How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 271 Chapter 274: Abstract Art Award (6K, plus update 220)

In the final draw, Qin Miao stood on his head for 1 minute, Leclerc did 1 push-ups, and finally Norris did a plank for [-] minute because of his position in the front.

After the punishment session, the event was almost over.

At this moment, Qin Miao discovered that there were a lot more Chinese barrages in the live broadcast room of Mouse Channel.

[Live streaming secretly, right? 】

[You’re not doing your job properly, right?]

[You don’t go home and hang out outside? 】

[CSGO is not broadcast, secretly playing F1 here]

【Look what I found】

[Hey, if it hadn’t been for that tire change by those idiots at Mercedes, this championship should have been yours]

[When will the live broadcast of CSGO be started?]

……

Looking at these barrages, Qin Miao remembered that his domestic live broadcast platform seemed to have a live broadcast room.

After taking a look at his schedule and confirming that he really had nothing to do today, Qin Miao followed the barrage in his live broadcast room to open CSGO and the domestic live broadcast platform.

Qin Miao only participated in an event on Mouse Channel and did not sign a contract with Mouse Channel. Therefore, Qin Miao did not know how to broadcast on Mouse Channel on other live broadcast platforms and could not say anything.

Moreover, Mouse Taiwan’s hands cannot reach into the country.

……

For the domestic audience, the sport of F1 has only stayed in a state of only hearing its sound but not seeing its name.

Basically all young or middle-aged people know that there is a top racing sport like F1 in the world, but very few people really understand this sport.

The appearance of Qin Miao completely changed this situation.

Everyone in the past knew about F1, but if no one took it, or if someone was strongly interested in it, and without a suitable opportunity, no one would take the initiative to learn about this sport.

Qin Miao's appearance in the F1 arena was an opportunity. At that time, it was considered the first wave of car fans in the country.

But at that time, even if many people knew that Qin Miao had entered F1, they were not optimistic about Qin Miao's career in F1. After all, they believed that a Chinese would not go very far on the road of racing. Even if he could gain a firm foothold in the paddock, he would not be able to gain a foothold in the paddock. It is impossible to become a top driver like Hamilton, Alonso, or Michael Schumacher.

But as Qin Miao's performance gets better and better, he has recently reached the top of the driver standings.

The domestic car fan base has completely emerged.

Qin Miao's fans also began to increase exponentially.

Recently, most of Qin Miao's energy has been spent on competitions. Three consecutive games are really tiring, and Qin Miao doesn't have time to broadcast live.

So Qin Miao didn't have a clear idea of ​​how far his number of fans had skyrocketed recently.

It wasn't until Qin Miao opened his live broadcast room that he found that half an hour later the Douyu live broadcast platform was overwhelmed by fans who came after hearing the news, and then he had a general understanding.

Qin Miao remembered that not long after he started the live broadcast, the barrage machine in his live broadcast room started to freeze. When the Douyu server crashed, Qin Miao saw that almost 60 people had entered his backstage.

Qin Miao remembered that the Grand Prix weekend with the most people attending was this year's British Grand Prix. The total number of people present in the three days was only 35.6.

Even a world-famous Grand Prix didn't have 60 people on the weekend, but in just half an hour, 60 people crowded into my live broadcast room.

Qin Miao didn't know for a moment whether to say that there were too many people in the country, or that his influence had begun to take shape.

Half an hour later, in Qin Miao's black-screen live broadcast room, amid the [Open Door] barrage of anxiously waiting fans, Douyu finally repaired its server.

When Qin Miao's face appeared in Qin Miao's live broadcast room, Douyu's barrage system crashed again.

No one can post barrages anymore, but the good news is that because the bandwidth of Qin Miao's live broadcast room has been temporarily expanded, the picture in the live broadcast room no longer freezes.

Qin Miao saw that no one was talking in his live broadcast room, and after asking the superintendent, he found out the reason.

However, it was easy for Qin Miao to read the barrage and reply one by one. He explained that because there were too many people in the live broadcast room, the barrage machine exploded and he went straight to playing CSGO.

Everyone just came to see what was new, and Qin Miao did not interact with the audience when he was live broadcasting. Most of the people who came to watch the excitement left after watching it for a while.

But the base left behind is also very scary.

Qin Miao, who focused most of his attention on the game, naturally didn't care about this. He didn't come here to start this live broadcast to make money and bring goods.

He just played games during his breaks, and fans wanted to see him play games, so he started a live broadcast.

However, the terrifying appeal of Qin Miao's live broadcast room still made many people smell the business opportunities.

Even before Qin Miao's live broadcast ended, Qiu Meng's company received a business order and wanted to invite Qin Miao to participate in a live broadcast with goods.

To be honest, it was really a lot. The employees of Qin Miao's agency were stunned when they saw the numbers given by the other party.

However, Qiu Meng thought about it but did not agree. For the same reason, the two of them were now financially free and not short of money.

……

After there were fewer people in Qin Miao's live broadcast room, Danmuji finally recovered from the ravages of everyone.

Before the broadcast ended, Qin Miao looked at the barrage and begged, and could only guarantee that he would make time to broadcast live after the Russian Grand Prix.

In the end, the live broadcast room was reluctantly closed due to the barrage.

To be honest, this live broadcast was quite interesting for Qin Miao.

The guys in the live broadcast room are handsome and talk nicely.

Of the 10 comments on the screen, 8 were praising Qin Miao's performance on the field in F1, another was comforting Qin Miao, and the last one was a performance art.

Abstract barrages such as "I am Qin Miao's dog" abound.

At the beginning, there were very few such abstract barrages, but Qin Miao accidentally recited an abstract barrage while watching the barrage.

[Qin Miao, I also want to learn racing like you. Do you have any recommendations for courses suitable for beginners? It is best to be taught by yourself, suitable for beginners, and suitable for me to learn]

Qin Miao recommended some books that Zhou Guanyu recommended to him.

Then, amidst Qin Miao's confusion, the atmosphere in Qin Miao's live broadcast room suddenly began to develop in a fun direction.

Abstract and performance artists of all kinds competed to get excited.

Qin Miao was suddenly shocked by the diversity of human beings.

This is [Qin Miao, my younger brother went to school in Sydney. I miss my younger brother in Sydney so much now. 】

Over there: [Qin Miao, can you give me some money when you and Qiu Meng get married? 】

The most outrageous barrage Qin Miao has ever seen is: [Anchor, I heard that you graduated from high school, can I check your academic qualifications? 】

At that time, Qin Miao really didn't notice anything strange when he read out this barrage, until Qin Miao saw that the barrage in his live broadcast room was full of question marks.

Qin Miao was also like the barrage in his live broadcast room. His mind was full of question marks. What's wrong with you? Why are there so many question marks?

Afterwards, Qin Miao thought carefully for a while and then realized, Damn it, these insects are too abstract.

The audience saw the ridiculous look that suddenly appeared on Qin Miao's face after being silent for a while, and naturally knew that Qin Miao had discovered the meaning of this sentence.

Then the barrage filled the screen and most normal people began to say: [Heaven-defying]

And others began to join the abstract bandwagon.

Qin Miao was immediately silenced.

In the end, Qin Miao ignored the performance art group and continued to live broadcast his game.

The artists in Qin Miao's live broadcast found that Qin Miao ignored them and found it boring, so they restrained themselves a little.

But there are still many people who enjoy it.

However, because Qin Miao no longer pays attention to these things, when Qin Miao goes off the air, the level of abstraction in his live broadcast room is much lower.

Soon, it was Wednesday.

Qin Miao received another system release task, but the rewards given were all regular rewards, so Qin Miao didn't take a closer look.

Moreover, Qin Miao found that in the past, she cared a little too much when facing system tasks.

So this time Qin Miao directly chose to bypass the system tasks and not look at what tasks the system assigned to him this week. After this week's competition was over, he would look back to see which tasks he had completed and what rewards the system had given him.

In this way, on the one hand, I have no psychological burden, and on the other hand, I also have the pleasure of opening a blind box.

On Wednesday, Qin Miao, Qiu Meng and Barber took a flight to Sochi, Russia.

Russia has hosted the F2014 Grand Prix for the first time since 1. The venue is Sochi, which is also the venue of the Sochi Winter Olympics.

The Sochi track has a single lap length of 5.853 kilometers. At the same time, the Sochi track is also the track with the longest total mileage in the entire F1 season. It contains a total of 19 corners, including 12 right turns, 7 left turns, and the left corner. It can be seen from the number of lanes that this track consumes a lot of tires on the left side of the car.

The grip of the newly laid fine-grained asphalt is not as strong as that of regular European tracks, but it is good news for the racing tires.

However, if it rains, it will be more slippery than the old European tracks, and the water on the track will be more difficult to evaporate and drain naturally.

In recent years, most teams at the Sochi circuit have chosen a one-stop strategy, and the best finishing position for a second stop is fifth, so it is not difficult to guess what tactics each team will use in this game.

It is worth mentioning that Bottas on Mercedes' side is known as the King of Sochi.

Because his first career F1 Grand Prix victory was won in Sochi, and he has adapted well to the Sochi track.

It's just a pity that Bottas' name can only appear on the Mercedes team's reserve driver list for this game.Of course, Bottas will join Alfa Romeo next season. By then, I believe Bottas will be able to shine on the field again.

After the plane landed, Qin Miao returned to the hotel immediately.

There was no time to rest. After putting down his things at the hotel, Qin Miao went to the paddock.

Recently, Mercedes-Benz's domestic car sales have been getting better and better, and Qin Miao's marketing tasks have also increased. After arriving in Sochi on Wednesday, Qin Miao had no time to rest, and was dragged over by the team to take a set of promotional photos. , and an ad for a new car.

But what made Qin Miao feel a lot more balanced was that Hamilton was also pulled over just like him.

Thursday, another busy day.

I came to the paddock in advance, and then spent the whole day either meeting various fans, sponsors, and title sponsors, or recording videos, interviews, participating in activities, and participating in activities with other drivers.

After finishing his work, Qin Miao had time to walk around the track with his crew members.

After all, something happened during the last Grand Prix weekend that no one at the Mercedes team wanted to see. Although no one mentioned it, Qin Miao could still feel that the staff of his team felt guilty about him after that incident.

This kind of emotion can sometimes greatly improve the work efficiency and enthusiasm of the crew technicians, but in the current situation, what Qin Miao needs is not the enthusiasm of his own crew members, but stability.

So taking them out to walk the track together can enhance their relationship and at the same time soothe their restless emotions.

It is worth mentioning that Qin Miao met the host player of the Russian Grand Prix, Ma Zeping, while walking on the track.

If Qin Miao entered F1, despite some ups and downs and accidents, overall it was smooth sailing.

Ma Zeping really explained what the ups and downs of life are...

Mazepin's morale collapsed after his teammate Mick Schumacher finished the race in Bahrain with a gap of one second per lap by more than 1 minute.

All the confidence he had built up in F2 was completely shattered by his teammate Mick Schumacher after this race.

Mazepin even suspected that the cars that Haas team leader Steiner prepared for them were two different versions.

But it turned out that Ma Zeping was overthinking, and he was a loser.

Because of this, Mazeping never recovered after a setback, and was often beaten by his teammate Mick Schumacher by more than 1 minute in a game.

The key is that both of them drive Haas.

However, Ma Zeping always felt that there was a problem with the balance and consistency of his car. The speed in the straight line was not as good as Mick's. There was nothing wrong with the car when driving.

After the game, if the performance is not good, I will complain to my father who comes to the scene.

Just like a giant baby.

It's just that Qin Miao didn't understand this because he focused more on competition and improving himself in the past.

Qin Miao heard these gossips from Leclerc.

However, I believe that after arriving at his home court, Mazeping's results should be much better than before. After all, this is his home court no matter what.

Qin Miao didn't go to say hello to Ma Zeping. Although they both entered F1 in the same year, they really didn't have much friendship with each other and could only be regarded as acquaintances.

After walking the track, Qin Miao spent more than two hours communicating with the technicians of his team.

After chatting for two hours, everyone had a common topic. Although Qin Miao was not a person who was good at stimulating the atmosphere of the conversation, he was at least frank enough.

Although the track is very spacious, Qin Miao and his team's technicians are actually in a relatively closed state when walking on the track.

Because no one will disturb them before they finish walking the track, and even if there are people in front and behind, they are far away and the other party cannot hear what they are saying.

Therefore, after spending more than two hours together, even if the technicians have knots in their hearts, at least their sense of guilt will be relieved a lot.

After walking around the track and returning to the team home, Qin Miao attended the pre-race engineer meeting to learn about the specific minor upgrades brought to the car this week and discuss the engine durability issues of the two drivers.

After finishing the day's work, Qin Miao took Qiu Meng back to the hotel to rest.

However, while walking on the road, Qin Miao suddenly remembered that when he first entered F1, all he wanted to do was come and drive and experience the fun of driving F1.

Since when did you, like other drivers, become so busy during the Grand Prix weekend that you have no time to play on Switch?

……

Friday.

Today is a sunny day.

Qin Miao's mood was as good as today's weather.

After getting up, Qin Miao packed his things and went to the paddock.

After all, Russia is not a country in the European Union and has not been too relaxed in controlling the epidemic. Therefore, there are not many spectators present today. The occupancy rate in the stands is not even half. Of course, it may be because today is only a weekend. five.

However, it was still the same when Qin Miao entered the paddock. There were fans in the front who came to ask Qin Miao to sign autographs and take photos, and photographers behind him to take pictures throughout the process.

What surprised Qin Miao when he entered the paddock was that Hamilton came earlier than him, and then there was some intense pre-race work.

After everything was completed, the two practice sessions on Friday began.

Mercedes has set different goals for the two drivers in the practice session this week.

From the beginning, Hamilton was testing the car's extreme performance and suitability for this track, looking for adjustments.

Qin Miao, on the other hand, is familiar with the track and gradually improves his lap speed.

Although Qin Miao had already raced at the Sochi circuit when he was in F2, F2 is not F1 after all. The sensitivity of two different specifications of cars are completely different extremes.

In addition, Sochi is a street race, so there is little room for driver mistakes.

Although Mercedes-Benz has a lot of money and is not afraid of the economic losses caused by repairing the car after the driver crashes, it will take time to repair the car after the crash. After the crash, the collection of data on the track will also stop.

Therefore, rather than crashing in the main race, Mercedes was more worried about Qin Miao crashing when he was pursuing the limit in the practice session.

Although Qin Miao's stability reassures everyone at Mercedes-Benz Racing Team, as the same saying goes, it is better to do less than to do more.

So at the end of the first practice session on Friday, Qin Miao's ranking was not very good, only ranked seventh.

However, when the race progressed to the second practice session and the team allowed Qin Miao to use a new set of soft tires for a qualifying simulation 5 minutes before the end of the second practice session, Qin Miao's results were still very good.

In the last flying lap of the second practice, Qin Miao ranked behind his teammate Hamilton with 1:33.789, which is second.

Friday’s work ended after the clock was stopped in the second practice. Qin Miao left the paddock after a round of finishing work after the game.

Qin Miao was in a good mood when she left the paddock.

Although the results of the practice session are not of reference significance, Qin Miao actually still has something to show for the last flying lap of the second practice. Not to mention too much, he can still do it about 0.15 seconds faster.

Then I might be able to steal another pole position from Hamilton.

What?What do you think Red Bull should do?
Didn’t I say it all before?This track is Mercedes' traditional stronghold. Unless something unexpected happens, Red Bull will not pose much of a threat to Mercedes in Sochi.

Then as expected, something unexpected happened.

Qin Miao had just returned to the hotel when she got some bad news.

According to the final determination of the meteorological department, there is a high chance of rain in the sky in Sochi tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

And when the time really came to Saturday, the meteorological department came true, because it rained heavily in the sky on Saturday.

Because it is already autumn, although Sochi is the warmest city in Russia, it is still very cold after the rain and the Sochi track is still on the seaside.

The rain was accompanied by strong winds and the track quickly cooled down.

For Qin Miao, a landlubber, there is not much good news as long as it rains.

But there is not all good news, that is, because of the rain, the body temperature at this time is basically in the single digits.

Qin Miao didn't have to practice driving on the simulator while steaming in the sauna in order to have enough endurance to compete in the car like during the summer competition.

It was a really sour feeling, my whole body was wet, hot and stuffy, and I had to concentrate on running the race.

The key is that each session lasts at least two hours.

When he came out, Qin Miao felt like he was going to be cooked in the sauna.

But now there is no need for that. When the weather is cold, just wear normal racing clothes.

Even when he braved the cold wind and came to the paddock on Saturday, Qin Miao saw that O'Connell was wearing Alpine's winter down jacket.

After silently lamenting that O'Connell was too weak, Qin Miao turned most of his attention to the team's weather cloud map.

At the beginning of the third practice, Qin Miao had already changed into his racing suit, but did not enter the racing car.

Because the wind was blowing on the track at this time, it was very windy, and you could see from the broadcast that the McLaren car was even blown away by the wind.

Of course, the car was blown away by the wind while it was placed on the pallet used by the team to transport the car.

However, the wind is still very strong, and if you hold an umbrella, it will be blown away.

After waiting for almost half an hour, the third practice session was canceled directly in the final race. It would be impossible not to cancel it. With the current track conditions, there was really no way to continue the race.

The wind was too strong, and if you insisted on continuing the race, there was a high possibility of an accident on the track.

So everyone failed to finish Q3 in the end.

However, as time went by, the conditions on the track gradually improved. The original wind decreased and the rain stopped.

However, at the beginning of the qualifying session, there were still pitter-pattering water stains on the ground, and the wind only got smaller, not completely stopped.

(End of this chapter)