How did I become an F1 driver?

After walking the track, Qin Miao went back to the hotel to rest.

Friday is the day when first and second practice begins.

As soon as Qin Miao entered the paddock, many reporters who had been waiting for Qin Miao at the entrance of the paddock surged towards Qin Miao like sharks smelling the smell of blood.

Even Qin Miao, who had experienced many battles, was frightened and took two steps back when he saw the momentum of these reporters.

Looking at their hungry eyes, Qin Miao already realized what they were going to ask.

Moreover, after staying in the paddock for such a long time, Qin Miao is also very aware of the reporters' urinal nature. Before he gives them a satisfactory reply, they will surround you like flies and will ask all their questions whenever they have the opportunity. A question that everyone is curious about.

Thinking of this, Qin Miao simply stopped leaving and directly found a seat in the paddock with relatively few people and answered their doubts: "My cooperation with Mercedes-Benz has always been smooth.

During the process, both I and the team staff were very satisfied with each other and became familiar with the current working environment here. I have no plans to leave Mercedes-Benz in the short term. "

After dealing with several more questions from reporters, Qin Miao was able to get away from the crowd.

Barber on the side said: "Strictly speaking, it is somewhat disadvantageous for you to say such things in such an environment. They are likely to over-interpret your answer."

"I know." Qin Miao nodded, then spread his hands: "But if I were not here to give these reporters a satisfactory answer, whether it is a pre-game interview or a post-game interview, or a driver parade, or a post-game interview, There are always other reporters asking me questions like this.

So instead of answering them then, it is better to give them a satisfactory answer now, so that at least some reporters who are purely eyeball-catching will have the news immediately, and I will not be relaxed on the following Grand Prix Sunday. few. "

Although Barber recognized Qin Miao's idea, he still felt that it was a bit unsafe not to let Mei Ben's own media mouthpiece speak out. However, he had worked with Qin Miao for almost a year, and he also knew that Qin Miao was sometimes special. Afraid of trouble.

However, since Qin Miao had already accepted the interview, there was no point in talking about it at this time. Barber shook his head and did not delve into this matter.

During the first practice session, Qin Miao, who had not touched a racing car for a while, was very fast.

It got off to a good start right away. When running the qualifying simulation, Qin Miao's single lap speed was 0.4 faster than his teammate Hamilton.

Then someone will ask at this time, why not compare Qin Miao's results with other drivers, such as Verstappen and Leclerc?

because……

Ferrari and Red Bull have upgraded to varying degrees this time, and Mercedes has not even unified its internal caliber, so that now Qin Miao's single lap speed is even 0.2 seconds slower than that of Sens.

Sainz: Are you polite? When did I become a unit of measurement?

And no matter what, I am also Ferrari’s No. 2 driver, right?

respect! child.

Although Qin Miao could barely win the podium in this game, let alone win the championship.

But despite this, the upgrade of his opponents did not affect Qin Miao's familiarity with the track during the practice session and helped his strategy team collect the required track data.

The same was true for the second practice. Qin Miao didn't pay attention to the results of Ferrari and Red Bull during the whole process, because it was unnecessary and you wouldn't be able to compete with them on the track.

That wraps up Friday's work.

After it was over, Qin Miao was somewhat helpless to find that many reporters asked him the same questions during the post-match interview.

Qin Miao actually wanted to give up the job at this time. At worst, he could just imitate KIMI, stay silent, or even just turn around and leave.

But if Qin Miao did this, the matter would probably become more heated again, so Qin Miao still endured his temper and answered the question honestly.

Saturday, the start of practice and qualifying.

There is nothing to say in the third practice. The only surprising thing is that Zhou Guanyu’s fastest lap in the third practice was actually eighth, which was only about 0.03 seconds less than Alonso.

But as I said before, the results of the practice matches are not of any reference.

The time when drivers and teams really show their full strength is in qualifying.

Q1 and Q2 are nothing to elaborate on for Qin Miao. After all, although the performance of the Mercedes car is not good, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

The performance of the car is still there.

However, Arrow was a bit weak in this game.

Zhou Guanyu and Bottas both stopped in Q2.

The main problem was the broken gearbox of Arrow Racing. After all, the Paul Ricard Circuit is a high-speed track with two long straights.

Because Arrow's car uses a Ferrari engine this season, it originally performs well on such straights. However, due to problems with their self-developed gearbox, its main advantage is on multi-turn tracks. The tail speed on the straight is worrying.

Therefore, on such a track, Arrow was unable to exert the full strength of his engine.

Zhou Guanyu has also run on this track in F3 and F2, so Zhou Guanyu is not unfamiliar with this track.

But after all, the limitations of the car were there, so in the end Zhou Guanyu was just stuck at the closing line, and was eliminated in 11th place with a time gap of 0.14 seconds.

The good news is that despite this, Zhou Guanyu still defeated his teammate Bottas.

It's as if Bottas is destined to be restrained by the Chinese.

When Qin Miao first joined F1, he got a seat in the Mercedes team through Bottas.

Now that Bottas has regained the driver's seat after a season, Bottas' speed is actually still there and has not been wasted just because of a year.

It can be seen that 77 really wants to get back into the car.

But after Zhou Guanyu gradually adapted to the rhythm of F1 and began to absorb F1-related racing knowledge like a sponge, Zhou Guanyu's growth rate was also amazing.

In the recent games, Zhou Guanyu has consistently outperformed his teammate Bottas in terms of performance.

The only thing that makes domestic fans feel regretful is that Zhou Guanyu's growth rate is too slow. If Zhou Guanyu's growth rate is faster and the Arrow team does not improve, Zhou Guanyu can definitely stabilize his teammates in the current driver standings. Bottas on one end.

By then, both Chinese drivers will be ahead of their teammates in the standings, which makes them happy just thinking about it.

And this is not groundless, it is very likely to be realized.

But there are no ifs in this world.

Q3 just started.

Hamilton and Qin Miao started to create wakes on the track.

After all, this track has a very long straight, so the wake effect on this track will be particularly strong.

Compared with other teams, the two Mercedes drivers obviously have enough experience in pulling back slips. Since Hamilton helped Qin Miao pull out the wake at the Monaco Grand Prix, the two of them also practiced pulling out wakes on tracks where they can pull out wakes and have better wake effects.

The two drivers have already had the experience of pulling each other's slips before. Compared with the drivers of other teams, the two drivers of Mercedes-Benz will have much less psychological burden than the drivers of other teams when helping their teammates pull slips. You will also be more calm.

After all, this thing of favor is established when you help me and I help you.

In the first flying lap of Q3, Qin Miao helped Hamilton pull out some wake.

There is no other reason why Qin Miao was chosen at the front. The two Mercedes drivers have a very high threshold in terms of mentality. In short, they have big hearts.

Hamilton's mentality has been tempered because of so many years of racing.

Qin Miao is born with a big heart. Although he sometimes gets emotional on the track, his driving style has never changed and has always been steady. There has never been any incident in his entire F1 career due to being too nervous. resulting in errors.

The F2 time does not count.

On the track, in addition to Mercedes, the two Ferraris were also pulling in the wake of their teammates.

However, the wakes of the two teams are also different.

Although Sainz entered Q3 in this game, he replaced the number of engines that exceeded the rule limit in this game. Even if Sainz in the qualifying stage finally won the pole position in qualifying, the race in the main stage Enns will also be sent to the back of the line to start.

Therefore, after entering Q3, Sainz did not return to the team's P room to rest. During the entire Q3, Sainz was on the track helping Leclerc to pull up the slipstream.

I pooped three times.

Qin Miao and Hamilton both pulled a wake for each other.

Compared to Qin Miao and Hamilton, Leclerc, who has more room for trial and error, performed well in qualifying.

In the last lap before the Q3 stopwatch, Leclerc took the pole position for the Q1 qualifying with a time of 30.872:3.

Leclerc's result was a full 0.3 seconds faster than Verstappen.

Leclerc, who won the pole position, happily cheered among the team TR: "Let's gooooooo!"

Ferrari does this without any psychological burden. After all, whether Sainz helps Leclerc pull the slipstream or not, Sainz's starting position tomorrow is already determined.

On the Mercedes side, it was because the relationship between the two drivers had eased, and the two had helped each other pull each other's wakes on different tracks before, so in this game, Mercedes let the two pull each other's wakes. It's pretty normal.

But the situation is not working for Red Bull. On the one hand, it is forced by the outside world, that is, the pressure brought by Mercedes-Benz to Red Bull. At this time, the points difference between the two teams is less than ten points. If Perez's qualifying is sacrificed, Mercedes is likely to surpass Red Bull in the championship before the summer break and take the first place in the constructors' championship.

In addition, Red Bull also needs to consider Perez's mood.

Although it is true that Perez is the No. 2 driver, his contract is quite long. If Perez's interests are sacrificed to fulfill Verstappen at this time, then Perez is likely to take care of this matter. Keep this in mind. If Perez fails to work in a place where Perez is particularly needed, Red Bull may lose more than one pole position.

But despite this, Red Bull Racing still has many advantages in racing performance compared to Mercedes, which is in turmoil within the team. Therefore, in the qualifying stage, although Red Bull missed the first place, it still came back with second and third place.

As for Qin Miao's performance in the qualifying stage of today's game, he is actually quite satisfied with it. However, Hamilton seemed to have taken some medicine in today's game. His single lap time in qualifying was terrifyingly fast. The result came directly to 1:31.435.

Hamilton's single-lap speed was only 0.1 seconds slower than Perez, who was third.

Qin Miao's score in this game was 1:31.566.

He was 0.2 seconds slower than his teammate, and more than 0.3 seconds slower than Perez.

Many people may have seen this and felt that Qin Miao did not perform well in today's game.

After all, Qin Miao didn't even defeat his teammates in the qualifying stage today.

But Qin Miao knew in his heart that he performed normally in today's game. It can even be said that he performed quite well today.

But compared to himself, his teammate Hamilton performed significantly better.

The final qualifying rankings are as follows:
1: Leclerc

2: Verstappen

3: Perez
4: Hamilton

5: Qin Miao

6: Norris
7: Alonso
8: Tsunoda

9: Sainz
10: Magnussen

The reason why Magnussen appeared behind Sainz, whose Q3 results were directly cancelled, is because Magnussen, like Sainz, changed the engine of the car in this game.

And in Q2, Magnussen's Q2 promotion results were not as good as Sainz's, so Magnussen ranked behind Sainz at the start.

Therefore, although both drivers using Ferrari engines had their qualifying results canceled, the treatment of the drivers who also had their results canceled was also different.

After the game was over, Qin Miao's work was almost completed.

After participating in the post-race interview, the reporter who interviewed Qin Miao had a good relationship with the Mercedes team and did not ask any questions that would make Qin Miao feel embarrassed.

A Saturday that was not very pleasant in Qin Miao's opinion ended like this.

Sunday, the day the main race begins.

Strictly speaking, Monaco is actually in France.

Although Monaco used to be part of Italy, Monaco later became independent.

Today, Monaco has entrusted France with full authority in diplomatic and international affairs.

So from a certain perspective, Monaco is actually part of France, but Monaco has independent sovereignty in name.

So today's French Grand Prix is ​​also considered a home game for Ferrari's Leclerc, but compared to Gasly and Ocon, Leclerc's treatment is slightly worse.

However, due to the performance of the current Alpine racing car, most French audiences are still more willing to support Leclerc.

In yesterday's qualifying session, Leclerc defeated Verstappen to win the pole position. During the post-race interview, the roaring cheers from the French audience were the best evidence of this.

After the pre-race driver parade is over, the main race is about to begin.

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