How did I become an F1 driver?

Before that, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix had ended and the results of the race were out.

Qin Miao originally thought that Verstappen would be the winner, but to Qin Miao's surprise, the person who eventually won the race was Perez.

After watching the replay of the game at home, Qin Miao discovered that this was the result of the combined effect of multiple factors.

After all, Perez's single lap speed on the track was not actually slow, and at the same time, Hamilton was holding back Verstappen, who did not find it easy to adjust his settings.

A very delicate balance was formed between the three.

Therefore, in this competition, the positions of the top few places did not change significantly after Qin Miao withdrew from the competition.

In the end, Perez benefited from all the benefits of the safety car created by De Vries and won the championship.

Although a champion has a lot of luck involved, a champion is still a champion.

The final ranking and scores of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix are as follows:
P1: Perez +25
P2: Verstappen +18
P3: Hamilton +15
P4: Leclerc +12
P5: Alonso +10
P6: Sainz +8
P7: Stroll +6
P8: Norris +4
P9: Tsunoda +2
P10: Piastri +1
The fastest lap of this race was not that of the top ten finishers, but that of Qin Miao, and no one tried to break Qin Miao's fastest lap in the last lap.

But because Qin Miao did not finish in the top ten in this race, he did not even finish the race, so this point was not included in the calculation.

The FIA ​​suffered a huge loss, as it earned none of the points from the drivers.

There is nothing much to say about the top three, the rover performed as expected.

But what made countless fans cry was that Leclerc finally returned to his loyal fourth place.

Moreover, Leclerc performed particularly well in this Grand Prix weekend, finishing second in the sprint race and fourth in the race, helping Ferrari to score 19 points.

At the same time, Yuki Tsunoda scored points, helping the Lynk & Co team achieve its first points-scoring achievement.

And it has only been three races since the Lynk & Co team joined the F1 family.

So after the race, in addition to showing the shots of the Red Bull team's P room partying, the on-site director also showed the Lynk & Co team's P room, which was mainly black and gold.

Both sides were celebrating wildly.

The difference is that in the last race, the Red Bull staff could celebrate by hanging on the guardrail beside the track, but in this race they could only celebrate in the team's P room.

Lynk & Co's points also diluted the gloom brought about by De Vries' retirement. I believe that while this Grand Prix weekend will be busy, the team will also give the staff a holiday or give out some bonuses.

But to be honest, the foundation left by the Toro Rosso team is indeed solid enough, the competitiveness of the car is indeed visible to the naked eye, and the Toro Rosso team has also made great improvements to the performance of the car in the later period.

At the same time, since the McLaren team formulated the three-step strategy, everyone can clearly see the progress of McLaren racing.

This may be the foundation of the old strong team. From one car retiring and one car at the bottom of the race at the beginning of the season to the current double-car scoring, the McLaren team only took three races, although there was a three-week spring break in between to adjust.

But at least compared to Ferrari, McLaren's progress is visible to everyone.

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

1: Max Verstappen: 88
2: Qin Miao: 73
3: Hamilton: 66
4: Perez: 58
5: Alonso: 46
6: Leclerc: 29
7: Sainz: 25
8: Stroll: 23
9: Norris: 10
10: Ocon: 4
11: Gasly: ​​4
12: Zhou Guanyu: 4
13: Bottas: 4
14: Hulkenberg: 4
15: Piastrid: 3
16: Kakuda: 2
Verstappen successfully surpassed Qin Miao in the driver's standings because of his first place in a sprint race and second place in the main race, and he still has a 15-point lead, directly ahead of the total points of Norris and Ocon. The two of them still owe one point.

At the same time, Leclerc also surpassed his teammate Sainz in the driver's standings. It is obvious that Leclerc's luck turned in this race and the bad luck was far away from him.

However, against the backdrop of the fierce battle between Mercedes and Red Bull, it will be particularly difficult for Leclerc, who is driving an uncompetitive Ferrari, to reach the podium this season.

Meanwhile, the team standings are as follows:

1. Red Bull: 146
2. Mercedes: 139
3. Aston Martin: 69
4. Ferrari: 54
5. McLaren: 13
6.Alpine: 8
7. Alfa Romeo: 8
8. Haas: 4
9. Lynk & Co: 2
10. Williams: 0
After this race, Red Bull Racing successfully overtook Mercedes in the team standings as two of its drivers took 12th place.

But the good news for Mercedes is that the points gap between it and the Red Bull Racing team is not that big at this moment, and the season has just begun, so Mercedes still has the possibility of catching up.

The next day after Qin Miao returned home, he received an email from the fleet.

The problem was indeed discovered after his car was taken apart and inspected at the team headquarters.

But this problem is neither big nor small.

Just as Qin Miao felt on the track, there was indeed a problem with the car's internal combustion engine.

There is a crack on the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine. Although the damage looks serious from the outside, the overall structure of the crankshaft is actually relatively stable and the crack has not spread to the inside of the crankshaft.

Even this crack does not need to be dealt with in any way. You just need to weld it and ensure the sealing of the crankshaft is fine.

After a simple repair, the crankshaft continued to run in the engine for several hundred hours without any major problems.

But if Qin Miao continued to run more than 5 laps on the track at that time, then due to the high-speed characteristics of the Baku track, the internal combustion engine speed would remain at around 12000 rpm for a long time.

This extreme working condition is likely to cause the cracks in the crankshaft to further expand.

At that time, cylinder failure, cylinder burst, engine explosion, and anything else may happen.

So strictly speaking, Qin Miao's caution really helped the Mercedes team avoid a huge loss.

Although the technicians and the evaluation team believed that the engine could still be used after some repairs, the team did not dare to use this engine in Qin Miao's race and qualifying.

Instead, he planned to limit the engine speed, control the maximum speed to about 11000 rpm, and give it to Qin Miao for testing during the first and second practice sessions.

To be honest, after knowing that Qin Miao helped the team avoid additional expenses on the budget cap, Toto was very pleased and satisfied with Qin Miao's feelings.

But then this sense of relief turned into bitterness.

Because damn it, Qin Miao will no longer be my Mercedes driver next season!
When Toto thought of this, besides feeling a little lost, he also felt more irritated and confused.

Damn, what gives you the right to own a Ferrari?

Why are you all willing to pay such a high price?

Life is not going well???
……

Of course, no matter how confused Toto was at this time, Qin Miao helped the Mercedes team avoid a major loss.

Qin Miao did not stay in China for too long. He only rested for two days and went to Miami, USA on Wednesday. At the same time, Qiu Meng, who had been at home for more than half a month, finally couldn't sit still.

This girl exercises regularly, and her physical fitness may not be as good as Qin Miao's, but it is above average.

In addition, she has already been in confinement for half a month, and thinking about her own predicament during the nine months, this girl really can't hold it in any longer.

Also, at this time, the attention of several elderly people in the family shifted to the children, and the control over Qiu Meng also dropped sharply.

So after Qiu Meng's pleading and throwing a tantrum, the three elderly people in the family finally agreed to let Qiu Meng go out and play for three days.

But after three days, you still have to come back to complete the confinement period.

Although the freedom was very short, Qiu Meng still agreed excitedly.

After storing almost a week's worth of food for the child in the refrigerator, Qiu Meng let the beast out of the cage and dragged Qin Miao to Miami.

Therefore, Qiu Meng and Qin Miao came together to participate in this year's Miami Grand Prix.

Because Abu Dhabi and Miami are back-to-back games, Qin Miao began intensive pre-match preparations after arriving in Miami.

In Miami, Qin Miao was asked by the team's marketing department to participate in a number of activities on Thursday.

There is no way. After all, the United States is still the most influential country in the world and is extremely rich. Basically, every race in the United States is a feast for everyone in the paddock.

Here, both the team and the drivers can make money easily.

This can be seen from the fact that the ticket prices for the Miami Grand Prix are nearly double that of a normal Grand Prix weekend.

Qin Miao had no choice. The head of the marketing department was almost kneeling down to beg him, and Qin Miao was not in a position to refuse.

So during the Miami Grand Prix, Qin Miao participated in many marketing activities.

For example, I went to visit the Miami Heat in the NBA with Hamilton, and played two classic American muscle car straight-line games together.

Community activities, caring for children, and university speeches.

Qin Miao didn't even go to the paddock on Thursday. Throughout the day, every minute and every second of Qin Miao was arranged clearly. What to do and when to do it were all planned very clearly. He was never idle for a moment.

So much so that when it was almost eleven o'clock in the evening, when Qin Miao finished his last announcement and returned to the hotel to rest, he felt a little exhausted.

Although Qin Miao had rested enough in one night, the intensity of yesterday's announcements, which was almost like that of a special forces soldier, really made Qin Miao feel more tired than running a whole day in a row.

When Qin Miao arrived at the paddock on Friday, he met Leclerc.

The fourth driver was in good spirits today, but what is certain is that Leclerc still does not have much confidence in the Ferrari car this season.

There is an indescribable sadness between the whole person's brows.

Before seeing Leclerc, Qin Miao almost forgot what Qiu Meng said to him when they were lying in bed last night.

This season Leclerc launched his own personal piano piece.

Qin Miao had to go home to spend time with his children, catch a plane to attend an event, etc., so naturally he had no time to listen.

But according to Qiu Meng, Lao Si's piano piece was filled with a faint sense of sadness and despair from beginning to end.

After all, there is no F1 driver who would not study racing and how to improve his competitiveness on the track but instead play the piano.

It only proves that Leclerc himself feels that he has done everything he can on the track, but the rubbish Ferrari car limits his performance, so he has so much frustration in his heart that he needs to vent it through such a way.

But Ferrari is where Leclerc grew up, and he has a deep emotional foundation for such a team.

Therefore, Leclerc did not directly express his dissatisfaction with the team this season in a very intense way. He could only express his inner emotions in this relatively roundabout and gentle way.

What about Ferrari?

He naturally knew the weakness of this season's car, but Ferrari changed its coach this season. Even if they really wanted to provide Leclerc with a competitive car, it was not something they could do this season and they could only appease internally.

However, as a bad friend, Qin Miao would not consider Leclerc's feelings at this time.

After walking over with a smile, Qin Miao put his arm around Leclerc's shoulders and said, "Old Four, I heard you wrote three piano pieces?"

Seeing Qin Miao's expression, Leclerc knew that this bastard definitely had no good intentions.

He didn't even bother to care about Qin Miao calling him the fourth one, after all, Leclerc knew the joke himself.

In order to prevent Qin Miao from disgusting him, Leclerc said directly: "I have sent all three piano pieces to your email. If you want to listen to them, go and listen to them yourself. Don't disgust me."

Qin Miao smiled frivolously: "Why are you being polite to me, you bastard brother?"

When Leclerc saw Qin Miao's expression, he knew that he was probably going to make fun of him.

Sometimes, that’s the downside of being too familiar with someone, even though you’re clearly there to express your emotions.

But the other person always interrupts you at the right moment when you are showing off, and the emotions that you have built up with great difficulty are all ruined when you see the other person smile.

Looking at Qin Miao's face at this time, Leclerc forced himself to tighten his facial expression: "What on earth do you want to do?"

Qin Miao said with a funny smile: "No offense, I'm just a little curious, why is your first piano piece so sad?"

Leclerc rolled his eyes. Why are you so sad? Can't you see?
"Get lost! You're making fun of me without even listening. Do you believe I'll bring you more bad luck?"

Leclerc's departure was just a joke to Qin Miao, but the bad luck mentioned by Leclerc was still very damaging to Qin Miao.

After all, if you really count it strictly, Qin Miao was unlucky for nearly a month after Leclerc brought bad luck to him last time.

From the Australian Grand Prix to Azerbaijan, even this Grand Prix weekend was not going well. I started to get busy as soon as I arrived at the paddock. (End of this chapter)