How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 211 209: De buff
After all, Chinese people all know that diarrhea can easily occur as long as the stomach gets cold.

Of course, it's also possible that people's bodies are different.

And as an experienced F1 driver, Kimi couldn't possibly not know this, so he didn't say much in the group chat.

Instead, after seeing the ice cream in his hand, I remembered that I hadn't eaten ice cream in a while.

So Qin Miao said out of nowhere: "Is there any more? Give me one."

Kimi shrugged: "I don't have any more here. I only took this one when I came out of the hotel. But if you want to eat, there are still many in the P room of Arrow Racing. I will bring you one after the driver meeting."

What the hell kind of conversation is this between primary school students...

Qin Miao complained silently in his heart, but seeing Kimi eating so well, Qin Miao was indeed a little greedy for a moment.

But since Qin Miao can't eat it now, he won't force it.

As Qin Miao's physical trainer, health manager, and assistant, Barber didn't react at all when he saw that Qin Miao, a driver, wanted to eat ice cream after having breakfast early in the morning.

It's not that Barber has neglected his duty, it's mainly because after spending some time with Qin Miao, Barber clearly knows how strong Qin Miao's stomach is.

No matter what kind of food it is, Qin Miao will try it as long as it is edible, and there is no need to worry about having a stomachache after eating, and there is no need to worry that overeating will make his weight exceed the weight standard set by the team, no matter how difficult it is to digest. It's not a problem here in Qin Miao.

What stands out is that you should eat whatever is delicious and what is taboo.

But it happens that there are no side effects at all.

Barber sometimes wondered whether Qin Miao was from Earth. His intestines and stomach might not even be able to digest iron.

After that, the two of them started walking into the paddock together. As for what Kimi said about giving him one, Qin Miao didn't take it too seriously.

Originally, Qin Miao was planning to go to the team house to report, but judging from Kimi's posture, he should not be planning to report to the team, but was planning to go directly to the FIA ​​conference room to attend the pre-race driver meeting.

The drivers’ meeting in Azerbaijan is similar to the one in Monaco. Because it is a street race, there is simply not enough space for drivers to run on the edge of most tracks. There are only a few sporadic corners where drivers can run out and make a profit. Therefore, the FIA ​​is very strict about the race. Dao's restrictions are also relatively rigid.

After waiting in the conference room for more than 20 minutes, even after the meeting started at 09:30, there were still no riders.

No one is surprised. After all, being late is common for F1 drivers. After all, no one knows whether they will meet their acquaintances, fans, or self-media reporters with high fan followings on the way to FIA meetings. .

When this kind of person wants to chat with you, you can't show off your face and tell him that I have something urgent, right?
There is no other way, everyone can only continue to wait.

It took another 10 minutes for everyone to arrive, and then there was a 45-minute driver meeting.

After it was over, everyone naturally went back to their homes and began the final preparations before the practice match.

On the way back, Qin Miao happened to pass by Arrow's motorcade home.

And because there is no rush to attend internal team meetings while on the road. After all, it is well known that the Mercedes team meeting is 10 minutes later than the normal team meeting time of other teams.

So Kimi returned to the team home first.

After all, Qin Miao is a young man. After mentioning one thing, he saw that there was no way to achieve his goal immediately, so Qin Miao didn't care.

But Kimi was different. He remembered that Qin Miao wanted to eat ice cream, so he specially took some from Arrow's team home and prepared to send it to Qin Miao.

After coming out, he originally wanted to go to the Mercedes Benz Racing Team's team home to find Qin Miao, but he happened to see Qin Miao on the road.

"Qin Miao." Kimi stopped Qin Miao and showed the ice cream box in her hand. The meaning was obvious.

Qin Miao was indeed a little greedy when he saw Kimi eating ice cream, but after a team meeting, Qin Miao's feeling of wanting to eat ice cream also subsided.

But now that the ice cream was delivered to him, Qin Miao's greedy feeling came back, and he didn't want to refuse Kimi's kindness.

Then Hamilton watched Qin Miao walk over with some surprise, thanked him and took the ice cream box that Kimi handed over, then opened it in front of Kimi, took out an ice cream and ate it.

After taking a bite, he repeatedly pointed his thumb at Kimi to indicate that this food tastes really good.

After seeing this scene, although Hamilton's pupils were shaken, he ate ice cream before the game?What should I do if I have diarrhea during the game?
Even though he thought so in his heart, seeing Qin Miao eating ice cream so happily, Hamilton swallowed unconsciously.

A thought came to mind involuntarily: "Is Kimi's ice cream delicious? There seems to be one in Qin Miao somewhere? Should I go and get one too?"

Of course, to become a seven-time champion, in addition to the strong strength and superior technical capabilities of the Mercedes-Benz team's cars, Hamilton's own control and racing talent are also indispensable.

So he quickly controlled his inner desires and looked at Qin Miao with some worry. This silly boy ate ice cream before the game. If he had diarrhea in practice like Kimi did before, Qin Miao would probably die during the team meeting. Miao was inevitably taken out by Tuotuo to criticize and punished by canon.

However, Hamilton soon remembered that Qin Miao seemed to have always had a rumor within the team that he could eat whatever he wanted without getting a bad stomach. It was said that he showed off high-calorie junk food such as fried chicken burgers every day in F2 and did not carry it for long. A pound of meat.

Qin Miao showed off two Maglons on the way back to the team, and Hamilton didn't want one, so Qin Miao put it in the refrigerator at the team home.

After that, it was time for the team meeting to begin, but the content of the team meeting was lackluster, so I won’t go into details here.

After the meeting, Qin Miao will have some time to rest at the team home and wait for the start of the game.

If it had been before, Qin Miao would have been lying comfortably in the lounge with peace of mind, waiting for the practice to begin.

But it can’t be done now. After all, Qin Miao now has a contract with Yili. Although the main terms are not clearly stated, it is emphasized in the details that during the three days of the Grand Prix weekend, Qin Miao must participate at least twice before or during the competition. Later interviews.

At the same time, Yili also sponsored the Mercedes-Benz team because of Qin Miao's relationship.

As for the specific amount, Qin Miao didn't ask, but Mercedes, which was not short of money, quickly agreed to the amount of sponsorship.

It can be said that after Qin Miao signed a contract with Yili, Qin Miao became a paid driver to a certain extent, but the fee was not paid by Qin Miao himself.

After accepting interviews with several local self-media in Azerbaijan, all Qin Miao's preparations before the game were finally completed.

Before the first practice started, Qin Miao, who came to the team's P room wearing a racing suit, received the good news from Reyes.

But I don’t know why, but all the technicians in the team seemed a little depressed, and they kept drinking the magic claws.

"Good news, the car has started and can drive normally."

Qin Miao nodded while zipping up his racing suit.

"But there is still bad news." Reyes did not give in and said directly: "The cause of the car's engine failure was found out. It was a half shaft that was broken for unknown reasons.

We do not have the conditions to deal with this problem here, so the engine must be shipped back to the factory for repair before it can continue to be used.What we can use today is only the engine we usually use for practice races and the engine we used to run the race. "

To be honest, this news is not bad news at all for other circuits. Circuits with many curves such as Monaco and Hungaroring can be used reluctantly if the horsepower requirements of the car are not high. Get over it.

But the Baku track is particularly demanding on engine power. Many teams usually choose to drive a new engine on this track so that the cars in the main race will have more powerful engine output and power.

But Mei Ben was lucky. Before the race even started, he gave Qin Miao a De buff.

But there was no way, Qin Miao couldn't just stop running just because the engine power was insufficient.

So facing Reyes' somewhat embarrassed expression, Qin Miao waved his hand and said: "This matter has nothing to do with you. It would be nice to have a car to drive under such circumstances. I just hope that there will be no accidents with the car on the track. "

Reyes expressed relief: "Actually, the durability of the engine we used to run the practice race is sufficient. We can use the engine we used to run the practice race to run the main race, but the engine we used to run the main race is almost exhausted. Come and run a practice match, there shouldn’t be any problems.”

"Can't we re-ship a set of half-shafts from Brackley?" Qin Miao asked reluctantly.

After all, in Qin Miao's opinion, the engine is just a broken part, and it can be replaced with a new one.

Reyes was stunned for a moment, and then explained with amusement: "If we replace the half shaft here, we can't hide it from the FIA ​​people. As long as we change it, they can see the traces of the replacement, and we will have scrapped the set. engine.

But if we replace the half shaft in Brackley, we can make sure that no matter how we inspect it, there will be no trace of disassembly. "

Qin Miao: 6.

"Is it appropriate to tell me this kind of thing so openly?" Qin Miao was shocked.

Reyes waved his hand: "We are all our own people, don't worry, and this is an unwritten rule within all teams. If the internal parts of the new engine that have not been on the track are broken, they can be replaced.

After all, there are only four sets of engines in a season. If the internal parts of an engine that has never been on the track break, it will be scrapped. How can you play this season?Can we only suffer a loss and accept the penalty? "

……

In any case, the problem was solved in a curve to save the country. Qin Miao was not too worried about the car stopping on the track. However, it was foreseeable that Qin Miao would have 10 less horsepower than his teammate Hamilton in the race.

"There shouldn't be any other problems besides this, right?" Qin Miao finally asked.

"No problem." Reyes made an OK gesture.

After hearing this, Qin Miao began to put noise-cancelling headphones into his ears, and then put on a hood and helmet.

After putting on the equipment, Qin Miao got into the racing car.

As soon as practice started, Qin Miao put buffs on his car. After receiving the news that the car engine was out of action, Qin Miao knew that the system task that required him to win the championship was probably far away. Fortunately, the system task was not completed. There will be no punishment, and Qin Miao is more tolerant and will not have too much psychological burden.

After entering the car, Qin Miao confirmed the tuning settings of his car on the monitor in front of him. This set of settings was the most comfortable setting that Qin Miao ran on the simulator.

It's very comfortable to drive on the simulator, but it's hard to say how effective it will be on a real track.

But practice sessions are for the teams to do this.

After confirming it, Qin Miao gave Reyes a thumbs up.

Reyes nodded and let Qin Miao out at the beginning of the first practice.

In fact, it is difficult to feel the loss of more than a dozen horsepower from the engine of an F1 racing car with thousands of horsepower, but the difference reflected on the track is about 0.2 seconds.

Qin Miao knew that if he wanted to achieve good results in today's game, or even win the unlikely championship, tire selection and fuel control in this game would be crucial.

So Qin Miao started long-distance heavy-fuel testing of soft tires as soon as he came out.

The first test ran for twelve laps. Qin Miao's tire degradation and fuel consumption were not the team's worries. What they were really worried about was Qin Miao's lap speed and his adaptability to this track. .

However, as the work gradually deepened, everyone deliberately forgot about Qin Miao's racing engine and just focused on the work at hand.

Qin Miao didn't know how other teams were doing, but Mercedes' data collection on Qin Miao's car was quite efficient, and the subsequent car tuning was also very accurate.

Qin Miao ran three times during the first practice session.

Both Qin Miao and the team were very satisfied with the results of the test.

At least in terms of aerodynamics, Qin Miao got the tuning settings he wanted.

In fact, the aerodynamic kit settings for this track in Baku are quite easy to find. After all, it is a track with medium and low pressure.

After the first practice was paused, I sorted out the data and determined what work needed to be done in the second practice. After that, the rest time between the first practice and the second practice was almost over.

In addition to work, there was also an interesting aspect of the first practice, which was that Ma Zeping crashed again, and the rear wing was directly deformed by the collision.

Based on the characteristics of carbon fiber, the tail wing will be useless after deformation.

But fortunately, Ural Oil has a lot of money and doesn't care about the damaged tail.

During the first practice, only Ma Zeping was involved in a car accident. The others either rushed directly into the buffer zone to save the day, or they just avoided collision.

In the final practice session, Verstappen won the first place in practice with a time of 1:43.

Hamilton is sixth and Qin Miao is seventh.

As soon as he started second practice, Leclerc knocked off his front wing in T15 because the position was tricky and the track's protective wall was also deformed by the impact.

Matthew needed to come over to restore the position of the anti-collision wall, so the race meeting raised a red flag.

After the red flag ended, the practice session continued, but there were no car accidents in the subsequent process. Qin Miao also smoothly completed the test items required by the team.

Then he safely took his car back to Room P.

After the second practice, Qin Miao's ranking dropped instead of rising, reaching No. 11.

Qin Miao's teammate Hamilton finished fourth in the second practice. The first place was Red Bull's Perez with a time of 1:42. Pan Zi was 115 seconds slower than Perez.

In both practice sessions on Friday, Red Bull beat Mercedes in both sessions.

(End of this chapter)