How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 231 Chapter 229: The Hospitable British

It is worth mentioning that the director is also very good at causing trouble. After the final results of qualifying came out, the director directly showed the camera to the P room of the Mercedes team, and the camera was directly locked on Toto Wolff. .

At this time, Toto was wearing a mask on his face, and everyone couldn't see clearly the expression on his face. However, from the way Toto crossed his chest with one hand and rubbed his brow with the other hand, Toto's expression at this time was clear. The inner world is not as peaceful as it appears on the surface.

What are you really worried about?

As soon as Qin Miao's results came out, Hamilton would definitely be thinking about Qin Miao.

I hope there won’t be any surprises in tomorrow’s sprint qualifying session…

Slowly and leisurely walk back to the starting grid position of the track, which is almost the entrance and exit of the pit lane and the track, and park the car.

Silverstone cars are basically reviewed here.

After Qin Miao parked his car, there was faint applause from the stands on the sidelines. It was obvious that the British were not convinced that Qin Miao could defeat Hamilton.

However, Qin Miao didn't care. He smiled and waved to the Chinese spectators who risked their lives to come to watch his game. Qin Miao jumped off the racing car.

Because Qin Miao ran earlier, Hamilton and Verstappen did not come back at this time. Qin Miao went directly to the post-race weigh-in.

After completing the weighing task, he turned around and gave high-fives to the technicians of his own team to celebrate.

Finally, there was a warm hug with Reyes and Barber.

As for Qiu Meng, she also wanted to come, but Qin Miao kept her in the RV to watch the broadcast because it was dangerous in the paddock.

Seeing Qin Miao's happy look, Brother Bing sighed with emotion: "Qin Miao's long-distance and offensive and defensive abilities are indeed unparalleled, and his defensive ability is even top-notch. Social media at home and abroad say that Qin Miao's offensive and defensive abilities are excellent." There are many who are better than his teammate Hamilton, but Qin Miao's single-lap speed has always been criticized.

After all, compared with his predecessor Bottas, Qin Miao's single lap speed is indeed a bit slow.

But if you really want to talk about it, the two people are actually not comparable at all.

Of course, putting this aside, it is really not easy to see Qin Miao defeat Hamilton in qualifying today. "

"Yeah, I'm really happy for Qin Miao."

……

After Qin Miao briefly celebrated, Hamilton and Verstappen also returned.

Qin Miao smiled and went over to say hello to Hamilton and Verstappen.

It was normal when he shook hands with Verstappen, but when Hamilton arrived, he gave Qin Miao a hug directly.

In fact, before greeting Hamilton, Qin Miao was mentally prepared for Hamilton to ignore her. After all, she had snatched his first place at Hamilton's home court.

It's just that the seven-crown champion's strength directly exceeded Qin Miao's imagination.

"Congratulations, Qin Miao, you did a good job in this race. Enjoy your victory."

"Um...thank you Lewis." Qin Miao responded with a smile after the accident.

Afterwards, Qin Miao took off his helmet, tidied up his appearance, covered his hair that was wet with sweat with a hat, drank a little water, and went to accept the post-match interview.

"Congratulations, Qin Miao. Your flawless performance has earned you the first ranking number one in your career. How do you feel now?"

Qin Miao still had a smile on her face when listening to the questions, and she looked very cordial: "To be honest, I still feel like I'm in a dream, and I finally did it.

But what allowed me to do all this was the help of the team. The new parts developed by the team gave me enough confidence, and I felt particularly good on the last flying lap. Everything happened naturally as if it was a matter of course. .

And I feel that there should be some other reasons besides this.

I attended the Silverstone Grand Prix in 19, but I came as a fan. At that time, I bought a 1:1 pole-position small tire at Silverstone, which is still in my car in Brackley. Home, I think that tire is now due for an honorable discharge. "

……

Qin Miao's interview ended quickly, and Qin Miao also interacted with the audience after the interview.

Although Qin Miao slapped them in the face, Qin Miao won the first place with his own strength after all. Most of the time, foreigners are cheap. When you are weak, they will show off their power in front of you, but Once you are stronger than them, their tails will wag more diligently than anyone else.

So it was as if that incident was really Qin Miao's imagination. When Qin Miao interacted with the audience, the audience responded to Qin Miao's greeting very enthusiastically.

Soon, the interview between Hamilton and Verstappen ended. Qin Miao also came to the door of the maintenance area under the guidance of FIA staff, and there was a scaled-down red Pirelli tire on the side of the door of the maintenance area. .

Qin Miao used a white marker to sign his name on the tire with some unfamiliarity, then showed it to the audience and then took the tire to the FIA ​​conference room to drive the driver after the game. The meeting went.

In the end, the qualifying results were as follows:

1: Qin Miao

2: Hamilton

3: Verstappen

4: Leclerc

5: Perez
6: Norris
7: Ricardo
8: Russell
9: Sainz
10: Vettel
After this game, Qin Miao's tire reserves were 3 soft, 2 medium and 2 hard.

Hamilton's tire reserves are 2 soft, 2 medium and 2 hard.

After the FIA ​​post-race meeting, Qin Miao went back to the team for a meeting.

After everything was done, Qin Miao came to the place where the Mercedes drivers were in charge of signing autographs.

Qin Miao's appearance naturally caused many nearby fans to exclaim in surprise.

Soon the crowd gathered around Qin Miao's signature area, but the FIA ​​has been holding competitions for such a long time, so naturally there will be no omissions at this time.

Therefore, Qin Miao's signing was blocked by a guardrail about five meters in front of him. Only spectators who bought something in Qin Miao's store and won a prize could come in.

And when entering, the official staff also asked us to wear a mask.

In fact, the FIA ​​staff also wanted Qin Miao to wear a mask, but Qin Miao simply didn't care and said that she would be responsible for herself.

These people couldn't resist Qin Miao, so they had no choice but to let Qin Miao go to work without wearing a mask.

In fact, Qin Miao was relying on the invulnerability skill given to him by the system to show off here.

Qin Miao stayed here until it was completely dark before leaving get off work.

And in just one sitting, he sold out everything in his store.

Nearly 200 signatures were given out.

However, Qin Miao did not forget to ask Barber to give small gifts signed by him to the staff who maintained order.After all, normally they would have gotten off work long ago, but because of Qin Miao's presence, they were forced to work overtime for almost two hours for no reason.

Everyone is a laborer, and Qin Miao doesn't need to let them work for free.

Someone is about to say at this time, it's just a small gift and no sincerity at all. What's the difference between this and using other people's labor for free?
But in fact, things signed by Qin Miao are very popular in the second-hand market.

Because Qin Miao has not been back to China recently, but his influence in China is increasing day by day as the F1 competition this season progresses.

Many domestic car fans want a set of Qin Miao's autographs, even if it is a small autographed gift.

Therefore, in foreign flea markets, small gifts signed by Qin Miao can easily sell for hundreds of dollars.

Anyone who can work as a staff member in the paddock to maintain order cannot possibly not know this, so it is very appropriate for Qin Miao to give them these things.

If they want money, they can sell it directly. If they don't want money, they can also collect these things.

Kill two birds with one stone.

Fortunately, Qin Miao's physical fitness was excellent, and he did not suffer from obvious hand pain after signing so many words.

After finishing his work, Qin Miao returned to where his Challenger was parked.

After having dinner in the car and watching TV for a while, Qin Miao and Qiu Meng briefly discussed it for a while before going to bed and unanimously decided to drive the RV home.

When I first got it, this RV was really new and I was satisfied with it everywhere I looked. It was also an excellent choice for fishing and picnics.

But this is just an RV after all, and no matter how good the living experience is, it can't compare with the big bed at home.

Anyway, my home is close to the paddock, so it’s not troublesome to drive to work.

At the same time, Qin Miao also completed his fourth system task. The attribute points randomly selected by the system were the development capabilities of the simulator.

This attribute point has been stuck at 79 for a while. The random attribute point happened to be on this attribute, which helped him break through the 80 mark.

In the evening, Qin Miao took a comfortable bath in the bathroom at home. He didn't do anything extra at night and went straight to bed.

The next day, Saturday.

Today is the start of the second practice and sprint qualifying.

To be honest, the FIA ​​staff thought that sprint qualifying would make the race more exciting, and that there would be something interesting to watch every day throughout the Grand Prix weekend.

Watch qualifying on Friday, sprint qualifying on Saturday and the race on Sunday.

There is never a dull day throughout the Grand Prix.

But in fact, Qin Miao felt that this sprint qualifying match would most likely be a bit boring.

After all, this race does not provide enough incentives to the drivers. Only the top three drivers can get points, while the others just choose a better starting position in qualifying.

But if you work too hard in sprint qualifying, you may have a car accident and you won't even be able to run on the track in the race.

It’s not even a matter of crashing. If you make a small mistake on the track, the driver who would have been able to start in the top ten in qualifying may fall directly to the back of the team.

So such a risk will make all drivers cautious when overtaking.

Therefore, Qin Miao feels that the enjoyment of this game may be average, and it will definitely be modified by the FIA ​​in the end. However, this is also an attempt by the FIA ​​to try new things. Everyone hopes that F1 will get better and better.

But these are all things after the second practice. Now Qin Miao needs to go to the track to complete his second practice work.

In the morning, he completed the physical training as usual, and played some fish at home for a while. After playing two games of CSGO, Qin Miao finished his lunch, and then drove to the paddock by himself.

After all, it is during the Grand Prix, and the flow of people inside and outside the paddock is still very large. As a Mercedes driver, if you privately own a Ferrari, no one will say anything about you, but if you drive a Ferrari to the paddock during the Grand Prix, it will definitely not happen. It was appropriate, but that AMG GT was put in the team by Qin Miao again, so Qin Miao still drove the touring car when he went to the track this time.

Regardless of the functional attributes of this car, the pneumatic seats and the tuning that is biased toward off-road vehicles make this car very comfortable when driving on the road.

After arriving in the paddock, this was the first time that Qin Miao had a formal experience of what the drivers would encounter on a normal Grand Prix Saturday.

From the moment he got off the car, Qin Miao could see some fans squatting outside the wall of the driver's parking lot.

As soon as Qin Miao got out of the car, they used their mobile phones to take pictures of Qin Miao while waving and cheering at Qin Miao from a distance.

"Qin!"

"Look here, Qin Miao!"

"Qin Miao, I love you!"

"Qin Miao, come on for the game!"

"F**k you! Qin!"

"This is Britain! Yellow people have no right to compete with Hamilton for the championship!"

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Perhaps in the broadcast footage of the camera, all the F1 drivers are glamorous, everyone is shining with gold, everyone is a good person, and the audience watching the game is also very friendly.

But in fact, Qin Miao was scolded a lot after he became an official F1 driver. Basically every time he competes, he encounters some irritable fans who scold Qin Miao in front of him.

Among them, the track with the highest enthusiasm among spectators is the Red Bull Ring.

After all, Qin Miao and Hamilton are Red Bull's biggest competitors this season, and they are also Verstappen's biggest obstacle to winning the championship this season. Therefore, the Austrian audience really felt that when Qin Miao and Hamilton were doing pre-race activities, It was everyone shouting in unison: "So f**k you qin! So f**k you Hamilton!"

But to be honest, compared with the current British audience, Qin Miao felt that he could feel more calm when being scolded by the Austrian audience.

After all, Qin Miao knew that the audience in Austria scolded them so purely because they wanted to interfere with the competitive state of Qin Miao and Hamilton, so that the two Red Bull drivers could not fully exert their full strength during the game.

This is a matter of stance, and there is nothing to say about their approach.

But the British audience at the scene obviously didn't think so. They scolded Qin Miao because they probably wanted to interfere with Qin Miao and prevent him from performing well in the British station. However, Qin Miao felt that they did this more likely because of their own arrogance.

However, we are all F1 drivers, so we must not express what we think in our hearts. After all, we all live off the fans.

So even though he heard someone spraying feces on him by name, Qin Miao still smiled and waved in the direction of the fans at the scene as a greeting.

But in my heart, I made a note for Hamilton in his little notebook.

Although the behavior of fans should not rise to the level of idols, I just want to rise.

(End of this chapter)