How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 107 105: Practice Matches
Ferrari arranged two technicians for Qin Miao. Although Qin Miao also asked people from the Ferrari Racing Department to help modify the car, which is considered a little friendship, but the technicians who helped Qin Miao modify the 488 are mainly responsible for aerodynamics. You ask them to add It is no problem to install the aero kit and debug the aero kit of the racing car, but they cannot handle the debugging of the chassis tire engine.

So instead of calling someone over to face a problem they can't handle, it's better to just let Ferrari arrange two experienced hands for themselves.

The place where Qin Miao and his racing cars are kept is a warehouse-like place. There are not many F3 cars participating in the competition, only ten, and the original paint surface on these cars has disappeared, and the exterior has been repainted with Ferrari. The classic red paint surface also has Ferrari's classic prancing horse icon at the nose cone position.

Taking the car out of the warehouse, Qiu Meng sat in the driver's seat, Qin Miao and Lu Bosi pushed the rear wing behind them, and the three of them pushed the car to the P room prepared for Qin Miao.

This bike is not heavy, it weighs over 400 kilograms, even with Qiu Meng added, it is less than [-] kilograms, and the two of them push it without any pressure.

At this time, the two technicians arranged by Ferrari for Qin Miao were already waiting in the P room. After seeing Qin Miao, the driver pushing the car, they hurried over to help.

The five people worked together to park the car in Room P, and then Qin Miao took the initiative to greet the two technicians.

"Hi, I'll work hard for you in the next two days." Qin Miao kept her attitude low and greeted the two of them proactively.

Among other things, at least Qin Miao gave enough in terms of face.

Although the two technicians on the opposite side were not overwhelmed with sincerity, they felt very comfortable after seeing Qin Miao's attitude. Although they also got extra bonuses for doing this job, they also got a bonus at the same time. A more pleasant working environment and a boss who is easy to get along with, why not do it?

"Well, Qin Miao, we will do our best to help you adjust your racing car." The other party gave a promise seriously.

The two sides got to know each other for a while, and then began to work intensively.

Qin Miao first used a blue human-vehicle combination skill card on this F3. After using it, there was only one blue card left, but fortunately, the purple Qin Miao still has three cards, so don’t worry at all. Inventory problem.

After using it, Qin Miao sat in the car and experienced it. His first feeling was that he didn't find any problems with the car, and he felt that the engine was in good condition.

But just like your body, you feel that there is nothing wrong with your body, but whether there is a problem is not up to you, it depends on the doctor and the data from the test.

So at this time, professionals are still needed to conduct a thorough inspection of this car.

However, when the two technicians began to check the car, Qin Miao opened the carbon fiber plate behind the front nose and above the brake stroke.

Qin Miao blindly adjusted the position of the brake pedal here. After all, Qin Miao's understanding of this car has gone up a big step. He can adjust the brake pedal to a position that he feels comfortable with.

After more than ten minutes, the inspection was completed, and no major problems were found on the car. Some minor problems that were not serious were solved during the inspection.

After the work temporarily came to an end, Qin Miao realized that at some point, Qiu Meng walked in with a bag of drinks.

After all, Qin Miao is now a member of Ferrari, so Qiu Meng didn't buy Red Bull drinks, but only fruit drinks that are more common in Italy.

After distributing to everyone to drink, Qin Miao and the two technicians continued to work on the next stage.

Although I don't know what the passive skill given by the system [Research Department's guide] means.

But when Qin Miao was busy debugging the racing car, he still put this skill in his skill slot.

Qin Miao didn't know the specific use of this thing, and he didn't see any difference, but he had already entered the working state and didn't take this skill down.

It took another 5 minutes to do the last check. After confirming that there was no problem, Qin Miao went to the locker room to change into her racing suit with peace of mind.

Compared with the racing suits of other players, Qin Miao's clothes are clean. The whole body is the red and yellow color of Ferrari's youth training uniform. The whole dress only has the yellow prancing horse icon on the chest and the name of Boss Zhou's group.

Boss Zhou’s group name was printed on the back of Qin Miao in a black and white rectangle. There is one thing to say, the logo printed in this way is indeed quite similar, and it does not look obtrusive, nor does it make people think that Qin Miao Miao's racing suit looks like a factory suit.

Today Qin Miao is wearing the helmet given to him by Zhou Guanyu. It is also red overall, but there are AWP graffiti of CSGO and cartoons of Zhou Guanyu and Qin Miao sitting in front of the computer playing games together. It can be seen that Zhou Guanyu designed it. I've been very careful with this helmet.

After getting dressed, put on the helmet, and fixed the Hans system, Qin Miao sat in the driver's seat of the F3.

After fixing the headrest, Qin Miao felt the position of the pedals, inserted the steering wheel into the base, the car system started, and the car self-checked. Everything was just right.

It was also from the moment he sat in the driver's seat that Qin Miao clearly felt that his blood began to boil gradually, but the more Qin Miao's blood boiled, the clearer his mind became.

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A technician walked up the pit lane, looked left and right, and after making sure that there were no cars passing by on either side, he gave Qin Miao, who had already started the engine, a thumbs up, and then gave instructions that he could leave the station.

Unlike F1, which also needs to warm up the engine, the start of F3 is much simpler. After confirming that there is no problem, it can be ignited directly.

After receiving the engineer's instruction, Qin Miao lightly stepped on the accelerator and slowly drove the car out of the P room, and drove into the track through the pit lane.

Lu Bosi came here today not only as an assistant, but also cameo with Qiu Meng as Qin Miao's engineer, that is, the person who communicated with Qin Miao in TR.

But after all, it wasn't a real race, and the two of them could communicate with Qin Miao rather limitedly, that is, Qin Miao's lap speed and the traffic conditions on the track, or the current state of the car and tire wear.

Overall it is relatively simple.

The first day of testing starts now.

Qin Miao's nature tends to seek stability, so Qin Miao's practice rhythm is still to gradually become familiar with the track, and only when he has enough confidence will he start to speed up and do the flying laps.

When Qin Miao really started to do lap times, it was the third time he returned to the maintenance area before going out.

At this time, Qin Miao had adjusted the chassis three times. Coincidentally, after only three adjustments, Qin Miao found a tuning that made him comfortable to drive, which is commonly known as the sweet spot of tuning.

I don't know if it's because of the good skills of these two technicians or because of luck, or it may be because of Qin Miao's skills.

In short, Qin Miao feels that this F3 has reached a state that makes him feel very comfortable.

After leaving the maintenance area, Qin Miao did a tire warm-up lap on the field, and after confirming the traffic conditions on the track with Lubos, Qin Miao started his first flying lap in the practice race.

There is nothing to say in the first lap. At this time, most of the drivers participating in the same group are looking for their own training window, and Qin Miao is the only one doing the flying lap. I have run this track countless times on the simulator, and I have walked this track many times. A flight lap with all my strength is naturally transformed into a record for the fastest single lap.

However, Qin Miao did not slow down after the first flying lap. On the one hand, it was because the tire failure of F3 was much slower than that of F1. Qin Miao's tire grip was still online at this time. But Qin Miao still had some flaws in his first flight circle, and Qin Miao felt that he could do better if he ran again.

The second flying lap was just as Qin Miao expected, and the result was 0.2 seconds faster than the first flying lap. This was because Qin Miao was blocked by a 488GT3 when entering the corner on the straight.

Without this blockage, Qin Miao's time would be at least 0.4 seconds faster than the first lap.

However, after the second flight circle, Qin Miao did not continue to do the third flight circle, because it was unnecessary.

The completion of the second flying circle has already confirmed Qin Miao's many thoughts in his heart. It is also the fastest speed he can do so far. It is just a training match. There is no need to strive for perfection to pursue the speed of a few tenths of a second. .

After returning to the maintenance area, Qin Miao changed to another set of yellow tires.

The purpose of this approach is to test how Qin Miao and the car perform in the long distance under the current tuning.

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Watching a favorite movie, playing games, talking with your significant other, when doing these interesting things, time will always pass by unknowingly, the sky is bright one second ago, I was indulging in my work, and in the next second, the stars would change, and it was already time to get off work.

At this time, Qin Miao had this feeling. In the process of continuously collecting data and getting familiar with this racing car, Qin Miao gained the purest driving pleasure and happiness.

And when he recovered from his work, it was already [-] pm, and the track was closed for maintenance to prepare for tomorrow's race.

Qin Miao had no choice but to leave the track and go back to rest.

It is worth mentioning that Qin Miao's flying lap performance in the morning has not been broken by other drivers who also drive F3 cars.

It's just that it was just a practice match after all, and there were no high-level executives from Ferrari present. No one even paid attention to Qin Miao's results, and even Qin Miao and the others didn't take this result too seriously...

After all, just like other drivers don't know how Qin Miao's performance is, Qin Miao and the others don't know how other people's performance is. Without comparison, they naturally don't know how their own performance is.

Just when Qin Miao was about to go home with Qiumeng, and then put aside the pressure of work and competition, play the game well, and make up for the progress of the game that was dragged down by the crazy training these days.

Qiu Meng asked Lu Bosi abruptly: "Lu Bosi, who is the key to our room P?"

For a while, Lu Bosi didn't understand why Qiu Meng asked himself such a question, but after getting along for so long, Lu Bosi also had a certain understanding of Qiu Meng.

This girl who seems to be about the same age as Qin Miao has a calmness and sophistication that shouldn't be at this age. At the same time, she also holds Qin Miao's heart to death. If her thoughts are not particularly outrageous, Qin Miao will usually follow her. The key point is that this girl is extremely sensible, and will not put forward any opinions that make Qin Miao feel uncomfortable. The state of getting along between the two of them is a bit envious even if Lu Bosi, an unmarried person, looks at it.

So when faced with Qiumeng's question, Lubosi didn't dare to be negligent. After thinking about it carefully for a while, he answered: "Generally, it is kept by the security guard of the track, and the logistics department will also have a backup of the key, and Feio The Lano track is our private track, under normal conditions no outsiders will enter, so the P room usually just pulls down the rolling gate and does not lock the door..."

Speaking of this, Lu Bosi, who has seen the ugliness of human nature, has gradually understood what Qiu Meng meant. Qiu Meng was worried that someone would come to destroy Qin Miao's car, or maliciously tamper with the training of Qin Miao's car.

But the Orano track is not open to the public, and there are cameras in the P room area, no one would be so bold as to disgust others, right?

Facing Lu Bosi's hesitant eyes, Qiu Meng said calmly: "Since Qin Miao took the road of racing driver, I have always speculated about Qin Miao's competitors with the greatest malice.

There is an old saying in our country, "Be careful sailing for thousands of years..."

Lubosi nodded: "Then when I leave later, I will go to the guard room to get the key to room P and lock the door.

It's a bit of a hassle, but I think you're right to be concerned. "

Qiu Meng nodded after hearing this. Lu Bosi is still trustworthy with her. After all, his contract and Qin Miao's contract are basically in a state of binding.

Back home at night, Qin Miao turned on the computer after a long absence, and looked at the friends column on Faceit, but unfortunately Zhou Guanyu was not online, otherwise the two of them would have caused a bloody storm on the Faceit ladder.

But it's not that Qin Miao can't play alone, it's just that it's a little less fun to play with each other than when playing with friends.

In the evening, Qin Miao played a total of three games, and won all three games. This is also a good sign. Qin Miao accepted it when he saw a good result. After winning three games, he decided to go to bed. There is still a game waiting for him tomorrow.

After a night of nothing to say, Qin Miao got up early the next day, went to the gym to warm up briefly, and then went to the track.

After all, there is a game today. In order to have more physical fitness during the game, Qin Miao's training intensity today is not high, so it can only be regarded as a simple warm-up.

However, Qin Miao did not go to the P room to prepare for the first time, but was called by Lawson to the conference room in the track for a meeting. This meeting talked about the specific process of today's competition and the rewards after the competition. .

It also explained who won the driver's seat for next year will be announced one after another within a week after the end of the race.

(End of this chapter)