How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 185 Chapter 183: Qin's second child, Le's fourth child (6000 words, debt repayment 12)

Qin Miao didn't have so many worries. The wear degree of his engine components was much smaller than that of Hamilton. At this moment, the overall wear degree of Qin Miao's fastest-worn MGU-H was only 38%. Although there was wear and tear, it was still in good condition. , can operate normally in the next qualifying and race.

To be honest, Toto originally thought that Qin Miao would have to crash once or twice after buying it, or that there would be some problems that other young drivers often make.

He had even prepared a crash budget of 200 million for Qin Miao, and Toto was very pleased with the final result. He was strong, stable, and able to see his status clearly. The only shortcoming was that he was a bit self-motivated.

But I believe this shortcoming will be improved soon.

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Qualifying, Q1.

Qin Miao still maintained his tradition of not exerting force before Q3. He drove a new set of soft tires in the first flight lap and soon came to the third position, but Qin Miao's result was soon followed by Other drivers who made effective flying laps squeezed into the No.12 position.

After seeing Qin Miao's current results, Brother Fei even teased directly: "It's really the one who is close to vermilion who is red, and who is close to ink to be black.

After staying in Mei Ben for a long time, Qin Miao also began to hide things, and did not take out all his things until the final stage of Q3. "

Brother Bing joked: "It's also possible that this habit didn't come after entering Mercedes. After all, in F2, Qin Miao stopped running after qualifying for two flying laps, but even so, other F2 drivers watched Qin Miao's performance can only be overwhelmed."

Zhou Haoran concluded with a smile: "It means that I have this habit in F2, but there is no need to hide it in F2, right?"

"Yes, yes, that's pretty much what it means."

As soon as the screen turned, the angle of view returned to the arena.

With 1 minutes before the end of Q7, Qin Miao used the soft tire that had already run a flying lap, and went to run another flying lap. This time, he pushed to the limit and finally ranked fifth.

In the last lap of Q1, Qin Miao still used the old soft tires, but even so, Qin Miao was still painted green in the first two time periods, but it was a pity that the position of T13 and T14 in the last time period, Qin Miao met when exiting the corner. When it came to the traffic problem, the lap was ruined like that.

Although it was a pity, Mei Ben's car was still good. Relying on the results of the second flying lap, Qin Miao finally ranked No.12 and advanced in a thrilling manner.

In Q2, Qin Miao did not have any problems in the last lap this time, but the third time period of the last lap was yellow, and finally ranked seventh and advanced to Q3 again.

Fans who saw this scene complained one after another in post bars and other places.

[Although, Qin Miao's hiding is really scary. After seeing it several times, I was worried that Qin Miao would be eliminated]

[That is, what if I get out of play? 】

【Qin Miao doesn't have any direct competitors, what are you doing? 】

[Actually, it’s not impossible. After Qin Miao defended Verstappen twice in Bahrain, both Mei Ben and Red Bull began to pay attention to Qin Miao. Mei Ben expects Qin Miao to defend him in front of Verstappen for a while. Hamilton created a longer lap time opportunity, while Red Bull hoped that Verstappen would avoid Qin Miao as much as possible]

[Hey, I'm used to it, since Mei Ben didn't stop Qin Miao, they should be prepared to keep playing like this without overturning]

In fact, this is not the only audience that has gradually become accustomed to the rhythm of Qin Miao's qualifying competition.

At the beginning, they saw Qin Miao in Bahrain, and Imola half a month ago. They also got nervous during the qualifying. Both the staff of the Mercedes and Mercedes team were nervous, so they really wanted to go up and contribute a few horsepower to Qin Miao's car.

They were also worried that Qin Miao was too young to adapt to the rhythm of the F1 race, but as time went by, they also got used to Qin Miao's driving style in qualifying.

You said if Qin Miao really played off on the field?
What's the matter, China's F1 driver is currently only Qin Miao, who has not embarrassed the Chinese people abroad, so what can he do even if he really gets rid of it?coax.

As for spraying directly?
I don't deny that there will be such people, but most car fans have feelings for Qin Miao.

Not only because he is the first domestic F1 driver, but also because he is the first domestic race champion.

After watching foreign drivers for so many years, it is not easy to meet a race champion who came from his own country. Normal car fans really can't bear to complain.

In Q3, Qin Miao drove a new set of soft tires for the first flying lap. When other drivers were doing bottom laps, Qin Miao drove a new set of tires and went all out for the flying lap.

After the first flying lap, Qin Miao's lap time was 1:17.

In this state, Qin Miao naturally came to the first position.

And he was 2 seconds faster than No.1.7 Norris.

Everyone is not surprised by this. After all, Q3 has just started, and any of the ten drivers entering Q3 may come to the first position before the clock stops in Q3.

After the first flying lap was over, Qin Miao returned to the maintenance area and changed to a new set of soft tires.

Compared with Qin Miao, the tire reserves of other drivers are much tighter.

Some drivers with severe tire wear do not even have new tires to use at this time. Even if they have a new set of soft tires, they will not use them during qualifying, because they are prepared for the main race.

And what about Qin Miao?After his set of soft tires was opened, there were still two sets of soft tires available in the warehouse.

He really saves tires too much.

If it wasn't because the rules didn't allow it, Hamilton would have asked Qin Miao to borrow a set of soft tires for qualifying.

However, to everyone's surprise, in the last lap, at T3 position, Qin Miao encountered a strong crosswind, and there was an obvious skid when entering the corner.

Although the loss of grip during the main race will basically not affect the driver's final result, but in the qualifying race where every one-thousandth of a second needs to be striven for, this mistake is fatal.

The impact of Qin Miao's mistake this time is that his first timing period is yellow, and this mistake also affects Qin Miao's performance in the next two timing periods. Although the subsequent two timing periods are all green, but these two The advantage of the time period is not enough to make up for the speed lost by Qin Miao's mistake in the first time period.

Finally, when Qin Miao crossed the line, his speed did not break his own record.

The screen of Qin Miao's steering wheel showed Qin Miao's three timed results, so after seeing that his last flight lap was not as good as the first flight lap, Qin Miao said in frustration in the TR: " Sorry guys, I made some mistakes in the first time period."

"You don't need to apologize. Your grades are already very good. We are very satisfied with this. We can even say that your grades have far exceeded our expectations." The person who said this was not Frankie who Qin Miao was familiar with, but Toto.

After hearing the other party's answer, Qin Miao looked at her ranking.

P2.

Qin Miao sighed, why is she second again? !
When I went to the post bar recently, I saw someone calling me Qin's second child, although Qin Miao knew that most of these people were joking, and not many people called him that.

But if he continues to take second place in qualifying, then sooner or later, some fans will bring this nickname to the scene and call him that in front of his face.

Qin Miao felt a sense of urgency, and even had a dangerous idea in her heart. If it really didn't work out, she would release water in Q3, no matter what, Qin Miao's second name could not be assigned to her.

After all, Leclerc now has the nickname of Le Lao Si, because he finished No.4 in the two races in Bahrain and Imola.

Although Qin Miao already had a premonition that the nickname was not good, but Qin Miao knew what was the most important thing at the moment, so he quickly packed up his mood and said: "Got it, thank you everyone for helping me debug this car , very comfortable to drive.”

After speaking, Qin Miao turned on the fuel-saving mode of the racing car and drove to the maintenance area.

In fact, Hamilton's tires are not enough like most drivers.

However, in the last flying lap of Q3, Hamilton started a new set of soft tires. Now he has no new soft tires. Only a set of 5 new soft tires with a wear of about [-]% can be kept in the race. use.

It's not that Hamilton wants to compete with Qin Miao, it's mainly because Red Bull is worried that Verstappen will be blocked by Qin Miao during the main race, which will delay too much time, so they also helped Verstappen open the last set of new soft packs. fetal.

It's just that Qin Miao's qualifying results were really good. Although he didn't run well in the last lap, he still got an ideal result.

In order to compete with Verstappen, Hamilton also drove his last set of new soft tires like the opponent.

Knowing this, the Mercedes strategy team began to think about Qin Miao's ability to protect tires and Qin Miao's tire reserve, whether there is a possibility of red, yellow and red stops in tomorrow's main race...

But in any case, the qualifying session was over, and the drivers all drove their cars back to the pit lane.

The three drivers Hamilton, Qin Miao and Verstappen once again dominated the top three in qualifying.

Now both Qin Miao and Hamilton have won their respective championships. Among the three regulars on the podium, there is only one Verstappen who has not won a championship this season.

After parking the car at the location of her No.2 brand, Qin Miao got out of the car and gave a high-five to the team staff to celebrate briefly, and then prepared to pack up and weigh.

And just when Qin Miao was about to leave, Hamilton walked over. Qin Miao naturally smiled and shook hands with Hamilton.

"Good performance." Hamilton praised Qin Miao.

Qin Miao smiled bitterly: "I now feel that I may have some unrequited relationship with No.2. I was second in the three qualifying matches."

Hamilton smiled and patted Qin Miao on the shoulder: "It will get better, keep working hard, I believe in your talent."

"Thank you." After thanking her, Qin Miao turned around and went to weigh herself for the interview.

The picture and content of Qin Miao and Hamilton laughing and chatting were also captured by the photographer who was shooting the two of them.

The three commentators of Five Star Sports naturally also saw this scene. After Zhou Haoran's translation, the three commentators chatted again:

"In any case, the current atmosphere in the Mercedes team is really good."

"Is the atmosphere in the Mercedes team okay when Bottas is still there?"

"At that time, the identity of the second driver was more pressing on Bottas, he didn't dare to stab, so the two drivers seemed more harmonious.

But now the two drivers of Mercedes feel a bit like friends. When they chat, they can clearly feel that they are both very relaxed, and they don't feel that businesslike. "

"By the way, how much older is Hamilton than Qin Miao?"

"Hamilton is 36 now, and Qin Miao is exactly 20. In this way, Hamilton is 16 years older than Qin Miao, with one more round."

"Why so much older? I thought the age gap between the two of them might be within one round."

"The main reason is that Qin Miao is too young. He was only 20 years old and he was able to drive in Mercedes-Benz."

"It's hard to imagine that with such a big age gap, the two can get along so well."

At the end of the routine interview, Qin Miao just talked about the problems he encountered on the track after the race, and the rest was pushed as he could. Basically, he didn't reveal any useful information after the race.

After the interview, Qin Miao found Barber, and the two returned to the P room of the team to finish their work, and today's work was over.

However, Qin Miao did not leave the paddock directly after work was over, because there was a small event today, and the organizer was FOM.

The content of this activity is to invite the drivers to participate in some interesting questions and answers, and then edit the answers of the drivers and put them on the official website for fans to watch.

In the past, Qin Miao basically would not participate in such activities, and so did Hamilton.

Hamilton did not participate because his own influence was already great enough, and he no longer liked these three melons, and Hamilton himself had more important things to do, so it was difficult to spare time.

And Qin Miao didn't participate because he felt that there was no need to participate in those activities, and the benefits Qin Miao didn't need at that time.

But it's different now. If you don't want to continue to be the No. 2 driver, you have to have enough strength, influence and popularity.

Qin Miao is not lacking in strength, but Qin Miao has some inherent deficiencies in the latter two, so in order to fill the vacancy in this area, Qin Miao has to get busy.

Knowing that Qin Miao accepted the invitation, the organizers of the event were also a little surprised, because Mercedes drivers generally would not come to participate in this kind of event, and Qin Miao had also rejected them, so they thought Qin Miao also followed Mercedes' instructions. Tradition.

Of course, after knowing that Qin Miao is going to participate in the event, they are also happy. After all, Qin Miao is a very strong driver. At the same time, because of the relationship between Mei Ben and Qin Miao's nationalities, FOM also clearly knows that Qin Miao is a driver. What is the potential of.

And I heard that because Qin Miao joined Mercedes, the sales of Mercedes-Benz in China increased by 5%.

This 5% may not sound like a lot, but we must know that the current environment is still not optimistic, the global economic situation is going downhill, and because of Qin Miao, only Mercedes-Benz is the only car company in this period of time when all car companies are fighting hard Sales rose.

From this we can see how strong Qin Miao's current influence is among the domestic car fan groups.

As long as you like Qin Miao, the first thing you consider when you have the idea of ​​buying a car is definitely a Mercedes-Benz. This is the star effect.

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"Qin, thank you for coming to accept the interview. Just stand at the intersection of the two tapes." Qin Miao was talking to a woman who looked about 30 years old.

She has chestnut hair and standard European facial features. She is wearing a short-sleeved shirt with the FIA ​​logo, an official FIA staff vest, and a pair of black trousers.

Qin Miao has also stayed abroad for so long, and has a basic understanding of the appearance of Europeans and Americans. Europeans generally look old in the eyes of Asians, so the FIA ​​staff in front of him may look more than 30 Yes, but the actual age may be around 23.

Qin Miao, who was wearing a Meiben team uniform and hat, stood still at the position she said, and looked around with some novelty after standing.

This is a temporary photography hall next to the paddock. From the outside, it looks like a shed like a food stall, except that it is photographed with a white tarpaulin, and there are FIA ​​and FOM logos on the tarpaulin.

Compared with the crude exterior, the interior looks much better.

Professional radio and photography equipment, a low-key but stylish background, and just the right lighting can just show the face of the driver being interviewed in front of the audience.

"Okay." After standing still, Qin Miao asked curiously, "When shall we start?"

"Actually, it has already started. Your reactions will be recorded when you just entered, and because you are here for the first time to participate in our activities, so you should have more shots. If there is no accident, these shots It should also be included in the next program.”

Qin Miao was a little surprised, but still nodded clearly and said, "Interesting."

After that, there will be a quick question and answer session. The host will ask a question, and Qin Miao needs to answer it within three seconds. If you can't answer it, you can choose to skip it.

For example:

"Which one is more inclined to understeer or oversteer."

"Understeer."

"Will you choose to stay at home or travel when you are on vacation?"

"stay at home."

"Aerobic training or anaerobic training?"

"Aerobic."

Of course, if you encounter a question that you don't know how to answer, you can also choose to skip it.

"Which one will you choose to go to, the concert or the opera?"

"...Pass, I don't want to go to both, I just want to stay at home."

host:……

Why didn't I know that our problem was linked?
……

These questions are actually helping the fans of the driver to understand the driver's daily habits and hobbies or tendencies.

For the drivers, it's not really fun, it's just daily work.

And for fans who like these drivers but suffer from not understanding the habits of these drivers, this event is too much for their appetite.

The activity time was not long, and soon Qin Miao completed all his answers within 15 minutes.

This activity is done by FOM, it is not mandatory, and naturally there is no reward, this is a two-way achievement.

Riders get the exposure they want, and FOM will be beneficial, but this benefit is a bit too general.

But after the interview, the officials still prepared a gift for Qin Miao.

The item is not expensive, but a doll in the image of Qin Miao specially made by the local organizer.

The size is about the same as Hatsune Miku's fufu.

These things would have been hung in the driver's shop for fans who came to participate in the grand prix to buy, and they are regarded as drivers' peripherals.

For the peripherals sold at that time, the driver and the local organizer will split the bill four to six, four for the driver and six for the organizer.

This is why there are so many tracks and government departments flocking to the F1 Grand Prix, which costs tens of millions of dollars at every turn. That is, in addition to ticket money, there are also surrounding and other entertainment facilities, and spectators who come from afar It can also effectively stimulate the local economy and promote the development of tourism.

Closer to home, the interview ended, Qin Miao took the gift bag prepared by the staff, and then returned to the motorcade.

On the way back, while taking the things in Qin Miao's hand, Barber said, "I don't have work today. After returning to the hotel, I have free time. You can take a bath and relax."

Qin Miao nodded, and while nodding with the staff who greeted him after seeing him in the paddock, he asked curiously, "Do I have any work tomorrow?"

"Before tomorrow's game, there will be a pre-match interview with Sky Sports. At the same time, there will be an online fan meeting that needs to be attended. After that, the official game will start. After the game, the next game will be the back-to-back Spanish Grand Prix. We have three days to prepare after the game, so we can take a day off in Portugal or go straight to Spain.

Of course, if you want, we can also fly back to the UK temporarily, and then transfer to Spain. "

Although Spain is next to Portugal, the two tracks are far apart.The track of the Portuguese Grand Prix is ​​in the lower left corner of the map of Portugal, while the track of the Spanish Grand Prix is ​​in the upper right corner of Spain. Although the two tracks are connected by land, the straight-line distance between the two tracks is more than 600 kilometers. In the past, it was basically gone in a day by land, so flying is the best choice.

"There's no need to go back." Qin Miao also felt the inconvenience of setting up the headquarters in the UK.

Britain is an island country, so for people like Qin Miao who need to travel around the world, if they are in a hurry, it would be too troublesome to go home, so they can only take a plane.

If you don't fly, you don't know when the ferry will arrive slowly.

After confirming her work content, Qin Miao and Barber returned to the hotel where they were staying.

Although he ran a qualifying match and participated in another event, Qin Miao is not too tired at the moment. After returning home, he still has time to find Zhou Guanyu, who has nothing to do at home, to play two games of CSGO together.

Silent all night.

Sunday, May 5, the day the Portuguese Grand Prix begins.

The first time after waking up, Qin Miao would check the weather at that time. After all, he was basically familiar with him as a landlubber, or anyone who knew him knew it.

He was worried about the rain on the day of the race.

Fortunately, the sun is shining today, and the temperature is also very comfortable, with a temperature of 24 degrees.

It may be a bit low for a racing car, but it is very comfortable for people to stay in such a temperature environment.

(End of this chapter)