How did I become an F1 driver?

There is not much to say about Qin Miao during the main competition. It can even be said that today was a rather boring game.

After all, since the safety car appeared on the 7th lap, this race was destined to become particularly boring.

In the later stages of the race, except for five drivers who had different tire choices, the others all changed to hard tires, ready to finish the race in one go.

As a result, you rarely see drivers attacking each other on the track. In the last period of time, no one could do anything to anyone else, and the race ended in such a boring way.

To be honest, if they didn't want to see Qin Miao win his first Grand Prix title for Ferrari, many fans would have simply stopped watching the race when the safety car came out and the other drivers switched to hard tires.

The only thing that might have given the fans some consolation was that Qin Miao gave them a lot to watch when the race was at its most boring.

After this race, the overall standings are as follows:
1. Qin Miao: 44
2. Max Verstappen: 44
3. Perez: 30
4. Leclerc: 24
5. Hamilton: 14
6. Piastri: 14
7. Russell: 14
8. Alonso: 10
9. Norris: 8
10. Stroll: 1
11. Hulkenberg: 1
Qin Miao and Verstappen both won a grand prix championship, a second place and the fastest lap of a race, and both scored 44 points.

So at this time, the two of them are truly tied for first place in F1, because both of them have the same number of wins and points.

There is nothing much to say about Perez, who is in third place. From the beginning of the 3th season to now, Master Perez has performed very stably. If Perez can continue this stable performance, Ferrari will definitely not be able to carry the team relying on Qin Miao alone. Red Bull may be able to win the team championship this season with Perez's stable performance.

As for Leclerc, who was in 4th place, we can only say that he stayed in his comfort zone.

Although fourth place is a height that many drivers will never be able to reach in their entire lives, for Leclerc, fourth place is his comfort zone.

I won’t go into details about the drivers behind me.

The team standings are as follows:
1. Red Bull: 74
2. Ferrari: 68
3. Mercedes: 28
4. McLaren: 22
5. Aston Martin: 11
6. Haas: 1
It's hard to believe that the Mercedes team, which led the drivers' standings last season, has performed poorly this season.

After two races, the two drivers only brought 28 points to the Mercedes team.

Of course, it is also possible that Qin Miao’s departure made Mercedes-Benz unable to adapt for a while. We will have to wait and see Mercedes-Benz’s performance after a period of time before we can make a conclusion.

However, although Qin Miao knew there might be other problems, anyone would find it hard to bear seeing such a huge gap at once. This is why Qin Miao could often see complaints from Mercedes team staff through social media.

After two races, the points gap between Ferrari and Red Bull reached 6 points.

Such a large points gap is still within an acceptable range. If he is lucky, Qin Miao can regain his position in just one game.

After the celebration, the post-race podium session came to an end, but the opening victory of the 24th season was certainly not going to pass so easily.

Qin Miao and Wasser, wearing wet clothes and carrying bottles of wine, went downstairs to celebrate with the people in the convoy.

It is worth mentioning that this is Qin Miao’s first Grand Prix championship at Ferrari, so the Ferrari team prepared a little surprise for Qin Miao.

When Qin Miao arrived at the Ferrari team's P room, he saw a cake inside the room. The relief on the cake was the entrance to the Ferrari team's headquarters, and there was also a flag on the entrance.

This thing represents that, in faraway Maranello, a flag has been planted at the door of Ferrari's headquarters for Ferrari's first victory.

And this is just the beginning.

……

Because there is a week's rest after the Saudi Grand Prix, Ferrari's internal staff will not be in a hurry to pack up after the race.

Also because of Qin Miao's victory in this race, Ferrari gave a considerable bonus to most of the team staff who participated in this Grand Prix weekend.

This thing has both fake and bonuses, how can anyone not be happy?

Therefore, when Qin Miao and Vasseur returned to the Ferrari team's P room wearing wet clothes, the Ferrari team staff who had been waiting for a long time pulled the ribbons in their hands, and ribbons fell from the sky.

This was followed by warm applause from the Ferrari team staff and congratulations to Qin Miao.

Qin Miao also smiled and greeted the team staff one by one.

But Qin Miao and Vasal were now soaked after all. Although the weather in Saudi Arabia in March would not make people feel that cold, it was late at night after all. There was no shelter on the track and the wind was blowing all the time. They might catch a cold at any time.

So after a simple celebration and playing around with the cake for a while, Qin Miao and Vasser each went back to their own lounge to change clothes.

When Qin Miao changed his clothes in his lounge and came out, he just happened to see Leclerc finishing the interview and walking back from outside.

"Are you back?" Leclerc raised his hand and greeted Qin Miao.

Qin Miao raised his eyebrows when he saw him, and after thinking for a while, he said to Leclerc: "Come over here, I just want to negotiate with you."

At this time, it was not difficult for Leclerc to guess why Qin Miao wanted to see him, so he did not refuse.

After putting down the backpack on his back in his lounge, Leclerc came to Qin Miao's room. After sitting down on the sofa in Qin Miao's lounge, he looked at Qin Miao in front of him and said, "Tell me, what's the matter."

Qin Miao didn't beat around the bush. He closed the door and said, "That incident at the beginning of the game."

"Yeah." Leclerc nodded, obviously knowing what Qin Miao meant: "What's wrong?"

"Don't play dumb." Qin Miao was going to say it nicely, but seeing Leclerc playing dumb, Qin Miao got so angry that he said, "How can you give way to someone like that? You were in a good position and could have attacked me, you could have just taken the position. If you couldn't give way, you didn't have to force it."

Qin Miao then began to count on his fingers to calculate for Leclerc: "Look, let me help you calculate, according to the real data as a reference, after giving me the lead, I still ended up in the fourth place you are familiar with, right?"

"But what if you didn't let me? Wouldn't you have more time to improve your lap time? If you hadn't lost these two positions, you might have been able to get into..."

However, before Qin Miao could finish his words, Leclerc interrupted him: "I will still get fourth in this race. After all, the safety car will appear soon. My position will not affect the final result of this race."

Qin Miao was about to refute, but then he took a breath and thought, what Leclerc said seemed to be nothing wrong.

But Qin Miao also knew that now was not the time to talk about this, so Qin Miao said: "What I mean is that you don't have to sacrifice yourself to help me at that time. You can run normally. You believe that with my strength, I can definitely catch up and surpass you in the later stage. I don't need this little time."

Qin Miao was also a little anxious, and didn't think much when he spoke.

After he finished speaking, he realized that what he said was inappropriate. But it was too late to make amends.

But what surprised Qin Miao was that Leclerc was not angry at the moment. He just crossed his arms and frowned and said, "To be honest, I regret that I agreed to be your No. 2 driver. Is this the attitude of a world champion facing his No. 2 driver?"

Although Leclerc frowned when he said this and his expression was not very good, Qin Miao knew that Leclerc was not really angry. If he was really angry, he would not say a word to you.

Qin Miao also knew that what he said just now was wrong, so Qin Miao raised his hands helplessly: "I'm sorry, I didn't think before I spoke. I should thank the legendary driver Charles Leclerc for his help on the track instead of complaining about this and that. I apologize and I will reflect on it."

"But I still want to say, don't do this next time."

"I see." Leclerc touched his nose. "But why do I always feel that you are being sarcastic to me?"

"Forget it, never mind."

Leclerc walked over with a smile, patted Qin Miao on the shoulder, and then said helplessly: "It's the first time to be a teammate. It's normal that we are not used to it. "

Looking at Leclerc's leaving back, Qin Miao sighed helplessly.

Being the second driver, who can be free from temper?

What's more, Leclerc was originally trained by Ferrari as the number one driver. Now that he is the number two driver, Leclerc will naturally feel uncomfortable.

No matter how good the relationship is, when it comes to one's own interests, it is difficult for anyone to remain calm.

……

After Qin Miao simply cleaned himself up, he went downstairs to attend the celebration party prepared for him by the team for this Grand Prix weekend.

After the celebration banquet, there is a press conference after the game, and the process is not complicated.

The next race after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is ​​the Australian Grand Prix in two weeks, home to Ricciardo and Piastri, and the season will also enter the Asian region.

Soon after that, it was the Chinese Grand Prix that Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu had been looking forward to for a long time.

Of course, the Chinese Grand Prix is ​​still a bit far away. After Qin Miao finished the race in Saudi Arabia and completed all the tasks assigned by the team, he went straight back to Maranello.

As mentioned before, the Chinese Grand Prix will be in the near future, and for Qin Miao, it doesn’t really matter to him whether he wins or not in other Grand Prix weekends this season. As long as at the end of this season, his and the team’s total points suppress Verstappen and Red Bull, that will be enough.

However, as a Chinese, when given the opportunity to participate in the Chinese Grand Prix, Qin Miao naturally wanted to win the championship no matter what.

Therefore, what Qin Miao least wants to see is the team's car holding him back during the race.

This is true both in terms of car performance and car stability.

Apart from winning the Drivers' World Championship, the thing that almost all drivers hope to accomplish most throughout their careers is to win the Grand Prix at their home race.

This is why, after the race, Qin Miao did not take a day off as usual, but went straight back to Maranello. Qin Miao wanted to stay in Ferrari's simulator department for a while longer to help them collect some data so that there would be no problems with the upgrades the team was going to make during the Chinese Grand Prix.

On the other hand, Qin Miao also said on his social media that he wanted to have the entrance of Ferrari headquarters filled with flags, so when he returned to Maranello this time, Qin Miao also wanted to see if the flag had been put up.

When Qinmiao arrived, a flag had already been hoisted above the Ferrari team's headquarters.

In fact, this flag had already been replaced by the Ferrari team staff who had been waiting for a long time when Qin Miao crossed the checkered flag at the Jeddah Marina Bay Circuit.

They are more anxious than Qin Miao.

After Qin Miao flew back to Italy from the Middle East and took a day off, he learned that his fans and Verstappen's fans had started quarreling on the Internet.

The cause was the collision between Verstappen and himself on the track during the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Qin Miao’s fans naturally knew that Qin Miao had suffered a loss, so they started cursing him directly.

Wow Verstappen fans fight back.

Of course, Verstappen was in the wrong first, so rather than saying they were cursing, it would be more accurate to say that Qin Miao’s fans were unilaterally bullying Verstappen’s fans.

Even because most of Qin Miao's fans are from China, these people also like to be sarcastic while cursing him.

Qin Miao sometimes couldn't help laughing after seeing these sarcastic comments.

However, Qin Miao just treated this matter as a joke and didn't pay much attention to it.

No matter how much people criticize them, F1 drivers also rely on fan economy for their livelihood, but they are not like those idols who cannot survive without their fans.

Therefore, there are really few drivers who interact with their fans on social media as intensively as those celebrities do every day.

They really don't have the time.

……

Thursday.

Qin Miao woke up normally this morning, washed up, had breakfast, watched the morning news, and then walked to the gym he rented near his home.

In fact, it is not quite appropriate to say that it is rented, because this gym is half given and half rented to Qin Miao for use. As long as he is still a driver for Ferrari, he can continue to use this gym.

Because this is the gym of an Italian car fan of Qin Miao, and since he lives in Maranello, he is naturally a die-hard fan. Therefore, he has many acquaintances within Ferrari. When he knew that Qin Miao had just moved to Maranello and was looking for a private gym, he volunteered to rent his house to Qin Miao.

The fee is very cheap, a symbolic fee of 100 euros per month. (End of this chapter)