When the public opinion in the paddock was in an uproar, Qin Miao and the three of them had already prepared a sumptuous lunch, because there was no Leclerc, a guy who can't eat spicy food, to participate, the hot pot in front of the three of them this time no longer had a color that should not appear in him, and the pure red hot pot soup base showed a Hunan person's persistence and love for chili peppers.

At this time, bursts of fishy and spicy aroma were emitting with the gradual boiling of the soup base, and the salivary glands in the mouths of the three began to secrete saliva rapidly.

And next to this hot pot, freshly cut beef shutters, rolled beef and mutton slices, coriander, enoki mushrooms, chicken blood, beef balls, salmon slices and other dishes are placed in turn.

In addition to the food, the two large bottles of Coke also proved the determination of the two drivers to give up on this meal.

At this time, the three were not in front of the table, but took out a piece of food that had been cut from the kitchen.

After all the dishes were ready, the table in Qin Miao's house, which could allow seven people to sit around without looking crowded, couldn't hold all the dishes, and many dishes were temporarily placed on the stools.

When everything was ready, the three of them washed their hands and sat back down at the table.

There's nothing like a toast or two.

As the three of them sat down and glanced at each other, everyone stretched out their chopsticks in unison, picked up the food they wanted to eat and put it into the boiling red soup pot of the hot pot.

"Lao Zhou, are you going to run F2 for another year next year?"

The three of them chatted about their futures while eating.

"It's not that I want to run, it's mainly that F1 really has no place now,"

Speaking of this, Zhou Guanyu is angry, his F2 standings are not higher than Ma Zeping and Tsunoda Yuyi? But this year's F1 paddock can be described as a major change.

A quarter of the drivers have left, or have temporarily left the F1 paddock.

Originally, in the case of this kind of big blood exchange, Zhou Guanyu could get a position no matter what he said, right? But the fact is that Zhou Guanyu, the third place in F2, didn't win anything, and in the end he could only run F2 for another year.

In fact, it is not too surprising that Zhou Guanyu will end up like this, because compared to other F2 rookie drivers, Zhou Guanyu's background is really not enough.

You are like Nikita Mazepin, the son of a Russian oligarch.

As you can tell from the haas team's livery, the guy has the money to get the colors of the Russian flag printed on the body of an American team.

What stands out is the ability of a banknote.

And if Ma Zeping is playing the money offensive, then Mick Schumacher is playing the human offensive.

His dad's influence in the paddock, combined with his popularity in Germany, led to the expectation that he would be able to take over his father's class in F1, so it was no surprise that he was also offered a place in the paddock.

The other is Yuki Tsunoda.

As a Honda academy player, he was born into the Red Bull camp, after all, only the two teams in the entire paddock are now using Honda engines.

It wouldn't be a surprise that he was able to secure a place at Red Bull.

Qin Miao......

Single-handedly suppressing the ruthless people of F2 for a whole season, if such a person is not rushed by the team, it is not Qin Miao's problem, but the problem of those teams.

So no one thinks he has no strength, and the only doubt that the people who eat melons about him now is whether he can adapt to Meiben's car within the three races that Mei Ben said, and show his strength.

As for the fact that there are basically few good words in the paddock now, most of them are maliciously speculating about the dark public opinion within Qin Miao and Mei Ben?

The main reason is that Mei Ben asked Qin Miao to replace Bottas, which is a bit too unbelievable and difficult for everyone to understand.

Reality is not a game.

In the game, you can see that a young driver's stat value is higher than the stat value of the old driver in your team, so you can replace the veteran driver with a young driver without any psychological burden, and no one can fault this kind of operation.

However, this is the reality, no one knows if Qin Miao can adapt to the rhythm of F1 competition, maybe his talent is really against the sky, but no one can guarantee that Qin Miao can bring the same role as Bottas last year to Meiben.

And what really makes Zhou Guanyu angry is that Renault is actually still interested in Zhou Guanyu, after all, he is a member of Renault's youth academy no matter what he says now, and then he came fuckingly.

Zhou's idol, Marcos Alonso, is back after winning a Le Mans title outside the paddock.

Renault, who has changed his name to Alpine F1, is already clear what he will choose between rookie Zhou Guanyu and two-time F1 World Champion, one 24 Hours of Le Mans winner.

Naturally, there is no place for Zhou Guanyu in the paddock, and he can only drive F2 for another year.

If he was robbed of his position by other drivers, Zhou Guanyu would not be so angry, he was angry that it was his idol who grabbed his position.

"Eliminate gas, eliminate gas."

Qin Miao raised her Coke and touched it with Zhou Guanyu's Coke on the table, Qin Miao also knew what Zhou Guanyu had encountered in the paddock these days, and comforted the other party.

Zhou Guanyu shook his head a little annoyed, then picked up the cup and poured a sip of Coke and said:

"If nothing else, I'll run F2 for another year this year and ...... next year Let's see again next year. ”

Qin Miao joked:

"Dude's car should be good this year, I'll see if I can find a few unlucky guys on the field, give them a heartbreak, and give you an empty spot."

Hearing Qin Miao's unashamed words, Zhou Guanyu didn't care:

"You haven't been drinking today, have you? Eat more food to suppress the smell of alcohol, you see you are drunk. ”

"Tsk, don't you look down on people?"

"Eat the vegetables and eat the vegetables."

Seeing that Zhou Guanyu didn't want to talk deeply on this topic, the three of them quickly changed to another topic.

And these three are all Internet addicted teenagers, and the topics they chat about on weekdays are games in addition to their respective jobs.

After chatting about the game, the other drivers, and the interesting things they knew about the team, the meal was coming to an end.

After eating, Qin Miao cleaned up the house and washed the dishes, while Zhou Guanyu was responsible for cleaning.

After everything was taken care of, the two of them didn't immediately go to the computer today.

Recently, during the holidays, the two of them have been a little tired of playing on the computer, and the night fishing equipment that Qin Miao bought on the Internet has also arrived.

Tonight, I just drove to a nearby fishing spot for an exciting night fishing.

After all, both of them are drivers, and their physical fitness is first-class, even if the outdoor temperature is in the single digits at this time, it will be okay to wear thicker.

……

【Ding! 】

[Mission: Double Jump (Complete)]

[Double Jump: Directly promoted to become an F1 team driver after the first season of F2.] 】

[Base Rewards: All Attributes +2, Golden Draw*1]

[Quest Completion: 3 Stars, Bonus: Golden Lottery*3]

[1 Star: Enter the F1 team as a paying driver]

[2 Stars: Attract the attention of F1 teams with their strength and enter F1 teams in the normal process.] Completion Reward: Golden Lottery*2

[3 stars: Join one of the three big teams when you first enter F1.] Completion Reward: Golden Lottery*3

【Reward distribution ......】

[The reward distribution has been completed, please check.] 】

[The host is detected to have successfully entered F1, and the system starts to automatically upgrade ......]

[Estimated upgrade time: 80 days]

[Note: During the upgrade period, only the items in the backpack can be used, and other functions will be suspended......]

……

When the system prompt sounded in his mind, Qin Miao was still fishing.

At this time, there was a gap of about ten meters between Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu, and the two of them had been sitting here for more than two hours.

Although there was always a cold wind that was constantly taking away the temperature on Qin Miao's body, Qin Miao had two warm babies in his arms that Qiu Meng stuffed with them before going out, so Qin Miao didn't feel cold.

The location of the two at this time was in an artificial lake near their home, and Qin Miao's car was parked on the grass on the side of the road.

Fishing is an addictive activity, especially if you have friends to share the joy of catching a fish and a girl at home who can make your fish delicious.

The two of them may be the first time to come, there is novice protection, and the fishing harvest is very good.

Since they can keep catching fish, the two didn't think that they would go back in a short time, and when the fish kept being hooked, the time unconsciously passed 12 o'clock in the morning and came to January 1, 2021.

"Old Zhou!"

Qin Miao shouted Zhou Guanyu.

"Huh?"

On the other side, Zhou Guanyu, who was staring at his fishing rod and didn't know what he was thinking, turned his head in confusion.

"Happy New Year."

"Huh?"

"Oh, it's twelve."

"Happy New Year......

Qin Miao raised her eyebrows:

"Why is it so blind? After I say Happy New Year, can't you say a little bit? I don't ask for much, I can accept 100,000 or 80,000. ”

"Get out!"

……

After New Year's Day, although this time is free time, the two often go to Silverstone Circuit together to keep their touch.

During this time, Qin Miao really felt the changes after becoming an F1 driver.

The most obvious point is that anyone who is involved in racing will be surprised or surprised to see them, and then they will come to them to ask for an autograph, or take out their phones and start filming themselves.

Qin Miao didn't actually do anything, but just because Mei Ben announced that he had become the team's No. 2 driver, he had an impression in the minds of all fans.

However, Qin Miao only opened the corner of the effect of the influence of F1 drivers at this time, and he didn't really feel the changes after he became an F1 driver, after all, it was not an open day on the track when he went to Silverstone, plus the epidemic at this time, the people who saw him would also have a certain degree of restraint, and most of these people were staff on the track.

Whenever Qin Miao goes to a place with a large number of fans, as soon as he appears, he will be surrounded by fans and ask for autographs in an instant.

After New Year's Day, it is the Spring Festival, and Zhou Guanyu's Spring Festival is also spent here in Qin Miao, and the Spring Festival is also a hot pot, but this time Qin Miao and they have a lot of neighbors here.

They are all locals from Brackley, England, who live in or near Qin Miao's opposite door, and they are familiar with it when they come and go to say hello and give some small gifts.

Coupled with the fact that the UK is the birthplace of racing culture, the British have feelings for F1, and the Mercedes F1 team is based in Brackley, which makes the locals pay more attention to F1 events.

There is an F1 driver living next to their house, and they naturally don't mind coming to get to know Qin Miao, learn about the culture of Qin Miao's hometown by the way, and have another meal.

After the Spring Festival, Zhou Guanyu, who had lived in Qin Miao's house for almost two months, finally packed up his things and left.

Abroad is different from at home, and their rest time is not the same as at home, so it will seem a little hurried to spend the Spring Festival abroad, and you have to start working after the holiday.

After the Spring Festival, Qin Miao will start to prepare for the game before the new season, although Zhou Guanyu did not start work so early like Qin Miao, but he also knew that he should not continue to disturb Qin Miao and his family at this time.

On February 15, Qin Miao officially started her first day of work in Meiben.

The first is the experience, the team needs to know Qin Miao's current physical condition, and if there is any problem, they need to make adjustments before the game officially starts.

After all, no one can guarantee that they can control their mouths during the New Year's holidays, and Qin Miao was revealed to often eat some fried food and carbonated drinks during F2, so the team is very concerned about Qin Miao's physical examination, and this examination is the top priority.

However, to the surprise of the team staff, Qin Miao's physical condition was kept surprisingly well, not at all like the physical condition that an athlete who had just had a long vacation should have.

Now that there is no problem with her physical condition, Qin Miao has also begun to work normally.

First of all, with the help of the team, it took a week to customize a set of racing seats and steering wheels for Qin Miao.

These two things are the equipment that the driver has the most contact with the car, and the comfort of the driver is important, so the team spends the most time and money on this.

Then it's time to train on the simulator, where you can get acquainted with this year's Mercedes-Benz W12 car, and then come up with your own ideas to try to find the right tuning on the simulator.

On the one hand, it is training Qin Miao, and on the other hand, it is examining Qin Miao's ability.

After all, Mei Ben used to know more about Qin Miao through Qin Miao's race video in F2 and Qin Miao's data during the Prema period.

During this time, I just observed Qin Miao's adaptability to the Meiben car on the simulator.

At the same time, the team will also prepare Qin Miao's steering wheel and racing seats, and then go to shoot the video of the new car launch of Meiben.

After recording the video, Qin Miao continued to train on the team's simulator.

Of course, in addition to the training of the simulator, Qin Miao also had to learn some courses on the control of steering wheel buttons, the characteristics of racing cars, and so on.

However, it is mainly the training of simulators. (End of chapter)