How did I become an F1 driver?

As for Perez, this was a classic case of a wrong decision in team strategy that ended up being made by the driver.

Moreover, Perez drove a Mars rover and finally only caught up from eighth to fifth. For Perez, this was not a qualified race.

But to be honest, Master Pei did suffer a lot in today's game.

A good situation that could have allowed the car to compete for the Grand Prix championship was ruined just because of an early pit stop.

As for Leclerc...

Leclerc really tried his best in today's race.

Qin Miao and Leclerc knew from their daily mobile phone chats that the tires of Ferrari cars were deteriorating very quickly this season.

This means that Ferrari is still somewhat competitive in the qualifying stage.

It can even give Mercedes and Red Bull a scare from time to time.

But once it comes to the main race, Ferrari's speed will drop significantly in the middle and late stages due to premature tire failure.

Ferrari is a dragon in qualifying but a worm in the race.

The situation is exactly the opposite of Qin Miao's.

Therefore, Leclerc's sixth place after the race was the best he could do.

In the end, Zhou Guanyu was on the edge of the scoring zone again and got a point for Arrow in a very thrilling way.

The reason why it was thrilling was that until the last lap of the race, Zhou Guanyu was still on the track competing with Magruson, who was in eleventh place, for the last point.

In the end, it was Zhou Guanyu, who studied under Qin Miao, who withstood the pressure of Magnussen's attack in this link.

During the post-match interview, Magnussen actually wanted to say something to Zhou Guanyu when the reporter asked him about the fight between them.

Is it necessary to guard against me like a thief for a point? What's wrong with giving me a point?
But thinking of the huge Chinese market and the increasing number of Chinese sponsors in the paddock, Magruson finally chose to praise Zhou Guanyu: "Although I have not experienced the feeling of being defended by Qin Miao on the field, after fighting with Zhou Guanyu, I think facing Qin Miao's defense should be similar to my feeling in the last three laps on the field."

Naturally, Magrusen's post-race interview was highly recognized by many domestic fans.

[Old Ma is good at getting along, he really praises the advantages]

……

After parking the car at the post-race podium, Qin Miao got out and saw Verstappen, who looked unhappy.

It cannot be said that Verstappen's face looked bad at this time. Strictly speaking, Verstappen's inner emotion at this time was more depressed.

After all, it was a normal Grand Prix weekend, but the car had a problem during the qualifying stage. Although the problem was solved in the race, for some reason almost everyone Qin Miao met along the way was helping him to stop himself.

In fact, we know that Qin Miao did not choose to use soft tires in the last stint but hard tires because of the safety car on the track.

Verstappen knew that Qin Miao's differentiated tire protection tactics would basically be useless in today's race, and he could directly crush Qin Miao with the speed of the car on the track.

After hearing the news, Verstappen was so excited that he wanted to jump out of the car, grab Stroll's face and kiss him.

But soon Verstappen's excitement turned into helplessness and anger.

Because today's race was not going well for him, even when he encountered the safety car, it was still not going well for him.

Whether it was Zhou Guanyu in the early stage of the race, Sainz in the middle stage of the race, or Leclerc, Alonso, Hamilton and others in the later stage.

These drivers, who obviously had no direct conflict of interest with him, knew clearly that they were not running the same pit stop strategy as them when they met him on the track, and they had no direct competitive relationship, but they acted as if they had received money from Qin Miao.

As long as I get behind them, they all defend me very seriously.

Verstappen could understand that Hamilton and Zhou Guanyu were trying their best to defend him, after all, one was Qin Miao's teammate and the other had a close relationship with Qin Miao.

But why the hell, Alonso, are you defending me so seriously?
Even if you defend against me, you can't avoid the fact that I will surpass you!

And what will you do in the later stages of the race if you waste your tire grip on me like this?
The end result was that Verstappen missed this obviously God-given opportunity.

Qin Miao didn't ask Verstappen why he had such a sour face. After all, if he put himself in Verstappen's shoes, he would probably have the same expression if he didn't win the race.

But Qin Miao still greeted the other party politely.

The next step is weigh-in, post-match interviews, and going on stage to receive awards.

Qin Miao is already familiar with the process.

Finally, the Saudi Grand Prix came to an end with champagne sprayed in the hands of Hamilton and Qin Miao.

Qin Miao also achieved the record of winning two consecutive championships in the first opening game of his career.

After this race, the overall driver standings are as follows:

1: Qin Miao: 50
2: Max Verstappen: 37
3: Hamilton: 30
4: Alonso: 22
5: Perez: 20
6: Sainz: 14
7: Leclerc: 10
8: Stroll: 6
9: Bottas: 4
10: Ocon: 4
11: Gasly: ​​4
12: Zhou Guanyu: 3
The team standings are as follows:
1. Mercedes: 80
2. Red Bull: 47
3. Aston Martin: 28
4. Ferrari: 24
5. Alfa Romeo: 7
6.Alpine: 8
7. McLaren: 0
8. Lynk & Co: 0
9. Haas: 0
10. Williams: 0
……

After the competition, Qin Miao returned to England that night.

At this time, Qin Miao had already made it clear in his heart that he wanted to go to Ferrari, and emotionally speaking, Qin Miao did like Ferrari more than Mercedes-Benz.

After all, I grew up watching the red Prancing Horse team race, so I must have some yearning and expectations in my heart.

Of course, apart from sentiment, the most important thing is that Ferrari has given so much.

Qin Miao could not deny the efforts made by Mercedes and Toto for her. After all, Toto was really good to her.

So Qin Miao planned to tell Toto about this matter as soon as possible.

Although saying this news right after he won the championship would certainly dilute Toto's joy after learning that Mercedes had won two consecutive championships.

But Qin Miao felt that he would have to confess this matter to Mercedes-Benz sooner or later. The sooner he told it, at least Mercedes-Benz would have time to prepare for what would happen after he left.

For example, finding a suitable driver to replace himself, and the team's various commercial contracts also need to be renegotiated after Qin Miao leaves.

Qin Miao is aware of his influence, which can be seen from the increasing number of domestic sponsors on Mercedes-Benz racing cars.

The contracts between these sponsors and Mercedes-Benz clearly require them to stay with the team.

Of course, Mercedes-Benz also has a trick up its sleeve. If Qin Miao suddenly changes jobs, Mercedes-Benz does not need to pay too much liquidated damages. It only needs to refund the sponsorship fees behind the sponsorship contract.

Neither Mercedes nor its sponsors will suffer big losses.

But if I had said it in advance, Mercedes-Benz would have suffered less losses. At least Mercedes-Benz would not have to look for new domestic sponsors during this period.

In short, telling this news in advance would definitely be harmful to Qin Miao. The team's resources and the direction of car research and development would definitely turn to Hamilton's driving habits and ideas.

But for the team, this is indeed relatively good news...

At least, that's the case, apart from the news that the world's youngest two-time world champion is going to switch to Ferrari. But this is the only thing Qin Miao can do for the team before leaving.

……

Because he left Saudi Arabia that evening and due to the time difference, when Qin Miao returned to the UK after flying for nearly 10 hours, it was still evening local time in the UK.

But it was already past five in the morning and daybreak was about to begin.

After getting off the plane, Qin Miao went straight home.

After returning home, Qin Miao was not idle. He cleaned the house, waited for the nearby supermarkets to open in the morning, put on a mask, and went to the supermarket to buy some vegetables.

After preparing the ingredients, it was already noon, so Qin Miao called Toto. Qin Miao knew that Toto was currently working in the UK, otherwise he would not have come back so soon.

After answering the phone, Toto asked curiously: "Qin Miao? It's rare that you would call me at this time. Didn't you go fishing or play games on your day off?"

Qin Miao smiled: "My spare time can't just be fishing and playing games, right? I have to expand my hobbies. And I called you this time to ask if you have time tonight. Let's go out for dinner together."

"Well, let me take a look." Toto could be heard flipping pages, probably reading a memo or something. After a while, Toto said, "If you're free tonight, where do you want to eat?"

"My home." Qin Miao said, "You should have heard the rumors in the enclosure."

"What rumors? There are so many rumors in the paddock. I even heard someone say that you are planning to switch to Ferrari." Toto said jokingly.

Qin Miao froze for a moment.

What the hell?

Are there really no rumors in the paddock?
"Ahem, it's about the fact that I can cook." Qin Miao hurriedly explained.

"Oh, I have heard of this, and even saw the cooking video that Leclerc and the others posted of you. But I have always regretted not having tasted your cooking. It seems that today is my chance."

"Then let's meet tonight." Qin Miao said.

"Then it seems I have to eat a little less at noon today. See you in the evening."

"Okay, I won't disturb you from working. See you tonight."

After saying that, Toto hung up the phone.

After thinking about it for a while, Toto couldn't figure out why Qin Miao, who never took the initiative to contact him under normal circumstances, would call him like this.

Could it be that, as he joked, Qin Miao was planning to switch to Ferrari?

After thinking about this, Toto couldn't help laughing.

What the hell is wrong with Ferrari this season? The car is not performing well, the team manager just changed, and things are a mess internally.

Their racing cars were not competitive, so what did they rely on to attract Qin Miao? Selling meat?
Given the arrogance of those Italians at Ferrari, it's impossible no matter how you think about it.

Shaking his head, Toto did not delve further into the issue and instead began to focus his main energy on his work.

In the evening, when Toto parked the car in front of Qin Miao's house, it was time for dinner.

After all, Qin Miao said he wanted to invite me to his home for dinner.

Coming too early or too late is not appropriate.

When Qin Miao heard someone knocking at the door, he got up and opened the door from his mobile phone in the living room.

After opening the door, I saw my boss standing at the door wearing a black coat.

The weather in the UK is not like that in the Middle East, with the average temperature in March being in the single digits.

If you don’t wear something thicker, you might catch a cold.

"Welcome, come in."

Qin Miao smiled and hugged Toto, then pointed to the slippers that he had prepared early in the morning and motioned Toto to put them on.

As soon as Toto entered the door, in addition to feeling the temperature of the heating in Qin Miao's home, he also smelled the fragrance of the chicken soup that Qin Miao was stewing on the fire.

Toto raised his eyebrows. As the leader of the Mercedes-Benz team, he has been to every corner of the world and tried all kinds of food.

But he had never smelled such a delicious and fragrant chicken soup as the one on the fire at Qin Miao's house.

After changing his shoes and entering the house, Toto said with emotion: "Even when I saw those videos of you cooking before, I just thought that Leclerc and the others were making fun of you and that your cooking might not be very delicious. Now it seems that I really underestimated you. I even don't know how many times I have been surprised by your changes."

Qin Miao touched his nose subconsciously. Maybe what you will feel later is not surprise, but shock.

However, Qin Miao did not say it directly, but said: "You came at the right time, the soup over there is almost ready."

After saying that, he brought Toto to the restaurant.

Then Qin Miao went into the kitchen, turned off the fire, served the soup, and took out several dishes that had been prepared in advance and placed in the thermal box.

A table of five dishes has been prepared.

Although Qin Miao doesn't drink, his family still prepared wine to entertain guests.

After preparing the dishes on the table, Qin Miao asked Toto: "What kind of wine would you like to drink?"

Toto, however, said as he tied his napkin into his collar, "I have to drive home later, so I won't drink."

"Orange juice?"

"can."

Qin Miao poured a glass of orange juice for himself and Toto.

Then the two of them began to eat and drink normally.

During the period, Qin Miao did not say why he had asked Toto to come over specifically, and Toto did not ask in a hurry. Instead, he began to enjoy the dinner prepared by the F1 world champion himself.

After eating, Toto took the initiative to help Qin Miao clean up the table.

After finishing, Qin Miao invited Toto to his study.

The study room of this house has been renovated and Qiu Meng has added a sound insulation layer, so there is no need to worry about the walls eavesdropping when talking here.

After sitting down, Toto looked at several places in Qin Miao's study where trophies were obviously placed. They were now completely empty, and circular marks left by the trophies could still be seen on them.

"Where is your trophy?" Toto asked curiously.

Qin Miao looked at the place where Toto had paid attention and said, "They were all sent to Monaco's home. After all, as you know, the public security in Monaco is relatively good, so there is no need to worry about losing them." (End of this chapter)