How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 322 325: Unexpected Visitor (6K, 1414 more updates)

So at the start of tomorrow's race, Verstappen is on pole and Hamilton is second.

The starting order for tomorrow’s race is as follows:

First row: Hamilton, Verstappen.

Second row: Perez, Norris.

Third row: Leclerc, Sainz.

Fourth row: Okuyasu, Yuki Tsunoda.

Fifth row: Alonso, Ricciardo.

Sixth row: Qin Miao, Gasly.

Seventh row: Giovinazzi, Stroll.

Eighth row: Latifi, Vettel.

Ninth row: Kimi, Russell.

Row 10: Mazepin, Mick Schumacher.

Because the starting order of the Qatar Grand Prix is ​​pole position starting from the right, the driver in pole position is shown on the right.

Qin Miao's battery broke before the start of the race and he notified the FIA.

In other words, although Qin Miao finished second in the qualifying match, he was not eligible to receive a post-match interview after the match.

So the three drivers parked on the track at this time were Verstappen, Hamilton and Norris, the three drivers who had finished in the top three during the qualifying session.

It is worth mentioning that Norris's performance in today's game was very impressive, and he directly crushed his teammate Ricciardo.

In this race, McLaren had a tendency to make a comeback, which made many McLaren fans startled again.

I won’t waste any more words on the post-game interviews of these three, but my eyes came to Qin Miao.

After parking the car in the vehicle inspection area of ​​the maintenance area, Qin Miao got out of the car slowly.

Qin Miao's nervousness before the start of qualifying has been swept away, and now Qin Miao only feels calm in her heart.

Even though he knew that in this game he needed to chase those two perverts from behind.

But Qin Miao felt from his qualifying results that it would not be difficult for him to chase those in front of him in this game.

And I don't need to catch up with them or surpass them, I just need to come to third place.

Therefore, the only opponents Qin Miao needs to deal with in this game are Perez and the two Red Bull drivers. Others may defend Qin Miao, but their desire to defend will definitely not be too strong.

It can be said that after this qualifying match, Qin Miao felt confident.

After getting out of the car, Qin Miao saw Leclerc walking towards him.

It was the last game. Everyone was exhausted mentally and physically after playing all the games for a season. They were also very busy.

Since the start of the last two races, the two of them have always met in the car in the paddock. When they saw each other in the paddock, they only said hello to each other, and then hurriedly went about their own business.

Now is a rare opportunity to chat.

"How do you feel? Is there a lot of pressure?" Leclerc came to Qin Miao holding his helmet and asked with a smile: "Do you want me to help you put some pressure on Tsunoda from the front?"

Leclerc's starting position in this game was just in front of Tsunoda. To be honest, with the team's ranking in this game already determined, Leclerc still wanted to do something to help his friend.

Qin Miao turned around and reinstalled his steering wheel on the car and said: "No need, I feel that not long after the race started, Tsunoda would slow down and deliberately cooperate with Gasly to defend me.

And even if they don't, they can't ruin your game for my sake. "

Leclerc frowned: "I don't care. It's the last race of the year anyway. The team has already set its sights on next year. I'm also waiting for the performance of our car to improve by leaps and bounds next year. But it's you, is it really okay? ?”

In Leclerc's eyes, what Qin Miao said is somewhat unsportsmanlike. Although the FIA ​​rules do not clearly state that this kind of thing cannot be done, if Toro Rosso really let Tsunoda do this If you don't, then you are simply ruining your popularity with passers-by.

"For the sake of the championship, there is nothing that cannot be done?" Qin Miao maintained a pessimistic attitude towards this matter: "Not to mention that Little Red Bull is still the second team of Big Red Bull."

"Then it seems that all I can do in this race is give way to you when you are about to overtake me." Leclerc joked with a shrug.

Qin Miao rolled her eyes at him angrily: "Shut up."

Just like how selfless it is for you to take the initiative to give up your position to me, in the eyes of some people, Leclerc's behavior is also very unsportsmanlike.

"Just defend normally. Thank God if you don't squeeze me out." Qin Miao also joked.

Leclerc reached out and touched his chin: "That's hard to say. What if I really push you off the track?"

"roll!"

While chatting with Leclerc, Qin Miao took care of everything on his car. After making sure nothing was missed, Qin Miao and Leclerc went to the post-race weigh-in place.

After the weigh-in ended, Qin Miao separated from Leclerc.

After Barber found him, Qin Miao went to the post-match interview area.

Qin Miao is naturally the driver who gets the most attention in the entire post-race interview area. After all, he is the favorite to win the championship this year.

It can be said that although the reporters responsible for the post-game interviews here knew that they were not the first choice to interview Qin Miao, they still prepared many questions for Qin Miao to ask after the game.

Qin Miao didn't do anything unique at this time. He still found a reporter who had a good relationship with Mercedes-Benz.

When the other party saw Qin Miao coming, he smiled and greeted Qin Miao: "Qin Miao, although I am happy to see you, I don't hope to see you here often."

Qin Miao smiled helplessly: "Who says it's not the case?"

"Okay, let's start the interview."

Qin Miao nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"We all know that with your current lead in the championship, you only need to finish in the top three in this race, and you can finally win the driver's championship this season.

But before the game, you had to accept a penalty for replacing the battery. Will this penalty affect your performance in the race? "

"Obviously not. Although this week's game is very important to me, the difficulty of this game is only average compared to previous games. I believe that the team and I will show our best in the race. A performance that pleases the team’s fans.”

"Tell me, what is your performance that satisfies the fans?"

"Driver championship." Qin Miao is full of confidence.

"Okay, so as a rookie who entered F1 in the first year, he participated in the driver's championship competition with Hamilton and Verstappen in the first season of his career, and may even win the championship in the end. How do you feel about this? Are the results in the rookie season considered qualified?”

Faced with this question, Qin Miao thought for a moment and then answered: "One thing to say, I am quite satisfied with my current results and performance on the field, but this season is not actually over. I feel that in this season It’s really too early to say anything until the final results of the season come out.”

"Last question, if you win the driver's championship after this race, can you share how you plan to celebrate?"

Although Qin Miao knew that this reporter was half one of his own, Qin Miao still couldn't accept the practice of opening champagne at halftime.

So Qin Miao thought for a while and said: "I don't dare to think about this at all now.

Right now we are mainly trying to ensure that the game goes on as normally as possible and get a good result after the game.

As for how to celebrate?

Maybe when the race is over and we get the good results we want, the smiles on the faces of all the team staff will be the best way for us to celebrate.

Having said that, Qin Miao's post-game interview is basically over.

However, Qin Miao's answer did surprise the reporter.

Before Qin Miao left, the other party said sincerely: "Then I hope you can have good results, and I won't see you here next year."

Qin Miao showed a bright smile: "Of course, I will try my best."

After the interview ended, public opinion on the Internet began to ferment.

Qin Miao's modest and cautious attitude has made domestic car fans who are both looking forward to and worried about Qin Miao relax a lot.

Although Qin Miao has always been stable on the field, in the eyes of the audience, Qin Miao is still too young after all, and Chinese fans have never seen a Chinese driver like Qin Miao before.

Suddenly, with Qin Miao, a driver with top talent in the racing industry, domestic car fans are really holding it in their hands for fear of losing it, and holding it in their mouths for fear of it melting. It is such a treasure.

Therefore, Qin Miao's performance seems to be a bit worrying.

Qin Miao's modesty sends a positive signal to domestic fans, that is, Qin Miao attaches great importance to this game and is not complacent or blindly arrogant just because he is leading the standings at this time.

But foreign car fans don't think so. Originally, foreigners are different from the Chinese who are restrained and humble. They are more flamboyant and more willing to express themselves.

So after seeing Qin Miao's interview, they all said that Qin Miao was a little too self-effacing, which was very bad.

However, after the interview, Qin Miao no longer had the extra time to pay attention to the comments about herself online.

After all, no matter what the current trend towards him on the Internet is, as long as he wins the championship after the game, the style of these comments will tend to be unified.

After the interview, Qin Miao went directly back to the team home to pack his things and left the paddock.

It's getting late now. As a driver, Qin Miao needs to go back and rest early to prepare for the next race.

However, what surprised Qin Miao was that after returning to the hotel, he did not find Qiu Meng in the hotel room who had greeted him and said that he would go back to the hotel in advance to deal with some things.

Just when Qin Miao was extremely confused and was about to call Qiu Meng to ask what he was doing, the hotel door opened.

Qiu Meng hurriedly opened the door and walked in. However, when she saw Qin Miao, Qiu Meng, who was still a little anxious, suddenly changed her face, full of frustration and despair.

Just when Qin Miao was puzzled and wanted to ask Qiu Meng why she had such an expression, a voice sounded from behind Qiu Meng: "Mengmeng, why are you standing at the door and not going in?"

Qin Miao was slightly startled when he heard this voice, because this voice sounded a little too familiar to Qin Miao. Sure enough, as the person who made the sound walked in, Qin Miao immediately recognized him.

"Mom? Why are you here?"

The person coming was none other than Qin Miao's mother.

My mother's appearance is no different from when Qin Miao left home. It can even be said that my mother is much younger now. Her skin is very shiny, full of collagen, and there are fewer wrinkles on her face. A lot.

If you say that my mother will be 43 this year, no one will believe it.

This looks like 30 at most.

"Come to cheer you up." Mom walked up to Qin Miao with a smile, looked at Qin Miao carefully, and then gave Qin Miao a big hug when Qin Miao was caught off guard.

Although Qin Miao greets many foreigners outside with handshakes, hugs, and even cheek-to-cheek greetings, Qin Miao has almost become accustomed to this way of greeting.

But after her mother gave herself a hug, Qin Miao seemed a little overwhelmed for a moment.

After his body stiffened for a while, Qin Miao reached out to his mother's back and patted her gently.

After the two of them separated, Qiu Meng said helplessly: "Originally, the flight was scheduled for half an hour before the end of your game. I thought that after the game, it would definitely take about half an hour for you to return for interviews and so on. Hotel, so I wasn’t in too much of a hurry.

But I didn't expect that the plane was delayed by half an hour and you came back so quickly. I originally wanted to give you a surprise. "

Qin Miao smiled and shook his head: "It's already a surprise to see my mother. It will be the same whether you are waiting for me in the hotel or when I see you when I come back."

Mom smiled and said: "Okay, hurry up and pack your things. Doesn't Qin Miao have a game tomorrow? Let him rest early today."

"Okay, Mom." Qiu Meng responded with a smile, and then began to help Qin Miao's mother organize things.

Qin Miao's hotel room is a family-style room. In addition to a living room, there is also a master bedroom with its own toilet and a secondary bedroom.

Because she needed to take care of Qin Miao, my mother slept in the second bedroom, while Qin Miao and Qiu Meng slept in the master bedroom.

There is no such thing as respecting the elderly and loving the young. Whether it is Qin Miao's mother or Qiu Meng, they all know the significance of tomorrow's game to Qin Miao.

Therefore, Qin Miao was naturally given the best rest environment.

Qin Miao went to bed early, so he got up early. After getting up, he went directly to the paddock to prepare for the game.

It is worth mentioning that when Qin Miao entered the paddock from the driver and staff passage, the spaces reserved for fans on both sides of the paddock entrance were already blocked. You know, it was only less than 7 o'clock in the morning. Qin Miao was indeed surprised that so many people were stuck here.

And apart from those who hold cameras pointed at themselves and are clearly reporters, one-third of the remaining people are wearing the uniforms of the Mercedes team, and they can be identified as Mercedes fans at a glance. , and among these fans, one-half have Asian faces.

Presumably these people are all fans of Qin Miao.

Qin Miao was not in a hurry at this time, and it was not easy for them to get up early in the morning and wait for him here.

So Qin Miao rummaged through Barber's bag and took out a lot of small gifts that had been prepared for a long time, such as hats, masks, bracelets from the Mercedes team, and Lego minifigures that were scaled down to the same size as the team. , Hot Wheels Racing.

After holding these things in his hands, Qin Miao threw them directly into the crowd of fans.

Then he took a photo with his mobile phone and a place with the largest number of fans as the background.

After the group photo was over, he posted it on his Weibo and Twitter in front of them.

Once here, the interaction with fans is over.

When Qin Miao left, the fans at the scene were still shouting reluctantly: "Qin Miao! Come on!"

"Qin Miao, we believe you can win the championship."

"Slow down, you can do it!"

"Qin Miao is awesome!"

……

It is hard to imagine Qin Miao's first career F1 race, and many Mercedes fans have criticized Qin Miao.

There were even some who directly came to the game to criticize and insult Qin Miao.

After entering the paddock, Qin Miao first said hello to the team. His mother was coming today, so naturally he needed to prepare a VIP ticket for her.

Qiu Meng has a ticket issued by the FIA ​​for driver relatives. Although this ticket can be used unimpeded in all places where fans can go in the paddock, only Qiu Meng can use that ticket. use.

If you want to bring Qin Miao's mother in, the team will need to communicate with the FIA ​​additionally.

But this process shouldn't be too complicated. After all, whether it's a driver or a team member, everyone is a social animal, and there will always be relatives and friends who want to come to F1 to watch the game live.

So whether it is FIA or FOM, there are detailed rules and regulations for this set of processes.

After finishing the main things, Qin Miao began to do daily fitness exercises with the team in the morning. However, since there was a competition in the evening, Qin Miao could not waste all his energy and physical fitness on exercise, so the pre-match exercise Just a warm-up exercise.

After the exercise, Qin Miao had more than ten minutes of rest time.

After that comes the pre-match press conference.

After the press conference, Qin Miao returned to the team home.

In the afternoon after lunch, Qin Miao would have to attend one or two social events.

Or meet the fans who bought high-priced VIP tickets, chat a few words, and take a photo at the end, or have a meal with the local sponsors of the team. In short, Qin Miao has everything before the start of the game. Work needs to be done.

However, due to the special circumstances and environment of today's game, it is directly related to the results of Qin Miao and the team's efforts throughout the year.

Therefore, the team unilaterally canceled all Qin Miao's entertainment work.

The cancellation of the trip directly caused Qin Miao to have an extra afternoon of free time.

After lunch, Qiu Meng also brought her mother to the paddock.

However, they did not come to the P room of the Mercedes team immediately. Instead, they watched other competitions in the paddock, participated in many activities specially prepared for the audience in the paddock, and bought a lot of things.

After all, after all, the F1 Grand Prix is ​​a large-scale show. Although the F1 race is the main course, a luxurious dinner must not only have one main course, but also needs other side dishes and appetizers for decoration.

The other activities and entertainment facilities in the F1 paddock are the side dishes of this race.

It wasn't until about three o'clock in the afternoon that the two arrived at the team's lounge.

At this time, Qin Miao was still watching the video of last year's game in the lounge. At this time, Qin Miao could be said to be studying the video provided by Mercedes-Benz frame by frame.

However, after seeing his wife and mother coming over, Qin Miao temporarily put down what he was doing.

"How is it? Is it fun in the paddock?" Qin Miao asked curiously after getting two bottles of water for Qiu Meng and his mother.

Qin Miao has not been to the F19 paddock since 1 in the UK.

Although Qin Miao had time and opportunities at the time of F2, he was addicted to games at that time and played games whenever he had time. Moreover, the epidemic was serious. Even if he had time, Qin Miao's main choice was to play games besides fitness, and he would not play them at all. Paddock play is considered as an option.

And it will be even more impossible after entering F1.

In such an environment, even if Mazepin, the not-so-popular Haas team member, appears, he will be surrounded by fans asking for autographs and photos, and there may even be a stampede.

There is no need to think about a driver of Qin Miao's level.

If Qin Miao appeared there, he would definitely go in vertically and come out horizontally.

"It's not bad, it's quite lively, but these foreigners don't seem to feel the risk of the current epidemic at all. Only one of the twenty people wears a mask, and the mask is pulled down to expose the nose." Mom complained as she put down the contents of her bag.

Qin Miao also nodded in agreement. What stood out among these foreigners was that they were not afraid of death. Even if they were really attacked, they would still resist.

epidemic? I don’t exist without sheep.

"The people here are like this, you just get used to it." Qiu Meng said.

Qin Miao asked curiously: "Mom, what did you buy?"

"Oh, these are some clothes and souvenirs. I'm going to take them back and give them to the neighbors." At this point, my mother smiled and looked at Qin Miao.

The corner of Qin Miao's mouth twitched. After so many years, Qin Miao could easily tell what her mother's look meant.

Nodding helplessly, Qin Miao said: "Okay, I'll sign, but let's do it tomorrow, I have a game tonight."

"It's okay, just sign it for me before I go back." Mom smiled happily.

Looking at his mother's smile, Qin Miao also smiled. Being able to do something for his mother was not just about giving her money, but Qin Miao also felt very satisfied.

The only pity is that Qin Miao cannot stay with her mother for a long time due to work reasons.

But looking at how my mom is doing now, now that she no longer has to worry about herself, my mom seems to be living quite comfortably these days...

After that, Qiu Meng placed all the things her mother had just bought in Qin Miao's lounge.

Then the two of them went out again, mainly because staying here would affect Qin Miao, and they couldn't do it without going out.

Before leaving, my mother walked up to Qin Miao and gave Qin Miao a big hug.

"Come on, son, I always believe in you, don't put too much pressure on me, you can win this game as long as you play to your normal level."

Facing her mother's encouragement, Qin Miao could only nod her head and answer: "Yes, yes, yes."

After answering, Qin Miao sent the two most important women in his life out the door.

(End of this chapter)