How did I become an F1 driver?

Although Geely said it wanted to acquire a team, for Geely itself, everything in F1 is actually unfamiliar.

It is impossible to say that Geely bought a team, and then all the processes in the F1 field and the twists and turns in the paddock and the exchange of favors will be clear to Geely.

It is impossible to listen to the report of the team leader below.

After all, if it is true as mentioned above, does Geely have a new team, or does the person in charge of this team have a new team?

After all, greed is human nature, and listening to what others convey will always be somewhat distorted from the facts.

Therefore, Geely itself has to send people to the paddock to have a deep understanding of the F1 team and the operation process of a grand prix weekend.

But what makes Qin Miao a little confused is why the Geely people have been chatting with the team leader of Toro Rosso and Marco from Red Bull for so long?

When Qin Miao went to the paddock on Thursday morning, he saw a Geely vice president in charge of F1 events whom he knew entering the Red Bull Racing lounge.

After all, Qin Miao is by far the most accomplished F1 driver in China and even in Asia.

Naturally, I have the opportunity to get to know them.

But when Qin Miao finished all his work and left the paddock in the afternoon, he saw him just walking out of the Red Bull Racing lounge.

When he came out, he was followed by Marco and Horner.

This conversation lasted almost a whole day.

However, Qin Miao was just a little confused. In the afternoon, Qin Miao also saw people from Geely chatting enthusiastically with Elliott and the others. Maybe he just said hello to the leaders of these teams in advance to enhance the relationship between the two parties in advance. Feelings.

Provide more chips and connections for Geely’s future entry.

Friday, time for first and second practice.

Qin Miao arrived at the paddock early as usual. Today's Italian race gave Qin Miao a very refreshing feeling.

Regardless of the whole process of entering the paddock, or the fans and on-site staff encountered in the paddock, although no one said that this is Qin Miao's home court, they greeted Qin Miao with smiles and cheers. Miao was very excited.

But at least there were no harsh words. Many car fans would wave to Qin Miao enthusiastically and say hello after seeing him.

Some of the more courageous ones even asked Qin Miao directly in front of the Mercedes-Benz team staff around Qin Miao: "Qin Miao, when will you return to Ferrari?"

Qin Miao was dumbfounded for a while.

The staff of the Mercedes team nearby were also full of embarrassment.

Although it will be a little unpleasant, at least Qin Miao feels much more comfortable in the Italian Grand Prix this time compared to last week's Dutch Grand Prix.

This week Qin Miao got a brand new engine and gearbox.

Because Monza is one of the easiest tracks to overtake in the entire calendar, and it is also the most efficient race for DRS among the remaining seven races this season.

Therefore, the overall replacement of the racing gearbox and engine on this track will cause minimal damage, and it will be easier to chase a car ahead that is slower than you.

Therefore, the team gave Qin Miao a proposal to directly replace a complete set of engines and gearboxes for this race.

Qin Miao took into account the characteristics of the Mercedes car this season and the low-drag and high-speed performance of the Red Bull car this season. He expected that Red Bull would most likely bring home one or two at Ferrari's home court in today's game, even if there was no one or two. , and at least one championship can be won here.

So Qin Miao agreed to the team's proposal.

So far, the Italian Grand Prix is ​​the first time Qin Miao has made a complete engine replacement this season, and it is also the first time he has received a penalty for replacing the engine and gearbox.

Of course, although it has been planned to replace the engine of the car, Qin Miao will still use the old engine in the first and second practice on Friday and the third practice on Saturday.

After the third practice session on Saturday, during the rest period, the team will replace Qin Miao's car with a new engine.

Of course, because Qin Miao wanted to replace the engine with a new one, Qin Miao triggered the FIA's penalty rules.

After all, some of the parts Qin Miao wanted to replace had exceeded the FIA's usage restrictions.

After all the calculations, Qin Miao received a penalty of 15 places in the starting grid.

At the same time, Qin Miao's teammate Hamilton also changed his racing engine.

In addition to the two of them, drivers such as Sainz, Bottas and Verstappen also received varying degrees of penalties for replacing engine parts in their cars.

But no matter what, no matter how good Qin Miao and Hamilton's qualifying results were, they both probably started at the end of the track during the race.

The difference lies in whether Tsunoda performs well in the qualifying stage. If Tsunoda does not even enter Q2 in the qualifying stage, then the Japanese will start behind Qin Miao and Hamilton.

Meanwhile, Mercedes engineers have given the two drivers no new upgrades this week.

Mainly because the mid-term R&D thinking of the Mercedes-Benz team has shifted to many people, and many planned upgrades have to be re-drawn. In addition, it takes time to adapt to the new racing design philosophy and language.

Being able to put all their efforts together to come up with a new side box is already a great achievement for everyone at Mercedes.

Although it did not bring any performance upgrades to the cars, Mercedes this week brought new front noses and rear wings to the two cars.

Reminiscent of the upcoming race at Monza, everyone knows the specific effects of the two aerodynamic kits brought by the Mercedes team.

During the first practice, both Qin Miao and Hamilton put on new front nose wings and rear wings for testing on the field. Of course, they also replaced the original rear wings for testing.

However, before the practice was over, the two drivers came to the unanimous conclusion that low-drag aerodynamic kit was more effective on the Monza track.

After all, after the changes this season, the biggest feature of the Mercedes car is its extremely strong downforce, which naturally results in greater body resistance than imagined.

The low-resistance aerodynamic package at the Monza circuit and the strong downforce of the W13 itself make the current W13 appear unexpectedly very balanced at the Monza circuit.

The speed on the straights is respectable, and the cornering speed at the few high-speed corners at Monza is also very good.

So much so that after the first practice, the two cars of the Mercedes-Benz team directly dominated the rankings.

During the second practice session, the two drivers were more focused on finding the most comfortable settings for themselves on the track, while helping the team collect data on the car so that the team can better develop subsequent components.

Another interesting thing happened in the second practice session. Mick Racing had an engine problem halfway through the second practice session.

At that time, there was a brief yellow flag on the track, and then it turned into a red flag. However, Tsunoda did not slow down enough when the yellow flag was turned on. He was fined by the FIA ​​and was kicked back three places from the start. He also had two points deducted from his super license. In the main race At this stage, he was directly at the end of the team.

Qin Miao's results in the third practice were so-so. During the whole process, Qin Miao did not do single lap results. He had been helping the team collect long-distance data, which was similar to his work in the second practice.

During the third practice, the only thing worth mentioning was that Albon was taken to the hospital for appendicitis surgery because of physical discomfort, referred to as stomach pain.

Albon will be replaced by Williams reserve driver De Vries.

This is undoubtedly great news for De Vries.

There is a game where you can prove your ability on the field.

And De Vries weighs 15 kilograms less than Albon.

That's thirty pounds. This weight is reflected in a speed increase of at least 0.5 seconds on a single lap on the track.

As for why they are both drivers, Dove is so much lighter...

Alex Albon is 1 meters tall.

And Nick DeVries is 1 meters tall.

Of course, it is impossible for the FIA ​​to leave such a big gap for teams to exploit. All cars have a minimum weight limit. De Vries's car will add weights before the start of the race to meet the minimum weight limit requirements.

Of course, it is not without its advantages, that is, the Williams team can adjust the overall balance of the car according to its own needs by changing the position of the counterweight.

But despite this, because of the addition of De Vries, Williams' car has reached the minimum weight limit required by the FIA ​​in today's race, and the overall speed will definitely be much faster.

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During the qualifying stage, although both Qin Miao and Hamilton were determined to receive retirement penalties during the race.

But I still came out and ran in qualifying.

On the one hand, it is to take advantage of the qualifying period to give the various parts of the car that have been replaced a running-in time.

Moreover, the qualifying stage is also a relatively extreme working condition. If any problems are exposed during the qualifying stage, they can be solved in advance.

Anyway, he started at the end of the team, so it didn’t matter if he was fined because of a problem with a certain part.

The last consideration is to let the drivers become more familiar with the track.

Qin Miao and Hamilton in Q1 did not drag each other into wakes, they just kept their lap speeds at their own pace on the track.

With their personal abilities and the performance of the car, the two naturally entered Q2 easily.

Entering Q2, Qin Miao and Hamilton also advanced easily. They even only used a set of soft tires. For the remaining flying laps, Qin Miao and Hamilton used old soft tires to perform on the track.

Q3.

Qin Miao considered that even if he got the pole position in the qualifying stage, his starting position in the race would only be 15th, so the tuning used in qualifying was biased towards the race's tuning.

Relatively speaking, the overall downforce of the car will be higher than the tuning for qualifying.

Therefore, although Qin Miao got green in all three stages in the last lap of Q3, Qin Miao's ranking was only 7th.

Therefore, Qin Miao's starting position in tomorrow's race will be 19th.

As for why Qin Miao didn't start at the end of the team, it's all thanks to Tsunoda. Without him, Qin Miao would have really started at the end of the team in the main race.

Tsunoda, who was given a 1-place grid penalty, was eliminated in Q of qualifying, so he directly decided for Qin Miao.

At the same time, Qin Miao's teammate Hamilton achieved fifth place in the qualifying stage. Hamilton will start in the 18th position ahead of Qin Miao in tomorrow's race.

In the end, the rankings of the qualifying rounds are as follows:

1: Leclerc

2: Verstappen

3: Sainz
4: Perez
5: Hamilton

6: Norris
7: Qin Miao

8: Ricardo
9: Gasly
10: Alonso
But because there are so many penalties, the starting order for tomorrow’s race is actually as follows:

1: Leclerc

2: Norris
3: Ricardo
4: Gasly
5: Alonso
6: Verstappen

7: De Vries

8: Zhou Guanyu
9: Russell
10: Vettel
11: Stroll

12: Perez
13: O'Connell

14: Bottas
15: Magnussen

16: Mick

17: Sainz
18: Hamilton

19: Qin Miao

20: Tsunoda

No matter how much penalty penalties Qin Miao and the others received, the Ferrari fans at the scene were completely excited after the qualifying session.

Ferrari's Leclerc took pole position at home, and Sainz also finished third in this race.

Although Sainz will also be punished to start at the end of the team during the race, the performance of the two Ferrari cars today proved to the Ferrari fans present that despite Ferrari's various conditions this season, at least its own driver's ability and The racing speed is still there.

Everyone at home can still look forward to whether Ferrari can Pole to win in the race this week.

After qualifying, Qin Miao went to participate in the post-race interview, and all work on Saturday was over.

On Sunday, Qin Miao came to the track early in the morning.

Qin Miao rediscovered himself in Italy, because Qin Miao found that apart from the two Ferrari drivers, he was almost the most popular here. Even the two drivers of Alfa Romeo, who also competed at home, were The popularity here is not as good as Qin Miao.

To be honest, Qin Miao was quite surprised.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems normal.

On the one hand, he came out of Ferrari's youth training, and on the other hand, he is still a world champion. In the eyes of Ferrari viewers, Qin Miao may be like his adopted son who went out to struggle and then became famous outside. Bar.

No one puts pressure on himself on the field, and Qin Miao's mentality naturally became much calmer during this week's Italian Grand Prix.

But despite this, neither Qin Miao nor Hamilton thought about how many points they could score on the track in today's game.

Both of them want to score as many points as possible, but they are not sure how much they can score.

During the race, the local temperature in Monza was 26° and the track temperature was 39°. The weather conditions were similar to yesterday’s qualifying session, and most of the data can be directly applied.

The 53-lap race plus one pit stop takes about 25 seconds, so the mainstream pit stop strategy in this race is one stop.

Qin Miao's race was no exception. He decided to use the pit stop strategy of yellow and red before the race started.

ps. Today's status is a bit bad. It's 4K without any updates... (End of this chapter)