How did I become an F1 driver?

Binotto really feels confused about all this. Have the top executives of Ferrari collectively lost their minds?
Qin Miao spread his hands: "To be honest, I was also surprised when I learned about the conditions Ferrari offered me. And these are not all the conditions Ferrari offered me. In addition, there are many preferential policies. For example, my favorite one is that I don't have to participate in any marketing activities."

"Ferrari really invested a lot of money." Binotto shook his head and said with emotion: "Now I know why you want to join Ferrari. If I were you, I would agree without hesitation."

When Qin Miao was about to inquire about the internal situation of Ferrari, Binotto said directly: "Since you came to me at this time, you must want to ask about the internal political struggle of Ferrari, right? After all, I have been away from Ferrari for almost half a year. I am not very clear about the team's car development. The only thing I know is the personalities and general situation of the internal staff."

Qin Miao smiled and filled Binotto's cup with tea and said, "You have such sharp eyes. I can't hide anything from you."

Binotto thought for a moment and said: "In fact, you are a little too worried about the political struggle within Ferrari."

Qin Miao waited for what was to come.

"Ferrari is ultimately a racing team and although it is complex, the team is its main structure.

Within the team, if you have achievements, you are guaranteed to do anything. Even if some people within the Ferrari team are dissatisfied with you, Ferrari's huge fan base will be your most solid backing.

Not to mention that the conditions Ferrari has offered you are enough to make you a member of the team's management. Strictly speaking, you and Ferrari's top management are already in the same interest group, so you don't have to worry about these things. "

Qin Miao was stunned. Does this mean that he has become a senior executive at Ferrari?
Fish leaping over the dragon's gate?

However, Binotto's next words calmed Qin Miao down: "But in the final analysis, you are just a driver after all. You can only enjoy these rights if you can help Ferrari win the championship. If one day your strength declines, I believe that with Ferrari's nature, they will kick you out without hesitation, and these rights you have obtained will disappear along with your seat.

But it is undeniable that during the time he served at Ferrari, you could say that you were the most powerful person after Elkann and Vasseur. "

At this point, Binotto looked at Qin Miao again and said, "But I still find it hard to believe that they would offer you such conditions. Are Vassell and Elkan crazy?"

Qin Miao now has a clue.

After all, Binotto has been at Ferrari for so long, and he must know more about the internal environment of Ferrari than Qin Miao himself. Since he said so, Qin Miao's situation after arriving at Ferrari should be like what Binotto said.

After resolving his doubts, Qin Miao felt relieved and asked Binotto jokingly, "If you had the power of Wasser, would you offer such favorable conditions to recruit me like Wasser did?"

“No.” Binotto answered without any hesitation: “Although I really wanted you to join Ferrari when I coached Ferrari, I don’t have the courage of Vassell.

And I didn't have that much power at the time. Vasseur was a new official, and he had achieved impressive results at Arrow in 22, so Elkann was willing to believe in him and go crazy with him, but I couldn't do that at the time.

And even if I took a step back, if I really had the courage of Vassell at that time, you should not be wearing the Mercedes jersey now, but the red Ferrari jersey.

Although I don’t know if you will bring Ferrari another world champion since Kimi, at least Ferrari’s situation will be much better than it is now.”

"So do you admire Wasser's decision?"

"No, I just think he's a lunatic." Binotto took a sip of chrysanthemum tea from the cup to moisten his throat and said, "Now there is a single-plank bridge in front of Wasser, and there is a bottomless abyss under the single-plank bridge, but he didn't think much about it and stepped on it."

Qin Miao:......

“But then again, I admire his courage and hope that his adventure will be successful. After all, who doesn’t want such a legendary decision to be a great success?
I have been in Ferrari for so many years. Whether it is from an emotional or rational perspective, we have our own filters and opinions about Ferrari. Old guys like us who came out of Ferrari naturally hope that it can be better. After all, that place carries too many memories for us. "

At this point, Binotto picked up the teacup again, filled it up for himself, and said to Qin Miao: "I won't drink today. I'll drink tea instead of wine. I wish you a successful cooperation with Ferrari."

After Qin Miao touched Binotto, he said hesitantly, "Then there's nothing I need to pay attention to?"

"Go with confidence." Binotto said with a smile while holding a teacup, "You are going to Ferrari to help the poor after you have achieved success, not like when you just graduated from F2 and begged Ferrari for an F1 driver's seat."

Qin Miao nodded: "Thank you, I know what I should do."

"Eat vegetables, eat vegetables..."

……

The meal was a great success for both of them and they had a very pleasant chat.

Binotto did not remind Qin Miao what he needed to pay attention to after joining Ferrari. As mentioned earlier, Qin Miao went there to help alleviate poverty.

It is undeniable that Qin Miao has the ability to lead a team of cars alone. Therefore, Qin Miao does not need to pay attention to anything after entering Ferrari. On the contrary, Ferrari needs to pay attention to Qin Miao's eating habits and personal hobbies and must not offend this old man.

After dinner, Qin Miao took Binotto around the house. Before leaving, Qin Miao gave him the two boxes of tea that he had prepared in advance.

After all, we asked someone to come from far away to help us, and after the job is done, we can't let them go empty-handed.

Binotto then drove off in his Arro.

After Binotto left, Qin Miao tidied up the room and called He Qiang.

I told the other party about Binotto's conditions, and in the process of thanking him, I also gave him Binotto's contact information.

Both Binotto and Lynk & Co actually have the intention to cooperate, but the two sides have differences on the terms of cooperation.

Qin Miao's work was completed after he learned that both Binotto and Lynk & Co. had the intention to cooperate. He then exchanged contact information between the two parties and waited for their next response.

On the contrary, Qin Miao hopes that the two sides can reach a cooperation.

After all, on the one hand it is his country’s first F1 team, and on the other hand it is Binotto who has taken him very seriously since he entered the paddock.

In Qin Miao's opinion, if the two parties can reach a cooperation, it would be a match made in heaven in the literal sense.

However, these things have little to do with Qin Miao.

The next two days were cancelled because of the Imola Grand Prix, and the next race was in Monaco.

Moreover, because Qin Miao has been working in the team factory recently, the data verification work for the driver part of all the upgrade plans has basically been completed.

Qin Miao had nothing else to do in the short term, so he could use the simulator at home for training.

So Qin Miao flew back to Monaco early.

It was Friday afternoon when we arrived at our home in Monaco. At this time, construction vehicles had already driven into the vicinity of the Monaco dock and were building the track.

Monaco is a small country, even smaller than a district in China. In this place where every inch of land is valuable, it is impossible to have a permanent racetrack. Therefore, before the start of the Monte Carlo Grand Prix every year, the stands, the team P room and the team lounge are all built half a month before the start of the race.

Qin Miao didn't pay much attention to it before, but now after careful observation, Qin Miao found that the stands and the team's P room are actually modular buildings.

Before the game day begins, the on-site construction cranes gradually put these things together one by one like building blocks.

In addition to excavators, building blocks are also something that men cannot refuse. These two things just happened to come together, and Qin Miao felt inexplicably relieved when he saw them.

It happened that Qin Miao had been traveling all day and had no desire to train, so he moved a stool to the balcony of his house, moved a coffee table over, and put a pot of tea on the coffee table.

Next, Qin Miao drank tea on the balcony of his home, watching the construction below with interest, and occasionally glancing at Leclerc's house.

It’s just that Le Laosi was not at home, and Qin Miao didn’t ask him where he was going.

If it were a daily situation, there would be nothing wrong with Qin Miao sitting on his balcony and enjoying the scenery. After all, the people of Monaco still abide by local rules. Even if they saw Qin Miao and recognized him, they would not take out their mobile phones to take pictures.

At most, I would just call Qin Miao downstairs and say hello.

But the situation is completely different during the Grand Prix, when fans from all over the world come to Monaco to travel.

The diversity of the human species means that there will always be unruly people appearing at this stage.

However, the number of police officers in Monaco is not large, so it is impossible to manage everyone in Monaco.

So the photo of Qin Miao slacking off on his balcony was taken by someone.

As expected, Qin Miao's photos were also posted online.

Although it was quickly suppressed by Mercedes-Benz's public relations department, some attentive car fans still found out where Qin Miao's home was through this photo.

As mentioned before, Monaco is not big, so it is not difficult to determine where Qin Miao's home is by looking at the exterior walls of the buildings in the photos.

Compared to determining which house Qin Miao's family lives in, it is more difficult to come to Monaco.

After all, the cost of living in Monaco is not low.

However, among so many car fans in the world, there are always some relatively wealthy ones.

He didn't even have to wait until the next day. That night, after dinner, Qin Miao was about to go out for a walk to digest his food and visit Leclerc's house to see the dog. As soon as he went downstairs, several car fans surrounded him.

"Qin Miao, Qin Miao!"

"Qin Miao, can you give me an autograph? I'm your fan!"

"Qin Miao, don't take things on the Internet to heart. They are all trolls. They don't understand racing at all!"

"Qin Miao, I like you so much. Can I take a photo with you?"

Qin Miao looked at these people in confusion. How the hell did these car fans block his door?

Although Qin Miao's mind was full of question marks after seeing these people, Qin Miao did not do anything extreme. Instead, he signed for them with a smile on his face.

Moreover, this group of people probably had a plan in advance. When they found Qin Miao, they not only had the W13 racing car model that they wanted Qin Miao to sign, but also Qin Miao's small helmet and even the marker pen used for signing.

Qin Miao signed his name while curiously asking, "How can you be sure that I was influenced by the trolls on the Internet?"

The person who comforted Qin Miao not to let the trolls affect his grades was stunned for a moment.

Qin Miao smiled and explained: "I usually don't read the comments about me on the Internet."

The other party scratched his head awkwardly: "That's good, that's good."

After signing, Qin Miao returned the item to the other party, and then Qin Miao asked: "By the way, how did you know I was here?"

Because of the previous question, they didn't pay much attention when Qin Miao asked this question.

Qin Miao asked, and they answered directly.

"We are here for tourism this week and to take a look at the Monte Carlo Grand Prix next week."

"Then when we were resting in the hotel, we saw a photo of you on your balcony online. We searched for it on Google Maps and found this place. We thought we could wait here to see if we could catch you and ask for your autograph. We actually found you."

Qin Miao:......

Spicy balls!

The base is exposed!
Maybe because there are relatively few tourists or car fans in Monaco on weekdays, it is highly likely that no one would specifically block Qin Miao’s door. Even if they came, they might not be able to block him. After all, as an F1 driver, Qin Miao spends more than half a year competing in competitions all over the world.

But it is foreseeable that unless I move, every year during the Monaco Grand Prix weekend there will definitely be car fans coming to see me, wanting to see if they can catch me at my doorstep.

This is unstoppable.

After all, they were going to Monaco for the race, and Qin Miao had a house there. There was no reason for him not to live in his own home but to stay in a hotel or the team's RV.

Having been in the paddock for so long, Qin Miao knew clearly how outrageous things those fanatical fans would do.

So after taking photos with these fans and seeing them off, Qin Miao called Leclerc.

The phone rang for a long time before it was answered. As soon as it was answered, Leclerc's angry voice came over: "Hello? Qin Miao. If you can't give me a reason to disturb me at this time today, I will definitely go to the paddock and kill you next week!"

It was obvious that Leclerc was doing something important when Qin Miao called.

Qin Miao had no intention of teasing Leclerc at this time, and directly said: "The location of my home has been exposed."

"Huh?" (End of chapter)