160: Driver No. 2

"This is the time! It's just when everyone thinks that Qin Miao's performance in the first qualifying match may not be too good, three stage purple! Qin Miao extended his dominance in F2 to F1, and he proved himself to everyone who questioned him, he is still that unbeatable super genius! ”

"Just now we were still talking about when Qin Miao will be able to adapt to the rhythm of F1 and bring his terrifying dominance in F2 to the F1 field, and now after seeing Qin Miao's results, I want to say, it's now!"

It is worth mentioning that just when the three commentators were excited about Qin Miao's brilliant performance, Hamilton's last flight lap was also completed, but his score was only 1:29.385, ranking behind Qin Miao.

"Qin Miao! He really beat his teammates like we just joked about. ”

"His teammate isn't a general, he's a seven-time champion Hamilton! Qin Miao came to F1 for the first time, and surpassed his teammates in the first F1 qualifying competition! It's incredible. ”

[Huh? 】

[I like a quote from CSGO players: Huh? 】

【Five-Star Poisoned Milk】

Hamilton: I'll just say, why does the steering wheel keep milking out when I'm flying laps?] Co-authored by you guys in milking me]

[My steering wheel is controlled by a mysterious force from the East]"

[Five-star poisonous milk famous scene +1]

[Is metaphysics so useful?] I'm looking for Guan Zeyuan and Huang Xudong to have a mouthful of milk, and Qin Miao is going to ......]

[Qin Miao! I drop Superman! 】

[Ghost, is he really a genius? 】

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After seeing Qin Miao's achievement, not only the three commentators were surprised, but even netizens who were not optimistic about Qin Miao on the Internet were surprised.

And those who criticized Qin Miao also lost their voices, after all, if you change Bottas, you may not be able to defeat Hamilton like Qin Miao.

But with Hamilton crossing the line, Verstappen's flying lap began.

In this lap, he was faster than Qin Miao and Hamilton, and he brushed purple 28.349 in the first paragraph, followed by 38.229 purple in the second paragraph, and 22.419 in purple in the last paragraph.

The final score was 1:28.997, which directly broke through the 1:29 mark, and also took the qualifying pole position that should have belonged to Qin Miao.

With Verstappen crossing the line, there was no suspense in the pole position race for qualifying.

But the highlight of this qualifying match did not end because of this.

First-year student Qin Miao has completely stolen all the limelight from pole position winner Verstappen in this race.

After Verstappen crossed the line, the director directly switched to the P room of the Mercedes team, and the camera was aimed directly at Toto's side face.

Qin Miao's lap did sweep away the haze of the first few stages of his qualifying race, but the sweeping force was a bit strong, and he easily swept his teammate Hamilton behind him.

Now the audience is also curious about what Toto's expression will be when he sees this scene.

And Toto under the camera didn't do any emotional movements, and kept the headphones on his head, he just leaned back in the chair with his chest crossed, and arranged the next work with an expressionless face.

But in fact, Toto at this time is a mixed blessing.

originally thought that Qin Miao would have to take about three games to adapt to the rhythm of F1, but he didn't expect Qin Miao to surprise Toto so early.

But after the surprise, all that remained was worry, because Toto's original intention was to find a young and talented driver to replace the vacancy in the team after the old man left.

Qin Miao basically fits all of Toto's fantasies about the next Mercedes No. 1 driver.

To be talented, to have strength, and even behind there is a completely untapped Chinese market.

But in Toto's expectation, it would take at least a year for Qin Miao to realize his talent in F1, and he didn't mind Qin Miao practicing in Meiben for a year.

But now Qin Miao is like a strange thing, directly and seamlessly connected to the combat effectiveness of F2, and now there are faint signs of threatening Hamilton's position.

Originally, this season's Red Bull was menacing, and Mercedes had a certain attenuation of vehicle performance due to the cutting of the bottom plate, and Toto didn't want to have more internal worries about driver discord in the team when there were external troubles, so a conversation with Qin Miao after the race was inevitable.

……

At this point, the qualifying table has been suspended, and the final ranking of Q3 is as follows:

1: Verstappen.

2: Qin Miao.

3: Hamilton.

4: Leclerc.

5: Gasly.

6: Ricardo.

7: Norris.

8: Sainz.

9: Alonso.

10: Stroll.

After qualifying, the atmosphere in the team was a bit dreary, as Mercedes, who won the Drivers' Championship and Constructors' Championship last season, lost his qualifying pole position in the first race of the year, finishing second and third.

Although the performance of the new driver Qin Miao was as good as everyone expected, this joy could not wash away the sorrow in the hearts of the crew of the Meiben team.

After sensing that the atmosphere of the team was not normal, Frankie just said to Qin Miao in his TR: "Good job, we are in second row, and tomorrow will be the first row." ”

Then Qin Miao drove his car back to the maintenance area.

Unlike F2, the top three qualifying finishers in F1 all have a small celebration and presentation as well as an opportunity to be interviewed.

Drivers who take pole position will also receive a small Pirelli tyre.

Qin Miao was the first to come out of the maintenance area to do a flight lap, so after Qin Miao finished running, he was also the first to come to the parking area in Bahrain and wait.

After stopping the car, Qin Miao took the lead in getting out of the car.

Right at the weigh-in place, three boxes were already in place, and that's for the top three drivers in today's qualifying.

Although there was some silence in the team after Mercedes lost pole position in qualifying, it did not prevent the two drivers in the team from coming to the sidelines to applaud the two drivers after the race.

And the Meiben team's pit lane is near the entrance, and they can get there just two steps away.

So after Qin Miao got out of the car, he simply celebrated with his crew members.

Among them, Frankie was the happiest, he and Qin Miao were laughing hard when they celebrated, and they kept patting Qin Miao's back.

Qin Miao's performance today allowed Qin Miao to stabilize her position in the Meiben team and stabilize Frankie's work.

After a brief celebration, Hamilton and Verstappen returned.

Qin Miao waited for Hamilton to get out of the car, and then briefly shook hands with the other party and hugged him.

During this period, Hamilton also made a joke: "I didn't teach you so many things if I knew I wouldn't have taught you so much, but now it's okay, lift a stone and shoot yourself in the foot." ”

Qin Miao said with a smile: "Famous teachers are good apprentices, besides, you may just not be able to adapt to the current car, and I will definitely not run as well as you in the main race stage." ”

The old man just smiled and shook his head without saying more: "Let's go, weigh it up." ”

And the three commentators who saw this scene were a little surprised: "The relationship between Qin Miao and Hamilton seems to be very good, and the two still talk and laugh after the game is over." ”

"It seems that the rumors in the paddock can't be fully believed, because Qin Miao's current performance doesn't look like what an unruly young man should be."

"Actually, Hamilton is still a very good person in private, which can be seen from when he used to drive a go-kart, as long as Qin Miao's private style is not particularly problematic, the relationship between the two should not be too bad."

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After chatting with the old man, and touching Verstappen's fist when he went to weigh him, the three of them went to weigh up.

After weighing, take off the helmet, and then it's time for the interview.

Verstappen was excited today because he got off to a good start in the first race of the year and was the fastest in Bahrain in every practice session and every qualifying session.

After Verstappen's interview was over, it was time for Qin Miao.

When Qin Miao came to the interview camera wearing a hat and a mask, all the voices on the scene seemed to be quiet, and everyone wanted to hear what the young driver, who was able to finish second in qualifying for the first time on the F1 stage, would say in an interview.

But in fact, there is nothing to repeat about the content of the interview, the host was amazed at Qin Miao's performance on the field, and then asked Qin Miao if there is any trick to this kind of performance when she just entered F1, will she think that F1 is simpler than F2? How does it feel to beat your teammates at the same time?

Qin Miao was indeed a little excited at this moment, but he was not stupid, the questions he answered were basically measured, and he might be proud, but he would never get carried away.

After a decent answer, no highlights and no mistakes, Qin Miao's interview ended, and it was the turn of the seven-time champion Hamilton to be interviewed.

Regarding Hamilton's question, the former one is about today's game, and the latter is about Qin Miao, and the FOM people are very curious about Hamilton's view of Qin Miao's teammate's performance today.

The old man didn't show obvious unhappiness, and even said very mischievously during the interview that Qin Miao was taught by himself, and at least half of the credit for his ability to start in the first row was due to himself.

After finishing the interview, Qin Miao took her things back to the garage first.

After coming to the garage, Qin Miao found that the rest of the team was waiting for him at the entrance of the maintenance area, and the film crew of "Drive to Survive" came to the door of Mei Ben's team P room, at this time they were standing with the team staff, the camera had been turned on to record, if nothing else, they should also be waiting for Qin Miao's arrival.

However, there is one thing to say, Qin Miao stabilized his teammates for the first time when he logged in F1 and won the second place in the qualifying race, and it was indeed a good entry point to come over to record materials.

However, the protagonists are not them, but Toto and the rest of the staff at Meben.

When Qin Miao entered the P room, they smiled and applauded Qin Miao who passed in front of them, celebrating his good results in today's qualifying match.

At this time, Toto also packed up his mood, and after Qin Miao came to him, he smiled and patted Qin Miao's shoulder: "Your performance today is very good, completely beyond my original expectations of your strength, much better than I thought." ”

The recognition from elders and leaders always has a greater sense of accomplishment than the recognition of peers, so Qin Miao at this time couldn't help but show a bright smile on his face after hearing Toto's praise: "Thank you very much, but if you didn't give me this opportunity to stand on this stage, I wouldn't have been able to show my strength." ”

Toto smiled and shook his head: "Actually, you still have your own strength, if you are not strong enough, I will not fancy you from so many F2 drivers."

But qualifying is just the beginning, we have another race tomorrow, guard against arrogance and rashness, rest early today, maintain your physical and mental state, I hope you can perform like today tomorrow. ”

Toto praised Qin Miao, but in the end, he stabilized Qin Miao's hand to prevent him from being fluttering after getting good results in the qualifying round.

And Toto's reminder came just right, Qin Miao was really a little floating at this moment, and he had to pull Qin Miao thanks to Toto, otherwise Qin Miao would definitely have to swipe his mobile phone for a long time tonight without Qiu Meng in charge, and see how the public opinion in the paddock praised his performance today.

Now that Qin Miao heard Toto's words, he would definitely keep a low profile after going back, it was not advisable to open champagne at halftime, Qin Miao estimated that he would wait until the end of the game to rummage through the comments or something.

Nodding seriously, Qin Miao replied, "Okay, I remember." ”

As soon as Qin Miao finished speaking, Hamilton, who was carrying a helmet, also came in from outside.

However, Hamilton was not so relaxed in front of the camera at this time.

Seeing that Toto and Qin Miao were chatting, he didn't come over to join in the fun, nodded to the two of them from afar, and then took his helmet and went back to room P to pack his things.

After all, he is a seven-time champion, and it doesn't matter if he didn't beat Verstappen in the opening match of 21, after all, the two are old rivals, and they can be regarded as winning and losing each other when they fight back and forth on the field, and they are also mentally prepared for losing to him Hamilton, and there is not much pressure.

However, his dignified seven-time champion did not outrun a rookie who was in the first year and made his debut in F1.

Although he was generous in front of the camera, Hamilton's face must have been a little unbearable, and it was understandable that he was not in a very good mood at this time.

Qin Miao didn't know what to say at this time, why can't she blame herself for running better than her team?

Toto, who withdrew his gaze from Hamilton, saw Qin Miao's entanglement, patted Qin Miao's shoulder and said, "Relax, don't think too much, I'll do Hamilton's work."

Today you can go back to the hotel to take a shower, get some sleep, and get ready for tomorrow's race. ”

Hearing Toto say this, Qin Miao was no longer entangled in the relationship between himself and Hamilton, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, let it be.

nodded: "Then I'll go back first." ”

"Go ahead."

……

The next day, Qin Miao finished her training in the morning, had lunch again, and then came to the arena.

ps. Today there is only 4K......

(End of chapter)