How did I become an F1 driver?

When Qin Miao saw her daughter-in-law, she raised her eyebrows in amazement.

During this period of time, Qiu Meng stayed at home most of the time, even if she was working at home, she dressed very casually when she didn't have to go out.

Most of the time it is a short-sleeved shirt and a pair of large pants.

If she didn't want to pick clothes to wear, this girl would put Qin Miao's T-shirt on herself.

Because Qin Miao's T-shirt is relatively long, it is enough for this girl to wear Qin Miao's clothes as a long skirt, and it is convenient to wear only one.

Although watching his girlfriend wearing his own clothes still has a special flavor.

But to be honest, after watching it for a long time, I will feel a little aesthetic fatigue.

But now Qiumeng's outfit really made Qin Miao feel bright. Coupled with the hair tied behind Qiumeng's head, Qin Miao now looks like a strong woman in the workplace.

"sit."

Qin Miao piled up all the sofa pillows in her lounge to find a place for Qiu Meng.

Qiu Meng shook her head and said, "Tuo Tuo called you."

Qin Miao was taken aback for a moment, then got up and asked curiously, "Why are you looking for me?"

Qiu Meng spread her small hands: "I don't know, you can ask him yourself."

Qin Miao nodded, then let Qiumeng in and went out by herself.

As soon as I went out, I saw Toto.

After walking over, Qin Miao asked, "Boss, what's wrong?"

Toto asked: "I remember I sent you a headhunting list some time ago?"

Qin Miao nodded: "Yes."

"What about people?"

"who?"

Tuo Tuo: "The list I gave you is for you to recruit a few people to assist you in your work. Don't tell me you didn't recruit anyone."

Qin Miao scratched her face in embarrassment.

When Qin Miao just got the headhunting list, she thought that there was still time anyway, so she was not in a hurry, but Qin Miao, who started salting fish after entering the holiday, had no work problems, and because of the epidemic, she hadn't been out much, so she didn't think about the need in this regard.

There was no need for Toto to continue asking. Judging from Qin Miao's performance, he knew that this guy was up to no good.

"Forget it, the team will help you arrange these staff when the time comes." Toto waved his hand: "I'm not looking for you for this."

"Before the game, FOM wanted to conduct an interview with you. They originally wanted to contact you, but they couldn't find anyone, so they found us. They are downstairs now. You go downstairs for an interview."

Qin Miao nodded. These interviews are mandatory requirements of FOM, not the team's media activities. Qin Miao cannot rely on her own contract to shirk.

However, when Qin Miao is interviewed now, it is different from when he was in F2. When Qin Miao is interviewed, there will be a press officer on Meiben's side who will be in charge of Qin Miao's affairs in this area. The main job content is to remind Qin Miao what to say and what not to say.

Qin Miao's press officer is a girl, but she is ten years older than Qin Miao. She is now 29 and a little shorter than Qin Miao. Her name is Alisa.

When Qin Miao went to be interviewed, Alisa took Qin Miao downstairs.

"This interview is mainly because you are the most special one among the rookies who joined F1 this year. Because you have a huge topic in the paddock, the audience is very curious about you. FOM also wants to dig deeper into you, so this interview is possible."

While listening to Alisa's words, Qin Miao went downstairs.

"Facing the other party's questions, you just need to answer normally, but try not to talk about controversial topics.

They generally don’t bring the topic up to Bottas, but if it really comes down to Bottas, you can just skip it, and change the topic if you can. I’ve seen your interview, and you are still talented in changing the topic. I believe in your performance in the interview. "

Qin Miao nodded, and then the two came outside the car home.

At this time, a middle-aged man in a suit was standing outside Mercedes' car home, followed by a photographer carrying a camera.

After seeing Qin Miao, the other party came over and stretched out his hand to say hello to Qin Miao: "Hello, Qin, nice to meet you!"

Qin Miao also smiled and shook hands with the other party, but due to the current epidemic situation, the two broke up after touching each other lightly.

"I believe you also know the purpose of our coming here to find you this time. I have a few questions I want to ask you."

Qin Miao nodded slightly, and then waited leisurely for the other party to ask questions.

"First of all, as a rookie in the F1 paddock in the first year, you joined the Mercedes team under the support of Toto. Is there any pressure to enter such a championship team?"

Qin Miao thought for a while: "There will definitely be pressure. I believe it's not just me. People who can join the Mercedes team in the first year of entering the paddock will definitely have pressure. But I will turn the pressure into motivation. After all, Toto is so optimistic about me. I don't want to let him down. I will get familiar with the paddock environment and this year's car as soon as possible, and strive to form a combat effectiveness in a short time and make efforts for the team's championship."

"Now that I have officially become an official F1 driver, will there be any different changes in my mentality?"

"Actually, when I first came into contact with racing, I didn't think I would become an F1 driver. At that time, my goal was only the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and that was the highest.

But with the passage of time, I found that I do have a certain talent in racing, so I came to this stage that I yearned for and was a little afraid of. Now I have a feeling that my wish has been fulfilled. I just want to enjoy the game and win for the team. "

"Okay, so what do you think of Mercedes' car this year? Is it still at the high level of last year?"

"As far as I know, this year the team has focused on upgrading the engine stability, while optimizing heat dissipation and mechanical grip. I believe these upgrades will bring better results to the car."

"Then the last question, this is a personal question, but the voice on the Internet is very high, I hope you don't feel presumptuous."

Qin Miao has nothing to do: "Ask."

"We noticed that when you came for the winter test today, there was a girl next to you. The audience is very curious about her relationship with you?"

The private life of the riders in the paddock is always an unavoidable topic, so after searching the Internet for a long time but couldn't find any more information about Qiu Meng, many people wanted to FOM to ask Qin Miao.

Qin Miao smiled and said, "There's nothing to hide. That girl is my girlfriend. Her name is Qiu Meng. We are classmates."

"Wow, couples like you two in the paddock are really rare." The host was a little surprised by Qin Miao, but after a sigh, he said: "Okay, thank you for accepting today's interview, our questions are over, I wish you a smooth test today."

"Thank you, thank you for your hard work. Goodbye." Qin Miao nodded politely to the other party, then turned and returned to the car home.

During the process of going upstairs, Qin Miao asked Alisa curiously: "There should be nothing wrong with my answer, right?"

Alisa thought for a while: "There is nothing wrong with the answer to the team's question. As for the answer to your private life, I will not comment."

Qin Miao shrugged and returned to her lounge.

I leaned against Qiumeng and watched for a while.

Ten minutes later, Qin Miao's lounge door was knocked again, and Toto's voice came: "Get ready to start today's work."

After hearing this, Qin Miao jumped on the spot, then briefly moved her body, picked up the two-year-old thermos that was still brand new on the table, and took a sip: "Let's go!"

After Qin Miao went out, the old man next door just came out of the lounge.

The two met each other, Qin Miao and the old man nodded to each other.

Then he took his equipment and went to room P in the maintenance area.

Going downstairs, through the back door of Room P, Qin Miao came to the maintenance area and saw her car.

But Qin Miao did not see the whole picture of his car, because Qin Miao's car's rear hood was lifted at this time, and several technicians were busy at the engine position of Qin Miao's racing car, and because the engine layout and appearance of each team were team secrets, the door of the P room was blocked by three huge black screens.

Qin Miao put down his helmet on the top of the tool table, and curiously asked Franky who was staring at the computer screen in front of him and frowning at the racing data: "What's wrong with my car?"

After finding out that the person asking the question was Qin Miao, Franky explained: "During the self-inspection of the racing car, there was a problem with one cylinder of the engine. After the inspection, it was found that there was a phenomenon of pulling the cylinder."

"Then now?"

"A new engine has been replaced, and it has been installed now. It will be almost done after they adjust it. The broken engine should be sealed and shipped back to the factory to check the specific cause of the failure."

Qin Miao nodded clearly: "When will it be repaired?"

Frankie thought for a while: "If it goes well, it will take half an hour. If it doesn't go well, then I don't know."

Qin Miao looked back at a timer hanging in the middle of the two P rooms, which showed that the game would start in about 15 minutes.

There was nothing to do left and right, so Qin Miao simply moved a stool and sat next to Franky, and asked curiously, "By the way, how much is my engine not counting as R&D expenses?"

Frankie sighed helplessly. After entering the F1 team, he basically had no time to spare. Now he is much more busy than when he was in F2.

During F2, he assigns tasks, and the others are handed over to Sui Wentao and the others. He can finally confirm and accept them.

But F1 is not good, F1 cars are too precise, and any mistake may cause problems to the car, so he has to stare at it all the time and not relax for a moment.

But in the face of Qin Miao, Franky couldn't say anything serious, because he knew that he and Qin Miao were one, and because of Qin Miao, he had the opportunity to work as a track engineer for the Mercedes-Benz team, so Sui Wentao answered Qin Miao's question patiently after the smooth sailing: "Not counting the research and development costs, the cost of the optical engine is about 110 million US dollars, and the F2 is slightly cheaper, [-] US dollars.

Speaking of F2, when did you tow your F2 away?Rosin had an idea before I left, and never told you that your car was left in the team and forgot to take it away. "

Qin Miao shrugged helplessly and said, "Actually, I know my car is not taken away, but even if I take it back, there is nowhere to put it.

The place where I live is not too big. There are only two parking spaces in front of my house. One is for an AMG GT sent by Toto, and the other is for a Ferrari 488. There is no way to park another F2.

And even if I get it back, I don't have time to open and maintain it, so I might as well just put it in Rosinna.

But then again, why did Rosin give me F2 hair? "

Frankie simply stopped looking at the monitor in front of him. With Qin Miao in front of him, he basically couldn't concentrate on his work: "Are you really ignorant or just pretending not to know? Your F2 is the car with the most winning streak in F2 so far. Now Rosin can't wait to sleep in your car every day. Why do you think he wants to detain your car privately?"

"And Rosin regretted letting you pay for the car a long time ago, and he regretted the decision he made when he drank too much when we were partying."

Qin Miao imagined the scene of Luo Xin making this expression in his mind.I couldn't help but shuddered.

"But although he wants to give Mao your car, if you really ask him for it, he won't refuse it."

"Forget it, let him watch it for you."

……

After chatting for a few words, Qin Miao stopped disturbing Franky's work.

I found a suitable angle and began to watch Reyes and the others busy on their racing cars.

Finally, before the official start of the winter test, Reyes and the others re-fastened the rear hood of Qin Miao's racing car.

With the end of the countdown, the winter test officially began, and the director also started the live broadcast.

However, Qin Miao couldn't directly enter the racing car to start his own test, because many things on Qin Miao's car were not installed properly during the car repair just now.

In short, Qin Miao had to wait.

And Qin Miao waited for more than an hour.

At this time, Qin Miao's racing car did not have the grid-shaped inspection grille for testing the aerodynamic components of the racing car, it was just an ordinary and clean W12.

But in fact, Qin Miao’s car has not only added more than 30 kilograms of counterweights, but also at least 200 sensors that cannot be seen from the outside, and the engine power has also been limited by 10%.

There's no question that with all of these things and with a set of restrictions, the performance of the car suffers badly.

But the winter test is not a competition. The main purpose of the winter test is to find the problems of the car and solve these problems.

After confirming that there was nothing missing, Qin Miao put on the helmet under Toto's nod, locked the Hans system, and walked towards his racing car.

At this time, Reyes put a pedal next to Qin Miao's racing car. After all, it was Qin Miao's first time on a real car, and it was necessary to give him some assistance.

Stepping on the pedals, Qin Miao first stepped into the cockpit of his racing car with one foot, then stepped in with both feet, and then grabbed the flip-flops with both hands to use his strength to stab his two legs into the monocoque.

The knees of Qin Miao's legs are covered with a layer of soft material. After putting his feet in, Qin Miao's knees basically have no room to move.

Although you can't move at this time, you don't have to worry about your legs being thrown so that you can't step on the accelerator and brake when passing a high-speed corner.
Qin Miao also shrank her body slightly, and leaned against the racing seat.

At this time, Qin Miao was not sitting in the car, but lying in the car.

The car was already warming up with engine oil injected, while the old man's car was still getting ready.

Qin Miao lowered his head to adjust his seat belt, connected the helmet's radio, and inserted the water hose into the water belt.

At this moment, Reyes took a screen and put it on Qin Miao's flip flops.

People who have played the "F1" series of games on these two screens actually know what is displayed, that is, tire data, the results of other drivers, the selected tires, their own tire inventory at this time, test plans, and tuning options.

The only difference is that the typography and UI are different from team to team.

After a brief look, she took another sip of water, and after confirming that the water supply was normal, Qin Miao said in her TR: "Radio test..."

Frankie, who ran to the command area after the winter test started, turned his head and gave Qin Miao a thumbs-up, and replied in TR: "Radio test, the call is very clear."

After confirming that the radio was OK, Qin Miao reached out and held the steering wheel in front of her that was customized according to the shape of her hand.

In fact, the steering wheel doesn't have much feel at all, because Qin Miao is wearing gloves, even if he grasps the steering wheel, he can't feel the texture brought by the steering wheel.

Qin Miao's grip on the steering wheel is only very good. After clenching the steering wheel with both hands, he will hold the steering wheel tightly. All the bumps are just right to catch the lines on his hands.

You will also feel confident after holding the steering wheel, and you don’t have to worry about the steering wheel falling out of your hands due to too much force when operating.

At the same time, the F1 car has a power steering system. Qin Miao no longer needs to resist as much G force as the car drives like F2.

However, because the G-force of F1 racing car is greater than that of F2 when driving at high speed, the force Qin Miao needs to use when driving an F1 car is not much less than when he drives an F2 car.

After the preparations were completed, the starter lever inserted into the rear of Qin Miao's racing car began to rotate.

The principle of this thing is exactly the same as that of the handles of the walking tractors in the countryside.

It's just that it's electric now, while it used to be hand cranked.

In fact, the current F1 racing engine can automatically ignite as long as it is heated to the working temperature.

But every gram of weight on an F1 car has a great impact on the speed of the car, so unless it is a rigid requirement of the FIA, no team will add a motor to its car to help the car automatically ignite.

After the engine was started, the monitor buckled in the middle of Qin Miao's flip-flops was also taken away.

Frankie's voice came from the TR again: "Okay, we are ready to go. The main content of this test is the durability of the intermediate tires and the power consumption of the ERS. It is the first time to drive a real car on the track. I suggest driving steadily for the first few laps, and then gradually increase the speed. The winter test is still long enough for you to gradually become familiar with this car."

Qin Miao nodded slightly, and at the same time turned on the system that he hadn't upgraded yet, and used a purple human-vehicle integration skill card on his W12.

In an instant, Qin Miao had that feeling of having an extra part of her body again.

Different from F2, after using this card this time, Qin Miao clearly felt as if tentacles had grown out of his body. Starting from his heart, he began to extend to all parts of the car, and soon covered the entire car.

The familiar feeling lingered again.

Now that Qin Miao is sitting in W12, she feels like she is wearing a powered exoskeleton.

The previous F2 gave Qin Miao the feeling that his limbs were extended from his body, very powerful, but after all, he was a mortal body.

But now it was different, Qin Miao clearly felt the power of this car and the surging power contained in the engine.

He didn't notice any discomfort in his racing car, but at this time Reyes had stepped back a few steps to the side of the pit lane, looked left and right, and after making sure that there was no car coming, he gave Qin Miao a thumbs-up, indicating that he could drive the car out.

Although Qin Miao's hands were full of nervous and excited sweat at this time, Qin Miao didn't feel any discomfort due to the good water absorption of the gloves, which kept his hands dry all the time.

I have already practiced the start countless times on the simulator, and at this moment, it is as complete as Qin Miao's body instincts. While lightly fueling the car, press the clutch button of the car.

With the power gained by the rear wheels, Qin Miao drove the car out of the P room smoothly, turned right and came to the maintenance area passage.

Qin Miao couldn't help laughing, feeling the back pushing feeling that just a single start was stronger than the F2 gas pedal stepping to death.

In Qin Miao's opinion, this kind of feeling is too enjoyable, this is the feeling that a racing car should have!

What Qin Miao didn't know was that his TR was always on.

After hearing Qin Miao's laughter, Toto directly cut into Qin Miao's TR, and said, "Qin, please keep calm and complete today's test task."

"Okay, I'm sorry I was a little too excited just now, I will complete today's task with quality and quantity."

While speaking, Qin Miao had already driven the W12 out of the maintenance area.

After the speed limit in the maintenance area was lifted, the W12 engine Qin Miao was driving started roaring instantly.

As Qin Miao gradually deepened the accelerator, and Qin Miao instinctively shifted gears according to the engine speed, Qin Miao's speed increased rapidly.

Step on the accelerator lightly at 1 of T150, downshift, and slow down to enter the corner.

To be honest, Qin Miao's operation was relatively gentle this time, but even so, Qin Miao also felt the push back feeling of more than 1.5G when refueling and the forward G force of about 2G when braking.

In this short time of accelerator and brake, the W12 under Qin Miao clearly told Qin Miao why there are only 20 F1 drivers in the world.

Because just Qin Miao's high G force when accelerating and decelerating made Qin Miao's heart beat faster and his adrenaline rush.

And the drivers have to run more than 300 kilometers in this state, which is really unbearable for ordinary people.

And after that brake, Qin Miao already felt a little discomfort in the parts that were strangled by the seat belt. Although it would not cause red marks, after a long time, Qin Miao felt that these parts of his body might grow calluses. (end of this chapter)