How did I become an F1 driver?

Leclerc smiled and handed the key to Zhou Guanyu: "It just so happens that I also want to try out the feel of this AMG."

Zhou Guanyu said: "The overall balance of this car is still very good, the suspension is tuned just right, and the floor is not dragging. However, due to the layout of this car, the engine is in the front, so the front of the car is heavier than a normal car. When entering a corner, there is a little bit of push in the front, so you have to pay attention."

"it is good."

Leclerc and Zhou Guanyu exchanged keys, but they did not go to the track immediately after the exchange.

The car hasn't cooled down completely yet.

The three of them were chatting on the side of the track about driving supercars, how to go faster on the Silverstone Circuit, and what they needed to pay attention to.

Basically, they shared some small details they had obtained during the past few laps on the track.

These people are so boring sometimes that even their entertainment activities are spent studying these things.

Of course, you can't be an F1 driver if you don't enjoy it.

After cooling off for more than half an hour and making sure the vehicle was ready, the three returned to the track.

However, at this time, all three of them had a GPS and a timer installed in their cars.

Qin Miao got it from Mercedes-Benz.

After all, you can't just run on the track, you need a result as a reference, right?

Then he ran five or six laps on the track and Qin Miao set a time of 2:00.991.

This result is nearly one second faster than Zhou Guanyu's fastest lap.

In fact, before taking a rest, Qin Miao, who had better tires and a car that did not overheat, only ran a fastest lap of 2:01.5.

The reason why Qin Miao could still run so fast even though the tires were worse was not only because Qin Miao had a better understanding of how the car operated on the Silverstone circuit, but also because Qin Miao used some track details he got from Leclerc and Zhou Guanyu when he was chatting with Leclerc just now.

During the second break, Leclerc directly took the Go Pro from Qin Miao's car and started playing back Qin Miao's in-car video.

To be honest, after seeing what Leclerc did, Qin Miao realized belatedly that Leclerc had prepared an extra Go Pro, probably to watch his own in-car video in a taxi.

I didn't expect that a man like you, Leclerc, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, could be so scheming.

After watching it, Leclerc enthusiastically returned the Go Pro to Qin Miao and ran two more laps.

After finishing, his result was 2:00.518, which was faster than Qin Miao.

"How about it, am I awesome?" Leclerc asked Qin Miao proudly after getting out of the car.

At this time, Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu did not spoil Leclerc's fun. They clapped and nodded and said, "Awesome!"

"Invincible and invincible!"

Leclerc's mouth twitched: "Why do I feel like you two are so careless?"

"Hey, it's enough to just praise you. Don't take it too far!" Qin Miao used the Great Wilderness Prisoner's Sky Finger on Leclerc, and then imitated Leclerc's operation and took down his car video to watch it.

After discovering a lot of skills that he had not used before, Qin Miao also ran two laps on the track, and his result directly broke one minute and reached 1:59.701.

After Qin Miao came back, Zhou Guanyu and Leclerc both gasped.

Putting Zhou Guanyu aside, Qin Miao and Leclerc are both top drivers.

Qin Miao has his own understanding of racing, and Leclerc is also feeling his way forward with Qin Miao.

It took the two of them just over ten minutes to push the factory-tuned Koenigsegg Josko to the limit of what the car could do in its current state.

After getting off the car, Qin Miao looked at his results and said calmly to Leclerc and Zhou Guanyu beside him: "If I can adjust the tire pressure of this car, change a new set of tires, turn off the air conditioner, and then reduce the gasoline, I am confident that I can get under 56 seconds."

"Is this your limit now?" Zhou Guanyu asked disdainfully.

Qin Miao thought for a moment and said, "If I can optimize the details, I can improve Josko's time by 0.5 seconds. This is almost the limit."

"But if I pursue this 0.5 seconds, there is a risk of running off the track. I don't dare to take risks with this car."

All three of them have tried this car, so they naturally know how big Qin Miao’s 0.5-second improvement is.

But I don’t know who brought this habit to me. Although I know that Qin Miao is awesome and I admire him from the bottom of my heart, I have never admitted defeat.

“Generally, the improvement is still not big enough,” Leclerc said, crossing his arms and shaking his head.

Zhou Guanyu on the side also nodded and agreed: "It's indeed a little lacking in meaning."

Qin Miao rolled his eyes at the two of them: "I'm going to drag you two to burn the relics right now. I want to see if you two can burn out the relics with your mouths!"

Leclerc said with a smile: "I feel that if you really burn the relics, the relics you burn will definitely be bigger than both of ours."

Qin Miao raised his middle finger at Leclerc.

The three chatted for a while, and Leclerc suddenly said to Qin Miao: "It just so happens that the performance of our two cars is the same. How about going to the track to feel the strength of my defense?"

Qin Miao was stunned for a moment, looked at Leclerc's ambiguous eyes, and then smiled evilly: "Are you sure?"

"I was overtaken by you on the track just now because I don't understand the characteristics of this car and its limits at Silverstone. If it happens again, you'll be finished if I can't lock you. If the performance of the cars is the same, you can see that I can't stop you from going to heaven or entering the ground." Leclerc said with a smile.

Qin Miao raised his eyebrows: "Okay, let's see the truth on the track." Qin Miao had no objection.

However, Zhou Guanyu, who was standing by, couldn't help but twitch his mouth when he saw the two men fighting.

The cars cost more than 400 million US dollars, and the two cars together cost almost more than 900 million US dollars. After you two got them in your hands, you didn't want to appreciate them, but to use them to drive on the track, right?

But after thinking about it, Zhou Guanyu felt it was normal.

The car these two people drive during their normal working hours has a manufacturing cost of more than 1000 million US dollars, not counting the R&D costs.

It has been hit many times, and breaking the front nose is a common occurrence.

Therefore, in the eyes of these two people, a car worth more than 400 million US dollars is not too expensive.

Not to mention that with their driving skills, it would be difficult to have a car accident on the track.

But it seems that the same is true for me...

But then again, my car repair costs this season seem to be higher than those of Leclerc and Qin Miao.

"go!"

"Zhou Guanyu, whose car did you get in?" Qin Miao asked.

Leclerc looked at Qin Miao and said, "Get in your car."

"Why?" Qin Miao was unhappy. After all, with one more person, the weight of the car would increase by fifty or sixty kilograms, which would have a great impact on the speed of the car.

When Qin Miao was in China before, he participated in amateur or even recreational races. It was okay to have one person in the car, after all, the opponents were not strong.

But the person I am competing against is Leclerc.

Although this unlucky guy has performed poorly in recent games this season, it is not his problem, but Ferrari's problem.

You can laugh at his luck, but you can't underestimate his strength.

So after knowing that Leclerc wanted to compete with him, Qin Miao wanted to go all out. What was the big deal about having someone in the car?

"Don't think I don't know. When you first got on the track, you ran very conservatively, using your usual long-distance and difficult tire-preserving method. The condition of your tires is much better than that of mine."

Qin Miao smacked his lips, as if he had been exposed.

But Qin Miao didn't care, he waved his hand and said, "How is that possible? Don't slander someone's innocence out of thin air."

"You're smacking your lips! This is the most common reaction when you've been exposed, and you're still pretending!" Leclerc was indignant.

"Okay, okay, just take it with you, really." Since Leclerc had pointed it out, Qin Miao was too embarrassed to say anything more.

But just as Qin Miao finished speaking, Zhou Guanyu elbowed Qin Miao.

“Fuck, that hurts!”

"Damn it! You dislike me, don't you?" Zhou Guanyu said indignantly.

"Why don't you come? If you can overtake Leclerc on the track, I'll give you this car." Qin Miao said to Zhou Guanyu while rubbing his waist that was hit by Zhou Guanyu's elbow.

Hearing this, Zhou Guanyu waved his hands and said, "Forget it. I'm afraid Qiu Meng will come to my house overnight and kill me."

"What are you afraid of? Let's work together to make Qin Miao lose the car to you. After Qin Miao goes back, Qiu Meng will be the one to get rid of him!" Leclerc was fanning the flames.

Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu both raised their middle fingers to Leclerc.

After the three of them discussed for a while, they went to the gas station beside the track to fill up the tank.

After all, neither Qin Miao nor Leclerc knew how much gas was left in their cars, so to be fair, both of them filled up the tank.

In this way, at least the two people can reach an agreement on the weight of the vehicle itself.

After filling up the gas, Leclerc and Qin Miao drove onto the track one after the other.

Zhou Guanyu took off the Go Pro on the back of his head and held it to record the video for Qin Miao.

If he wasn't holding it, the Go Pro would hit him in the head.

Even though Zhou Guanyu was wearing a helmet, there was a hard object pressing against the helmet from behind when he was driving, and the banging noise must be uncomfortable, right?

"Are your seat belts fastened?" Qin Miao asked Zhou Guanyu next to him when they were on the track, and also helped him check his seat belt.

Although Qin Miao and his friends are among the fastest drivers in the world, they are also among the people who pay the most attention to driving safety.

"It's done. Let's see your performance. Next."

Zhou Guanyu said.

"Just wait and see."

Soon, as the three drove onto the track, this private bullfight with no referees and few spectators officially began. (End of this chapter)