How did I become an F1 driver?

Although other teams in the paddock are happy to see that Toro Rosso is no longer completely part of the Red Bull team.

However, Lynk & Co is still cooperating with Red Bull, and some of its internal members came from the Red Bull Racing team, so naturally it also has many of the Red Bull Racing team's marks and habits.

In addition, Red Bull has a capable driver like Ricciardo who is available and the contract is cheap, and Lynk & Co doesn't even have to pay much, so it would be a waste not to use him.

So Ricciardo will replace de Vries in next week's British Grand Prix.

To be honest, many people in the paddock were shocked after hearing the news.

I know that Lynk & Co has the genes of Red Bull, but I never expected that Lynk & Co would surpass its predecessor and be so decisive in its actions.

Back to the topic.

There is nothing much to say about the rankings of Norris and Alonso in today's race. The two drivers performed normally and picked up the wallets lost by Hamilton and Sainz.

Sometimes in the competition, luck is more important than choice and hard work.

Not to mention the old man and Sainz, they are a pair of brothers in distress.

After this race, the drivers' standings are as follows:

1: Max Verstappen: 216
2: Qin Miao: 175
3: Hamilton: 137
4: Perez: 107
5: Alonso: 95
6: Leclerc: 72
7: Sainz: 66
8: Stroll: 38
9: Norris: 22
10: Ocon: 20
11: Gasly: ​​14
12: Zhou Guanyu: 6
13: Hulkenberg: 6
14: Bottas: 4
15: Piastrid: 4
16: Albon: 4
17: Kakuda: 2
18: Magnussen: 1
There are no major changes in the drivers' standings. The only one that stands out is Norris, who got 5 extra points for finishing fifth in the race. Norris' ranking rose directly from 10th to 11th.

After the race the team standings are as follows:
1. Red Bull: 323
2. Mercedes: 312
3. Ferrari: 138
4. Aston Martin: 133
5.Alpine: 34
6. McLaren: 26
7. Alfa Romeo: 10
8. Haas: 7
9. Williams: 4
10. Lynk & Co: 2
Compared to the mediocre performance in the drivers' standings, the situation in the team standings has changed a lot after this race.

First of all, with Perez's awakening, Red Bull Racing won 51 points in this Grand Prix weekend, while Mercedes only got 33 points in this game.

The fact that Mercedes only got so few points in this game is also related to Hamilton's poor performance in this game.

For some reason, the two Mercedes drivers were somewhat uncomfortable with the Red Bull Ring and made some mistakes that they would not have made in a normal Grand Prix.

Also because of Hamilton's poor performance, Red Bull Racing overtook Mercedes in the team standings and came to the first place.

Ferrari also overtook Aston Martin and returned to third place thanks to the excellent performance of its two drivers in this Grand Prix weekend.

Martin's performance in today's race can only be considered average. Both drivers performed well, but the performance of the Prince has always been inferior to that of the Prince's tutor this season. This may become a stumbling block for Aston Martin to get a better ranking in the team standings this season.

But there is no way, because this team belongs to Stroll.

There was no change in the subsequent team standings, and Lynk & Co was still at the bottom.

I hope this change of driver can bring some positive impact to Lynk & Co.

Although the game is over, the turmoil caused by this game has not dissipated.

After all, it was quite a topic of discussion that Verstappen torpedoed the defending champion on the track.

Coupled with the series of actions taken by the defending champion after the game, every step pushed the focus of this incident to a climax.

After the game, almost everyone was talking about this matter.

Qin Miao was also asked this question at the press conference after the game.

Now it has been almost two hours since the end of the game, and Qin Miao's emotions have calmed down a little.

Although he still thinks Verstappen is not a human being, Qin Miao also knows that no matter how angry he is now, he cannot change the final result of the Dutch Grand Prix. Instead of complaining about the world, it is better to win back at Mercedes' home track in the British Grand Prix next week.

So when Qin Miao was interviewed, his answers were obviously much clearer, and he also apologized to all the fans and the staff of the Dutch Grand Prix for his angry departure on the podium stage.

However, despite this, Qin Miao still received a $1 fine from the FIA ​​after the race because he did not take part in the group photo.

However, this money was not paid by Qin Miao, but by Mercedes-Benz. Anyway, the fine was not included in the budget cap, so Mercedes-Benz didn't mind it and just paid it for Qin Miao.

While Qin Miao's handling of the situation became more and more mature, the turmoil in the paddock did not subside because of Qin Miao's apology.

Many people have begun to criticize Verstappen.

After all, basically all Qin Miao fans agree that Qin Miao has the potential to win the race today, but because of Verstappen's torpedo, Qin Miao completely lost this possibility.

The FIA ​​should cancel Verstappen's race championship and return the championship to Qin Miao.

But it's no use, the FIA ​​will not change its decision.

After the race, Qin Miao completed the post-race press conference in Austria and returned to the team home, planning to return directly to the UK after the last meeting to make preparations before the British station.

However, after the team meeting, Qin Miao was taken directly by Toto to a local manor in Austria for a dinner party.

In fact, generally speaking, in such back-to-back races, everyone in the team is very busy, after all, there is a Grand Prix next week.

So after the game is over, everyone usually goes to the venue of the next game in advance to prepare in advance.

Today, it was so unusual to get everyone together for team building, and anyone could see that there was something hidden behind it.

Qin Miao also knew why Toto wanted to bring everyone from the team on the business trip.

It should be to calm my emotions.

But to be honest, in addition to lowering Verstappen's image in his mind, Qin Miao actually felt a little relieved after half a day.

Qin Miao felt that in two or three days, all the anger in his heart would dissipate.

However, since the money had been given, Qin Miao still participated.

After playing for a night, Qin Miao returned to England the next day.

At this time, Qiu Meng and Xiao Muchu had returned to China, leaving Qin Miao alone in the UK.

After all, it was competition week, so Qin Miao did not take time to rest during this Grand Prix weekend, and he continued to train intensively every day.

However, when Wednesday came, Qin Miao went to the Mercedes-Benz factory to run the simulator, study the upgraded parts that the team would bring to the Silverstone station, and put forward some suggestions for improvement.

Steven, the head of the simulator department, found Qin Miao.

The other party is an old acquaintance of Qin Miao. Qin Miao can basically see him as long as he is in the Mercedes-Benz team's factory.

Also because of Qin Miao's diligence, he has been in the simulator department of the Mercedes-Benz team for many years, and the two have a very good relationship.

After finding Qin Miao, Steven asked with a smile, "Qin Miao, do you have time now?" Qin Miao had just put his personal belongings away in his office and was about to go to the snack area in the fleet office building to get some food, so of course he was free now.

I have been in the Mercedes team for three years, and my acquaintances like Steven already know some of the team's working and rest habits very well.

He said he was asking Qin Miao if he had time, but in fact he was very shrewd.

But Qin Miao didn't expose it, and replied with a smile: "I have time, what's wrong?"

The other party smiled and said, "Our department has prepared a surprise for you. Do you want to come and see it?"

Qin Miao thought about it. He didn't have much work to do in the team in the afternoon. Maybe because of the home field, he needed to shoot some videos for media publicity with Hamilton. However, that time was scheduled later, around 4 pm, so he should have about two hours of free time. After thinking about this, Qin Miao replied: "Is it in the simulator department?"

"correct."

"Then you go ahead, I'll get a cup of coffee and come back."

"Okay, you'll like it."

……

Five minutes later, Qin Miao came to the Mercedes-Benz team simulator department, which he was very familiar with, holding a cup of coffee in his hand. There were not many changes here as before.

After Qin Miao came in, he found Steven in his office. When he saw Qin Miao coming in, Steven stood up from his seat, smiled and pulled Qin Miao towards the large workshop where the Mercedes-Benz team placed the simulator.

As they walked, Steven explained to Qin Miao, "The fleet simulator department has an experimental cooperation project with ChatGPT. This project is almost completed. We called you here this time to let you experience our preliminary results."

Qin Miao was a little surprised when he heard ChatGPT. If he remembered correctly, this seemed to be a company specializing in AI.

Mercedes-Benz is actually in touch with the other party?
If what Steven said is true, then this upgrade of the Mercedes team's simulator department may be worth looking forward to.

Because according to the work content of ChatGPT, a professional racing AI should be introduced this time.

"Let me play against AI? Or against it?"

When Steven heard Qin Miao's question, he snapped his fingers and said, "You guessed it right. After we cooperated with ChatGPT, they used the game data of you and Hamilton to train the AI. Now this AI has some habits and characteristics of you and Hamilton."

“And now AI has grown to the point where it can be used on a small scale.”

Although Qin Miao still has some expectations for AI, he doesn't think that the AI ​​trained by the team and ChatGPT will be very powerful.

After all, AI has basically no application scope in life now, and it has not played any role in daily work and life.

But Qin Miao still had some expectations.

Qin Miao and Steven walked all the way to the simulator they were familiar with, put on their helmets and gloves skillfully, and then sat in the simulator.

This time, the head of the simulator department came to Qin Miao's simulator in person to explain the situation to Qin Miao.

“Because of the excessive amount of data and the complexity of the track, we are currently only training two relatively simple maps.”

"One is Silverstone, where we are going to race this Grand Prix weekend, and the other is Monza. Which map do you want to try first?"

Qin Miao was stunned for a moment: "Silverstone is simple?"

Steven shrugged: "It was only after we used Silverstone to train that we realized we needed to use a simple track test in the early stages..."

Qin Miao: "Okay, I choose Silverstone."

"Okay, select the 4th one in the list on the left. The first one after entering is Silverstone. Then click on it and set the difficulty to the highest setting..."

Under Steven's guidance, Qin Miao quickly adjusted most of the settings of his car.

Then onto the track.

The picture appeared directly at the starting grid position on the track.

In this interface, Qin Miao can also change his racing tuning. While adjusting his racing tuning, Qin Miao listened to Steven explaining the usage logic of this AI.

"Our AI also controls the car based on the current performance of the car. It outputs the same signal as the one you output through the simulator. Do you understand what I mean?"

Qin Miao nodded.

"Because of the long-term training, this AI is basically unlikely to make mistakes on the track, and it will also make corresponding defensive or offensive moves based on your movements on the track. You can then experience the pressure it gives you."

Qin Miao nodded when he heard this. If everything Steven said was true, then Qin Miao really felt that this AI might be of some use.

After rubbing his hands, Qin Miao adjusted the settings of his car and entered the simulator.

The simulator started from the start, with only Qin Miao and the driver named Hamilton Miao on the track.

To be honest, these guys in the simulator department are good at giving names.

After five red lights lit up and went out, the race began and Qin Miao started.

Because Qin Miao was very relaxed at this time, and it was not a competition, Qin Miao did not have any psychological pressure. He was in a very relaxed state and the start was perfect.

Then Qin Miao found that he had quickly overtaken the AI-driven car next to him at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Qin Miao was not surprised. This start on the simulator was his best start this year. If Qin Miao looked at his simulator data later, he would find that his starting reaction speed was only 0.15 seconds.

Then, just when Qin Miao was curious about how the AI ​​would defend himself, Qin Miao was stunned to see that after he had passed the other party by half a car body, the other party suddenly changed lanes on the track and crashed into Qin Miao's car.

Although Qin Miao released the accelerator and stepped on the brake as soon as he found that the other party's behavior was wrong, the other party's approach speed and behavior were indeed a little too beyond Qin Miao's expectations. Qin Miao had no way to avoid the other party and was directly knocked off the track.

You should know that in order to restore the most realistic physical sensation to F1 drivers, the Mercedes-Benz simulator has cylinders to simulate the physical sensation.

The collision caused Qin Miao to stagger on the simulator, and his brain was almost shaken.

This time, Qin Miao felt a 3G lateral G-force on his body.

Qin Miao's racing car was directly scrapped in the simulator, and a damage list popped up on the simulator. According to the simulator's own simulation, if this collision happened in reality, Mercedes-Benz would need to spend 170 million US dollars to repair the car.

After the simulator stopped, Qin Miao turned his head and looked at Steven, who was sitting behind the computer and looking up at him with a confused look on his face. (End of this chapter)