How did I become an F1 driver?

第372章 375：冰释前嫌（6K，加更3/15）

Qin Miao's teammate Hamilton also failed to score points in this game.

To be honest, Qin Miao didn't know exactly what problems the other party encountered, but it was obvious that with Hamilton's character, he would complain when he returned to the team home for a post-race meeting.

In the overall driver standings, Qin Miao still ranks second.

Although Qin Miao also knows that his current position is only temporary, he can get this ranking more because of the support of his peers and his really good stability.

However, Qin Miao also felt a little uncomfortable thinking that he might miss this position in the near future and fall behind.

In terms of the team standings, Mercedes was also squeezed out of the second position. Red Bull took the second place with 95 points thanks to the strong performance of its two drivers.

After the competition ended, Qin Miao participated in the post-game award reception as usual.

After this part of the work was over, Qin Miao returned to the team home.

While waiting to attend the post-game meeting, Qin Miao usually watches his car video of the game on his computer in his lounge.

After sitting down, the two looked at each other in silence for a while, and then Hamilton spoke first.

I looked at the telemetry data of Hamilton's game.

After discovering this, Hamilton also had a feeling of admiration for Qin Miao.

Having said this, Hamilton paused, and then said: "So the main reason why I came to see you this time is to ask, how do you control this car perfectly?

When I drive the W13, I always have the feeling that this car may break away from my control at any time.

See if you did anything wrong during the game, or if you made any obvious mistakes.

Qin Miao was particularly surprised that Hamilton actually came to learn from my biggest competitor.

Qin Miao was stunned for a moment.

Afterwards, Qin Miao also asked Franky for his own telemetry data.

"Of course, I couldn't ask for it." Hamilton nodded immediately.

But while Qin Miao was busy, there was a knock on the door of his lounge.

Then Qin Miao sat down in front of Hamilton.

So Qin Miao said directly: "I don't know what specific problems you encountered, but if possible, send me your car settings and the telemetry data of this game, and I can take a look at it for you?

Of course, if you want, I can also give you my telemetry data to see if there are differences in our driving styles and settings of some racing subsystems. "

"Of course, come in and sit."

At least Qin Miao's attitude towards the profession of racing has always been so focused and serious.

Qin Miao didn't hesitate, took the USB flash drive from Hamilton's hand and inserted it directly into his laptop.

After Hamilton sat down, Qin Miao brought Hamilton an unopened bottle of mineral water from the water cabinet in his lounge.

But after opening the door, Qin Miao was very surprised by the person standing at the door: "Lewis?"

At this point, normally no one should bother me.

Minimizing the video on his computer, Qin Miao then opened the file in Hamilton's USB flash drive.

It can also provide an improvement idea for your own driving habits.

Qin Miao nodded, pretending to be all ears.

I feel like I'm not racing this car, but fighting this car on the track. "

That's why Qin Miao was so surprised when he saw that the person standing at the door was Hamilton.

Qin Miao's laptop has two screens, one is the main screen and the other is the secondary screen, just enough to put his own telemetry data underneath for a simple comparison with Hamilton's.

"Good afternoon Qin Miao, I didn't disturb you, right?"

Then the two of them began to discuss the main intention and purpose of setting it up like this, as well as the effects of setting it up like this.

"Qin Miao, I won't show off any more."

And he directly took out a USB flash drive, which seemed to be prepared for it.

Because he has been with the Mercedes team for so long, everyone has the most basic understanding of Qin Miao's habits during race weekends.

"Thank you." Hamilton politely thanked him after taking it.

"We both have similar driving styles, right?"

"It's also because of this that I've always had a doubt in my mind. Even though we both have similar driving styles, I can't get the best out of this car." Hamilton said with a headache: "And you can always come up with something that gives you the best possible performance." The team is satisfied with the result..."

Once any problems are discovered, Qin Miao will record them in the form of documents on his computer.

It is worth mentioning that this is the first time Hamilton has actively approached Qin Miao since Qin Miao took the world championship away from Hamilton last season.

After Hamilton opened the screen of Qin Miao's laptop, he also saw the in-car video of the main stage of today's game displayed on Qin Miao's laptop.

But Qin Miao didn't think much about it. After all, Qin Miao didn't like to hide things.

"Indeed, our driving styles only differ in some subtle habits." There is nothing to deny this, Qin Miao naturally tells the truth.

Although she didn't know why Hamilton came to see her this time, Qin Miao still made room for Hamilton to come in.

After all, the race has just ended at this time, and asking yourself questions makes it easier to recall what you were thinking on the track at that time.

After seeing this scene, Hamilton couldn't help but secretly dumbfounded. No wonder Qin Miao's competitiveness on the track is amazing. After the game, he immediately reviewed his own game video, and judging from the time, Qin Miao had also watched some of it. It's time.

Of course, despite some doubts in his heart, Qin Miao still covered the screen of his computer, stood up and opened the door to the lounge.

……

Sometimes people are just so weird.

When the other party has no conflict of interest with you, the two of you will get along very harmoniously.

But once there is a conflict of interest, the relationship between the two will deteriorate, and the two will not even say a word in private except when they appear in the public picture.

But now that both drivers have lost the chance to compete for the world championship, they can get together again and start discussing how to solve the lack of car performance and car tuning issues this season.

After some analysis, Qin Miao found that in many corners, his braking point was earlier than Hamilton's, and his entering speed was faster than Hamilton's.

Although it is very subtle, this difference can still be seen at a glance for Qin Miao, who often watches post-game replays and in-car videos.

After thinking for a while, Qin Miao asked Hamilton: "Lewis, when you were driving the car, did you feel anything about this car that made you feel obviously uncomfortable?"

Hearing this question, Hamilton nodded helplessly: "That's too much."

"The first thing that I can't accept the most is the dolphin jumping issue."

Facing Qin Miao's "Is this a problem?" expression, Hamilton explained: "Maybe people your age don't have much experience, but your body functions will indeed decline as you get older, and they will not be as good as before."

Hamilton said with some melancholy: "Basically every time I finish a race, my back hurts.

In addition, the car will always oversteer when braking into a corner. You know how uncomfortable it is for drivers like us who like to understeer when the car oversteers. "

Qin Miao nodded. It's really not a good feeling to feel that you just want to use the car's grip limit to throw the car into the corner, but the car wants to drift into the corner on its own.

After thinking for a while, Qin Miao asked: "Have you tried adjusting the brake center of gravity backward?"

Hamilton raised his eyebrows: "This change will have minimal effect, right?"

In Hamilton's impression, the cause of oversteer in the car is excessive downforce at the rear of the car. Even if the center of gravity of the brake is shifted to the rear wheels, it cannot change the aerodynamic characteristics of the car.

When entering and exiting corners, he will still oversteer if he should.

Qin Miao snapped her fingers, and therein lies the problem.

"In fact, you can try shifting the braking weight more to the rear wheel when entering the corner at the next Miami Grand Prix."

Hamilton nodded slightly, indicating that he understood Qin Miao's thoughts, but then Hamilton said with some confusion: "But after adjusting the braking ratio of the car backward, the braking distance will become longer, so the impact on lap speed will still be It’s going to be big.”

Qin Miao nodded: "There is indeed a problem in this regard, so I usually find a relatively most suitable braking point in the heavy braking area during practice matches, and then set the corresponding braking preset."

Hamilton nodded. Although doing so will undoubtedly increase his work pressure during practice sessions, it seems that there is no better solution at present.

And now Hamilton's performance in these games is not as good as Qin Miao. Let's not talk about the problems of the car itself. At least Hamilton's speed is not as fast as Qin Miao, which shows that Hamilton is not as good as Qin Miao in developing the potential of this car.

He was completely unable to bring out the performance of this car.

So Hamilton planned to try Qin Miao's method when he got home after finishing his work today.

However, Hamilton still has some doubts: "Why can adjusting the braking center of gravity of the car solve this headache for us? What is the basis?

Of course Qin Miao, I'm not questioning your suggestion, I'm just a little confused. "

Qin Miao rubbed his eyebrows: "Actually, I don't know either."

In Hamilton's stunned and slightly absurd eyes, Qin Miao spread his hands and said: "I just felt that this setting can maximize the car's entry and exit speed in high-speed corners during the practice session. And the facts proved that I There’s nothing wrong with your choice, is it?”

Although Qin Miao said it very cryptically, Hamilton knew what Qin Miao meant: Although I will indeed sacrifice a certain speed by doing this, at least my single lap speed and long-distance speed are faster than yours.

But Hamilton didn't care, after all, this was a fact. Then Hamilton moved to another topic: "Then you haven't asked Alisson and the others about this?"

"I asked, but they also said that if you want to verify this problem, you have to go to the wind tunnel for special testing to know the reason. Moreover, the current wind tunnel time is limited, and it is impossible to waste precious wind tunnel time on solving my personal doubts. "Speaking of this, Qin Miao paused: "And it should not be difficult for you to see that after entering the ground effect era, Allison and the others were also a little in a hurry, and they were a little confused about the research and development of the car."

Hamilton also nodded thoughtfully, and finally said seriously to Qin Miao: "I have benefited a lot from this conversation with you, and thank you very much for your generous advice, but I am still a little curious, and of course I am certainly not the only one like this. I’m curious, why do your tires last so long?”

Faced with this commonplace question, Qin Miao smiled and spread his hands: "Sorry, Lewis, I really can't explain this question to you. This is completely a driver's instinct. As long as I think about it, I can do this naturally."

Hamilton stood up with a smile and said: "Fuck you, I won't believe it. You must be hiding something."

After finishing speaking, Hamilton waved his hand to Qin Miao and said, "But I won't ask any more questions. There will be a meeting later. You can go on with your business. I can't bother you any more."

Qin Miao nodded helplessly. He also had his own difficulties in this matter and could not explain it to them so clearly.

After Hamilton left, Qin Miao leaned on his chair with his head in his hands, turned to look at Hamilton's telemetry data on his computer screen, and silently chose to delete it.

It is worth mentioning that during the team meeting after the game, Allison mentioned the issue that Qin Miao and Hamilton mentioned when they were chatting.

In fact, this is not a problem discovered by Allison during his own testing, but a problem discovered by observing the car postures of Ferrari and Red Bull racing cars when entering and exiting corners during the game.

Ferrari is actually doing okay. Their amazing competitiveness this season mainly relies on the new engine Binotto brought to Ferrari.

Ferrari this season is a bit like Mercedes in previous seasons.

What really matters to Allison is that when Red Bull's cars enter and exit corners, the depression angle of the front nose will not change much when braking.

But when a Mercedes car brakes at a high-speed braking point, the center of gravity of the car will shift forward, and the angle of the front nose will tilt downward.

In short, the front suspension will be compressed due to braking force, which will cause the aerodynamic shape of the front wing to be destroyed, the downforce to decrease, the braking distance to be longer, and the aerodynamic package of the car to enter the corner cannot exert its original performance. , resulting in reduced grip of the car when entering corners.

Thinking back to this problem that Qin Miao reported to them some time ago, the team judged that this is a very critical point. The next major upgrade of the team will be around the front nose, and they will also pay attention to the suspension. question.

Of course, the new floor and sidepod air intake upgrades, which have been prepared and developed in the past few weeks, will also be in place before the start of the Miami Grand Prix.

These two upgrades have two main purposes. One is to improve the sealing of the car's floor and seal the airflow in the floor more thoroughly, so that the downforce of the floor can compete with the rear suspension of the car and slow down the frequency of dolphin jumps.

On the other hand, the side box air inlets further reduce the volume of the side box air inlets and at the same time direct the airflow more towards the rear diffuser area.

This will give the car a greater advantage in tail speed on the straights without having to worry about engine problems due to overheating.

After these few races, Mercedes has discovered that the durability of its team's engines has been greatly improved compared to last season.

The high-temperature working stability is also very impressive, so the projected area of ​​the car body can be further reduced.

Even if the flow rate of the air inlet is reduced, the engine can still work normally during the race.

It's just that Mercedes' engine air intake design is somewhat inconsistent with the air intake designs of other teams.

Red Bull's engine air inlet design is a Chinese character "1" when viewed from the front, while Mercedes' side is an Arabic numeral "".

Most of the other teams are in the form of the English letter D.

It can only be said that the designs of these two teams are more extreme than the other.

Now Qin Miao has no way to determine the specific effects of these two upgrades to the car, but it is undeniable that he is still looking forward to whether the team with his own skills can surprise him.

After the meeting, Qin Miao flew back to Monaco that day.

It was rare for Qin Miao to have time to rest, and it was impossible for Qin Miao to just spend time in the team factory.

So I went home once after work was over.

Stayed comfortably at home for two days

During the past two days, Qin Miao took the time to go out for a meal with Leclerc.

After all, strictly speaking, last week's third place should belong to Leclerc, but due to Leclerc's own mistakes, he could only regretfully finish sixth.

Qin Miao would never be able to bear this kind of thing.

But after actually meeting Leclerc, Qin Miao unexpectedly found that Leclerc was in a very calm mood.

Although it cannot be said that there were no emotional fluctuations about his performance that day, after talking about it, Leclerc just sighed, and then it was about doing what he should do.

It can only be said that although Leclerc's stability on the field is a bit poor and he often makes some mistakes that should not occur, at least he is still very good at regulating his emotions.

Time soon came to Wednesday, and Qin Miao returned to the UK after two days of rest.

Zhou Guanyu has not been at home in recent days. He went to Hinwil, Switzerland, which is the headquarters of Arrow Racing Team.

He probably went to work too.

From then until the start of the Miami Grand Prix, Qin Miao stayed at the team factory.

Time flies and it comes to Tuesday.

Normally, Qin Miao usually leaves for the competition venue on Wednesday, but this stop in Miami is obviously different.

According to information from the organizer of the Miami Grand Prix, the most common ticket package this Grand Prix weekend has been sold for US$1.5.

That's right, it's just the most common three-day package.

It’s not the VIP viewing area above the team, nor is it the grandstand areas with good seats.

And even tickets for these locations are hard to come by. On the secondary market, a ticket can even fetch US$1.7 apiece.

It can be seen that F1's commercial potential in the US market is not small.

Therefore, Qin Miao needs to go there in advance to participate in some local activities held by the team's sponsors. Of course, there is an appearance fee, and the fee is not low.

So Qin Miao went out on Tuesday.

This time Qin Miao did not take Zhou Guanyu with him. Zhou Guanyu went directly from Switzerland this week with most of his team's staff, so Qin Miao only took Qiu Meng and Barber with him to Miami this time.

After the plane landed, the people sent by the convoy took Qin Miao to the convoy's hotel.

After having lunch, Qin Miao started the team's marketing work before the game.

What surprised Qin Miao was that when participating in these marketing efforts, many of the people who came to watch seemed to be his fans.

Many people shouted their names in Chinese with a strange accent.

In addition, Qin Miao was also invited to the largest gun shop in the area, and then experienced Gatling carried by a Hummer at their home shooting range.

The photographer who accompanied Qin Miao also used his camera to record Qin Miao's entire process from a calm expression to a gradually rampant smile.

Of course, Qin Miao's pre-game activities didn't stop there. He went to watch an NBA game and even had a bullfight with Heat star Butler during the warm-up period.

But this is just a performance game.

Butler, who was more than two meters tall, looked like a little giant in front of Qin Miao. Qin Miao couldn't even see where the backboard was when he raised his hands.

However, it is obvious that Butler basically did not guard against Qin Miao in the exhibition game, and he never raised his hand.

Although Qin Miao doesn't play basketball much on weekdays, his physical fitness is here. Although his shooting is not accurate, Qin Miao can jump high.

With the fans watching, Qin Miao easily bypassed Butler's defensive gaze.

Driving under the basket was a tomahawk dunk.

It is hard to imagine that after Qin Miao, who is only 175cm tall, jumped up, his head was as high as the basket.

This buckle immediately excited many fans who were just watching the F1 world champion's performance.

Whistles and cheers suddenly began.

Many old fans even vaguely saw the shadow of Iverson in Qin Miao.

Because Qin Miao's jump was a little too fast, it was still high, it stayed in the air for a long time, and its movements were crisp and clean.

After seeing Qin Miao's dunk, the eyes of the audience and many players lit up.

But some were happy and some were sad. The fans were immediately happy when they saw Qin Miao's dunk.

But a few people broke out in a cold sweat on the spot.

One is a staff member sent by the organizer of the Miami Grand Prix to coordinate this event.

The other was Barber.

(End of this chapter)