How did I become an F1 driver?

After joking with friends on the track for a while, Qin Miao went to say hello to Verstappen.

Of course, Qin Miao did not forget today's other protagonist: De Vries.

When he went to weigh in after the game, Qin Miao stopped De Vries who was walking by him.

After all, De Vries is the test driver and reserve driver of the Mercedes team. The two have met at the Mercedes team, and they even spent a long time working together on the team's simulator.

So it doesn't look raw at this time.

Although the other party's face was full of exhaustion at this time, it was not difficult for Qin Miao to see the excitement hidden under De Vries' tired expression.

After congratulating the opponent, Qin Miao went to accept the post-match interview.

Not surprisingly, the host mainly asked Qin Miao about why Qin Miao did not pit during the safety car period.

After all, everyone has pitted, but you have not.

The key point is that you also gained an advantage because of your pit stop strategy that was different from everyone else's this time, rising two places.

Whether it is the audience, the commentators, or the strategy teams of other teams, they will definitely be curious about this.

Qin Miao naturally recounted exactly what he was thinking on the racing car.

When Toto and the Mercedes team staff heard Qin Miao's words, their faces were full of pride and honor.

Ferrari on the other side had a very complicated expression after hearing this.

Qin Miao was supposed to be a Ferrari driver! Ferrari should have had a top talent driver who could rival Red Bull's Verstappen and Mercedes' Hamilton!

Seeing this, many people silently looked at Binotto who was communicating with the staff in the P room of the team.

Why couldn't you be more decisive and let Qin Miao stay?

Of course, the matter is now over, and it is useless for Ferrari to regret it.

And no matter what, at Ferrari's own home track, Leclerc was on the podium.

This can be regarded as an explanation to the Iron Buddha Temple who came to the scene to support Ferrari.

One characteristic of the Monza track is that after the race, all the Italian spectators on the track will come to the track and gather under the podium. When the final awards ceremony begins and the drivers get on the podium, they will Looking down, you can see that the entire main straight of Monza is occupied by spectators. The straight is densely packed with heads wearing Ferrari red team jerseys.

A huge Ferrari flag fluttered among the crowd, and red smoke billowed in the wind.

This may be the charm of Ferrari's home stadium.

In the rest room after the game, Qin Miao looked at Verstappen while drinking water: "Where did you start from today?"

Verstappen was also drinking water at this time and had no time to answer Qin Miao's question. Instead, Leclerc answered for Verstappen: "If I remember correctly, I started in sixth place."

Qin Miao thought for a moment. He started sixth and finished first. The key was that before the safety car came out, there was a full 2 seconds gap between Verstappen and second-place Leclerc. Thinking about it, he felt fear.

“Red Bull’s cars seem to be getting faster and faster this season,” Qin Miao said.

Leclerc on the side also nodded in sympathy.

In the early part of the season, Red Bull and Ferrari were still fighting back and forth, while Mercedes could only watch from behind.

But after the summer break, the situation was completely different. Red Bull was getting faster and faster, but Mercedes and Ferrari were fighting.

But just as the two were sighing, Verstappen, who had finished drinking the water, nodded in agreement: "I feel the same way."

Qin Miao:......

Leclerc: ...

The two of them looked at Verstappen for a while and then shook their heads helplessly, focusing more on the broadcast screen aside.

After watching the highlights of the game, I rested for a while, and soon it was time for the podium after the game.

There is nothing much to say in the post-game awards ceremony. Everyone must be familiar with the Dutch national anthem.

However, after the national anthem ended and he received the Italian Grand Prix trophy, Qin Miao was taken care of by Leclerc.

After all, the second position should have been Leclerc's, but Qin Miao took Leclerc's position away. Although he would not directly stage a full-scale martial arts attack on Qin Miao, if possible, Leclerc was somewhat resentful. Naturally, I hope Qin Miao will be more embarrassed.

However, Qin Miao didn't care about this. Instead, he spread more champagne in his arms to the fans under the podium.

Qin Miao also saw a few people with their mouths open, ready to receive it, so he focused on feeding a lot of it into their mouths.

Then Qin Miao saw a very familiar car fan give him a thumbs up after taking a few sips.

It probably means it tastes good.

It is estimated that this kind of scene can only be seen in Monza throughout the F1 season.

After the celebration, the director also gave the final ranking and scoring of the game:
P1: Verstappen +25
P2: Qin Miao +19 (fastest lap)
P3: Leclerc +14
P4: Hamilton +12
P5: Sainz +10
P6: Perez +8
P7: Norris +6
P8: Gasly +4
P9: Zhou Guanyu +2
P10: De Vries +1
Qin Miao really did what he calculated before the race. After putting on brand new soft tires at the second pit stop, he ran the fastest lap in the race and got an extra point.

In this race, Ferrari maintained its style at its home stadium. Sainz was dropped during the safety car tire change, but the problem was not major, as they only lost one position, and Leclerc's podium was saved.

On the other hand, the most eye-catching driver in this game, besides Qin Miao, is De Vries.

As an FE driver, Dove's mileage in one race was not very long when he was in FE. On average, he only ran about 30 laps in a race, with one lap being two to three kilometers. And most of the FE races are street races. Although the G force in cornering is high, compared with F1 races where 5G of lateral G force comes from behind you whenever you brake. FE It still seems a little too relaxed.

But such a quasi-rookie driver who has basically had no contact with F1 showed strong adaptability in today's game.

Not only does he have a very stable speed on the field, but he can also withstand the pressure from Zhou Guanyu behind him for a long time.

Although in the end, he still couldn't withstand Zhou Guanyu's pressure and fell to tenth.

But in this game, the scene of De Vries and Zhou Guanyu fighting on the track has been favored by the director countless times.

Moreover, when defending Zhou Guanyu, many people looked at De Vries' defensive actions and felt as if they saw that the person sitting in the car was not De Vries, but Qin Miao.

Moreover, De Vries was actually able to hold on in Zhou Guanyu's hands until late in the race before Zhou Guanyu took away his current position, mainly because the straight-line acceleration capability of the Williams car was much stronger than Arrow's car.

Even if Zhou Guanyu could get close to De Vries in the corners, after the Monza track entered the straight, even with the support of DRS and wake, Zhou Guanyu would not be able to get close to the Williams in front of him immediately. .

So much so that Zhou Guanyu kept putting pressure on De Vries for a long time, and only after De Vries made a mistake did he get the position.

These two points are completely hard points for Zhou Guanyu.

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

1: Qin Miao.283
2: Verstappen.268
3: Leclerc.198
4: Perez.194
5: Sainz.149
6: Hamilton.136
7: Norris.74
8: O'Connell.64
9: Bottas.38
10: Alonso.37
11: Gasly.21
12: Zhou Guanyu.21
13: Magnussen.19
14: Vettel.19
15: Ricardo.14
16: Tsunoda.9
17: Mick.6
18: Stroll.3
19: Albon.1
20: Russell.1
21: De Vries.1
After this game, the points gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen shortened from 21 points to 15 points.

Although Qin Miao still has a points advantage over Verstappen, it is obvious that based on the speed and stability shown by Verstappen in this game, Qin Miao's current position is beginning to become a bit precarious.

On the other side, because Perez's condition has continued to be sluggish in recent games, Leclerc finally left his familiar fourth place in the driver's standings and came to third.

Although Zhou Guanyu also scored two points in this race, his ranking in the driver standings has not changed.

This is mainly because Gasly scored 4 points in this game. After this game, Gasly and Zhou Guanyu had the same score, but because Gasly finished fifth in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, in the finishing position is higher than Zhou Guanyu, so Gasly ranks in front of Zhou Guanyu in the overall driver standings.

The team standings are as follows:
1: Red Bull: 482
2: Mercedes: 462
3: Ferrari: 370
4: Alpine: 119
5: McLaren: 88
6: Alfa Romeo: 66
7: Little Red Bull: 30
8: Haas: 25
9: Aston Martin: 23
10: Williams: 3
After this game, there were no obvious changes in the team standings. The only one worth mentioning may be Williams.

Williams' total points increased from two points to three points, which is gratifying, and this is all due to De Vries.

As for the other Williams driver, Russell has not been having a very good time recently. The overall performance of the Williams car and its characteristics on the track are not to his liking. In the matchup with his teammate Albon, he lost more than he won.

A trivia fact, Albon was recommended by Russell to enter Williams...

Now that Albon is here, Russell has become the clown.

Now there is no possibility for Russell to get involved in the Mercedes seat. Therefore, Russell has been in frequent contact with the Aston Martin team recently and has also developed relationships with Geely employees stationed in the paddock. A lot of communication.

Obviously Vettel's retirement gives Russell an opportunity to leave the quagmire of Williams, but the specific outcome will depend on next season.

After the race, Qin Miao took a short break for half an hour, took a shower, thanked the VIPs invited by the team to watch the race, and then went to attend the post-race press conference without stopping.

After all the work that Qin Miao needed to complete after the game was completed, it was already 7 p.m.

Qin Miao only ate some energy bars after the game. Until now, Qin Miao had never eaten any serious staple food.

Now that the work was finally over, Qin Miao naturally took out his mobile phone immediately to see if there was any unlucky person who completed his work at the same time as himself, and planned to invite him to have a late-night snack together.

As for whether the other person will gain weight after eating it?
Isn't this a good thing for Qin Miao?
It's a pity that after this game, among Qin Miao's friends, apart from Leclerc who also had to attend the post-race press conference, Norris and Zhou Guanyu all had to get off work earlier than Qin Miao and Leclerc. Now Norris has even boarded a plane back to the UK.

As for Zhou Guanyu, who finished eighth, he is having a dinner with the Sauber team staff.

After thinking about it, Qin Miao looked at Barber beside him and said, "Find a place to have something to eat, and then go back to England directly. If you leave early, you should be able to sleep in the bed at home tonight."

After hearing this, Barber felt it made sense. After being busy for the past three weeks, he also missed his own bed, so he nodded and agreed.

After seeing Barber nodding, Qin Miao took out the Google Maps on her phone and after a casual search, she found an Italian restaurant closest to the two of them.

This was really just a restaurant that Qin Miao found at random, but what Qin Miao didn't expect was that Qin Miao met auspicious people in this restaurant and also had dinner here.

Although these people were wearing their own clothes, they looked more like tourists in the paddock than the staff of a team.

But with Qin Miao's eyesight, he could easily recognize them.

There was not much movement when Qin Miao came in, but after all, people are born to watch the excitement. When they heard any movement at the door, they would always look back subconsciously.

For Europeans, Qin Miao's appearance may not be so memorable.

Unless they are that kind of senior car fans, ordinary car fans will not be able to recognize Qin Miao immediately after seeing him, unless Qin Miao wears a Mercedes uniform.

But for domestic car fans, especially those engaged in the racing industry, the impression of Qin Miao's face in their minds may even be deeper than the impression left in their minds by their parents.

"Qin Miao!"

"Ouch! Qin Miao, I didn't expect to meet him here!" After seeing Qin Miao, one of the leaders quickly stood up from his position and walked towards Qin Miao enthusiastically.

Qin Miao immediately recognized the other person, the general person in charge of the Geely F1 project: Liu Xinyue.

This is a very feminine name, but the other person is a man.

However, the other person's appearance is somewhat consistent with his name. Liu Xinyue is in her forties this year, but she looks like she is only in her early thirties. She is meticulously dressed in a suit and tie, and paired with a pair of narrow-rimmed glasses, which makes her appear somewhat elegant. (End of chapter)