How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 265 Chapter 268: Meeting old friends (6K, plus 1216 updates)

After all, the old man is not from his own generation, and most of his favorite things are different from Qin Miao's.

Qin Miao prefers video games, electronic products, and science fiction.

What the old man likes is the same old thing, houses, land, manors and the like.

Relaxation activities include golf, horseback riding, yachting and sailing.

Qin Miao just wants to stay at home and play games for a while.

However, it’s not like the two can’t find common topics. As men and racing drivers, cars, especially supercars, are an ever-changing topic among men.

Hamilton chatted with Qin Miao about his private collection in his garage.

What about Ferrari Lafa, AMG ON1, Pagani.

After the plane landed, Hamilton was still a little unfinished, but he also knew that it was time to say goodbye.

……

After arriving in Italy, Qin Miao did not check into the hotel prepared for him by the team immediately. Instead, he went to Vicenza first.

Vicenza is just a little famous place in Italy, but for Qin Miao, it is the starting point of his racing career.

The team's headquarters during his F2 days was here.

And the name of this team is Prema.

Although Qin Miao finally chose to leave Ferrari's youth training system due to some demoralizing maneuvers by the Ferrari team's top management, this was a conflict between Qin Miao and Ferrari, and his friendship with the people at Prema Team was not affected by this.

So when he returned to Italy again and still had time, Qin Miao came to visit his hometown again.

Pushing open the red door of the team, Qin Miao, the female receptionist at the door of the team office, did not recognize her.

Moreover, Qin Miao remembered that the team did not seem to have such a front desk position before. After all, the F2 team did not have as high exposure as the F1 team, and basically no fans came to visit.

So this front desk should be a new recruit of the team after Qin Miao left.

After seeing an Asian man wearing a mask come in at the door, the front desk said in English: "Sorry sir, do you have an appointment?"

"We are now during the epidemic. If you have not made a reservation on our team's official website, it is not convenient for you to visit here."

"And it's not open for viewing now. Please come back after the specified time."

In fact, the addition of a front desk at the entrance of the Prema team is mainly due to Qin Miao.

Because after Qin Miao entered F1, he became famous among the international students in Europe. After all, the racing industry is still very prosperous in Europe.

Racing in Europe is similar to competitive sports such as table tennis and badminton in China.

The emergence of Qin Miao is almost the same as the sudden appearance of an Italian strongman in the domestic table tennis world, and this Italian strongman punched Ma Long and kicked Xu Xin on the court.

And there happens to be an Italian among your classmates. You will inevitably be curious and ask your Italian classmate if he has heard of this Italian fierce man's name.

Therefore, these international students will inevitably be asked about Qin Miao by their classmates and friends in their daily lives.

After all, he is his compatriot. Even if he doesn't understand him, he will passively understand Qin Miao if he is asked too many questions.

Therefore, many international students who are on vacation or have rest and free time choose to come to Vicenza to visit the team where Qin Miao once served in F2.

At first, the Prema team would give them a warm reception, but as time went by, they found that there were a lot of international students coming over and many European fans who liked Qin Miao would also come here to visit, so Luo Xin simply arranged a front desk to entertain them. these people.

Qin Miao didn't pay attention to the obstruction from the front desk, but he didn't open his mask to scan his face or anything. After all, Qin Miao had encountered a scene where face scanning failed due to facial blindness.

That was really unspeakably embarrassing.

Moreover, Qin Miao felt that she was just an athlete who drove, and others had to know her for no reason. It was not like she had done anything particularly awesome.

So after apologizing, Qin Miao exited the door. Then Qin Miao took out her mobile phone and called Luo Xin, the team leader of the Prema team.

"Hello? Qin Miao? I didn't expect that I would receive a call from you now." The call was quickly answered by Luo Xin: "What do you want from me?"

Qin Miao just wanted to speak, but Luo Xin on the other end of the phone interrupted Qin Miao's intention in advance and said: "Wait, let me guess..."

"You are an F1 driver now, so you usually don't have time to call me... and this week happens to be the day when the Italian Grand Prix is ​​held.

Did you call me because you wanted to come back for a visit? "

Qin Miao raised his eyebrows in surprise: "You guessed wrong, but it's not too far off."

"What's wrong?" Rosin asked curiously.

"You are right about what you said before. I am indeed planning to go back to the motorcade to have a look. The difference is that I am now at the entrance of the motorcade."

"What?" Rosin's voice suddenly became louder, followed by the sound of a chair being slid.

After a while, Qin Miao heard the sound of the window above him being opened. Luo Xin, who was wearing black-rimmed glasses, leaned half out of the window upstairs and stared blankly at Qin Miao downstairs, holding a Wearing a headset during a call.

Qin Miao put down her phone and waved to Luo Xin with a smile.

"Be careful, don't fall."

……

Three minutes later, Qin Miao had arrived at Luo Xin's office.

The two of them sat opposite each other on the sofa in the reception room, with a cup of freshly brewed coffee in front of them.

Qin Miao, who was sitting on the sofa, looked around: "I still remember the first time I sat here. When I saw you Luo Xin, I was still very nervous. Even when I spoke, I was careful, for fear of saying the wrong thing. What."

Luo Xin also recalled with a face full of memories: "Yeah, remember it was still 19 years ago. At that time, you fit all the stereotypes I have about Chinese people. You were humble and polite, neither fighting nor grabbing, and you seemed very gentle."

"What's your specific impression of me now?" Qin Miao asked curiously.

Rosin took a sip of the coffee in front of him, and then only said two words: "Conqueror."

Qin Miao raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Your dominance in F2 at that time was really terrifying. If I really have to find an adjective to describe you, I think conqueror is the most appropriate."

Qin Miao spread his hands: "I thought you would talk about my characteristics, such as calmness, superb skills, handsome appearance, etc."

"Hahaha, those adjectives used on you are a bit too one-sided. I think conqueror is very good."

Qin Miao smiled and nodded, then changed the subject: "How is the team doing now?"

"Thanks to you, even though you only stayed at Prema for one season, Prema has become a legend in F2 because of your presence, and I believe the winning streak you created in Prema will not be broken until F2 is cancelled. "

Qin Miao was not modest at this time, because it was a fact. He really won all the sprint championships in F2, which forced the competition to change the F2 competition system this year.

Unlike last year, this year's F2 race has three opportunities to get on the podium, but the number of tires for drivers is limited.

Of the three opportunities to get on the podium, each driver can only use brand new tires twice, and once they have to give up strategically.

In order to prevent a pervert like Qin Miao from appearing in the F2 field, other young drivers will not have the chance to reach the top podium throughout the season.

After all, the purpose of FIA setting up F2 is to give young drivers a stage to express themselves, not for you, Qin Miao, to dominate.

But Qin Miao did not directly acknowledge Luo Xin's praise. After all, this was a fact. After staying abroad for this period of time, Qin Miao also learned to accept other people's compliments carefully.

"That's not bad." Qin Miao nodded.

"But..." Luo Xin changed his tone: "You left an unexpected fortune to the team."

Qin Miao was surprised: "What wealth? I remember I didn't leave anything in the motorcade, right? I packed up the car and took it away."

"There happens to be one today, you'll find out later."

"But when it comes to your chariot, now that I think about it, I really regret it. Why did I let you buy it for yourself because of the cheap price?" Luo Xin said with regret on his face.

Qin Miao smiled: "You can definitely make a replica of one and put it in the team. And I remember that you can use the decals on my car."

"The key is that as soon as I saw the replica, I thought of your car, which made me even more upset."

"That's your own problem and has nothing to do with me."

Rosin sighed and then changed the subject: "Now that everything is going well with you in the paddock, we are all very happy. Even many people in our team feel that you can break history again and be No. 1 in your career. Just like you did in F2, win the F1 driver's championship in the first season."

Qin Miao hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't talk nonsense, it's really not necessarily true, and half of my points are obtained by luck. As long as Hamilton and Verstappen calm down their competitive mentality, Let’s start the race normally, and it’s really hard to say who will win the final championship.”

"Also, speaking of this, the only regret I have for you now is that you did not join Ferrari in the end."

Hearing this, Qin Miao was also a little silent.

However, Qin Miao did not say more and just shrugged: "In my opinion, this is a good thing. At least if I really join Ferrari, I will never have the opportunity to compete for the driver's championship this season like I do now. "

"I know, I know." Rossin said: "Mercedes is also a good place, but you also have to understand the emotion that a native Italian has for Ferrari, the F1 team."

"After all, I grew up watching this team race."

"Compared to other Tiefu Temples, I know your talent and potential earlier than others, and I also know...

Alas, no more. "

Soon, Qin Miao and Luo Xin changed other topics.

At almost eleven o'clock in the morning, Qin Miao and Luo Xin looked at her watch and said, "It's almost time. Do you still remember the unexpected wealth I just told you?"

Qin Miao nodded: "Remember, what's wrong?"

"Let's go, I'll take you to see this unexpected wealth." Although Qin Miao was still confused at this time, Qin Miao still got up and followed Luo Xin.

Qin Miao is very familiar with the Prema team. After all, he has been here for a year and comes to the team headquarters from time to time.

Without Rosin's guidance, the two walked side by side and soon arrived at the Prema Team's honor room.

This is not Qin Miao's first time here, but what surprised Qin Miao is that the various trophies in the honor room of the Prema team were only covered with a dust-proof glass cover, and there was no other protection. means.

But now everything in the Prema team's honor room is locked, and a red isolation tape is used to separate the aisle from the place where the trophies and certificates are placed.

There are also a lot of cameras installed in the honor room, basically covering all the blind spots in the honor room.

This was not what surprised Qin Miao the most. What surprised Qin Miao the most was that there was a group of people dressed as tourists visiting the honor room at this time.

Even the female receptionist Qin Miao had just met was holding a loudspeaker in her hand and was explaining to these tourists the origin of the Prema Team's Honor Chamber Trophy and what happened in that game.

Qin Miao turned to look at Luo Xin: "What is this?"

Luo Xin smiled and nodded: "This is the wealth I told you about, the steady stream of tourists.

And the reason these tourists are here is because of you.

Your performance in F2 made Prema the only star team in F2. Originally, I thought that most of the tourists who came here to visit might be Chinese students. After all, you are quite famous in their circle.

But I later discovered that there are indeed many Chinese students here, but most of them are car fans who like you.

For this purpose, we specially arranged two commentators for them. Many of your photos of your time in F2 are very popular. The income from tourists alone can bring more than 10 euros to the team every month. "

Qin Miao was full of surprise when he heard this, but the car fan who was listening very carefully to the explanation at the front desk in the honor room couldn't lie.

This can't help but make Qin Miao fall into a state of self-doubt. Is he already so famous? Most of the fans who met at the activities arranged for Qin Miao were only those who had been screened and not many.

"To be honest, we actually gave you a share of this income? You still got the bulk, so there is no reason for you not to know about this." Rosin said in confusion.

Qin Miao shook his head: "I have no control over the money. My lover is responsible for everything."

"Qiu Meng." Luo Xin nodded: "That girl is indeed good, her ability is definitely top-notch, but I think Qiu Meng is a little too thin.

You should ask a specialized nutritionist to adjust the nutritional levels of both of you. "

Qin Miao waved her hand: "This is the difference in aesthetics caused by our different growth environments. Don't force it."

"All right……"

Now that he is here, Qin Miao naturally needs to meet his fans. After all, part of every penny they spend on the Prema team will go into Qin Miao's pocket.

So while the explanation was being given, Qin Miao came up behind the group of people wearing a mask and hat, and for a while no one noticed anything unusual.

"These two trophies that look the same are the 2020 Monza F2 championship and sprint championship trophies. Like all the previous trophies, they were won by Qin Miao."

"Qin Miao started with medium tires in the sprint stage..."

Qin Miao was also curious about how others would introduce herself, so when she got into the crowd, she was not in a hurry to reveal her identity, but followed them to listen to the reception explanation.

"Qin Miao in the race was more than 3 seconds ahead of the driver behind him on the third lap. You must know that the F3 cars driven by Qin Miao at that time were all standard cars, and the performance of the cars was the same. "

When the commentator said this, the fans of Qin Miao at the scene also exclaimed in unison.

……

After listening for more than 20 minutes, Qin Miao felt a little embarrassed by the praise.

But when others don’t know, it’s really nice to hear others praise you.

However, it is impossible for the commentator to praise one thing in one place. He will also change places so that the audience at the scene can see Qin Miao's trophies and photos from other competitions.

During this period, Qin Miao also met a couple of international students who wanted to take a photo in front of the Prema racing suit and helmet worn by Qin Miao.

After discovering that Qin Miao was Chinese like them, they invited Qin Miao to take a photo of them.

To be honest, it felt a little weird to help others take photos with their racing suit, but Qin Miao still took the photos for them silently.

After returning the phone to the two of them, Qin Miao continued to follow the crowd.

Soon we came to the last part, which was the souvenir sales area of ​​the Prema team.

But what surprised the receptionist at the front desk was that a table and a stool had been set up at the entrance of the souvenir sales area, and Rosin, the team leader of the Prema team, also came over and stood at the door.

Just when the tourists had picked out the souvenirs they wanted to buy back, they were about to go to the checkout counter in the souvenir sales area to check out.

Qin Miao, who was still wandering at the back of the crowd, walked through the crowd and walked towards the door.

Everyone is queuing up, and you just walk over and jump in line. At this time, many people's faces look bad.

However, Qin Miao did not jump in line to check out as they thought. Instead, he took a golden signature pen from Luo Xin and sat leisurely on the chair at the door of the sales area.

Just when everyone was confused and couldn't figure out what this person was going to do.

Qin Miao took off the hat on his head.

At this time, there was already a commotion, because Qin Miao took off his hat and his eyes were exposed.

It is said that the eyes are the windows to the soul, and everyone comes here because they like Qin Miao, so after seeing Qin Miao's eyes, many sharp-eyed people have already had a premonition in their hearts.

And after Qin Miao took off the mask on his face...

"boom!"

The originally quiet scene suddenly became noisy.

Everyone who was still queuing up came towards Qin Miao.

"Fuck!"

"Qin Miao?!!"

"Damn Qin Miao!"

"It's really Qin Miao!"

"Qin Miao, I want to be your dog!"

"Qin Miao, I want to give birth to a monkey for you!"

……

Qin Miao smiled helplessly, stood up and said loudly: "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, there aren't many people here, just pay first, and then I'll sign your autographs. It's no problem to shake hands and meet in person!"

After listening to Qin Miao's words, everyone still controlled their inner excitement and ran to the cashier to pay.

However, while waiting for payment, almost everyone took out their mobile phones and excitedly turned on the video or photo function to take pictures of Qin Miao.

Qin Miao was basically used to this and smiled at everyone.

The next session was a bit like a book signing.

Qin Miao signed his name on the things bought by these car fans, then took a photo together with his mobile phone, chatted for a few words, shook hands, and then came next.

Fortunately, there were not many people. After Qin Miao was busy for half an hour, everyone got a photo with Qin Miao and an autographed photo.

However, these people were not in a hurry to leave. Instead, they were waiting for Qin Miao at the door.

Qin Miao also fully understands the thoughts of the fans. After finally seeing his favorite driver in real life, it would be a pity not to take a few more glances and take a few more photos.

After Qin Miao went out, he asked Luo Xin for a SLR camera and asked these fans to stand together at the entrance of the Prema team. Then Qin Miao stood in the middle of the group and asked Luo Xin to take photos of everyone with the SLR. A big group photo.

Afterwards, Qin Miao's fans reluctantly left after Qin Miao's advice and assurance that she would post the photo on her social media.

However, there were still two or three people who just walked to the opposite side of the Prema team and had no intention of leaving.

Qin Miao didn't care about this and returned to the Prema team after seeing off most of the fans.

At noon, I went out for a meal with the staff of the Prema team.

While eating, Qin Miao also met many acquaintances, and even met two drivers from the current Prema team.

They are Piastri and Schwartzman respectively.

Although Prema has a close relationship with Ferrari, it is impossible for them to have all the drivers in the team be drivers trained by Ferrari.

A good relationship with Ferrari will only make it more likely to choose a driver from Ferrari when there are two drivers of similar level in the Prema team's candidate driver list.

Therefore, this season the Prema team will not have a full lineup of Ferrari youth training drivers. Among them, Piastri came out of the Renault youth training.

Because Zhou Guanyu is also a member of Renault's youth training, Piastri and Zhou Guanyu have a pretty good relationship, and Qin Miao also knows each other.

As for Schwartzman.

This Russian driver is also very talented and has the potential to enter F1. He has the same background as Qin Miao, and both came out of Ferrari's youth training.

I chatted with them during the meal, talked about the 2020 F2 season, and finally took a photo together and posted it on their respective social platforms.

It gave them both a little more influence, and everything Qin Miao wanted to do when he returned to his hometown was completed.

In the afternoon, Qin Miao said goodbye to Luo Xin reluctantly and left Vicenza.

(End of this chapter)