How did I become an F1 driver?

Because soon there will be the FIA ​​awards ceremony, also known as the annual meeting in China.

Coupled with Mei Ben's understanding of Qin Miao, this guy must not have a styling team to prepare him a suitable outfit for the awards ceremony.

Although the awards ceremony was unable to go to the scene due to the epidemic, almost everyone completed the awards ceremony remotely.

But other drivers basically put on a decent suit when accepting the award. Although they can't be said to be well-dressed, they can also be said to be full of energy.

But if according to Qin Miao's urination, let him come by himself, even if he receives the award, he will appear in a set of home clothes, and it may be just a short-sleeved T-shirt and oversized pants.

After all, next season will be Mei Ben's man. Whether it's for his own face or Qin Miao's face, Mei Ben can't just let Qin Miao go to the award ceremony in this dress.

This is not only a respect for the FIA, but also a respect for the achievements of Qin Miao's one-year hard work.

After receiving the call, Qin Miao rode a scooter to the Meiben factory.

After knowing that Zhou Guanyu was coming, Mei Ben's reception staff directly took him to visit Mei Ben's factory. After all, he was considered a well-known driver in the paddock, and Mei Ben still had this insight.

Besides, what if one day Zhou Guanyu also came out?Will a good impression of Mei Ben affect Zhou Guanyu's future choices?What if a choice is made that is beneficial to Meiben?
Anyway, it's just a good relationship, and the artificial fee Meiben can still afford it.

On the other side, Qin Miao and Qiu Meng went to Meiben's image design department. Although they hadn't been to this department when they came to visit a few days ago, this department is very complete in terms of staffing and equipment.

Qin Miao was manipulated by those people for a while, and when Qin Miao came out again, they had already given Qin Miao a new hairstyle, and she looked much more energetic than before.

As for the two suits prepared for Qin Miao, anyway, there is still some time before the awards ceremony, which is enough time for the clothes to be ready.

After this set was finished, Toto also came over, told Qin Miao about the process of the FIA ​​awards ceremony and the questions the host would ask, and handed Qin Miao the award acceptance speech that Mei Ben had already written for Qin Miao. Miao.

"Although the award ceremony was broadcast live, the interview process of all the drivers was recorded. After returning home, just follow the above answer and take a clearer video for me. Of course, if you have your own ideas, you can also use your own discretion. answer."

After making sure that Qin Miao understood, Toto left in a hurry. It could be seen that he was also very busy at the end of the year.

After receiving the document from Toto, Qin Miao clearly saw the questions and answers on it.

There are answers to interviews after I won the F2 championship and answers to questions about the best rookie.

And the answers to the questions are not short.

After returning home and receiving the clothes two days later, Qin Miao recorded the answers to the two awards under the supervision of Qiu Meng, and then sent the video materials to Toto, who checked and confirmed that there was no problem. , During the FIA ​​awards ceremony, Qin Miao's main work was completed.

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On December 12, the FIA ​​awards ceremony was held. Qin Miao and Qiumeng Zhou Guanyu sat at home together and watched the entire interview of the competition.

To be honest, this was the first time Qin Miao saw his interview on TV, and it was a bit embarrassing, as if he wanted to hit the floor with his toes.

But Zhou Guanyu was a little envious, and didn't know when he would be able to go up to receive an award or something.

The day after the FIA ​​awards ceremony ended, Mei Ben called Qin Miao and told him that the trophy given to him by the FIA ​​had been sent to Mei Ben. Will return the trophy.

Of course, if Qin Miao has no place to put these trophies at home, Mei Ben can also store them for him, and take them back when Qin Miao needs them later.

When Qiumeng was looking for a house, she considered that Qin Miao had too many trophies and it was inconvenient to store them, so in fact, Qin Miao's house had a special room for these things.

And after thinking about the F2 championship trophies that have been placed all over the wall in his home, in the end Qin Miao just took his own F2 championship trophy, and collected all 2 F12 championship trophies.

Zhou Guanyu looked at Qin Miao's wall full of trophies, but he didn't feel the envy of Qin Miao when he received the award in his heart, because he saw that Qin Miao's entire trophy wall was full of places, but only in the British station. A sprint trophy is missing from the trophy placement spot.

Zhou Guanyu remembered that he was right behind Qin Miao's buttocks. At that time, Qin Miao was fighting with Drugovich.

And because the working temperature of the tires was not enough, Qin Miao accidentally ran out of the track by mistake, and then the whole car got stuck in the gravel and couldn't drive out.

Also because of Qin Miao's unexpected retirement, Zhou Guanyu won the championship of that match.

It's hard to imagine that Qin Miao, who won 2 championships and one runner-up in 12 races throughout the F20 season, would make such mistakes.

But fortunately, after Qin Miao made a mistake, the biggest beneficiary was himself.

And Qin Miao will make mistakes, which at least proves that Qin Miao is not invincible, although Qin Miao has never missed any F2 championship since that race.

In addition to the lack of a trophy in the sprint race in the UK, Qin Miao's trophy in the main race in Austria was also a bit inconsistent because it was a runner-up trophy.

And the championship trophy of this game is also in Zhou Guanyu's hands.

……

On December 12, Qin Miao and Qiu Meng came to the Meiben factory again.

Today, the media reception hall of the Mercedes-Benz factory was full of voices, and the reporters holding long guns and short cannons packed the not-so-large reception hall to the brim, and there was no place to set foot.

Everyone is waiting for today's protagonist to appear.

Today's protagonist, Qin Miao, is getting dressed in the background.

At this time, Qin Miao was wearing a Mercedes black racing suit awkwardly, and Qiu Meng was helping.

Sponsor advertisements cover all corners of the racing suit, but after exquisite design and reasonable typography, these advertisements are not only not obtrusive on the racing suit, but are appropriate and look very coordinated.

There is no driver number on the racing suit on Qin Miao, only Qin Miao's pinyin name and the national flag representing Qin Miao's nationality are on Qin Miao's waist.

The data of this suit was actually obtained by Qin Miao when he went to pick up the speech script for the FIA ​​awards ceremony last time. He had already prepared this suit for Qin Miao some time ago.

This is a complete set of racing suits, which are fire-resistant and heat-insulated, and can be worn directly for competitions. However, because there is no driver's number, this suit does not meet the FIA's requirements for driver racing suits.

After getting dressed, Qin Miao moved his limbs and took the helmet that Mei Ben had prepared for him.

This is a red helmet, which is the red color of the five-star red flag, but considering the national flag law in China, the advertisements of Qin Miao's personal sponsors and Mercedes sponsors will appear on Qin Miao's helmet, so it is not included. The national flag is painted and printed, but the color of the national flag and five yellow garlands are used.

On the forehead of the helmet, there is a Mercedes logo occupying the most central position, indicating the identity of the driver wearing this helmet.

Picking up the helmet and looking at it, to be honest, the design is really good, Qin Miao likes it very much.

Not only the racing suit, but also the helmet that Mei Ben prepared for Qin Miao in advance.

While Qin Miao was watching carefully with his helmet, Toto also walked in wearing Mei Ben's white team uniform.

"Are you ready?"

Qin Miao turned around:

"All right."

And Toto's eyes lit up when he saw Qin Miao wearing a Mercedes racing suit.

Qin Miao's appearance can only be regarded as average, but with the passage of time and Qiu Meng's intentional training, Qin Miao can be called a little handsome in appearance at the moment.

Coupled with the deliberate hairstyle and the changes in Qin Miao's temperament during this period, the whole person looks energetic and confident.

After putting on the Mei Ben racing suit, Qin Miao's whole person's energy and spirit have taken a certain leap. From Toto's point of view, Qin Miao is really handsome now.

"Let's go now that you're ready, it's time to make your debut."

Nodding, carrying the helmet and following Toto's pace, the two walked towards the media meeting hall one after the other.

Meiben's marketing director smiled and nodded at them when he saw the two coming, then opened the door and walked out to warm up the scene.

"nervous?"

While waiting for the scene to warm up, Toto turned to ask Qin Miao.

Hearing the buzzing sound coming from behind the door, Qin Miao subconsciously wiped her palms on her racing suit. She didn't know whether it was because of nervousness or the sweat from the clothes being too hot.

"A little bit."

Toto said in relief:
"This is actually similar to the interview session after each game. You can say whatever you want. If you can't think of it, we will help you out."

As he spoke, Toto handed Qin Miao a translucent wireless earphone.

……

Following the applause from the press conference hall, a voice came from the door: "Please warmly welcome Qin Miao, Toto!
"Let's go."

Amidst Tuo Tuo's greeting, Qin Miao and Tuo Tuo walked out of the backstage and came to the front of the stage.

The moment Qin Miao appeared with his helmet in his arms, all the reporters' cameras were focused on Qin Miao and Toto. Although there was no flash, the shutter sound hadn't stopped since they came out.

And more shots were aimed at Qin Miao, the F2 champion who had made his mark in Ferrari's youth training, and finally joined Mercedes after going round and round.

It is also interesting to say that until now, Leclerc is the only talented driver who has come out of Ferrari's youth training for the Ferrari F1 team.

Other Ferraris bought instant power from other teams in the paddock...

After Qin Miao and Toto sat down amid applause, Toto made a simple opening, and then announced Qin Miao's joining to all reporters, and the contract took effect on the spot.

Then it was a group photo, where Qin Miao's driver number 66 was pasted on Qin Miao's helmet and racing suit.

The number 66 has no special meaning. It is purely that Qin Miao, a game player, will say 6 when other players play well.

So Qin Miao chose the number 66.

It is worth mentioning that the driver numbers of the three Mercedes drivers are 44, 66 and 77 respectively.

This was followed by the reporter's favorite question-and-answer session.

"Mr. Qin Miao, will being able to enter a team like Mercedes just after graduating from F2 put pressure on you? After all, in terms of the strength of Mercedes, their ultimate goal in the 21 season is the double of the team and the driver. champion."

"It's a great honor for me to be joining Mercedes. Of course, there's inevitably some pressure on me to join Mercedes, it's a very successful team and they've been a team over the past few seasons. The best. But I believe in my ability and I know the team will give me the best support and resources so that I can give my best on the field. My goal is to win as many wins as possible for the team , and contribute to the realization of the team and driver's double championship."

"Qin, now someone is comparing you to Verstappen and arguing about whether you have the same talent as Verstappen, do you have anything to say about that?"

"I think everyone is unique and cannot be exactly the same as everyone else. Although Verstappen is a very good driver, I believe that I also have my own uniqueness and talent. I will continue to work hard to realize my potential , and constantly improve my abilities. In the end, I believe that my achievements will also be unique and cannot be compared with others.”

……

From Qin Miao's answer, it can be seen that Qin Miao's answers are all guided by someone behind his back, basically he is reading official answers in diplomatic rhetoric.

But at the press conference, they basically talked about these words.

Although Qin Miao has now joined Mercedes and has achieved very good results in F2, he is still a nobody in the F1 paddock. There are people who know him, but they are still a minority.

So when you show your face like this, it's better not to make any fools, keep a low profile, and complete the task assigned by the team is the most important thing.

Half an hour later, the work of Qin Miao and Mei Ben was over, and the reporters also got the materials and commissions they needed. Everyone was happy, and everyone had a bright future.

After finishing the press conference, Qin Miao hurriedly took off her racing suit.

It is undeniable that this suit does fit well, but for heat insulation and fire prevention, this suit is not very breathable, and it is really hot after wearing it for a long time.

Coupled with the heating supply throughout the development conference, Qin Miao was sweating from the heat on his back, which is not incomprehensible.

After the meeting, Qin Miao took Qiumeng to his office. After a short rest, Toto took him to meet the team members who needed to work together in the future.

Today is the signing ceremony between Qin Miao and Mercedes, which happens to be the day before the New Year's Day holiday. Whether it is the senior executives of Mercedes or the technicians of the team, they are all in the team today, so we can just meet each other.

The F1 team is different from the F2 team in that the number of tire changers in the team has doubled several times.

There are only seven people in the F2 tire change team, and there are 1 people in the F21 tire change team, which is three times that of F2.

These include four wind gunners, eight tire takers, two car body stabilizers, four jack technicians (two normal work and two backup), a signalman and two staff who temporarily adjust the front wing angle of the car .

And these people who change tires are actually part-time jobs. Like F2, they are actually team technicians, responsible for the maintenance, repair, tuning and upgrading of the racing cars.

Qin Miao, as their future service object, is indeed the best time to meet and get to know each other.

Because she knew that there would be such a scene today, Qiu Meng specially prepared small gifts for everyone. Because she was worried that the number of people in the car crew might exceed Qiu Meng's imagination, Qiu Meng specially prepared a lot of gifts.

Of course, all are different.

Among them, Qin Miao has seen professional racing gloves, racing models, small helmets around racing drivers, scaled down F1 tires, Lego coupons, racing simulator equipment coupons...

At three o'clock in the afternoon, all the technicians of the Mei Ben car team were ready, and Toto called Qin Miao over with a phone call.

In order not to keep his future colleagues waiting for a long time, Qin Miao hurried to the workshop of the team.

Qiu Meng borrowed a trailer and dragged the gifts there.

It took Qin Miao at most one minute from receiving the call to rushing to the meeting place.

After rushing to the workshop where the team used to assemble the racing cars, Qin Miao saw that there were already people standing behind the glass door.

And when they saw Qin Miao appearing behind the glass door, they all laughed and started applauding, waiting for Qin Miao to push the door and walk in.

Most importantly, Qin Miao saw not only Toto, but also Hamilton.

Although the old man expressed his unfavorable views on Qin Miao when the news that Qin Miao would join Meiben just came out in the paddock, this did not affect Qin Miao's coming to welcome the newcomers after joining Meiben.

Qin Miao pushed open the door flattered.

And when Qin Miao opened the door and entered the assembly workshop, the crowd who had just applauded burst into cheers.

There are even whistlers.

After Qin Miao came in, Toto took a step forward, stretched out his hand to hold Qin Miao's hand and said:
"I am Toto Wolff (Toto Wolff), the executive director and team leader of the Mercedes-Benz Petronas F1 team. You are welcome to join us. I hope we can have a pleasant working together in the future."

Seeing Toto introduce himself so solemnly, Qin Miao quickly recovered and gave a serious reply:
"Me too, take care of me in the future..."

"James Allison, chief technical officer, welcome to join us."

"Ben Hodgkinson, Head of Powertrain, welcome to join us..."

"Mike Elliott, Technical Director..."

"John Irwin, Chief Financial Officer..."

"James Vincent, Director of Strategy..."

"Susan Patterson, Director of Marketing..."

These are all the high-level executives of Mei Ben. After seeing Qin Miao, they all greeted Qin Miao with a smile.

And what Qin Miao can do at this time is to put on a smiling face as much as possible, and keep these people's appearance, position and name in mind.

Then came the rest of the staff.

But to Qin Miao's surprise, among the crowd of Meiben staff, Qin Miao found an acquaintance of her own.

"Frankie???"

Looking at the fat man in front of her, Qin Miao's face was full of surprise.

"Why are you here?"

Although the other party was full of smiles, he stretched out his hand to hold Qin Miao meticulously and said:
"Trick French, track engineer, welcome to join us!"

Qin Miao looked at Frankie, then at the Mercedes uniform on his body, then smiled and shook hands with him.

"Nice to meet you."

Without extra time to catch up with Frankie, Qin Miao quickly walked to the next staff member.

"Vaughan Reyes, your exclusive chief technician, welcome."

"Hamza Roger, mechanic, I'm in charge of the wind cannon on the left front wheel of the car..."

……

Qin Miao shook hands one by one with all the Mercedes staff who will work with him in the future.

Of course, it was impossible for Qin Miao to know all of these people in a short period of time, so Qin Miao remembered some staff members whom he would interact with more in the future.

As for the others, Qin Miao was going to ask Toto for a copy of the employee's information after today's event was over, and take it back and write it down one by one.

After getting acquainted with everything, Qin Miao came to Hamilton.

Seeing Qin Miao coming in front of him, Hamilton smiled and showed his big white teeth
"I don't think I need to introduce myself? You are welcome to join."

Qin Miao shook hands with other staff members, but after holding the hand of the seven-time champion in front of him, Qin Miao couldn't help but hugged him again.I have to drink again this season

Hamilton did not refuse either, and the two separated after lightly embracing, but Qin Miao did not let go of his hand.

"Of course, I've known you for a long time, I'm your fan! It's just that I didn't expect to see you today."

After finishing speaking, Qin Miao added another sentence:
"Can I trouble you to sign my helmet later?"

In fact, Hamilton originally thought that Qin Miao was a bad visitor.

After all, Qin Miao's performance in F2 is strong enough, coupled with the negative evaluation of Qin Miao's character in the paddock, Hamilton preconceived that Qin Miao's character is not very good. Teammates have an infighting.

Coupled with the fact that Bottas, who has worked closely with him, was squeezed out by Qin Miao, Hamilton thought to himself that the atmosphere in the Mercedes team this season might not be good.

It can be seen that Qin Miao's appearance as a small fan, to be honest, Hamilton was a little at a loss.

Looking carefully at Qin Miao's face and eyes, Hamilton did not see any trace of performance in Qin Miao's eyes.

Either this guy in front of him is really his fan, or this guy has extremely terrifying acting skills at a young age.

But Hamilton is more willing to believe the former. After all, at Qin Miao's age, there are very few children who can have such deep scheming and acting skills.

So in the face of Qin Miao's request, Hamilton readily agreed:

"of course."

Qin Miao immediately made progress:

"Then can I add you as a WhatsApp friend?"

"Um... that's fine too."

"Then I..."

Just when Qin Miao was about to say something, Toto stood up and relieved Hamilton:
"Okay, Qin, don't get too excited, you and Hamilton will have a long time to work together in the future."

After hearing Toto's words, Qin Miao reluctantly let go of Hamilton's hand and stopped talking. (end of this chapter)