Although Qin Miao's driving style has gradually tended to be conservative after entering T1, while adapting to the feeling of driving F1, he is familiar with the performance of this car.

Although the skills of the combination of man and car are the foundation, even if you have a new body, you have no problem controlling this body, but you always have to have a gradual adaptation process to this body, right?

After a simple appearance circle, Qin Miao began to speed up.

But after all, it was just a test, Qin Miao didn't push it to the limit, he just ran the data at the request of the team.

And when a car is running on the track, the other crew members of Meiben will also gather together at this time, watching the changes in Qin Miao's racing data, which naturally includes Toto.

This is the first time Qin Miao has driven Meiben's car on the track, whether it is Qin Miao or the rest of the Meiben team, they all hope that Qin Miao will be stable when driving, whether it is for Qin Miao's self-confidence or for the sake of the car.

After the first lap, Qin Miao's driving was decent, and the speed was average, and he was only ranked thirteenth on the lap speed ranking at this time.

Anyone who knows the industry knows that it is only the winter testing stage, and the team will not take out their hole cards at this stage, and there may even be a situation where the aerodynamic layout of the car in the winter testing stage of a team is completely different from that of the car in the main race stage.

So for the winter test, most of the old viewers just watched it lively, and some old viewers didn't even watch it, after all, the winter test was really boring for the audience.

However, this year, in a mysterious ancient country of the East, the number of people watching the practice match has increased more than ten times compared to previous years.

Due to Qin Miao's sudden rise in F1, when he was just announced to be China's first F1 driver, this news was hung on the Weibo hot search list for three days before it came down.

So much so that many people who used to know about the sport of F1, but basically didn't know much about it, have begun to take an interest in the sport and pay attention to it.

And after seeing Qin Miao's results in the first lap, many of the more irritable newcomers began to question themselves in the post bar.

Of course, these fans who start questioning without knowing anything will eventually realize their mistakes in the contempt of old fans.

After the first lap, Franche's voice rang out in the TR: "The pace is good, keep it up, gradually increase your lap time in a manageable range if you can, but the main thing is to make sure that there are no mistakes, and the goal now is to get enough test data." ”

"Roger."

Qin Miao replied in her own TR.

On the second lap, Qin Miao began to test the car's braking point based on some data on the simulator, but the braking place was at least 25 meters earlier than the braking point when he practiced on the simulator.

Because of Qin Miao's adjustment, his speed on the second lap was 0.5 seconds faster than the first lap, and he also began to gradually get used to the higher G-force than F2 when cornering.

On the third lap, Qin Miao's speed was 0.7 seconds faster than the first lap, and he gradually began to get used to the feeling of being strangled by the seat belt when braking.

On the fourth lap, when cornering, he began to try to press on some shoulders that did not lose much speed, and Qin Miao's speed was 0.9 seconds faster than the first lap.

At the same time, there was a new command in the team's TR: "Drive a little more intensely and use as many tires as possible." ”

……

Qin Miao ran a total of thirteen laps on the track with a set of neutral tires.

The thirteen laps did not reach the wear limit of the tires, but the data of the thirteen laps was enough for the team to estimate the wear and tear of Qin Miao's subsequent tires according to the wear and tear of Qin Miao's tires at this time.

Drove the car into the pit lane and turned on the pit area speed limit button, Qin Miao kept the speed and drove into the parking position of his convoy.

There was no tire change or anything, after arriving at the place, Qin Miao was directly jacked up by the front and rear jacks, and the two pulley sets were put into the bottom of the car, and then Qin Miao's car was pushed into the P room.

After stopping, Frankie couldn't wait to run over and start asking Qin Miao a question: "How is the consistency of the vehicle when cornering?" Was there a first time you understeer in a corner and then oversteer the second? Are there any undetected problems with the loss of tires other than the lack of grip and reduced traction? ……”

Qin Miao took off her headrest and helmet, wiped her sweat with the towel prepared by the team, and began to answer Qin Miao's questions according to how she felt during the thirteen laps in the field just now.

But after giving his feedback to the team, Qin Miao also gave feedback on the problem of MGU-K.

In Qin Miao's feelings, his MGU-K charging effect looked very good, but under the effect of the human-vehicle integration skill card, Qin Miao felt that his charging efficiency was only about 80 percent, and the speed of wear and tear was too fast.

After telling Frankie about his feelings, Frankie wrote down Qin Miao's question and said that he would ask the staff in charge of MGU-K data to compare Qin Miao's data just now with the expected data.

During the time when he communicated with Frankie about his data on the field, Qin Miao's car was blocked by the team's screen again, and the rear hood was lifted again.

The technicians checked the wear and tear of Qin Miao's racing car after running, and at the same time exported the data on Qin Miao's racing car sensor.

This was the case for almost the entire winter test.

Set a goal, and then the driver starts to run the data on the track, and comes back to feedback after running the data, and writes down the problems found, and writes down any abnormalities, and checks them on the spot.

If the data for the cars during the entire winter test period was within acceptable limits, whether it was errors or anything else, then the department responsible for measuring and recording the tire data was the most confusing.

Because Qin Miao's tire wear data is too unnatural, not compared with the drivers of other teams, but compared with Qin Miao's teammate Lao Han, Qin Miao's tire wear is about 30% less than Lao Han's.

Although this is the result of Qin Miao's intention to protect the tire, and the speed is not as fast as the old man, Qin Miao's data can see that Toto once thought that his team's racing car this year has developed some black technology, or Qin Miao gave Pirelli money, so they specially adjusted the formula for Qin Miao's tires.

But after reading the old man's tire wear data, Toto dispelled his unrealistic idea.

All in all, after more than 4 hours of work, the Mercedes team gained a lot and obtained some of the data they wanted.

At the same time, without Qin Miao's knowledge, he passed the first test given to him by the team.

There was a short break at noon, another short meeting, and the afternoon test continued.

It is worth mentioning that Toto found that Qin Miao gradually became familiar with the W12 during the afternoon test, and the speed was getting faster and faster without increasing the tire and fuel consumption, obviously having found a feeling, and the best route for this car on the track, and the lap time once climbed to the third place in the current overall leaderboard.

Realizing that the situation was wrong, Toto urgently stopped, called Qin Miao back, told him to slow down, and added an extra 10 kilograms of counterweight to his car.

Although the ranking of the practice match is at most a pleasure, this ranking still has a certain reference value.

It doesn't matter how high the other teams are in this standings, but Mercedes can't be too high.

After all, now that the FIA has begun to use knives against Mei Ben, before the game officially starts, Mei Ben's image is better to be well-behaved.

In the winter test stage, you can hide as much strength as you can, and you can't come out.

The four-hour afternoon test allowed the Mercedes team to obtain 70% of the planned data, and in general the results during the winter test did not meet expectations.

However, this is a non-war crime, because it is not the negligence of personnel or the irrational arrangement of any part of the process, but the sandstorm in Bahrain today.

In such an environment, not only can the car not be at its best, but the driver's state is also affected by this environment, and even the staff cannot be in the best mental state in such an environment.

This can be seen from the fact that Qin Miao only ran for half an hour when she was sweating profusely when she was tested for the first time.

Qin Miao's cockpit is very stable when it is on the track, basically keeping it at about 45°.

This situation occurs, on the one hand, because the local weather is indeed hot, the air temperature is 34 ° and the track temperature is 49 °, coupled with the heat transfer from Qin Miao's engine, and the ventilation environment in the monocoque is basically better than nothing, which finally constitutes a sauna-like environment.

To be honest, Qin Miao was really tired and happy during this time.

I was tired because I not only needed to go into the car test from time to time, but also had to communicate with other mechanics about the problems I encountered in the car and the changes I felt after adjusting when I returned to the P room after running.

Qin Miao basically couldn't find any respite.

Happy because driving an F1 car is really cool, even cooler than Qin Miao imagined.

In particular, I gradually became familiar with the car, and the team also allowed me to remove the restrictions and push the line and speed to the limit.

The feeling of being pulled by the G-force, confronting the G-force, and speeding on the track is really wonderful, more exciting than a roller coaster.

Of course, the results of that lap were not good, after all, the 40-kilogram counterweight on Qin Miao's car was pressed.

Nine o'clock in the evening.

Qin Miao got out of her car and took off her equipment while high-fiveing her crew members to celebrate the end of today's work.

That's the case at Bahrain, where both the F1 race and the winter test are busy from day to night.

After handing over the work and saying hello to Hamilton and Toto, Qin Miao returned to the autohome with his things.

Qin Miao's work today is over, and the work of the other staff members of Meiben is also over.

Although there are still many problems that have not been solved, the winter test is finally like this, and the other problems can only be solved after returning to the Brackley factory.

And Qin Miao had just walked out of the P room of her convoy, and was about to return to the Autohome to call Qiu Meng back to the hotel with her, and when she was caught by the FOM broadcaster who happened to be passing by.

After answering a few questions, Qin Miao left the paddock.

In the next two days, Qin Miao's working state was basically the same, and the entire F1 winter test came to an end in the dust.

And the day after the end of the winter test, when Qin Miao and the others returned to Brackley's factory with a hard drive full of test data, Qin Miao's system, which had been dead for almost three months, finally came back to life.

[System upgrade completed......]

[Host Status Scanning......]

[Scan complete!] 】

[Host: Qin Miao

Age: 19

Overall rating: 90.3

Stamina: 99

Mentality: 93

Stability: 97

Ranked ability: 89

Starting capacity: 82

Long distance: 92

Fetal Capacity: 77

Rain Combat Ability: 82

Attack ability: 92

Defensive ability: 100]

[Team: Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team.]

Team Overall Rating: 84.7

Racing Problem Detection Ability: 81

Simulator capacity: 79

Racing Tuning Capacity: 89

Ability to strategize the game: 87

Racing Protection: 75

Tire change capacity: 90

Power Sector Capacity: 94

Aerodynamics Department Capacity: 86

Chassis sector research capacity: 85

Durability Development Capability: 81】

【Ding! New tasks. 】

[Mission 1: Outstanding Talent]

[Requirements: Earn points for the first time in the F1 Grand Prix, the more points you get, the more rewards]

[Reward: Team Free Attribute Points +1, Floating Reward: 10,000 Lottery Points (Increases with the number of points obtained)]

(Note: After the task is completed, the new lottery module will be opened.) ）

[Task 2: Attract countless fans]

[Requirements: Be voted by spectators after the Grand Prix to vote for Driver of the Week.] 】

[Reward: Free Attribute Points +1, Health Potion Portable Type*1]

Looking at the system and system tasks that appeared in front of him, Qin Miao became interested.

Not to mention the latter one, the audience's voting is originally a very subjective thing, Qin Miao is not absolutely sure that he will be able to win this honor during the Bahrain Grand Prix, not to mention that he is driving a Mercedes.

With the strong first impression of Meiben here, even if Qin Miao is a rookie, it is natural for the audience to get good results in the eyes of the audience.

If he really wanted to complete this task, Qin Miao estimated that he would have to be at the end of the team...... No, start in the pits, then work your way up to the points and then finish in the top five.

Not caring about this task that he was unlikely to complete, Qin Miao focused on the first task.

Qin Miao was still quite curious about this task, because he had a new lottery module.

There has been no garbage in the lottery of his own system, Qin Miao feels that the things given in this new lottery system should not be too bad, if nothing else, this lottery system should use the lottery points rewarded by the first task.

In addition to these two tasks, the overall team rating of the Mercedes team team is also quite interesting.

To Qin Miao's surprise, after coming to F1, the number of abilities of the team has increased from 7 to 10.

Compared to F2 teams, F1 teams have one less car adaptability.

This is not surprising, after all, this car is all developed and manufactured by itself, and it is impossible not to adapt to it.

In addition to this, there are four more attributes, which are the ability attributes of the four main departments.

To be honest, Qin Miao thought that the rating of a champion team like Meiben should be higher, after all, in recent years, the drivers and team champions in the paddock have been rounded by Meiben.

But I didn't expect that the average score of Meiben was only 84.7 points.

However, this is not the effect of Qin Miao's passive skill of [Guiding the Research Department (Purple)].

To be honest, Qin Miao was a little curious, if he hung this skill for a long time, what kind of rover could Mei Ben develop next year?

It's a pity that all the passive skills of Qin Miao are very useful now, but there are too few skill slots, and he can only bring three.

Not to mention the others, the two skills of [Strong Body] and [No Disease and No Disaster] are impossible to be taken off no matter what, after all, this one is to prolong Qin Miao's life, and the other is to ensure Qin Miao's health.

The last position can only be changed according to the application scenario.

also because of the tight number of skill slots, Qin Miao shifted his attention to the 4 golden draws that still existed.

If there is no accident in the lottery at this level, there will definitely be particularly good things and skills drawn.

But Qin Miao looked at his less and fewer man-car integration skill cards, and finally resisted the impulse in his heart and decided to save 10 golden lottery before starting the draw.

He had a hunch that the next time the golden ten consecutive draws will be a reusable man-vehicle integration skill card.

If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, but Qin Miao can still distinguish the priorities.

Thursday, March 25, 2021.

Qin Miao followed the convoy's plane alone and once again visited his loyal Bahrain Sakhir.

Considering that the risk of the epidemic is still very high now, and Qiu Meng does not have a physique like Qin Miao who is not afraid of getting sick when she lives with patients, so for safety reasons, Qin Miao let her stay at Brackley's house and come out alone.

After getting off the plane, Qin Miao was taken to the paddock by the staff arranged by the team.

This person is the physical trainer arranged by the team for Qin Miao, his name is Horatio Barber, and when he heard his name, Qin Miao almost said a little hamburger.

Ordinary appearance, blonde hair and blue eyes, normal Angsa appearance, the height is the same as Qin Miao, but much thinner than Qin Miao.

All year round, it is a Mei Ben's team uniform and long pants to show people.

In addition to being responsible for Qin Miao's physical training, Barber is also responsible for Qin Miao's daily diet.

Everything Qin Miao ate and drank during the Grand Prix was prepared by Barber.

Of course, Qin Miao's thermos cup that has not left her for many years is not counted among them.

This time in Bahrain, Qin Miao's car is still a Mercedes-Benz provided by a local dealer, what model Qin Miao didn't look at carefully, anyway, it was not the car he drove, just sit comfortably It doesn't matter what model his car is.

After coming to the paddock, Qin Miao's work had just begun.

First I went to the FIA to check in, and then under the guidance of Elisa, I went to the pre-race interview point prepared by FOM for the drivers.

It's a hard requirement for all F1 drivers, with an interview before the start of the race and an interview after the race, all in the same place.

Videos of these interviews will also be posted on the official F1 website for fans to watch.

The questions asked by the host to Qin Miao are those old questions:

What was it like to be in F1 for the first time? Nervous or not? Do you have any goals for this weekend? Which driver in the paddock do you think you are closest to? Is it possible to finish on the podium in the first Grand Prix of your career like your teammates?

In short, they are some questions that are easier to answer, but they are indeed curious about many people.

After the interview ended, Qin Miao's media work didn't stop there.

Because after this interview, Qin Miao still had to attend a meeting with the audience, which was equivalent to a symposium.

Several drivers sit together, opposite a host sits in front of him, and a bunch of spectators sit in the audience, the host asks questions, and the drivers answer.

The interview was for the audience who were watching TV, and this one was for the audience who came to the scene.

After all, if you spend money to watch the race live, you must enjoy some preferential treatment that the audience watching the race at home does not enjoy, such as meeting F1 drivers, having the opportunity to get the hats on the drivers' heads, getting autographs, and so on.

Although the current environment is still not optimistic, the number of attendees for this Grand Prix still came to 70,000, which is indeed incomparable with the previous two or three hundred thousand, but having an audience is a good start.

The 20 drivers will be separated and interviewed at the same time on four different stages, as well as to avoid crowds as much as possible and allow their fans to go where they need to go.

And Qin Miao here, in addition to Qin Miao herself, there are four people: Norris, Russell, Tsunoda, and Leclerc.

Basically, they are all young people, the oldest of them is Leclerc, and the youngest is Qin Miao.

Qin Miao is 19 years old, and Leclerc is 24.

Qin Miao and Leclerc are old friends, they have eaten hot pot together, and even almost became teammates.

This is the first time Qin Miao has met since the last time she said goodbye to Leclerc.

"Hahaha, Qin, I knew you would be able to enter F1." Leclerc, who was chatting with Russell, saw Qin Miao enter the backstage of the stage with his press officer, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face that was much brighter than just now.

Qin Miao also stepped forward with a smile, and after shaking hands with Leclerc, the two hugged each other very hard.

"Look at your clothes, Mercedes! It seems that there are some people who are likely to be on the top podium in the first year of their careers, winning a race or something. Despite the jokes, Leclerc had a strong sense of right and wrong.

It is hard to imagine that Qin Miao, who was still an ignorant teenager back then, had already stood on the same stage with him in just two years, and also joined the Meiben team.

Of course, Leclerc doesn't have any jealousy, who isn't a genius boy anymore?

Qin Miao just smiled and didn't take the stubble.

After greeting Leclerc, Qin Miao turned to the others, shook hands with Norris, said hello to Tsunoda, and finally arrived at Russell.

Although Qin Miao's emotional intelligence is not high, he is not blind, and after seeing Russell, Qin Miao can clearly see the hostility towards him in the other party's eyes.

Because according to common sense, if there is no Qin Miao, the position of the No. 2 driver of Meiben is actually the person in front of him.

After all, Russell is a young driver that Toto has cultivated, and there is also the intention of letting Russell take over as the No. 2 driver after Bottas's departure.

But a Qin Miao suddenly appeared and grabbed the position that Russell was about to get there.

It's strange that he can be kind to Qin Miao.

Qin Miao also knew that he had robbed him of his position, but there were no unnecessary emotional fluctuations in his heart.

Is it useful for you to stare at me? If you have the ability, you can snatch the position back! (End of chapter)