How did I become an F1 driver?

Zhou Guanyu shook his head: "I know, but who can become an F1 driver but is not arrogant? You still don't allow me to have a little dream. Even if you don't allow me to have a dream, you don't allow me to express a few words of emotion?"

"Okay, okay, whatever you say is right."

After chatting with Zhou Guanyu for a while, the two of them soon arrived at Qin Miao's house.

The plane got off at nine o'clock, the helicopter ride again, the chatting on the road, and the time when I was stopped by fans.

By the time the two arrived at the door of their home, it was already close to 11:30.

When Qin Miao arrived at the door of his house, a smell of food that Qin Miao was very familiar with came out of the house.

Although my mother and Qiu Meng both cook mainly Hunan cuisine, the flavors of their dishes are different.

After living with them for so many years, and after Qin Miao acquired the skills of a chef, his nose could easily distinguish the difference in the smell of their cooking.

So after smelling this aroma that was different from Qiu Meng's cooking, Qin Miao frowned. Why did this smell a bit like the smell of his mother's cooking?

Somewhat confused and curious, she opened the door to her home. After opening the door, the sound of cooking in the kitchen reached Qin Miao's ears, while Qiu Meng was sitting on the sofa at home chatting with the guests.

When Qin Miao looked at the guests carefully, he discovered that Leclerc and Norris had appeared at Qin Miao's house at some unknown time.

Qin Miao:? ? ? ?

Seeing Qin Miao push the door and walk in, Leclerc was like the master of the house. He stretched out his hand to say hello to Qin Miao who pushed the door and walked in: "Hey, you're back? Sit down wherever you want, you're welcome."

Norris on the side also smiled and greeted Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu: "Good afternoon."

Although he didn't know why Leclerc appeared here, Qin Miao was somewhat relieved to see that Leclerc still had time to joke with him.

At least it can be proved that Turkey's withdrawal did not bring an excessive blow to Leclerc.

The arrival of the home court also cheered up Leclerc. At least this season he has a chance to stand on the highest podium in front of his hometown folks and win the Monaco Grand Prix.

I just hope that Leclerc’s home court curse will not be triggered again. When the time comes to retire from the race, Leclerc will really cry.

But putting these aside, Qin Miao's doubts were quickly dispelled by Qiu Meng.

The girl got up from the sofa and trotted to Qin Miao. She gave Qin Miao a big hug, then kissed Qin Miao hard on the face in front of Leclerc and the others, and then said with a smile. : "Leclerc and the others knew you were coming back at noon today, so I invited them to my house for lunch. It happened to be very crowded."

The interaction between Qiu Meng and Qin Miao made Leclerc and the others roll their eyes.

I'm really not ashamed to say shit in front of so many people.

Qin Miao nodded, then nodded to Norris, then rolled his eyes at Leclerc and ignored the guy.

Ignoring Zhou Guanyu, Qin Miao looked curiously in the direction of her kitchen.

Noticing Qin Miao's eye movements, Qiu Meng smiled and said nothing.

Zhou Guanyu was extremely familiar with Qin Miao's family, so he skillfully put on his slippers and put his luggage away.

At this time, Qin Miao had already arrived at the door of the kitchen. Through the transparent glass door of the kitchen, he saw a very familiar figure busy in the kitchen, just like when he was a child coming home from school.

"mom?"

Qin Miao was a little dazed when he first saw the familiar figure in the kitchen, but soon the feeling deep in his memory told Qin Miao that this was his mother.

My mother turned around after hearing the movement at the door, and a smile appeared on her face when she saw Qin Miao: "You're back? Go wash your hands first, and we'll eat later."

"Have it."

After responding to his mother, Qin Miao went back to the room to put things away.

After Qin Miao put away her things and came out of the room, Qiu Meng had already put on an apron.

After seeing Qin Miao, Qiu Meng glanced in the direction of Leclerc and the others.

The couple's tacit understanding allowed Qin Miao to immediately know what Qiu Meng meant.

You just happened to be back, you went to entertain the guests, and I went to the kitchen to help.

Nodding to his wife, Qin Miao came to the living room and sat down on the sofa.

"When did you come here?"

"I came back yesterday. I have a day off today, so I just happened to come over for a meal." Leclerc said with a smile.

Norris on the side also nodded and said: "Me too."

Qin Miao suddenly smiled and asked: "My vegetable rice tastes good, right?"

The three people, including Zhou Guanyu, naturally nodded, this was undeniable.

Qin Miao smiled slightly: "What should I do about my weight?"

In an instant, the faces of the three of them were slightly stiff.

For F1 drivers, the biggest enemy may be the issue of weight, because as long as you weigh one kilogram more, it means that your lap time during the race will be about 0.07 seconds slower.

Qin Miao's family usually eats Hunan cuisine, which is particularly heavy on oil and salt.

When my mother cooks to entertain guests at home, she might pay more attention to the guests' feelings and cook more dishes that are high in protein but not so strong in taste, but Qin Miao really does what makes her feel comfortable at home.

So much so that every time they ate at Qin Miao's house, these people felt both pain and happiness.

It tastes really delicious, but the amount of physical training after eating it will almost double.

Sometimes eating something too spicy makes going to the bathroom an extremely painful experience.

Of course, Qin Miao did not chat to death, and the topic changed to the paddock.

After all, they are all F1 drivers, so the topic of the four people can be easily extended in this regard.

The atmosphere that was a little dull just now suddenly became cheerful.

……

After lunch, Qin Miao drove Leclerc and Norris back, and Zhou Guanyu also took his luggage to the hotel booked by the team.

After all, it is a back-to-back race. Qin Miao, who helps the team with research and development in his daily life and is not very involved in commercial activities, can have two days of rest in this back-to-back race.

But Leclerc and the others have endorsement contracts and are promoted by the team. At this time, they really don't have as much free time as Qin Miao.

After having a meal and maintaining the relationship between friends, we went back to our respective homes to rest.

After tidying up the kitchen, rinsing the dishes and everything else and putting them in the dishwasher, things after lunch were pretty much busy.

When he came to the living room and didn't see his mother, Qin Miao curiously asked Qiu Meng, who was processing documents, "Where is our mother?"

"It seems to be in the study."

"I gonna go see."

"Ah."

After arriving in the study room, Qin Miao saw his mother wiping the bracket of her racing simulator with a rag.

Qin Miao and Qiu Meng have not been back for a while, so many places are covered with dust.

In fact, under normal circumstances, if Qin Miao and Qiu Meng are at home, they will ask a sanitation company to come to their home for sanitation once a week or so.

But this week Qiu Meng is busy with Qin Miao's agency in the UK, and Qin Miao is competing in Spain, so naturally there is no time to call people over.

"Hey, Mom, what are you doing all this for? I'll ask someone to come over and do some cleaning." Qin Miao hurriedly walked over and stopped his mother.

"I have nothing to do when I'm at home, so I just do some hygiene."

The corner of Qin Miao's mouth twitched. Based on Qin Miao's understanding of his mother, she said she was idle when she said she was idle. She was probably really bored.

He scratched his head and said, "How about I take you to the Louvre? I'll also stop by the Eiffel Tower and something else. I don't think I've been to those places yet."

But what I didn't expect was that my mother rolled her eyes and said, "You can go, but I won't go. That shabby place is not even comparable to the county seat of our hometown. The roads are only so wide, and there are still people everywhere on the streets." Rubbish."

"Ah?" Qin Miao was a little confused: "Have you been there?"

Mom nodded, handed the rag to Qin Miao and said, "When you were playing in Spain, Qiu Meng took me there."

Qin Miao took the rag and was at a loss: "Why don't you take me with you?"

Mom rolled her eyes in the same way as Qin Miao rolled her eyes: "Don't look at how busy you are. You don't even have time to answer a phone call at the end of the day. Sometimes I even think about why I asked you to go abroad to participate in this program." Is the F1 race a correct decision? On the one hand, I am worried about your safety, but on the other hand, I see you are too busy."

Qin Miao touched her nose embarrassedly. In fact, strictly speaking, she should be considered the least busy among all F1 drivers.

Drivers like Zhou Guanyu and others who have endorsement contracts basically have no time to rest on back-to-back race days, and at such times, he can spare two days to rest.

As for my mother's calls, it's not that I don't want to answer them. The key is that when my mother calls me, she only calls me after she has achieved good results after a game. At that time, Qin Miao had to attend meetings and accept various interviews after the game. He also had to go to the FIA, and there were also gatherings between team colleagues after the game.

It was indeed Qin Miao's busiest time at that time, and he basically had no time to answer the phone.

Qin Miao really wanted to say, you don't call me when I'm not busy.

But Qin Miao didn't have the guts to say that, so he could only nod his head in agreement.

It’s not shameful to pretend to be a grandson in front of your own mother!

"By the way, why are you here? You didn't even tell me in advance when you came."

My mother no longer struggled with this topic, but said: "I have quit my job in my hometown, and now I have a lot of rest time, so I will come over and take a look."

Although he was a little surprised by his mother's answer, Qin Miao was still very happy about it. Anyway, now that he has money, he can also be able to provide for her mother after she stops working, and she won't want anything. Weighing the pros and cons like that before, I had to make a lot of decisions in the end to buy something.

Isn’t that what making money is for?

"It's a good thing. When the time comes, you can follow me and shop all over the world. Buy whatever you want when you see it. Our family has money now, so there is no need to save. Your son's earning power is now considered one of the best in the paddock. "

"It just shows how capable you are, right?" Mom poked Qin Miao's forehead with her finger.

"Ouch, it hurts."

"Clean your own room. I'm going to find my daughter-in-law." After saying that, my mother left, leaving Qin Miao alone in the study looking at the rag in her hand in silence.

Oh no, didn’t I come here to see what mom is doing? Why do you have to work?
And didn’t you say you could find someone to do this? Why does it fall on me again? I am a world champion after all, right? Would it be possible to do such a thing...

Qin Miao was just halfway through this random thought when her mother poked her head in from outside the door and pointed at Qin Miao and said, "You are not allowed to eat at night until you finish your work."

Qin Miao:......

Okay, you are the head of the family, you have the final say.

But what Qin Miao didn't know was that the smile on her mother's face was very happy after she left.

Although Qin Miao has reached the top of an industry, is sought after by countless people in a colorful world, and has seen a lot of things, the essence of his son remains the same.

In the next two days, Qin Miao basically stayed at home and never went out.

With his mother and his wife by his side, Qin Miao basically didn't think about housework. Basically, he just trained, played, and slept, switching back and forth between these three states.

It was said that Qin Miao was asked to do sanitation. In fact, Qin Miao had been busy for less than five minutes before the person Qiu Meng called to do sanitation arrived.

On Wednesday, before the start of the Monaco Grand Prix, Ferrari announced the cause of the problem with Leclerc's car in the Spanish race:

It was due to a failure of the turbocharger and MGU-H during the race that the Leclerc engine lost power.

And after evaluation, this problem is not a problem with the design and component structure of the car, but a problem during the driving and use process.

The general meaning is that there is no problem with the team, but there is a problem with Leclerc's driving.

Moreover, these two parts are completely scrapped, and there is no possibility of repair.

But as engine components, these two things will be scrapped once they are scrapped, and the original restrictions will not be reduced.

In addition, Leclerc has used two sets of MGU-H components so far.

The first set ran for 1 races, and the set currently damaged by Leclerc is the second set. However, the FIA ​​rules only allow the use of three sets of MGU-H components in a season. If the fourth set is turned on, the start of the race will There will be a penalty of 4 positions.

This means that Leclerc now needs to choose between using old components and sacrificing some racing performance, or starting a new set of MGU-H to ensure Leclerc's stable performance at home.

However, Qin Miao believes that this option is basically a single option here, because with Leclerc's luck at home, if you don't replace him with a new one, his old MGU-H will definitely be abandoned in the race.

However, because this already involves team confidentiality, it is difficult for Qin Miao to ask Leclerc.

Unlike Ferrari, which is strapped for engine parts, there have been six races this season, and Qin Miao's car still uses the same engine from the beginning of the season, and even the gearbox does not need to be changed.

Moreover, Qin Miao's teammate Hamilton started the second gearbox in this game. As for the engine, it is the same as Qin Miao's and does not need to be replaced.

Although everyone knows that Mercedes' racing performance this season is not as good as before, but in hidden corners where the audience can't see it, Mercedes has improved the durability of its engine to an incredible level.

Therefore, not only the Mercedes team, but basically all teams using Mercedes engines have not retired from the race due to mechanical failures so far.

At the same time, some interesting things happened in the paddock. Vettel's bag was stolen after the Spanish Grand Prix. In the end, Vettel used the Airpods locating software to find the bag, but in the end all he found was his Airpods.

The thief was probably a habitual offender. He knew that this thing had a location and just threw it on the side of the road. As for the bag and its contents, all were missing.

This operation can be regarded as a big face for Spain.

On Thursday, Qin Miao left home and came to the paddock.

Although Qin Miao lives in Monaco and takes Qiu Meng for a walk around the Monte Carlo circuit when he has time at night, Qin Miao is still extremely serious about the track walk this Thursday.

Qin Miao has a feeling that this may be his only chance to stand on the top podium this season. As long as his results in the qualifying stage are good enough and the team can change tires during the race, he can take advantage of Monte Carlo. Due to the difficult overtaking characteristics of the Los Angeles circuit, he defended the driver behind him for the entire race.

Therefore, although Qin Miao is extremely familiar with this track, Qin Miao still hopes that he can squeeze an extra 0.001 second of time advantage for himself when walking on the track.

So when walking on the track, Qin Miao walked three laps from the time he could start walking until the end of the prescribed time.

When the news reached Red Bull and Ferrari, people on both sides began to chew their teeth with some toothache.

They also know that with Qin Miao's ability, if they can perform as well as they did in the Spanish Grand Prix qualifying during the qualifying stage, they may not be able to win the championship in this game.

So after learning the news, even though the four drivers knew that their racing performance was better than that of Mercedes, everyone couldn't help but become nervous when they thought of the lessons learned from the Spanish Grand Prix.

The most nervous one is Leclerc. After all, this is his home track, and since he entered F2018 in 1, he has not successfully completed a race at his home track.

With the double buff, Leclerc's nerves were always tense.

In fact, Leclerc's many retirements at home are not without trace.

In addition to luck, there is also the reason why Leclerc cares too much about this game.

Leclerc is actually capable, there is no doubt about this.

But compared with top drivers such as Qin Miao, Hamilton, and Verstappen, Leclerc's character is a bit impatient.

When defending the opponent and he has an advantage, Leclerc will relax psychologically, so his defense is very stable. Even Qin Miao, the recognized defensive master in the paddock, will show off after seeing Leclerc's defense. Thumbs up sincerely said: There is nothing wrong with Leclerc's defense!

But when chasing his opponent from behind, Leclerc will make some unforced errors because of his impatience.

This kind of personality and mentality can easily put Leclerc in an embarrassing situation on the court. The more he wants something, the easier it is to lose something.

So although Qin Miao very much hopes that Leclerc will not have any accidents in this week's Monaco Grand Prix and finish the race normally.

But Qin Miao still felt that Leclerc might have to retire from this game again.

After the track work on Thursday, Qin Miao completed all the shooting tasks. After returning to the team home, he took French and Reyes to discuss the characteristics of the Monte Carlo track and began to analyze. Based on the characteristics of your car this season, you should use specific tuning methods to squeeze out more speed.

After all, the current simulator of Mercedes-Benz Racing Team has completely declared GG, and the data of the simulator can only be used as a reference in a short period of time.

The simulator data adjustment will have to wait until at least the Australian Grand Prix in June.

During this period, the Mercedes team is probably in such a pre-race preparation state.

Qin Miao was so busy that she didn't leave the paddock until after ten o'clock in the evening.

Fortunately, Qin Miao's home is not far from the paddock, and it only takes fifteen minutes to go back by car, which is shorter than the time from the paddock to the hotel during some grand prix events.

Saturday is the day when first and second practice begins.

When he first arrived in the paddock, Qin Miao discovered that even if it was a practice match this year, the attendance rate in the paddock was much higher than in previous years.

Without worrying about the reasons for these things, Qin Miao spent more time and attention in today's two practice sessions on getting familiar with the track and collecting data on the track.

At the same time, Mercedes this week installed a high-drag rear wing and front nose on the car.

This is an aero package that the team has prepared before the start of this season.

Strictly speaking, this is the first time it has been put into use. The specific effect will only be known after it is put on the track.

Moreover, at the Monte Carlo track, the top speed performance of the team's car cannot be exerted, so it is better to exchange downforce for horsepower. At least in this way, the downforce and mechanical downforce of the car in corners will be stronger.

As the first practice began, Qin Miao soon discovered good news. The dolphin jump phenomenon that the Mercedes team originally experienced due to excessive downforce at the rear of the car was significantly alleviated with the blessing of the high-resistance aerodynamic kit. Moreover, the car's cornering and controllability are even better with the help of the aerodynamic kit.

Of course, this can only be said that Mercedes' car may be more suitable for the Monte Carlo circuit than other circuits.

After all, the Monte Carlo circuit does not have enough straight lines for the W13 to trigger the dolphin jump.

And maybe Red Bull and Ferrari are the same?
So Qin Miao continued to work on Friday as normal, but compared to previous grand prix, Qin Miao was more serious and meticulous. (End of chapter)