How did I become an F1 driver?

After the time was almost up, Qin Miao washed his face with ice water, then got up and went to the locker room to change clothes.

When Qin Miao appeared in the live broadcast footage, he was standing with Hamilton in the team's P room chatting about something.

Judging from the demeanor of the two of them, the conversation was quite serious.

Maybe many fans who saw this scene didn't feel much about this scene. In their impression, Qin Miao and Hamilton have always had a good relationship.

Even because of this, many people in the country are Hamilton fans.

It can also be regarded as loving the house and the bird.

But some people in the industry were a little stunned after seeing this.

There were rumors in the paddock that the relationship between Qin Miao and Hamilton had been reconciled, but they didn't believe it at the time.

After all, you, Qin Miao, took away a driver's championship from Hamilton.

Although this kind of hatred is not as serious as the hatred of killing his father, it is not an exaggeration to say that the hatred is deep into the bones.

But now that I look at it, it seems to be real!

……

Generally speaking, in the preparation stage before a race, the drivers are usually busy in their own positions, so naturally it is impossible for the two of them to get together like this.

In fact, Qin Miao and Hamilton really talked about racing training.

Because after qualifying starts, as long as you make a valid result, your car settings cannot be modified, otherwise your qualifying results will be cancelled.

At this time, we can communicate with each other about the information we summarized during the practice match, which can be regarded as the last cramming. ;

However, following the reminder from the track engineers of the two drivers, Qin Miao rarely shook hands with Hamilton: "The race went well."

After returning to my car, qualifying has almost begun.

In the first flying lap of Q1, Qin Miao’s lap time was very good: 1:30.511.

This result can basically be passed to Q2.

Therefore, Qin Miao did not continue to use new soft tires in the next competition, but used the soft tires he had used in practice sessions to set lap times.

On the other side, after adjusting his driving style, Hamilton's speed immediately increased.

Obviously, Hamilton entered a misunderstanding some time ago. After being guided to another path by Qin Miao, his original competitiveness returned immediately.

Although Hamilton's first flying lap of Q1 was a little fussy during the operation, there were signs of rear wheel slippage in the corner and he ran off the track, causing his first flying lap of Q1 to be invalidated.

But in the second flying lap of Q1, Hamilton almost adapted to his driving style and immediately regained his form.

Defeating Qin Miao to advance to Q1 with a time of 30.388:2.

Q1 of this qualifying session was not as unexpected as the last Italian Grand Prix.

The only thing that made domestic fans feel a little uncomfortable was that Zhou Guanyu encountered a traffic jam at T17 on his last flying lap.

Everyone wants to wait for the car in front to run a certain distance and then run a clean flying circle without interference from the car in front.

But the key point is that there are many drivers who have this idea, so that by the time Zhou Guanyu's flying lap reaches this point, there are already three or four cars in front of him.

Because of this, there was a white chess piece on the track, and Zhou Guanyu had to let go of his flying lap, which was obviously good.

Although the time left was enough for Zhou Guanyu to cross the finish line again and run a flying lap, the set of soft tires on his car was already a set of soft tires that had run a flying lap, and the grip was definitely not as good as before.

Although Zhou Guanyu learned a lot from Qin Miao, there was really no way for Zhou Guanyu to learn Qin Miao's special skills in protecting the fetus.

Qin Miao couldn't teach even if he wanted to.

So on the second lap, Zhou Guanyu's speed was much slower than before.

In desperation, Zhou Guanyu, an old hapless guy, was finally eliminated in Q1.

In the end, the drivers eliminated in Q1 were: Magnussen, Zhou Guanyu, Russell, Albon, and Ocon.

The reason why Ocon appears in this position is because he discovered a car fault during qualifying, so that he spent the entire Q1 stage of qualifying in the team's P room. Neither of them managed to achieve an effective lap time.

In the Q2 stage, both Mercedes drivers Qin Miao and Hamilton had good speed.

The two ran a very good result in the first time period of Q2. During the process of Q2, the only thing worth mentioning is that after the end of Q2, after both Qin Miao and Hamilton successfully advanced, Qin Miao I was called to the FIA ​​vehicle inspection area for inspection.

Qin Miao remembered that the last time he was called over for inspection was last season.

However, the people at FIA are also very talented. Qin Miao was called in after the last flying lap of Q2, so in the end Qin Miao successfully advanced to Q2.

The drivers eventually eliminated in Q2 were: Gasly, Alonso, Vettel, Ricciardo, and Mick.

After the game, the broadcaster provided a comparison chart of the lap times of Qin Miao and Hamilton. It was basically a comparison of which driver on the same team was slightly faster at which corner.

It can be clearly seen from the picture that the lap times of the two drivers almost overlap.

Soon, the time came to Q3.

Qin Miao, who usually drives very steadily, made a rare mistake on the first flying lap of Q3.

Among the three corners, T4, T5 and T6, which are somewhat similar to Silverstone, Qin Miao cut a little too much when cutting the corner, so that the left rear wheel was suspended for a very short time due to the height difference. Although Qin Miao soon Miao's car landed on the ground again, but after Qin Miao landed, the left rear wheel of the car still lost grip due to the speed.

Fortunately, Qin Miao reacted quickly and immediately counterattacked to save the car, without causing more serious damage to his car.

But Qin Miao's flying circle is considered useless.

But despite this, Qin Miao's mentality was not affected at all.

This mistake occurred mainly because Qin Miao discovered that Hamilton was slightly faster than himself in the first period of Q2's fastest lap, so Qin Miao wanted to see if he could squeeze out some speed in the first period. Come.

But the result now is obvious, Qin Miao's extraction failed.

However, in the last flying lap of Q3, Qin Miao regained his speed, but Qin Miao did not dare to try a more radical route in the last flying lap. As for the reason, I have already mentioned it before.

In the end, Qin Miao’s score was 1:29.655.

He advanced to Q0.05 3 seconds slower than his teammate Hamilton.

The final driver rankings after Q1 are as follows:

1: Leclerc

2: Sainz

3: Verstappen

4: Perez

5: Bottas

6: Hamilton

7: Qin Miao

8: Tsunoda

9: Norris

10: Stroll

It is worth mentioning that during the qualifying stage, neither Qin Miao nor Hamilton outpaced Bottas, and even the fastest Hamilton was 0.2 seconds slower than Bottas.

Mercedes-Benz has also studied Arrow Racing recently. After all, Arrow Racing has been performing very well since entering the ground effect era.

However, after some research, Mercedes discovered that the aerodynamic layout of Arrow Racing Team is really nothing worthy of praise.

The main reason why they are really strong this season is that their car this season is lower than the minimum.

Therefore, Arrow Racing can install counterweights on the car to adjust the center of gravity of the car on different tracks.

Today, Mercedes was beaten by Bottas. It can only be said that Arrow's lighter car does have an advantage at the Miami Circuit.

After all, apart from the unfortunate gearbox of the Arrow team, their car weight and car engine can be regarded as one of the best in the paddock.

However, the Mercedes team also believes in the long-distance speed of its car in the race, so it is satisfied with the results of the two drivers.

At the end of qualifying, Qin Miao had even gotten used to the feeling that she would not appear on the podium area for interviews after the game.

Sometimes Qin Miao also has to lament the terrifying adaptability of human beings.

Now seeing Bottas' results, many domestic fans also feel a little pity. If Zhou Guanyu had not encountered traffic conditions on the last flying lap, he might have been able to enter Q3.

After all, Bottas' qualifying speed was 0.2 seconds faster than the two Mercedes drivers.

The first few games of this season have proven that Zhou Guanyu's speed is not much worse than his teammate Bottas.

By then, domestic fans will be able to see the spectacle of two Chinese drivers starting in the same row.

After returning to the team home, Qin Miao went to take a bath for a while. Even when Qin Miao returned from the qualifying race, the ice in the ice bucket he used had not completely melted.

But what surprised Qin Miao was that he had only been in the ice bucket for about 5 minutes. Before Barber could even get a new bucket of ice cubes, Hamilton came.

Of course, the old man didn't come here to take a bath. Although the old man would take a bath after the game, he still paid more attention to his image and would not do such things in public under normal circumstances.

He came over this time because he was filming a vlog in the paddock for American fans this season.

The main purpose is almost to visit the team home of the Mercedes team this season and the situation in the team's P room.

Of course, this is also in the United States. Although Qin Miao is influential here, he is not as influential as Hamilton.

If a grand prix were held in China, Qin Miao would probably be the one doing the job.

It's even possible that Qin Miao is busier than Hamilton, and keeping his feet on the ground is putting it mildly.

By then, whether it is the FIA, domestic organizers or teams, fans will definitely hope that Qin Miao will show up more.

Although the sport of F1 is very well-known, the domestic fan base is not very large.

But because of Qin Miao's existence, the number of domestic F1 fans has increased dramatically, and Qin Miao's commercial value has also increased with the increase in domestic fan groups.

Therefore, there will be more marketing activities.

Of course, the current domestic situation is still not optimistic, and Qin Miao doesn't know whether the 2023 Chinese Grand Prix can be held smoothly.

But these are digressions.

At this time, Qin Miao looked a little confused as a photographer walked in behind Hamilton.

At this time, Qin Miao was only wearing a pair of swimming trunks.

"Hi, Qin Miao." Hamilton smiled and greeted Qin Miao, who was confused after seeing the photographer.

After saying hello, Hamilton turned to the photographer and explained seriously: "The Miami track is a high-temperature track. The temperature inside the car's monocoque can reach more than 50 degrees during the race, so we usually do it before and after the race. Use this method to lower the core temperature of the body, relax the muscles and restore physical fitness." After Hamilton finished speaking, the camera focused on Qin Miao.

Although Qin Miao has no worries in this regard, he is a man after all, and Qin Miao does not have much fat reserves on his body. When relaxed, his muscles are well-defined and not ugly.

But Qin Miao was a little embarrassed to be stared at and photographed so directly.

Of course, Hamilton was also measured and gave Qin Miao a few seconds of footage before leaving.

It's just that Qin Miao is still a little confused. It seems like this bastard didn't get my consent!

After the little episode, time quickly came to Sunday.

Sunday's pregame parade was different than usual.

The main difference is that this is the United States Grand Prix after all, and Liberty Media Group is here mainly to attract fans to open up the F1 market.

Naturally, it is impossible to let the drivers parade in classic cars during the pre-race parade.

That's a show that Europeans only like to watch.

Therefore, during the pre-race parade, the cars the drivers sat in turned into modern super sports cars of their respective brands, and the most outstanding one was their handsomeness.

Teams like Ferrari McLaren and Aston Martin are okay, and Mercedes also has an AMG GT for this type of convertible sports car.

But teams like Arrow, Haas, and Williams don't have their own supercars.

Arrow does exist, but it is already a classic car and is obviously not suitable for the current occasion.

So Arrow's driver got into Ferrari, Haas got into Mercedes, and Williams got into Mercedes too.

It seems more or less abstract.

Of course, the most abstract ones are the drivers of the Red Bull series. They don't have so many worries. Some ride Rolls-Royce and some ride Pagani. The most important thing is that they can ride in whatever car they want.

However, one rule is the same as before, that is, these cars do not belong to the team, but are applied by some local fans themselves. After passing the application, they can drive their own cars to take the drivers around.

After the parade was over, the car owner who drove Qin Miao enthusiastically took a photo with Qin Miao, and then took out a pen from the passenger compartment.

Qin Miao was familiar with all this. He took a pen and signed his name on the side of the trunk of his AMG GT convertible.

Signing in this position will not affect the overall appearance of the car, and it will not be easy for the signature to be destroyed after a car accident.

After the interlude, Qin Miao and other team members began preparations for the main race.

Different from the qualifying stage, this time Toto came to the P room and personally took the command position.

Normally, Pirelli will predict the team's pit stop strategy before the start of the race.

The same is true for Pirelli today. The pit stop strategies given are two two-stop strategies.

They are yellow white white and yellow white yellow.

This is actually nothing worth mentioning, but after this scene disappeared, Pirelli gave another pit stop strategy.

Pirelli even made it clear that it was prepared for Qin Miao.

As soon as the yellow and white tires stop, the pit stop window for the yellow tires is on the 24th lap, and then the white tires complete all subsequent laps.

After seeing this, the three commentators from Five Star Sports smiled knowingly.

"It seems that Qin Miao's ability to protect the fetus has been recognized by Pirelli." Fei Ge said.

Brother Bing said jokingly: "It's okay if I don't agree with it. When other drivers are struggling, Qin Miao is the only one who rarely complains about his tire wear in the team TR."

"Pirelli must have been conquered by Qin Miao's somewhat unreasonable ability to protect the fetus." Zhou Haoran said: "Now I am starting to make fun of myself."

Qin Miao naturally didn't know that he was stealing the show in the broadcast.

"Today's track conditions are like this. Pay special attention to the three corners T4, T5, and T6. Your speed was good in other timing sections this race weekend, and you only made mistakes in these three corners. Don't try too hard in this race. Intense driving style."

Qin Miao nodded.

You can run a little more aggressively in practice and qualifying, because there is room for mistakes after all.

Even if you accidentally make a mistake and the car crashes, there is still time for you to repair the car. The worst thing is that you will start from the back of the team in the main race.

But in the main race, stability is still the main thing, and bringing back points steadily is the most important thing.

"That's about it." Reyes put away the notebook in his hand, and then extended his left hand to Qin Miao.

“May the Force be with you.“

(May the force be with you)

Qin Miao was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly, reached out and shook hands with Reyes.

However, Qin Miao couldn't help but said: "If you really want to say something like this, in the language of our country, you can say: I wish you good luck in martial arts."

"Copy that, I'm going back to practice and try to say this to you without an accent before the next game." Reyes also made a joke.

Qin Miao then high-fived his crew members one by one, and they quickly withdrew from the track.

After Qin Miao calmed down her emotions, the tire warming circle had already begun.

After the warm-up lap was over and all drivers parked at their spots, the medical car was in place and the green flag waved behind.

The five red lights began to light up one by one.

The red light goes out.

"Game start!"

At the beginning, Qin Miao was very fast.

Hamilton, who is in front of Qin Miao on the right, is equally fast.

From the start, the two Mercedes drivers began to quickly shorten the time gap between themselves and Bottas in front.

Although the Miami Grand Prix has many straights, the starting straight is really not that long.

So although Qin Miao and Hamilton were both faster than Bottas in front, neither of them found a chance to surpass Bottas in front of them in T1.

Hamilton even braked and locked his right front wheel when entering the corner because of Perez's door in front.

Therefore, when exiting the corner, Qin Miao naturally surpassed his teammate from the outside.

Tsunoda, who was not affected at the rear, could have used this opportunity to overtake Hamilton after Hamilton's mistake.

However, due to Qin Miao's obstruction, Tsunoda was unable to advance to the next ranking.

And Hamilton also regained his rhythm in this short period of time.

He even secretly raised his hand in the direction of Qin Miao's car. After all, if Qin Miao hadn't deliberately blocked Tsunoda's intentions, Hamilton's mistake might have resulted in the loss of two places.

As for the drivers ahead, the cars of Verstappen and Red Bull both showed strong performance during the race.

At the start, Verstappen was faster than Sainz in front of him. In T1, Verstappen relied on the car's better aerodynamic performance to surpass Sainz on the outside.

In fact, Sainz still had a position advantage in T2. ​​He could have refused to give way in T1 and forced Verstappen out of the track.

After all, the rules allow him to do so.

But Sainz still softened a bit and let Verstappen pass.

After all, he retired directly from the start of the last race, so Sainz naturally did not dare to run so aggressively in this race. Everything was still based on being able to start smoothly and start the race.

After all, if he rushes out again, Ferrari and Ferrari fans will start to doubt his credentials.

In the end, it was inevitable that he would fall to third place.

So far, among the top ten drivers, only Verstappen and Qin Miao have taken a position.

Then the game entered a cruising state.

Everyone is waiting for DRS to open.

What Qin Miao has to do now is to keep up with Bottas in front.

But what gave Qin Miao a headache was that the Mercedes W13's rear acceleration couldn't keep up with the Alfa Romeo in front of it.

Although Qin Miao can easily run over Bottas in front of him in the corners, Qin Miao will always be thrown away on the straights.

A year ago, Qin Miao never imagined that Mercedes, which is famous for its high engine horsepower, would be unable to catch up with an Arrow on the straights this season.

However, as the race entered the third lap, DRS was turned on.

Qin Miao, who had been behind Bottas in front, started attacking Bottas within 1 second.

And in the DRS area of ​​the ultra-long straight between T16 and T17 on the fourth lap, he easily completed the overtaking of Bottas.

In fact, Bottas also tried to defend Qin Miao, but Bottas himself is not a driver with good defensive ability.

During his Mercedes days, his offensive and defensive abilities were not very outstanding. Now that he has switched to an Arrow, he faces Qin Miao, a guy who is a monster on both offense and defense.

Naturally, he was like a child with no ability to restrain a chicken, and was easily manipulated by Qin Miao.

After surpassing Bottas, Qin Miao came to fifth.

After seeing Qin Miao surpass Bottas and reach fifth place, the commentators of Five Star Sports were happy but also felt a little regretful.

Because in terms of Qin Miao's current position and Mercedes' competitiveness this season: "I feel that Qin Miao can only catch up to fifth place in this game, and there is a high probability of finishing in fifth place." Fei Brother said this without thinking.

The other two commentators from Five Star Sports were both stunned after hearing Brother Fei's words.

Then the two of them started to agree as if they had thought of something: "The competitiveness of the Mercedes car this season is indeed not very good. I also think that Qin Miao has a high probability of finishing in this ranking."

"Although I don't want to believe it, it seems that Qin Miao's game is over." (End of Chapter)