How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 86: Chapter 84
In fact, Qin Miao wanted to introduce herself at this time. Regardless of the mandatory contract given by the system, Qin Miao hoped that the other party would sign her because of her talent and strength, not because of the system's secrets. control.

If Qin Miao didn't have this ability, then he wouldn't do as much as he wanted, but now that Qin Miao has a system by his side, he definitely has the ability to be so confident.

However, Qin Miao is still a bit too young, and has not yet developed the ability to be face-to-face and react on the spot, so even if he wants to, he will not be able to organize a suitable language to introduce himself to the other party in a short time.

But the other party took the initiative to ask: "I also know a driver with the same nationality as you. He also studied at our Ferrari Driver Academy before. I think you should be interested in getting to know him. His name is Zhou Guanyu."

Qin Miao nodded in surprise. Although he already knew Zhou Guanyu, the relationship between the two of them can be regarded as friends.

But he really didn't know that Zhou Guanyu actually had the experience of studying at the Ferrari Driver Academy. It seems that looking for an opportunity, it is necessary to look up Zhou Guanyu's life experience on the Internet.

"Actually, we are friends." Qin Miao nodded politely: "He is a very talented and hardworking driver. I really hope to compete with him one day."

When he said this, Qin Miao's face showed a smile from the bottom of his heart.

The slight expression on Qin Miao's face happened to be seen by Lawson, and the other party pretended to be surprised and asked, "According to your statement, are you also a driver? So which driver academy are you in now?" "

Qin Miao thought to herself: The main event is coming.

"I'm not in any driver academy right now."

Qin Miao obviously saw Lawson's eyes light up, and then he saw a cheerful smile on his face: "Then Qin, are you interested in considering our Ferrari Driver Academy?"

"To be honest, as the main person in charge of Ferrari's youth training program, I have always had a pair of eyes that are good at spotting good drivers... And my eyes tell me. You, the talent is extraordinary."

When Lawson said this, his face was full of confidence.

Qin Miao didn't pay attention to the part of becoming an F1 driver in his words. Although Qin Miao also wanted to drive an F1 car, but after becoming an F1 driver, Qin Miao was not willing to pay for the things that need to be paid.

As for becoming an F2 driver, Qin Miao doesn’t have so many worries, because an F2 driver can drive a formula car, and doesn’t have to accept interviews, participate in activities to meet fans, shoot advertisements required by various suppliers, and have a lot of free time. Honing one's own skills and fishing are exactly what Qin Miao dreams of.

Although she agrees with the other party's praise in her heart, as a traditional Chinese, Qin Miao subconsciously feels that she needs to be more humble.

So Qin Miao asked modestly, "Do you value me too much? I'm just an ordinary person, not as good as you say."

But Lawson actually didn't understand the humble attitude of the Chinese people. Seeing what Qin Miao said, he thought that Qin Miao was going to refuse, or that Qin Miao felt that he was lying to him.

So Lawson explained: "Please don't doubt the authenticity and professionalism of my identity. If you have doubts, after Mattia comes, I can take you to him to verify the authenticity of my identity, and my child, You have to trust the vision of a teacher who has been in youth training for many years."

Qin Miao hurriedly waved her hands: "No, no, no, I don't doubt your identity, I'm just a little surprised, why do you take a fancy to me at a glance in the crowd."

Speaking of which, Qin Miao gestured to so many people in room P: "There are so many people here, why do you think I'm the one with talent?"

But what Qin Miao didn't expect was that the other party didn't explain at all, but just said with a smile: "This involves commercial secrets, and it's not convenient for me to disclose them.

But boy, I know, I can see the lion-like pride in you. "

Qin Miao's expression became stiff for a moment, and she secretly complained in her heart, why are these old bastards talking about it?
"Well, Mr. Lawson, what do you mean? Want me to join the Ferrari Driver Academy?"

Lawson nodded and said: "Of course, young man, I am very optimistic about your talent. I think your achievements in the future will be limitless. A talented young man like you should go to an excellent driver academy, and we Ferrari The Driver Academy has a long history and profound heritage, and has trained many well-known F1 drivers. It is your best choice.

But you also need to know that although I am the person in charge of the Ferrari Driver Academy, the academy is not my monopoly, and I also have difficulties that I need to face, so when you sign the contract, you need to conduct a series of assessments.

Of course, I believe that these assessments are not difficult for you, and you can pass them easily. "

"So young man, what's your answer?" Lawson took a sip of water.

Qin Miao said without hesitation: "You may not believe it if you tell me, but I also have a child's dream..."

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Although Qin Miao and Lawson were regarded as lovers and concubines, they could not sign the contract at this time.

After all, there are no facilities in the paddock to test Qin Miao's physical fitness and racing skills. When the contract is actually signed, Qin Miao has to go to the Ferrari youth training base in Maranello, Italy for trial training.

After confirming the intention of the two parties, Qin Miao exchanged contact information with Lawson. At first, Qin Miao thought that the communication between the two would end here, but unexpectedly, Lawson was confirming that Qin Miao intends to join the Ferrari youth training After the system, I chatted with Qin Miao again.

"What do you think of the situation at Ferrari this year? Do you think Hamilton and Mercedes will continue to dominate the paddock?"

Qin Miao was a little confused. You said that you are a youth trainer and don't train young drivers well. Why do you catch me, an ordinary person who doesn't understand anything, and ask if other teams will win?I don't understand these again.

But thinking that this person would most likely be his leader in the future, Qin Miao did not stab him in front of him, but made a more objective analysis based on his own judgment of the current situation.

"If nothing else, Mercedes is still the absolute king this season, and their opponent is only themselves."

"And Ferrari...to be honest, I don't think Ferrari has a chance of winning the Constructors' Championship with this monster car in there."

Lawson nodded thoughtfully, and then changed the subject with Qin Miao.

The following topics involved some professional knowledge in driving a car. To be honest, rather than saying that Lawson was chatting with him, Qin Miao felt that the other party was more like a test for himself.

Faced with the other party's question, Qin Miao was not sure. He didn't know whether the answer he answered was consistent with what the other party thought. Anyway, he could give the other party an answer according to his truest inner feelings and usual driving habits. As for what the other party will think, Qin Miao completely depends on the system.

The two chatted for half an hour. In the end, Qin Miao was not very clear about the other party's first impression of him, but Qin Miao felt that the smile on the other party's face was quite sincere when he left.

But just when the other party was about to leave, he suddenly seemed to think of something, and turned back to Qin Miao and said, "Oh, yes, if possible, when you come to Maranello, I suggest you hire a lawyer to help you confirm details in the contract."

Qin Miao nodded seriously after listening.

After speaking, the other party left, but he didn't leave room P directly, but went to the command area opposite the maintenance area passage.

By this time Binotto had arrived.

After such observation, Qin Miao found that both of them had curly hair and the same color, except that Lawson's hair was longer than Binotto's.

Then Qin Miao saw Lawson sitting next to Binotto and chatted with him.

At this time, there was a commotion at the entrance behind the P room. Qin Miao looked back and saw that Leclerc had completed the driver parade before the race and entered Ferrari's P room in his racing suit.

To be honest, after chatting with Lawson for a while, Qin Miao's mentality has changed unconsciously.

If it is said that when he met Leclerc yesterday, Qin Miao faced him with the mentality of a fan when he saw an idol.

But now being praised by Lawson for a while, and because of the system contract, Qin Miao has now stepped into the door of Ferrari youth training.

Now Qin Miao looked at Leclerc, more or less with a sense of scrutiny and mutual comparison.

This is not due to Qin Miao's personality, but mainly due to a huge change in his identity all of a sudden, and the kind of big person he usually can't get in touch with praises him all the time, making Qin Miao, a young man People are a little drifting.

After giving him a period of time to adapt to his current status, Qin Miao's mentality will stabilize.

Leclerc didn't notice Qin Miao's strangeness, came over to shake Qin Miao's hand, and got into his racing car without even exchanging greetings, ready to start the race.

The drivers really don't have much time on race day.

The preparation stage is quite boring. During this time period, the most engineers do is to check the status of the vehicle to ensure that all parts can operate stably, because the FIA ​​stipulates that starting from Q1 of qualifying, all teams can make adjustments There is only the tire style of the car. After the qualifying race starts, no adjustments can be made to the car.

Ten minutes later, everyone in the Ferrari team put on noise-cancelling headphones, and after another familiar process, the engines of the two Ferrari cars were started.

Then the engineers pushed the two cars out of the P room and parked the cars at the position where the qualifying drivers ran out.

At this stage, VIPs like Qin Miao and the others are not allowed to go on the track, and the only ones who can go up are the FIA ​​photographers besides the team staff and Matthew.

After 5 minutes, all the staff on the track came to the left and right sides of the track and waited, because the warm-up lap started.

The 19 British Grand Prix is ​​the 1th Grand Prix on the F1007 calendar. The number 007 has a profound meaning in Daiying.

The "007" series of movies is similar to the status of "The Wandering Earth" in the minds of domestic science fiction fans for the British people.

So Qin Miao also saw the actor who played 007 at the scene, but it was a pity that Qin Miao couldn't play computer games, let alone go to the movies, so he didn't know the name of this person.

As the 20 cars drove to the starting grid and began to sit on the warm-up lap on the track, the team staff and FIA official staff trotted from the track back to the maintenance area.

Soon, the [-] cars completed the tire warm-up lap and returned to their own grid. At this time, the medical car stopped behind the [-] cars.

Everything is ready.

Five red lights came on one by one, and the engines of the 20 racing cars on the field also started roaring.

Compared with F2, the engine roar of F1 is more irritable.

As the five red lights came on and went off, twenty cars started in an instant.

Qin Miao did not pay attention to the situation of other drivers, he put his main attention on Leclerc.

With Zhou Guanyu in the front, Qin Miao was afraid that Leclerc would lose his position like Zhou Guanyu in the initial stage.

However, nothing happened on the field that Qin Miao was worried about. After all, Leclerc was not Zhou Guanyu. Although he did not grab the position from the two Mercedes after the start, he did not lose his position either.

Qin Miao stared at the car screen of Leclerc for a while, and looked away after making sure that his starting position had been stabilized.

And in just one lap, the two Mercedes have opened up a distance of at least 3 seconds from the No.1.1 Leclerc.

This shows how terrifying the dominance of these two Mercedes on the field is.

After that, there were not many shots on Leclerc, and the director put most of the shots on the two Mercedes, because Hamilton and Bottas started to fight.

And because of this, Leclerc began to catch up with Mercedes after the fifth lap after the start of the race.

But even with the red tires, Leclerc had a hard time chasing.

No way, compared with Mercedes, the performance of Ferrari SF90 is still not strong enough.

Before Leclerc chased into the DRS area of ​​Hamilton in front, the two Mercedes with yellow tires were fighting happily and turned their heads to look: Hey?How did this Ferrari with red tires catch up?

Toto, who was sitting in the command area, waved his hand: "Don't fight the two melons, I want to hit you after you get rid of the fourth brother behind you."

Then on the sixth lap, Leclerc, who started with the red tires, found in despair that he, who could have been shortened by at least 0.3 seconds per lap, was thrown away by the two Mercedes-Benz with a gap visible to the naked eye.

What the hell, I use red tires!Red tire!

Leclerc, who was sitting in the cockpit, was impotent and furious.

But blessings are unparalleled, and misfortunes never come singly.

Leclerc was ruthlessly driven away by Mercedes on the front foot, and Verstappen's Red Bull on the back foot caught up again, and had already entered Leclerc's DRS area.

At this moment, Qin Miao clearly felt that the originally relatively relaxed atmosphere in the P room of the Ferrari team suddenly fell silent, and a tense atmosphere began to permeate everywhere. Everyone looked up at the display in the P room of the team. TV with game screens.

(End of this chapter)