How did I become an F1 driver?

第402章 405：倒霉蛋勒克莱尔（6K，加更9/19）

Qin Miao believes that Leclerc, who has been at Ferrari for so long, is probably used to this feeling.

After all, Ferrari will make several unfavorable maneuvers in a season, and in most cases the victim is Leclerc.

It’s as if the game wouldn’t run if the tire changers in the strategy team didn’t do their jobs.

Zhou Guanyu's performance in this race was also very good, because he was familiar with the Silverstone circuit, coupled with the fairly good performance of the car and his extraordinary long-distance speed.

Zhou Guanyu finished seventh in this game.

Of course, what makes domestic fans happiest is that Qin Miao once again stood on the highest podium since Monaco.

……

"Let us congratulate Qin Miao once again!" At Five Star Sports, the three commentators who stayed up late to explain this game suddenly felt that their night was not in vain.

"It seems that Mercedes' upgrade at home has been very effective. The speed of the car has been fundamentally improved." Fei Ge said with a smile.

On the field, after Qin Miao crossed the line, everyone in the Mercedes team and all the team staff who were hanging on the parapet to celebrate Qin Miao cheered.

"Well done, I was really under a lot of pressure when attacking me and almost made mistakes several times." Hamilton said with a smile: "How is it? My defense against you is considered qualified in the eyes of a defensive master like you, right? "

"Fuck up..." Hamilton pushed Qin Miao angrily.

After crossing the line, Qin Miao let out a long breath, and his heartbeat, which had always been at 140 beats per minute, began to slow down.

After Qin Miao finished celebrating and got off the car, Hamilton also walked over.

Franky's excited voice soon came from the TR team: "P1! Qin Miao, we are P1! Well done, great run."

But it doesn't matter.

After parking the car, Qin Miao got out of the car, then stood on his car and waved to the audience.

Originally, due to poor performance this season and several team meetings in the middle, he already wanted to give up on this design. However, the performance of the two Mercedes drivers on the track in this game made Elliott suddenly feel confident. I feel that the design concept of W13 is not undesirable.

So after thinking about it and considering his relationship with Hamilton at this time, Qin Miao said in a joking tone: "Well... after the game, you can come to me in my lounge and I can teach you some skills."

Franky and Toto laughed at Qin Miao's joke, but Elliott, who was sitting in the Mercedes-Benz team factory observing data remotely, touched his chin, crossed his arms and leaned on his seat, like He was thinking about something.

Then the two Mercedes drivers looked at each other and smiled, and naturally took up the topic.

Toto, who was watching the game while sitting in the P room of the team, smiled like a chrysanthemum. In a season where everything went wrong, it was a big surprise for Toto to win the championship at home.

Such an idea inevitably appeared in Elliot's mind.

"Indeed, Qin Miao ran really well in the long distance in this race, and once again used yellow tires to show the durability of hard tires." Zhou Haoran also praised Qin Miao with a smile.

It's time to celebrate...

If you want to say that Hamilton's defense was very good and made him sweat, then Qin Miao would feel guilty. After all, Hamilton's defense of himself can only be said to be quite satisfactory.

Is it possible to retain the concept of zero sidepods, redesign a bottom plate, and solve all the problems discovered so far?

But there is one thing to say: Qin Miao really didn't know how to respond to Hamilton's words.

Hamilton didn't mind this either. The two just walked slowly around the track side by side, enjoying the cheers of more than 14 spectators at the scene before slowly returning to the bottom of the podium in the pit area.

After all, he had been studying the design concept of this car for a long time with many team members. At that time, he worked hard from dawn to dusk.

It’s just that when I designed the bottom plate myself, the pit left for the car was a little too big.

Qin Miao was also very happy about this unexpected surprise: "Hahaha, everyone did a great job. The most important thing is that the upgrade brought by the team this time was very successful. Driving is no longer like driving a powerful car." Racing with my own ideas.”

Qin Miao basically didn't feel much pressure, but it would be easy to hurt someone if he told the truth at this time.

Looking at the team staff who had jumped up and hugged each other to celebrate, in addition to the staff who had to keep an eye on the racing data, Elliott also had a smile on his face.

The two hugged each other.

After all, the W13 is the first car he designed since his promotion.

To be honest, he was really reluctant to lose the concept of zero sidepods after just one season.

Qin Miao, the race champion, also came to Hamilton's side to enjoy the cheers of the British audience.

It is estimated that this matter will not be brought up until after the Austrian Grand Prix.

Of course now...

After parking the car under the podium at the pit entrance, two Mercedes Benzes sandwiched a Ferrari in the middle.

The car's post-race ranking for this race was not 213, but 123.

In fact, before the start of this game, Qin Miao didn't think he could get this position in this game. Even when Qin Miao and Qiu Meng called, they said they were trying to get on the podium and go home with the trophy. .

However, Brother Bing obviously has a different view: "In fact, in addition to the performance improvement brought by the Mercedes-Benz car upgrade, this game relied more on Qin Miao's personal ability and the safety car.

Qin Miao and Hamilton paraded around the field together in both cars.

However, one week after the British Grand Prix is ​​Red Bull's home race, the Austrian Grand Prix. During this time, the team's staff is not available and there is no opportunity for meetings.

Qin Miao wanted to touch his nose, but because the helmet was still buckled on his head, Qin Miao took advantage of the situation and converted his action into lifting the helmet's goggles.

But before that, I can communicate with the two drivers of the team and see what they think. After all, they are the key players in driving the car to compete on the track.

On the playing field.

If there is no safety car, although Qin Miao's podium position is guaranteed, it is not that easy for Qin Miao to get first place. "

Then the two Mercedes drivers naturally came to the crowd of Mercedes team staff who had already arrived.

Qin Miao also performed a standard high jump and threw himself into the crowd.

After celebrating vigorously amidst the laughter of his colleagues, Qin Miao came out of the crowd.

Then he said hello to Sainz, who was in second place, went to weigh in, took off his equipment, took a drink of water, took a break, tidied up his appearance, and went to accept the post-race interview.

Qin Miao took a little longer to celebrate, so by the time Qin Miao arrived, Sainz, who was second, had already completed his post-race interview, and Hamilton walked away amidst the tsunami-like cheers of the British fans at the scene. Interviewed in front of the host.

After two questions, Hamilton ended his interview amidst cheers. It was Qin Miao's turn.

When Qin Miao came to the camera, the scene also burst into fierce cheers.

Although many Hamilton fans are still a little dissatisfied with Qin Miao because Qin Miao beat Hamilton in the Mercedes-Benz team at this time.

But it is well known that the relationship between Hamilton and Qin Miao has eased, and these people also know that they should maintain the most basic respect for the strong and the champion of the race.

Therefore, Qin Miao was able to enjoy the cheers, but the voice was obviously not as loud as Hamilton's.

But Qin Miao didn't care much about it.

"Congratulations, Qin Miao, for a wonderful performance and a substantial race championship. And after this game, you lead the driver standings as last season."

"Thank you. In fact, the most important thing is to thank the fans of the team. Without their encouragement and support, the team would not have been able to develop such a perfect car." Hamilton learned more or less about defense from Qin Miao. Knowledge, and in terms of post-match interviews, Qin Miao also learned a lot from Hamilton.

It can only be said that the two of them promote each other's progress.

"Then it's all the staff of the team. This race championship doesn't just belong to me, it also belongs to them. This week's upgrade is great."

Qin Miao's answer was evasive. Qin Miao never mentioned the topic of driver standings directly.

Mainly because it’s unnecessary to bring up this topic at this time.

Fans don't know that Qin Miao, the driver, knows Mercedes' plans for this season.

He may only be able to stay in this position for a few days. After Red Bull's home game comes next week, Verstappen's ability will definitely regain the leading position in the driver's standings.

When we talk about this topic now, isn't it just a hint to the fans of the Mercedes-Benz team that it is possible for the Mercedes-Benz team to return to the top of the team this season?
The Impossible Qin Miao didn't want to give the fans hope and then destroy that hope.

So I won’t talk about it directly.

The questions in the next two interviews were quite satisfactory. We talked about the qualifying situation and the team's plans for the next round.

I won’t go into too much detail here about the awards ceremony after the game. Qin Miao is already familiar with it.

But when Qin Miao came off the stage soaked all over, he saw an audience on the track happily holding up a white DRS sign on the track to show off.

Looking at this scene with his mouth twitching, Qin Miao couldn't help but sigh: "This is the birthplace of racing culture."

The folk customs are so honest and simple.

……

At the same time, the director also gave a picture to the unlucky guy in this game, Leclerc, who was supposed to win the race.

It's just that this scene looks a bit like a replay.

At this time, Leclerc's hair was still wet and he was holding a helmet in his hand.

Binotto grabbed Leclerc and seemed to be saying something to him.

Then, as if to emphasize his tone, Binotto pointed at Leclerc and said something. But at this time, Leclerc's face was full of exhaustion and boredom, and he responded to Binotto perfunctorily.

The overall driver standings after this race are as follows:

1: Qin Miao.154
2: Verstappen.134
3: Leclerc.131
4: Perez.119
5: Sainz.88
6: Hamilton.65
7: Norris.50
8: O'Connell.39
9: Bottas.38
10: Magnussen.16
11: Alonso.15
12: Gasly.15
13: Vettel.14
14: Ricardo.12
15: Zhou Guanyu.12
16: Tsunoda.9
17: Mick.2
18: Albon.1
19: Stroll.1
The team standings are as follows:
1: Red Bull: 278
2: Mercedes: 262
3: Ferrari: 243
4: Alpine: 66
5: McLaren: 62
6: Alfa Romeo: 58
7: Little Red Bull: 24
8: Haas: 18
9: Aston Martin: 16
10: Williams: 1
After the race, Qin Miao was already leading the driver standings and had a full 20 points advantage over second-place Verstappen.

Of course, for domestic car fans, today's British Grand Prix is ​​simply a blessing.

Because in addition to Qin Miao taking the lead in the driver standings after today's race, Zhou Guanyu, who finished seventh, also moved up one place in the standings, reaching fifteenth and beating Tsunoda.

In the hearts of the Chinese people, you can lose in competitive sports, but when you have a small life, you have to beat them no matter what.

Of course, except for the national football team, which is just a puddle of filth.

In addition, in terms of the team standings, due to the outstanding performance of the Mercedes team, the points gap between Mercedes and Red Bull after this game is only 16 points.

After the post-race interviews were completed, Qin Miao returned to the team lounge, but Qin Miao packed up his things in the lounge. After returning home from get off work, Hamilton did not come to see him.

Even after Qin Miao came out of the lounge, there was no one in Hamilton's lounge.

Qin Miao didn't care. After leaving the paddock, he drove his AMG GT and left the paddock.

After returning home, Qiu Meng also prepared dinner at home, and Qin Miao gave him a big hug as soon as he came back.

After the two people who hadn't seen each other for a long time got together to talk to each other, Qin Miao went to take a shower, and then turned on her mobile phone while having dinner.

After turning on the phone, the communication software and text messages on the phone are filled with various greetings and congratulations.

Qin Miao is already used to this. When she won the championship last season, she was even a little annoyed by these text messages.

After all, there are too many.

But this season, after the team's car performance failed, Qin Miao suddenly felt that it was quite happy for someone to congratulate him in this way after the game.

However, Qin Miao couldn't have so much time to reply to them one by one.

So after replying by voice to those with whom he had good relationships, Qin Miao threw the phone to Qiu Meng.

This girl was not surprised. After eating, Qin Miao went to wash the dishes, and then took Qin Miao's mobile phone to reply to the blessings of her friends one by one.

However, after simply sleeping at home, Qin Miao started to get busy the next day without even having time to rest.

After all, the British Grand Prix is ​​Mercedes' home ground, and this race is highly anticipated.

Therefore, many executives from the Mercedes team, the company, and even Daimler came to this game.

Facing the bosses who pay their salaries, Qin Miao and Hamilton naturally need to go out to eat with them and participate in various activities.

Normally, if they didn't get good results, or if their results were just okay, then Qin Miao and Hamilton wouldn't be so busy.

But the key is that the Mercedes team took home one or three points in this game. In the driver standings, Qin Miao even overtook Verstappen.

This necessitated a grand celebration. Although there was a suspicion of popping champagne at halftime, at least the team's senior management had an explanation from the senior management of the parent company, right?
Because of this, Qin Miao and Hamilton didn't even have a day's rest after the game.

Qin Miao and Hamilton were busy on Monday and Tuesday at various activities.

Qin Miao's life continued until Wednesday.

In fact, there was originally a dinner party tonight, and even the attendees were local British government officials.

But Qin Miao directly said that he felt that there was still a lot of room for research at the Red Bull Ring, and he heard that the temperature there was cooling down, so he planned to go there a day in advance to adapt to the local environment.

Then Qin Miao took a plane and left directly.

The team could only twitch at the corners of their mouths but had no choice. Of course, there were also some more experienced people who checked the weather, and then discovered with some confusion that the temperature in Spielberg, Austria has continued to be high in the past few days.

But there was nothing the team could do. Qin Miao's people were all gone. He couldn't fly to Austria to kidnap Qin Miao back, could he?

Moreover, there is no clause in Qin Miao's contract that requires him to fulfill these obligations, and the team has no way to use the contract to argue with Qin Miao.

Even taking a step back, Qin Miao's contract has such a clause.

He didn't want to participate in such an event, and the team had nothing to do with him.

After all, the prince of Mercedes-Benz will at least guarantee the competitiveness of the Mercedes-Benz team's drivers in the next five years. The team does not dare to quarrel with Qin Miao on such trivial matters.

The only thing the team can do is go find these people and apologize.

After Qin Miao arrived in Austria, it was naturally impossible for him to actually go on the track. Because of the system, he didn't know much about the track. This was just an excuse.

But Qin Miao didn't dare to go out for a walk or anything after arriving at the hotel.

After all, this is the home stadium of the Red Bull Racing Team. As Qin Miao, it is really not a wise move to go out at this time.

Moreover, the level of public security in foreign countries mainly depends on your horoscope. If your horoscope is strong enough, then the public security will not be bad, and vice versa.

So on this day, apart from exercising in the hotel gym, Qin Miao spent most of his time playing games in the hotel.

After a good day, Qin Miao also knew that he had to return to the normal rhythm of the game.

Starting from Thursday, life and rest will return to normal game conditions.

The Red Bull Ring of the Austrian Grand Prix is ​​a high-speed track that all drivers like, and Qin Miao is no exception.

This track is basically the track with the most full-throttle sections throughout the season.

However, on this track, which is mainly dominated by high-speed corners, Mercedes' car is obviously not as competitive as Red Bull's car.

And in their home game, Red Bull also brought upgrades.

In contrast, the Mercedes team did not bring any upgrades to the car this week.

At the same time, the difficulty of overtaking at the Red Bull Ring is not too high. The only thing the team can count on now is that Qin Miao can perform bravely in this game.

I don't expect Qin Miao to win the championship in this game. As long as he can enter the top three, it will be considered a victory.

As for Hamilton…

The team did not assign any tasks to Hamilton in this game. The team also knew that the car this season was not suitable for Hamilton, so their expectation for Hamilton was only to enter the top five.

After Thursday's work comes to an end.

Qin Miao originally wanted to go back to the hotel to have dinner.

But just when he was about to pack up and leave the paddock, Hamilton found Qin Miao.

Looking at Hamilton who knocked on the door and pushed open the door of his lounge room, Qin Miao, who was carrying a backpack and preparing to leave the paddock, said with some surprise: "You haven't left yet?"

Hamilton smiled and said: "There is no rush now. By the way, I have something to ask you. Is it convenient for you now?"

Qin Miao thought for a moment and realized that dinner in the hotel lasted until 9 pm. There was still enough time now, so he nodded and said, "I have time."

"You really came to me to learn defensive skills, right?"

Hamilton rolled his eyes angrily: "Of course not, it's something else."

In fact, to be honest, Hamilton is somewhat envious of Qin Miao's defensive ability. He also believes that Qin Miao is currently the driver with the strongest defensive ability and tire protection ability in the entire paddock, and there is no one else.

But think about it for a moment, Hamilton is a seven-time world champion no matter what, so it is naturally impossible for him to lower his face and come to Qin Miao to ask humbly for advice.

Where can I put this old face of the seven-time crowned champion?

"Let's go and have a chat together and have dinner by the way."

Qin Miao nodded: "Okay."

After responding, Qin Miao suddenly remembered that he was still carrying a bag. Then Qin Miao asked, "Are you coming back? Do you want to leave my bag here?"

"It's not far. It's in the paddock. Just leave your bag in the lounge. No one will take it from you."

Then Qin Miao and Hamilton found a restaurant in the paddock that was ready for business, but because the paddock was not open yet, there was no one at the moment.

In fact, when the waiter in this restaurant saw someone coming in, he wanted to persuade the two people to leave. After all, strictly speaking, they had not opened yet.

But after seeing that the people coming in were the two F1 drivers from Mercedes-Benz, they immediately walked up with a smile.

After some communication and ordering food, Qin Miao and Hamilton found an inconspicuous place to sit down and chat.

"How did you feel about the car during the British Grand Prix?" Hamilton started the conversation first.

"Not bad. The overall balance of the car is the strongest this season, but the overall resistance is still a bit high." Qin Miao replied after thinking for a while.

"What about before and after the upgrade?"

"They are two different cars." Qin Miao said truthfully.

"I also have this idea." Hamilton snapped his fingers: "Because of this, I feel that the design concept of W13 actually has merits, and this upgrade is the best evidence."

(End of this chapter)