How did I become an F1 driver?

Of course, even though there was a feud between the two of them from the moment Qin Miao entered F1, but in this kind of semi-public occasion, no one would tear their face apart and do some irrational things.

Both parties shook hands with each other with smiles on their faces, exchanged a few words of pleasantries, and then ignored each other and started chatting with familiar drivers.

Qin Miao has also grown up now, no matter how dull he has been in the paddock for a year, he will gain some experience points, not to mention Qiu Meng's teaching, and now there is Alisa's on-site teaching.

In addition, when F1 drivers are in the paddock, they basically live under the cameras all the time, and no matter how private they are, they will not show their grievances.

"I see you ran nearly [-] laps during the winter test, right? How is it? How is the performance of the Mercedes this year?" When everyone else has found a driver they can chat with and waits for the interview to start.

Leclerc leaned against a box with Qin Miao seemingly unintentionally and asked this question lightly.

Qin Miao gave Leclerc a sideways look, then sighed and said, "The situation is not optimistic. My winter test results were obtained by qualifying. You should have seen the final ranking. My fastest lap in the winter test is not even as fast as Alpine."

"It's boring for you to answer the question like this, isn't it?" Leclerc said, are you lying to a ghost?Looking at Qin Miao with a blank expression.

Qin Miao crossed her arms and said, "You didn't mean well when you asked this question, so you still have the nerve to talk about me."

Leclerc's handsome face was full of indifference. Since he couldn't get any useful information from Qin Miao, he naturally changed another topic: "Recently, Ferrari's internal situation is not peaceful, and many people are staring at your performance on the field."

At first, Qin Miao didn't know what Leclerc's words meant. She just felt that it was a good thing that Ferrari's interior was not peaceful. Ferrari's gang of insects who only knew how to engage in political struggle could die as much as possible, and it would be best if they all died.

But thinking of what Leclerc said later, Qin Miao couldn't help but think about it.

Qin Miao gradually understood the meaning of Leclerc's words.

Originally, Sainz's position was his own, but later, due to some manipulations by the smart people inside Ferrari, the position for him was lost, which directly led to his departure.

It's okay for Qin Miao to leave, but Qin Miao joins Mei Ben so hard that he can't die, which makes Ferrari's high-level executives who pushed Qin Miao away can't sit still.

At this time, Qin Miao's performance on the field is not only related to the interests of Qin Miao himself and his Mercedes team, but also related to the face of Ferrari.

Because if Qin Miao's performance is better than that of Bines, then Ferrari will definitely become the laughing stock in the paddock.

Although Qin Miao entrusted Mei Ben to find Ferrari to terminate the contract, anyone with a little inside knowledge knows that the real reason for Qin Miao's departure was that he could no longer drive F1 in Ferrari.

This kind of thing of forcing away talented drivers who can kill the Quartet in F2 races in their own youth training camp is probably only Ferrari can do it.

All the people in Ferrari already had the clown's red nose on their noses. If this happened again, the clown's red nose would have to become bigger again.

And Leclerc told Qin Miao the news, just to let Qin Miao know that if his performance in F1 is good enough, someone in Ferrari will be unlucky.

In Leclerc's opinion, this news will make Qin Miao happier.

To be honest, Leclerc guessed right, Qin Miao was really happy after knowing the news.

Although Qin Miao now has a better place to go than the circus, the feeling of being stabbed in the back is still fresh in Qin Miao's memory now. Although Qin Miao is not considered kicked out, there is no difference between Qin Miao's state at that time and being kicked out.

Now that he finally had a chance to avenge his revenge, Qin Miao was full of energy.

"Thank you." After hearing the news, Qin Miao sincerely thanked Leclerc.

As for Leclerc, it seemed that he didn't understand anything. After Qin Miao said thank you, he put on a puzzled expression: "What? Thank you for what?"

Seeing Leclerc's performance, Qin Miao clicked his tongue: "It's a waste of your talent if you don't become an actor."

"I would rather be a pianist than an actor, just like Lang Lang in your country." Leclerc shrugged and smiled.

"I just can't appreciate these elegant things anyway. If you give me a choice between an e-sports competition and a concert, I will definitely choose the former."

While the two were chatting, Norris' voice suddenly broke in: "E-sports competition? What kind of game competition?"

After turning around and finding that it was Norris wearing a McLaren uniform, Qin Miao did not hide it: "CSGO, I think CSGO games are one of the most enjoyable games in e-sports. Apart from CSGO, I only watch LOL's S games."

"I've played CSGO, it's really a good game, but I can't play LOL, my operation of this game is hard to describe."

"Is that so? There is a chance to play together."

"Of course, do you play PUBG?"

……

The three chatted about the game for about 5 minutes, and soon cheers came from the front stage, and the hostess' voice reached Qin Miao and the others.

"Let us welcome with applause: Leclerc, Norris, Russell, Kakuda, Qin Miao!"

Amidst the moderate cheers from the audience, the backstage door leading to the stage was pushed open, and Leclerc smiled at Qin Miao: "It's our time, don't be too nervous when facing the audience."

Qin Miao shrugged: "How about a big heart, buddy?"

Afterwards, Qin Miao and the others walked out of the backstage while waving to the audience.

After going out, Qin Miao saw densely packed heads of people wearing masks, which was densely packed.

To be honest, it was the first time for Qin Miao to see so many people, and most of these people were looking at him. The feeling of being watched by a large number of people really made Qin Miao feel nervous.

And there are not too many audiences today, after all, there is the impact of the epidemic.

Qin Miao couldn't imagine how many people would come to such a scene after the epidemic.

Without showing any trace, he wiped the sweat from his palms on his pants, and sat down on the sofa under the guidance of the host.

Including the interview process, there is no change, a few questions, talk about the team's recent situation, the driver's own outlook for this year, and how he feels about the country of Bahrain.

It is worth mentioning that Qin Miao saw many Asian faces in the audience below.

And when they saw Qin Miao looking over, they immediately waved excitedly at Qin Miao. If nothing else, they should be Qin Miao's fans.

Originally, Qin Miao thought that in this special period, most ordinary people were thinking about self-protection, and even if there were some people who came to watch the game, there should not be too many, but at a glance, there were not many Asians wearing Mercedes black uniforms.

Some reluctantly smiled at them and nodded, Qin Miao turned her attention to the stage again and began to answer the host's questions.

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Originally, after the interview, there would be a session where the drivers signed for the fans, but due to special circumstances, it was changed to prepare some hats for each team, and the drivers signed on these hats, and then threw the hats to the audience.

Qin Miao deliberately threw a few more hats to the group of fans wearing Meiben uniforms, and Qin Miao basically didn't hide his behavior, just threw a few more hats signed by himself in that direction openly.

Qin Miao's protective nature hidden deep in her heart was revealed for the first time at this time.

After the event, Qin Miao, Leclerc and Norris returned to the paddock together.

It was not easy for Norris to meet someone his age who had the same hobbies as him, so he talked a little more along the way back.

After entering the paddock, Qin Miao's work is not over yet. Although Qin Miao ran nearly 900 laps in Bahrain during the winter test, and his proficiency in the Bahrain track in his system is more than [-], Qin Miao still wants to go to the track.

On the one hand, it is to deepen my impression of this track. On the other hand, it is really because if I walk on the track, I can observe the track more carefully, and I can find some details that cannot be found on the simulator and the car.

After taking a hat and buttoning it up again, and looking for some parasols from the team's logistics, Qin Miao took Franky, Barber, and other crew members who needed to go on the track to the track.

That's how Thursday passed.

On Friday, Qin Miao didn't need to go to the interview today. In the morning, he held a meeting at the just-built team home.

Mainly talked about the characteristics of the track in Bahrain, and the main work content today, in addition to looking for drivers to tune the car sweets, there is also the data that has not been tested in the winter test to run.

After the meeting, Qin Miao and the old man rested, and the technicians began to work on furnishing the P room...

Two in the afternoon.

Qin Miao dressed neatly in the lounge and came to the P room of the team with a helmet in hand.

At this time, Qin Miao's only skill that can be changed at any time has been replaced by [Guide of the Research Department]. The efficiency of the team and staff during the practice race is still more important.

If it's time to test the speed of tire wear, Qin Miao will just change his skills back then.

It is worth mentioning that, as soon as Qin Miao came out of the car home, the film crew of "Drive to Survive" followed Qin Miao with long microphones and cameras.

After all, Qin Miao is a member of the Mercedes-Benz team, and he is also a talented driver whose talent is visible to the naked eye. The film crew will definitely not let Qin Miao's material go.

Qin Miao is still not used to this, and her body is obviously stiff. It is obvious that within a short period of time, Qin Miao has no way to adapt to the environment of living under the camera and being watched all the time in the paddock.

At the beginning, I felt that the cockpit of the racing car was very closed, and it felt crowded when sitting in it, and I couldn’t move at all.
When he came to Room P, Qin Miao greeted the staff of the train crew, and then went over to chat with the old man.

Although the driver's training is generally not made public, Qin Miao was very reckless and asked.

And the old man didn't want to hide Qin Miao's idea, he told Qin Miao his car tuning settings and the reason for his setting.

The old man even taught Qin Miao some tricks he had learned from running the car for so many years.

"Although Bahrain's starting straight looks very flat, in fact, you will feel certain bumps when driving at high speed, but if you take a relatively large S-shaped line, you can effectively avoid these bumps, so that the traction of the vehicle will always be maintained, and it can be about 2 kilometers per hour faster than going straight into the corner.

At that time, I will draw a picture for you, and you can go to the track to try the effect during the practice game. "

"Thank you very much, Lewis." Qin Miao also sincerely thanked.

Qin Miao has only driven F2 on this track.

The extreme speed of F2 is not at the same level as that of F1. Qin Miao does not know how the F1 car will behave on the track after reaching its speed limit.

Although Qin Miao can rely on his gradually enriched driving experience to learn the small details like those mentioned by the old man, it will undoubtedly waste Qin Miao's time. Now that the old man has given his advice, Qin Miao can spend more time on other aspects of improvement.

Of course, in addition to this, Qin Miao also learned some other small skills, which I will not repeat here.

However, there are gains and disappointments. The old man's racing training and Qin Miao's driving style are completely opposite to each other.

Qin Miao's personal driving style tends to be understeer. To put it simply, Qin Miao prefers low downforce tuning.

The old man's tuning is biased towards oversteer, that is, high downforce tuning.

The two different styles are doomed to be less for the two sides to learn from in terms of training.

However, the brake balance setting and differential ratio setting of the old man racing car did give Qin Miao a lot of inspiration.

Qin Miao directly copied the brake equalization setting, and tried it in practice.

Keep it if it works well, and adjust it when it doesn’t work well.

The differential setting here is only a reference value for Qin Miao. Qin Miao has his own experience in using the differential.

After the two exchanged a bit, the time for the first practice gradually approached.

Today, the Mercedes team staff worked extremely efficiently, so during the time when Qin Miao and Hamilton were chatting, the two cars had already completed the warm-up and ignition process, and they were ready to drive on the track at any time.

Following the signal from the crew technicians of Qin Miao and the old man, the two ended their happy conversation, returned to their cars one after another, and started the final preparations before the race.

Qin Miao put on a sweat-absorbing headgear, stuck the Hans system, and finally buckled on the helmets with only a few sponsors, and the preparations were completed.

Stepping over the flip-flops, Qin Miao entered her racing car.

Inserting her lower body into the racing car downwards, Qin Miao's body also lay down in the racing car.

After putting on the gloves hanging down next to the flip-flops, plugging into the communication headphone port of the helmet, and connecting the hose for drinking water in the helmet, Qin Miao's preparations in the racing car are also completed.

"I'm ready." Qin Miao said in TR while waiting for the steering wheel to turn on after everything was ready.

Although the steering wheel is the brain of the racing car, the TR system and the racing system are two independent systems. If the steering wheel is not activated, it will not affect the communication of the team TR.

"Received, there are still 1 minutes before the start of FP2, please stand by."

Qin Miao didn't answer, but looked at the two screens buckled in the middle of her flip flops, flipping through the tasks she had practiced...

Two minutes later, a voice came from the TR: "FP2 is about to start, if you want to go out, you can go out anytime."

Without hesitation, Qin Miao pressed the button on her steering wheel that indicated she was ready to go.

After receiving Qin Miao's signal, his crew technicians immediately lifted the insulation blanket on Qin Miao's four tires, revealing the brand new 13-inch red Pirelli tires under the insulation blanket.

At the same time, the jacks on the front and rear of Qin Miao's car were also lowered. Qin Miao felt his body shake and the car fell to the ground.

Barber took a few steps back to help Qin Miao observe the track, and after confirming that it was correct, he gave Qin Miao a signal to drive out of the P room.

Qin Miao took advantage of the situation to fuel up, and drove his racing car out amidst the ear-piercing sound of tires rubbing against the ground.

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PF1, Qin Miao's performance is quite satisfactory. I tested the tire wear of long-distance driving without a load, and what Qin Miao's flying circle can achieve when the engine output power is reduced by 10%.

Qin Miao finally ranked 6th in the first practice match.

PF2, Qin Miao found his comfortable tuning settings and differential ratio, and at the same time, Qin Miao's four brake balance settings were also adjusted.

Although there is still room for improvement, Qin Miao still has the test task of the team on his body, and Qin Miao will not have time to adjust the tuning of the car in the third practice tomorrow.

Qin Miao finally ranked 9th in the second practice match.

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The next day, March 3, Saturday.

Today is the day for the third practice and the start of qualifying.

In PF3, Qin Miao was mainly helping Brackley's engineers run the aerodynamic data of the car, while the old man continued to find his own training.

This is the status of the No. [-] driver. Any dirty work in the team will be handed over to the No. [-] driver.

The old man runs his own training dessert, and Qin Miao helps the team run the data.

However, Qin Miao already knew his status as the number two driver in the team before agreeing to Toto to join Mercedes, so there was no extra negative emotion about it.

While running the data, Qin Miao also tested the consistency of the car after long-distance driving and tire degradation.

After the three practice sessions, Qin Miao used five sets of tires, and now there are still five sets of soft tires, a new set of hard tires, and two sets of medium tires.

Qin Miao had two sets of soft tires and a set of medium tires more than his teammate Hamilton.

No way, strong tire protection ability is so cool, more tires means more tactical choices and fault tolerance during the game.

During the qualifying stage, Qin Miao doesn't need to worry about the use of his tires.

At 5:45 pm local time, qualifying for the F1 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix is ​​about to begin.

The three commentators of the five-star sports are ready to go. (end of this chapter)