How did I become an F1 driver?

Qin Miao finished the national song with her eyes calmly and waited for the song she was familiar with to finish. Applause and cheers suddenly erupted from the venue.

Qin Miao also put away his somewhat agitated emotions and smiled at the staff of his team downstairs.

Then everyone took a photo together on the stage.

Next is the celebration time for the drivers.

As the champion, Qin Miao was soaked immediately. Whether it was Leclerc, Toto, or Sainz, everyone poured drinks on Qin Miao's body immediately.

After the celebration was over, Qin Miao was wet from head to toe.

Even Qin Miao felt like she had champagne in her shoes.

After celebrating, the award ceremony came to an end, and then Qin Miao and the others took their belongings and left the stage.

At the same time, the tournament gave the rankings and scores of this game:
P1: Qin Miao +26 (fastest lap)
P2: Leclerc +18
P3: Sainz +14
P4: Perez +12
P5: Verstappen +10
P6: Hamilton +8
P7: Norris +6
P8: Alonso +4
P9: Bottas +2
P10: Vettel +1
Qin Miao's performance in this game is not bad. The most important thing is that Qin Miao not only won the championship in today's game, but also got the fastest lap.

In fact, to be honest, with the current speed of the Mercedes car, it is difficult to get the fastest lap point.

However, it can be said that the entire race was taken over by Qin Miao alone. He spent most of the time suppressing all the riders behind him.

Therefore, the drivers behind basically never have enough time and space to run the fastest lap.

Although there were drivers in the early stage, with such conditions, Qin Miao briefly took away the fastest lap.

But in the later period, as the fuel capacity of the car decreased, Qin Miao drove the train directly on the track, blocking the way for everyone behind him.

Therefore, Qin Miao deservedly took this point in this game.

At the same time, Zhou Guanyu's finishing position in this game was actually pretty good, at thirteenth.

Although Zhou Guanyu still failed to score points, he was able to start 19th at the Monte Carlo circuit and finally finished 13th. This is already a proud result.

After all, this track is difficult to overtake.

I believe this result is satisfactory to both Zhou Guanyu and the Arrow Racing Team.

At least based on Zhou Guanyu's current ability and performance, his position in the Arrow Racing Team is completely stable.

Unless there are any major changes, Arrow Racing will not consider substitution. I believe that Zhou Guanyu will be able to get at least a two-year contract after the end of this year.

At the same time, the overall driver standings after this race is as follows:

1: Leclerc.121
2: Qin Miao.114
3: Verstappen.112
4: Perez.81
5: Sainz.70
6: Hamilton.51
7: Norris.40
8: O'Connell.38
9: Bottas.38
10: Magnussen.16
11: Ricardo.8
12: Tsunoda.9
13: Alonso.9
14: Zhou Guanyu.6
15: Vettel.5
16: Gasly.5
17: Stroll.1
18: Albon.1
After this game, Qin Miao's ranking rose from third to second because he won the Monaco Grand Prix. At this time, Qin Miao was only 3 points behind Leclerc, who was first.

The reason why Qin Miao can be ranked in this position and beat Verstappen is mainly because from the beginning of the 2022 season to the present, Qin Miao has not had any problems with his car in the race, and has no record of retirement.

Compared with Verstappen and Leclerc, Qin Miao is more stable.

If Verstappen and Leclerc have another accident on the track in the next few races this season, Qin Miao may not have a chance to regain the driver's championship position.

Of course, this is just a thought.

I believe that Red Bull and Ferrari will continue to find problems during the competition and will definitely invest more resources in the development of the stability of the car.

Ok……

Ferrari may still make mistakes, given the corporate culture.

But at least Red Bull will definitely improve the stability of its car.

Meanwhile, the team standings are as follows:

1: Red Bull: 193
2: Ferrari: 191
3: Mercedes: 165
4: McLaren: 48
5: Alpine: 47
6: Alfa Romeo: 44
7: Haas: 16
8: Little Red Bull: 14
9: Aston Martin: 6
10: Williams: 1
In the constructors' championship, Ferrari has further narrowed the points gap with Red Bull, and now the total points gap between the two teams is only two points.

The points gap between Mercedes and the two teams ahead is still huge.

There is nothing that can be done about this. Hamilton is not adaptable to the operating logic of the W13.

In fact, Qin Miao also knows that he cannot be blamed for Hamilton's failure to run this season. Qin Miao was able to quickly adapt to the driving style of this car, mainly because it has a plug-in.

No matter how difficult the car is to drive, Qin Miao can find a suitable driving method for this car and adapt quickly.

Although Hamilton is a seven-time champion, he is still an ordinary person after all, and his ability to adapt to racing is not as strong as it was when he was young. After all, he is 37 and a fast four-wheeler, and his learning ability is definitely not as strong as when he was young. .

In any case, the Monaco Grand Prix is ​​now completely over.

After the race, Qin Miao naturally attended the team's celebration banquet.

After all, he is the champion of the race. Qin Miao must attend this gathering and has no reason to refuse.

There is a short break after the Monaco Grand Prix. Two weeks later is the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, which can be regarded as one of Leclerc's blessed places.

I am stupid corner is now talked about by car fans.

At the same time, this track has also produced countless famous scenes, such as teammates fighting among themselves, a kick that broke the frame of Pirelli, braking errors and running off the track and losing the championship.

But this was two weeks later. After the celebration banquet, Qin Miao went home to rest.

The next day, Qin Miao sighed helplessly after opening his eyes.

Last season, it was over after my game was over, and I had enough time to rest and adjust. But today is different. I have interviews to attend in the morning, and Qiu Meng informed me in the afternoon and evening that I have to go to the royal family in Monaco to attend. A party.

The interview was conducted by Five-Star Sports and CCTV for Qin Miao. There was no way he could refuse.

After all, one is Five Star Sports, which he has a good relationship with, and the other is a national media.

Not to mention the other royal dinner, invitations from the Monaco royal family were delivered to your doorstep, and they personally presented you with an award yesterday, so Qin Miao naturally had no reason not to go.

The good news is that Qin Miao didn't need to travel too far for both activities today, they were just in Monaco.

Therefore, Qin Miao sighed after getting up.

Qiu Meng beside her had not gotten up yet, lying on the bed with her hair messy on her face.

Qin Miao gave her so much trouble last night that she fell on the bed from exhaustion without even taking a shower.

Qin Miao didn't wake her up. After pushing Qiu Meng's hair away so as not to affect her breathing, Qin Miao got up and randomly found a short-sleeved shirt, a Mercedes-Benz hat and a mask. Sunglasses, I said hello to my mother who was drinking tea and reading on the balcony at home and then went out.

After all, today is the first day after the Monaco Grand Prix. There are still many local tourists who have not left, so now Qin Miao still has to disguise herself when going out.

In the morning, I had an exclusive interview with Zhou Haoran and others, and then participated in an interview with CCTV.

After both projects were completed, Qin Miao said goodbye to the people at CCTV, and then took Zhou Haoran to his home for lunch.

After lunch, Zhou Haoran took the Five Star Sports staff back to China after shooting some material at Qin Miao's house.

Qin Miao took a shower in the afternoon, then put on a suit that she didn't often wear, and then tied on a black tie with Qiu Meng's help.

After all, Qin Miao went there as a guest this time, and Qin Miao's personality was not that flamboyant, so there was no need to dress up too conspicuously.

Qin Miao originally wanted to take Qiu Meng there, but the girl refused directly.

Like Qin Miao, she didn't like that kind of atmosphere very much, not to mention that the invitation sent to Qin Miao this time only invited Qin Miao.

Although it was normal to bring a female companion to such a party, and no one would find it strange or say anything, and it could even be said to be a standard operation, Qiu Meng still refused.

Qin Miao didn't force it, because if it were him, he would be more willing to stay at home and not stretch his body.

After getting dressed, Qin Miao drove to the Prince's Palace of Monaco.

In fact, 100 meters further north from this place are the T19 and T18 of the Monte Carlo circuit.

It's only a fifteen-minute walk from Qin Miao's house, but after all, this is a dinner party, and it wouldn't sound good if you walked to the dinner party.

So I still chose to drive.

After arriving nearby, Qin Miao could see the track being demolished by the construction team. Qin Miao even saw the Mercedes team staff who had not left and were still packing their things.

After greeting them from a distance, Qin Miao went to the entrance of the palace.

Coincidentally, when Qin Miao arrived, Leclerc also arrived.

The relationship between the two is almost that of front and back.

Qin Miao, who noticed Leclerc after parking the car, was actually quite happy. After all, in such a relatively unfamiliar environment, if you can have an acquaintance by your side, you will definitely be more relaxed both physically and mentally. .

However, after Leclerc got out of the car, he walked up to Qin Miao with a sad face, and finally patted Qin Miao on the shoulder with Qin Miao's incomprehensible eyes and said directly: "I'm sorry for what happened yesterday. "

A big question mark appeared on Qin Miao's head: "What happened and you apologized?"

"You don't know yet?"

"Is there something I should know?"

Leclerc coughed slightly. It was really embarrassing to have to explain what he had caused, but Leclerc still had to bite the bullet and said: "Didn't I discuss with you on the podium yesterday that you should come to Ferrari?" Is it possible?" Anyway, there were no outsiders at the moment, so Qin Miao nodded directly and said: "Yes, I still remember."

After finishing speaking, Qin Miao looked at Leclerc with an embarrassed expression and said, "Wait, don't tell me that this matter has been spread?"

Although the reporters in the paddock are not as capable of taking quotes out of context and having the desire to stir things up like those reporters who do entertainment gossip, they will still be somewhat unpleasant to hear about this matter, and they may suffer from it in terms of public opinion. A little loss, being scolded a few times, etc.

Leclerc smiled bitterly and nodded: "I think so."

"F*ck." After Qin Miao suddenly heard the news, he couldn't help but curse.

“There’s a lot of buzz online about this matter, why don’t you know about it yet?”

Qin Miao had no choice but to spread her hands and said: "I was busy with various interviews in the morning and didn't have time to look at my phone. Of course I don't know."

"Now that you know, have you thought of a solution?"

"I'm not a genius, how could I think of a solution immediately?" Qin Miao complained angrily, and then calmed down a little before saying: "Tell me first, what is being discussed in the paddock is that everyone feels Am I going to Ferrari, or is it just that the content of our conversation has become known.

Everyone knows that you invited me, but I declined. "

"former."

Qin Miao sighed and wanted to scratch his head, but thinking that Qiu Meng had specially styled his hairstyle, he had no choice but to put his hands down.

"You go in first, I'll call Toto."

"Are you sure you want to do this? Why don't you discuss it with Qiu Meng? After all, this incident broke out accidentally. I think it should still be of some use value to you. For example, ask the team to help you raise your salary. Improve the treatment or something like that.”

Qin Miao thought about it and felt that Leclerc's words made sense.

At the same time, the news that Qin Miao was about to join Ferrari also spread in the paddock, and many relevant media rushed to report on it, speculating on the authenticity of this matter.

Naturally, this news was delivered to Toto Wolfe's desk immediately.

Looking at this report, Toto rubbed his eyebrows in pain. He just returned to the UK yesterday, and the stools in the office seats were not heated. Why did this happen?
But Qin Miao is the future star of his team after all, and Toto will definitely not be able to ignore the rumors at this time.

And with Qin Miao's performance this season, he is almost carrying the team on his shoulders. Toto feels that it is time to improve Qin Miao's status in the team.

Although it cannot be said that Hamilton was kicked away directly and the prince nicknamed by the outside world took over, Toto knew that he now needed to appease the emotions of the fans, team and drivers.

"I'm always busy with work..."

With a sigh, Toto took out the phone and started working.

On the other side, Qin Miao returned to the door of the Monaco Palace after chatting with Qiu Meng.

What surprised Qin Miao was that he and Qiu Meng talked on the phone for about 10 minutes, but Leclerc did not go in, but kept waiting at the door.

"Why don't you go in?" Qin Miao asked curiously after arriving at Leclerc's side.

"Waiting for you," Leclerc said.

"Okay, let's go in together." Qin Miao nodded.

"What's the progress on Qiu Meng's side?" Leclerc asked as they walked.

"What progress can be made? She said she knew, and then she gave me some instructions and then hung up."

"It seems that girl has already had an idea."

"How did you know?"

"Guessed." Leclerc smiled slightly.

Qin Miao didn't go into details, and soon the two of them entered the venue.

After all, he is a public figure, and Monaco is a place that no one covets due to geopolitical reasons.

Therefore, the inspection of this kind of banquet was not strict. The two of them didn't even take out the invitations and went in directly just by brushing their faces.

During the dinner, it was natural to push glasses and change glasses, and Qin Miao really didn't adapt to such an environment, so compared with Leclerc who was very comfortable, Qin Miao was more like an outsider.

More often than not, some local businessmen from Monaco come over to chat with Qin Miao, and then exchange phone numbers to discuss the possibility of cooperation.

Time soon came to night.

The Monaco royal family that we met last night appeared again in everyone's attention.

After the applause, the host also joined the party.

Because Qin Miao is relatively inconspicuous in the corner.

Moreover, those who were interested in cooperating with Qin Miao and making friends with him had almost met Qin Miao by that afternoon.

Qin Miao now has seven or eight more business cards in his suit pocket.

So Qin Miao was rarely quiet at this moment.

But soon, Albert II of Monaco came over with Prince Jacques.

Seeing that they were coming towards her, Qin Miao quickly wiped the food residue on her hands and corners of her mouth with a wet towel on the side, and greeted them with a smile.

"Thank you Qin Miao for coming to our dinner. I noticed from the beginning that you didn't communicate much with the guests. Is there anything you're not used to?" Albert II smiled and shook hands with Qin Miao. asked after shaking hands.

Qin Miao smiled awkwardly: "No, this place is very good, and this dinner is also great, but your Majesty, you know, I am not very good at socializing. Sky Sports even has statistics, I am the best among all active F1 Among the drivers, I receive the fewest advertisements and endorsements, so when I’m not driving, I prefer to stay in a quiet environment and do what I like to do.”

"Of course, I understand very well. The main reason for coming here this time is that this little guy wants to get to know you." As he said this, Albert II looked at Prince Jacques, who was holding his hand.

Qin Miao looked at the little prince with some surprise.

Just like when he was on the podium, Qin Miao squatted down and looked at Prince Jacques eye level before extending his hand.

"Your Highness, it's a pleasure to see you again. I think we have already met."

However, Qin Miao felt that when the little prince looked at him, he still had the same anxiety as when he looked at him during the award ceremony yesterday.

Of course, he still stretched out his hand to shake Qin Miao, and then said to Qin Miao like a young adult: "It can only be said that we met each other that time, and it is not a formal acquaintance."

After finishing speaking, Prince Jacques solemnly said to Qin Miao: "I am Jacques Honoré Rainier, from Monaco and the prince of this country. I am very happy to meet you."

Seeing a young child solemnly holding your hand and introducing himself to you, Qin Miao couldn't help but want to laugh.

But he still tensed up and said equally seriously: "I am Qin Miao, from China. I am currently the defending world champion of the Formula One Grand Prix. However, I feel that my position and title will soon be replaced by Weiss'. Tappan or Leclerc or something took it.”

"No, I believe in your ability. You can definitely successfully defend the title despite the huge performance gap between the cars."

Qin Miao blinked in surprise. Why did this little guy's eyes look like those fans looked at him when he looked at him?
Albert II on the side intervened at the right time and explained: "Actually, Jacques has always liked you. From the first race you entered F1, he has been watching your game. Even if he doesn't have time, he will watch your game. Replay.”

Qin Miao was even more surprised: "Really?"

Albert II nodded and said, "Yes, and Jacques wanted to come over and see you after he knew you settled in Monaco. But as you know, the epidemic was quite serious at that time, so we persuaded him to come down."

The expression on Qin Miao's face was unexpectedly a little surprised, and at the same time a little proud.

After all, the crown prince of a country is one of his fans, and it would be a honor to tell him about it.

Looking at the little prince Qin Miao smiled and said, "It's my honor to have you like me, Your Highness."

Jacques nodded and then said: "Then can you sign it for me? I want to hang it in my study."

"Of course, no problem. I still have the helmet I used last year at home. Do you want it? It's the helmet used in the qualifying stage of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. I can give it to you directly."

As a fan of Qin Miao, Jacques knew that Qin Miao was crowned at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Naturally, the helmet in the qualifying stage is also of great significance, especially this helmet was worn by Qin Miao himself.

But the little guy still had a tutor after all. After hearing Qin Miao's words, although his eyes were already shining with golden light, he still turned his head to look at his father.

The general meaning is: Can I accept this helmet? I really want it! I beg you!
Albert II asked: "Is it too expensive?"

"No matter how expensive the helmet is, I will never use it again. The sponsor will deduct my sponsorship fee." Qin Miao joked.

Then Qin Miao added: "And this helmet will probably always be on display in my display cabinet. I think it would be more meaningful to give it to a fan who really likes me."

At this point, Qin Miao looked at Jacques: "You will keep it well, right?"

Prince Jacques nodded vigorously: "Yes, I will. If possible, I even hope that I can wear this helmet to participate in competitions in the future."

Qin Miao was stunned when he heard this. Although he had stayed abroad for a while, he was used to life abroad and had even completely adapted to life abroad.

But when it comes to planning for her children's growth, Qin Miao still prefers a more secure growth planning route.

So in Qin Miao's mind, he did not think about letting a child learn to drive a racing car from an early age. After all, Qin Miao drives a car, and he knows how dangerous this sport is.

But when Qin Miao looked at Albert II, he smiled and nodded, his face full of pride and admiration. (End of chapter)