How did I become an F1 driver?

In the end, all three practice sessions of the Australian Grand Prix were over, and Qin Miao's results in these three practice sessions were not good.

Of course, as Qin Miao's fans, everyone is used to the fact that he won't give his all until Q3 of qualifying and the race.

After the practice session, Qin Miao went to rest as usual.

However, what made Qin Miao a little helpless was that when he was resting in his lounge, Leclerc was like those lingering dirty things, pestering Qin Miao and coming to Qin Miao's lounge.

"It's really useful, Qin Miao!" Leclerc said to Qin Miao excitedly.

Qin Miao couldn't remember how many times Leclerc had said this, nor how many times he and Leclerc had said the same thing, but Qin Miao continued to emphasize and repeat: "I still say that, luck, everything is due to luck."

"Damn it, I don't care whether it's luck or not. Anyway, when I'm your second driver, you have to appease the machine spirit for me before every qualifying and race," said Leclerc.

Qin Miao had a headache: "How about I tell you the steps and you do it yourself?"

Leclerc sneered: "Do you think I don't know that this is your own unique skill? If it works after I use it myself, would I need to trouble you?"

Qin Miao sighed helplessly and looked up at Leclerc. At this moment, the other party's eyes were full of determination. Qin Miao knew that he could not escape.

"Okay, but forget about the practice match. I'll give it to you once before the main race starts, okay?" Qin Miao tried to bargain.

Leclerc also knew the principle of knowing when to stop. He had been annoying Qin Miao for so long. Seeing that Qin Miao was finally willing to give in, Leclerc naturally agreed hurriedly: "Okay, it's a deal!"

Watching the other party leave happily, Qin Miao held his forehead and sighed helplessly: "What a sin."

……

As time passed, the qualifying round soon arrived.

In Q1, Albon was the first to step onto the track under tremendous public pressure.

However, when Q1 ended, Albon also handed in his answer sheet. He finally advanced in 1th place in Q6, and his ranking was even higher than Qin Miao.

Qin Miao used metaphysical methods to ensure the stability of Leclerc's car on the track, but another friend of Qin Miao who was also famous for his bad luck was not so lucky.

Zhou Guanyu broke his personal best in the first two parts of his last flying lap and was about to drive his green tractor into Q2.

Entering the third period, when coming out of the T10 corner, the left front nose end plate of the Sauber car was directly shattered because the track shoulder was too bumpy.

Also shattered were the two rear beams of the front nose wing.

At the same time, due to the vehicle inspection rules, the aerodynamic components used by the driver's car must be consistent with those in qualifying, otherwise he will be penalized.

However, the front nose wing that Zhou Guanyu broke was a new upgraded part and there was no spare part at all.

As a result, Zhou Guanyu was penalized and had to start directly from the pit lane during the race.

To be honest, during the break between Q1 and Q2 of qualifying, Qin Miao was stunned when he learned the news in the Ferrari P room.

When a person is unlucky enough, even drinking cold water will get stuck in his teeth.

Who would have thought that one day a racing car would have its front nose damaged because the curb of the track was too bumpy?

Is Sauber building an F1 car or a toy car this season?

It's made of plastic, right?

Of course, no matter how much we complain, the game still has to go on.

At the end of Q2, Qin Miao's results were still ugly, but he was able to advance to Q3 without any trouble.

Qin Miao's former teammate Hamilton stopped in Q2 in today's race, which is a pity.

Albon also stopped in Q2.

This has nothing to do with personal ability, but the Williams car can only allow him to enter Q2. Qin Miao and other insidious people will more or less show some real skills after being forced into Q2.

Q3 stage.

Verstappen came first in the first lap with a time of 1 minute 16 seconds.

Qin Miao responded in the next lap, 1 minute 16 seconds 090.

Although Qin Miao's result was not as fast as Verstappen's, but as a basic result, Qin Miao's lap time did make Verstappen and Red Bull sweat.

In the last race in Saudi Arabia, Verstappen's performance in the qualifying stage was about 0.2 seconds faster than Qin Miao.

But now, as Ferrari gradually upgrades the performance of its racing cars, after arriving in Australia, the time gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen in the qualifying stage has narrowed visibly.

Moreover, Qin Miao always likes to keep a low profile in the first two stages of qualifying, and not use the opportunity of qualifying to familiarize himself with the limits of the car on the track under the current weather conditions. The key is that despite this, Qin Miao can still bring out the full strength of the car in the last flying lap.

In short, because of Qin Miao's deliberate concealment, Red Bull did not take Qin Miao too seriously at the beginning of the qualifying round.

Then Qin Miao gave Red Bull such a huge surprise.

Even Verstappen was silent for a while after learning about Qin Miao's result in his own car.

The last flying circle.

Verstappen obviously felt the sense of crisis from Qin Miao behind him, so he tried his best and ran a time of 1 minute 15 seconds.

Verstappen was walking on the edge of a knife during this lap. Any mistake would have ruined all his efforts.

But Verstappen is Verstappen after all. He ran the whole race without any mistakes, which was perfect.

Qin Miao's performance in the last lap was also very good, of course, provided that Verstappen had not set a good example before him.

Qin Miao's score was 1 minute 15 seconds, 987 seconds slower than Verstappen.

Leclerc is still in third place.

This is the third time in the 24th season that Leclerc has finished third in qualifying.

After crossing the finish line, although Qin Miao and everyone on the Ferrari side were not as happy as they were after getting the pole position, when the live broadcast camera was given to the Ferrari team's P room area, it could be clearly seen that everyone in Ferrari had smiles on their faces and shook hands with the people around them to celebrate.

This is because Ferrari can clearly see that after three races this season, the speed of Qin Miao and Leclerc has been improving in almost every race, and the two drivers are visibly shortening the gap between themselves and the Red Bull car.

On the contrary, in the maintenance lane after the race, after Verstappen got off his car after getting the pole position, he did not celebrate much. He just raised his fist and waved it in front of the camera and left it at that.

When the broadcast camera turned to Horner, although everyone could see a smile on Horner's face, Horner's smile gave people a feeling of worry no matter how you looked at it.

But no matter how the season develops, at least one thing is certain: Red Bull's car still has a huge advantage at this Grand Prix weekend.

However, compared with the first two races, the advantage of Red Bull Racing is not so obvious.

After the final qualifying, the drivers' rankings are as follows:
1: Max Verstappen (1:15.915)

2: Qin Miao

3: Leclerc 4: Perez
5: Norris
6: Piastri
7: Russell
8: Tsunoda

9: Stroll

10: Alonso
Although Verstappen and Qin Miao were still ranked first and second, the time gap between them had shortened from 0.2 seconds to 0.091 seconds.

The progress is visible to the naked eye. I believe that in just a few races, Qin Miao will be able to defeat Verstappen in the qualifying stage and try to get the pole to win.

At the same time, the time gap between Leclerc and the two perverts in front of him also narrowed. In the last flying lap of this race, the time gap between Leclerc and Qin Miao was only 0.11 seconds.

The progress is obvious.

Most of the remaining drivers appeared where they were supposed to be, except for Tsunoda and the old man.

The old man had a bad performance in this race. His condition was not good throughout the entire Grand Prix weekend and he didn't even make it to Q3 in the qualifying stage.

It was only when Qin Miao reviewed the qualifying race video after the end of the qualifying race that he realized that his old teammate didn't even make it to Q3.

At that time, Qin Miao wanted to call the old man to ask, but after all, he was in a meeting at the time, so Qin Miao suppressed his inner impulse.

As for Kakuta, the little Japanese's performance in this game was indeed good, and in sharp contrast to him was naturally his teammate Ricardo.

In this race, Ricciardo didn't even make it to Q2 and was gone in Q3. Even that was fine, when Ricciardo was eliminated he was only one place ahead of Zhou Guanyu, who broke the front nose of his car on the track and didn't run at all in the last lap.

If Zhou Guanyu's car hadn't been so abstract, he would have been last.

Excluding Sargent who could not participate in the race, Ricciardo was ranked second from the bottom.

To be honest, Lynk & Co has now begun to doubt whether its decision to keep Ricardo was the right one.

Although Lynk & Co will not take over Ricciardo right now, according to Qin Miao's internal information (He Qiang, manager of the Lynk & Co F1 team), Lynk & Co has already issued an ultimatum to Ricciardo.

Since Ricardo performed poorly in his own home field, Lynk & Co doesn't expect much from him.

Therefore, the Japanese Grand Prix is ​​Ricciardo's last chance.

Lynk & Co also knows that the performance of its team's cars in the current state cannot guarantee that the drivers can compete for points in the points zone stably, so Lynk & Co's task for Ricciardo is to defeat Tsunoda once during the Japanese Grand Prix, either in qualifying or the race.

In Lynk & Co’s own view, this task is not impossible.

Not much, just once is enough.

Even starting from the Australian Grand Prix.

But that is clearly not possible this Grand Prix weekend.

After all, he started from the end, so could he still overtake Kakuta?
All in all, Ricciardo still has a chance of a grand prix weekend.

As for what would happen if Ricardo didn’t do it…

Then Lynk & Co has reason to demote Ricardo and introduce Ye Yifei, whom Lynk & Co has been waiting for for a long time.

The Chinese Grand Prix will be held right after the Japanese Grand Prix.

By then, Ye Yifei will be promoted directly, and there will be three Chinese drivers in the paddock.

As for if Ricciardo really fulfilled Lynk & Co's requirements and defeated Tsunoda once in qualifying or the race.

Lynk & Co will not lose out. If Ricciardo is activated, he will have the ability and opportunity to help Lynk & Co score points on the field. At that time, there will be two drivers who can compete for points, and Lynk & Co will have no reason to refuse.

On the other hand, the ultimatum that Lynk & Co gave to Ricardo was not made public. Even if Ricardo really did it, Lynk & Co did not make it public. Naturally, no one would feel sorry for Ye Yifei, and there would be no public opinion related to this in the paddock.

So Lynk & Co will not lose money either way.

All in all, qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix is ​​over.

After Qin Miao and Leclerc finished the post-race interview, they happily went to attend the final post-race press conference of the qualifying race.

Anyway, this game was relatively easy for both of them.

After completing the post-match interview, the two still did not separate.

After all, the 24-season has been going on for so long, and Leclerc has never been on the podium once, which is somewhat inappropriate.

So Qin Miao took the initiative to stay and give guidance to Leclerc at Leclerc's request, to see if there were any areas where the other party could find out and fill in the gaps.

However, Qin Miao did not fall into Leclerc's trap and slipped away before dinner time.

Only Leclerc was left after he came down from the simulator and found that Qin Miao was gone. He then frantically @Qin Miao in the group and called him a beast.

Saturday passed happily.

Time soon came to Sunday.

Qin Miao did feel much more comfortable with this kind of race held in the daytime than at night. He was in such a good mood that he even attended the driver signing event in the morning.

It's the kind where you have a booth for the drivers, where you sign autographs for fans who buy your racing suits, hats or helmets.

These activities are usually organized by the organizer and carried out by drivers from one or two teams.

However, Qin Miao seldom participated in these activities before. Although he could earn a lot of money by doing so, Qin Miao was not short of money.

Although the organizers did not invite Ferrari or Ferrari drivers today.

However, peripheral products of these drivers are also sold here, and there is also a large area for autograph sessions. The face-saving fruit of the Triple Crown can also play a key role at this time.

After discussing with the person in charge of the venue and scanning his face, Qin Miao came in.

The triple crown winner suddenly got the inspiration and started signing autographs for fans, which took less than 5 minutes in total.

Qin Miao sat at the autograph seat.

It is worth mentioning that because the fans were not notified beforehand, most of the fans gathered around Norris, Piastri and Gasly.

At first, no one even noticed that there was an extra person not far from the signing area.

But Qin Miao was not in a hurry. He planned to come over and play for half an hour. If someone came to him for an autograph, Qin Miao would naturally be very happy. If no one came, Qin Miao would just leave after half an hour.

But this is a crowded area after all, and Qin Miao's position is not a particularly hidden one. Plus, the red uniform of the Ferrari driver is actually quite conspicuous.

Then a fan wearing the McLaren orange team uniform saw Qin Miao. He didn’t pay much attention at first, but when he looked back, he was stunned.

He only saw triple champion Qin Miao sitting in the autographing area, but there should have been a long queue in front of him, but there was no one at this time.

The Triple Crown champion didn't care about it at all. He drank his drink and played with his phone, looking very comfortable. (End of this chapter)