How did I become an F1 driver?

"Speaking of Ferrari, the paddock lately..."

"Fake." Before Zhou Guanyu could finish his words, Qin Miao directly interrupted the spell casting.

"Then have you ever thought about going back to Ferrari?" Zhou Guanyu asked persistently.

Qin Miao pursed her lips, then nodded and said: "I won't brag about it with you, I really thought about it.

Who who grew up watching F1 doesn’t have a dream of playing tricks? Wouldn't you like it if you had the chance?
But you also know that my relationship with some people at Ferrari is there. Even if Binotto really recalls me and risks his life to protect me in the team, my situation after returning to Ferrari will not be too bad. Well, they can always find a way to make me sick. "

Zhou Guanyu also nodded, but he didn't know whether he was sure about Erfa Meng or Qin Miao's situation after returning to Ferrari.

But at this time, Qin Miao's phone suddenly rang.

Qin Miao's public phone is usually in Qiu Meng's hand. This time he came to the Grand Prix alone and did bring his phone with him. But now it was Qin Miao's rest time and he was chatting with friends. Naturally, he couldn't bring it with him. The company's phone number was ringing, so it was Qin Miao's personal phone number that was ringing at this time.

After taking out his phone and looking at it, Qin Miao raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Showing the phone to Zhou Guanyu, Qin Miao answered the phone while Zhou Guanyu stared at him in surprise.

"Mr. Li, good morning."

The person who called Qin Miao was Li Shufu, chairman of Geely Holding.

This is why Zhou Guanyu was so surprised. After all, the two of them were talking about this matter just now. Unexpectedly, the other party called directly, which really confirmed what he said: Cao Cao Cao Cao has arrived.

And seeing Qin Miao's unprepared look, Zhou Guanyu knew that Qin Miao wanted him to listen to the conversation between the two of them.

But soon, Li Shufu said: "Good evening, Qin Miao, where are you now? Why is it so noisy."

Only then did Qin Miao realize that he was still in the bar. Although the songs sung by the singers on the stage were relatively safe ballads, the bar was destined to not be too quiet.

Qin Miao hurriedly said: "I'm really sorry, please wait a moment."

After finishing speaking, Qin Miao quickly hung up the phone and waved to Zhou Guanyu.

The two of them left the bar together and found a quiet place. After that, Qin Miao called Li Shufu back.

"Hey, Mr. Li, I'm sorry, it was a little noisy just now. Do you have any good news for me this time?"

Li Shufu on the other end of the phone smiled and said: "You will know the good news in a while. I am here just to ask you whether you have signed any new contract with Mercedes-Benz Racing Team recently, right?"

Qin Miao paused, and then said: "Toto has talked to me several times recently, but I didn't agree. But as you know, I won a world championship, so the team gave me a salary increase. But so far, my contract with Mercedes-Benz is still three years, expiring after the 23rd season.”

"Haha, you made the right choice. With your talent, you can get a better contract. And now Mercedes' car is no longer competitive. If their car is still not competitive enough next season, If you want to stay, you have to pay a lot, and with your ability, you don’t have to worry about no team wanting you. It will be convenient whether you want to raise the price or have other ideas. "

The corner of Qin Miao's mouth twitched. By the end of the conversation, Qin Miao already roughly knew what Li Shufu meant by calling him, but he didn't say it clearly.

"Mr. Li, to be honest, I think the Mercedes-Benz team's cars will undergo earth-shaking changes next season. I still believe in my colleagues."

"Of course, Toto Wolff is an excellent leader and boss, and the Mercedes team has rich enough experience. It is only a matter of time before the car becomes competitive."

"By the way, Mr. Li knows Zhou Guanyu, right?"

Zhou Guanyu, who was curiously eating melon on the side, was stunned. Wasn't he just talking about the Mercedes-Benz team? Why did it suddenly involve me?

"Of course, I basically watch the TV on every race day to watch the live broadcast of F1 races, but you should also be able to understand by now that people like me really can't help themselves when they are busy, so there are a lot of highlights. I missed all the games. I might just take some time to watch the replay clips of the main race after the game, but I really don’t have time to watch the qualifying games.

But I watched your Monaco Grand Prix qualifying and the race, and I can tell you that you ran really beautifully on the track. "

"Haha, no prizes. The track is more suitable and the luck is better." Qin Miao said modestly.

"But compared to you, Xiao Zhou's luck is indeed a little worse. There are obviously many races where he can get points, but he was spoiled by the team. I feel that I did better than them in every race."

When this topic was brought up, Qin Miao could clearly feel Li Shufu's resentment.

It seems that this boss really likes racing.

But which domestic car fan who really likes racing would not be angry after seeing what happened to Zhou Guanyu?

Obviously these mistakes could have been avoided.

"Hahaha, of course, with your brains, you can't even think of being the leader of a strategy group, a leader, or a team.

Moreover, after the game, Zhou Guanyu came to me to complain about this matter.

But let me tell you, Zhou Guanyu's ability is actually pretty good, but Arrow Racing's crotch-stretching performance limited his performance on the field. "

"Haha, right? Then I have to observe the next game carefully. Your game seems a bit boring now. You spend most of the time cruising."

Qin Miao smiled helplessly when he heard this: "There is no way. The speed increase that our team's engine upgrade can bring is not much. Under the current technical rules, aerodynamic upgrades are the most cost-effective. The current situation It’s a rule to create heroes, it’s inevitable.”

"It's hard to imagine that a young man of your age can see so clearly."

"Society is a big dye vat, and you can encounter all kinds of weird things in the paddock. Just get used to it."

"Okay, I still have things to deal with here, so I'll hang up now."

"Okay, please take care of yourself."

……

After a few more pleasantries with Li Shufu, Qin Miao hung up the phone.

Looking at Zhou Guanyu who was full of curiosity, Qin Miao shook the mobile phone in his hand and said, "Cao Cao called me right after you said Cao Cao."

Zhou Guanyu asked curiously: "Why did Mr. Li call you to see you?"

Qin Miao said while walking towards the inside of the bar: "Tell me some news and ask about something by the way.

But seriously, you really need to knock me out. "

Zhou Guanyu also heard that Qin Miao had just said a lot of good things for him in front of Li Shufu, so he saw Zhou Guanyu hugging his fists: "Foster father!"

"Hey." Qin Miao nodded comfortably.

After the two sat down again in their seats, Zhou Guanyu asked curiously: "Tell me, what news did Mr. Li tell you?"

Qin Miao took a sip of water after sitting down, and then, with Zhou Guanyu's expectant eyes, he imitated his godfather and said, "Has your attitude changed so much?
Just now you shouted to return your adoptive father, and now you are not even willing to add "you" in front of the words you just said...

I feel like you don't respect me and you don't treat me as a friend. "

Zhou Guanyu's mouth twitched when he heard this, but in the end he still swallowed his anger and said: "Tell me about it."

"Oh, that's right!" Qin Miao nodded with satisfaction.

Then Qin Miao said unhurriedly: "I feel that Geely should be taking action recently, but I don't know whether they are going to buy out all Martin, or they are going to partner with the oil guys in the Middle East to buy out all the other people's shares." Get it, but Geely will definitely want to get it if the team is concerned.

After all, with the results we have achieved in F1, our influence in the country is not small. "

"Let's go, I'm not worthy." Zhou Guanyu was very self-aware at this time.

Qin Miao thought for a while and then said: "Martin will probably not let Vettel go. After all, the veteran, staying in the team can play a big role in the team's development and training of new cars, but The young master probably won’t be able to stay, there should be a vacancy by then.”

Having said this, Qin Miao looked at Zhou Guanyu with a half-smile: "If Geely really wants to enter the market, it will probably have to wait until 24 years. You can try to get in touch then. I just interceded for you, and you Your nationality is also listed here. If they really have a position and you happen to be not bound by a contract, you might be able to get in. "

Zhou Guanyu was happy at first, but then felt a little pained: "Twenty-four years..."

"It's indeed a long time, but don't worry. No matter how stupid Arrow is, it is still an F1 team. As long as you are tied with Bottas in qualifying and the race, I believe Arrow will not be defeated by then. More resources are devoted to Bottas."

“In the end, Mr. Li asked me about my contract, and he probably wanted to bring me into Martin after my contract expired.

After all, my own influence and traffic are here. "Qin Miao flicked the dust on his clothes.

Zhou Guanyu looked at Qin Miao: "What do you mean? It's possible that we two can fight for a driver's seat?"

Qin Miao rolled his eyes: "How is that possible? The current Martin team is actually a bit impetuous. First it changed from Racing Point to Martin, and it is estimated that in a few years it will change from Martin to Lotus, Geely, or Lynk & Co. Damn it, with such a big change in senior management and personnel, I don't believe they can still come up with a competitive car.

Although I no longer have much obsession with the position of world champion, I would definitely prefer to stay in a team with fast and competitive cars. And didn’t I tell you that Geely’s cars are not good enough to go there? I would not consider them until they are competing for points in the points area.

But with Arrow's current state, you can really think about it after they come in. After all, no matter which team it is, it is at a low point, and it doesn't matter if you wait for a while at another low point. "

Zhou Guanyu's mouth twitched, but he still nodded, indicating that he understood.

When the conversation was almost over, Qin Miao raised his hand and looked at his watch, and then said to Zhou Guanyu: "It's getting late, let's go back."

"it is good."

"Still depressed?"

"Depressed? What is depressed?"

Qin Miao raised her eyebrows and looked at Zhou Guanyu with a "you kid" expression. Seeing that the other party still looked indifferent and very calm, Qin Miao regretted not taking out her mobile phone to take a picture of Zhou Guanyu's dejected look when she came to the bar.

"Damn it, with your mouth, you will definitely be able to burn a pair of relics after you die.

At that time, only one mouth will be left lying in your ashes, shouting that it is not hot. "

"qnmd." Zhou Guanyu smiled and pushed Qin Miao.

After that, Qin Miao drove away in the Maybach given to him by the team, while Zhou Guanyu stayed beside an Alfa Romeo in the parking lot, watching Qin Miao's Maybach go away, with a flash of determination and determination in his eyes.

"I can't be pushed too far away by you." Zhou Guanyu murmured.

After returning to the hotel, Qin Miao deleted the note on her mobile phone about calling Li Shufu.

In the next few days, Qin Miao deliberately paid attention to the news about the Martin Racing Team, but strangely, it was as if Mr. Li came to tease Qin Miao, and everything was calm.

Of course, this could also be the calm before the storm.

After watching for several days without any news leaking out, Qin Miao gave up and began to concentrate on preparing for the Canadian Grand Prix.

On Thursday, Qin Miao came to the paddock, walked the track and looked at the terrain.

Having run two consecutive street races, Qin Miao really misses the traditional track now.

At least running on such a track is not as dangerous as a street race. You can feel the protective wall on the edge of the track coming towards you at every turn.

It feels like dancing on the tip of a knife.

Although Qin Miao's Monaco run was particularly beautiful, many people even called Qin Miao's last qualifying lap of the Monaco Grand Prix a divine lap.

But at that time, Qin Miao actually didn't know what to do.

On Thursday, all Qin Miao's work processes were proceeding normally.

This week, the Mercedes team did not bring any upgrades to the car. In fact, the team factory has brought a front nose upgrade, but due to time and transportation issues, it will take Saturday to be shipped to the paddock.

Therefore, there will be no upgrades to the car this week. The team plans to save these two upgrades for the next British Grand Prix. At the same time, the team's new rear suspension development has also been put on the agenda.

This rear suspension was put on the agenda after last week's Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

The main function is to increase the rigidity of the rear suspension of the car to ensure that dolphin jumps are not so easy to occur when the car is driving at high speed.

The research and development of this rear suspension came in because of the fact that after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Hamilton made a serious protest to the team at the post-race meeting regarding the car's dolphin jump issue.

This is understandable, after all, Hamilton's old bones were almost knocked apart by the dolphin jump of the racing car on the track.

After the race, Hamilton almost couldn't climb out of the car under his own power.

The team couldn't let its seven-time champion be killed by its own car, so it urgently launched this research and development.

At the same time, the teams are also putting pressure on the FIA.

A two-pronged approach is bound to solve the dolphin jumping problem of racing cars.

However, the rear suspension problem of the car is easy to solve. After all, the main design purpose is to reduce the dolphin jumping phenomenon of the car.

Therefore, this upgrade can be applied before the British station at the earliest.

Therefore, we can still look forward to the performance of the team's car in next week's Mercedes home race.

Not to mention letting Qin Miao and Hamilton compete for the championship, but at least the podium can still be thought about.

In the first practice stage, because there was already a track to get familiar with the car, Qin Miao's practice in the first practice stage returned to the relaxed and freehand style of the past.

Although the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit is also a high-speed track, it does not have as extreme straights as the Baku circuit in Azerbaijan. Therefore, when Qin Miao ran a flying lap during the first practice period, the car's dolphin jump phenomenon was not So serious.

This range does not have much impact on Hamilton.

The subsequent second and third practice sessions were also completed smoothly. Both Qin Miao and Hamilton found their most comfortable car settings. However, Hamilton still raised the need to adjust the position of the monocoque at the team's post-race meeting at the end of the third practice session. need.

Although Hamilton is now trying his best to adapt, he is also old and has been driving with the same driving habit for so many years. It is really difficult for him to change his driving habits.

Moreover, Qin Miao does not rely on the characteristics of the car, so for next season's car, the team has indeed moved the cab position of the car backward.

For these reasons, Hamilton was unable to bring out the full performance of this W13.

Therefore, this season, whether in the race or qualifying, Hamilton has never defeated his teammate Qin Miao.

Although no one, whether it is Hamilton's fans or the top management of the Mercedes-Benz team, thinks that Hamilton is failing.

But Hamilton still has a sense of urgency, and therefore anxiety.

Throughout the practice session, everyone in the Mercedes-Benz team completed their work smoothly.

The only thing that made Qin Miao a little uncomfortable was that it was raining lightly on the track during the third practice.

And the rain continued into the qualifying session three and a half hours later.

And it lasted throughout the qualifying phase.

In Q1 of the qualifying session, because the rain on the track was relatively heavy, everyone put on full rain tires at this stage and kept running on the track.

Because the track conditions will get better and better as the drivers continue to drive, the speed of the car will naturally become faster and faster.

The Q1 stage went fairly smoothly. Although some drivers spun while running flying laps on the track, the drivers also stabilized their cars.

The drivers eliminated in Q1 were: Norris, Gasly, Vettel, Stroll and Tsunoda.

However, after the game reached Q2, conditions began to occur frequently on the track.

First, Leclerc's car had a mechanical failure directly after returning to the team's P room after running Q1, so that Leclerc did not come out of the pit area to run an effective flying lap throughout Q2.

Perez, who had just won the street race in Azerbaijan in the last race, seemed to be a little uncomfortable with the layout of the traditional track. The T3's right front wheel locked up directly on the flying lap.

But the key point is that this corner is also a heavy braking point, so Perez directly missed the braking point after his tires locked up.

Although Perez released the brakes immediately in order to restore the car's grip and turn into the corner, it was already a little too late.

The experienced Perez had already realized that his crash was inevitable.

If you forcibly throw your car into a corner at this time, it will easily hit the track wall sideways.

Therefore, in order to avoid this situation from happening, Perez could only lightly apply the brakes, reduce the speed of the car as much as possible, and rush straight into the grass, hitting the wall with his head.

This type of impact causes the least damage to the team.

After all, such a collision would only damage the front nose of a car. But if it hits sideways, not only the front nose of the car may need to be replaced, but also the rear wing, side box bottom plate, and even the front and rear suspension may need to be replaced.

Sometimes you have to lament the reaction speed of F1 drivers.

However, because the position where Perez's car crashed was too fatal, it happened to be at the braking point before T3 entered the corner.

The key is that it was still raining at this time, and Perez's car was directly stuck in the guard wall. It could not be pushed out by pushing backwards, and it had to be put on a crane.

With all the factors in place, the tournament decisively raised the red flag.

Even though the red flag appeared on the track for more than 20 minutes, there was no joy on the faces of all Ferrari staff, because just 20 minutes was not enough for Ferrari to repair Leclerc's engine.

So until the end of Q2, Leclerc still could not come out of the team's P room.

Of course, Leclerc was not the only one who was unlucky. Although he did not use the same engine as Ferrari, Norris also encountered mechanical problems in this race, and the car spent the entire Q2 in the team's P room.

In the end, the drivers eliminated in Q2 were: Bottas, Albon, Russell, Perez, Norris, and Leclerc.

It is worth mentioning that perhaps it was because the conversation on Monday inspired Zhou Guanyu’s fighting spirit, or because he wanted to express himself more in front of Geely, who had not yet entered the stadium. Zhou Guanyu’s performance in today’s game was incredible. No, I broke into Q1 for the first time in my career.

Perez, Norris, and Leclerc simply failed to achieve an effective single lap result on the track.

It can only be said that Zhou Guanyu's luck finally improved in this qualifying match.

Moreover, Zhou Guanyu also defeated his teammate Bottas in the qualifying stage for the first time.

However, Qin Miao didn't feel much joy after looking at Zhou Guanyu's results. Rain has always been a problem for Qin Miao.

At this moment, his mood was a little bad because of the rain.

The team also told Qin Miao early that the rain would last throughout the qualifying stage. At this time, Qin Miao had already resigned himself to his fate. He just hoped that it would not rain in the race tomorrow. (End of chapter)