How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 172 Chapter 170: Qin's second son (6K, plus 2729)

On the track, Qin Miao did not slow down before T17. There were only six cars on the track at this time, and the traffic situation was much better than Q1 and Q2. Moreover, Qin Miao did not need to prepare for the lap time, just like Qin Miao said it to Alonso during the pre-match meeting, relying on feeling.

Exiting T18, Qin Miao's cornering speed was ideal this time, and the throttle and upshift rhythm were good. He passed T19 all the way, and then started his flying lap in this race.

After passing T1, Qin Miao started his eight-speed full-fuel DRS run.

Although the tail speed of the Mercedes this year is not as good as that of the Red Bull, the tail speed of Qin Miao's low-resistance adjustment is also 320 kilometers per hour.

The braking point of T1 is difficult to find, because the angle of view inside the car is low, and there is no good reference object, so this place looks at the road signs of the braking distance while tracking the brakes.

Qin Miao specially recorded a brake tire mark at the T1 position. After passing the tire mark, he braked heavily, and while resisting the G force coming from behind, he stared at the track and entered the corner.

Eat as much as possible on the road shoulder at the center of the bend, because there is no excessive acceleration in this corner, so you don’t have to worry about the car losing control if the road shoulder eats too much, but you can’t eat the speed bump on the outside of the road shoulder, otherwise the car will be bounced.

After exiting T2, it is full throttle, so T3 cannot go on the shoulder of the road, because this is a full throttle false corner, but if you touch a little bit, it may cause the car to spin.

But after T3, you can eat the road shoulder, because the next section is a full-throttle straight, so you don’t have to worry about the loss of grip.

You can ignore the T4 false bend, follow your own route, and grasp the timing of the upshift.

T5 is a high-speed corner, and the center G force of T5 and T6 can reach 3.9G.

The 7th gear is ready to resist the G force and enter T5. In order to obtain a better exit line at T6, you can slow down in advance when entering T5.

Enter the bend close to the apex of T5. Don’t cut the apex of T6 immediately after entering the turn, but continue to drive to the left side of the track for a while, tap the brakes lightly to get a better exit line, and then turn .

The apex of T6 still cannot go up, and this is another time to accelerate out of the corner, and the curb of the curve is high, so the car may spin if it goes up a little bit.

After exiting T6, you can go on the shoulder of the road, and you can eat more, as long as you don't leave the white line in four rounds.

The V-shaped curve of T7 is still fresh in Qin Miao's memory. After all, when he just started playing racing games, he lost countless speeds on this curve with the controller.

But now after actually driving the car, this corner is much easier to pass.

3rd gear into the corner, because it is uphill, so when refueling, you can be a little more aggressive to maintain the traction of the rear wheels of the car, stick to the apex of the bend, and go full throttle after you can see the rear straight.

Although T8 is a false bend, it is an uphill section after all, so it is necessary to follow the traces of the racing cars running on the track.

The T9 corner is a bit difficult, because it is downhill steering, there will be a little oversteer when entering the corner, and a little understeer after reaching the apex.

So Qin Miao did not rush to downshift when entering the corner, because the downshift of the car would cause the rear wheel of the car to lose grip for a short period of time.

After entering T9, Qin Miao started downshifting when he came to the understeer corner after exiting the corner. In this way, the instability at the rear of the car will offset the understeer when turning, and the car can float out of the corner. However, this operation can provide The speed advantage of the car is relatively small, that is, the coherence of exiting the corner will be stronger, and the driving will be more comfortable.

After exiting the corner, use full throttle, eat as much as possible on the road shoulder, and maximize your exit speed.

Regardless of the fake corner T10, T11 is a full-throttle corner, which can even be regarded as a false corner, as long as you find a good angle and turn the direction in time, you can pass it easily.

Even a little bit of throttle lift at the apex doesn't have much effect on speed.

However, when we come out of T11 and come to the short straight road at the junction with T12, we need to shift the brake distribution forward, and quickly decelerate to the third gear.

After 12, the track will narrow, but it is generally not visible, so be extra careful when entering and exiting corners.

After finding the braking point and entering the corner, you can eat the road shoulder, but you cannot press the speed bump on the road shoulder. After passing the apex, continue to turn right and use up the road shoulder after exiting the corner.

After getting out of T12, drive straight for a certain distance, no matter whether you will rush out of the track later, drive in a straight line to obtain sufficient traction and relative speed, and pull the car back on the track just before it is about to rush out of the track.

Then go all the way to T14 with full throttle, slow down and downshift at 70 meters, and then enter the corner at a large angle. The corner at this place can be on the shoulder of the road, as long as the four wheels do not come out of the white line.

The same is true for T15, but the green area after cornering is almost enough to press the two tires on the right side, because the paint on this area is relatively slippery, and if it is too much, it is easy to lack grip.

After exiting the corner, I went through the false corner of T16 with full fuel all the way, and came to T17.

Because this is a high-speed downhill, it is necessary to adjust the brake distribution to the rear and brake at 80 meters.

The curb at the center of the bend cannot be eaten because it is too high, and the speed of the racing car on this bend is not slow, so it is easy to spin if eaten.

However, you can eat as many road shoulders as possible when exiting the corner, so as to obtain faster exit speed and track width, but before entering T18, you need to move your car away from the road shoulder after exiting T17.

Because if the road shoulder is pressed into the bend, the road shoulder cannot provide the strong grip of the asphalt road.

The corner exit of T18 is very important, because there is a very long straight after the exit of T18, if the rhythm of exiting the corner is not good, it is likely to lose a lot of time here.

And Qin Miao's corner exit was just right, the center of the bend was cut precisely, and the road shoulder was full after exiting the corner. It was the kind of tire on the left that almost went out of the white line, but it was stuck at this limit and did not go out of the white line.

After that, T19 was a false bend. After passing the DRS detection point, I turned on the DRS and crossed the line with all my strength.

……

"Okay! Next is Qin Miao. Qin Miao's speed in the last section of Q3 is very good. The first two sections are green. It is only 0.133 seconds slower than Hamilton, who is currently ranked first, and the gap is very small!"

At this time, the director also put the camera on Qin Miao's car.

Under the watchful eyes of the director and the audience, Qin Miao sprinted with all his strength in the last section. In the end, Qin Miao's ranking rose from seventh to first. The last section was also purple, and his speed was three thousandths of a second faster than Qin Miao's teammate Hamilton. .

"Qin Miao! He once again suppressed his teammates in qualifying!"

"Although we all know that Hamilton must have something hidden, it is not easy to briefly suppress his teammate Hamilton in qualifying."

After Qin Miao crossed the line, the three commentators of Five Star Sports were really happy for Qin Miao.

However, Qin Miao's result was canceled after Hamilton completed his last flying lap, just as several five-star sports commentators had guessed.

Qin Miao still started No.2 like Bahrain, while Qin Miao's teammate Hamilton started first.

The third is Perez, and the fourth is Verstappen.

In today's game, Verstappen made a certain mistake in the first timing period, and only painted a yellow, so he did not beat his teammates in the end.

In fact, this is a small mistake made by Verstappen. If there is no such mistake, the top three in today's game will have to retreat one place.

After the game, Frankie's voice sounded in TR: "Qin Miao, your final score is 1:14, P408."

Qin Miao was somewhat frustrated after hearing this. After all, he had already exerted all his strength at this moment, but it was still unlikely to get the result he wanted.

……

When the three drivers returned to the pit lane after qualifying, the commentators chatted again.

"Today Mercedes and Red Bull started first, second, third and fourth respectively, and Verstappen will finally no longer be fighting alone in the race tomorrow."

"Yes, the joint defense of Qin Miao and Hamilton in Bahrain did bring Verstappen a lot of trouble. Verstappen even said in an interview after the game that Qin Miao's defensive ability was excellent. Incredible, a driver of Verstappen's level would even describe Qin Miao's defensive ability with words like incredible in the post-race interview stage, from which we can know that Qin Miao's defensive ability is really strong." Zhou Haoran was talking while flipping through the notebook in which he took notes.

"That's right, and because of this, we believe that tomorrow's race will definitely be more exciting than we imagined. How Qin Miao will defend the two Red Bulls, and what methods Red Bull will take to overthrow Qin Miao, these are all What to watch tomorrow."

"This year's race is really exciting. Although I like Qin Miao very much, I also hope that Qin Miao will get better and better in F1, but when I just heard the news that Qin Miao joined the Mercedes team, I really thought that this year Hamilton Might be left alone.

In the end, Qin Miao's performance on the field also let me know why Toto is the team leader of the Mercedes team. His vision is really good. "

"Every compliment we say about Toto's vision at this time is a stab at Ferrari."

"Hahaha~"

……

At the end of qualifying, Qin Miao got out of the car and weighed.

After the weighing was over, Qin Miao looked back and saw that Hamilton had also parked the car at the pole position.

Qin Miao gave Hamilton a thumbs-up, then turned around and smiled and came to the staff of her own team, fist-bumped with Frankie with a smile, and fist-bumped with her technicians.

And in the end, Qin Miao also saw his daughter-in-law.

He smiled and hugged the other party: "I didn't disappoint you, did I?
Qiumeng had a smile on her face, but she said playfully, "I thought your grades might be better, but second place is fine."

Qin Miao scraped Qiumeng's nose angrily, and then took the water glass with the Devil's Claw logo on it from the girl's hand.

After receiving the water glass, Qin Miao went to celebrate briefly with Hamilton and his crew members, and then went to be interviewed.

The content of the interview is actually those fixed things, but the scope is much larger.

Qin Miao is already familiar with the pre-match and post-match interviews after this period of experience.

So there is no pressure to deal with the interview.

And Qin Miao came to Perez after the interview.

After Perez finished, it was Hamilton's turn, which was Hamilton's first pole position this year.

It can be seen that he was very excited when he was interviewed. As usual, he thanked the team staff for their help in this qualifying race.

Then the reporter asked about Qin Miao, Hamilton's new teammate.

"Now you have been working with your new teammate Qin Miao for a while, and he still performed well in this qualifying match and ranked behind you. What do you think of your new teammate? Bottas and Qin Miao are more important to you. Who do you want to be your teammate?"

Hamilton was stunned for a moment. This question was somewhat aggressive and rhythmic, but the old man hadn't seen such a big storm for so many years. After pondering for two seconds, he answered: "There is no doubt about Qin Miao's strength. His performance is worthy of the team's attention to him. My thoughts are the same as the team's. He is a very good young man. Although he is still lacking in some aspects, he is talented enough and good at learning and researching. I believe Qin Miao's The future is limitless.

As for Qin Miao and Bottas... To be honest, I can't make a choice between these two.

One of them has excellent defensive ability, and the other cooperates perfectly with me. They are two completely different drivers. If possible, I hope that the FIA ​​reform will allow a team to have three drivers. Then I don’t need to worry about this problem. "

Hamilton used a joke to resolve the tricky question raised by the reporter, but his previous words were sincere. Qin Miao's strength has now been recognized by drivers of Hamilton's level.

……

After getting off the track, Qin Miao didn't take off her racing suit. The temperature is really not high today. Wearing the racing suit and the sweat-absorbent inside the suit is just right and very comfortable.

And just as Qin Miao left the track and walked towards the P room of his team, a tall man who was at least 1.9 meters tall in a red Ferrari jacket and red trousers walked over.

After all, everyone works in the same place, basically every Grand Prix will work in the same paddock, it is really invisible.

The one who appeared in front of Qin Miao was of course Ferrari's leader Binotto.

Although it was Qin Miao's first meeting with Binotto after leaving Ferrari to join Mercedes, Qin Miao didn't look embarrassed after seeing him, and greeted him with a smile: "Hi, Mattia."

Although Qin Miao was also familiar with Binotto in the past, but at that time the two were in a superior-subordinate relationship, so Qin Miao basically would not call Binotto by his first name directly, but would call him Binotto or the boss.

But now Qin Miao is no longer a member of Ferrari after all, and Qin Miao has the courage to joke with Binotto.

But when facing Qin Miao, Binotto didn't care about whether he was big or small. On the contrary, after seeing Qin Miao, his eyes were more regretful.

Why wasn't he firm enough to keep Qin Miao in Ferrari back then?Isn't this kid much better than Biens in terms of talent and immediate combat power?
But it's meaningless to think about it at this time. I smiled and congratulated Qin Miao for her good results in the qualifying competition today. After chatting with Qin Miao for a few more words, the two parties separated. After all, they still have things to do .

After Qin Miao left, Binotto continued towards the FIA ​​meeting room.

Just like the drivers will have a meeting before the game, the team leader will also have a meeting before the game, usually chaired by FIA President Jean Todt.

And this time Binotto was going to a meeting, but not long after he separated from Qin Miao, Binotto's cell phone rang suddenly.

Picking up the phone and taking a look, it was Ferrari's internal company email.

He opened the email while walking, and after seeing the contents of the email, Binotto frowned and stopped immediately.

The assistant following Binotto saw that Binotto stopped suddenly, so he asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Binotto put the phone away with a sigh, and replied: "The heads of three departments at Ferrari have left."

After finishing speaking, Binotto cursed again in a low voice: "Why did you go so early..."

Qin Miao's brilliant performance made Ferrari realize that Qin Miao's departure was a huge loss for them, which further prompted Ferrari to liquidate those who caused the loss, although it was of no avail.

After Qin Miao finished her work, she did nothing else. While hugging Qiumeng who was reading a book, she watched the videos and data of herself and Hamilton on the track.

After all, the performance of the two cars is basically exactly the same. The only difference lies in the different driving styles and car tuning of the two drivers.

Qin Miao didn't think he had any problems in these two aspects, so he wanted to figure out where he was compared to Hamilton.

Of course, with the data provided by Hamilton to Qin Miao, Qin Miao can see where the gap between himself and Hamilton lies in a very short period of time.

For example, in the two zigzag corners of T14 and T15, Hamilton's coherence in both corner entry and exit is better than that of Qin Miao.

In the V-shaped bend of T7, Hamilton's coherence during cornering and relative speed after exiting the corner were about 1 km/h faster than Qin Miao's.

These advantages are small, but together they make a lot.

Qin Miao also knows that Hamilton's coherence is good, but Qin Miao just can't solve this problem in a short time, and can only rely on more practice and familiarization.

But now Qin Miao has no such extra time.

Qin Miao simply opened up, forget it, let's take advantage of the time before the start of the game to relax and wait for the start of the game.

……

Sunday.

Today is the start of the Imola Grand Prix.

But for Qin Miao, his mood today is not sunny just like today's weather.

It can be known from the weather forecast that the weather in Imola today is showers, and it will last for a while.

It was obvious that God didn't want Qin Miao to spend his second Grand Prix so comfortably, so he gave him some strength.

He was not in a hurry to go to the arena, but completed his daily physical training in the gym in his room, but this time Qin Miao's physical training was reduced by half.

After completing the daily tasks, Qin Miao drove to the track.

Today Qin Miao drives an AMG GT Black Warrior, which is the same model as Qin Miao's car, but it is not the car that Toto gave to Qin Miao. Radley is gone.

This car was provided to Qin Miao by a local sponsor in Italy, and the main purpose was naturally to promote the new car.

Many people will pay attention to what kind of car the drivers drive when they go to the race.

Parked his car in the parking lot planned by the organizer for the team staff and drivers, opened an AMG black umbrella, and Qin Miao trotted into the paddock with Qiu Meng.

Holding an umbrella, Qiumeng and Qiumeng came to the motor home of the motorcade. After changing clothes, they settled the girl in the P room of the motorcade, and Qin Miao went to the meeting.

The rain caught Qin Miao off guard and also exceeded the team's expectations. Now it is necessary to evaluate the current track conditions as soon as possible and decide the tires and tactics used in the race.

After arriving at the meeting room on the second floor of the team home, Hamilton hadn't come yet, but Toto had already dressed and sat on the stool.

Although the temperature outside is not too low now, the air conditioner is turned on inside the team home.

After Qin Miao came in, she also took off the upper part of her clothes and wrapped them around her waist.

After sitting down, Toto also asked about Qin Miao's situation.

"There was rain in today's game, and according to the meteorological department's report, the rain will not stop, and it will rain continuously during the game. Are you confident?"

Qin Miao looked at Toto and said frankly, "No... I really don't have much confidence in my ability to fight in the rain."

Toto was puzzled: "I saw that you practice rain fighting on the factory simulator a lot. You spend about one-third of your time practicing rain fighting. Why do you have no confidence?"

Qin Miao said frankly: "People always have some areas that they are not good at. Unfortunately, I do have shortcomings in rain fighting."

After Qin Miao finished speaking, other Meiben staff looked at Qin Miao with the eyes of a martyr.

No, brother, you are really upright, you can answer whatever Toto asks you?

Why are you not afraid of leaving a bad impression on Toto?This may make you Qin Miao be squeezed out by other drivers like Bottas.

But Qin Miao doesn't care about these things. He has now become an F1 driver that he didn't dare to think about before. He also drove an F1 car, and even got on the podium of F1, with a trophy for third place.

Although there is still a desire for the pole position and the championship trophy, Qin Miao is really indifferent to other things at the moment.

However, after hearing Qin Miao's words, Toto didn't write Qin Miao in his heart like other Meiben staff thought.

After all, in Toto's view, Qin Miao is really talented. Even if his rain fighting ability is relatively weak, he can develop it later. Moreover, Qin Miao can really endure hardships and has made outstanding contributions in the development stage of the car.

In Toto's heart, Qin Miao's contribution to the team is greater than the loss caused by Qin Miao's poor rain fighting ability.

And the most important thing is that Qin Miao still has room to grow, and there are still many shining points in Qin Miao that can be discovered.

"Well, if you need it, the simulator at the team factory can allocate more practice time for you in the future, anyway, your home is close to the factory."

Qin Miao nodded: "Of course, but it's considered overtime!"

Toto:?
(End of this chapter)