How did I become an F1 driver?

In the Q3 stage, Qin Miao did not perform well in the first base flying lap, and even skidded when exiting the T16 turn.

Although Qin Miao saved the car with his strong car control ability, Qin Miao's result at that time was still 0.2 seconds slower than Verstappen.

However, despite this, according to the team's estimates, Qin Miao's result is still enough for him to enter the top four.

And this is indeed the case. Qin Miao's appearance in Q3 was the last in the whole game.

After all, he is the home driver. Both Ferrari and the fans at the scene will definitely hope that Qin Miao can make the final appearance.

Before that, when almost all the drivers had completed their last flying lap, Qin Miao's ranking was exactly fourth.

As for Qin Miao's last flying circle, although Qin Miao only ran green in the first timing segment, he ran purple in the second and third timing segments.

And throughout the whole process, Qin Miao took the most ideal route on every corner of the track, and his timing of braking and accelerating was textbook-level.

And during the entire flying circle, Qin Miao did not make even a single mistake.

When the domestic car fans at the scene saw that Verstappen's last flying lap was 0.488 seconds faster than Alonso, who was in second place, they all felt sad, because Qin Miao's result was only 0.001 seconds slower than Alonso.

No one expected that Verstappen could improve his performance so much after making a mistake at the last turn of his last flying lap.

Therefore, the fans at the scene who had some expectations became a little discouraged. Many of the more optimistic fans now felt that today's qualifying race was just like that. It would be enough for Qin Miao to get into the top three and for them to hear Qin Miao's voice in the post-race interview.

Don’t worry about the results of the game. The real highlight is tomorrow’s main race.

But there are still many fans at the scene who are looking forward to Qin Miao's performance today. After all, Qin Miao's last flying lap has not been completed yet, and the race has not yet been settled.

Then they saw Qin Miao set a purple mark in the second timing segment on the track, and the time gap between his result and Verstappen was shortened to 2 seconds.

Although they knew it was inappropriate to cheer at this time, after seeing Qin Miao's result, there were still bursts of exclamations inside and outside the paddock.

The fans who had originally felt a little hopeless suddenly felt a spark of hope burning in their hearts. They all stared at the Ferrari cars passing by them or at the broadcast screen not far away, hoping for a miracle to happen.

And the fact is, a miracle really happened. At this time, Qin Miao on the track had reached the last timing section.

Qin Miao did not make any mistakes during the whole process and soon reached T16.

This time, when entering and exiting the corner, Qin Miao was much more stable than Verstappen and his own first flying lap. During the entire process of entering and exiting the corner, Qin Miao did not make any mistakes, and it was extremely smooth.

There was not even any counter-steering when exiting the turn.

Even after Qin Miao felt that he had entered the starting straight, there was a gust of wind blowing forward on the track, and the horsepower of SF24 increased by 5 horsepower out of thin air due to the wind speed.

The scene at this moment was no longer as bustling as the sprint in the morning, but everyone was holding their breath and looking forward to the moment when Qin Miao finally crossed the finish line.

Just like Mount Fuji, which has not erupted for a long time, it may explode at any time.

Finally, in front of millions of people watching either through TV broadcasts or with their own eyes, Qin Miao crossed the finish line at lightning speed.

The fans at the scene had no time to pay attention to Qin Miao’s result after he crossed the finish line. All they could see at this moment was that after Qin Miao crossed the finish line, on the live broadcast screen, Qin Miao’s ranking rose from 4th to 1st!

Instantly, the volcano that had been suppressed for more than 300 years finally erupted. Violent cheers resounded throughout the sky of the race, and everyone was celebrating Qin Miao's pole position in the qualifying round.

"This young man once again proved what he said in the post-race interview, another pole position in the qualifying race! I feel like at this moment, I can make bold statements. Qin Miao is the best driver in the world at this moment! No doubt about it!" After seeing Qin Miao cross the finish line on the track that he was so familiar with, Fei Ge from Five Star Sports could not hide his inner excitement and blurted out the above words without thinking at all.

As for Brother Bing and Zhou Haoran, one of them was in tears, his microphone had been taken away and he had lost the ability to speak, while the other one was staring at the broadcast screen in front of him in a daze, his eyes moist and no one knew what he was thinking.

"P1, Qin Miao, P1, well done, a perfect flying circle!" At this time, Franky couldn't help but praise Qin Miao in the team TR.

“Yes! Let’s fucking go’!”

Qin Miao, sitting in the cockpit, let out a long breath and clenched his fists tightly. Although he didn't know how Verstappen's qualifying results were, judging from the pursuit speed Verstappen showed on the track in the sprint race in the morning, Verstappen's lap time in this Grand Prix weekend would definitely not be slow.

Therefore, in order to avoid any unpredictable accidents during the competition, Qin Miao gave his all in the last flying lap, not daring to make any mistakes or hold back.

Fortunately, the final result did not disappoint Qin Miao, and his efforts were not in vain.

In the end, Qin Miao's lap time was 1:33.650, which was just 0.01 second faster than Verstappen's lap time.

In the end, the ranking of this qualifying match is as follows:

1: Qin Miao (1:33.650)

2: Verstappen

3: Alonso
4: Leclerc

5: Norris
6: Piastri
7: Russell
8: Hulkenberg

9: Bottas
10: Stroll

After the qualifying results came out, Qin Miao naturally learned from the team TR that he was only 0.01 seconds faster than Verstappen, and Verstappen was a full 3 faster than Alonso, who was in third place.

After confirming the authenticity of this data, Qin Miao still felt a lingering fear. If Verstappen had not made a mistake in the T16 exit on his last qualifying lap, then the pole position in the last qualifying race would most likely not have fallen into his hands. It can only be said that the opponent did give him a chance.

Moreover, Qin Miao had a feeling that it was the wind on the long straight that helped him gain a time advantage of 0.01 seconds.

What is the right time, right place, and right people? (Ask your hands to your hips)
After the qualifying round, Qin Miao swam slowly around to the cheers of the fans and returned to the maintenance area.

After parking his car and getting out, the fans at the scene were still so enthusiastic. It seemed as if they wanted to use their enthusiasm to completely overwhelm Qin Miao, the driver who had just become the first driver in the history of the last race to win the qualifying pole position at home.

After getting off the car, Qin Miao still stood on his racing car and celebrated with the fans on the scene. To be honest, if it weren't for the track and the guardrail, Qin Miao really wanted to rush over and celebrate with the fans.

After getting off the car, Qin Miao was calmer than when he won the sprint race.

As he walked towards the team staff, Qin Miao suddenly remembered what Hamilton said to him when the sprint race ended at noon.

"Don't go through this kind of situation too many times, especially at home."

Only now did Qin Miao slowly come to his senses and understand what Hamilton meant by his words of experience.

The first time Qin Miao faced such thunderous cheers, and when he knew that these cheers were directed at him alone, he was really excited and wanted to devote himself to the fans at the scene.

But just experiencing such a scene again, the excitement in Qin Miao's heart was at least a quarter less than the last time, and the sense of shock also decreased exponentially.

After arriving at the convoy and celebrating with Vasser and the others, Qin Miao greeted Pan Zi politely.

Instead, I chatted more with the old comrades.

However, Alonso talked more with the fans at the scene.

Alonso is a two-time world champion. Although he has one less world championship title than Qin Miao, as the oldest driver in the current F1 arena, he has seen all kinds of storms.

However, this was indeed the first time he had seen a Grand Prix with such enthusiastic fans.

After chatting with old comrades, Qin Miao came to the post-match interview area as usual.

"Qin Miao, this is the third time I congratulate you this weekend. After getting the pole position in qualifying, you are only one step away from the pole tu win in the sprint race and the pole tu win in the race. Do you have anything to say now?"

Qin Miao picked up the microphone and thought about it. This time he did not interact with the fans at the scene and asked them to cheer or something. Instead, he said seriously: "There is an old saying in our country: A journey of a hundred miles begins with a single step. I will try my best to take these last ten steps and try not to disappoint the fans who came to support me."

“To be honest, I don’t know how tomorrow will turn out, but I’m very happy and proud of the work that the team has done so far and I’m sure they will give me a car that won’t have any problems on Sunday.”

The host asked again: "After this race, if you win the Grand Prix again, you will be able to open up a points gap of more than 44 points with Verstappen in the driver standings. With such a big advantage at the beginning of the season, are you confident that you can win the world championship this season?"

Qin Miao thought for a moment and said, "I think it's a bit too vague to say these things now. Let alone whether I can win the world championship by the end of this year, it's still unknown whether I can win the championship in the race tomorrow."

"Okay, congratulations again to Qin Miao. I sincerely hope that the Ferrari team can perform better in the race tomorrow."

……

After the interview, Qin Miao came to the post-race awards ceremony amid the reluctant cheers of the fans.

But unlike the sprint race, this time Qin Miao came to sign on the small tires.

And the person presenting the award changed from JJ to a truly lucky audience member.

After the qualifying race on Saturday, Qin Miao went to participate in media interviews.

After finishing all this, it was almost dark when Qin Miao returned to the convoy.

There was no other way. We were playing at home and there were many firsts happening. There were too many reporters on the scene.

The only good news is that the team has very little work to do in the period before the race.

After all, the tuning of the car has been fixed at this time. Even if Qin Miao has new ideas for the qualifying round, except for the angle of the front nose of the car, no other settings can be changed.

The team also knows how important the race is to Qin Miao.

So on Saturday night of this Grand Prix weekend, Qin Miao didn’t have anything to do, and he could just go to rest after the game.

But Qin Miao didn't really go to rest, but had a meal with Leclerc, just the two of them.

Of course, Qin Miao didn't want Leclerc to help him do anything on the track. Starting from fourth place, the driver he faced was Alonso.

Although the old comrade is old, his ability to start as a talent will not disappear with the passage of time.

During the race, it is difficult for Leclerc to overtake the driver in front of him directly from the start like he did in the sprint race.

The most crucial thing is that even if he overtook Alonso at the start, unless Qin Miao deliberately slowed down after the start, with Leclerc's current ability, it would be difficult for him to pose any threat to Verstappen on the track.

In his home Grand Prix, it would be unlikely for Qin Miao to lock Verstappen behind him even if he wanted to.

So in tomorrow's race, Qin Miao basically can't rely on Leclerc.

The only thing to look forward to is Leclerc starting on hard tires and Verstappen's pit stop window.

But this will have a great impact on Leclerc's race, and after all, this is Leclerc's own business. If Qin Miao was Leclerc's second driver, he would indeed do so.

But Qin Miao was not sure whether Leclerc would do so.

So this time Qin Miao invited Leclerc to dinner purely to thank him for helping him block Verstappen for so long in the sprint race at noon today.

On the contrary, Leclerc originally thought that Qin Miao invited him to dinner this time because he wanted him to make some sacrifices on Sunday.

But he didn't expect that Qin Miao came to thank him instead, and didn't even ask for his help during the meal.

Instead, Leclerc himself seemed to be thinking about something after finishing his meal.

After dinner, Qin Miao went home and went to bed directly.

The family also knew that tomorrow's game was very important to Qin Miao, so they did not disturb Qin Miao's rest.

On Saturday night, Qin Miao lay in bed and suffered from insomnia as expected.

To be honest, Qin Miao didn’t have insomnia the night before he won the world championship for the first time. In fact, he slept particularly soundly that night.

I woke up full of energy the next day.

Before coming to the Shanghai Grand Prix, Qin Miao could never have imagined that one day he would suffer from insomnia because he cared too much about the outcome of a race.

Not only did I suffer from insomnia, but I suffered from it for two consecutive nights.

Fortunately, Qin Miao learned his lesson tonight. When Qiu Meng finished taking a bath and feeding the child and was lying on the bed preparing to play with her phone before going to sleep, Qin Miao directly snatched Qiu Meng's phone and threw it aside. After hugging Qiu Meng, he buried his head in Qiu Meng's chest, who looked helpless.

Holding Qin Miao's head, Qiu Meng asked softly, "I thought you were asleep. Are you suffering from insomnia again?"

"Um……"

"Poor little thing, good night~" After saying that, Qiu Meng also closed her eyes.

Qin Miao smelled the familiar fragrance and quickly fell asleep.

The next day, Qin Miao arrived at the paddock early.

Normally, for a Grand Prix race that starts in the afternoon, drivers only need to arrive in the paddock before noon.

But Qin Miao arrived at the paddock this morning.

Perhaps it was because Qin Miao arrived too early, the number of fans waiting at the entrance of the paddock was much smaller than on Friday and Saturday.

But Qin Miao still went over to ask them if they were cold. After all, the weather in Shanghai at this time of year was not very good. It was gloomy and windy early in the morning.

After giving many autographs and taking photos with the fans at the scene, Qin Miao finally entered the paddock amid the reluctant gazes of the fans who had been waiting at the door for a long time.

After arriving at Ferrari's team home and greeting his colleagues, Qin Miao went directly to the room where his simulator was located and started practicing.

It was not until after ten o'clock in the morning that Qin Miao got off the simulator.

After arriving at the reception area of ​​the team’s home, Qin Miao will next face an interview with CCTV News.

The person who came to interview Qin Miao was Sa Beining.

In fact, CCTV has been paying close attention to Qin Miao since he entered F1.

In his first F1 season, whether it was the pole position in qualifying or the championship in a race, it would be directly reported on CCTV news that evening.

If there is ever a gap in the news broadcast time, CCTV will use Qin Miao's ranking and points in the F1 arena at the time to fill the gap.

This shows the status of Qin Miao in CCTV's mind.

It can be said that CCTV has played a significant role in Qin Miao’s influence, which is known to almost everyone in China, young and old.

After all, it’s the show with the highest ratings in the country…

After Qin Miao won the first world championship in his career, CCTV even had a 10-minute special report in the news segment.

There was also a half-hour long interview.

However, after that, the frequency of CCTV news reporting Qin Miao's winning the championship decreased.

In the second year, Qin Miao was only mentioned after he won the sub-station competition, but the talk basically never lasted more than three minutes.

By the third year, it was basically not mentioned anymore, except for a 5-minute special feature after winning the championship.

CCTV is also a big pig's hoof who gets bored easily!

However, perhaps because there is a China station this year, Qin Miao’s three consecutive victories were only mentioned after he won the Japan station.

Today's interview is an exclusive interview prepared by CCTV for Qin Miao.

Today's main competition ends at 5 pm, and the news broadcast starts at 7 pm, which leaves enough time for editing.

At this time, Qin Miao asked Sa Beining who was preparing an interview: "Brother Sa, if I didn't win the championship today, how would you report it?"

After hearing Qin Miao's question, Sa Beining looked at Qin Miao in surprise and said, "Before we came to interview you, we didn't make a plan for you not to win the championship... I'm not very familiar with F1 competitions, but I believe in you, and you have to believe in yourself too!"

"In my opinion, your three world championship titles are well-deserved."

After being told this by Sa Beining, Qin Miao felt a little embarrassed. He scratched his head with a dry laugh and said, "I'm just a little curious... What if we really don't win the championship? Wouldn't all your work during this period be in vain?"

Sa Beining smiled and said, "I think our work will not be in vain, and I also think you will not let our work be in vain."

Qin Miao smiled bitterly: "I am a little curious now, are you here to interview me or to put pressure on me..."

"There is motivation only when there is pressure." Sa Beining smiled and sorted out the manuscript in his hand and said, "It's almost time. I also know that you have a game in the afternoon and you need time to prepare, so shall we start now?"

Qin Miao nodded: "Okay."

After a simple opening, Sa Beining asked his own question: "Why did you choose F1 in the first place? You know, we were not so enthusiastic about racing before, and both the talent pool and the competition foundation were very weak."

Qin Miao recalled his journey and said, "I actually had no experience in racing before. I only played some realistic racing simulation games. Then, as I played, I found that many people around me said that I had a talent for racing."

"Then I also found that I had almost no opponents in the simulator races, and I felt more comfortable driving the car on the simulator."

"Then, by chance, I got in touch with karting. After racing for a while, I found that... the feeling of driving a real car is really different from that on a simulator. There is a kind of excitement that is addictive."

"I have been fascinated by racing ever since. In fact, I have been luckier than most other drivers. I jumped directly into F2 and achieved some success in my first year in F2..."

After saying this, Sa Beining, who was originally listening to Qin Miao with a smile on his face, froze slightly, and then the corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably.

For some reason, Sa Beining felt inexplicably familiar with what Qin Miao said.

Have I seen this episode somewhere?

Sa Beining suddenly had some hallucinations. The handsome young man in front of him wearing a red Ferrari jacket turned into a middle-aged man with a protruding chin.

But the vision soon disappeared.

Because the two people's states are actually completely different.

Jack Ma was really showing off at that time, but Qin Miao was different. He was being humble, but he was too humble, which made people think he was showing off.

Although the words of both people have the same effect in the end, their starting points are actually completely different.

So after being stunned for a while, Sa Beining's face was filled with smile again, and there was even more appreciation in his eyes when he looked at Qin Miao.

PS. Happy New Year to everyone! I wish you all great wealth, good health, a successful career, a happy mood, and most importantly, immortality! (End of this chapter)