Qin Miao doesn't have so many worries, the loss of his engine parts is much smaller than Hamilton's, and the overall wear degree of Qin Miao's fastest worn MGU-H is only 38%, although there is loss, but it is still in good condition, and it can operate normally in the next qualifying and race.

Seriously, Toto originally thought that Qin Miao would have to bump into it once or twice after buying it, or that there would be some problems that other young drivers often make.

He has even prepared a budget of 2 million for Qin Miao, and the final result makes Toto very happy, strong, stable, and able to see his status clearly, the only drawback is that he is a little unmotivated.

But it is believed that this shortcoming will also be improved soon.

……

Qualifying, Q1.

Qin Miao still maintained his tradition of not exerting force before Q3, and opened a new set of soft tires on the first flight lap, and soon came to the third position, but soon Qin Miao's result was squeezed to the twelfth position by other drivers who made effective flight laps in the follow-up.

After seeing Qin Miao's current results, Fei Ge directly ridiculed: "It's really the one who is close to Zhu is red, and the one who is close to ink is black."

After staying in Mei Ben for a long time, Qin Miao also began to hide things, and did not take out all his things until the final stage of Q3. ”

Brother Bing joked: "It may not be this habit only after entering Meiben, after all, in F2, Qin Miao stopped running after running two flight laps in the qualifying race, but despite this, other F2 drivers can only sigh when they look at Qin Miao's results." ”

Zhou Haoran smiled and concluded: "It means that there is a habit when you are in F2, but there is no need to hide it in F2, right?" ”

"Yes, yes, that's pretty much what it means."

As soon as the screen turned, the perspective returned to the arena.

There are still 7 minutes before the end of Q1, Qin Miao used the soft tires that had already run a flight lap, and went to run another flight lap, this time pushing to the limit, and finally ranked fifth.

Qin Miao still used the old soft tires in the last flight lap of Q1, but despite this, Qin Miao was still green in the first two timing sections, but it was a pity that the T13 and T14 positions in the last timing segment encountered traffic problems when he came out of the corner, and this lap was ruined.

Although it was a pity, Mei Ben's car was still good, and relying on the results of the second flight lap, Qin Miao finally ranked twelfth and advanced thrillingly.

Q2, Qin Miao didn't have any problems in the last lap this time, but the third time period of the last lap was yellow, and finally ranked seventh and advanced to Q3 again.

Fans who saw this scene complained in Tieba and other places.

[Although, it's really scary for Qin Miao to hide like this, and after seeing it several times, I'm worried that Qin Miao will be eliminated]

[That is, what if I get rid of it? 】

[Qin Miao doesn't have any direct competitors, what are you doing? ] 】

[Actually, it's not nothing, after Qin Miao defended Verstappen twice in Bahrain, both Mei Ben and Red Bull began to pay attention to Qin Miao, Mei Ben is looking forward to Qin Miao being able to defend him in front of Verstappen for a while, creating a longer chance for Hamilton to do lap times, and Red Bull hopes that Verstappen will avoid Qin Miao as much as possible]

[Hey, I'm used to it, since Mei Ben didn't stop Qin Miao, they should be prepared to play like this without overturning]

In fact, there are more than one audience who have gradually become accustomed to the rhythm of Qin Miao's qualifying competition.

At the beginning, they were also nervous when they saw Qin Miao in Bahrain, as well as Imola half a month ago, when they were in qualifying, they were afraid that Qin Miao would not perform well in the qualifying stage, which would make them more nervous than Qin Miao and the staff of the Meiben team, so they really wanted to go up and contribute a few horsepower to Qin Miao's car.

I was also worried that Qin Miao was too young to adapt to the rhythm of F1 races, but as time went by, they also got used to Qin Miao's driving style in qualifying.

You said that if Qin Miao really got away with it in the arena?

The special Chinese F1 driver is currently Qin Miao's only seedling, and this unique seedling has not disgraced the Chinese abroad, even if it really gets rid of it, what can I do? Coax.

As for direct spraying?

It is not denied that there will be such people, but most fans have feelings for Qin Miao.

Not only because he is the first F1 driver in China, but also because he is the first race champion in China.

After watching foreign drivers for so many years, I finally met a sub-race champion who came out of my own country, and normal fans really couldn't bear to spray.

Q3, the first flight lap Qin Miao re-opened a new set of soft tires, when other drivers were doing guaranteed lap times, Qin Miao opened a new set of tires and directly began to go all out to do the flight lap.

After the first flight lap, Qin Miao's lap time was 1:17.234.

In such a state, Qin Miao naturally came to the first position.

He was 1.7 seconds faster than Norris, who finished second.

It's no surprise that Q3 has only just started, and any of the 10 drivers who enter Q3 are likely to come to the top position before Q3 stops.

After the first flight lap was over, Qin Miao returned to the pit area and changed to a new set of soft tires.

Compared with Qin Miao, the tire reserves of other riders are much tighter.

Some drivers with more severely worn tyres don't even have new tyres to use at this time, and even if they have a new set of soft tyres, they won't be used in qualifying, because they are for the race.

And what about Qin Miao? After his soft tires were opened, there were still two sets of soft tires in the warehouse that could be used.

He's really too good at saving tires.

If it weren't for the fact that the rules didn't allow it, Hamilton would have wanted to ask Qin Miao to borrow a set of soft tires to run a qualifying race.

However, to everyone's surprise, in the last lap, in the T3 position, Qin Miao encountered a very strong crosswind, and there was an obvious slip when entering the corner.

Although this loss of grip in the race will hardly affect the driver's final result, in qualifying, where every thousandth of a second has to be fought for, the mistake is fatal.

The impact of Qin Miao's mistake is that his first timing period is yellow, and this mistake also affects Qin Miao's performance in the next two timing periods, although the next two timing periods are painted green, but the advantages of these two timing periods are not enough to make up for Qin Miao's mistake in the first timing period and lost speed.

In the end, when Qin Miao crossed the line, his speed did not refresh his results.

Qin Miao's steering wheel screen showed Qin Miao's results in three time laps, so after seeing that his last flight lap was not as good as the first flight lap, Qin Miao said with some frustration in the TR: "Sorry guys, I made some mistakes in the first time lap. ”

"No need to apologize, your results are already very good, we are very happy with it, and we can even say that your results have far exceeded our expectations." The person who said this was not Frankie, who Qin Miao was familiar with, but Toto.

After hearing the other party's answer, Qin Miao looked at his ranking.

P2。

Qin Miao sighed, how could it be the second again?!

Originally, when I was shopping for the post bar recently, I saw someone calling him Qin Lao Er, although Qin Miao knew that these people were joking most of the time, and there were not many people who called him like this.

But if he continues to finish second in qualifying, then sooner or later this nickname will be brought to the scene by some fans and call himself that way to his face.

Qin Miao had a sense of urgency, and even had a dangerous idea in her heart, if she really couldn't release the water directly when Q3 worked, no matter what, the name of Qin Lao Er couldn't fall on her head.

After all, Leclerc now has the nickname of Le Lao Si, because he finished fourth in both races between Bahrain and Imola.

Although he already had a premonition that this nickname was not good, Qin Miao knew what was most important at the moment, so he quickly cleaned up his mood and said: "Received, thank you for helping me debug this car, it is very comfortable to drive." ”

After finishing speaking, Qin Miao turned on the fuel saving mode of the car and drove towards the pit area.

In fact, Hamilton's tyres, like most riders, are insufficient.

However, on the last lap of Q3, Hamilton got a new set of soft tyres, and he no longer has new soft tyres, only a new set of 95 soft tyres with a wear of about 5% can be left for the race.

It's not that Hamilton wants to compete with Qin Miao, the main reason is that the Red Bull side is worried that Verstappen will be blocked by Qin Miao in the main stage and delay too much time, so they also helped Verstappen open the last set of new soft tires.

It's just that Qin Miao's qualifying results are really good, although she didn't run well in the last lap, she still got an ideal result.

And in order to compete with Verstappen, Hamilton also drove his last set of new soft tyres.

Knowing this, the Meiben strategy team began to think about Qin Miao's ability to protect tires and Qin Miao's tire reserves, is there a possibility of red, yellow and red stops in tomorrow's main race stage......

Either way, qualifying was over and the drivers were back in the pits.

Hamilton, Qin Miao and Verstappen once again dominated the top three in qualifying.

Now that Qin Miao and Hamilton have both won their respective races, there is only one Verstappen left among the three podium regulars who has not won a race this season.

Parking the car at the position of his second place, Qin Miao got out of the car and gave a brief celebration with the team staff, and then prepared to pack up his things and weigh them.

And just as Qin Miao was about to leave, Hamilton walked over, and Qin Miao naturally smiled and shook his hand with Hamilton.

"Good performance." Hamilton praised Qin Miao.

Qin Miao smiled bitterly: "I now feel that I may have a bad relationship with the second place that I don't know, and I was second in all three qualifying matches." ”

Hamilton smiled and patted Qin Miao's shoulder: "It's going to get better, keep working hard, I believe in your talent." ”

"Thank you." After thanking him, Qin Miao turned around and went to weigh in for an interview.

And the picture and content of Qin Miao and Hamilton smiling and chatting were naturally taken by the photographer who was shooting at the two.

The three commentators of Five Star Sports naturally saw this scene, and after Zhou Haoran's translation, the three commentators chatted again:

"Anyway, the atmosphere in the team is really good."

"The atmosphere in the Mercedes team was okay when Bottas was still there, right?"

"At that time, it was more the number two driver who was pressing Bottas, and he didn't dare to blow up the spurs, so the two drivers looked more harmonious.

Now the two drivers are a bit like friends, and when they chat, it is obvious that they are both relaxed, and there is no sense of business. ”

"Anyway, how old is Hamilton than Qin Miao?"

"Hamilton is now 36, and Qin Miao is just 20, so Hamilton is 16 years older than Qin Miao, more than one round."

"How is it so big? I thought the age gap between the two of them might be within one round. ”

"The main reason is that Qin Miao is too young, he is only twenty years old before he can enter Meiben to drive."

"It's hard to imagine that with such a big age gap, the two can get along so well."

At the end of the routine interview, Qin Miao just talked about the problems she encountered on the track after the race, and the rest was to push if she could, basically she didn't reveal any useful information after the game.

After the interview, Qin Miao found Bobble, and the two returned to the team's P room to finish the work, and today's work was over.

However, Qin Miao didn't leave the paddock directly as usual after finishing her work, because there was a small event today, and the organizer was FOM.

The event is about inviting drivers to participate in some fun quizzes, and then editing their answers and posting them on the official website for fans to watch.

In the past, Qin Miao basically wouldn't go to this kind of event, and Hamilton was the same.

Hamilton's non-participation is that his own influence is already big enough, and he can't look down on these three melons and two dates, and Hamilton himself has more important things to be busy with, and it is difficult to find time.

And Qin Miao didn't participate because he felt that there was no need to participate in those activities, and the benefits he got were not needed by Qin Miao at that time.

But now it's different, and if you don't want to continue to be the No. 2 driver, you have to have enough strength, influence and popularity.

Qin Miao does not lack strength, but the latter two Qin Miao have some congenital deficiencies, so in order to fill the vacancy in this area, Qin Miao has to be busy.

And the promoter of the event after knowing that Qin Miao accepted the invitation was also a little surprised, because the drivers of the Meiben system generally do not come to participate in this kind of activity, and Qin Miao also rejected them, so they thought that Qin Miao also followed the tradition of Meiben.

Of course, they were also happy to know that Qin Miao was going to participate in the event, after all, Qin Miao was a very strong driver, and because of the relationship between Mei Ben and Qin Miao's own nationality, FOM also clearly knew what Qin Miao's potential was as a driver.

I also heard that just because Qin Miao joined Mercedes, China's Mercedes-Benz sales increased by 5%.

It may not sound like this 5% is much, but you must know that the current environment is still not optimistic, the global economic situation is going downhill, and because of a Qin Miao, all car companies are resisting during this period of time, only Mercedes-Benz's sales have increased.

It can be seen from this that Qin Miao's influence among domestic fans is now.

As long as you like Qin Miao, the first object of consideration after having the idea of buying a car must be Mercedes-Benz, which is the star effect.

……

"Qin, thank you for coming to the interview, just stand at the intersection of those two pieces of tape." The person who spoke to Qin Miao was a woman who looked to be about thirty years old.

She has chestnut hair, standard European features, and wears a short-sleeved shirt with the FIA logo on it, an official FIA staff vest over it, and a pair of black trousers underneath.

Qin Miao has also been abroad for so long, and she also has a basic understanding of the appearance of Europeans and Americans, Europeans are generally old in the eyes of Asians, so like the FIA staff in front of him, he may look in his thirties, but his actual age may be about twenty-three or four.

Qin Miao, who was wearing a Meiben team uniform and a hat, stood still where she said, and looked around with some novelty after standing.

This is a makeshift photo studio next to the paddock, which looks like a food stall from the outside, but with a white tarpaulin with the FIA and FOM logos on it.

Compared to the simplicity of the exterior, the interior looks much better.

Professional audio and camera equipment, a low-key but stylish background, and just the right lighting to show the faces of the interviewed drivers in front of the audience.

"Alright." After standing still, Qin Miao asked curiously, "When are we going to start?" ”

"Actually, it's already started, and your reactions as soon as you enter here will be recorded, and because you're coming to our event for the first time, you should have more shots, and if nothing else, these shots should be shown in the next show."

Qin Miao was a little surprised, but nodded knowingly and said, "Interesting." ”

After that, there is a quick question and answer session, that is, the host will ask a question, Qin Miao needs to give an answer within three seconds, if you can't answer, you can also choose to skip it.

For example:

"Which one is more inclined to be understeer or oversteer."

"Understeer."

"Do you choose to stay home or travel when you're on vacation?"

"Stay home."

"Aerobic or anaerobic training?"

"Aerobic."

Of course, if you don't know how to answer a question, you can skip it.

"Which concert or opera will you choose to visit?"

“…… Pass, I don't want to go either, I just want to stay home. ”

Compere:......

How did I not know that our problem was still linked?

……

These questions are actually to help fans of the riders understand the daily habits and hobbies or tendencies of the drivers.

It's not really fun for the drivers, it's just the daily work.

For fans who love these drivers, but don't know their habits, this event is too much for their appetite.

The activity didn't take long, and soon Qin Miao completed all his answers within fifteen minutes.

This activity is FOM, not mandatory, and naturally there is no remuneration, which is a two-way achievement.

Riders get the exposure they want, and FOM has benefits, but it's a bit too general.

However, after the interview ended, the official still prepared a gift for Qin Miao.

The thing is not valuable, it is a doll with the image of Qin Miao specially made by the local undertaker.

The size is about the same as Hatsune Miku's fufu.

These things would have been hung in the driver's shop for fans to buy at the Grand Prix, and they were considered to be the driver's merchandise.

When the time comes to sell out the peripherals, the riders and the local organizers will split the account between four and six, and the drivers will be four, and the organizers will be six.

This is also the reason why the F1 Grand Prix hosting fee is tens of millions of dollars, and so many tracks and government departments are flocking to it, that is, in addition to the ticket money, there is also the consumption of surrounding and other entertainment facilities, and the spectators from afar can also effectively stimulate the local economy and promote the development of tourism.

Getting back to the point and ending the interview, Qin Miao took the gift bag prepared for him by the staff, and then returned to the team.

On the way back, Barber took the things in Qin Miao's hand and said, "I don't have a job today, after returning to the hotel, it's free time, you can take a bath and relax." ”

Qin Miao nodded, nodding to the staff who greeted him after seeing him in the paddock and asked curiously, "Do I have any other work tomorrow?" ”

"There's a pre-match interview with Sky Sports before tomorrow's game, there's a virtual fan meeting to attend, and then it's the official game, and the next race after the game is the back-to-back Spanish Grand Prix, and we have three days to prepare after the race, so we can have a day off in Portugal or go straight to Spain.

Of course, if you want, we can also fly back to the UK on a last-minute basis and then transfer to Spain. ”

Although Spain is right next to Portugal, the two circuits are far apart. The course of the Portuguese Grand Prix is in the lower left corner of the map of Portugal, while the track of the Spanish Grand Prix is in the upper right corner of Spain, although the two tracks are connected by land, but the distance between the two tracks is more than 600 kilometers in a straight line, and it is basically gone for a day by land, so taking a plane is the best choice.

"You don't have to go back." Qin Miao also felt the inconvenience of setting up his headquarters in the UK.

Britain is an island country, so for people like Qin Miao who need to run around the world, if they are in a hurry, it is too troublesome to go home, so they can only take a plane.

If you don't fly, the ferry doesn't know when it will arrive.

After determining the content of his work, Qin Miao returned to the hotel where he stayed with Barber.

Although she ran a qualifying match and participated in another event, Qin Miao was not too tired at this time, and after returning home, she still had time to find Zhou Guanyu, who had nothing to do at home, to play two CSGO together.

Nothing was said all night.

Sunday, May 2, the day the Portuguese Grand Prix begins.

Qin Miao would look at the weather at that time as soon as he got up, after all, he was a landlubber and basically knew him, or anyone who knew him knew it.

He was worried about the rain on the day of the race.

Fortunately, it was sunny and the temperature was comfortable, with a temperature of 24 degrees.

It may be a bit low for a car, but it's very comfortable to stay in such a temperature.

(End of chapter)