84: Child's dream
In fact, Qin Miao wanted to introduce herself at this time, putting aside the mandatory contract given by the system, Qin Miao hoped that the other party would sign him because of his talent and strength, not because of the control of the system.
If Qin Miao didn't have this ability, then he wouldn't think much about it, but Qin Miao now has a systematic body, and he definitely has such a confident strength.
However, Qin Miao was still a little too young, and his ability to face and on-the-spot adaptability had not yet been developed, so even if he wanted to, there was no way to organize a suitable language to introduce himself to the other party in a short period of time.
However, the other party took the initiative to ask: "I also know a driver of the same nationality as you, he also studied at our Ferrari Driver Academy before, I think you should be interested in getting to know him, his name is Zhou Guanyu." ”
Qin Miao nodded in some surprise, although he had already known Zhou Guanyu, and the two of them could be regarded as friends at present.
But he really didn't know that Zhou Guanyu actually had the experience of studying at the Ferrari Driver Academy, and it seems that it is necessary to find an opportunity to go online to look at Zhou Guanyu's life experience.
"Actually, we're friends." Qin Miao nodded politely: "He is a very talented and hard-working driver, and I hope to compete with him one day." ”
When she said this, Qin Miao's face showed a smile from the heart.
And the micro-expression on Qin Miao's face happened to be seen by Lawson, and the other party pretended to be surprised and asked, "According to you, is Ling also a driver?" So which driver academy are you in now? ”
Qin Miao said in her heart: The main event is here.
"I'm not a member of any driver academy right now."
Qin Miao obviously saw Lawson's eyes light up for a moment, and then saw a smile on his face: "So Qin, are you interested in considering our Ferrari Driver Academy?" ”
"To tell you the truth, as the main manager of Ferrari's youth program, I have always had an eye for finding good drivers...... And these eyes of mine tell me. You're gifted. ”
Lawson said this with confidence on his face.
Qin Miao didn't care about becoming an F1 driver in his words, although Qin Miao also wanted to drive an F1 car, but what Qin Miao was unwilling to pay after becoming an F1 driver.
And becoming an F2 driver Qin Miao doesn't have so many worries, because F2 drivers can not only drive formula cars, but also don't have to be interviewed, participate in activities to deal with fans, shoot advertisements required by various suppliers, and have a lot of free time to hone their skills and touch fish, which is completely a career that Qin Miao dreams of.
Although he agreed with the other party's praise for himself in his heart, as a traditional Chinese, Qin Miao subconsciously felt that he needed to show humility.
So Qin Miao modestly asked, "Will you value me too much?" I'm just an ordinary person, not as good as you say I am. ”
And Lawson actually didn't understand the humble attitude of the Chinese who took root in their bones, and when he saw Qin Miao say this, he thought that Qin Miao was ready to refuse, or that Qin Miao felt that he was lying to him.
So Lawson explained: "Please don't doubt the authenticity and professionalism of my identity, if you have doubts, when Mattia comes, I can take you to him to verify the authenticity of my identity, and child, you have to believe in the eyes of a teacher who has been in the youth training for many years." ”
Qin Miao hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, no, I don't doubt your identity, I'm just a little surprised, why did you take a fancy to me at a glance in the crowd." ”
Saying that, Qin Miao gestured to so many people in the P room: "Obviously there are so many people here, why do you think I am the gifted person?" ”
But what Qin Miao didn't expect was that the other party didn't explain at all, just smiled and said, "This involves trade secrets, and it's inconvenient for me to disclose them."
But child, I know, I can see the lion-like pride in you. ”
Qin Miao's expression stiffened for a moment, and she secretly complained in her heart, why are these old bastards babbling?
"Well, Mr. Lawson, what do you mean? Want me to join the Ferrari Driver Academy? ”
Lawson nodded and said: "Of course, young man, I am very optimistic about your talent, I think your future achievements are limitless, like you as talented and outstanding young people, you should go to an excellent driver academy, and our Ferrari driver academy has a long history, profound heritage, has trained many well-known F1 drivers, is your best choice."
But you also have to know that although I am the head of the Ferrari Driver Academy, the academy is not my word, and I also have difficulties that I need to face, so when the contract is signed, you will need to go through a series of assessments.
Of course, I believe that these exams are not difficult for you, and you can pass them easily. ”
"And what about your answer, young man?" Lawson took a sip of water.
Qin Miao said without thinking: "You may not believe it when you say it, I actually have a child's dream......
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Although Qin Miao and Lawson are in love, and the concubine is interested, they can't sign a contract at this time.
After all, there are no facilities in the paddock to test Qin Miao's physical fitness and racing skills, and Qin Miao has to go to the Ferrari Academy in Maranello, Italy, to conduct a trial when the contract is actually signed.
After confirming the intentions of both parties, Qin Miao still exchanged contact information with Lawson, originally Qin Miao thought that the communication between the two would end here, but what he didn't expect was that Lawson chatted with Qin Miao again after confirming that Qin Miao was interested in joining the Ferrari youth training system.
"What do you think of the situation at Scuderia Ferrari this year? Do you think Hamilton and Mercedes will continue to dominate the paddock? ”
Qin Miao is a little confused, you said that you are a youth training person, you can't train young drivers well, catch me, an ordinary person who doesn't know anything, ask if other teams will win, why are you? I don't understand that.
But thinking that this person would most likely be his leader in the future, Qin Miao did not explode in front of him, but made a more objective analysis according to his judgment of the current situation.
"If nothing else, Mercedes are still the absolute kings of the season, and they are only against themselves."
"And the Scuderia Ferrari ...... To be honest, with the Mercedes monster car in the spot, I don't think Ferrari has a chance to win the Constructors' Championship. ”
Lawson nodded thoughtfully, and then changed topics with Qin Miao.
The next topics involved some professional knowledge in driving cars, to be honest, rather than Lawson chatting with himself, Qin Miao felt that the other party was more like conducting a thorough test on himself.
Facing the other party's question, Qin Miao didn't know the bottom in his heart, he didn't know whether the answer he answered was consistent with what the other party thought in his heart, anyway, he could give the other party an answer according to the truest feeling in his heart and his usual driving habits, as for what the other party would think, Qin Miao completely depended on the system.
The two chatted for half an hour, and in the end, the other party's first impression of himself was not very clear Qin Miao was not very clear, but the smile on the other party's face when he left Qin Miao felt that it was quite sincere.
However, just as the other party was about to leave, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and generally turned back to Qin Miao and said, "Oh yes, if you can, when you come to Maranello, I suggest that you hire a lawyer to help you confirm the details of the contract." ”
Qin Miao nodded seriously after hearing this.
After saying that, the other party left, but he did not leave room P directly, but went to the command area opposite the passage in the maintenance area.
By this time Binotto had already arrived.
After such an observation, Qin Miao found that the hair of these two people was curly, and they were both the same color, so Lawson's hair was longer than Binotto.
Then Qin Miao saw Lawson sitting directly next to Binotto and chatting with him.
And it was also at this time that there was a commotion at the entrance behind the P room, Qin Miao looked back and saw that Leclerc had completed the pre-race driver parade and walked into Ferrari's P room wearing a racing suit.
To be honest, after chatting with Lawson for a while, Qin Miao's mentality had changed a little unconsciously.
If you say that when she met Leclerc yesterday, Qin Miao faced him with the mentality of fans when they saw their idols.
But now he has been praised by Lawson for a while, and because of the system contract, Qin Miao has now stepped into the door of Ferrari's youth training with one foot.
Now Qin Miao's gaze at Leclerc was more or less a little scrutinizing and comparing with each other.
This is not due to Qin Miao's character, the main reason is that his identity has changed dramatically for a while, and the kind of big person who he can't usually touch praised him violently, and he was very optimistic about your performance, which made Qin Miao, a young man, a little floating.
After giving him a period of time to get used to his current identity, Qin Miao's mentality will stabilize.
Leclerc didn't notice Qin Miao's abnormality, came over and shook hands with Qin Miao, and got into his car without even saying hello, ready to start the race.
The drivers don't really have a lot of time on race day.
The preparation stage is still relatively boring, and the most engineers do during this period is to check the state of the car to ensure that the various parts can run stably, because the FIA has a rule that from Q1 of qualifying, all teams can adjust only the tire style of the car, and after the qualifying race starts, no changes can be made to the car.
Ten minutes later, everyone in the Scuderia Ferrari had put on their noise-cancelling headphones and after another familiar process, the engines of the two Ferraris were started.
The engineers then pushed the two cars out of the P room and parked them in the spot where the qualifying drivers had run.
At this stage, Qin Miao and their VIPs are not allowed to go on the track anymore, and the only people who can go up are the FIA photographers except for the team staff and Matthew.
Five minutes later, all the crews on the track came to the left and right sides of the track to wait as the warm-up lap began.
The British Grand Prix in '19 was the 1,007th Grand Prix on the F1 calendar, and the number 007 has a profound meaning in the UK.
The "007" series of movies is similar to the status of "The Wandering Earth" in the minds of domestic science fiction fans for the people of Britain.
So Qin Miao also saw the actor of 007 at the scene, but it's a pity that Qin Miao can't usually play computer games, let alone go to the movies, so I don't know what this person's name is.
As the 20 cars pulled out of the grid and began to warm up the tyres on the track, the team staff and the official FIA staff trotted back from the track to the pits.
Soon, the twenty cars had finished warming their tire laps and were back on the grid, and at this point, the medical car was parked behind the twenty cars.
Everything is ready to go.
Five red lights came on one by one, and the engines of the 20 cars on the field began to roar.
Compared to F2, F1 has a more violent engine roar.
As the red lights lit up and went off at five stops, twenty cars started in an instant.
Qin Miao didn't pay attention to the situation of the other drivers, he put his main attention on Leclerc.
With Zhou Guanyu Zhuyu in front, Qin Miao was afraid that Leclerc would lose his position like Zhou Guanyu in the initial stage.
However, what Qin Miao was worried about did not happen on the field, Leclerc was not Zhou Guanyu after all, although he did not snatch the position from the two Meiben after the start, he did not lose his position.
Qin Miao stared at Leclerc's car screen for a while, and only after making sure that his starting position was stable before retracting his gaze.
In just one lap, the two Mercedes had already pulled away at least 1.1 seconds from third-placed Leclerc.
It can be seen how terrifying the dominance of these two Meiben on the field is.
After that, there wasn't much footage on Leclerc, and the director focused most of the camera on the two Mercedes, as Hamilton and Bottas began to fight.
And because of this, Leclerc began to chase after the fifth lap after the start of the race.
But even with red tires, Leclerc struggled to chase.
No way, compared to Mercedes, the performance of the Ferrari SF90 is still not strong enough.
Before Leclerc could chase into Hamilton's DRS zone ahead, the two Mei Ben, who were fighting happily with yellow tires, turned their heads and looked: Huh? How did this red-tyred Ferrari catch up?
Toto, who was sitting in the command area, waved his big hand: "Don't fight, two melon babies, I want to beat you and get rid of the fourth person in the back." ”
Then on the sixth lap, Leclerc, who started on red tires, was a little desperate to find that he had been able to close by at least 0.3 seconds per lap when he was thrown away by two Mercedes with a visible gap.
What a red tire is used! Red tires!
Leclerc, sitting in the cockpit, was incompetent and furious.
And the blessing is incomparable, and the disaster is not a single line.
Leclerc was ruthlessly led away by Mercedes on the front foot, and Verstappen's Red Bull on the back foot chased after him and was already in Leclerc's DRS zone.
At this moment, Qin Miao clearly felt that the originally relatively relaxed atmosphere inside the Ferrari team's P room instantly fell silent, and a tense atmosphere began to permeate everywhere, and everyone looked up at the TV showing the picture of the race in the team's P room.
(End of chapter)