How did I become an F1 driver?

First of all, although Lynk & Co is a domestic racing team, it has a natural relationship with Qin Miao.

But even brothers have to settle accounts clearly, not to mention that the relationship between Qin Miao and Lynk is not that good.

And you have to know that at this time, Lynk & Co is only one point away from Haas in the team standings.

The two Haas drivers did not score any points in this race. Hulkenberg was just stuck at the entrance of the points zone, while Magrusen ranked 14th.

Neither of them scored any points, and it was foreseeable that Haas's poor form would continue until the end of the season.

Therefore, if the Lynk & Co team can get this point, plus the point that Tsunoda got for finishing tenth, they can get two points in this race.

In this way, Lynk & Co will not have to worry about finishing at the bottom in its first season in F1.

Although Geely and Lynk & Co have already prepared themselves mentally for the team to finish last in its first season in F1.

But not being at the bottom is naturally a better choice, and everyone's morale will definitely be boosted.

Therefore, it is understandable that the Lynk & Co team, out of its own interests, let Tsunoda get one point and then get a point for the fastest lap.

These two points may seem like two points, but they are actually millions of dollars.

As for the subsequent cancellation of Leclerc and the old man...

Lynk & Co didn’t know this beforehand.

If they knew, they really wouldn't have tried to snatch Qin Miao's points.

Because it's not necessary anymore.

Even to get one more point, Lynk & Co needs to pay more money to the FIA.

When such a situation occurs on the track, we can only say that the general positions of the teams and drivers are the same, but there will definitely be differences in the details.

Lynk & Co has nothing to say about this and can only endure the criticism from car fans. After all, compared to itself, Qin Miao has both popularity and achievements.

And it seems that he did something unkind by tripping Qin Miao up when he was competing for the championship.

But no matter what, this race was still a win for Lynk & Co. As for the issue of being scolded, it was easy to solve. After the US Grand Prix, Qin Miao could be invited to the team's home for a meal.

When the time comes, take some photos and videos while eating and send them out, so that everyone can see: Oh, Qin Miao came to Lynk & Co to eat after the game, so what happened on the field should be a small matter for Qin Miao and Lynk & Co.

Yes, the problem is solved.

As for why Lynk & Co thinks it can attract Qin Miao to come for dinner...it is difficult to eat authentic Hunan cuisine abroad.

He Qiang happened to be from Hunan, so he used his power for personal gain and the team's canteen had a chef who specialized in Hunan cuisine.

Of course, if this fails to impress Qin Miao, Lynk & Co still has other remedies, which is to pretend to be dead.

After a while, when the heat has died down, car fans will no longer care about these details.

At most, it will become a piece of black history in the future.

With so many teams in F1 history, don’t they have enough dark histories?
After two years, even if it is a dark history, it will at most be brought up by car fans to make fun of it, and by then the impact on the team will be minimal.

After all, no matter what, the F1 arena is a place where the winner is king and the loser is the enemy.

As long as you win the championship, who cares what dirty things happened on the way to winning the championship?
When talking about the Lynk & Co team, there is one more thing worth mentioning.

That is, Ricciardo's performance in the first race after returning to Lynk & Co was somewhat unsatisfactory.

Although Ricciardo did have some issues on track, with tyre wear and some minor faults with the car.

But these are not the reasons why Ricciardo finished last except for the three drivers who retired.

In any case, Ye Yifei, a rookie driver, at least never came last in the games he played as a substitute.

It's a bit hard to understand that the team finished last in the first game after Dennis recovered from injury.

However, Lynk & Co also took objective factors into consideration. It is possible that Ricciardo has just recovered and is still somewhat uncomfortable, his body has not reached its best condition, or he is not adapted to Lynk & Co's current racing car.

So Lynk & Co has no intention of killing Ricardo, at least so far.

They are ready to give Ricardo more opportunities.

At the very least, Lynk & Co has spent so much money that it will definitely let Ricciardo finish the season.

Moreover, as an Australian, Ricardo has a natural commercial advantage in competing in the Americas, and Lynk & Co's business activities here will also be more likely to make money.

But if Ricciardo's performance is not particularly good in the next few races this season.

Lynk & Co will most likely think of Ye Yifei.

Regardless of Ye Yifei's nationality, at least his performance in the games he played as a substitute was indeed eye-catching.

Not only Lynk & Co, other racing teams also began to take an interest in Ye Yifei.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that Russell finally got his first point of the season thanks to the efforts of Hamilton and Leclerc.

It's also gratifying.

Therefore, after the race, the drivers' overall standings are as follows:

1. Max Verstappen: 399
2. Qin Miao: 394
3. Hamilton: 292
4. Perez: 173
5. Leclerc: 143
6. Alonso: 136
7. Sainz: 125
8. Norris: 107
9. Piastri: 61
10. Stroll: 47
11. Gasly: ​​46
12. O'Connell: 30
13. Albon: 19
14. Kakuda: 8
15. Zhou Guanyu: 7
16. Hulkenberg: 6
17. Bottas: 6
18. Ye Yifei: 3
19. Russell: 2
20. Magnussen: 1
Obviously, Qin Miao won a great victory in today's game.

But in the early and middle stages of the season, Verstappen's accumulated points advantage on the track was too great, even though Qin Miao caught up with 32 points on the track.

But Verstappen is not dead, and he also scored points in this race. So even though Qin Miao also scored points, he still failed to surpass Verstappen in the standings in this race.

However, after this race, the points gap between the two narrowed rapidly, and now the points gap between the first and second place drivers is only 5 points.

So even though the competition in today's game was not fierce enough, the audience was still quite satisfied with the game.

At the same time, Leclerc, who was in the driver's standings, surpassed Alonso, who did not score a single point in this Grand Prix weekend, with his 8 points from the sprint race championship, and moved up to fifth place in the standings, only 30 points away from his familiar position.

Of course, these 30 points are not easy to get.

Even though Perez is not good, he is not that bad. At least compared with Leclerc, Perez's crew basically doesn't mess around!
Although Ferrari is no longer a circus after the departure of Mr. Bee, the tradition of Ferrari is not so easy to abandon.

As for Brother Tou, he actually still has some speed, but the old man had a bit of bad luck this Grand Prix weekend.

Compared with Qin Miao, they are basically two extremes.

But to be honest, although the leader of this game was unlucky, his foundation is there.

If you look at the scoreboard, you can see the difference between the top brother and the young master. The top brother's points are almost three times more than the young master's. You can't ask him to do anything more.

Tried my best.

The team standings after the race are as follows:

1. Mercedes: 686
2. Red Bull: 572
3. Ferrari: 268
4. Aston Martin: 183
5. McLaren: 178
6. Alpine: 76
7. Williams: 21
8. Alfa Romeo: 13
9. Lynk & Co: 11
10. Haas: 7
There is nothing much to say about the top few teams, as the positions between these teams are basically determined.

Unless Perez wakes up in the later stages of the season, or completely gives up, the top three rankings in the team standings will not change in the later stages of this season.

What is worth paying attention to is the Lynk & Co behind.

After this race, Lynk & Co has surpassed Haas in the standings, and now Lynk & Co is only two points away from Alfa Romeo, which is in 8th place.

However, if one of the Lynk & Co drivers finishes seventh, they only need to tie with Alfa Romeo in the team standings, and if this situation continues until the end of the 23rd season, Lynk & Co can finish this season in eighth place.

Another bonus was received.

It’s a pity that the highest finishing position of the four Lynk & Co drivers this season is eighth, and the highest finishing position of the two Arrow drivers is also eighth.

So in the driver rankings, Lynk & Co and Arrow are the same.

But Bottas of Arrow has won the 8th place more times than Lynk & Co. Therefore, if the two teams have the same points, after comparing the highest finishing position of the drivers and then the number of finishing positions, Alfa Romeo will still win.

So if Lynk & Co wants to beat Alfa Romeo this season, they will need to get at least three more points to covet the eighth place in the team.

Of course, in Lynk & Co’s own view, their upgrades in the middle and late stages of this season were very effective.

Therefore, it is not impossible to get eighth place in the team before the end of the season.

Can't you have a little dream?

After the United States Grand Prix, there will only be four races left until the end of the 2023 season.

Next up is the back-to-back Mexican Grand Prix.

After all, everyone knows Mexico. Due to the intensive cultivation by the United States, the people there are a little bit tough.

So Qin Miao did not bring his daughter and wife to the Mexican Grand Prix.

This place is really not safe, and after we get there, the only place my daughter and wife can move around is the area around the Grand Prix, which is not much different from being in prison.

Moreover, the place is at a high altitude, and it is easy for babies to have problems in such a high-altitude environment.

So, instead of letting them be trapped in the hotel with themselves for a week and unable to go out, it would be better to let them go back to Monaco directly.

However, it is worth mentioning that after the game, Qin Miao was actually invited by Lynk & Co to have dinner.

In fact, Qin Miao was ready to refuse at that time.

But after He Qiang named a few dishes, Qin Miao couldn't help himself.

"Stir-fried pork with peppers, Youxian dried tofu, chopped pepper fish head, stir-fried beef pilaf..." After He Qiang finished naming a few dishes, he smiled and said to Qin Miao, "The ingredients are all bought and shipped from China, and the chef is also from Hunan. You know how valuable they are, right?"

To be honest, for a Hunanese who has been living abroad for many years, it is okay to not have chili peppers for every meal. Although there will be withdrawal reactions and the food will have no taste, I will get used to it after a long time.

But when you suddenly hear about these dishes and know that you can eat them, you will not be able to help but drool like crazy.

The taste of these dishes comes to mind involuntarily.

Qin Miao was indeed greedy, although he could also cook these dishes himself, and to be frank, the dishes Qin Miao cooked might even be better than those cooked by the chef hired by Lynk & Co.

But cooking is also a very troublesome thing. Although today's race was relatively easy for Qin Miao, the huge physical exertion is also objectively present.

Therefore, Qin Miao really had no idea of ​​cooking for himself now, but after listening to He Qiang's persuasion, Qin Miao was indeed a little greedy.

and so……

"go!"

Qin Miao took his wife and daughter to the Lynk & Co team's team home.

Normally, when a driver visits another team's team home, there is always some kind of inspection or other intention behind it.

We can also guess something through the contact between them.

However, the American car fans at the scene and those who knew Qin Miao better did not think too much about it after seeing Qin Miao go to Lynk & Co.

On the one hand, it is a foregone conclusion that Qin Miao will join Ferrari next season.

I heard the contract has been signed.

On the other hand, Qin Miao went to the Lynk & Co team’s team home with his wife and children, and soon after, he posted a video of himself eating at the Lynk & Co team.

How can this be the attitude to discuss things? It is clear that they are treating the Lynk & Co team's team home as their own canteen.

Of course, after Lynk & Co invited Qin Miao to dinner, it also achieved its main purpose.

That is to clarify the misunderstanding.

After all, no one wants to be scolded for no reason, right?
Lynk & Co's move has had an immediate effect.

After seeing Qin Miao having dinner in the Lynk & Co team, everyone's criticism of Lynk & Co gradually disappeared.

As a domestic car manufacturer, Lynk & Co really understands domestic public opinion.

Of course, it is mainly because car fans can judge from Qin Miao’s expression that Qin Miao really does not mind Lynk & Co’s behavior.

Most people who can watch F1 races are relatively calm.

Besides, when Qin Miao came out of the Lynk & Co team after dinner, it was just past 5 a.m. in China. Although there were many spectators watching the race at this time, there were definitely not as many fans watching the race during prime time.

So the public opinion storm that Lynk & Co was about to face was resolved so easily.

After having dinner at Lynk & Co, Qin Miao went to Mexico.

Although drug traffickers are rampant in Mexico, those talents are mainly concentrated on the US-Mexico border, and Mexico City is relatively a safe place.

The reason I came here on Monday was mainly because I wanted to adapt to the local climate and high altitude environment in Mexico in advance.

So after Qin Miao arrived in Mexico early, he took a walk around the streets.

But just over 20 minutes after leaving the house, Toto called and told Qin Miao to stay in the hotel. (End of this chapter)