How did I become an F1 driver?

"Mom? When did you come?"

Qin Miao went over and hugged the other party.

In fact, with Qin Miao's personality, she rarely has the opportunity to hug her mother in daily life.

Only at times like this would Qin Miao take the initiative to hug his mother.

It's not that Qin Miao doesn't love each other, it's mainly because Qin Miao is concerned about face in daily life, or for some other unspeakable reasons.

In short, there was no opportunity for Qin Miao to make these actions.

Patting Qin Miao's back, her mother let go of Qin Miao and said with a smile: "The tour just happened to arrive in Austria. I knew you had a game today so I stopped by to take a look."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Mom rolled her eyes: "Why am I telling you this? Is it to affect your state during the game or do you want me to take care of you?"

Qin Miao smiled bitterly: "You know, no matter how nervous I am, I..."

"Okay, okay, don't I know what your personality is like?
I happened to travel to Austria recently. I was in Vienna a few days ago, and I just came here today.

But one thing to say, today’s race was great! "

"Hehe, that's right. I don't care who his son is." Qin Miao put his hands on his hips.

My mother smiled and then said: "Okay, there are still post-match interviews, so go ahead and get busy."

"Hey, okay, the team should have a celebration party in the evening. Please remember to come to attend. I'll be busy first."

After finishing speaking, Qin Miao turned around and saw Leclerc, who had taken off his helmet, walking towards him with a complicated expression on his face.

But when Leclerc came to Qin Miao, he still smiled and hugged Qin Miao: "It's a good run, but how can your damn C5 run for so long?"

The three tire formulas provided by Pirelli for today's race are C5 to C3, which are the three softest tires on the entire calendar. It can be said that the set of C5 used by Qin Miao is the softest tire this season.

Therefore, no one except Qin Miao used soft tires during the entire race.

Because this set of tires in the hands of drivers from other teams will run out of durability after running for six or seven laps at most during the race, no one will change to soft tires.

The price/performance ratio is too low.

However, Qin Miao used two sets of soft tires in the race, and both ran long distances that astonished other teams and drivers, as well as Pirelli.

"Shorten the entry and braking distance of each corner as much as possible, and press the softest area of ​​the road shoulder." Qin Miao explained seriously.

Leclerc rolled his eyes: "Are you a liar?"

Qin Miao shrugged, I explained it, but if you don't believe it, it's not my problem.

In fact, Qin Miao is talking about the most basic tire protection methods, but in the eyes of most riders, these methods are basically the same as eating when you are hungry. It is the most basic common sense.

Therefore, in Leclerc's view, Qin Miao's words had the same effect as those he did not say, and he was completely perfunctory.

"I just have better luck." Qin Miao waved her hand.

Leclerc rolled his eyes, "If I can believe you, it's a ghost."

Seeing Leclerc's expression, Qin Miao decided to tell the truth: "Okay, I crashed. There is a spirit in the car. He will take the initiative to help me reduce tire wear."

Leclerc rolled his eyes even more and stopped answering Qin Miao.

However, Qin Miao remained silent on this matter. He talked nonsense for more than a day or two, and Leclerc was already used to it.

I went straight to prepare for the interview.

Qin Miao also took off his equipment and tidied up his image.

Because Qin Miao met his mother after celebrating with the team members and spent a little more time talking to his mother, Qin Miao wasted a little more time at this time.

Leclerc and Verstappen have completed their post-race interviews at this time, and now Qin Miao is the only one left.

After sorting out his image, Qin Miao came to the camera for the post-match interview.

The staff member responsible for the interview today is very interesting. He is an old acquaintance of the Mercedes team: Nico, the fifteenth champion, the princess of Monaco, Hamilton’s lifelong nightmare, Rosberg.

For Rosberg, what he most wants to see may be that Hamilton is defeated at the hands of his teammates.

And because of this, when he was a guest on Sky Sports to commentate on games, his commentary style was obviously more like Qin Miao's.

During the commentary, he praised Qin Miao many times, and Qin Miao also said a lot of good things.

No way, he saw too much of himself in Qin Miao, especially when Qin Miao stood on the highest podium in the 2021 season.

Exactly the same as when he was young.

Just not as handsome as him.

So when Qin Miao stood in front of Rosberg, the fifteen-time champion almost had smiles on his face.

The fifteen-time crown champion smiled and praised: "Congratulations, Qin Miao, today is another victory that is unique to you. How do you feel now?"

Qin Miao smiled and said: "Very good, I have always liked the Red Bull Ring, especially the second and third timing sections. You know, it is very comfortable to drive on these corners.

Coupled with the current championship, all the happy things come together.

The game couldn't have been better today. "

……

Qin Miao then thanked the audience who came to the scene, although these people may not be here to support him.

But after learning from his teammate Hamilton's way of doing things, Qin Miao now has many fans who had basically no feelings for him before.

Although there is a lot more black powder as a result, no matter how black it is, it may not be black inside after cutting it open. Could it be pink?
After the post-race interview, Qin Miao came to the preparation seat behind the podium.

At this time, both Leclerc and Verstappen were sitting in their seats and resting, waiting for the start of the award-winning stage.

Qin Miao sat down in his seat, and Leclerc handed Qin Miao's water to Qin Miao.

Qin Miao took a sip after taking it, and then asked: "Why did your closing rate to me slow down in the last 5 laps of the game? I originally thought you would be 1-1.7 seconds behind me when I crossed the line."

Leclerc shook his head helplessly and said: "The car encountered a mechanical failure again during the race. In the later stages of the car, the throttle was kept at 20% and could not be lowered, even if the accelerator pedal was released.

You know, under such conditions, it is impossible to achieve the ultimate speed of the car and tires when entering and exiting the corner. "

Qin Miao just wanted to shake his head and marvel at the astonishing stability of the Ferrari racing car.

However, thinking that even though it was the rest time for the drivers after the race, the cameras on the TV broadcast were always staring here, so Qin Miao resisted his impulse and just reached out and patted Leclerc on the shoulder, as if joking. He said: "Don't be discouraged. Even if your car doesn't encounter such problems, you still can't catch up with me."

"Shut up!" Leclerc cursed dissatisfiedly. Although he knew that what Qin Miao said was indeed the truth, Qin Miao's mocking him in person still made Leclerc a little unhappy.

Verstappen, who had been eating melon beside him, couldn't help laughing.

Although whether it was last season or this season, Verstappen hated Qin Miao on the field so much that he wanted to eat his flesh, drink his blood, cramp his muscles, break his bones and spread ashes.

But off the track, Verstappen still likes Qin Miao's character.

"How is Sainz's condition? When I passed by Sainz's car, I saw that his car was on fire." Verstappen smiled and asked Leclerc.

Qin Miao also looked at Leclerc curiously. After all, he saw the flames ignited by Sainz's car at that time. To be honest, the fire caused by Sainz was really not small, and half of the side box was on fire.

Qin Miao thought that such a huge flame was caused by a leak in the racing car's fuel, and the fire spread too quickly at that time.

"There is nothing wrong with him, not even burns, but this game will definitely not be perfect for him." Leclerc said, scratching his hair.

……

After chatting for a while, the official person in charge of the Austrian Grand Prix came over and informed the three drivers that the podium was ready, the team staff and the audience were already there, and they could go up to receive the award.

Then the three of them put down their water bottles, put on their Pirelli championship hats, and walked to the podium together.

"Okay, the podium has started after the race. The driver who won the Austrian Grand Prix is ​​our Chinese driver Qin Miao!"

It is worth mentioning that the design of the podium after the Austrian Grand Prix is ​​very special. It is no longer like the previous conventional podium. The three drivers are standing on the same podium, but at different heights.

The championship podium used in this post-race podium stage is directly an independent platform, which is at least 1 meter higher than the second and third place.

Obviously, this was prepared by the Austrian organizers for Verstappen alone. After all, Verstappen's performance this season is indeed very good.

In addition, this is the home stadium of the Red Bull Racing Team, and they feel that Verstappen may be relatively familiar with this track based on his ability.

But they never expected that Leclerc and Verstappen would be fighting so hard on the field, but the final champion would not be these two drivers, but Qin Miao.

In short, the world is like this. Careful preparations often lead to accidents.

Not everything is a bed of roses.

Qin Miao was still smiling playfully when he came out of the lounge at the back, but after the national anthem played, the expression on Qin Miao's face immediately became serious.

He took off his hat and put it behind his back. The discussion among the five-star sports commentators also stopped, and everyone remained silent.

After the national anthem ended, Qin Miao's expression softened, and applause broke out.

Qin Miao put his hat back on and then received his championship trophy.

This is the first time Qin Miao has won the Red Bull Ring championship trophy in F1.

After all, last season, the Red Bull car was too fast at the Red Bull Ring, and the characteristics of the Mercedes car were not suitable for the high-speed corners of this track.

Last season's W12 had to apply the brakes to pass the three corners T7, T8 and T9, but this season basically does not need to apply the brakes, just lift the accelerator and you can easily pass the corners.

The only advantage of the car that season was that it was fast on the straights, extremely fast.

Qin Miao also admitted that Red Bull is indeed unique in aerodynamic design.

After the three drivers and team representatives all received their trophies, what came naturally was the champagne spraying session that everyone loved to see after the game.

As the saying goes, beat the high and the low and beat the fool.

During the post-race celebration, Qin Miao shook the champagne twice and stood directly on the high platform, condescendingly facing Leclerc, Verstappen and Elliott and started his crazy firepower output.

When these three people discovered that Qin Miao did not follow martial ethics, they naturally wanted to fight back immediately.

However, Qin Miao's position was indeed a bit high. The most they could do in counterattack was to pour the wine on Qin Miao's chest. The position could not reach Qin Miao's face and head.

Then Leclerc didn't talk about martial arts and went around in a circle. Carrying champagne, he followed the stairs on the right to Qin Miao's side and started spraying champagne.

The other two people also followed suit and rushed over from the right and poured water all over Qin Miao.

Amidst Qin Miao's cursing, the four of them stood on top of the highest podium and took a group photo, and the Austrian Grand Prix ended.

Qin Miao's Mercedes can be said to have won a great victory.

The next Grand Prix race is the French Grand Prix in two weeks' time, which means that Qin Miao and everyone in the team can take a good rest.

After the celebration, and after making an appointment with Leclerc for a dinner party next Sunday, Qin Miao carried her belongings back to the P room of the team.

At this time, the P room of the team was already overcrowded. Everyone lined up at the entrance of the P room, waiting for the victory of the winner of the race.

As soon as Qin Miao appeared at the entrance of the motorcade's P room, everyone applauded.

There were even many people holding cameras and mobile phones to take pictures of Qin Miao.

Qin Miao had long been accustomed to these scenes and simply chose to ignore them.

After entering the P room of the team, the team staff naturally celebrated again.

Qin Miao also enjoyed it, and then all the team staff present this week gathered together to take a group photo, and the Austrian Grand Prix ended.

The day after the game, Qin Miao took his mother to attend the team's evening dinner party.

After eating, Qin Miao was ready to leave directly. After two consecutive back-to-back games, including a home game for the team, Qin Miao didn't feel too tired physically, but he was indeed a little tired mentally.

However, Qin Miao's mother did not leave and remained in Austria.

She came here purely to watch Qin Miao's game. She had not been to many places in Austria and was not planning to go home so soon.

Of course, before Qin Miao went to the airport, his mother took Qin Miao's hand and said earnestly: "Son, you also know the nature of your job. Although I think you are the most skilled driver in the paddock, racing is After all, it is a high-risk sport.”

Qin Miao's brows jumped when he heard this, and he immediately had a not-so-good premonition.

"Although you are still young now, you and Qiu Meng have been together for so long. I think it is time for you two to have a child."

Qin Miao:......

Qin Miao never expected that one day his mother would urge him to do such a thing.

But to be honest, Qin Miao is only 21 years old now. If he had not gone abroad to drive F1, Qin Miao would still be studying in college in China.

He had never thought about having children, and had no concept of it.

And although her mother didn't finish what she said next, Qin Miao also knew what the other party meant. If he was really bad at driving a racing car, he would at least have to stay behind.

Qin Miao, who was unprepared, paused for a while and then said to his mother: "Mom, why did you suddenly talk about this matter? It caught me off guard for a while."

"There is no other reason. I just saw a car accident highlight when I was watching videos recently..."

Qin Miao:......

Looking at his mother's concerned eyes and the worry hidden deep in her eyes, Qin Miao thought for a while and said, "I'll go back and discuss it with Qiu Meng and see what the other person's opinion is."

Qin Miao did not tell her mother how comprehensively the F1 car's monocoque flip-flops and anti-collision structure roll cages could provide racing drivers, but abstained in disguise. .

After hearing Qin Miao's answer, my mother was actually a little dissatisfied, but when she said this, she actually wanted to make a long-term plan and slowly persuaded her.

So since Qin Miao had already said this, she did not continue to say anything in-depth on this matter. She nodded and said: "Try to be earlier. While I can still take care of the child, if you go out to compete, Qiu If Meng goes to work, I can help you two at home."

"Don't you want to go around and take care of your children?"

"If I were 10 years younger, I would really want to go around and have fun, but now that I am older, I would rather stay in a place I am familiar with than going out to play. Taking care of my children can also help me relieve my boredom. ”

Qin Miao twitched the corners of her mouth and closed her eyes. In your eyes, the child is just a toy, right?

"Hey, I'll fight for it."

"Okay, I will continue to take Xiao Zhao out to play." Mom waved to Qin Miao and left.

After his mother left, Qin Miao packed his luggage and then went to the airport with Barber.

After waiting at the airport for more than an hour, Zhou Guanyu also came over.

The two returned to England together.

After returning to the UK, Qin Miao naturally told Qiu Meng about this matter. In fact, Qin Miao wanted to wait a few more years.

Still having the same problem, although Qin Miao has already gained a certain reputation in the F1 arena, Qin Miao himself feels that he is still a child. Qin Miao is worried that he will not have a good education if he has a child so early.

Qiu Meng's attitude towards this is quite indifferent. If Qin Miao wants it, she is quite willing. She can even entrust Qin Miao's agency to a professional manager, while she can take care of her children at home. .

Qin Miao rubbed his brow that day and passed away with a headache.

Originally, Qin Miao had finished the back-to-back games that lasted for half a month, thinking that he would finally have time to take a good rest. Why did such a bad thing suddenly happen?
Fortunately, Qin Miao no longer had a headache the next day. When he woke up, Qin Miao saw a piece of news on his phone just as he got up.

Geely Holding and the Saudi Sovereign Investment Fund have started investment negotiations with the old Stroll Yew Tree Investment Group.

Geely and the Saudi sovereign investment fund intend to acquire all the shares held by Stroll.

At the same time, Geely has also started negotiations with the old Stroll on another aspect, which is to fully acquire the former Racing Point, now the Aston Martin Racing Team.

Although the Aston Martin Racing Team is the factory team of Aston Martin, the reason why it is a factory team is that Stroll Sr. is both the major shareholder of Aston Martin and the owner of the Aston Martin Racing Team.

But the team and the car factory are actually two different units. Therefore, if Geely wants to enter F1 because of Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu, the most important thing is to acquire a team.

Although they can also try to set up a team of their own to join the F1 family, this process is too cumbersome and requires an entry fee of at least US$2 million.

Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, Geely still feels that it is more cost-effective to directly buy a fleet.

The reason why the negotiations with Aston Martin on the other side involve other aspects of Geely's business strategy, Qin Miao did not ask Mr. Li.

But this news is undoubtedly a bombshell for public opinion in the paddock, which has been somewhat calm recently. Once the news was released, everyone inside and outside the paddock was discussing whether Qin Miao would turn around and enter after the Chinese manufacturers entered the market. Chinese fleet.

After all, his contract will expire in 2023, and there are no additional options. In addition, the performance of the current Mercedes car is also a bit stretched.

Many people think that Qin Miao may leave Mercedes-Benz directly.

Unlike Qin Miao, who had left-leaning opinions, the views on Zhou Guanyu inside and outside the paddock were basically the same.

As long as Geely successfully completes the acquisition of Aston Martin Racing, then Zhou Guanyu will definitely leave Arrow Racing directly and enter the arms of the Chinese racing team.

After all, he only signed a rookie contract with Arrow Racing with a one-year salary of 100 million.

But no matter what, this bombshell directly knocked out many teams in the paddock.

I believe that the situation in the paddock will also undergo huge changes due to this negotiation. Of course, the negotiation has just begun, and the final result is still unknown.

When Qin Miao recovered from the news, she immediately forgot about her mother asking her to have a child.

Qin Miao didn't have time to play games today, so she opened various social media platforms and started reading news in this area.

In fact, Qin Miao wanted to call Mr. Wang to ask about the situation, but now Qin Miao is no longer the young boy who didn't know anything. If he calls the other party at this time, he will give The other party sends a signal that he or she has thoughts about auspiciousness.

But what if Geely does enter, but because the opponent has just joined F1 and is completely unfamiliar with the pace of car development in the F1 paddock, if Qin Miao does not join Geely, the relationship that has been maintained well by then may be ruined because of this Falling apart over the phone.

So Qin Miao resisted her inner impulse.

But Qin Miao endured it. Some people may not be able to endure it. Zhou Guanyu's phone call came not long after. (End of chapter)