How did I become an F1 driver?

After completing a task, Qin Miao got a new test task.

Qin Miao also searched for a tuning setting that was comfortable enough for her to use in such tests again and again.

The day's work ended quickly, and Qin Miao's results in the first and second practice matches were relatively mediocre, ranking 6th in the first practice and 16th in the second practice.

But everyone will enjoy the results of the practice race, neither the audience nor the technicians of the major teams will pay too much attention to it.

After taking a day off, Qin Miao devoted herself to work after the routine meeting the next day.

At the beginning of the third practice, Qin Miao ran a long distance again. This time, Qin Miao used a set of training that had been tentatively determined to be used in the main race.

Compared with yesterday's Q1 results, the results obtained have made great progress, and the wear of the tires has been further reduced.

Looking at Qin Miao's tire wear report, Toto even bluntly said that if the rules allow, Qin Miao can even run the entire race on any F1 track with hard tires.

Of course, it's a pity that the FIA ​​rules don't allow this to happen.

It is worth mentioning that Qin Miao only used four sets of tires in the three practice sessions.

Practice one set of hard tires, two sets of medium tires, and three sets of soft tires.

In fact, Qin Miao originally wanted to use only a set of soft tires in the third practice.

But was stopped by Toto.

You're not a hamster, you can't take these tires home with you, and if you really want to hide your lap time, it's better to do it directly on the engine, just set the system and set the power The output can be reduced a bit.

In the first half of the third practice, I confirmed my own tuning settings, and the second half was the ranking simulation in the light-load fuel mode.

Qin Miao ran a time of 1:15. This result can only be said to be okay, but not very good.

The final results of the third practice are of no reference to other teams, but to Qin Miao there is still a certain reference.

Because Hamilton also limited his engine in the last practice session of the third practice session before running the qualifying test, and the limit was the same as Qin Miao's 7%.

After running, Qin Miao's qualifying result was 0.219 seconds slower than Hamilton's.

To be honest, the gap is still a bit big. Of course, it may also be that Qin Miao is not so familiar with this kind of track with many low- and medium-speed corners.

But at least Qin Miao knew that there was still a big gap between himself and Hamilton.

After the third practice session, when the team changed Qin Miao's qualifying position and the special transmission for the race, Qin Miao watched the lap test video of himself and Hamilton in his lounge alone.

Although Qin Miao's utilitarianism is not strong, Qin Miao can be regarded as relatively ascetic in this paddock, but Qin Miao's love for racing and driving racing cars cannot be faked.

There are many competitors of the Mercedes team, and the drivers often fight to the death, but the real opponent of the drivers is actually only one person, and that is their teammates.

Because each team's vehicle performance is different, only your teammates have the same performance as your car, so the comparison between you and your teammates is the most direct and accurate.

Now that Qin Miao was beaten up by Hamilton, Qin Miao will naturally be a little unconvinced, and naturally wants to find out the specific gap between himself and Hamilton.

In fact, Qin Miao's comparison would be much more intuitive if he had obtained Hamilton's accelerator and brake data, but these data are only transparent to the team, but not to other drivers. These data are commercial secrets to a certain extent.

Qin Miao is not a thick-skinned person either, so he didn't go to Hamilton or the team to apply, but relied on the public car video and his familiarity with Mercedes racing cars.

The final progress was naturally not so ideal, and Qin Miao was also a little swollen.

But when Qin Miao was still struggling, the door of Qin Miao's lounge was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

Qin Miao took off her earphones and looked over, only to see Hamilton poking his head in from outside the door.

"I knocked, but you didn't hear," Hamilton explained.

Qin Miao did not shy away from Hamilton, and paused the comparison of the two Mercedes, opened the door and said to Hamilton, "Come in and sit down."

Hamilton naturally also saw the screen on Qin Miao's laptop, and asked curiously as he entered the door, "What are you looking at?"

Qin Miao turned the laptop to Hamilton: "Just now we were simulating the car screen during qualifying. I want to see how the 0.2 second gap between me and you was increased."

Hamilton was surprised by Qin Miao's frankness, but in the face of Qin Miao's question, Hamilton couldn't give an answer. After all, he went to participate in the recording of the event after the third practice, and he just came back now.

However, Hamilton is not without a way to help Qin Miao solve the confusion he is currently encountering.

"wait for me a while."

After speaking, Hamilton opened the door of Qin Miao's lounge and poked his head out. He said to his track engineer who was looking down at the monitor in front of him and thinking: "Peter, I'm going to do the simulation data of the final stage of my third practice today. Send a copy to Qin Miao's mailbox."

Pete glanced at Hamilton somewhat unexpectedly after hearing what Hamilton said, but Pete did not question Hamilton's decision, and directly found the file on his computer, typed a compressed file, and passed the file through Mercedes' internal system Sent to Qin Miao.

Qin Miao, who had been entangled for a long time, happened to be the most itchy at this time, so when faced with the document Hamilton sent her, Qin Miao did not refuse, but after Hamilton sat back, Qin Miao still said sincerely. One voice: "Thank you."

"I haven't had a chance to say thank you to you for blocking Verstappen on the pitch, it's nothing small, and even without that, I wouldn't mind if you needed it. The data will be shared with you." Hamilton looked very magnanimous, and the demeanor of the seven-time champion was undoubtedly evident.

Qin Miao couldn't care less about being polite to Hamilton at the moment, and after a perfunctory sentence, she hurriedly downloaded the compressed file in the mailbox, then decompressed the file, opened the accelerator and brake data package, and shared her own data with Hamilton's. While comparing the data together, he also started to play the video he started researching early in the morning.

Qin Miao has indeed lost a lot of hair on this, and now that there are signs and opportunities to solve it, it is naturally more urgent.

Qin Miao watched the video, which was just over a minute long, more than seven times, and then he let out a sigh of relief.

It's not that there's anything wrong with Qin Miao's operation. Qin Miao's problem lies in the rhythm of the exit.

Qin Miao's cornering refueling was a little slower than Hamilton's by about 0.05 seconds.

Qin Miao's refueling timing is indeed not as good as that of Hamilton, and the difference may not be visible in one or two corners. After more corners, the speed difference between Qin Miao and Hamilton will be very obvious.

In addition, Qin Miao also has many details that are not as good as Hamilton. These details are basically some small skills on the track, accumulated by relying on racing experience. It is understandable that Qin Miao's ability in this area is not as good as Hamilton.

After reading it, Qin Miao, who found the crux of the matter, lay down on the sofa in the lounge and let out a sigh of relief: "It's comfortable~"

"What?" Hamilton's voice suddenly sounded.

After hearing this, Qin Miao was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Hamilton was still in her room, and patted her head in frustration, Qin Miao said with some embarrassment: "My fault, I just struggled with the problems on the track. I was too engrossed to notice you, Lewis."

"It's ok."

"What do you want to drink? I have a drink that my girlfriend prepared for me in the refrigerator."

"No need, you should know that we can't drink indiscriminately." Hamilton refused decisively without thinking.

Qin Miao didn't force it either. She took a sip from her thermos cup and remembered that she hadn't asked Hamilton why he came here: "Speaking of which, I haven't asked why you came to see me?"

"Oh, yes, I didn't bother you when I saw you so preoccupied. After a long time, I also forgot. The main reason I came to you this time is that we will have a small Vlog arranged by the team later. Originally, the shooting of this video It belongs to me and Toto, but I think you need exposure more than Toto, so I want to ask if you are interested?"

Hamilton now also knows about the wonderful contract signed by Qin Miao and Mei Ben. When he first learned about it, he really didn't understand why Qin Miao avoided such a thing that could increase his popularity like the plague.

However, with an attitude of seeking common ground while reserving differences, Hamilton did not delve into it.

It's just that Hamilton still has a certain amount of gratitude to Qin Miao at the moment, so he also wants to give Qin Miao a hand from the sidelines.

Hamilton still has some experience in managing fans and how to increase fan stickiness.

But what Hamilton didn't expect was that Qin Miao directly refused: "I'll forget it, I will have qualifying later, I have to adjust during this period, after all, I still have three races on top of my head. The sword of Damocles, who will be kicked out of Mercedes, hangs, so don't be sloppy."

Hearing Qin Miao's reason, Hamilton pouted in his heart.

It’s okay for you to fool other people with this reason, but I am not an outsider. You conquered the top management of Toto and Mercedes in the first race. The position of the second driver of Mercedes has already been determined. The Sword of Mocles.

But since Qin Miao didn't want to go, Hamilton didn't insist.

After chatting with Qin Miao for a few more words, Hamilton left.

And Qin Miao waited in the waiting room until the qualifying match was about to start.

When they came to the P room of the team, Qiu Meng and Boss Zhou had been waiting here for a while.

Blinking at her daughter-in-law and nodding at Boss Zhou, Qin Miao calmed down and started the pre-match preparations.

After tidying up the equipment and sitting in the racing car, and using the screen in front of his racing car to confirm the tires he will use later, Qin Miao took advantage of the gap before the steering wheel of his racing car was connected, Miao reached out and put another buff on her racing car.

And Qin Miao's pre-race preparations are not surprising to Qin Miao's crew staff. After all, Qin Miao also came here before the start of each race in F2.

But sometimes you really have to admire these metaphysical things, because sometimes these things are really useful.

Just like Qin Miao, when he was in F2, the racing car never had a mechanical failure, and even if there were some minor problems, they could be solved through remote settings on the podium.

After the preparations were completed, Qin Miao waited in the garage for the start of the competition.

"Radio test, can you hear me?"

"can."

"Okay, Qin Miao, the chance of rain in this game is 20%. The chance of rain is very low, so you don't have to worry about the rain."

"receive."

"However, the weather is a bit cold, and the tires will warm up very slowly. The team recommends that you do an extra warm-up lap, but because of the weather, and we have an upgrade of the cooling system during the off-season, so you don't have to worry about the car. It will overheat and you can keep the engine running at high rpm for a long time.

That's all, Good hunting. "

……

In the 1th minute of qualifying Q14, Qin Miao was also released by the team.

However, just 2 minutes after the release, Qin Miao had just finished the first warm-up lap, and when he was about to sprint for the second warm-up lap, a red flag appeared on the track.

Because Kakuta made a mistake in the two combined turns of T14 and T15 and crashed.

After a brief yellow flag, the race will show a red flag directly.

As the best rookie driver in Bahrain besides Qin Miao, Kakuda's mistake surprised many people.

After driving the car back to the maintenance area and parking it, Qin Miao watched the replay of the scene.

The impact of Kakuda's impact, by visual inspection, directly destroyed a set of gearbox rear spoiler and rear suspension, and the floor should also be damaged.

The bottom plate of F1 is a single piece of carbon fiber, so if Kakuda’s bottom plate is damaged, even if it is only a small piece, basically the whole bottom plate has to be replaced.

If there is no accident, the repair starts at 150 million US dollars, and there is no upper limit. If the engine is also broken because of this, the cost may be doubled directly.

Three minutes later, Qin Miao, who moved her body again, drove onto the track again.

After the first lap, Qin Miao's speed was not outstanding, 1 minute 15 seconds 119, temporarily ranked first, but with the efforts of Hamilton and Verstappen, Qin Miao's score soon came to the third position, And there is a tendency to continue to fall.

When Qin Miao returned to the maintenance area for preparations, Qin Miao's position had already fallen to seventh.

For Meiben, such a result is absolutely unacceptable.

However, Qin Miao's first qualifying match was also slow, and he didn't get up until after Q3.

In the end, in the last lap of Q3, Qin Miao just raised his position and advanced to Q2 with the fifth place.

In the Q2 stage, Qin Miao encountered traffic problems, and Sainz slightly blocked his driving route, so the result of the first lap was not good, and Qin Miao was even squeezed out of the promotion zone.

However, after Qin Miao put on a new set of soft tires, he still advanced to Q6 in sixth place.

In the Q3 stage, Qin Miao started his first flying lap with a set of soft tires used in Q1. This time, he mainly made a guarantee result and finally fell in seventh.

About 3 minutes before the Q4 stop watch in qualifying, Qin Miao drove out of the maintenance area, ready to start his last lap of qualifying.

ps. I'm so pissed... Ah Luo's broken car. (end of this chapter)