How did I become an F1 driver?

190 Chapter 188: Foresight

There are indeed ice creams in the logistics department of the team home, but these things are for the team's clerical staff and technicians, and the drivers will not eat these things.

And after Barber saw Toto's eyes, he could only helplessly spread his hands. He was just a part-time worker. At the beginning, Qin Miao would listen to him. He would follow what he said he could eat or not. Strictly implement what you say.

But after a long time, Qin Miao found that Barber was not a serious person in his daily life, and then he began to let himself go on the spot.

Barber was a little desperate at the time. After all, Qin Miao really ate whatever he couldn't eat at the time. Barber's professional knowledge told him that in the near future, Qin Miao's weight would put on wings and take off completely.

After realizing these, Barber even had the urge to resign.

It's just that after he got Qin Miao's new month's physical examination report, he was a little dumbfounded to find that the high-calorie junk food Qin Miao ate seemed to be indigestible and had not been converted into energy and fat. Stored in Qin Miao's body.

Just disappeared out of thin air.

After another month, after confirming that Qin Miao really won't get fat by eating anything, and his body mass hasn't increased, no matter how much he eats, it won't have any negative impact on Qin Miao's body, Barber also started to look bad, you Eat whatever you like, I don't care.

As for why Toto didn't know, Barber didn't know either.

He had submitted a report to the team anyway, but it was clear that Toto hadn't seen the report Barber had written.

Thursday passed like this, without a word all night.

Friday, the day when the first and second training starts.

In Qin Miao's eyes, the intensive practice games before are not complicated in Qin Miao's eyes now. Qin Miao has a clear understanding of when and what to do, and is no longer confused.

There is nothing to repeat in the first and second practice, just to drive the car to prepare for Sunday's race, run the data, and find the feeling of driving.

The only thing worth mentioning is that during the second practice, Kimi blocked Qin Miao's qualifying flight circle simulation because he did not dodge in time.

However, Qin Miao, who rescued the car by accident, did not show any impatience. He just told the team that the flying circle was blocked and there was no further text.

But what Qin Miao didn't know was that his words were released.

But it was because Qin Miao didn't vent his emotions like a normal person should have after being blocked, and spit fragrantly.

Instead, he reported to the team calmly, coupled with Qin Miao's strong performance on the field and the brotherhood shown by him and Hamilton.

Originally, his reputation in the paddock could only be regarded as below average, which has been reversed.

At the moment, most car fans think that Qin Miao is a young man who values ​​love and righteousness and has unfathomable strength. It can be said that Qin Miao's overall reputation is good.

Saturday.

Three practice sessions and qualifying sessions will be held today.

As soon as the third training session started, Qin Miao hurriedly ran into the garage from the back door of the Mercedes P room.

Seeing this anxious young man, many staff members who were older than Qin Miao showed knowing smiles.

Only young people like Qin Miao have such vitality and movements. Looking at such young people, they all feel much younger.

Because Qin Miao also began to participate in various interviews and pre-race activities like other drivers, Qin Miao inevitably, like Hamilton, was late for the team meeting.

And the reason why he is in such a hurry now is because the interview just now took him too much time, if he didn't trot over, he might not be able to catch up with the third practice.

Seeing Qin Miao who came to the P room, came to his racing car, began to put on the equipment, and then jumped on the racing car and drove away, Toto laughed and shook his head.

Alisson, who was sitting next to Toto, took advantage of the data of the two cars going out for three practice sessions, and the surrounding area was much quieter. After turning off the microphone of his earphones, he opened the corner of the earphones and moved closer to Toto, with only two people listening. The voice that could be seen said: "I still can't figure it out, what was the purpose of your order?"

Toto also turned off the microphone of his earphones, and while staring at the lap times of the two drivers, he said: "This matter is over."

"Come on, hurry up." Alisson obviously didn't like Toto.

Toto looked at Alisson helplessly, and Toto knew that if he could not give an explanation that satisfied the other party, he would not let it go, "When I found Qin Miao, he had just won the F2 championship. , although talented, dazzling in F2, but we all know that F2 is not F1 after all.

So at the time I didn't think he would be as brilliant in F1 as he was in F2..."

Allison shrugged: "It seems that you underestimated Qin Miao."

Toto nodded helplessly: "Yes, I underestimated him, not just me, Ferrari, Red Bull, everyone underestimated him.

Can you believe it, you recruited a young driver who was going to let him grow up for a few years before entrusting him with important responsibilities, but he showed great strength in his first race and was able to fight against one of the championship candidates You have to go back and forth without losing the wind. "

"Isn't this a good thing?" Allison was puzzled.

Toto: "Maybe yes for other teams, but for us..."

Alisson thought of Hamilton in an instant, then Rosberg, then Verstappen and Ricciardo, after thinking of these people and the stupid things these people have done, he clicked: "Yeah, for us It's really not a good thing."

"A talented and powerful driver like Qin Miao, once he fully adapts to the F1 racing rhythm and starts to show his fangs, he is bound to compete with Hamilton for points, and this year Hamilton will win eight championships again. In the critical period of surpassing Michael Schumacher's historical status, infighting is okay at any time, but not now." Toto said frankly.

Alisson was stunned: "Because of this, why did you let Qin Miao, who had a chance to win the championship, sacrifice for Hamilton?
But if you do this, you will not avoid the infighting between the two drivers, and it may even intensify this contradiction. "

But Toto just smiled at his chief technology officer and said, "But the final result is not bad, is it? And Qin Miao didn't lose anything."

Alisson was taken aback for a moment, and recalled the brotherly friendship between Hamilton and Qin Miao, and Qin Miao also won the championship in that game.

He looked at Toto suspiciously: "Are these all calculated by you?"

Toto waved his hand indifferently: "Don't talk nonsense, I don't have such strong calculation and layout capabilities. I just had a brain twitch and gave a wrong team order. It was too late when I wanted to take it back, and I And paid for it.”

Although the facts are likely to be as Toto said, Alisson still suspects that things are not as simple as Toto said.

It's just that he has no proof.

After the third training session, Qin Miao was the first to return to the maintenance area.

After getting off the car, Qin Miao hurriedly went to the toilet.

After returning from the toilet, Qin Miao hurriedly adjusted the settings of her racing car during the rest time.

What Qin Miao didn't notice was that both Toto and Allison were watching him silently from a distance.

……

[-] pm local time in Spain and [-] pm domestic time is an extremely comfortable time period for both Spanish and domestic audiences.

Qualifying is about to begin.

Qin Miao got ready early in her car.

Although the gearbox broke down after he used his skills in the main race last week, Qin Miao still put a buff on his car before the start of the race. After all, this set of actions is not just for Qin Miao's car with system skills. Going to Buff is Qin Miao's little habit and psychological comfort before the start of each game.

After getting this buff, Qin Miao will have less worries and worries in her heart.

After finishing his pre-race preparations, the team put a set of soft tires on Qin Miao.

In fact, with Qin Miao's ability, the old medium tires in Q1 can still enter Q2 stably, but considering the traffic conditions that may occur in Q1, the team finally chose to put Qin Miao on a new set of soft tires .

Because running with soft tires, even if you encounter any unexpected situation on the track, you can rely on the advantages of soft tires to regain the lost speed in time.

While Qin Miao was preparing, there were already drivers waiting at the pit exit.

The camera cuts to see Ma Zeping, Mick, and Latifi.

That's okay, these buddies really need to make effective laps in advance.

Qin Miao went out when there were 1 minutes left before the clock stopped in Q13.

Qin Miao's track engineer Franky found a suitable flight circle window for Qin Miao.

After hiding a few cars during the tire warm-up lap, Qin Miao started his first flying lap in qualifying at the Circuit de Catalunya.

In the first lap, Qin Miao felt that he was in a good state. The first timing period was directly purple, and the rhythm of the second timing period was also very good. He did not make the mistakes he often made in practice games.

"Qin Miao's side also started to fly. The first paragraph went straight to purple, and it was a little two seconds faster than the second Norris. It seems to be in good condition." Brother Bing also noticed that Qin Miao started his own flying circle.

Brother Fei said with great relief: "When Qin Miao retired from the race in Portugal last time, I was worried that Qin Miao's state would be affected by a single retirement. After all, the spirits of many talented drivers will be dissipated after the first retirement. Drop some.

But whether it is the three practice matches this week or the state Qin Miao has shown in the qualifying match, they all prove to us that Qin Miao is in good condition. "

Zhou Haoran said: "Qin Miao's mentality is really good, and his ability to adjust is also very strong. After his only retirement in F2, he was still so strong in the next race. Since then, Qin Miao's ability to adjust and his mentality have stabilized. It’s already beginning to show.”

"And Qin Miao's strength is really very happy for us Chinese car fans."

"Yeah, after watching F1 for so many years, I just imagined that one day I could see our Chinese drivers on the podium of F1, but even if it was a fantasy, I only imagined it like Qin Miao's first race. That's how you get third."

Brother Bing laughed and said, "Even in my dreams and fantasies, I never thought that there would be a Chinese driver who would become the champion of the F1 race, did I?"

The other two commentators also laughed and echoed.

In the end, Brother Fei put the topic to an end with one sentence: "I just hope that Qin Miao can always maintain this mentality."

……

While the three commentators were chatting, Qin Miao's second time period also finished.

The second time period was still purple, and Qin Miao's rhythm in the third time period was also very good. Although there were other cars on the track, they did not block Qin Miao.

When Qin Miao crossed the line, the score came to 1:17.

Coming directly to Q1's first.

Naturally, Qin Miao also saw his own results, and the three purple segments displayed on the steering wheel also let Qin Miao know that he had temporarily come to the first position.

"The result is very good, our result can be steadily advanced to Q1, and we don't need to run for the next flying lap." After Qin Miao finished this lap, Franky said in TR.

"Okay." Qin Miao also had this intention.

After returning to the garage after the first lap of Q1, Qin Miao did not come out again.

Seeing this, the fans who knew what Qin Miao was thinking yelled: "Lazy dog ​​Qin's second child!"

In the end, Qin Miao unexpectedly entered Q2 in the first position.

Qin Miao's thrilling promotion in the qualifying stage was gone, and for a while, those audiences who were used to Qin Miao's lack of strength until Q3 were a little uncomfortable.

Of course, the familiar feeling for the audience quickly returned.

Q2.

Qin Miao's first flying lap was on the soft tires that he ran once in Q1. After charging the battery for another lap on the track, Qin Miao started to speed on the track again.

After the first flying lap of Q2, Qin Miao's score came to 1:17.

Although this result is 0.011 seconds slower than his first flying lap, don't forget to consider Qin Miao's tire wear. Qin Miao ran faster in this lap.

It is worth mentioning that this result is still able to steadily enter Q3, because the cut-off line of Q3 is 1 minute and 18 seconds.

Although Qin Miao is only 0.4 seconds faster than the closing line, this 0.4 seconds is a huge gap in the racing industry, and it is not something that can be crossed.

"I think it's enough for me to finish this lap in Q2."

Qin Miao also knew this, so she said something in TR, and then she was going to leave work early like Q1.

But at this moment, Toto's voice directly inserted into Qin Miao and Franky's TR: "Qin, I think the result of this lap is a bit slow, you run another lap."

The blue veins at Toto's temples are slightly bulging. The FIA ​​driver's tire reserve shows that Hamilton's spare tire reserve is normal, which is the normal reserve for every driver on weekends.

And what about Qin Miao?

One set of hard tires, two sets of medium tires, and soft tires. If Qin Miao stopped running after Q2, Qin Miao would have four sets of soft tires left in Q3.

Even if Q3 uses two sets of soft tires and discards one set, Qin Miao can still have one set of hard tires, two sets of medium tires, and one set of soft tires during the race on the weekend.

how?

Do you think you can take those tires home after the race or something?
Qin Miao: "...Oh."

After returning to the maintenance area, Qin Miao and his car were pushed back to the P room. Then the engineers put on a new set of soft tires while charging the battery of the car, and wrapped the soft tires with warm tires. .

During this time, all Qin Miao could do was watch the results of other drivers and the live broadcast on the two screens in front of her flip flops.

Qin Miao was let out again 2 minutes before the Q4 stop watch, but Qin Miao made a mistake in the second timing period of this lap, so please give me some support when passing the two combined turns of No. [-] and No. [-]. A little deeper, and the car's rear tires slipped slightly.

Although he was rescued, the results of this lap were ruined just like that.

However, Qin Miao entered Q2 with the No.7 position on his first flying lap in Q3.

Seeing Qin Miao's ranking in Q2, Qin Miao's fans shouted: the familiar feeling of cerebral infarction is back.

(End of this chapter)