116: Grand Prix preparation
In fact, viewers who didn't pay much attention to F1 races before didn't know that there was a Chinese driver in F2, because there was a well-known thing: the domestic environment simply did not have the soil to produce a qualified F1 driver.
The only people who know that there is a Zhou Guanyu in F2 are those who often watch F1 races.
Even some light F1 fans, viewers who don't follow F2 races don't know that there is such a person as Zhou Guanyu.
But now it's different, compared to having one Chinese driver in F2, it is obvious that there are two Chinese drivers in F2, and the relationship between these two Chinese drivers is particularly good, which has a gimmick, and can easily attract everyone's attention in China.
So after this picture was sent back to China, it quickly caused heated discussions on major social platforms.
[This is Xiao Zhou, right? Who is the other one? 】
[That's Qin Miao, a Ferrari academy who just entered F2 this year]
[Xiao Zhou and Xiao Qin have a really good relationship]
[Just look at Zhou Guanyu's Weibo to know that these two play games together every night......]
[I want all the information of this handsome guy in red! ] Right now! 】
[When did this bed groove F2 have two more Chinese?] 】
[Is this walking the track?] 】
[Yes, this should be walking the track, tomorrow is the day of the Austrian Grand Prix, and it is normal to walk the track today]
[Why can I find so little news about Qin Miao on the Internet? ] I can't even find the footage of his game]
[My hope for Xiao Zhou this year is the last podium, as for Xiao Qin, be bold and be the same as Xiao Zhou last podium]
[Is it really appropriate to put so much pressure on newcomers, I just hope that Qin Miao will get familiar with the feeling of the game as soon as possible in the first season, and then he will be as competitive as Xiao Zhou. 】
[In short, silently bless these two young drivers, by the way, Xiao Qin's appearance can indeed fight. 】
……
The two people on the track naturally didn't know that they were just walking on the track, and there was already a lot of heat in China.
The two are still measuring the length and details of the Red Bull Ring with their feet.
In this process, the two are in a state of mutual inspiration, but Qin Miao's understanding of the track is obviously deeper than Zhou Guanyu's, and Zhou Guanyu's driving skills on this track are more proficient than Qin Miao's.
Because when I walked the track with my friends, I had too much fun.
So much so that both of them forgot the passage of time, and by the time they returned to Room P again, it had begun to get dark, and the time had come to 5 p.m., and the track was about to close in another hour.
However, the two of them also completed the last work of the day, and after returning to the P room to summarize the harvest of walking the track, several people went to eat together.
I didn't get together to hang out at night, after all, tomorrow is the game, and everyone knows that this is not the time to play.
However, many drivers who expect to perform well in the first race of the year will be working on the simulator at this time.
Of course, this does not include Qin Miao, after this person returned to the hotel after eating, he took a shower happily, and then opened his laptop and started playing games again.
Nothing was said all night.
Driven by the biological clock, Qin Miao, who woke up, squinted her eyes slightly to adapt to the light around her for a while, and then removed Qiu Meng's long legs from her stomach, and took her hand out of Qiu Meng's clothes.
Smelling the faint fragrance of milk on her hands, Qin Miao began to wash happily.
After changing his clothes, he trotted directly to the track, after all, the track was not far from the hotel, and Qin Miao ran over to it as a warm-up exercise that he had to have every morning.
As for her daughter-in-law, Qin Miao's work in the morning was mainly to make some pre-game preparations, which had little to do with her work, so Qin Miao didn't wake him up and let her sleep a little longer.
In the morning, Qin Miao was given a short period of time to prepare, and then the afternoon practice session was to familiarize Qin Miao with the track, and collect Qin Miao's data when he was galloping on the track for Qin Miao's crew members, so that they could formulate the adjustment and tire allocation for the next qualifying and main race.
However, in fact, the main job content is to find a tuning setting that suits Qin Miao's driving style, because compared with F1, F2 only has five sets of dry tires for a Grand Prix weekend, three sets of soft tires, two sets of hard tires, and three sets of rain tires.
It's really a no-brainer to assign this tire.
The morning was spent in the busyness around the car, Qin Miao also adjusted the settings of the car to the simulator according to the data he had run in the simulator before, and the setting that was most comfortable for him to drive, and then waited for the afternoon practice race to begin.
At this time, the audience in the paddock had gradually increased, even if Qin Miao's P room was at least a hundred meters away from the area where the tourists were staying, Qin Miao could faintly hear the noise and noise coming from there.
Qin Miao didn't go to join in the fun, he finished the preparations for the car, and he was about to take a look at Zhou Guanyu while he still had a little spare time.
However, Qin Miao was stopped by Luo Xin.
"There is an official interview with you by the FIA, this is the first time that a big media has officially interviewed you, so pay attention when you speak." Patting his beloved general on the shoulder with his hand, although Rosin had already admonished, he still instructed with some unease: "I know you have some in private, huh...... Casual but these interview videos will be released before the game, and you must think clearly about the consequences of saying these things and doing this before you talk or do things. ”
"Boss, don't worry, I know it." Qin Miao patted her chest and reassured.
Luo Xin was still a little uneasy, but when Qin Miao was interviewed later, it was inconvenient for him, the team leader, to follow, even if he looked at Qin Miao nearby, because it would release some signals that would make people misunderstand.
In order to avoid trouble, Luo Xin could only avoid Qin Miao when he was interviewed.
After a while, a little brother in a suit and shirt and a photographer with a handheld camera found Qin Miao in the P room area.
"Hello Qin, I'm a reporter from Liberty Media Group, is it convenient for you now? I'd like to ask you a few questions, and I won't be able to delay you much. ”
Qin Miao, who had already been mentally prepared, naturally had no reason to refuse, and nodded to indicate that the other party could ask.
The questions asked by the other party were all more formulaic, and Qin Miao, who listened to Luo Xin's persuasion, did not make a fuss, answered the reporter's questions in a decent manner, and then left in the other party's polite thanks.
And Qin Miao's decent answer also became the opening interview during the practice match.
No matter how Qin Miao disagrees with the drivers within the Ferrari Academy, he is a Ferrari Academy, and Ferrari is an extremely special team for F1 and even for the entire FIA.
Therefore, for Ferrari drivers, the organizers will naturally take more care of them.
After eating at noon, Qin Miao went back to rest, while the mechanics of Prema Racing pushed their team's equipment into the pit lane and set it up.
In fact, this location is the open space in front of the F1 team's P room.
By the time Qin Miao had changed into his racing uniform in the team's temporary P room and came to the pit lane with his helmet, the team had already been prepared, and the two Prema Racing cars had been placed and replaced with brand new tires.
Because Qin Miao entered the track from the direction of the entrance to the pit lane, he had to pass by many team parking areas on the way to his team's parking position.
Among these convoys is Zhou Guanyu's convoy.
He didn't stop when he didn't see Zhou Guanyu, and came directly to the temporary P room of his team.
After completing all the work, Sui Wentao, who was resting on the load-bearing pillar at the door of room P, saw Qin Miao coming, and hurriedly picked up the document he had put on the tire rack and handed it to Qin Miao.
This is a car inspection report, which must be handed to the driver after each pre-race technician after checking the car, and then the driver will cross-check to ensure the condition of the car before the race: "The car inspection report form, all the car has just been confirmed, and the car is fine." ”
Qin Miao nodded, came to the side of his racing car and stretched out his hand to wipe the bright five-star red flag next to the QIN representing his name, and after wiping, Qin Miao also had contact with the racing car, and the effect of the man-car integration skill was also highlighted, Qin Miao had a relatively clear understanding of the state of his car at this time.
Indeed, as Sui Wentao said, there is nothing wrong with this car.
Qin Miao simply didn't check it, and directly took the documents in Sui Wentao's hand and signed them, which can be regarded as approving Sui Wentao's pre-game preparations.
Seeing Qin Miao's movements, Sui Wentao was stunned, but before he could say anything, Qin Miao walked through the maintenance area of the track with this contract and handed it to Luo Xin, who was sitting on the command platform, and completed the handover work.
When Luo Xin took the document handed over by Qin Miao, he also encouraged Qin Miao a few words.
Qin Miao just nodded, and then returned to his racing car.
Move your body next to the car, then put on your in-ear noise-cancelling headphones, put on a sweat-wicking bandana, and finally put on your helmet.
This helmet is the one given by Zhou Guanyu, after all, it is the first time to participate in an official F2 race, and Qin Miao also thinks it is better to bring a more commemorative helmet.
After everything was ready, Qin Miao sat in the cockpit, at this time, there were still more than ten minutes before the start of the F2 practice session, Qin Miao needed to sit in the car first to find a feeling, and by the way, calm down the excitement that he was about to set foot on the track for the first time.
"Frankie, didn't I send you a playlist before I came? The time before the start of the game happens to be free, so turn it into shuffle mode and listen to it. Qin Miao said in TR.
Frankie didn't say anything, but after a while, his familiar melody sounded in Qin Miao's headphones:
……
Run forward, facing cold eyes and ridicule
How can you feel the vastness of life without going through hardships
Fate cannot make us fall to our knees and beg for mercy
Even if blood is spilled all over the bosom
……
Qin Miao has always liked this song, which is why he added this song to his playlist, but this kind of moment of trying to calm his restless heart seems to be easy to backfire......
But before Qin Miao could ask Frankie to change the song, Qin Miao felt that his helmet had been knocked on.
Turning his head suspiciously, he saw Zhou Guanyu standing next to his car looking at himself who had already put on his helmet.
Seeing Qin Miao looking over, Zhou Guanyu stretched out his hand to Qin Miao, and Qin Miao also reached out to shake it with the other party.
"Practice for the first official competition, are you nervous?" After shaking hands with Qin Miao, Zhou Guanyu sat directly on the side box of Qin Miao's racing car.
"Don't give me a bad ride!" Seeing this scene, Qin Miao complained, but he also knew that it was impossible for the carbon fiber side box to be broken by Zhou Guanyu's hundreds of catties, it was just a joke.
However, Qin Miao still answered Zhou Guanyu's doubts: "It's false to say that you are not nervous, but it's not much, it's more excited, and there is a very strong desire to express yourself...... I want to pretend to be a force, and the bigger the force, the better. ”
Zhou Guanyu was speechless: "You tell the truth, when the practice race is over, do you want me to set my car for your reference?" ”
"No, it will be troublesome to be investigated by the FIA at that time, and with the strength of the buddy, there is no need for it, but you, do you want the debugging data of the buddy?"
"I'm not afraid of the FIA? Seeing you like this, I guess I don't have much burden in my heart, and I am relieved to be a father. After finishing speaking, Zhou Guanyu rubbed two handfuls of the helmet he gave to Qin Miao, so that Qin Miao's helmet hit the headrest, and after rubbing, Zhou Guanyu turned around and ran.
Qin Miao instantly reacted to Zhou Guanyu's old forcing to take advantage of herself, so she saw Qin Miao scolding in her mouth, and stretched out a hand to grab Zhou Guanyu, but due to the seat belt tied up, and F2, which is basically a lying sitting posture and extremely closed space, Qin Miao's hand didn't even stretch out the body of his racing car, and could only watch Zhou Guanyu's back gradually drift away.
Qin Miao, who was sitting in the car, endured for a while, and the more she thought about it, the more she lost, and the more she took a step back, the more angry she became.
simply lifted his headrest, unfastened the seat belt, and took the helmet in the direction where Zhou Guanyu's team was located.
When Qin Miao came to Zhou Guanyu's team, Zhou Guanyu was already busy, but at this time he was wearing a helmet, and he happened to be caught by Qin Miao and stuck in a perspective.
And Qin Miao was deep in the essence of the sixth child, and when Zhou Guanyu was wearing a helmet, he quietly walked behind Zhou Guanyu.
The people of UNI-Virtuosi Racin knew that their shareholder Zhou Guanyu had a good relationship with Qin Miao.
So when they saw Qin Miao grabbing Timing and coming behind Zhou Guanyu, they didn't remind Zhou Guanyu.
For this kind of fighting between good friends, they just watch it as fun, and it's better not to disturb them.
After Qin Miao waited for Zhou Guanyu to put on the helmet and tie the fixed rope, he slapped Zhou Guanyu's helmet.
Because he knew that Zhou Guanyu was wearing a helmet, and the shock absorption ability of the racer's helmet was notoriously strong, Qin Miao almost used all his strength this time, although the lethality of the instantaneous shock was not large, but the sudden force still gave Zhou Guanyu a stumbling blow.
As soon as the blow was successful, Qin Miao did not hesitate, and ran away.
Of course, he didn't forget to laugh in his mouth: "Hahahahahahahaha!" ”
Zhou Guanyu reacted, and after seeing Qin Miao's figure running away, he scolded angrily: "Little red guy, you wait for Lao Tzu!" ”
While shouting, Zhou Guanyu chased out.
On the other side, Qiu Meng, who was watching the game above the P room, happened to see this scene, and she pouted with a cup of milk tea in her hand: "Childish!" ”
(End of chapter)