How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 290 Chapter 293: Leclerc’s home (8K, make up for yesterday’s update)
"Cross the line! Qin Miao! He has passed!" Libao's voice in the Five-Star Sports Studio was full of excitement.

Zhou Haoran also clenched his hands into fists at this time and cheered fiercely: "That's it! Beautiful! So beautiful!"

In addition to the Five Star Sports studio, the audience also gave Qin Miao's transcendence applause and cheers.

Although because of Hamilton's performance over the years, when Verstappen and Hamilton compete for points, what the audience hopes to see more is that Verstappen, the young dragon-slaying boy, can kill Hamilton, the giant dragon. Down.

They hope that the weak can win more than the strong, because all ordinary people are one of the weak.

This is the most essential nature of human beings.

So when facing Qin Miao, they would subconsciously feel that Qin Miao also belongs to the strong group.

Qin Miao also has a global away feeling when running games this season.

Everywhere has its own domestic fans, and Qin Miao can see the national flag of his country in every game, but there are not many of them.

Qin Miao may have to wait until one day to play a game before he can experience the feeling of playing at home.

But today is different.

Because Qin Miao started from the end of the team and chased him all the way here.

Qin Miao's efforts can be seen by all the audience at the scene. In this game, the audience recognized Qin Miao's efforts.

So they would be happy to see Qin Miao reach another position.

And they also sincerely hope that Qin Miao can play more positions in this game.

After passing Sainz, Qin Miao let out a sigh of relief.

Although there was pressure when overtaking Sainz, the pressure was quite normal. Instead, it was the little DRS train that made me a little sweaty.

It can be said that Sainz was smart but was mistaken this time. If he relied on the DRS train to defend Qin Miao, Qin Miao would really not be able to find a good overtaking method in a short time.

I slightly adjusted the condition of the car and controlled the temperature of the racing tires.

When Qin Miao took the corners just now, she drove the tires to the limit. Regardless of the issue of tire wear, the temperature of the tires has now exceeded the standard operating temperature. If the tire temperature is not cooled down, the tire wear will not be a problem. It's a matter of flat tires.

After controlling the condition of the tires, Qin Miao was now 3 seconds away from Ricciardo in front of him.

There was no way, Sainz's willingness to resist was too strong, and a lot of time was wasted when the two were fighting.

During this time, Ricciardo made a 3-second gap.

However, it was only 45 laps at this time, and there were still eleven laps to go before the end of the race. Qin Miao still had time.

And in fact, after surpassing Sainz, Qin Miao completed the minimum finishing position set by the team for Qin Miao before the start of the race.

At this time, Ricciardo was not far away from Qin Miao. In terms of Qin Miao's strength, it was only a matter of time before he surpassed Ricciardo in front of him in this game. It can be said that Qin Miao had already exceeded his quota in this game. Completed the task assigned to him by the team.

When faced with Qin Miao's attack, Ricciardo, like Sainz, did not choose to surrender, and his willingness to defend was equally strong.

So all Qin Miao can do at this time is to continue charging his car and wait for the right time to come.

On the seventh lap of No. 40, Qin Miao caught up to the DRS area behind Ricciardo.

And in the DRS zone in the second timing period of the same lap, Qin Miao completed his overtaking of Ricciardo.

Ricciardo's defensive method is relatively conventional, going inside and braking late.

Qin Miao was preparing to overtake from the outside and when he came to the braking point, he was really not much faster than Ricciardo. They entered the corner side by side.

One thing to say is that although Ricciardo chose to brake late, his braking accuracy was still much higher than that of Simons.

If it were Sainz, he would have already rushed off the track with Qin Miao by now.

Of course, Ricciardo is famous for his extremely late braking, so it is not surprising that he can perform like this at this time.

However, relying on the performance advantage of the medium tires, Qin Miao still had an advantage in exiting corners.

Moreover, T12 after exiting T13 is another right-turning corner, so Qin Miao, who enters and exits the turn alongside Ricciardo, has the advantage of the inside line.

In the end, before the start of the third timing period of No. 40's seven laps, Qin Miao completed his overtaking of Ricciardo and returned to the position before Qin Miao pitted.

However, after Qin Miao passed Ricciardo, Qin Miao was 22 seconds behind Leclerc in front of him.

To be honest, this time gap made Qin Miao feel a little pained. It was really difficult to catch up.

But the good news is that the only slow car in the distance in front of Qin Miao is Yuki Tsunoda's Toro Rosso. After passing Yuki Tsunoda, there are no other slow cars in the distance between Qin Miao and Leclerc.

As long as Qin Miao can control the wear and tear of his tires, there is still a high possibility that Qin Miao can go one step further in this game and unseat Le Laosi.

However, Qin Miao can already see the final outcome of this game, because even if he catches up with Leclerc, Leclerc is still 9 seconds behind Perez in front of him.

It's questionable whether Qin Miao can overtake Leclerc after catching up with him at this time, let alone catch up with Perez in front of Leclerc...

Therefore, Qin Miao will most likely be ranked fifth in this game.

"Well done, let's run at our own pace." French didn't think Qin Miao could catch up with Leclerc in the later stages of the race, and started to let Qin Miao run steadily.

In fact, Frankie was not the only one to think so. After Qin Miao surpassed Ricardo in front of him, the on-site director stopped focusing on Qin Miao, and instead focused the main shots on the front dimension. The battle between Stapan and Hamilton is above.

Verstappen was in the lead at this time, with Hamilton chasing after Verstappen three seconds behind.

It is worth mentioning that Hamilton's tires had a big advantage over Verstappen at this time, because Hamilton pitted eight laps later than Verstappen.

So the biggest highlight on the field at this time is the duel between Hamilton and Verstappen.

Compared with the duel between Hamilton and Verstappen, Qin Miao overtaking so many cars can only be regarded as an interesting adjustment.

After nine laps of No. 40, the time gap between Qin Miao and Leclerc came to 18 seconds.

Although the time gap is still very large, Qin Miao chased Leclerc for 4 seconds in two laps, so it is not impossible to surpass Leclerc.

Unlike Qin Miao who quickly shortened the gap between himself and Leclerc, Hamilton in front was faster than Verstappen in every lap, and on average he was 0.4 seconds faster than Verstappen in each lap.

But at this time, Hamilton was still trapped 2 seconds behind Verstappen.

After five or six laps, Qin Miao came to the position 4 seconds behind Leclerc.

The commentator was stunned when he saw the close rate between Qin Miao and Leclerc. Didn't Qin Miao's neutral fetus fail?
It's a pity that there are only two laps left before the end of the race. Unless Leclerc makes a mistake on his own initiative, Qin Miao has no chance.

Qin Miao's teammate Hamilton also encountered a similar situation to Qin Miao.

After entering the turbulence area behind Verstappen, Hamilton's speed began to slow down. Now Hamilton is only about 0.1 or 0.2 seconds faster than Verstappen every lap.

Although he is still tenaciously shortening the time gap between himself and Verstappen, the time gap between Hamilton and Verstappen at this time is still 1.2 seconds.

There is absolutely no condition to attack Vestapa.

Six laps later, Qin Miao came 3 seconds behind Leclerc.

After running for so long, Qin Miao's tires began to fail, and the closer he got to Leclerc, the more Qin Miao was affected by the turbulence. It was normal for Qin Miao to be unable to go faster under the double blow.

And Leclerc is not a soft persimmon. After he found that Qin Miao's closing rate was abnormally fast, he started to charge the car.

After Qin Miao came to a position that threatened Leclerc, Leclerc began to accelerate.

Before the end of the race, Qin Miao failed to catch up to the DRS area behind Leclerc.

On the other side, Hamilton on the last lap failed to catch up with Verstappen in front of him.

In fact, Hamilton had a chance, but unfortunately on the last lap, Hamilton encountered a slower Haas car.

Originally, this Haas slightly blocked Verstappen's rhythm, making Verstappen a little slower. Unfortunately, by coincidence, Haas happened to be in the DRS when blocking Verstappen. detection point.

So in the next DRS zone, Verstappen, who has DRS, widened the gap between himself and Hamilton at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Hamilton could only watch Verstappen go away and do nothing.

In the end, Verstappen started from pole position and took home the championship, completing his Pole to win in the United States Grand Prix.

Hamilton followed closely and finished the race in second place. Although this was also a good ranking, without Qin Miao to disrupt the situation, Hamilton only got a second place in the end, which must not make him too happy.

The third person to cross the line was Red Bull driver Perez. In the absence of Qin Miao, Perez, who has gradually become familiar with the driving style of Red Bull racing cars, was able to exert [-]% of the performance of this car to a certain extent. Ten.

Moreover, Perez did not drink water during the entire race. At the beginning of the race, he discovered that there was a problem with the drinking system of his car.

Therefore, it was not easy for him to finish third despite lack of water in this game.

Of course, if Qin Miao is here, Perez will definitely not be on the podium in this game.

Leclerc was fourth, and Qin Miao started at the end of the team in fifth.

However, there is one thing to say. In nine laps, he chased Leclerc by 20 seconds. This terrifying result really scared everyone at Ferrari, including Leclerc, into a cold sweat.

But in the end it turned out that this was just a false alarm.

Qin Miao came home fifth. For Qin Miao, who was punished to start at the end of the team, catching up to fifth place on Circuit of the Americas, a track that is not easy to overtake, is already a good result.

Qin Miao was quite satisfied with his results in this game. His only regret was that he failed to overtake Leclerc in the last few laps.

After crossing the line, Qin Miao controlled his speed a little. When he was chasing Leclerc, the team warned Qin Miao in the TR that his car was running low on fuel because he was chasing Leclerc too hard.

The team estimated that Qin Miao's fuel supply at this time was only enough for him to drive the car back, but he could no longer refuel suddenly.

So Qin Miao gave a little bit of oil and then slid for a while, relying on this method to slowly drive the car towards the maintenance area.

However, when Qin Miao ran back to the ring, the audience enthusiastically applauded and cheered for Qin Miao.

And Qin Miao also became the best driver voted by the audience in this game.

No one is surprised to receive such an honor.

After all, Qin Miao's performance in this game was indeed worthy of the audience's love.

When Qin Miao ran back to the arena, he saw many people showing off their long-buried orange smoke bombs.

All Red Bull and Verstappen fans had a carnival.

While Qin Miao was still thinking about what to do if he encountered the DRS train again in the next game, he suddenly heard Franky's anxious voice coming from the team's TR: "Stop, stop." , there’s not enough fuel.”

Qin Miao: ...

In desperation, Qin Miao could only park his car at the entrance of the maintenance area.

Fortunately, Qin Miao was relatively slow when he ran back to the field. He was the last driver to return to the entrance of the pit area. When he parked at the entrance of the pit area, he did not have to worry about blocking other drivers from returning to the pit area.

However, Qin Miao also got a five-second shot of getting off the car while Verstappen and his friends were celebrating, which gave him a sense of participation in the post-race celebration.

What was then broadcast on the screen was the carnival between the two Red Bull drivers and the Red Bull Racing Team.

At this stage, the track was also open for admission, and fans and car fans in the stands all poured into the track like crazy.

At this time, the Matthews rushed towards Qin Miao's racing car.

They need to push Qin Miao's car into the pit area for vehicle inspection before the spectators completely block the entrance to the pit area.

Otherwise, who knows what the spectators who can take home the DRS signboard will do to Qin Miao's car.

Qin Miao also helped them.

While controlling the steering wheel of the car, help the Matthews push the car.

Qin Miao mainly wanted to hold the steering wheel in his hands.

It's not that Qin Miao is worried about Matthew and is afraid that they will take away his steering wheel.

Mainly Qin Miao was worried that the car would be hit by them when they were helping him push the car.

As workers, they don't have that much money to pay for the damage to an F1 car.And if Qin Miao controls the car, it is difficult for his car to cause a car accident. Even if the car is accidentally damaged, Qin Miao does not have to pay a price for it, and the team will pay for it for him.

So this can be regarded as Qin Miao taking responsibility for the Matthews.

By the time Qin Miao pushed his car back to the pit area, Hamilton had already begun to be interviewed.

But Qin Miao didn't peel it off. If Hamilton won the championship in this game, Qin Miao would definitely rush over and scratch Hamilton's itch when he saw Hamilton being interviewed.

Unfortunately, Hamilton only finished second in this game, so Qin Miao just walked past the camera crew responsible for the post-game interview, but did not forget to nod and give a thumbs up to Hamilton.

Halfway through his words, Hamilton raised his hand to say hello to Qin Miao, and then continued the interview.

After completing the weigh-in, Qin Miao didn't pay much attention to the subsequent awards ceremony.

I found Alyssa and participated in the post-game interview with her.

This interview with Qin Miao mainly focused on talking about future games. As for this game, it can only be said to be unsatisfactory.

After the interview, Qin Miao also saw Leclerc, who had just finished his interview.

They were the last drivers to be interviewed, so they naturally left together.

"Why did you come back so late? I was looking for you for a long time when we parked the car." Leclerc asked curiously while drinking water to replenish his fluids.

Qin Miao also held a stainless steel water cup from Mozhu in his hand, but it was filled with Qin Miao's health care potions: "I chased you too much in the later stages of the game. The car almost ran out of gas. At the entrance of the maintenance area, The team asked me to park the car there, and it was pushed back by hand, so I came back a little late."

"Speaking of this, I was really shocked when I saw how fast you were chasing me on the track. You chased me for 2 seconds in one lap. How many things did your Mercedes hide?" Leclerc recalled the team and himself at that time. Talking about the feeling of powerlessness between him and Qin Miao, he complained: "I really thought you could overtake me before the game.

Fortunately, it turned out to be a false alarm. "

Qin Miao blinked helplessly after hearing this: "The DRS train saved you. Without those two DRS trains, your fourth place in this competition may not have been guaranteed."

Leclerc naturally knows what the DRS train is. In this season, when the turbulence of the car in front has a huge impact on the car behind, a strong overtaking master like Qin Miao will also be trapped in the DRS train, so Leclerc is very concerned about the DRS train. I also hate trains.

But after all, he is a driver participating in this race, not a spectator watching the race.

Naturally, Qin Miao didn't know that Qin Miao encountered two DRS trains in this game, so he didn't feel anything after hearing the first two sentences of Qin Miao, but when he heard the third sentence, he felt a little toothache.

Leclerc had never thought about this aspect before, but after Qin Miao mentioned the name Le Laosi for the first time in front of him, Leclerc would inevitably think about this aspect deliberately at some moments.

Such as this race week's United States Grand Prix.

Leclerc started fourth, and then came back fourth...

Although a large part of this is due to survivor bias, when Leclerc thinks about it carefully, it seems that the number of times he has finished fourth this season is really a bit...

"Then I really hope you can take away my fourth place." Leclerc complained.

Qin Miao smiled and said: "That's not possible. I believe you are YYDS."

"YYDS? What do you mean?"

When Leclerc was curious, Barber came over.

After seeing Qin Miao, he breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he had waited at the team home for a long time and did not see Qin Miao come back. He was also worried that Qin Miao had something wrong on the road.

But Barbour saw Leclerc next to Qin Miao again, and after being stunned for a moment, he quickly took out the photo of Qin Miao and Leclerc from his backpack.

Qin Miao also saw Barber, took the photo and the pen that Barber handed over later and said: "Sign it, and I will tell you what YYDS means after signing."

Leclerc took what Qin Miao handed over suspiciously, and then wrote his name on the back of the photo.

Qin Miao carefully handed the photo to Barber and asked him to keep it. Then, facing Leclerc's probing gaze, Qin Miao explained: "This is actually a Chinese meme, which is composed of the initial letters of a Chinese sentence taken out individually. a paragraph."

"What does YYDS mean?"

Qin Miao cleared her throat, and planned her escape route without leaving any trace, and then said: "It means... always fourth."

“Fuck!!!”

"Hahahahaha..."

……

In the end, the rankings and scores of this game are as follows:

1: Verstappen +25
2: Hamilton +18
3: Perez +15
4: Leclerc +12
5: Qin Miao +11 (fastest lap)
6: Ricardo +8
7: Sainz +6
8: Norris +4
9: Yuki Tsunoda +2
10: Vettel +1
There is nothing to say about Qin Miao's fastest lap. In the last few laps, he used medium tires and there was a large area of ​​clean air in front of him. It would be abnormal for him not to have the fastest lap.

After this race, the overall ranking of the drivers is as follows:
1: Qin Miao 303
2: Verstappen 281 (+36→+22)

3: Hamilton 277 (+33→+26)

4: Perez 136
5: Leclerc 135
6: Norris 128
7: Sainz 101
8: Ricardo 91
9: Gasly 62
10: Alonso 50
11: Vettel 45
12: O'Connell 36
13: Stroll 20
14: Tsunoda 14
15: Russell 10
16: Kimi 5
17: Latifi 3
After this game, Hamilton and Verstappen swapped their ranking positions in the overall standings, and the points gap between Qin Miao and the two was narrowed.

However, there is still a gap. If Qin Miaonu works hard, it is really possible for him to win the driver's championship in the first season of his career.

But Hamilton and Verstappen would not agree so easily.

Leclerc's ranking in the overall standings remains unchanged, but Norris and Perez have swapped their positions in the driver's standings, with Norris falling two places and Perez rising two places.

The reason for such a change in ranking is mainly because Norris retired from this game and no points were recorded.

Other than that, there are no other changes in the driver's standings.

The team standings are the same as the driver standings. The points of each team have increased, but there has been no change in ranking.

1: Mercedes: 580
2: Red Bull: 417
3: Ferrari: 236
4: McLaren: 219
5: Alpine: 86
6: Little Toro Rosso: 76
7: Aston Martin: 65
8: Williams: 13
9: Alfa Romeo: 5
10: Haas: 0
It is worth mentioning that there are only five grands prix left before the end of the season. Although the driver standings are still confusing, the battle for the team championship is already clear at this time.

If Qin Miao and Hamilton can bring back one or two in the next game, then the Mercedes-Benz team will successfully win the 2021 team championship at the Mexican Grand Prix. This will also be the eighth championship for the Mercedes-Benz F1 team. Team Championship.

The benefits of the Constructors' Championship are many.

The most important thing is that after winning the team championship, the weight of the FIA's year-end bonus and TV broadcast rights will be particularly high.

The difference in direct economic benefits between the champion and the runner-up is as high as tens of millions of dollars, not to mention the sponsor bonuses after winning the championship.

And this is only visible on the surface. More fans, more team influence, and higher team employee attraction. These invisible wealth are no less than these visible rewards.

Therefore, the entire Mercedes team is united at this moment, and everyone is in a state of excitement and confidence.

After the team wins the championship, everyone on the team will receive a very considerable performance bonus, including even the man who sweeps the floor at the team headquarters.

Naturally, the bonuses Qin Miao and Hamilton will receive will not be small.

However, when Qin Miao was on the plane, she felt so sick that she couldn't sleep at night when she thought that 60% of her bonus would be paid to the British government as taxes.

At this time, Qin Miao was on the plane flying to France.

However, Qin Miao's destination this time is indeed not France, but Monaco.

After all, his wife was still busy in Monaco, and Qin Miao was all alone when she returned home. Instead of returning to the UK, she might as well come directly to Monaco to find Qiu Meng.

Moreover, Qin Miao's house has completed the transfer procedures and the money has been paid. During this period, Qin Miao has to go and see his new home no matter what.

The most important thing is that Qin Miao can fly on Leclerc's plane when he goes to France.

Leclerc, like Hamilton at this time, does not have a private plane, but they have planes to use, and they use planes provided by sponsors.

On the one hand, there is no need to worry about the pressure of public opinion when using this kind of aircraft. On the other hand, the crew members do not need to worry about logistical support, let alone pay. What is outstanding is that it saves worry and effort, and only needs to participate in a few events every year. Just show up at a party, take a few photos or record a commercial or two.

Compared with the convenience they get, this effort is nothing at all.

And with Leclerc accompanying him on the plane, the key point is that Leclerc cannot have no entertainment at all on his own plane.

The two of them played Street Fighter all the way back to France. What stood out when Leclerc was playing Street Fighter was that he was addicted to food.

Qin Miao held him down, but Qin Miao let go a little bit, and he felt that he could do it again. He shouted that he wanted to challenge Qin Miao, and then he was beaten by Qin Miao again.

This cycle continues until the plane lands in France

Because Monaco is too small and has no airport at all, Qin Miao and Leclerc could only land in France.

After getting off the plane, Qin Miao and Leclerc drove to Monaco together.

However, Qin Miao did not go to see his house immediately. Instead, he was dragged to his house by Leclerc.

Naturally, I picked up Qiu Meng on the way.

This is Qin Miao and Qiu Meng's first visit to Leclerc's house.

It is worth mentioning that Qin Miao also met Leclerc’s mother, Pascal Leclerc, at Leclerc’s house.

When Qin Miao followed Leclerc through the door, Pascal was preparing dinner for Qin Miao, a guest from afar.

To be honest, Qin Miao and Qiu Meng were both flattered that Leclerc's mother cooked the food herself.

Fortunately, Qin Miao never had to worry about etiquette. Qiu Meng would always give appropriate and decent gifts.

Because she knew she was coming to Leclerc's house this time, Qiu Meng specially prepared gifts for Leclerc and Leclerc's brother, brother and mother.

But it is a pity that only Leclerc's mother is at home today, and his elder brother and younger brother are not here, so he cannot hand the gifts to them in person.

And Qin Miao has some social difficulties, so when facing Pascal, Qin Miao really couldn't find anything in common except the most basic politeness and polite greetings.

On the contrary, it is Qiu Meng. This girl is like the other side of Qin Miao. She can perfectly make up for everything that Qin Miao is not good at.

So within half an hour of meeting Leclerc's mother, Qiu Meng became familiar with Pascal. When the two were chatting, they had already held hands together without knowing it, looking like sisters who had been friends for years.

Not only was Qin Miao stunned by their enthusiasm, but Leclerc's face was also blank.

Not long after, the two women entered the kitchen hand in hand.

Pascal also enthusiastically introduced to Qiu Meng the food he prepared to entertain guests today.

As for Leclerc and Qin Miao.

The two looked at each other, shrugged each other, then lay on the sofa and started eating.

Both of them are drivers who have just finished the F1 Grand Prix. What they are thinking about at this time is not visiting or taking their friends to visit their homes. At this time, they just want to empty their minds and lie on the sofa for a while.

"To be honest, my mother is actually your car fan." The two of them collapsed on the sofa. Leclerc listened to the noise from the kitchen and stared at the TV screen with his eyes blankly.

Qin Miao also nodded numbly: "You're welcome."

"I'm not kidding, she really likes you."

Qin Miao turned her head and glanced at Qiu Meng, who was chatting happily with Leclerc's mother in the open kitchen, glanced at Leclerc, and then pursed her lips: "Did you see it? I feel like Pascal likes... I love people.”

“Hmm…I didn’t know how to refute it for a moment.

But he is indeed your car fan. Didn’t I ask you for autographed photos before?Those photos are what my mother asked me to ask for from you. "

Qin Miao recalled it for a moment after hearing this, and then said with some pity: "At that time, I thought it was because I was so handsome that you were involuntarily dormant... Oops."

Qin Miao covered her butt and yelled, "Why are you still beating people?"

"You should show some face."

"To be honest, that's what I really thought at the time."

"Tsk, I feel like you are imitating my speech."

"Hey." Qin Miao just laughed, then did not continue the topic and asked instead: "How far is it from my home?"

Leclerc thought for a while: "It takes about half an hour to walk and 10 minutes to drive. Your house is on a higher ground. It seems that you can directly see my house."

Qin Miao nodded thoughtfully: "That's right. Do you have any recommendations for a better astronomical telescope?"

Leclerc: ...? ? ?
(End of this chapter)