How did I become an F1 driver?

It is worth mentioning that at the end of the first practice, the on-site director directly gave the camera to Vasseur sitting on the Ferrari podium next to the track.

This was exactly the time when Qin Miao was driving the SF24 back to the door of the Ferrari team's P room.

In the camera, Vasseur looked back at Qin Miao's car with a smile on his face.

The director then cut to the Mercedes team's P room. Although Toto's face was not bad at this time, but could only be described as calm, Russell's first place result in the first practice did not make him look very happy.

The rest time between practice one and practice two.

This is different from when Qin Miao was in Mercedes-Benz. When Qin Miao was in Mercedes-Benz, if he wanted to take a break between practice sessions, he would usually stay in his lounge, close his eyes and rest, or look at his car.

But after arriving at Ferrari, Qin Miao obviously didn't have that much free time.

Qin Miao had just entered his lounge for a while when Leclerc barged in without even knocking.

After throwing a bag of snacks to Qin Miao, Leclerc directly treated Qin Miao's lounge as his own, and said on the sofa: "Let me use your training set during the evening test. Although my current training speed is good, I always feel a little uncomfortable when using it."

Qin Miao weighed the snack in his hand and said worriedly, "You didn't put drugs in it, did you?"

"Don't pay me back."

"Hey, just kidding, but you want my training for a bag of snacks?"

Leclerc rolled his eyes: "Give me a word or not?"

Qin Miao nodded lovingly: "Give it, give it, give it."

After seeing Qin Miao's expression, Leclerc shook his head helplessly.

At the beginning, when Leclerc saw Qin Miao's desperate state, he couldn't help but curse a few words.

But sometimes you have to admire human adaptability.

Now that he has been with Qin Miao for a long time, after seeing Qin Miao's expression again, Leclerc was surprised that his heart was surprisingly calm.

Maybe this is what they call habit becomes nature.

Qin Miao took out his mobile phone and opened an app inside Ferrari to find his training data. At the same time, he opened the snacks thrown by Leclerc, picked up two puffed foods and put them into his mouth.

But after tasting the snack, Qin Miao frowned slightly, then looked up at Leclerc, who had a normal expression, and continued to lower his head to deal with the things at hand, without forgetting to throw another snack into his mouth.

Then, as if he disliked the hassle of eating and checking information at the same time, he put the bag of snacks that Leclerc had brought on the table and started operating his mobile phone with both hands.

After a while, a training note was sent to Leclerc's mobile app.

"Okay, take it and have a look." After the operation was completed, Qin Miao said to Leclerc: "The Ferrari app is not user-friendly. There is no one-click sharing function."

Leclerc rolled his eyes in annoyance: "Do you think every team has such a good relationship as you and Hamilton? The relationship between the two drivers of a normal team is actually the most serious competition in the entire paddock. Although they don't say it on the surface, they secretly wish that the other team would crash and die on the track."

Qin Miao raised his hand: "What do Zhou Guanyu and Bottas say?"

Just like what they show on social media, they do have a good relationship in private. Although not as good as the relationship between Qin Miao and Leclerc, as teammates, their relationship is indeed relatively harmonious.

In fact, the friendship between Qin Miao and Leclerc was built before they became teammates, so this should not be counted.

Leclerc waved his hand: "Forget it, let's not talk about this. I'll go and see your training. While there is still time, I'll run two laps on the simulator."

"I want to see what your training is all about."

Qin Miao watched the other party leave. After the other party closed the door of the lounge, Qin Miao threw the snacks that Leclerc brought into the trash can with a look of disgust.

It’s not that there is any rift between Qin Miao and Leclerc, it’s simply because Qin Miao doesn’t like the snack that Leclerc brought. This sweet and sour snack makes Qin Miao feel weird after eating it, a bit like eating rotten food.

For a moment, Qin Miao even suspected that Leclerc brought this broken thing specifically to disgust him.

Before throwing the snacks into the trash can, Qin Miao also saw the words on the surface of the snacks. Although he couldn't understand it, Qin Miao was sure that it was Korean.

No wonder it smells like kimchi.

If you talk about sweet and sour dishes, Qin Miao himself actually likes to eat them very much. For example, Qin Miao can eat three or four bowls of rice with just this dish of fried tomatoes and eggs that he made himself.

But Qin Miao really can't eat any Korean sweet and sour flavor. He feels it tastes weird.

……

Second training stage.

The main focus of this stage is qualifying simulation and testing the durability of the tires under the current temperature. Of course, the second test is incidental.

Qin Miao's results in the second training phase were actually very average, and he was only ranked fifth at the end.

Not even as good as Russell.

Even after seeing this result, many people who had originally had full confidence in Qin Miao became hesitant.

Qin Miao won’t have trouble adapting to the SF24, right?

But people who know Qin Miao well know that this is not a case of inability to adapt, it is simply Qin Miao's lazy nature that is at work. It is very likely that Qin Miao did not push forward with all his strength during the qualifying simulation.

After the second practice session ended, Friday’s work was also over.

Amid the farewell of the Ferrari fans at the scene, Qin Miao and Leclerc finished today's post-race interview and then went straight off work.

After get off work, Qin Miao naturally returned to the RV camp.

However, what surprised Qin Miao was that the lights inside the RV originally prepared for Leclerc were actually on.

When Qin Miao was preparing to make himself a midnight snack, Leclerc on the opposite side came over as if he had a dog's nose, following the smell.

The other party knocked on the door. When Qiu Meng went to open it, she saw Leclerc standing at the door with an expectant smile on his face: "Good evening, Xiao Meng, what delicious food is Qin Miao making?"

Qin Miao, who was making scrambled eggs with tomatoes in the kitchen, heard Leclerc's voice and yelled at Leclerc at the door in a bad mood: "Your abacus beads bounced on my face."

"Hey, we're all teammates, don't be so formal." Leclerc said as he changed into the slippers that Qiu Meng had prepared for him and walked in.

The reason why Qin Miao wanted to have a midnight snack at this time was mainly because of the bag of snacks that Leclerc brought over two hours ago.

Qin Miao felt that the sour taste had been lingering in his mouth, so he decided to make himself a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes to refresh his taste buds. Qiu Meng also wanted to have a midnight snack.

But who could have thought that the culprit would approach so shamelessly.

Seeing Qin Miao's helpless face, Leclerc picked up a new pair of chopsticks and put a tomato into his mouth. After chewing it for a few times, he gave Qin Miao a thumbs up and said, "It's OK. This is the taste. Hurry up and serve it. I can't wait!"

"Damn it, you came here to eat for free and you picked it up!" Qin Miao complained as he turned off the fire and took the food out of the pot.

Qiu Meng, who was standing by, found this scene a little funny, but also a little relieved. Although Qin Miao had many classmates when he was in school, he didn't have a friend like Leclerc with whom he could laugh and play and joke without restraint.

Qiu Meng originally thought that after entering society with Qin Miao, he might still not be able to make any true friends like before.

But I didn’t expect that the two people who fought each other to death in the previous life would have such a good relationship now.

Fate is so wonderful.

Qin Miao drove Leclerc away: "Go away, don't disturb me while I'm working."

Leclerc didn't care and happily went to Qin to get the dishes and chopsticks.

At this time, Qiu Meng also took out her camera and took a picture of the two people in casual clothes.

Although this photo cannot be used as promotional material for Ferrari, after all, neither of them is wearing Ferrari team uniforms, but Qin Miao and Leclerc’s female fans should like this photo very much.

Then when they are high on it, they will remember: Qin Miao is me!
Hahahaha!

Hey, wait, something is wrong!!
Qin Miao is a shareholder of Ferrari. Now he is equivalent to the face of Ferrari. To some extent, he represents Ferrari!
Then this photo can be sent to Ferrari's publicity department.

While Qiu Meng was brainstorming, Qin Miao's voice came over: "Girl, what are you looking at? Come and have a midnight snack."

"Oh, I'll be right there in a minute." Qiu Meng answered as she took out the memory card from the camera and inserted it into the card reader on the computer.

After importing the photos into the computer, Qiu Meng trotted to the restaurant.

Qin Miao's first Friday at Ferrari passed just like this. Overall, Qin Miao had a pretty fulfilling day.

Compared with when Qin Miao was at Mercedes-Benz, what Qin Miao received at Ferrari at this time was more admiration and respect.

At Mercedes-Benz, the team staff were more appreciative and amazed when they saw Qin Miao.

Qin Miao knew that he needed time to adapt to this change, but it felt good to change the way other people looked at him.

Saturday, three practice sessions and qualifying.

In fact, most of Qin Miao's work had been completed by Friday.

After all, there was a winter test ahead, and Qin Miao was tuning the car, so he discovered problems very quickly. He basically completed all the tasks he needed to do in two practice sessions.

So in the third practice session on Friday, Qin Miao discussed with the team and directly let the team's reserve driver Arthur Leclerc take the field.

Leclerc's younger brother.

After all, Bahrain also has the F2 opening race, so it is not difficult to call the team's young drivers to participate in the test.

So a scene from F1 history reappeared on the track, with the two brothers appearing together on the F1 track.

All I can say is that Qin Miao and Ferrari now know how to create hype in F1.

In the season-opening practice session, Ferrari's No. 1 driver did not run in the third practice session, while two drivers from the Leclerc family took to the F1 track together. Of course, in addition to being a hot topic, it also caused a lot of public opinion.

Many Iron Buddha Temples have a big question mark on their heads.

The third practice session of the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday did not provide much valid data, but this is the first race of the season after all. Are we a bit too confident to play so fancy?

Moreover, those fans who are not particularly in-depth don’t know that the third practice session can provide little data, and a young driver is enough to handle it.

So many people wondered whether Qin Miao became arrogant after joining Ferrari.

For a time, even a small number of people in Tiefu Temple began to blame Qin Miao, but the voices were not very loud.

But Ferrari's public relations department has reason to believe that if Qin Miao does not perform well in tonight's qualifying and tomorrow's race, a huge storm will be brewing in the paddock.

Of course, as Qin Miao’s former club, apart from Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz is probably the only one in the entire paddock that can roughly understand the reason for doing so.

The third practice session ended quickly and Ferrari completed half of the tasks assigned by the FIA.

After a 4-hour break, the sky in Bahrain gradually darkened and it was time for qualifying.

Amidst everyone’s anticipation, the qualifying round entered the final 10-minute countdown.

The broadcast screen has arrived at the team's P room in the paddock.

The director of the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix also knows which driver has the greatest popularity in today's race.

So when the broadcast came to the race, the audience saw the young triple crown champion sitting in the Ferrari team's P room preparing for the start of the qualifying session.

The red Ferrari uniform made many fans who watched Qin Miao come all the way from Mercedes-Benz feel a little uncomfortable.

But this has become an established fact, Qin Miao has already been announced as Ferrari's No. 1 driver.

After putting on the equipment, Qin Miao came to his wife and hugged her under the camera. Qiu Meng also reached out and patted Qin Miao's helmet: "Brother, come on!"

"You're guaranteed to win." Qin Miao's somewhat dull voice came from under the helmet.

Qin Miao then got into his No. 66 car to make final preparations before the qualifying race.

10 minutes passed in a flash and the qualifying round began.

In Q1, Ferrari did not release its drivers first.

Although there was a warm-up race before the race to help clean the track, and it doesn't rain in Bahrain in this season, it is a desert city after all, so the track has been covered with a certain amount of sand due to the wind and sand during this period.

So Ferrari is not prepared to be the first to release its driver to help other teams clear the track.

Finally, after Lynk & Co released the drivers, drivers began their qualifying races on the track one after another.

Before this, Qin Miao also learned from Qiu Meng that public opinion in the paddock said that he had become arrogant just after joining Ferrari.

Therefore, in order to reassure his fans and Ferrari fans who support him, Qin Miao did not plan to slack off in today's qualifying round.

In the first flying circle of Q1, although Qin Miao did not go all out, he also showed 80% of his normal strength.

After completing the first flying lap, Qin Miao's score directly ranked first: 1:29.909.

It was 2 seconds faster than the first flying lap of Leclerc, who was in second place.

When other drivers could not even get under 1 minute and 1 seconds on their first lap, Qin Miao had already achieved such a result.

After Qin Miao crossed the finish line and came in first, the crowd of Ferrari fans at the scene immediately erupted in warm cheers, and the red team flag of Ferrari and Qin Miao's national flag danced vigorously in the crowd.

According to Qin Miao's usual personality, after achieving such results in the first flying lap, he would just stay in the team's P room and not come out.

Because this result has already secured entry into Q2.

But this is Ferrari's opening race in 24 years after all, so even if we don't give a shit, for the sake of the 2% stake in the Ferrari team, Qin Miao still came out in Q1 to run the last flying lap.

Of course, Qin Miao used the old soft tires that he had used before running a flying lap for this flying lap.

But despite this, Qin Miao still achieved a lap time of 1:29.919 for this lap, which was only 1 second slower than his first lap.

In other words, if Qin Miao used new soft tires for this flying lap, the result of Qin Miao's flying lap would most likely be able to come within 1 minute 29 seconds.

However, after seeing this result, the three commentators of Five Star Sports, who had spent the entire winter in anticipation and worry, all smiled.

Brother Bing said bluntly: "I told you, Qin Miao is just lazy, he is not a rookie. He let Arthur play in the third practice. It is very likely that Qin Miao is really confident, otherwise he would not do such a thing."

You should know that the pressure on the domestic network environment is much greater than that on the external network.

Although some people abroad criticized Qin Miao for letting Leclerc take the field this afternoon, more people chose to wait and see. However, the domestic Internet doesn't care so much. In the Confucian cultural circle, this kind of competitive game cannot be criticized. Even if you are a triple champion, you will still be criticized.

In response to public opinion on the Internet, Bingge directly posted on Weibo in the afternoon to support Qin Miao.

Now that Qin Miao has shown his best form, Brother Bing is naturally proud.

"It can be seen that the upgrades to Ferrari's cars during the winter this season have been very effective." Zhou Haoran also clapped his hands and smiled.

"This is normal. After all, the 23-year Ferrari has been in a rotten state for almost half a year. During this half year, all the funds originally used for upgrades have been invested in upgrading the 24-year car. It is really surprising that there is no such performance." Brother Fei analyzed: "To be honest, with the SF24 that has accumulated a lot of experience and Qin Miao, a recognized talented driver, Ferrari should have such a performance."

While the three commentators from Five Star Sports were happily chatting about Ferrari's performance on the field, Q2 began.

Because of the Q1 just now, the track condition is still very good at the moment.

So Ferrari released its car very early this time, just behind Mercedes.

Qin Miao did not slack off in Q2, but he used old soft tires for the first flying lap. They were just the old soft tires used in the practice race, but the condition of these old soft tires was much better than the previous set. He ran two flying laps on the track with these soft tires.

But despite this, after Qin Miao finished this lap, his time was still 1:29.573.

This is also a lap time that can enter Q3.

After seeing Qin Miao's result, the staff of Qin Miao's team turned their heads and looked at Qin Miao's tire rack beside them.

There were also four new sets of soft tyres placed on top.

"Your mother's kiss, now I can better understand the happiness of Mercedes' strategy team." Ferrari's strategist muttered to himself as he looked at the extra tires in the P room.

Wasser now also had a smile on his face. He leaned back in his chair leisurely, crossed his arms and said, "It's so cool. I can already see Qin Miao standing on the highest podium tomorrow. When I go to receive the award, no one is allowed to snatch it from me."

The strategist looked at the other person helplessly and thought: You want to go, is there anyone who dares to compete with you for it?
Because of this result, Qin Miao still did not use new tires in the second lap of Q2, even though he still had 4 new sets.

In this flying lap, Qin Miao ran without reservation and directly achieved a score of 1:29.467, which was faster than his first lap.

On the Ferrari team's podium, Vasseur's smile was even brighter than before.

But Qin Miao used old soft tires for the last two laps, so when he advanced from Q2 it was not like he was directly first in Q1. This time Qin Miao advanced from fourth.

On the Mercedes side, Toto rubbed his brows and sighed after seeing Qin Miao's results.

The on-site broadcast camera also happened to capture this scene.

Almost all Mercedes fans who were watching the qualifying race broadcast sighed like Toto after seeing Toto's expression.

But soon they tore off their Mercedes jerseys, revealing the Ferrari jerseys underneath.

As long as they change their identities, they can experience Wasser's happiness!

Q3, the first flying lap, Qin Miao used new tires.

Because there are only ten cars running on the track now, there is no need to worry about traffic jams. Qin Miao was released a little late.

But this doesn't matter.

Because Qin Miao achieved a basic score of 1:29.407 in the first lap.

Airborne first.

Many old fans who came to watch the game just for Qin Miao were moved to tears after seeing this scene.

How many years has it been? How many years has it been since we saw such a dominant Ferrari?
"Qin Miao, Qin Miao, when will Ferrari win the F1 Constructors' Championship?"

"What do you say?"

"This year! This year!"

……

After running this result with 95% of his strength, Qin Miao breathed a sigh of relief. This result was quite good. If he had given his all in the last lap, he might have been able to get it up to 1:29.3 or 2.

There is still room for improvement, and it is not too difficult to get the pole position in this qualifying race.

Qin Miao was still confident at this time.

At this moment, the three commentators of Five Star Sports were relatively calm after seeing Qin Miao's result.

After all, they were just worried that Qin Miao would not be able to adapt to Ferrari's SF24, not that they were worried about Qin Miao's strength.

Over the past three years, all doubts have disappeared after Qin Miao won three world championships.

Since Qin Miao has already proved his adaptability in Q1, the three commentators of Five Star Sports think that Qin Miao's performance in Q3 is justified. The triple crown winner should have such a speed.

P.S. Although I forgot to set the time and missed the update, I still want to say, give me the monthly ticket, living fathers, it’s useless for you to keep it on the last day! (End of this chapter)