How did I become an F1 driver?

After entering the paddock, it was rare that there were not too many fans gathered around Qin Miao. After all, the rain was quite heavy today. Those who could enter the preparation area behind the team were either invited media workers or they themselves were very good. Rich guys, if it’s not raining and a driver happens to come over, it’s okay to go over and take a photo with the driver. If it’s raining so hard, there’s no need to get your clothes wet. It's not good to have a cold.

Qin Miao came to the P room of the team easily.

Seeing Qin Miao coming over, Hamilton, who was having breakfast, said hello to Qin Miao.

"Good morning, Lewis." Qin Miao responded with a smile, and then sat down next to Hamilton and made a bowl of beef soup rice noodles.

After all, Qin Miao is now one of the most influential people in the paddock. The Mercedes team has known for a year that Qin Miao has a special constitution. After the examination, the doctor also said that Qin Miao has special stomach flora, so the team is not worried about Qin Miao eating too much. The problem of gaining weight.

So in order to take care of Qin Miao's eating taste, the team specially prepared a cook for Qin Miao who could cook Hunan cuisine.

Even because of the existence of this chef, many European employees of the Mercedes-Benz team have fallen deeply in love with Chinese food. Among them, British employees are especially obsessed with Chinese food.

I just have to go to the toilet a little too often.

After Qin Miao sat down in front of Hamilton with his breakfast, the old man looked at the empty seat next to Qin Miao and asked curiously: "Why are you the only one today? Where is Barber?"

Qin Miao said: "He helped me buy something. To be honest, I just wanted him to help me find what I wanted to buy. If I really can't find it, forget it."

"If he doesn't come back after eating, I'll call him and ask him to come back."

Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived. As soon as Qin Miao finished speaking, Barber trotted into the team home in the rain, carrying a red plastic bag that looked familiar to Qin Miao.

"I found it. I didn't expect this thing to be so expensive. It cost me 100 dollars." Barber put the thing on the table in front of Qin Miao and complained.

Qin Miao didn't care about the price of this thing and said, "Have you issued an invoice?"

"opened."

Qin Miao nodded: "That's no problem. I'll ask Toto to reimburse you then."

Hamilton:…

Seeing that Qin Miao had no objection, Barber took off his jacket and went to get breakfast.

Hamilton looked at this very plain red plastic bag and wondered about the taste: "What did you buy? It's so expensive."

Qin Miao smiled mysteriously: "A prop that triggers ancient oriental magic."

"I'm curious, how exactly is this thing used? Does it have any effect?"

Qin Miao scratched his head: "To be honest, I don't know the specific effects, and this is just the raw material. The specific... um... I have to gradually become familiar with the casting process."

"And it's mainly because many people in our country believe this, so I just took it and gave it a try. After all, you know, my luck in the paddock this race weekend can't be said to be very good."

Hamilton hesitated to speak, but in the end he didn't say anything more, just nodded and said: "Then you'd better not let the reporters at the scene see it, and don't leave any video data.

Although having beliefs is a person's freedom, you didn't believe in these before. If reporters knew about it, you would still have some trouble in public opinion. "

Qin Miao was given an OK gesture by the old man.

Afterwards, Qin Miao finished the noodles in his bowl in two mouthfuls, took his equipment and ran upstairs to the rest room of the Riders' Home to prepare the charms.

The whole process of drawing the talisman is not that difficult. I turn on my mobile phone and search for evil-breaking talisman and transshipment talisman on the Internet. Then I dip some cinnabar into the brush in my hand and start drawing the talisman according to the picture.

To be honest, this is also a technical job.

But Qin Miao had nothing to do anyway in the morning. He originally needed to attend the Mercedes-Benz team's fan meeting, but Qin Miao had a contract with the team, so if Qin Miao didn't go, the team couldn't do anything to him. After all, the contract Li clearly stated that if Qin Miao does not want to, he does not have to participate in any public relations activities.

Toto soon learned that Qin Miao was obsessed with Eastern witchcraft for some reason.

Although Qin Miao was doing it during his break, Toto would also be worried that Qin Miao would neglect his own work because of this matter.

But before things really happened, Toto had no reason to stop Qin Miao from doing this. He could only ask Barber to pay close attention to Qin Miao and pull him out immediately if Qin Miao showed signs of being immersed in it.

After spending three hours and basically using up all the yellow paper that Barber bought, Qin Miao came out with two talismans that were barely legible.

Looking at these two talismans, Qin Miao suddenly realized that he didn't seem to know how to use these things.

Quickly turning on his phone, and after worrying about it, Qin Miao folded the two talismans in his hand into the shape of a sword, then hurriedly went downstairs, found Reyes, and asked to take his money with his doubtful and hesitant eyes. lighter.

Although F1 drivers do not smoke, the F1 team staff are human beings after all and they still smoke.

However, they usually smoke in a location specially planned for them by the team. This location is usually not open to the public in the team's P room or team home, so it cannot be seen in the broadcast.

Qin Miao took his two talismans to the place where the team members usually smoke.

There was no one here at this time. It was the eve of the race. Apart from Qin Miao and the other drivers, the technicians and strategy team staff were the busiest. Naturally, there could not be anyone here.

Qin Miao directly lit two of his talisman seals in the ashtray. Although Qin Miao didn't know how to salute in Taoism, he knew that Taoist etiquette definitely did not involve folding hands, but in etiquette, Qin Miao only knew how to salute. A yin-yang fist salute.

After simply lighting up the two talismans, Qin Miao bowed in the general direction of the country.

When Qin Miao stood up after praying for the third time, there happened to be a thunder in the sky. Qin Miao didn't pay much attention to it. There is always thunder on rainy days.

In short, after all these evil things were done, it was time for the pre-match parade.

Qin Miao also felt a little more at ease, or in other words, a sense of calmness that I had done everything I could think of at this stage.

After returning to the team home and changing into his racing suit, Qin Miao went to the track to gather.

Because it rained today, the original pre-race driver parade turned into a pre-race driver parade with everyone sitting in a truck with a roof but windows on the side.

After the driver parade is over, it is naturally the final preparation stage before the race.

Qin Miao is still using high downforce adjustment this week, and the front nose and rear wings are also high resistance.

However, it will rain heavily for almost the entire race today, so even though Qin Miao found a suitable set of adjustments on Saturday, Qin Miao still reset the front nose of the car before the start of the race, changing the angle of attack of the front nose. Turned up to maximum.

It stands to reason that when Qin Miao drastically changes the tuning settings of the car, Reyes and French will remind Qin Miao that the state of the car will be greatly changed after the modification, including the driving feel and aerodynamics. There will be different changes in academic characteristics.

But everyone also knew how incredible Qin Miao's ability to control and adapt to the car was, so they didn't say much on the matter and allowed Qin Miao to modify the car's tuning settings.

However, what made Qin Miao a little dumbfounded was that when he finished modifying the front nose setting of the car and followed the team staff to the track, the rain on the track actually stopped.

Even when the national anthem of the country hosting the Grand Prix was played, the rain stopped immediately.

Qin Miao could only ask Barber to change the settings of the front nose of his car before the start of the national anthem.

Then when the national anthem of this awkward place was played, the expressions on Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu's faces naturally didn't look good.

Zhou Guanyu was a little better, Qin Miao really had a bad face the whole time.

Qin Miao, who has always respected the national anthems of other countries, did not even take off his hat this time. During the whole process, his body was swaying and he looked very careless and out of tune, as if everyone at the scene owed him a debt. Like money.

Hamilton on the side was really surprised when he saw Qin Miao's actions. Qin Miao was not like this before. Is he feeling unwell today?

However, Qin Miao didn't explain anything. He didn't care whether his actions would cause his original fan base in Japan to plummet.

Anyway, this is not Qin Miao's base.

After the early national anthem session ended, Qin Miao naturally returned to his respective racing cars.

At this time, Reyes and the others adjusted the angle of attack of the front nose of Qin Miao's car back.

After confirming that the car returned to its initial settings, Qin Miao suddenly saw Zhou Guanyu passing by him.

In today's race, the two Chinese drivers started on the side near the pit area, so they were on the same road.

"Old Zhou." Qin Miao called out to Zhou Guanyu.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Guanyu was also a little confused when he stopped.

Although there is still some time before the start of the game, there is still a lot of work to be busy during this period. Is there anything particularly important you have to do at this time?

Then the audience who were relatively close to Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu saw the action Binotto made against Leclerc at the British Grand Prix this season.

"We have known each other for such a long time. I have taught you a lot and I have never asked you for tuition or payment, but I want to ask you for a favor today." Qin Miao said.

Zhou Guanyu became even more confused after hearing Qin Miao's words. What happened to Qin Miao today? To repay a favor? Not to mention that Qin Miao is not such a person at all. The key point is that Zhou Guanyu doesn't think he can help Qin Miao on the track!

"You tell me and I'll see if I can do it."

Qin Miao nodded: "It doesn't matter if you don't get points after finishing the race. I only have one request. You can't finish behind Tsunoda in today's race." Qin Miao said.

Zhou Guanyu:......

"I try my best."

Qin Miao shook his head: "You can't do your best, you have to do it!" Zhou Guanyu still looked at Qin Miao with some confusion, but seeing Qin Miao's firm and serious expression, he finally promised: "Although I don't know why you Do it, but I will do it!”

Seeing that Zhou Guanyu agreed, Qin Miao did not continue to ask Zhou Guanyu to say anything.

After all, as Zhou Guanyu had just thought, the two of them were quite busy as drivers during this period.

After patting Zhou Guanyu on the shoulder, Qin Miao returned to his car and began the final preparations before the start of the race.

Qin Miao didn't have any problem with Tsunoda, he just had problems with this country.

At the national level, Qin Miao can't do much and doesn't have that much influence.

But in the F1 arena, Qin Miao is still confident that he can crush you guys.

As for the Red Bull racing car that uses a Honda engine, Qin Miao can only say that he tries his best to do his best, and also tries to attack the opponent as much as possible to get a higher ranking.

Of course, if he really can't win the championship and can't catch up with Verstappen in front, Qin Miao will try to finish in front of Perez's Red Bull car anyway.

As Qin Miao got into the racing car, the rain that had stopped for a while began to fall again. However, the rain was not very heavy and could only be regarded as light rain.

But Qin Miao felt a little numb.

Reyes also came over and asked Qin Miao: "It's raining again. Do you want to change back?"

Qin Miao waved her hand helplessly: "Forget it..."

However, as the time got closer and closer to the tire warm-up period, the rain became heavier and heavier.

Qin Miao: "Reyes, help adjust it!"

Reyes: ...

When the time came for the tire warm-up lap and all the staff on both sides of the track had evacuated, the rain on the track could already be considered moderate rain.

After all, the track conditions on the track were so good that all drivers used semi-wet tires in the starting stage.

As for the full rain tires, the rain at the scene was not that heavy yet, and as many F1 fans joked, F1 world-class yellow and white will not run the Grand Prix when it stops raining.

If the rain is really heavy enough to require the use of full-weather tires, the race will most likely raise a red flag and wait until the rain passes to see when it is better to restart the race.

At 2 p.m. local time, the drivers who had already been at their positions saw the red light above their heads turn off, the green light turn on, and the tire warm-up lap began.

Verstappen, Leclerc and others started to accelerate immediately.

Then Qin Miao became stupid.

Because after Sainz in front of him picked up the speed, Qin Miao could no longer see anything in front of him. All he could see was the white mist brought up by the semi-wet tires.

Although this is not the first time in Qin Miao's career that he has run in a rain race, last time he experienced the water mist brought by the car in front of him being so heavy that he couldn't see the road ahead at all.

But Qin Miao was still a little confused by the water mist brought up by the car in front of today's game.

Because the water mist is really too big, this is just a tire warming circle!

Also because the water mist raised during the warm-up lap is particularly large, the distance between the drivers during the warm-up lap is very wide. Naturally, the purpose is to avoid the appearance of something like Mick Schuh during the warm-up lap. Maher had an accident when he was returning to the field during practice.

The race hasn't started yet, but one of our own has withdrawn first. Who can I ask to explain this?

And another benefit is that if you pull wider, the car behind can go along the track's traffic lanes, and more water will be drained out of the track's traffic lanes before the start of the race. After the race starts, the grip of these traffic lanes will Naturally it will be stronger.

During the tire warm-up lap, the Mercedes team also proved to Qin Miao the maturity of their weather forecast.

Because Qin Miao received a notice from French in the team TR: "Qin Miao, the rain will not get lighter in a short time. It will even get heavier five minutes after the start of the race. Please pay attention to safety when starting."

Although a little helpless, Qin Miao still said: "Okay, I will pay attention to it and notify me at any time if there are any changes in the weather."

Naturally, there were no accidents during the warm-up lap period.

After the warm-up lap, the drivers all returned to their starting positions, and the medical pursuit vehicle behind them was also in place.

The green flag hesitated for a while, and finally waved at the signal of the race stewards, signaling that the race was about to begin.

Soon, five red lights came on.

extinguished.

"The five red lights go out, and the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix starts! Let's see how Qin Miao, who has never adapted to rain battles, starts in today's game!" The commentators of Five-Star Sports continued to comment on every event. Every Grand Prix has paid great attention to Qin Miao.

The same is true today.

Qin Miao knew that Sainz would definitely focus on himself in the starting stage for various reasons, so when he stopped at the end of the tire warm-up lap, Qin Miao deliberately turned the front of his car a little closer to the inside line of the track. After starting, he made a move to squeeze towards the inside of the track.

Qin Miao knew that after he made this move, Sainz would most likely merge to the inside lane after starting, using the water mist raised by the car to interfere with his line of sight.

After all, although he is relatively poor in rain races, his starting ability is one of the best among all current F1 drivers, regardless of whether it is a rain race or not, and Sainz has to guard against it.

But the fact is that after starting, Qin Miao only drove about 50 meters towards the inside of the track. Then Qin Miao redirected the car back to the outside in the gap between third and fourth gear, and finally got stuck with the same thought. In front of O'Connell who starts on the outside.

Qin Miao also took the time to glance at his rearview mirror during this time.

To be honest, there was a moment when Qin Miao was really worried that the car behind him would torpedo him because he could not clearly see the position of his car.

After all, when he looked through the rearview mirror, Qin Miao saw nothing, just a vast expanse of white.

Of course, when the starting stage was so exciting, Qin Miao couldn't focus all his attention on the rearview mirror.

So after he glanced at it, Qin Miao focused his main attention on Sainz in front of him.

In today's game, Sainz may not have had a very good start because he was under too much pressure or because of his own strength.

After the start, the time gap between Qin Miao and Sainz narrowed rapidly.

What surprised Qin Miao was that after he moved to the outside line, Sainz did not come to the outside line to squeeze him, and still accelerated on the center line of the track.

After being surprised for a while, Qin Miao quickly realized that Sainz was disturbed by the water mist raised by the racing car, otherwise he would not have been able to squeeze himself from the outside.

However, although Qin Miao was approaching Sainz very quickly, Qin Miao only caught up to one meter behind Sainz before the braking point of T1.

Although Qin Miao's braking control of the car is also top-notch, the rain obviously restricted Qin Miao's ability in this area.

At this time, Sainz also noticed Qin Miao appearing next to him. He was really deceived by the direction of the front of the car that Qin Miao specially placed at the start.

So Sainz turned all his attention to Qin Miao.

So when Qin Miao was about to brake on the outside line, he didn't even notice that another Mercedes car appeared on the inside line of Sainz.

Sainz didn't notice the Mercedes running alongside him on the inside until just before the braking point, but he discovered it too late. His best entry route was directly blocked by Hamilton on the inside.

If Sainz continues to enter the corner at the rhythm he originally decided, if Sainz persists, there are only two results waiting for Sainz, or he will collide with Hamilton's car. Both of them are here. In this extreme state, the grip of the racing tires is lost, and the GG is hit at the same time.

Or simply miss the braking point and the best turn-in line and slide off the track.

Sainz was still calm at this time and directly chose to slow down.

And by taking the initiative to release the accelerator this time, Hamilton not only kept his position on the inside, but Qin Miao on the outside also took advantage.

Qin Miao, who was on the outside, was originally taking the outside route into the corner. Now that Sainz had slowed down, Qin Miao, who was still on the outside and not side by side with Sainz, climbed to the side of Sainz on the outside.

The left front wheel is behind Sainz's right front wheel.

Sainz was also very decisive when he saw this. He simply ignored Hamilton on the inside and drove his car to the outside. No matter what, he didn't want Qin Miao to take this position so easily.

This time Sainz had no subjective intention towards Qin Miao's defense. The main reason was that Hamilton on the inside had completely surpassed Saenz, while Qin Miao on the outside had not completely surpassed Sainz.

If Sainz defends Qin Miao at this time, he may still keep one position, but if he fights with Hamilton who is inside, Sainz may have to lose two positions directly.

Qin Miao was not a good-tempered person either, so naturally he refused to give in when he saw this.

However, when the two entered T2 wheel-to-wheel, a yellow flag suddenly appeared in the first timing period.

After the yellow flag appears, the driver behind is not allowed to overtake the driver in front of him.

In other words, if Qin Miao took the risk and took the position by force at this time, the tournament will also ask Qin Miao to give the position back.

Therefore, Qin Miao's start this time did not successfully improve Qin Miao's position. Instead, it allowed Hamilton to enter the podium after this start.

This may be the so-called fight between the snipe and the clam, and the fisherman will benefit. (End of chapter)