How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 118 Chapter 116: Grand Prix Preparation
In fact, audiences who did not pay much attention to F1 races did not know that there was a Chinese driver in F2, because of a well-known fact: the domestic environment does not have the soil for the birth of a qualified F1 driver.

The only ones who know that there is Zhou Guanyu in F2 are those who often watch F1 races.

Even some mild F1 fans and those who don't pay attention to F2 races don't know that there is such a person as Zhou Guanyu.

But it’s different now. Compared with one Chinese driver in F2, there are obviously two Chinese drivers in F2, and the relationship between these two Chinese drivers is very good. This is a gimmick, and it can easily attract everyone’s attention in China .

So after this picture was sent back to China, it quickly aroused heated discussions on major social platforms.

[This is Xiao Zhou, right?Who is the other one? 】

[That's Qin Miao, from Ferrari's youth training, who just entered F2 this year]

【Xiao Zhou and Xiao Qin have such a good relationship】

[You can see from Zhou Guanyu's Weibo that these two play games together every night...]

【I want all the information about this handsome guy in red!Right now! 】

[When did F2 have two more Chinese people? 】

[Is this on the track? 】

[Yes, this should be walking on the track. Tomorrow is the start of the Austrian Grand Prix. It is normal to walk on the track today]

[Why can I find so little information about Qin Miao on the Internet?Even his game video cannot be found]

[My hope for Xiao Zhou this year is to go to the podium last time. As for Xiao Qin, be bold and go to the podium like Xiao Zhou]

[Is it really appropriate to put so much pressure on newcomers? I just hope that Qin Miao will get familiar with the game as soon as possible in the first season, and then he will be as competitive as Xiao Zhou. 】

[In short, let's silently bless these two young drivers. By the way, Xiao Qin's looks are really good. 】

……

The two people on the track naturally didn't know that they were just walking a track, and there was already a lot of heat in the country.

The two are still using their feet to measure the length and various details of the Red Bull Ring track.

During this process, the two were in a state of mutual inspiration, but Qin Miao's understanding of the track was obviously deeper than Zhou Guanyu's, and Zhou Guanyu's driving skills on this track were more proficient than Qin Miao's. When people walk on the track, some chemical reactions are magically caused, and they can complement each other.

Because when I walked the track with my friends, I had too much fun chatting.

So much so that both of them forgot the passage of time. By the time the group of them returned to room P, the sky had begun to get dark, and the time had come to 5 pm, and the track would be closed in one hour.

However, the two of them have finished the last work of the day. After returning to the P room to summarize the gains from walking the track, the few of them went to eat together.

I didn't get together to go out to play or something at night. After all, tomorrow is the game, and everyone has a clear priority, knowing that this is not the time to play.

However, many drivers who expect to perform well in the first race of this year will more or less work hard on the simulator at this time.

Of course, this does not include Qin Miao. After returning to the hotel after eating, this person happily took a shower, then opened his laptop and started playing games again.

Silent all night.

Qin Miao, who woke up driven by the biological clock, narrowed her eyes slightly to adapt to the surrounding light for a while, then removed Qiumeng's long legs from her stomach, and took her hands from Qiumeng's clothes come out.

Smelling the faint scent of milk on her hands, Qin Miao began to wash in a happy mood.

After changing her clothes, she trotted directly to the race track. After all, the race track is not far from the hotel, so Qin Miao ran it as a warm-up exercise every morning.

As for her daughter-in-law, Qin Miao's job in the morning was mainly to prepare for the match, which had little to do with her work, so Qin Miao didn't wake him up to let her sleep for a while.

In the morning, Qin Miao was given a lot of preparation time. Afterwards, the practice session in the afternoon was for Qin Miao to familiarize himself with the track, and for Qin Miao's crew members to collect the data of Qin Miao's galloping on the track, so that they could plan the next schedule. Adjustments and tire assignments for races and races.

But in fact, the main work content is to find a tuning setting that suits Qin Miao's driving style, because compared to F1, F2 only has five sets of dry tires for a Grand Prix weekend, three sets of soft tires, two sets of hard tires, and another three sets wet tires.

It really doesn't take any brains to allocate this tire.

The morning time was spent busy around the racing car. Qin Miao also adjusted the settings of the racing car to the simulator according to the data he ran in the simulator before. The most comfortable setting for driving, After that, it was time to wait for the practice match in the afternoon to start.

At this time, the number of spectators in the paddock has gradually increased. Even if Qin Miao's P room is at least 100 meters away from the area where the tourists stay, Qin Miao can vaguely hear the noise and noise from there. noisy.

Qin Miao didn't go to join in the fun. After completing the preparations for the racing car, he was going to visit Zhou Guanyu while he still had a little spare time.

But Qin Miao was stopped by Luo Xin.

"There is an official FIA interview with you. This is the first time that a major media has officially interviewed you. Be careful when you speak." Patting his favorite general on the shoulder, Rosin had already warned him. Still a little uneasy and asked: "I know you are a little, um...casual in private, but these interview videos will be released before the game, and you must think clearly about what you say and do before you speak and do things. as a result of."

"Boss, don't worry, I know what's going on." Qin Miao patted her chest to assure her.

Luo Xin was still a little uneasy, but when Qin Miao was interviewed later, it was not convenient for him as the team leader to follow, even if he watched Qin Miao nearby, because it would send out some misleading signals.

In order to avoid trouble, Luo Xin could only avoid it when Qin Miao was being interviewed.

After a while, a boy in a suit and a shirt and a photographer with a handheld camera found Qin Miao in the P room area.

"Hi Qin, I'm a reporter from Liberty Media Group. Is it convenient for you now? I want to ask you a few questions, and I won't waste much of your time."

Qin Miao, who had been mentally prepared for a long time, naturally had no reason to refuse, and nodded to indicate that the other party could ask.

The questions asked by the other party were relatively formulaic. After listening to Luo Xin's persuasion, Qin Miao didn't do anything wrong. He answered the reporter's questions in a regular manner, and then left amidst the polite thanks from the other party.

And Qin Miao's well-regulated answer became the opening interview during the practice match.

No matter how Qin Miao is at odds with the drivers in the Ferrari youth training, he is a member of the Ferrari youth training, and Ferrari is a very special team for F1 and even for the entire FIA.

So for Ferrari drivers, the organizers will naturally take more care of them.

After lunch, Qin Miao went back to rest, while the technicians of Prema Racing pushed the equipment of their team into the pit lane and arranged it.

In fact, this location is the open space in front of the P room of the F1 team.

By the time Qin Miao changed into her racing suit in the team's temporary P room and came to the pit lane with a helmet on, the team had already finished preparations, and the two Prema Racing cars had been placed and replaced with brand new ones. tire.

Because Qin Miao entered the track from the direction of the entrance of the maintenance area, he had to pass many parking areas of his own team on the way to the parking area of ​​his own team.

Among these teams is Zhou Guanyu's team.

He didn't stop when he didn't see Zhou Guanyu, and went directly to the temporary P room of his team.

After finishing all the work, Sui Wentao, who was resting on the load-bearing pillar at the door of Room P, saw Qin Miao approaching, and hurriedly picked up the documents he put on the tire rack and handed them to Qin Miao.

This is a car inspection report. Every time the technicians inspect the car before the race, they have to give this report to the driver, and then let the driver perform cross-validation to ensure the state of the car before the race: "The car inspection report, just confirmed all It's over, the car is fine."

Qin Miao nodded, came to the side of her racing car and reached out to wipe the bright five-star red flag next to the QIN that represented her name. It was highlighted, and Qin Miao had a clearer understanding of the state of his car at this time.

Indeed, as Sui Wentao said, there is nothing wrong with this car.

Qin Miao didn't check at all, and directly took the document from Sui Wentao's hand and signed it, which was regarded as his approval of Sui Wentao's pre-match preparations.

Seeing Qin Miao's actions, Sui Wentao was stunned, but before he could say anything, Qin Miao took the contract and passed it to Luo Xin, who was sitting on the podium, through the maintenance area of ​​the track, and the handover was completed. Work.

When Luo Xin took the document from Qin Miao, he even encouraged Qin Miao a few words.

Qin Miao just nodded, and then returned to her racing car.

I moved my body next to the racing car, then put on the in-ear noise-canceling headphones, put on the sweat-absorbing scarf, and finally put on the helmet.

This helmet is the one given by Zhou Guanyu. After all, it is the first time to participate in an official F1 race. Qin Miao also thinks that it is better to bring a commemorative helmet.

After everything was ready, Qin Miao sat in the cockpit. At this time, there were still more than ten minutes before the start of the F2 practice race. Qin Miao needed to sit in the car to feel the feeling, and calm down by the way that he was about to set foot on the track for the first time. excitement.

"Frankie, didn't I send you a playlist before I came? It happens to be free before the start of the game, so switch to random play mode and listen to it." Qin Miao said in TR.

Franky didn't say anything, but after a while, Qin Miao's earphones sounded a familiar melody:
……

Running forward, met cold eyes and ridicule

How can you feel the vastness of life without going through hardships?
Fate can't make us kneel and beg for mercy
Even if the blood spills all over my arms

……

Qin Miao has always liked this song, which is why he added this song to his playlist, but listening to this song when trying to calm his restless heart seems to have the opposite effect...

But before Qin Miao asked Franky to change a song, Qin Miao felt his helmet was knocked.

Turning around suspiciously, he saw Zhou Guanyu standing next to his car looking at himself who had already put on his helmet.

Seeing Qin Miao look over, Zhou Guanyu stretched out his hand to Qin Miao, and Qin Miao also stretched out his hand to hold each other.

"Are you nervous for the practice session of the first official race?" After shaking hands with Qin Miao, Zhou Guanyu sat directly on the side box of Qin Miao's racing car.

"Don't let my racing car break!" Seeing this scene, Qin Miao complained, but he also knew that it was impossible for the carbon fiber side box to be damaged by Zhou Guanyu's several hundred kilograms. It was just a joke.

However, Qin Miao still answered Zhou Guanyu's doubts: "It would be a lie to say that I'm not nervous, but it's really not much, more of it is excitement, there is a very strong desire to express myself... I want to pretend to be aggressive, and this aggressiveness The bigger the better."

Zhou Guanyu was speechless: "You tell the truth, after the practice race is over, do you want me to give you the settings of my car for reference?"

"No, it will be troublesome to be investigated by the FIA ​​at that time, and with my buddy's strength, I don't need it, but you, do you want my buddy's debugging data?"

"You are afraid of the FIA ​​and I am not afraid? Seeing you like this is probably not a big burden on my heart, so I am relieved to be a father." After speaking, Zhou Guanyu rubbed the helmet he gave Qin Miao twice, rubbed it Qin Miao's helmet hit the headrest with a thud, and after rubbing it, Zhou Guanyu turned and ran.

Qin Miao realized in an instant that Zhou Guanyu was trying to take advantage of her, so she saw Qin Miao swearing and stretching out a hand to grab Zhou Guanyu, but because of the seat belt and the fact that F2 basically Even in the lying posture and the extremely closed space, Qin Miao didn't even extend his hands out of the body of his racing car, and could only watch Zhou Guanyu's back gradually drifting away.

Qin Miao, who was sitting in the car, was enduring the more he thought about it for a while, and the more he took a step back, the more he thought about it and the more angry he became.

He simply lifted his headrest, unfastened his seat belt, and headed towards Zhou Guanyu's motorcade with his helmet on.

When Qin Miao came to Zhou Guanyu's team, Zhou Guanyu had already started to work, but at this time he was wearing a helmet, and Qin Miao caught Timing and got stuck in his perspective.

And Qin Miao has won the essence of the old sixth, and Zhou Guanyu quietly walked around behind Zhou Guanyu when he was wearing a helmet.

The people at UNI-Virtuosi Racin knew that their shareholder, Zhou Guanyu, had a good relationship with Qin Miao.

So they didn't remind Zhou Guanyu when they saw Qin Miao grabbed Timing and came behind Zhou Guanyu.

For this kind of fight between good friends, they just take it as a joke and watch it. It's better not to bother them.

After Qin Miao waited for Zhou Guanyu to put the helmet on and fasten the fixed rope, he slapped Zhou Guanyu's helmet with a slap.

Knowing that Zhou Guanyu was wearing a helmet, and the helmets of racing drivers are notoriously strong in shock absorption, Qin Miao almost used his full strength. Although the instantaneous concussion was not very lethal, the sudden force still gave Zhou Guanyu I staggered.

As soon as the blow was successful, Qin Miao ran away without hesitation.

Of course, he didn't forget to laugh: "Hahahahahahaha!"

Zhou Guanyu came to his senses, and after seeing Qin Miao's figure running away, he cursed angrily, "You little red man, wait for me!"

While shouting, Zhou Guanyu chased him out.

On the other side, Qiu Meng, who was watching the game above the P room, happened to see this scene, holding a cup of milk tea in her hand, she curled her lips: "Childish!"

(End of this chapter)