How did I become an F1 driver?

After parking the car, Qin Miao also rarely stood on his racing car and raised his arms and shouted.

After all, he had been depressed for quite some time. After returning to this position full of honors, Qin Miao was also very excited.

Then Qin Miao rushed directly into the crowd of Mercedes team staff through the special human barrier on the Monte Carlo track.

It is worth mentioning that Qin Miao also saw his mother.

After briefly celebrating with his colleagues in the team, Qin Miao also came to his mother.

Although my mother was standing in the congratulatory seat of the motorcade at this time, she was on the edge and could not be seen without looking carefully. However, as Qin Miao passed by, everyone at the scene looked over.

Seeing his mother looking at her smiling face, Qin Miao blurted out: "Mom, am I awesome?"

The proud smile on my mother's face froze, and then she reached out and patted Qin Miao's helmet.

Even though she knew it was a helmet, my mother still didn’t use much force when she took the photo.

But he didn't say anything to Qin Miao on this matter. After all, he won the championship, which was not incomprehensible to Piao.

After hugging Qin Miao, he said, "You ran beautifully and powerfully today. You are worthy of being my son."

"hey-hey."

Qin Miao chuckled, but the sound sounded a bit muffled through the helmet.

"Then I'm going to be busy. I'll probably not eat at home tonight."

The mother nodded. Her son has grown up. He doesn't smoke or drink outside. He even has a clean private life. He doesn't need to tell him anything. He has his own sense of proportion.

After his mother nodded, Qin Miao went to prepare for the interview and to receive the award after the game.

After completing the weighing and putting the helmet in place, Leclerc on the other side also completed the celebration with the audience and returned.

Although Leclerc's expression cannot be seen through the helmet, Qin Miao still knows that Leclerc should be quite happy at this time.

The most important thing is that he finally broke his home court curse. At least in the home game, Leclerc finished successfully and won the podium.

Of course, it would still be a pity for Leclerc to fail to defeat Qin Miao.

But second place is not bad either.

And Leclerc also admitted that Qin Miao did run well in today's race.

"You B, why are you so serious when you are defending your brother? Can't you let me win the championship at home?" After seeing Qin Miao, Leclerc immediately complained.

Qin Miao smiled and spread his hands: "There is no way. I feel that this season I may only have the possibility of winning the championship at the Monte Carlo circuit. If I don't work hard at this time, I may not be able to win this season." Opportunity.”

Leclerc nodded in resignation.

"Hey, I didn't know what it felt like to be behind you and being defended by you before. I just thought Verstappen and Perez were a bit pretentious. Now I have a real experience. It's really uncomfortable. I don't know how to defend myself." How did Stapan survive?"

Qin Miao also laughed: "That guy's mentality is much better than yours. I saw you almost lose control several times during the game just now."

Leclerc looked at Qin Miao with his hands on his hips, with some resentment in his eyes.

Why don't you have any idea when I almost lose control?

There were also several times before the DRS area, in order to keep me far away, you almost used the race as a qualifying run. In those corners, even if I was watching from behind, you were able to pass the corners at an incredible level. The method was so frightening that I broke into a cold sweat.

Now when I look back, I can see the scratches left on the track guard wall from when your car passed by.

In fact, we can't blame Qin Miao for being too aggressive. After all, Qin Miao also knows that this is the grand prix in which he is most likely to win the championship, and this season he has no chance to compete for the driver's championship, so he ran Be aggressive and it doesn't matter if you drop out.

Anyway, he proved his ability last season. Even if he doesn't beat Hamilton this season, it doesn't matter. What's more, Hamilton is very uncomfortable with the current W13.

"Our eldest brother, let alone the second brother, it's just like how steady you were when you attacked me." Qin Miao waved his hand and said.

……

After a brief chat with Leclerc, Leclerc wiped away his sweat, and Qin Miao also saw that the FIA ​​staff was ready and was giving him a wink.

After saying goodbye to Leclerc and shaking hands with Sainz, Qin Miao put on his hat and came to the camera for the post-race interview.

"Qin Miao, I'm glad to see you in this position again. Today's game should not be too stressful for you, right? According to the statistics just obtained by the FIA, during the race, you made counterattacks and made corrections during the game. The number of times is the lowest among all drivers.”

The backlash correction mentioned here is that when exiting a corner, sometimes the driver will give the gas a little more hastily, so the car will generally oversteer.

Most people may not react immediately and wait until the car body is seriously deflected before they try to save the car.

F1 drivers are extremely keen on car sense, so many times they will counterattack to correct the car before the car body tilts significantly.

Although this will not have a big impact on the single lap speed, if there is no reverse cornering, the traction continuity of the car will be higher, and both the tail speed and the top speed will be a little faster than the former.

And Qin Miao basically spent the entire game defending Leclerc's offense behind him. It can indeed be said that he was relaxed with such a performance.

In fact, Qin Miao did not feel much pressure when defending Leclerc.

On the one hand, the two often run races together on the simulator, and Qin Miao is quite familiar with Leclerc's driving habits.

In addition, what Qin Miao just said to Leclerc is that Leclerc's impatient personality will make his operations more aggressive and urgent when he is obviously at a disadvantage.

Therefore, as long as Leclerc is given a slight chance, he will try desperately to seize it, so guarding Leclerc is at least more comfortable than guarding veterans like Perez.

These veterans have too much racing experience. When their cars are more powerful than you, they can see through most of your defensive moves at a glance.

If you want to lock them down, in addition to not being much worse than them in terms of racing performance, you also need to make more long-term arrangements.

But this is Leclerc's home court after all, and he still lives here.

Therefore, you must not tell the truth at this time. At this time, you have to praise Leclerc, and even praise him greatly.

"No, of course not. Leclerc's attack was very fierce. There were several times during which I almost failed to guard Leclerc. Those two red flags gave me a certain chance to breathe. If today's game was not interrupted, it would be If I continue to run the entire race, I may not be able to defend Leclerc's attack.

For this championship, my personal strength may only account for 30% of the championship, the remaining 30% is the team, and the other 40% is luck. "

"Later in the game, Sainz also tried to overtake Leclerc, but I noticed that every time Sainz prepared to attack Leclerc in the DRS area and threatened Leclerc, you always appeared. In the DRS area in front of Leclerc, was this something you did deliberately?"

How can you talk about this at this time?
"coincide!"

Different from the long speech just now, when the host of the post-match interview asked this question, Qin Miao said these two words righteously.

However, the contrast emerged at this time. When Qin Miao was talking about Leclerc, he said a lot of words, almost praising Leclerc's offensive ability as better than his own.

But when faced with this question from the host, Qin Miao only said one word. Even a ghost could tell that there must be something Qin Miao did deliberately.

But Qin Miao had a righteous and awe-inspiring expression.

I have to say that the show was extremely effective.

After Brother Bing and the others saw Qin Miao's answer, they burst into laughter in the studio.

Even the host was stunned for a while.

But he is a professional after all, so he quickly switched to another topic: "So Qin Miao, will Mercedes' outstanding performance this week continue to the next game? Judging from your performance in today's game, the team There are clear signs of a recovery in racing performance."

This time, Qin Miao didn't take anything careless. After all, the fans may not know it very well, but both the Mercedes team and the team's competitors know that Mercedes' car is not good this season.

So Qin Miao said bluntly: "I'm afraid it's difficult. In fact, the team has not even upgraded in this game. The team still has no good way to solve the dolphin jumping problem of the car. At the same time, the overall balance and predictability of the car are not It's particularly good. What makes Hamilton and I most uncomfortable is that the tuning window of the car is not very large.

Therefore, I think the team still needs to invest more energy and resources in the research and development of the car, at least one year and up to two years. I believe that by then the team's car will regain its previous competitiveness. "

Although there are still many questions to ask Qin Miao, after all, his performance in today's game was really great, but the three questions have already been asked, so the host can only say goodbye to Qin Miao with a smile: "Okay Yes, congratulations again to you for winning the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix, and I look forward to your better performance this season."

Qin Miao nodded with a smile and put down the microphone, then waved to the fans at the scene and went outside the track.

After the Monaco Grand Prix, the podium was in the house next to the track. Qin Miao now needs to go to the preparation area to wait.

But it was a street race after all, and the windows on both sides of the track were full of people, so when Qin Miao walked over, many people were shouting Qin Miao's name and whistling to him upstairs.

Qin Miao naturally smiled and waved to them.

After Qin Miao left, Toto, who stood among the crowd of Mercedes-Benz motorcade with his arms folded, still recalled the last words of Qin Miao in his mind.

Then he turned and looked at Elliot beside him.

"Mike, when will the modifications to the simulator be completed?"

Elliot looked at his boss in confusion. Isn't this the time to celebrate happily? Why are you talking about this suddenly?

But for now, he is still working after all, so after Elliot thought about Toto’s question for a while, he gave his own answer: “According to the report from the simulator department, the fastest is the British Grand Prix. "

"What about the development of racing cars?"

"The current W13 or the redesigned W13B?" Without waiting for Toto's answer, Elliott directly told Toto about the progress of these two different concept racing cars: "The redesigned W13B has already started manufacturing components. , the chassis still uses the new chassis I designed.

The actual car may have to wait until the end of the year. The W13 currently has three different upgrade projects, all focusing on weight reduction. However, the tuning window and rear downforce issues of the car still cannot be solved. However, the three upgrades of the W13 are the most It can be completed before the British station. "

"Is it possible for Qin Miao or Hamilton to get on the highest podium?" "Well... we'll do our best." When Elliott answered this question, the expression on his face was somewhat embarrassing.

"Hey……"

Hearing this, Toto sighed helplessly. If the performance of the team's car in the next few games is not good enough, he will have to do Qin Miao's ideological work again.

After all, he has received the news that many teams are already interested in Qin Miao's contract that will expire next year.

Now Toto has regretted not signing a five-year long-term contract with Qin Miao for countless times.

……

On the other side, Qin Miao had already come to the rest area under the podium to rest.

Because there were no seats in this place, Qin Miao sat directly on the steps upstairs.

After sitting down and drinking some water, Leclerc came over.

"How does it feel to be on the podium at home?" Qin Miao asked curiously as he watched Leclerc take a bottle of water and sit next to him.

Leclerc put on the hat of second place, then unscrewed the pure water without label, took a sip and said: "I feel like I am pretending to be a big dick, but it is a pity that I did not get first place."

"It's not over, is it?" Qin Miao said dissatisfied.

"What else can I do? It can be regarded as fulfilling a long-cherished wish of mine since joining F1. After all, you know, this is the first time that I have successfully completed a race in my hometown and been on the podium.

It is equivalent to proving myself to the folks in my hometown.

My only regret is that I didn't win. "

Speaking of which, Leclerc paused again: "Any news about the Chinese Grand Prix? You must have been looking forward to winning the championship at home for a long time, right?"

Hearing this, Qin Miao crossed his hands behind his head and leaned directly on the steps behind him. He didn't have the dignity of a world champion or Monaco Grand Prix winner at all. He looked like a tired young man. After that, he randomly found a place to lie down and rest: "I don't know, I don't even know if the team can give me a car that has a chance to compete for the podium after the Shanghai Grand Prix is ​​reorganized."

Leclerc reached out and patted Qin Miao on the shoulder: "If I remember correctly, your contract is for three years, right?"

From his friends, there is nothing to hide about this matter, and it is not difficult to find out if you want to, so Qin Miao nodded straightforwardly: "Three years, it will expire after the run is completed next year."

Leclerc leaned into Qin Miao's ear and whispered: "Do you want to consider returning to Ferrari?"

Qin Miao looked at Leclerc with surprise.

Brother, is this the right time to say this?

And there are so many people around here. My brother won the race championship, and the camera was pointed at the two of us. I don’t know if this picture is showing me and Leclerc or Sainz who is being interviewed.

Even Netflix staff were there.

On the other side, the Netflix staff who were holding cameras with very low presence did not hear what Leclerc and Qin Miao said, but their eyes lit up when they saw the two of them getting together, and their faces were filled with smiles. It was almost the same as when Qin Miao just got off the car to celebrate.

Leclerc also realized his gaffe.

But there was no other way. He finished the race on his home court and got the podium at the same time. Leclerc was also a little excited at the moment.

In addition, Qin Miao happened to talk about the concern that the team's car would not perform well when the Chinese Grand Prix was held.

Leclerc, who knows Ferrari's long-term layout and planning during this period, is very clear that Ferrari may not be able to secure the team and driver championships in the next few years.

But it is definitely still hovering in the second or third position.

If Mercedes in 23 cannot give Qin Miao a competitive enough car, Leclerc fully believes that Qin Miao can switch to Ferrari.

At least I still hope to be teammates with Qin Miao.

As for why...

Leclerc was looking forward to the scene where he was faster than Qin Miao during the race, and then he came behind Qin Miao, and the team asked Qin Miao to give way to him.

Don't be too happy when you see Qin Miao gritting her teeth.

No matter how bad it is, you can guarantee that when you come behind Qin Miao, you won't have to be so uncomfortable being defended by Qin Miao.

Of course, this is just Leclerc's fantasy after being depressed by Qin Miaofang.

The fact is that Leclerc is just a driver. At most, he can only give Ferrari some suggestions and cannot influence Ferrari's choice in the driver market.

and……

"Stop it, I don't have any ideas in this regard at the moment, and that incident affected a lot of people. Those people didn't even completely leave their jobs, most of them were just demoted.

I can guarantee that as long as I dare to go back, they will definitely try to do something to me, such as vehicle failure and changing tires in twenty seconds. "

Leclerc also knew that he had made a mistake, and what Qin Miao said might not be impossible, so he made a fool of himself.

Soon, Sainz also came over.

After the three of them prepared in this position for a while, the post-game awards ceremony was about to begin.

Qin Miao and Leclerc walked up a white spiral staircase to the upper floor, and then went to the podium under the greeting of the host.

The person in charge of awarding the award today is a member of Monaco’s royal family.

Including the supreme leader of Monaco, Prince Albert II, the princess and their twin daughters.

Qin Miao had met them, and even when Qin Miao settled in Monaco, the couple even came to Qin Miao's house as guests.

However, they did not stay at Qin Miao's house for long, and they did not even have a bite to eat.

But one thing to say, Princess Charlene Wittstock is really good-looking.

But when they were chatting with Leclerc, Leclerc and Qin Miao talked about the bad things about their family.

Even Leclerc, a Monaco man, was madly complaining about the private life of his own prince in private. This shows that Albert II is indeed not a good husband.

Moreover, the princess seemed to have run away from home for a while before, but Qin Miao was studying in China at the time and did not pay attention to this matter.

I don’t know why I came back now.

However, these internal affairs of the royal family have nothing to do with Qin Miao. Anyway, Qin Miao is a Chinese. The main reason for settling in Monaco is the tax exemption. At the same time, most of the friends in the paddock also live here, and the weather is good.

The gossip is over for now.

Following the voice of the live host, Sainz, Leclerc, Qin Miao, and Toto appeared one after another.

Yes, maybe Toto also knows that today's game may be Mercedes' only race championship this season, so he came up to receive the award.

Passing behind Albert II and Minister of State Ceci Tell, Qin Miao came to the highest podium.

In the subsequent awards ceremony, the championship trophy given by the organizer was still a gold-plated Monte Carlo track-style trophy. It is worth mentioning that the box containing the trophy was made by LV. Qin Miao was the first one after seeing it. The idea is: Qiu Meng should really like this box.

Qin Miao's championship trophy was presented to Qin Miao by Albert II and Prince Jacques, the young prince of Monaco.

But for some reason, Qin Miao always felt that the little guy hadn't slept well, and the dark circles under his eyes were a bit heavy.

It’s even heavier than when I stayed up late playing games during the Chinese New Year.

After shaking hands with the king, Qin Miao squatted down again and looked at Prince Jacques, whose hands were tangled together and looked a little nervous and at a loss.

Then Qin Miao smiled and stretched out his hand to shake Prince Jacques.

Even though this little guy looks a little goofy, there's no denying that human pups are pretty cute.

After receiving the trophy, Qin Miao held the trophy in his hands and studied it for a while, and then raised the trophy high amidst the cheers of the Mercedes team downstairs.

Everyone downstairs applauded.

Then the Prince of Monaco came to Leclerc's side specially, and the two said something in French. It seemed that he was quite happy to see Prince Leclerc here.

After that, the Princess and Princess Gabriella were responsible for awarding Leclerc’s runner-up trophy.

The princess also shook hands with Sainz, Qin Miao and Leclerc one by one.

In the end, Sainz's trophy was presented by Monaco's Minister of State Ceci Thiel.

Finally, there is Toto’s Constructor’s Championship trophy.

After all four got their respective trophies, the three drivers also had their respective national flags flying above their heads.

Qin Miao also took off his championship hat with a serious expression at this time, and all the commentators in the country who were broadcasting the game fell silent.

A song engraved in the bones of all Chinese people sounded.

PS. Below is the prince’s cheating partner.

Although human XP is free, I still feel shocked. (End of chapter)