw*3]

[Rewards are being distributed...]

[Reward distribution is complete, please check it. 】

[It is detected that the host has successfully entered F1, and the system starts to automatically upgrade...]

【Estimated upgrade time: 80 days】

[Note: During the upgrade period, only the items in the backpack can be used, other functions are suspended...]

……

Qin Miao was still fishing when the system prompt sounded in his mind.

At this time, Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu were separated by about ten meters, and they had been sitting here for more than two hours.

Although the cold wind has been constantly taking away the temperature from Qin Miao's body, Qin Miao has two warm babies stuffed by Qiu Meng before going out, so Qin Miao doesn't feel cold.

The two of them were at an artificial lake near their home, and Qin Miao's car was parked on the grass beside the road.

Fishing is an addictive activity, especially if you have a friend to share the joy of catching a fish, and a girl at home who can cook your fish deliciously.

The two may have come here for the first time. With the protection of novices, the fishing harvest was very good.

Since they were able to catch fish all the time, the two of them didn't expect to go back in a short time. With the constant fish baiting, the time passed twelve o'clock in the morning and came to January 2021, 1. day.

"Old Zhou!"

Qin Miao called Zhou Guanyu.

"what?"

On the other side, Zhou Guanyu, who was staring at his fishing rod in a daze, turned his head in doubt.

"Happy New Year."

"what?"

"Oh, it's twelve o'clock."

"Happy New Year……"

Qin Miao frowned:
"Why are you so blind? Don't you have to show something after I say Happy New Year? I don't ask much, and I can accept 10 to 8."

"roll!"

……

After New Year's Day, although this period of time is free time, the two often go to the Silverstone Circuit for a run together in order to maintain their own feeling.

During this time, Qin Miao really felt the changes after becoming an F1 driver.

The most obvious point is that as long as people related to racing, they will be surprised or surprised when they see themselves, and then they will come over to ask for autographs, or take out their mobile phones and start filming themselves.

Qin Miao didn't do anything, but just because Mercedes announced that he became the second driver of the team, he had an impression in the minds of all the fans.

However, Qin Miao only revealed a part of the effect brought by the influence of F1 drivers at this time. He did not really feel the changes after becoming an F1 driver. After all, it was not the open day of the track when he went to Silverstone. Coupled with the epidemic situation at this time, people who see him will also have a certain amount of restraint, and most of these people are staff on the track.

Whenever Qin Miao goes to a place with a lot of car fans, as soon as he shows up, he will be surrounded by car fans and ask for his autograph.

After New Year's Day is the Spring Festival, and Zhou Guanyu's Spring Festival is also spent here at Qin Miao's place. The Spring Festival is also a hot pot meal, but this time Qin Miao and the others have many more neighbors here.

They are all locals from Brackley, England. They live opposite or near Qin Miao's door.

In addition, the UK is the birthplace of racing culture, the British have feelings for F1, and the Mercedes F1 team is stationed in Brackley, which makes the locals pay more attention to F1 events.

There is an F1 driver living next to their house, and they naturally don't mind coming to meet Qin Miao, learn about the culture of Qin Miao's hometown by the way, and have another meal.

After the Spring Festival, Zhou Guanyu, who had lived in Qin Miao's house for almost two months, finally packed up his things and left.

Foreign countries are different from domestic ones, and their rest time is different from domestic ones, so celebrating the Spring Festival abroad will seem a bit rushed, and you have to go to work after the festival.

After the Spring Festival, Qin Miao will start to prepare for the new season. Although Zhou Guanyu does not start work as early as Qin Miao, he also knows that it is not time to continue to disturb Qin Miao and his wife.

On February 2, Qin Miao officially started her first day of work in Meiben.

The first is experience. The team needs to know Qin Miao's current physical condition. If there is any problem, it needs to make adjustments before the race officially starts.

After all, no one can guarantee that they can control their mouths during the holidays. In addition, Qin Miao was exposed to eating fried food and carbonated drinks during F2, so the team is very concerned about Qin Miao's physical examination. Careful, this inspection is the top priority.

However, to the surprise of the team staff, Qin Miao's physical condition was surprisingly good, not at all the physical condition that an athlete should have after a long vacation.

Now that the physical condition is fine, Qin Miao also started to work normally.

First of all, with the help of the team, it took a week to customize a set of racing seats and steering wheel for Qin Miao.

These two items are the most frequently contacted equipment between the driver and the car. The comfort of the driver is very important, so the team spends the most time and money on this aspect.

Then there is the simulator training, familiarize yourself with this year's Mercedes W12 car on the simulator, and then put forward your own ideas and try to find a suitable tuning on the simulator.

On the one hand, it is training Qin Miao, on the other hand, it is to test Qin Miao's ability.

After all, Mei Ben knew more about Qin Miao through Qin Miao's F2 game video and Qin Miao's data during Prema.

This period of time is just to observe Qin Miao's adaptability to the Mercedes-Benz racing car on the simulator.

At the same time, the team will also prepare Qin Miao's steering wheel and racing seats, and then go to shoot the video of the Mercedes-Benz new car launch.

After recording the video, Qin Miao continued to train on the team's simulator.

Of course, in addition to training on the simulator, Qin Miao also needs to learn some courses about the control of the steering wheel buttons and the characteristics of the racing car.

But the main thing is simulator training. (end of this chapter)