How did I become an F1 driver?

Since Pan Zi is not a big threat, Qin Miao must want to maximize the points gap between himself and Verstappen, so defeating the old man is the goal he must achieve in today's race.

Although Qin Miao's advantage in long distances is very obvious, no one knows whether Verstappen will have some incredible outburst in the middle and late stages of the race, adding some chicken blood to the RB19's fuel tank, and then the performance of the car will take off directly on the spot.

So try to create as much distance between you and Verstappen as possible before he catches up.

Qin Miao used all his free time for practice during the rest of Friday.

Soon a day passed and it was Saturday.

During the day, Qin Miao still participates in various activities.

Barber helped Qin Miao roughly calculate his income from participating in various activities this week. The currently known income alone was more than 600 million US dollars.

"Alas, you are just too lazy. If you had the intensity that Lewis showed in this event, you could have earned at least $1 million this Grand Prix weekend." Barber said with some regret.

Qin Miao, who was still watching the video of yesterday's qualifying match in his lounge, just shook his head after hearing what Barber said: "People pursue different things. For me, having enough money to spend is enough. And to be honest, I don't even know how much money I have in the bank now. The interest alone is enough for my family's normal expenses."

Barber was also a little helpless. Qin Miao was good at everything, especially his talent in the sport of F1.

But this guy is like a genius that popped out of nowhere, without the sense of conviction and purpose that other F1 drivers who have climbed up from karting have.

It feels like Qin Miao has basically not experienced any setbacks along the way.

Even if one day Qin Miao suddenly gets bored of racing on the F1 track and retires or runs in other series, Babo would not find it strange.

Soon it was 10 o'clock in the evening local time in Las Vegas.

At this time, Las Vegas has completely darkened and begins to host the pre-race driver parade before each Grand Prix.

It is worth mentioning that in previous Grand Prix weekends, during the pre-race driver parade, drivers generally entered the track directly from the interface between the pit area and the track, and then either got into their respective classic cars or branded supercars, or everyone stood together on a parade trailer towed by a truck head, and when everyone was ready, they would start their own driver parade.

But the Grand Prix held locally in the United States is definitely different from other previous Grand Prix to some extent.

Therefore, during the driver parade before the race, there was a special American-style driver introduction segment.

The first person to go out was Perez.

A host wearing a red suit jacket and black lining stood in the middle of the track, introducing the drivers to the fans on the scene.

The host read Perez's name for a long time, and basically all the words were shouted with long tones.

Qin Miao could understand this, after all, it was an American characteristic.

The key is that Perez appeared in the camera.

Perez walked to a standard social distance, about one meter away from the host.

Then the host on the scene pulled to his limit, took a step forward, and called out Perez's name.

After this operation, the faces of the host and Perez were brought close to each other, and they were basically face to face and were almost kissing each other.

The key point is that during this process, the host was still calling Perez's name.

Actually, this is nothing. The key point is that Perez at this time had an awkward but polite smile on his face.

So this scene seemed particularly embarrassing.

America... America...

But the key point is that no one knows whether this white-haired host has the same serious illness as Old Baitou.

After Perez stood next to him, he finished reading Perez's name, and then he seemed to have forgotten the words that followed, and the two of them just stared at each other awkwardly in front of the camera for more than two seconds.

Finally, both of them realized the awkwardness of the atmosphere, and this awkward shot stayed in front of them for five or six seconds.

Neither of them spoke during this time.

To be honest, Qin Miao saw deep despair in Perez's helpless, embarrassed and even confused expression.

Qin Miao dared to bet that Perez had definitely clenched his toes at this time.

Qin Miao, who witnessed all this on the sidelines, turned to the old man next to him and said, "Can I refuse the pre-match entrance ceremony? I feel this is too embarrassing. If I have to attend such an entrance ceremony, I would rather give up this game."

"Look at the track, poor Perez is almost digging out a three-bedroom apartment on the track with his toes."

The old man looked at Perez with a bit of pity in his eyes, then turned to Qin Miao beside him and said, "I'm afraid not. Regardless of the fact that you are competing with Verstappen for the world championship, the key is that these procedures are arranged by the track organizers. If you don't participate, it's equivalent to directly confronting the track organizers."

"Xin Xiao was assigned by the FIA ​​to do community service again."

Qin Miao sighed. "I hope this guy can regain his ability to think when it's my turn. I don't want to be embarrassed in the middle of an interview."

"I hope so." The old man felt sympathetic at this time, and he didn't want to be embarrassed.

Fortunately, this guy later regained his professionalism.

Even when he was calling out the driver's name, he still spoke out word by word, and each word was pronounced with a long tone.

But fortunately, after coming out, he still introduced the drivers to the fans at the scene normally, and did not stand there awkwardly like Perez.

So even though he still felt that this entrance ceremony was particularly awkward, fortunately Qin Miao managed to get through it.

Of course, this wasn’t the only surprise during the pre-race drivers’ parade.

The drivers' parade before the race of the United States Grand Prix did not ride in truck trailers, but in classic cars.

However, these old cars were obviously not well maintained and a lot of unexpected problems occurred before the race.

During the drivers' parade before the race, the engine oil of the old car in which Hamilton, Leclerc and Piastri were sitting flowed onto the track.

And this old car also broke down on the track and was finally towed away by a tow truck at the track site.

The organizers had no choice but to urgently dispatch a few spare classic cars for the three people to use.

To be honest, the Las Vegas Grand Prix is ​​the race with the most problems this season.

The key point is that these unexpected events are not natural disasters or man-made disasters, but are entirely caused by the lack of ability of the organizers.

However, the oil that has remained on the track is not so easy to clean. If left unattended, the oil on the track will seriously affect the grip of the car.

Therefore, before the start of the race, Matthew on the track urgently sprinkled a layer of talcum powder on the track.

This is definitely good news for Qin Miao, because the oil leak was located on the inside line of the track at the starting stage.

Qin Miao, who started from pole position in today's race, started from the outside of the track, and the oil leak was just in front of Hamilton's car.

Therefore, the old man couldn't help but complain.

Even Verstappen, who started from fifth place, criticized the FIA ​​and the track organizers.

Pan Zi was like this. After seeing the layer of white anti-skid powder on the track, Qin Miao knew that he was stable at the start of the race.

At this moment, the track host who originally made Qin Miao feel extremely embarrassed now became much more handsome.

After the pre-race drivers' parade, Qin Miao got into his car and started the opening lap before the start of the race.

He checked the various systems of the car by the way, and after getting confirmation from Franky that all the systems of the car were normal, Qin Miao parked his car in the parking space on the pole position.

After the pre-match national anthem ceremony, half an hour later, the main race was about to begin.

Qin Miao sat in the racing car, stretched his body, checked all the equipment on his body, and after making sure that there was no problem, he gave a thumbs up to Reyes beside him.

Soon, it was time for the warm-up lap. As the lights flashed, Qin Miao released the clutch button and followed the safety car to warm up the tires.

Because the local temperature at the Las Vegas Grand Prix is ​​very low, basically all drivers make extra-large movements to warm up their tires during the warm-up lap.

Because they need to warm up their tires as much as possible, otherwise accidents can easily occur if the tires do not reach the best working condition during the starting phase.

It is also easy to lose your starting position at the start.

Qin Miao's tire warming method is more extreme.

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After all, he started from pole position.

When starting from pole position, there is at least half a minute of complete immobility between the time he stops at his starting grid and the time the last driver stops his car and starts the starting procedure.

Coupled with the single-digit temperatures in Las Vegas, Qin Miao knew that his tires would cool down quickly.

So while Qin Miao twisted his tires left and right to heat up, he also raised the temperature of his racing car's brake discs to around 700 degrees.

This can effectively heat up your racing tires through the heat radiation from the brakes.

The old man's actions were similar to Qin Miao's.

Strictly speaking, Qin Miao learned this method of heating up from the old man.

However, today, the two drivers took the temperature issue during the race into consideration and made relatively large movements to warm up the tires.

Soon, the other drivers were ready in their respective positions and the race was about to begin.

There is one very important thing I want to mention before the game starts.

After Sainz's car encountered a landmine in the first practice on Thursday, replacing the engine floor and battery components has become inevitable.

If he didn't replace them, Sainz would not be able to escape in today's race, but the things Sainz replaced exceeded the limit of the number he could use this season.

Therefore, according to FIA rules, Sainz needs to be penalized 10 places at the start of the race.

However, considering that the replacement of these things was not Ferrari's subjective intention, but was caused by the FIA's unqualified pre-race inspection of the track.

So Ferrari naturally appealed to the FIA ​​and asked the FIA ​​to cancel the penalty against Sainz.

But who is Ben Sulayem and how could he allow the FIA's prestige to be affected for nothing?
So FIA President Ben Sulayem, who did not want to take the blame but also knew that Ferrari was in unprovoked trouble, convened a hearing with team representatives.

Let all teams vote on whether Sainz should be penalized 10 places.

In fact, when the FIA ​​proposed this solution, almost all teams felt that it was unreasonable.

It is the FIA's own responsibility. On the other hand, this is also a conflict between the FIA ​​and Ferrari.

They should resolve it through negotiation among themselves.

But who would have thought that the FIA ​​would actually throw this issue to other teams.

This is an extremely irresponsible and evasive act.

In short: pass the buck.

But there is no choice but to participate.

But what no one expected was that the final voting results showed that all 10 teams agreed that the FIA ​​should exempt Ferrari from punishment.

Everyone can understand why the other nine teams agreed to this proposal. After all, Sainz's starting position has no impact on their performance in the team standings this year.

What’s really surprising is that Red Bull actually agreed.

After all, no matter what, Verstappen started behind Sainz.

Since Verstappen is competing with Qin Miao for the world championship this season, Red Bull needs to do its best to fight for Verstappen even if it is only a half-meter advantage.

Therefore, in such a vote, Red Bull only needs to cast one vote against it, and Sainz will start from 14th place, so Verstappen will naturally have to waste less time in the race.

But Red Bull still voted in favor.

Verstappen has no complaints about Red Bull's choice.

Verstappen made it clear during the pre-race interview: "If we vote against it at this time, it would be unfair to Sainz. Although voting against it is good for us, I believe that with my ability, I can directly eliminate this disadvantage on the track."

"Therefore, I would rather see a fair competition environment, without some stupid mistakes affecting the normal fair competition environment of other drivers on the track."

Verstappen's interview was still so outspoken, which is in line with his personality, but some of his answers were surprising.

It is very likely that what Qin Miao said in the post-match interview after the last game had more or less influenced Verstappen.

After all, when a person shines, the light he emits will definitely shine on others.

If that is the case, why doesn't this light shine on Verstappen?

Return your attention to the track.

The five red lights lit up one by one.

extinguished.

"boom!"

At the start of the race, Qin Miao released the clutch button smoothly and the car started smoothly.

After making sure that he had started successfully and did not make any mistakes on the track, Qin Miao immediately turned his eyes to the left rearview mirror.

He needed to keep an eye on the old man.

The old man also had an excellent start.

But because there was a layer of white talcum powder in front of him, the old man's car tilted a little to the left at the start, in order to avoid this layer.

As for why they don't hide outside... there are cars all over the outside, how can they get there? (End of this chapter)