How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 188 Chapter 186: After the game (6000, plus 620)

To be honest, Qin Miao was really uncomfortable at first, but when Toto's words came out, Qin Miao's emotions became a little inconsistent on the spot.

Are you so comforting?And is it time to talk about bonuses?

As a team leader, shouldn't you be like an elder or a respected elder, persuading younger generations?
What's the point of directly withdrawing money?
But one thing to say, after Toto's nonsense words, Qin Miao really felt that the negative emotions in his heart eased a little.

But before Qin Miao could say anything, Toto handed a spare pair of earphones to Qin Miao and said, "Hamilton."

Qin Miao took the headset with some surprise, and put it on after confirming that it was Hamilton who wanted to talk to him.

Hamilton's voice soon came from the earphones: "Hey, Qin, don't worry, don't be depressed, this kind of situation on the track is inevitable, who hasn't encountered such a situation in their career? Believe me, everything It'll all be fine."

Being able to receive comfort from his teammates in the game at this time, Qin Miao still felt a sense of being valued and cared for.

He is also a driver, so he naturally knows that it is quite troublesome to talk to others when he is racing on the track, and it may even cause him to be distracted on the track and make a driving error.

But despite this, Hamilton still said these words to himself after he returned to the P room.

It would be a lie to say that she was not moved, and Qin Miao also knew that if she twitched a little more at this time, she would be a little ignorant.

"Thank you, Lewis, but I'm fine, don't worry, I'll wait for you in room P until the game is over." So Qin Miao replied calmly.

After answering, Qin Miao sat next to Toto and watched the broadcast screen on the monitor, while glancing at the lap times of other drivers on the track, tire wear and other data on the monitor from time to time.

Qin Miao had seen these things beside Binotto when he was in Ferrari, and he was familiar with these weather maps and data screens, so he could understand them naturally.

In the race, despite losing Qin Miao, his loyal wingman, Hamilton did not show too much decline on the field, relying on the advantage that Qin Miao had established for him before retiring, leading the way in the later stages of the race.

In the end, he won the championship under the pursuit of the two Red Bull drivers.

This race did not put much pressure on Hamilton, the only thing that made him feel a little emotional was Qin Miao's retirement.

The final finish of the game is as follows:
P1: Hamilton +26 (fastest lap)
P2: Verstappen +18
P3: Perez +14
P4: Norris +12
P5: Leclerc +10
P6: Aokang +8
P7: Alonso +6
P8: Ricardo +4
P9: Gasly +2
P10: Sainz +1
The overall standings are as follows:

1: Hamilton 70
2: Verstappen 51
3: Qin Miao 40
4: Norris 34
5: Leclerc 30
6: Perez 24
7: Ricardo 16
8: Sainz 13
9: Ocon 8
10: Alonso 6
11: Stroll 5
12: Kakuda 2
13: Gasly 4
14: Kimi 1
Because of Qin Miao's retirement in this race, his ranking also dropped from second to third. The two drivers of Alpine also made a sudden breakthrough and squeezed into the standings.

The team standings are as follows:
1: Mercedes: 110
2: Red Bull: 75
3: McLaren: 50
4: Ferrari: 43
5: Alpine: 14
6: Red Bull: 6
7: Aston Martin: 5
8: Alfa Romeo: 1
Because of the loss of a general, the points gap between Mercedes and Red Bull, which had gradually widened, instantly narrowed.

However, Qin Miao's retirement can only be said to be a non-war crime. After finding out the cause of Qin Miao's car problem, it will be fine to avoid it next time. Mercedes is Mercedes after all, and there will be no problem that cannot be solved in three or four races. Case.

After the race to receive the prize, because it was relatively close to the entrance of the maintenance area, Qin Miao also walked out with the staff of the Mercedes team to celebrate Hamilton's victory in this race.

After Hamilton saw Qin Miao in the crowd, he came over to hug his little brother and comforted Qin Miao.

I won’t go into too much detail about the subsequent process. Although Qin Miao also stayed in the crowd with the team’s staff, Qin Miao really didn’t feel any joy. He just felt that all this had nothing to do with him. Among the crowd, I am like an outsider.

After the awards ceremony, Qin Miao went to the interview area for a post-match interview.

During the interview process, the reporter inevitably asked the reason for the withdrawal of the game.

During this period of time, the team roughly figured out the reason why Qin Miao's car lost power, but because the race was not over, Qin Miao's car hadn't been shipped back yet, so they didn't dismantle the car for inspection to determine what the problem was.

So facing the reporter's question, Qin Miao could only say: "According to the team's guess, the car should have a problem with the gearbox, but because the car didn't come back, we can't be sure what is wrong with the gearbox.

So sorry, I can't give an accurate answer to your question. "

Afterwards, the reporter asked again, whether the loss and withdrawal of this game will affect Qin Miao's mentality, and will it affect Qin Miao's state in the next game?
Qin Miao shrugged: "Humans are a species that is easy to forget. No matter how painful things are, after two or three days, this painful feeling will gradually subside. After a month, life will return to normal. Retiring is just a coincidence. Inevitably, I think I can adjust my mentality before the next game starts."

"Okay, that's all for my questions, thank you very much for coming to our interview."

Qin Miao also nodded in response, and then returned to room P with the press officer of the team.

……

After the interview is over, there will normally be a post-match meeting and a party after the meeting. The cost of the party will naturally be borne by the team.

However, Qin Miao, who has already had a vacation in advance, naturally does not need to attend, and the party is not mandatory.

And Toto really gave Qin Miao a vacation as Alisson said, and asked him to go back to the UK to rest for a few days. He does not need to be responsible for this week's work. He will fly to the Spanish track to report before Thursday afternoon. That's fine.

In fact, Qin Miao is not such a fragile person. After sitting in the P room for half a game, Qin Miao's inner emotions have almost calmed down. Now, although it will be uncomfortable to think of his mechanical failure and retiring from the game, under normal conditions, as long as you don't go Thinking about that matter, Qin Miao can guarantee her relative peace of mind.

But who can say no to a vacation that the team owner has prepared for you out of concern?

So after the game, Qin Miao happily took Barber back to England.

While waiting for her luggage after getting off the plane, Qin Miao received a text message from Toto, which said Qin Miao's racing car inspection results.

Indeed, as guessed, there was a problem with the gearbox, but the team did not have the conditions to disassemble the gearbox for inspection at the time, so the specific problem with the gearbox will have to wait until the gearbox is shipped back to the Brackley factory in the UK for disassembly Only then can it be clear.

The two then left the terminal with their luggage.
After seeing Qiumeng at the exit, Qin Miao walked up without thinking, ready to give a big hug to her girlfriend whom she hadn't seen for almost half a week, and then Qin Miao's face was blocked by Qiumeng's small hand.

Qiu Meng held Qin Miao's face and looked left and right.

After confirming that there is no gloomy look on Qin Miao's face, she nodded in satisfaction: "Yes, the ability to adjust mentality has improved."

Qin Miao rolled her eyes angrily: "You still think of me as a child? I have grown up after playing around in the paddock for so long."

Qiu Meng didn't care either: "Okay, don't be poor, go back first, I've already found a few contracts for you during this time, and you should be satisfied with them."

Qin Miao nodded, but she was not in a hurry. After all, Qin Miao had plenty of time to read these contracts after returning home.

On the way to the parking lot, Qiumeng complained: "After you retired from the race, you felt relieved. Not only did you get off work early, but you could still sit in the car and rest for a while. On the contrary, it was me, an outsider, whose phone was about to explode. gone."

Qin Miao walked out with her luggage, and asked curiously: "Who called you? The only ones who know your phone number are our mother, Boss Zhou, and some close friends, right? It's impossible to blow up your phone."

Qiu Meng took out two mobile phones from her bag, and one was wrapped with a mobile phone case. Qin Miao remembered that this mobile phone case seemed to be drawn out by a lottery after the competition. Qin Miao gave it to Qiu Meng directly. Qin Miao had never seen the other mobile phone, so it should be a new one.

"No." Qiu Meng handed another mobile phone that Qin Miao had never seen before and said, "Work calls are from sponsors or brand parties who are interested in working with us, and the meaning is almost the same. They are here to care about your emotions. To be honest, none of our mothers care about you.

Although it is not complicated to deal with these people, it is really time-consuming, and they are all repetitive tasks. I am not joking, and dealing with them for a moment gave me the illusion of working in a factory and driving screws. "

Although Qiumeng said this with a light tone and a natural expression, rather than complaining, she is like all lovers, sharing the trivialities of her life with her lover after a long time of absence little things.

However, Qin Miao has also improved in the past two years. After hearing Qiumeng's words, he began to think about whether it is possible for him to establish a company or something. The company is only responsible for its own affairs, and after having a company, these things can be done. Let the company's employees handle it, and Qiu Meng only needs to control the general direction.

This incident was kept in Qin Miao's heart. Maybe the company's establishment was not necessary in a short period of time, but after a long time, Qin Miao will have more endorsements and more people to deal with. Then you need such a company to deal with it.

If you have a chance, call Boss Zhou and ask about the feasibility of doing so or where it is better to start a company.

Keeping this matter in mind, Qin Miao smiled and stretched out her hand to rub Qiumeng's shoulder and said, "That's right, why don't these people have any discernment?"

Because Qin Miao's family only had two cars, and these two cars only had two seats, Barber separated from them after leaving the airport.

Although Qin Miao got a vacation, Barber didn't. He still had to go back to the team to write reports and other miscellaneous things.

After returning home, Qiumeng was busy with her own affairs, while Qin Miao started making phone calls.

Qin Miao knows that her relatives and friends will definitely feel bad after knowing that she has retired from the competition, so she definitely wants to call to comfort herself.

But they also know that their work is special, even if they want to call themselves, most of the time the call cannot be reached, so under normal circumstances they will leave a message for Qin Miao on WeChat.

After seeing these messages, Qin Miao would naturally call them back one by one when she was free.

This is basically the standard procedure after Qin Miao entered F1 and after each grand prix.

Qin Miao's first call after returning home must have been to his mother.

After the phone rang, it was connected immediately, and the mother's familiar voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello, son."

"Ouch."

"Back to England?"

"I'm back."

"It's good to go back, take a good rest, don't be discouraged by one failure, there are still a lot of competitions in a year, we will have more opportunities in the future, and I and the neighbors in the neighborhood are very supportive of you."

"Oh, I see, Mom."

"You and Xiaomeng should be well when you are abroad. If there is anything to decide, you two should discuss it. I heard that the situation abroad is not optimistic. You should also pay attention to safety."

"it is good……"

"The team won't have any opinion on you because of your retirement?"

Qin Miao smiled: "You don't have to worry about this. This retirement is the team's problem. Strictly speaking, the team needs to give me an explanation."

"Since there will be no problems in this regard, I am relieved. In short, be careful in everything abroad, and be cautious in words and deeds."

"Okay mom."

"That's it. You're catching a plane after the race today, so I won't talk to you anymore. Get some rest early after you're done."

"Hey."

……

The content of the phone call between the two mothers and sons is basically like this.

After restraining her emotions, Qin Miao called other relatives and friends.

After another half an hour of busy work, it was basically finished after calling Zhou Guanyu and Leclerc.

The reason why I say it is basically because there is another person, Qin Miao, who has not been contacted.

After opening a bottle of Coke, Qin Miao came to her backyard. After sitting down on the stool in the backyard, Qin Miao called Boss Zhou.

The phone was picked up after three rings.

"Hey Xiao Qin."

"Hey, Uncle Zhou, it's me."

"How does it feel to retire for the first time?"

Qin Miao took a sip of Coke and said with a wry smile, "I'm not feeling well. After all my hard work has gone to waste, I feel empty in my heart, very lost, empty, powerless, and even have a feeling of despair."

"I didn't expect you to have a deep memory of that feeling at that time." Boss Zhou teased, and then said: "As long as you are playing on the field, you will definitely encounter this kind of thing, sooner or later.

And I think with your personality, it's just that you will feel uncomfortable for a while when you retire, and maybe your mentality has been adjusted at this moment. "

It's really just like Boss Zhou said, as long as he doesn't deliberately think about his retirement on the track, Qin Miao has already regained his inner peace.

"I won't advise you if there are more words, I believe you can adjust yourself.

As Romain Rolland said: There is a kind of heroism in the world, which is to still love life after seeing the truth of life.

This sentence also applies to the race track. No matter how big the setbacks are on the race track, a real driver can still regain his fighting spirit and love racing. "

The corner of Qin Miao's mouth twitched in response.

In fact, after returning home, Qin Miao had already taken lightly on the matter of retiring from the race on the track, but couldn't hold back the phone calls, and everyone was talking to him about it.

It's like every phone call opened a small hole in Qin Miao's wound that had almost healed.

Qin Miao, who didn't want to recall the feeling at that time, hurriedly interrupted Boss Zhou's long speech: "Uncle Zhou, actually I still have a few questions that I would like to ask someone with rich social experience like you."

"Oh?" Boss Zhou became interested: "Let's hear it."

"It's like this. As my reputation is getting bigger and bigger, people have already started to come to me to talk about cooperation endorsement. Originally, I handed over this matter to Qiu Meng, and this girl handled it very well. .

But after Imola won the championship, the number of people who approached us to talk about endorsements increased dramatically. Now Qiumeng is too busy alone, so I thought about starting a company, and I can help her after recruiting people Take some of the stress out of yourself. "

Boss Zhou paused for a moment, and then Boss Zhou asked: "Do you start this company mainly to help Xiaomeng share the pressure or for the convenience of business and endorsement?"

"It's both, but the main reason that prompted me to start a company is that I found that this girl is a little too busy and too tired."

Boss Zhou on the other end of the phone nodded thoughtfully: "Then it doesn't matter to start a company, but you two have to discuss the shareholding structure yourself. Trouble...

My suggestion is to open it abroad. After all, after the company is established, there must be a reassuring person to take care of it. You must not have this leisure time, so you will most likely let Xiaomeng manage it. If the company is set up in China, the two of you Maybe we won't see each other once or twice throughout the year, and it's not safe to fly around now that the situation is so tense. "

Qin Miao nodded clearly. He didn't understand these aspects very well. Since Boss Zhou must have his reasons for saying this, Qin Miao just wrote it down for the time being, and at Qiu Meng's request, Qin Miao's phone number was The recording mode is always turned on, which means that all of Qin Miao's call records will be recorded, and then the recording can be played directly to Qiu Meng.

Of course, the phone recording is not because Qiu Meng is monitoring Qin Miao's privacy or private life. It is mainly because of Qin Miao's current identity that many people have thoughts about Qin Miao. Turning on the phone and turning on the recording can avoid a lot of trouble.

……

"Okay, I remember, sorry to bother you."

"Why are you being polite? The group photo and autograph you gave me just made me look good in front of my gang of cronies. What I gave you was just some trivial advice, it's no big deal.

By the way, speaking of the fact that you gave me a long face, I specially prepared a gift for you to thank you, but the gift is not ready yet, I will send it to you when it is ready. "

"Hey, then I'll thank you in advance." Qin Miao didn't doubt him either.

On the one hand, he knew that Boss Zhou was very rich, so it was really nothing to him to give him a gift, and on the other hand, he didn't think that a gift could be such a valuable gift.

With Qin Miao's current net worth, he wouldn't feel too much pressure to give away a watch worth hundreds of thousands.

"Okay, I'll hang up if there's nothing else to do."

"Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Qin Miao recalled whether there were other people he didn't take care of. After confirming that the people he was acquainted with had call records, Qin Miao put away the phone and returned to her room. Qin Miao immediately forgot about the gift the boss was talking about.

The next day, Qin Miao officially started her vacation, her work cell phone was turned off, and the cell phone used for daily contact with friends was also muted.

Why don't anyone find me before I want to contact you!
Of course, in order to gain more influence, Qin Miao naturally needs to show his face in front of fans more.

So Qin Miao turned on the computer after thinking about it, took a photo of the game matching stage after boarding CSGO, and posted it with the text: "I'm not happy, I'm happy playing the game."

It is worth mentioning that because Qin Miao’s account was previously operated by Qiumeng, the photos posted are all art photos taken by Qin Miao in the studio of the motorcade. It looks very official. Qin Miao’s The dress is also handsome and clean enough, with a good temperament.

But Qin Miao's photo on Weibo can be seen at a glance as a random photo, not professional at all.

But because of this unprofessional, some fans who followed Qin Miao's account speculated:

[This should be taken by Qin Miao himself]

[It should be, the previous photos were not so unprofessional]

[Qin Miao still plays gogo? 】

[I play CSGO, and Qin Miao also plays CSGO, so I am equal to Qin Miao]

[Qin Miao is an old CSGO player. He didn’t have many matches when he was still in F2. At that time, there was only him and Zhou Guanyu. The two of them fought in FPL. It was a dark day. I heard that Navi’s youth training also approached them After knowing their worth and jobs, they cursed and gave up]

[Qin Miao will not talk about it, as far as Zhou Guanyu's family is concerned, if Zhou Guanyu wants to, he can really buy the entire CSGO branch of Navi directly]

[@Driver Qin Miao, Xiao Qin!It doesn't matter if you lose the game, you can't enjoy playing games by yourself, you can start a live broadcast to let the brothers learn skills]

[When you poke your butt upstairs, I know what shit you want to shit]

【Unpredictable intentions】

(End of this chapter)