Lawson is one of the people who knows Qin Miao's recent situation better.

So when he saw Qin Miao coming to see him, and he was still carrying something in his hand, Lawson vaguely guessed the purpose of Qin Miao's coming to him this time.

invited Qin Miao to sit down, and before Lawson could say anything, Qin Miao put down the gift first, and then took out the Ferrari car key that the other party gave him and put it on Lawson's desk.

After seeing Qin Miao's movements, Lawson completely understood Qin Miao's purpose for coming to him this time.

The other party is ready to leave, and if nothing else, the next home may have been found.

He sighed a little abruptly: "I expected our parting, but I didn't expect it to come so suddenly." ”

Qin Miao also sighed a little, the picture of being led into Ferrari by Lawson was still vivid, but in a blink of an eye, he was about to leave: "Yes, I originally thought that I would stay in Ferrari for a long time, but how could I expect that the world is impermanent." ”

Lawson asked curiously, "Have you figured out which team you're going to?" ”

Qin Miao smiled: "Mr. Lawson, you know what I can't say. ”

Lawson didn't feel embarrassed, and after a haha, he accepted the gift that Qin Miao brought over, but he didn't accept the car key of the Ferrari 488, but pushed Qin Miao back again: "I'll accept the gift, after all, I introduced you to this road, and your talent on the road of racing is really good, so I accept the gift you gave with peace of mind."

But the car has already been sent out, and we can't get it back, so keep it for yourself. ”

Qin Miao shook her head: "It's too precious." ”

Lawson spread his hands: "It's not that we don't want to come back, but this car has been modified by you, and it is considered to be marked by you, even if we take it back, it is not convenient for us to take it out and give it to others, and the only place to come back is to put it in the museum to eat ashes, or throw it at the test drive for people to drive." ”

Qin Miao scratched his face a little embarrassed, he really didn't think about it so much when he changed this 488, he just felt that the performance of the 488 was not enough, and he had to give her some hard work.

Unexpectedly, he did not expect to make an unintentional move at that time, but now he has won a Ferrari 488 for himself.

"Thank you then." Qin Miao thanked her sincerely and took the key back.

Lawson was actually planting seeds in Qin Miao's heart by doing this.

In the future, as long as Qin Miao sees this 488, he can remember that this car was given to him by Ferrari, in case Qin Miao doesn't want to stay in his team in the future, and wants to go to other teams to try it, and if Ferrari happens to be short of people at that time, Qin Miao may not have the possibility of going up.

After chatting with Lawson for more than twenty minutes, Qin Miao got up to say goodbye.

It's not too early, Qin Miao is leaving Maranello......

……

Time has entered the fast lane since Qin Miao joined Meiben.

Friday, August 14, 2020, the start of the Spanish Grand Prix.

At this time, although Qin Miao's clothes and racing car still had the icon of Ferrari youth training, Qin Miao's heart had already run to Mei Ben's side.

There's nothing to say about the morning practice session, just follow the old process to find your own comfortable car tuning.

In the afternoon qualifying session, Qin Miao got a set of training settings that matched him at about 80%.

It's not high, but it's basically enough.

Qin Miao followed his familiar rhythm, a new set of soft tires, two warm-up laps, an unblocked flying lap, and a report card of 1:27.812 at pole position.

Clock in and get off work!

By the time this qualifying match was over, Ilot, who was in second place, was 0.4 seconds slower than Qin Miao.

The others had studied Qin Miao's ranking and race footage countless times.

I want to understand why Qin Miao can be so much faster than other F2 drivers.

After they analyzed it frame by frame, they found that Qin Miao was nothing special, that is, he was accurate in routing, he had a good grasp of when to give oil and when to brake, and his stability was high, and he couldn't see a single mistake in the whole game.

The F2 main stage of this Grand Prix was actually quite exciting, with the safety car coming out twice, and the second safety car waiting until the F2 race time limit was up, and the race was forcibly changed to the last lap.

And in order to compete for a better position on this final lap, the riders in the rear line fought a bloody head.

It's just that all this has nothing to do with Qin Miao, after all, this person has opened up the distance of 0.5 seconds from the second place just by starting out.

Qin Miao is just like the previous races, you run yours, I run mine.

In the end, Qin Miao set off from pole position, brought the championship back, and once again took the 27 points of the main race.

Zhou Guanyu also performed well today, starting from the third place he was originally a lot behind in the middle of the race, but relying on the good performance of the last lap, he finally ended the race with a good result of third.

Qin Miao in this race listened to Toto's suggestion, and didn't give Zhou Guanyu a wake or create an overtaking opportunity or anything, he only took care of himself.

Zhou Guanyu's performance in this race is so good, in addition to his own strength, there is also the reason why he is more adapted to the high-speed track.

After this game, Qin Miao's total points came to 223, and Zhou Guanyu's total points also broke through the 100 mark and came to 101 points.

It is worth mentioning that this season's two Chinese drivers have broken the 100-point mark together, and it is also the first time in the history of F2 that two Chinese drivers lead the F2 standings.

As netizens said, there has never been a situation in the history of F2 where two Chinese drivers have competed together, and what these two do on the field is breaking the record in the history of Chinese racing.

Sunday, sprint race.

Qin Miao maintained her usual style, a new set of soft tires ran the whole race, and in just five laps, Qin Miao went from eighth to first, and began to lead for 21 laps.

It is said that Toto saw Qin Miao's performance in the arena today, and his mouth couldn't close with a smile.

For the sun rising in F2, Toto has high hopes.

Qin Miao's age, coupled with the dominance he showed in F2, can no longer use the word new star to describe Qin Miao, but the word sun is slightly more appropriate.

Qin Miao still completed her race as steadily as an old dog, and her speed was amazing and she also showed terrifying stability.

After P1 was brought back, Qin Miao's total points had reached 240 points.

And Zhou Guanyu didn't score points in this sprint race, this unlucky guy was knocked into a piece of the front wing when overtaking, and fell out of the points area after making a pit stop to change the front wing.

After this race, the next F2 race is the Belgian Grand Prix two weeks later.

Of course, Qin Miao, who is in a special period, will definitely not be able to rest well.

After the game was over, Qin Miao handed over his two championship trophies to Ferrari as usual to reproduce.

Although Qin Miao was already at this time: "The eldest husband was born in heaven and earth, how can he be depressed and live under the people for a long time?" "That's it.

But after all, he has not really terminated the contract with Ferrari, and his contract with Mercedes is still in the process of negotiation.

So for now, it's business as usual, and the difference may be that Qin Miao has never been to Ferrari's P room after the F2 sprint race is over.

During the holiday, Qin Miao returned to the UK and began to advance the negotiation process with Mei Ben.

Even because of Qin Miao's good performance in Spain last week, the negotiators invited by Qiu Meng once gained more initiative in the negotiation process.

Finally, on August 20, the negotiations between Qin Miao and Mei Ben were officially completed.

After the contract was confirmed, both parties did not sign the contract immediately, but only signed the contract of intent.

After all, Qin Miao still has a Ferrari contract, and according to the requirements of the contract of intent, Mei Ben had to help Qin Miao and Ferrari negotiate Qin Miao's contract with Ferrari during this time.

It's not complicated, talk to Ferrari, if you can, break up peacefully, both parties sign the contract, and the contract is null and void.

If not, then pay liquidated damages according to the requirements of the contract, and there is no need to pull each other for more than half a month like Qin Miao's contract before it is finally decided.

August 25th.

Mercedes' negotiating team travelled to Maranello to negotiate a contract with Ferrari.

The process was handled by Ferrari's sporting director, Mekis, and Ferrari's principal, Binotto, was not in attendance.

However, Ferrari had no intention of breaking up with Qin Miao peacefully, so in the end, Qin Miao unilaterally broke the contract, and then under the notarization of the court, Meiben paid Qin Miao a total of 470W euros in liquidated damages for the driver's contract.

To be honest, Qin Miao was really a little stunned when she saw the amount of liquidated damages, after all, her one-year contract salary was only a little more than one million euros, and as soon as this liquidated damages were given, she would have to work for nothing for five years.

But fortunately, Mei Ben lacks everything else, that is, there is no shortage of money, 470W euros is not a big problem for them, and if Qin Miao can really let them pay all the 470W, not only will they not be uncomfortable, but they will be happier.

After the Maranello matter was resolved, Qin Miao, who received the news in the UK, officially signed a three-year official driver contract with the Mercedes team.

It will officially come into effect from the first day of 2021 and will last until the end of 2023.

Qin Miao's second contract was worth $200 million in liquidated damages.

To be honest, Qin Miao didn't feel much about this number anymore, it was too much, it was beyond Qin Miao's concept.

However, Qin Miao believes that it is impossible for him to have the idea of changing teams in a short period of time, so Qin Miao can accept this liquidated damages if he is a little higher.

At the same time, Qin Miao's annual income is $600,000.

Don't look at it at least half less than the contract at Ferrari, but Qin Miao's contract has an incentive bonus option.

Qin Miao can get a prize of $10,000 for every game he participates in (there is a prize for every game) Twenty-four Grand Prix races in a season are counted, which is $240,000, so Qin Miao's total base salary is actually $840,000.

There are also additional prizes for podiums, with $150,000 for third place, $300,000 for second place, and $600,000 for first place.

If Qin Miao's performance in the 21st season is good enough, his salary may catch up to a fraction of that of his future teammate Hamilton.

Of course, this contract is not only Qin Miao's contract after joining Meiben, but also his contract for joining Williams.

It can be seen that although Mei Ben has a lot of money, he is not stupid.

At the same time, there are also additional conditions for Qin Miao in the contract, as mentioned earlier, that is, not to participate in other media activities other than those mandated by the FIA.

The day after the contract was signed, the news that Qin Miao was poached by Mei Ben himself also spread.

It was clear that the news had been spread by Ferrari.

Ferrari and Mercedes are rivals in the paddock after all, and the other side is not obliged to keep a secret for the opponent, so it's normal to make a lot of noise like this.

You can't blame Ferrari for being ruthless, as soon as the front foot let go of its own team's driver, the back foot began to spread the word about him in the paddock.

After all, everyone knows Qin Miao's talent, as long as he can adapt to the intensity of F1 competition, he will definitely be a figure who can often appear on the podium in the future.

From an opponent's point of view, what Ferrari needs at this time is to influence Qin Miao's state as much as possible as it is now, and create a public opinion environment in the paddock that is not too good for Qin Miao and Mei Ben.

So Qin Miao had just signed a contract with Mei Ben, and rumors spread in the paddock.

One of the more well-known columnists in the paddock wrote a column entitled: "What is the meaning of Mei Benhao's spending a lot of money to poach F2 supertalent Qin Miao from Ferrari?" 》。

If Qin Miao used to call for wind and rain in F2, then he was only jumping in a small circle, and the number of people who paid attention to Qin Miao was limited, but it was really not much compared to F1's huge fan base.

Even if there were rumors in the paddock that Qin Miao had joined Ferrari and could become an official driver of the Ferrari F1 team next season.

But on the premise that Ferrari itself did not come forward to prove the authenticity of this news, the heat of this news quickly faded, and even if someone was interested in this news, and there was no new disclosure for a long time, no matter how interested they were, they gradually forgot about it.

Naturally, no one will run over to watch the F2 race to find out what Qin Miao's strength is.

But now it is different, with the help of people behind it, the paddock can be said to be full of news that Qin Miao has joined Meiben, and it spreads well, and the most important thing is that there are people from Ferrari who stand up to prove the authenticity of this matter.

What is the current status of Meben in the paddock? Let's put it this way, if the current F1 is a winner-takes-all model, then the rest of the season does not need to be compared, and the championship is awarded directly to Mercedes.

The point is that Bottas's recent form has not been sluggish, and Bottas has one year left on his contract, as well as a rider in the paddock that Toto has been training for a long time: George Russell.

Although this buddy's performance in F2 is not as rebellious as Qin Miao, he is also a real F2 world champion, and his performance in Williams during this time is also amazing enough.

Bottas is still able to eat, and the younger generation has Russell.

With these two present, many people couldn't understand why Mei Ben was looking for a little-known driver like Qin Miao to enter the team.

P.S. I'm sorry I forgot to schedule......

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