How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 181 Chapter 179: News Network (6K, plus 320)

What Qin Miao didn't know was that after Qin Miao appeared behind him, Zhou Guanyu inexplicably discovered that the powder blue painted F4 racing car behind him had a strong sense of presence in his eyes.

That is, whether you are looking for a braking point, watching the track, or looking at the time gap between two cars, you can always feel that you can see the powder blue on your car from the corner of your eye. Dangling behind.

It's just that Zhou Guanyu just woke up at this moment, so his brain turned a little slowly, but he just felt abnormal, and didn't think in a too complicated direction.

Qin Miao was not in a hurry, although there were several opportunities to easily surpass Zhou Guanyu, but Qin Miao's main goal now was to test the effect of his skills, so he did not pass, but continued to follow Zhou Guanyu's car to put pressure on him.

Until Zhou Guanyu's pressure value increased to 37%.

It wasn't that Qin Miao stopped putting pressure, but that Zhou Guanyu missed the braking point and rushed out of the track.

After rushing out of the track, Zhou Guanyu's F4 car got stuck in the gravel and couldn't get out.

After exiting the game, Qin Miao asked curiously, "How do you feel?"

Zhou Guanyu was silent for a while, and then a voice came: "I feel like I haven't woken up. When I just defended you, I felt powerless in my heart. I feel that my defense in front of you is a joke. And you have such a strong presence in the car that it always grabs my attention.

The pressure I feel to defend your attack is really great, even if I know that you may not surpass me... Anyway, it's weird. "

Qin Miao raised her eyebrows, meaning that although Zhou Guanyu was separated from him by a screen, and Zhou Guanyu was in a very relaxed state, the debuff he gave him would have a certain impact on his mentality.

After gaining a very intuitive understanding of his skill, Qin Miao was relieved that at least it worked, and the effect was stronger than he imagined.

Now Qin Miao is already a little eager to try this skill on the field.

After all, it was the first day of rest, and Qin Miao was a little tired during this time. Today, I was lazy for a day. I didn't do physical training in the morning, and I didn't plan to practice driving in the afternoon. Qin Miao planned to spend all day today playing.

But just now, after all, he used the reason to give Zhou Guanyu some advice, and called him up to use him as a training partner, so Qin Miao took Zhou Guanyu to run on the field for more than an hour, giving advice from the bottom of his heart. Qin Miao unreservedly imparted some small details and skills that he only discovered after driving F1.

An hour later, Qin Miao immediately showed his original shape: "Go, go, it's almost done, hurry up CSGO!"

Speaking of which, Qin Miao directly exited iRacing with ALT+F4.

Zhou Guanyu also followed suit.

During the time between opening Faceit, where the two often hang out, and logging into his own account to wait for a match, Zhou Guanyu suddenly asked curiously, "Have you visited Weibo recently?"

"No, I flew back from Italy directly after the game yesterday. When I was looking for you in the morning, I had just woken up, and I didn't have any extra time to pay attention to these things. What's wrong?"

Zhou Guanyu nodded clearly, and then explained: "You are now completely popular in China. You can't be said to be a household name, but it can also be said to be well-known. When you won the championship in Imola just now, ten domestic microblogs were popular. There are seven searches that are related to you.

According to this rhythm, it is estimated that tonight's domestic news network will have to mention your performance on the field. "

"Where did you learn the metaphorical technique?" Qin Miao complained, and then said: "Isn't it? It's just a championship in a race. You said that if I win the world championship and go on the news network, I will still I can understand, after all, this matter is indeed not small, but now I just won a championship, and now our country is not the time when foreigners need to be recognized."

"Do I have to lie to you? It's not like you don't know how difficult it is to break through from 0 to 1, and there are still many people in our country who can't get up on their knees. You can set an example for them if you perform well on the field. .

Furthermore, if you perform well abroad, you also have a certain political role. You can promote our country's traditional culture abroad.

At that time, it is inevitable that many people will interview your family members or friends you are familiar with. "

After hearing Zhou Guanyu's words, Qin Miao believed a little bit, and at the same time, she couldn't help but feel a little bit of anticipation. After all, she had seen big programs since she was a child, and Qin Miao was still a little bit looking forward to how the news broadcast would praise her.

This feeling is a bit like a child who has worked hard outside and made certain achievements, and knows that the elders at home will praise him in public for his achievements.

"Should be able to watch domestic news broadcasts abroad, right? I'll set an alarm clock to watch." Qin Miao said.

"I don't know, I haven't seen it. Anyway, there is still time for this meeting. Don't you know if you check it online?" Zhou Guanyu replied.

"Okay, I'll check it out after I finish playing this game, the game is open..."

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Qin Miao did nothing else for the next morning. After setting the alarm clock and finding a way to watch news broadcasts abroad, he and Zhou Guanyu traveled in the ocean of games together.

After the entertainment in the morning, Qin Miao received a call from Hamilton in the afternoon. He expressed that he wanted to invite Qin Miao out for afternoon tea and visit his newly bought winery.

There was nothing wrong with Qin Miao, so he agreed to the other party's invitation.

It's a pity that Qiu Meng's work mailbox has never stopped since she woke up in the morning, and various work emails came one after another.

Qin Miao couldn't help Qiumeng with these things, and the invitation from teammates was very important, so Qin Miao couldn't miss it, so she didn't take this girl with her.

Moreover, his Ferrari hadn't been touched much since he drove it here, so Qin Miao had to drive it out and move it before doing some maintenance.

Hamilton's winery is not located in the center of the UK, but in a relatively remote village in Oxfordshire, and as two people, it is not appropriate to meet in private in those places.

After putting on a mask and a gray hat without a logo, Qin Miao went out.

As Qin Miao continued to drive, there were fewer and fewer man-made objects around.

In the end, Qin Miao came to a place that looked a bit like the English countryside. There were green vines on both sides of the road, and there were not many modern buildings besides.

In fact, strictly speaking, Brackley can be regarded as a rural area in the UK. Mercedes' factory is actually next to a main road, and the transportation is more convenient.

When Qin Miao stopped at the buildings in the center of a vineyard, there was already a waiter dressed as a butler waiting for Qin Miao by the roadside.

After Qin Miao got out of the car, the other party naturally took the key from Qin Miao's hand and drove Qin Miao's car away.

Another female waiter who took over from him led Qin Miao towards the interior of the winery.

Looking at these people and thinking about her own home, Qin Miao shook her head slightly deep in her heart: Sure enough, she is actually still a bitch who doesn't enjoy money even if she has money.

Of course, aside from these things, the scenery here is still very good. For Qin Miao, there is a kind of exotic atmosphere of the British countryside.

Under the guidance of the waitress, Qin Miao walked through the functional buildings of the winery all the way to the main building.

The main building is actually a Gothic building that looks very simple on the outside, but through the glass, you can see many modern facilities inside the building.

Just after seeing this kind of building, Qin Miao saw Hamilton in casual clothes standing at the door waiting for him.

After seeing Qin Miao, the old man didn't show much enthusiasm, he just greeted Qin Miao: "Qin! Come here."

After coming to Hamilton's side, the other party smiled and gave Qin Miao a big hug. Qin Miao also patted the other party's back in response.

After parting, Qin Miao made a joke: "Seeing you here, I feel like I see a British farmer, not a seven-time F1 champion."

Hamilton shrugged: "You are right, I am just an ordinary farmer now.

By the way, when you are about to leave, remember to take a few boxes of the wine produced by our winery last year. The wine here is very good whether it is a gift or a drink for yourself. "

Qin Miao shook her head: "I'm afraid it won't work, the car I drove couldn't hold much, so I'll just take a few bottles back and give Qiu Meng a try.

But then again, this is really the first time I've seen you like this in private. "

Hamilton looked down at his casual clothes and said naturally: "You should have heard a saying that F1 is a large-scale circus, and the driver is a performer that everyone pays attention to.

So from the moment we entered the paddock, our performance has already kicked off, and I naturally need to look like I am on the stage when I work.

And now I'm not working, and our meeting is just a private meeting between friends, so I don't need to spend too much time matching. "

Qin Miao nodded half-understood. This has already touched his blind spot of knowledge. What kind of performance?What circus?Why isn't F1 just a place where you get a salary and drive a car?At best, a little dirty political fighting will be mixed in.

After a brief chat, Hamilton took Qin Miao to visit his winery.

Although it is not the first time for Qin Miao to come to this kind of place, it is Grandma Liu who entered the Grand View Garden, but Qin Miao still has a little desire to know some equipment and wine making process of the winery.

However, Qin Miao's main business is not this, and he is not very interested in wine, so it is almost enough to simply read it once.

Then, under the leadership of Hamilton, the two came to the second floor of the manor.

F1 drivers are not good at this. Some things that are often used to entertain people, such as cigarettes, cigars, and drinks, they can't even touch.

So after Qin Miao sat down in the living room of Hamilton's winery, the other party just handed Qin Miao a cup of tea with some tea leaves, while he drank the wine made by his own winery.

"These teas were given to me by the dealer of Mercedes in China before the outbreak in 19. I don't know much about Chinese teas. You just came here. Let's try to see if they are good teas."

Qin Miao's face froze. Why? When I was in China, I was a plain-headed commoner. When Qin Miao was at home, tea was the water they usually drink. It just needs to have a taste. How can you tell if it's good or not.

It can also be seen from this that Hamilton is careful, because he saw that Qin Miao would not drink champagne after spraying it on the two podiums this year, and he could not even act, so he judged Qin Miao based on this This person doesn't drink alcohol, so when he invited Qin Miao over, he specially prepared tea.

After the two sat down, Qin Miao spread her hands helplessly: "Actually, I don't know how to drink tea, just like an ordinary person who can drink wine, but he can't tell whether the wine is good or not.

But one thing to say, your environment here is really good, I like it very much, there is no hustle and bustle in the city, not impetuous, and the air is very fresh, staying here feels like time slows down.

If possible, when I get old in the future, I will find a place like you to enjoy my old age. "

Hamilton said with a smile: "If you are interested, I can ask someone to help you find a winery with the same specifications as here, but the wine produced by those wineries may not be as good as here. I will buy it from the original owner. I went to this winery because the wine here is very suitable for my taste, but their wine production is very small."

Qin Miao shook her head quickly: "No, don't bother, this is just a thought that popped up on me.

And I think I'd rather invest my money in gaming clubs than invest in it. "

"Oh? Are there clubs for playing games?" Hamilton obviously didn't know much about this aspect.

Qin Miao also started from the perspective of a racing simulator, and then talked about other competitive games. After talking briefly, Hamilton knew which clubs Qin Miao was talking about.

But obviously, just like Qin Miao is not interested in drinks, Hamilton is also not interested in the game club Qin Miao mentioned.

The two quickly changed the subject smoothly.

"What exactly happened to you at Ferrari?" Hamilton asked: "It stands to reason that it is not so easy to change jobs when there are contractual constraints."

"The whole paddock should know about my work at Ferrari, right? After all, it's been so long." Qin Miao blew on the floating tea leaves and took a sip.

"Actually, what the outside world knows is that Ferrari signed you and then signed Sainz, Sainz became their second driver for next season, and you are the reserve driver.

Then you switched to Mercedes. In fact, not many people know exactly what happened, and the staff inside Ferrari also avoided talking about it. "

Facing Hamilton's curious eyes, Qin Miao did not shy away from it, and explained the internal reasons for her departure. However, Qin Miao was not the little white who had no psychological defense against anyone. Under Qiu Meng's precepts and deeds, , Qin Miao also knows that there are some things that can be said, and some things that cannot be said.

So Qin Miao did not tell Hamilton about the details of his contract with Mercedes.

However, in the process of telling the story, Hamilton could see that Qin Miao's evaluation of Binotto was quite high.

And Qin Miao said that Binotto really wanted to keep him, but because of the opposition from other high-level executives and their preemptive strikes, Qin Miao was disappointed with Ferrari, and at this time, Toto came to grab the competition. Noto's Timing.

After roughly understanding the reason, Hamilton smiled and shook his head: "Unexpected, a reasonable development process, but if it is Ferrari that caused all this, I don't think it is strange, they can always make some weird things. operation."

Having said that, Hamilton paused for a while, then turned to look at Qin Miao and asked, "You don't have a baby dream, do you?"

It is undeniable that the first car model Qin Miao received when he was a child was indeed a Ferrari. Because time is too long, that model of Qin Miao has also been lost in time, and Qin Miao does not remember the details of that Ferrari car model. model.

But if you insist, Qin Miao really likes Ferrari.

But now...

It can only be said that distance produces beauty.

Qin Miao smiled dryly and took another sip from her teacup.

Hamilton didn't say much: "In any case, the result you got in the end is good, entered F1, even broke the record I created, and won the first F1 championship of my career faster than me. "

Qin Miao nodded: "Who said no?"

"Actually, I'm the same as you. When I was young, I also liked Ferrari." Just as Qin Miao finished speaking, Hamilton said something that made Qin Miao stunned.

Looking at Qin Miao's astonished eyes, Hamilton raised his glass and shrugged and said, "As far as I can remember, it was almost the beginning of 99. At that time, Ferrari was like our Mercedes, ruling the paddock. At that time, no one could Say no to the red prancing horse."

Qin Miao was dumbfounded: "Did someone say that you joined McLaren because you liked Senna and followed in his footsteps?"

Nodding: "It's true that I like Senna, but no one stipulates that I can't like Ferrari at the same time as I like Senna.

And saying this to the outside world is purely for publicity purposes. As a McLaren driver, I can't announce to the outside world that I like Ferrari, can I?Isn't this putting eye drops on my immediate boss? "

Qin Miao shook her head: "Even though you said that, I still feel a little unbelievable."

Hamilton was willing to say such words to Qin Miao when chatting, and he really regarded Qin Miao as a friend.

"By the way, I was too busy chatting with you, and forgot to talk about the business."

After Qin Miao heard Hamilton's words, he adjusted his sitting posture. He knew that Hamilton was going to tell him about the team's instructions next.

After drinking all the wine in his hand in one gulp, Hamilton looked at the front and said, "That order was indeed given by Toto himself."

Qin Miao nodded and continued to wait for Hamilton's next words.

After seeing that Qin Miao didn't have any emotional fluctuations, Hamilton continued: "After I found him, he sincerely apologized to me. He said that the team order was a mistake in his work. He regretted it when he asked Frankie to notify you. Yes, but for the sake of confidentiality, he did not recall Franky by radio, and it was too late when he wanted to cancel the convoy order.

But he promised that he would never do it again. "

Qin Miao:?
"Although Toto's answer was a bit too... scribbled, but are you sure Toto would say this to you? As the team leader, owner and director of a team, it's impossible for him to bow his head to us, right?"

Hamilton continued to stare at Qin Miao and said, "The words I talked with him in a private environment will not be spread, and Toto is also a person who can save face in private."

Qin Miao still found it hard to accept.

"Of course, after the team meeting before the Portuguese Grand Prix in early May, he will talk to you alone."

Qin Miao thought for a while, but couldn't figure out why Toto behaved like this, and then gave up thinking.

Although he didn't think that Toto made such an order because he was stupid, but it was obvious that Toto didn't want to tell himself and Hamilton the truth, and the matter had already passed, so Qin Miao didn't want to continue to pursue this matter. , since Toto gave an explanation, even if it sounds perfunctory, Qin Miao is willing to take this statement as the truth.

"Forget it, that's it."

Hamilton raised his eyebrows and nodded: "I will tell Toto that you forgive him, I believe there will be no second time."

Qin Miao nodded: "I hope so."

Qin Miao also has a bottom line. If there is a second time for this incident, then Qin Miao will start thinking about which team to switch to after the contract ends.

Moreover, after this incident, Qin Miao became somewhat dissatisfied and resistant to the status of the second driver. In the next race, Qin Miao will definitely not be as salty as he is now.

Of course, although the incident with Toto was a serious matter, it was actually an episode to a certain extent. After that, the two changed the topic again, chatting from the paddock to the driver, and then from the driver to the car and the star.

In the end, the conversation between the two ended after Qin Miao's alarm clock rang.

Qin Miao borrowed a computer from Hamilton's house, hung up a ladder and boarded the domestic CCTV network, and watched today's news broadcast on time.

What Qin Miao didn't expect was that today's news broadcast really had something about him.

"Good evening, audience friends.

good evening.

Today is April 2021, 4, the eighth day of the third lunar month.

……

"The main contents of today's program are:
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Chinese driver Qin Miao won the World Formula One Grand Prix with No.47 at 1:1 p.m. local time in Italy, breaking many records and becoming the first No. .[-], let the March of the Volunteers play on the land of Italy.

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See below for details. "

After reading the entire news, Qin Miao finally found that his report time exceeded 5 minutes. The first 5 minutes of the 2 minutes were about his brilliant record in F1 before entering F2, and the next minute was about his performance in Bahrain. , Said in the last 1 minutes that he won the championship in Imola.

At the end, the news broadcast also encouraged Qin Miao, hoping that he will achieve better results in the arena.

(End of this chapter)