How did I become an F1 driver?

This allocation is easy to understand. First of all, the Mercedes-Benz team's car speed this season is actually pretty good, and the engine is basically at the same level as Red Bull's Honda engine. Although it does not have as big an advantage as it did when it first entered the hybrid era, there is no disadvantage either. .

In other words, the engine is not a shortcoming of the Mercedes team, at least not for now.

Therefore, Qin Miao used these three attributes to make up for the team's shortcomings in aerodynamic design and chassis development.

It can be considered a relatively reasonable distribution.

But Qin Miao's improvement of his racing car didn't stop there. Qin Miao also used his remaining [Golden Skill Improvement Card].

This card was originally drawn by the Golden Ten when Qin Miao won the championship at the end of the 2021 season. Qin Miao was not in a hurry to use this card, but now it comes in handy.

He directly upgraded his original purple skill [Guide of the Research Department] to gold.

[Guide of the research department (gold)]: When equipped with this skill, the average score of fleet skills is +10, and the goal achievement rate set when developing fleet components is +5%]

Originally, the attributes of the current Mercedes team are the 5 attribute points that originally came with Qin Miao's purple skill.

Now with 5 more points, the team’s attributes and ratings are as follows:

[Team:Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team

Overall team rating: 85.1→90.1 (+5)

Racing problem finding ability: 81 → 86 (+5)

Simulator development capability: 82→87 (+5)

Racing debugging ability: 89→94 (+5)

Game strategy development ability: 87 → 92 (+5)

Car protection ability: 75→80 (+5)

Tire changing ability: 90→95 (+5)

Power department R&D capability: 94→99 (+5)

Aerodynamic department R&D capability: 88→93 (+5)

Chassis department R&D capability: 86→91 (+5)

Durability development capability: 83→88 (+5)]

After Qin Miao's skills took effect, many attributes of the Mercedes team that were still hovering around 80 points went directly to 90 points.

The R&D capability of the power department, which was already relatively outstanding, shot up to 99 points, almost reaching a perfect score.

At the same time, other abilities also experienced a terrifying increase.

In short, because of Qin Miao's presence, the Mercedes-Benz team's research and development capabilities, which were already at the forefront of the team, have made a qualitative leap.

Although the team's attributes seem very bluffing, for the Mercedes-Benz team, the effect of such high attributes is not as great as imagined.

Because the FIA ​​has officially introduced budget cap rules since last season, Mercedes cannot invest resources in developing racing cars regardless of losses like it did in the hybrid era before the ground effect era.

Therefore, even if the Mercedes-Benz team has been strengthened by Qin Miao and the team staff have countless good ideas in their minds, the team cannot accept them all and can only selectively select some for improvement and upgrade.

Not to mention that Qin Miao only has four skill slots now.

In addition to the three things that he must bring with him on weekdays: [Diligence can make up for weakness] [Strengthen the body (purple)] [No disease and disaster], Qin Miao can only bring one additional skill.

Not to mention the [Car God (Gold)] that Qin Miao must equip during the competition.

So when the time comes, the Mercedes-Benz team will find that when the race weekend comes, all the team's staff are not thinking so fast. As long as there is no competition, everyone's brains are spinning very fast, and they place places one by one as if they are free of money. The earth comes out.

However, Qin Miao also got some good or bad news, that is, the three team free attribute points he used to upgrade the team cannot be like his own skills. If he leaves the team, his skills will follow. Leave together.

After these three skill points are added to the team, they will always belong to the Mercedes team.

As for the explanation of the last item, [Set target achievement rate +5% when developing fleet components]

The general meaning is that when a team develops a new component, the team will set a goal for the component, such as what kind of indicator it needs to achieve.

With this entry, the staff of the team's R&D department can achieve this goal 5% more likely than under normal conditions.

For the team, this is a very powerful skill.

After completing all this, looking at the team's score at this time, Qin Miao is still confident that he can regain his competitiveness this season.

At the same time, Qin Miao also added one more item to his daily skills. As long as it is not a competition day, it is estimated that Qin Miao will not be able to take off this [Research Department Guidance (Gold)].

Even if it's not for the team, it's for myself.

……

Qin Miao and the Mercedes-Benz team did not stay in Bahrain for long, nor did they have a meeting to reflect on what they did not do well in this race, because the next week there will be another grand prix held in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia. Grand Prix, Jeddah Circuit.

This track is actually a relatively painful track for the current Mercedes-Benz, especially for the two drivers, it is painful in a literal sense.

After the game, Qin Miao and Hamilton disbanded directly on the spot. After that, they only needed to report to the paddock before Wednesday afternoon.

At that time, the team will hold a post-race summary meeting for the Bahrain Grand Prix based on the data analyzed at the Brackley factory in the past few days.

Because of this, Qin Miao also briefly got two days of rest.

However, although it is said to be a rest time, based on the daily habits of F1 drivers, it is estimated that the drivers have been engaged in racing training and physical exercise in these two days.

What's special about Qin Miao is that he has significantly reduced his physical exercise recently, but because of the system, Qin Miao's physical fitness only needs to maintain normal exercise to avoid a decline in physical function.

Therefore, Qin Miao needs at least 1 hours more time every day than a normal F2 driver, and Qin Miao usually spends this time in the simulator.

But Qin Miao didn't have any rest time at all.

On the afternoon of the second day after the Bahrain Grand Prix, that is, Tuesday afternoon, Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu went to a local hot pot restaurant in Bahrain for dinner.

This was completely a private dinner date between friends, and the two of them did not talk about work during the period.

"Hey, I can only eat hot pot when I follow you out to eat." Zhou Guanyu said with emotion after putting a chopstick of hairy belly into his bowl.

Qin Miao nodded: "It's normal. Hot pot is heavy in oil and salt. For professional drivers like us, it is a natural enemy. The team's nutritionist will be furious after seeing it."

After finishing speaking, Qin Miao skillfully showed off a piece of beef full of red oil. "Speaking of which, I'm a little envious of you." Zhou Guanyu's tone was full of sourness: "How come you can eat anything, and nothing happens after you eat it?"

Qin Miao Yile: "Physique problem is just like my racing talent. You can't learn it."

Zhou Guanyu shook his head: "Forget it, stop saying these unpleasant words and continue eating."

Qin Miao was unhappy now: "Why does it make people unhappy? I think this topic is quite good and there is a need to extend it."

Zhou Guanyu rolled his eyes, and then talked about the purpose of inviting Qin Miao out this time: "There are many endorsements in China looking for me. I am a little confused. Do you have any suggestions?"

Qin Miao didn't even think about it: "Are you short of money?"

"I'm... not very short of money."

"Then the family encountered some difficulties and wanted you to help?"

"No, my business is pretty good, and even because of me, my business seems to be doing a lot better."

Qin Miao asked curiously: "Then what advertisement are you thinking of accepting?"

"I just came to ask you because I couldn't make up my mind."

Now Qin Miao was even more puzzled: "I don't believe you, Zhou Guanyu, can't afford a professional operations team. Why don't you ask them to ask me?"

"To be honest, I am more willing to trust your judgment than theirs."

Qin Miao stopped eating. After placing the chopsticks on the table, he crossed his chest and looked at Zhou Guanyu with curiosity, trying to get some clues from his face.

But looking at Zhou Guanyu's sincere eyes, Qin Miao could only shrug helplessly: "Our families are completely different. Mine can only be regarded as a well-off family. We have enough to eat, and we are not afraid of not having new clothes to wear during the holidays. , so if I encounter an advertisement, I will do a little screening and it will not affect my daily life training. Even those advertisements that do not require me to attend and have little impact on my image are the ones I am most willing to accept.

At the end of the day, I accept ads to make money.

But you are different. You have a family, and your family is not short of money. What is the purpose of accepting advertisements?

Unless you just want to expand your influence in the country before accepting advertising, I really can’t think of a reason for you to accept advertising. "

"Actually... I have this idea because I feel that my family has paid so much for me. A place in the Arrow team is worth 3000 million euros. I also want to do something for my family. Even if I don't earn a lot, at least I can Prove to my family that I am capable now." Zhou Guanyu finally expressed his inner thoughts.

Qin Miao reached out and patted Zhou Guanyu's shoulder.

Just when Zhou Guanyu thought Qin Miao would comfort him, Qin Miao suddenly said: "You can perform like this on the field. I am already very happy to be a father. I don't need you to do anything more for this family."

In an instant, the serious atmosphere between the two disappeared, and Zhou Guanyu laughed and cursed: "Get out!"

What kind of bad friends have you made?

Just trying to take advantage of yourself, how can you still be the world champion?

Such a child who has never grown up is so childish!

"I don't have a rebellious son like you!" Zhou Guanyu scolded Qin Miao loudly.

After arguing for a while, the two continued to eat, but at this time, the somewhat heavy atmosphere between the two also disappeared. Qin Miao thought for a while and said: "Actually, I feel that there is no need to think so much now.

Considering your family situation, it doesn't matter whether you have money or not. Your top priority now is still to improve yourself and get good results on the track.

But if you really want to do something, I will take the same path and accept some ads appropriately that will not have any impact on your daily training. "

Zhou Guanyu nodded: "Eat food, eat food."

……

After that, the two of them spent more time chatting.

However, after eating, Zhou Guanyu had no work to do in the afternoon, so he suggested that Qin Miao go back to the hotel with him to play CSGO.

Then he was ruthlessly rejected by Qin Miao.

If nothing goes wrong at this point in time, there is nothing wrong with Qin Miao playing two CSGO games. After all, Qin Miao's personal ability improvement at this point in time no longer depends on practicing hard day and night, but on the accumulation of time and a certain amount of time. A breakthrough brought about by a brilliant performance in one game.

But Zhou Guanyu can't do it. Although Zhou Guanyu is older than Qin Miao, he is better than Qin Miao!

Because of the existence of the system, Qin Miao doesn't have much room for improvement. The next step is all accumulation and precipitation, but Zhou Guanyu still has room for growth.

Qin Miao doesn't think Zhou Guanyu can defeat Bottas this year, but Zhou Guanyu has to narrow the single-lap gap between himself and Bottas a little this year, right?

After bidding farewell to Zhou Guanyu, who was a little disappointed that his thighs did not take him to play games, Qin Miao returned to the hotel, packed his things and went to Saudi Arabia.

Although Bahrain and Saudi Arabia border, the two tracks are a bit far apart and need to cross the entire Saudi Arabia, so Qin Miao also took his own plane there.

At the regular team meeting on Wednesday, all the team's top brass were present.

Elliott, who serves as technical director, was telling everyone at the team about the problems the team discovered in Bahrain last week.

In fact, this work is normally handed over to the team's chief technical officer James Allison to explain, but because the other party is still working on the new floor and side cases in Brackley, he simply has no time at the moment, so it is It was up to Elliot to do it for him.

Moreover, the performance of Ferrari and Red Bull on the track last week also left a deep impression on him, and he is now also calculating the significance of the aerodynamic shapes designed by these two teams.

The meeting lasted for half an hour. Elliott went over all the issues and then talked about the improvement plan proposed by the team, as well as the specific implementation time and performance indicators of the car after the implementation of this improvement plan.

It is equivalent to reporting the next upgrade progress of the car to the team owner, and then there is the question and answer session.

The two drivers, Qin Miao and Hamilton, remained silent in this kind of meeting as always. After all, what the two stand out about these key car design issues is that they know it but don't know why. At this time, they can't propose any suggestions. sexual opinions.

Simply fell silent.

After the meeting was over, everyone naturally took their belongings and left.

Just after leaving the team home, and just as he was about to ride his scooter to the parking lot and drive away, Toto sent Qin Miao a message on his mobile phone: "Let's have dinner together tonight. If it's convenient, you can bring Qiu Meng with you."

Qin Miao looked at the messages on his phone and scratched his head. Although he didn't know why Toto suddenly came to him, Qin Miao still replied: "Okay, where can we eat?"

After all, the owner, director and manager of the team invited you to have a meal after work, and there was no way to refuse. Moreover, when Qin Miao returned to the hotel, besides running the simulator, he mostly watched in-car videos.

"I'll send you the location information after I finish work." After sending this message, Toto continued to work on the documents on hand.

ps. Sorry it’s only 4K today. (End of chapter)