How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 226 Chapter 224: The end of the three-match series (6K, 12 more updates are due)

The second race at the Red Bull Ring had more variables than the first race. It was no longer like the first race where the drivers on the front row basically had no changes in position.

The safety car came out on the first lap of the race, and Russell, who started eighth, lost four positions.

Williams' car is relatively poor, so it's not incomprehensible that he dropped so many positions.
After the race restarted, Norris, who was in excellent qualifying form, started fighting with Perez, and Hamilton was ready to step in when he saw this.

Then because of the lack of position, he lost a lot of money and lost a lot of speed. After all, it had just restarted and no one was far away. So when Qin Miao saw Hamilton's mistake, he took advantage and moved up to fourth. .

And on the same lap, when Perez, who was still fighting with Norris, entered T5 side by side with Norris, he was directly squeezed out of the track by Norris on the inside and rushed into the gravel outside the track. middle.

When Albon, who was watching the game at home, saw this scene, he suddenly remembered that when he was still at Red Bull, he was in the same position and in the same way, and he was also pushed off the track.

Even like Perez, he is Red Bull's No. 2 driver and drives a Red Bull car.

Maybe this is the sacrifice that needs to be made to buff Mercedes at the Red Bull Ring, that is, to sacrifice the No. 2 driver of the Red Bull Racing Team to become the No. 1 driver of the Red Bull Racing Team.

Of course you can also regard this as a kind of inheritance...

Perez, who was originally third, rushed out of the track. When he came back, his position had dropped to sixth. Then he speeded up to regain his rhythm. By the time Perez stabilized his car, he had dropped to tenth.

The ups and downs of life are just like this.

On lap No. 12, Qin Miao passed Norris in the DRS area on the straightaway.

But Hamilton behind Qin Miao spends more time with Norris. Qin Miao has now proven his strength. It is impossible for the team to really train Qin Miao as a No. 2 driver. He does all the dirty work. Throw it to him.

So after Qin Miao passed Norris, he started chasing Verstappen in front at full speed, while Hamilton struggled behind Norris.

It wasn't until the 20th lap that he passed Norris.

But at this time, Verstappen had opened up a gap of 8 seconds between Hamilton and 6 seconds between Qin Miao.

This gap may not be a big problem for other teams, but for Red Bull and Mercedes, it needs to be equated with the sky.

Seven laps into No. 30, the gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen reached 14 seconds. Such a huge time gap was disappointing, so both Qin Miao and Mercedes had given up chasing Verstappen.

This B was so fast at the Red Bull Ring that he couldn't catch up.

Qin Miao simply started protecting the tires and racing engine.

It's more healthy to open.

However, in the third lap of No. 40, Hamilton caught up with Qin Miao and began to attack his teammate.

Qin Miao didn't say anything in the team TR, and Franky didn't take the initiative to say anything to Qin Miao. Everyone knew what would happen next.

Toto wanted to stop him, but Qin Miao and the drivers in front and behind Hamilton were a little far away from them.

In addition, the competition is now dull, so Toto thought about it and did not stop it. After all, sponsors also need exposure. The fighting cars of the two Mercedes drivers will be a brand for sponsors. A feast of exposure.

Another point is that Toto also wants to know who is better in racing between Qin Miao and Hamilton.

Then Qin Miao defended from the 43rd lap to the 55th lap.

He defended Hamilton for twelve laps.

The two of them were fighting and saw that Norris behind them was ready to make a move.

But Qin Miao lived up to the nickname of the defensive master among fans. While defending Hamilton, he also blocked Norris's best overtaking route to surpass Hamilton.

It can be said that while guarding Hamilton, Qin Miao also helped his teammate Hamilton guard Norris behind him.

So the two ran for twelve laps, and Norris also encountered countless opportunities to overtake Hamilton, but never succeeded in overtaking Hamilton.

When the two were fighting, their movements were relatively restrained, and they didn't make too many extreme moves.

When Hamilton encountered some corners that he couldn't pass, he didn't force his way in. Qin Miao didn't close Hamilton's door and squeeze him out of the track.

What stands out is a discussion and exchange, which ends at the click of a button.

However, Qin Miao is just a bit stronger in defensive ability and can be regarded as No. 1 in the paddock. After all, he is still a human being and has not escaped the limitations of being a human being, so Hamilton suppressed him in so many circles.

Qin Miao would inevitably make mistakes, but in the end, Qin Miao was overtaken by Hamilton.

Hamilton also had a lot of experience, and was full of ERS and DRS. Finally, he braked late inside at the entrance of T1 on the straightaway, bringing the fight to a perfect end.

In the end, after Hamilton surpassed Qin Miao, the top five rankings did not change again. Mercedes once again took home the second and third places like the previous game, and Verstappen was still the champion.

During the award-winning stage, the three of them went through what they had experienced last weekend again, except that the Red Bull team staff responsible for receiving the award was changed from Marco to Verstappen's track engineer.

Verstappen, Hamilton, and Qin Miao received another trophy that was exactly the same as the one they won last week.

After this race, the driver rankings and points are as follows.

P1: Verstappen +26 (fastest lap)
P2: Hamilton +18
P3: Qin Miao +15
P4: Norris +12
P5: Sainz +10
P6: Perez +8
P7: Ricardo +6
P8: Leclerc +4
P9: Gasly +2
P10: Alonso +1
For the spectators and commentators, the only thing worth watching in this race was the battle between the two Mercedes drivers in the middle of the race.

Despite the intense fight, both drivers maintained restraint.

The two of them were a bit like those ancient martial arts masters competing in martial arts. What stood out was that they stopped at one point.

After the game, the scene of the two fighting in the car was repeatedly mentioned by three commentators from Five Star Sports.

After all, apart from the battle between the two of them, there isn't much to watch in this game.

For the team and drivers, this fatal three-match series is finally over, and they have also had a long-awaited period of rest and adjustment.

The next race is the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in the UK on July [-], which is the headquarters and factory setting of the seven teams and the home stadium of the three British drivers Hamilton Russell Norris.

Therefore, the attention of this game will be very high, and the logistics and transportation pressure of the team will be very small. After all, the place where the game is held is right at home.

However, the team with the most comfortable logistics and transportation is Martin. After all, across the road from their team is the Silverstone Circuit, where the British Grand Prix is ​​held.

Transporting things is just a matter of dragging them across the road with a trailer.

After these two races at the Red Bull Ring, the drivers and the overall standings have also undergone considerable changes.

First of all, the points in the driver standings are as follows:
1: Verstappen 167
2: Hamilton 152
3: Qin Miao 150
4: Perez 94
5: Norris 90
6: Leclerc 62
7: Sainz 51
8: Ricardo 39
9: Gasly 34
10: Vettel 25
11: Alonso 19
12: Stroll 12
13: Ocon 11
14: Kakuda 7
15: Kimi1
After the race, the positions of the top three drivers were mainly changed.

Qin Miao slipped from leading the standings to third.

Hamilton ranked second with a two-point advantage over Qin Miao, with Verstappen first.

Having said that, the competition for the top spots in this year's standings is still very fierce.

It has been nine grands prix, and the points difference between the top three is less than [-] points.

Apart from these three, only Stroll has moved up one position with one point more than Ocon. Other than that, the others' rankings in the overall standings have not changed at all.

Constructors' standings here.

1: Mercedes: 302
2: Red Bull: 261
3: McLaren: 129
4: Ferrari: 113
5: Red Bull: 41
6: Aston Martin: 37
7: Alpine: 30
8: Alfa Romeo: 1
In fact, if the Mercedes team does not count the second driver, Hamilton's total points are not as good as Verstappen.

But as the second driver, and the second driver who entered the team in the first year, Qin Miao is indeed worthy of the drivers he beat in F2 in terms of his familiarity with the speed of the car and his ability to fight immediately.

After all, the only way Red Bull and Mercedes-Benz can fight is to pluck each other's hair, so the drivers of the two teams will be compared, and now the No. 2 driver can be compared and judged.

Perez, a veteran, also received a lot of pressure.

In addition, thanks to Norris's excellent performance on the field, McLaren also surpassed Ferrari to third in the overall standings.

Ferrari came to his familiar fourth place.

In addition, Toro Rosso also relied on its excellent performance in these stops to reach two positions.

At the same time, Qin Miao received two more purple draws after the game.

These two purple draws are issued by system tasks.

Apart from this, Qin Miao did not receive any more system rewards.

Qin Miao currently has 6 golden draws and only 2 purple draws, which is one step closer to the golden 10th company.

After the game, Qin Miao took Zhou Guanyu and flew back to the UK that day after handing over the work.

Yes, Zhou Guanyu has been living with Qin Miao these days.

On the plane back, Qin Miao ate something, put the noise-cancelling headphones into her ears, put on the eye mask, and started to sleep directly.

Zhou Guanyu on the side was watching the recording of Qin Miao's fight with Hamilton on his computer all the way.

After all, the parties concerned are good friends, so Zhou Guanyu easily asked Qin Miao to get the telemetry data of his racing car. Therefore, in addition to the in-car perspective, Zhou Guanyu also had telemetry data and broadcast images.

Even because these are what the Mercedes team needs to analyze later, Zhou Guanyu even got the video files that have been processed.

It's almost like that one screen contains both the broadcast screen and the in-vehicle screen, as well as Qin Miao's real-time operation screen and pressure sensor data.

If you feel something is wrong or have doubts, click the space button and all the data will be frozen at that moment.This may be the so-called first-come-first-served approach.

On the way back by plane, Zhou Guanyu was watching and studying Qin Miao's defensive operations on the track, trying to figure out Qin Miao's thoughts and intentions at that time.

If you don't understand something, you can wait until Qin Miao wakes up and ask him again.

Although Qin Miao always gets impatient when asking questions, it feels a bit like a silly friend asking you how much 1+1+1 equals.

But Qin Miao was helpless and would always think about what he did at that time, the meaning behind such a position, and the ultimate goal he expected to achieve by doing so.

And Zhou Guanyu was always able to gain something of his own from Qin Miao's answers and explanations.

In fact, Zhou Guanyu was not like this in the past, and it does not mean that he did not work hard. The one who can enter F2 is not a genius?Which one doesn’t require countless sweat and efforts?
Ma Zeping...

en..., Ma Zeping is just a special case and does not count.

Ma Zeping aside, if you don't have talent in racing and don't put in enough sweat, no matter how rich your family is, they won't be able to support you in racing.

In addition, there are not many talents emerging in the racing industry in China, and no one has ever become an official F1 driver in history. The most promising person to become the first F1 official driver, Xiao Ma, also has the same position as an official driver. Missed.

Zhou Guanyu only had fantasies about this position before. His family also prepared some capital for Zhou Guanyu to enter F1, and he has even begun to contact F1 teams now.

At that time, Zhou Guanyu was somewhat complacent. After all, he was the one most likely to become the first F14 driver among the 1 billion people in the entire country.

But Zhou Guanyu, who just wanted money and strength, suddenly met Qin Miao one day, and as time went by, Zhou Guanyu discovered that Qin Miao was actually an out-and-out genius.

In the first race after entering F2, Qin Miao proved his strength to all those who doubted him. After getting his super driver's license from F2, Qin Miao couldn't wait to join the defending champion team Mercedes in the second year. Mercedes-Benz serves as the team's No. 2 driver.

If there had been no Qin Miao before, Zhou Guanyu might have continued to maintain that arrogant mentality, following the route planned by his family, slowly growing up step by step and finally entering F1 and becoming a paid driver.

But now there is a role model like Qin Miao, who entered F1 entirely by relying on his own strength and shined in F1.

Although his friend took away the title of his first Chinese F1 driver, Qin Miao also shared a lot of pressure for Zhou Guanyu.

But Zhou Guanyu was a little dissatisfied in his heart. Why can you, Qin Miao, and I, Zhou Guanyu, not be able to?
I also want to become a driver who enters F1 on my own merit, and I will never be worse than you.

So now Zhou Guanyu basically has no time for rest and entertainment, and he rarely plays games.

He spends most of his free time learning and improving his driving skills.

Although Zhou Guanyu also knew the principle of combining work and rest, he always had a sense of urgency, fearing that he would not be able to catch up with Qin Miao's progress.

……

After the plane landed, Qin Miao, Zhou Guanyu and Barber walked out of the airport in a low-key manner.

Everyone is wearing masks. As Asians, Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu may be a little conspicuous at the airport, but after all, they are fully armed, so it is not easy to be recognized.

So the three of them got into the Maybach sent by the Mercedes team to pick them up without any danger, and then the three of them returned to Brackley.

Barber returned to the motorcade to report, while Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu returned to Qin Miao's home.

It was past six o'clock in the afternoon when Qin Miao finished all the work in Austria, and the two of them had a quick dinner on the plane.

Anyone who has ever run a long distance knows that even if you are flying in first class, eating on the plane will not be very safe.

So the two of them didn't eat much on the plane, and they both felt hungry when they got home.

However, Qin Miao got off the car, thanked the driver who took her home, and then looked back at her home. Looking at the light coming from the window at home, Qin Miao, who was exhausted physically and mentally after a busy day, suddenly felt in her heart There is an extra sense of peace.

This feeling is a bit like Qin Miao sitting in the cockpit of a racing car and being directly surrounded by a carbon fiber monocoque.

However, the sense of peace at this time is a little warmer than the sense of peace sitting in the monocoque of a racing car.

Qin Miao took a deep breath. No matter how late he came back, he would be able to see the one he loved when he got home, have a hot meal and a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

This is what Chinese people are most familiar with and look forward to - home.

Some couldn't wait to push open the door of their home, and the movement at the door also attracted the attention of Qiu Meng inside the door.

"came back?"

After Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu opened the door, Qiu Meng's soft and pleasant voice came from the living room.

When he turned around and looked around, he saw Qiu Meng sitting in the living room wearing a set of regular home clothes, with an Asus thin and light laptop placed on her smooth legs folded together.

The notebook seems to be showing a line chart of stocks.

However, Qin Miao didn't care and responded: "I'm back. Do you have anything to eat? The food on the plane is really average. I'm hungry."

Qiu Meng stretched out her jade-like smooth white forearm and pointed in the direction of the kitchen and said: "I knew you would be hungry, so I have prepared it for you. The base ingredients are already cooked. Turn on the heat and heat up the soup base and you can eat it." , the dishes are all in the refrigerator, you can just go and take them out."

Zhou Guanyu's eyes lit up when he heard this. Because he had to participate in the F1 test and needed to control his weight, he hadn't eaten well these days.

Even in a test, if your weight exceeds the limit, your results will be canceled or even fined by the FIA. If you are overweight or underweight and run the test for the team, the data you run will not be what the team wants because it is inaccurate.

Naturally, Zhou Guanyu had not eaten hot pot, a heavy oil and salt food, for a long time.

"It has to be you, Qiu Meng!" Zhou Guanyu said sincerely: "What did Qin Miao do in his last life to find such an excellent wife like you?"

During this time, Qiu Meng also sorted out the things she was doing, closed the computer, stood up, and came to Qin Miao, who had just changed her shoes and walked in the door.

After smiling and hugging Qin Miao, he said with a smile: "Maybe I met Qin Miao because I saved the world in my previous life?"

Zhou Guanyu glanced at Qin Miao and said disdainfully: "Is he worthy?"

Qin Miao was dissatisfied: "Old Zhou, please speak up. After all, I am also the first F1 driver in Chinese history, and the fastest driver to win a race championship in his career. This matter was even mentioned on the News Network, and even on the News Network There is a special report from my buddy.

I advise you to be careful in your words and actions. "

After listening to Qin Miao's words, Zhou Guanyu smacked his mouth.

Damn it, thinking about it this way, this guy does seem a bit awesome...

"Okay, okay, you won't be tired of bickering as soon as you get back. Let's go wash your hands and eat something." Qiu Meng interrupted the bickering between the two.

"Let's go."

"Daughter-in-law, do you want to eat some too?"

"Ah."

The three of them found their most familiar positions on the dining table and raised the temperature of the induction cooker.

Soon the evaporating water vapor emerged from the hot pot soup base and filled the air.

Qin Miao picked up the Coke that Qiu Meng helped pour and took a sip. Looking at the dense mist, he let out a long sigh of relief.

"Comfortable."

……

After dinner, Qin Miao didn't have any extra activities in the evening.

I ran an F1 race. After the race, there were interviews, press conferences, fan interactions, post-race meetings, catching flights and driving.

Qin Miao was really tired after returning home, so after taking a bath, she hugged Qiu Meng's fragrant and soft body and fell asleep early.

The next day, Qin Miao woke up refreshed. That's the good thing about being young. No matter how tired you are on the first day, all the fatigue on your body will be gone after you wake up.

Today is Monday, rest.

After three weeks of busy work, Qin Miao now doesn't even want to touch the simulator. She just wants to spend a day at home with her wife.

And Zhou Guanyu was not in a hurry to leave, although during this period he started studying crazily to improve his competitiveness.

But there is a friend who drives F1 next to me. Although he will be impatient when you ask him questions, he will always teach you everything he knows without asking for anything in return. Such a good teacher does not have $[-] a day. You are not even qualified to knock on people's doors, let alone there is no such person on the market at this time.

So Zhou Guanyu also stayed at Qin Miao's house. Just like Zhou Guanyu's house has rooms for Qin Miao and Qiu Meng, Qin Miao's house also has Zhou Guanyu's exclusive room, and there is no shortage of everything.

Zhou Guanyu felt happy staying at Qin Miao's house.

Because Zhou Guanyu, the light bulb, was watching from the side, Qin Miao was not at home with Qiu Mengnui.

During the rare rest time on Monday, Qin Miao was too lazy to exercise. She got up and washed up. After breakfast, she took the spreader and sunshade gear and went fishing.

After arriving at the fishing spot where they often go, they set up everything, put the two ponies on the ground and started making preparations for fishing.

Take off the bait and make a nest.

While waiting for the nest to appear, prepare the fishing line and hook, hang the corn and start fishing.

While waiting for the fish to bite the hook, Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu started chatting.

(End of this chapter)