But fortunately, when Qin Miao encountered something that could not be solved, Qiu Meng would always come down to bring a reasonable solution to Qin Miao.

After listening to Qin Miao and Reyes chatting a little bit, and understanding the ins and outs of the matter, Qiu Meng calmed everyone with the reason of asking Reyes and them to help give Qin Miao's car a warranty.

Not W12.

Even if Qiu Meng didn't mention it, maintaining Qin Miao's car was also one of their jobs.

Qiu Meng asked them to maintain Qin Miao's AMG GT and the Ferrari 488.

And Reyes, they didn't hesitate at all, and after Qiu Meng made a request, they hurriedly agreed.

As if he was afraid that Qiu Meng would regret it.

However, in addition to Reyes, Toto also found Qin Miao personally after the game.

If Reyes apologized to Qin Miao, it was really just an apology from the team staff to Qin Miao, then Toto found Qin Miao after the race, and there was a certain political significance behind this matter.

It's just that for Qin Miao, Toto came to find him really just literally.

After chatting with Toto and making it clear in the course of the conversation that he really understood the team's mistake, Toto was happy.

……

At this point, Qin Miao's Italian Grand Prix ended.

The drivers' standings and points after the race are as follows:

1: Verstappen +25

2: Ricardo +19 (fastest lap)

3: Hamilton +15

4: Qin Miao +12

5: Leclerc +10

6: Norris +8

7: Pérez +6

8: Sainz +4

9: Stroll +2

10: Alonso +1

Meanwhile, after this race, the drivers' standings are as follows:

1: Qin Miao 248

2: Hamilton 224

3: Verstappen 223

4: Norris 111

5: Leclerc 111

6: Pérez 104

7: Sainz 79

8: Ricardo 73

9: Gasly 54

10: Vettel 44

11: Alonso 42

12: Ocon 35

13: Stroll 18

14: Tsunoda 12

15: Russell 9

16: Latifi 3

17： Kimi1

After this race, there was no change in the drivers' standings, but the gap between the top three contenders narrowed significantly.

Qin Miao's original lead of 27 points compared to Hamilton became 24 points after this game.

It may seem that the gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton has only narrowed by 3 points, and on the whole, it is harmless.

However, the gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen has narrowed by 13 points.

Meanwhile, the constructors' standings after this race are as follows:

1: Mercedes: 472

2: Red Bull: 329

3: Ferrari: 190

4: McLaren: 184

5： Alpine： 77

6: Aston Martin: 62

7: Little Red Bull: 66

8: Williams: 12

9: Alfa Romeo: 1

10: Haas 0

With nine Grands Prix races left until the end of the '21 season, the constructors' standings are still in suspense as they are in the drivers' standings.

However, with the performance of Qin Miao and Hamilton, the two Mercedes drivers on the field, if there are no accidents, it is not difficult to figure out who will win the constructors' championship in the end.

In short, after the end of this game, a few families were happy and some were sad.

However, on the Chinese Internet, the Meiben team was almost scolded by the domestic fan group that has begun to grow gradually because of the tire change mistake.

This situation was not stopped until Qin Miao woke up the next day.

It's not that Qin Miao wants to put pressure on the team or anything.

Qin Miao didn't have that much scheming.

Mostly back-to-back trifecta, it was a drain on everyone in the paddock.

And compared with those old drivers, Qin Miao, a newcomer, still has a lot of time and energy to learn on the track, and the energy consumption is naturally more.

So after the three-game competition, Qin Miao didn't do anything when she got home, and went to bed early after taking a shower.

During this time, all of Qin Miao's phone calls, as well as greetings with relatives and friends, were undertaken by Qiu Meng alone.

After the Italian Grand Prix, the next race is the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi, Russia.

This track is a traditional strong map of Meiben.

Since the circuit hosted the F1 Grand Prix, Mercedes has not let the Sochi championship go unnoticed.

Moreover, Mercedes' car is also very suitable for the Sochi track, Qin Miao has also run F2 races on this track, and he is no stranger to this track.

And for Qin Miao and them, it is also very convenient to hold the competition in Sochi.

As a port city, Sochi is separated from Europe by only one Black Sea.

But despite this, Qin Miao and the others are just more convenient when they go to Russia.

In order to save logistics costs, the convoy prepared a material on the Russian side, and the Mercedes convoy will transport it over

Everything else is just the powertrain of a race car or something.

Of course, it's too early to say that.

After all, Qin Miao and they had a week's rest.

On Monday, Qin Miao had a holiday, and in addition to exercising, Qin Miao spent most of his time with Qiu Meng.

On Tuesday, Qin Miao and Hamilton both went to a convoy.

In fact, Tuesday is also a break for the drivers, but today the team rolled off the production line of model cars for next season's car.

And the team is going to use the model car to test the wind tunnel and test the aerodynamic characteristics of the new car next season.

At such an important moment, not only Qin Miao and Hamilton, the two current drivers, were present, but even Bottas, who has confirmed his switch to Alfa Romeo next season, also arrived, in addition to all the senior executives on the side of Mercedes.

The presence of so many people is enough to show how much attention everyone attaches to next season's racing.

For next year's racing car, Qin Miao actually provided a lot of design ideas and data support.

However, since Verstappen and Red Bull still threaten Hamilton and Qin Miao in the drivers' championship this season, most of the team's resources are still focused on upgrading the car this season.

Therefore, the data that Qin Miao and Bottas run out on weekdays is mainly used for W12 this season, and the data provided for W13 is limited.

Of course, Qin Miao has no reason to judge whether the team's choice is correct, and from Qin Miao's perspective as a driver, he must want to have a higher starting point in the first season of his career.

After all, if one day Mei Ben really can't do it, Qin Miao's performance in the first season is enough to prove that Qin Miao is still talented, and it will be convenient for Qin Miao to find a home after leaving Mei Ben.

But that's all for another time.

After greeting Hamilton, Qin Miao, who was waiting in the lounge with Hamilton, was notified.

"Ready, let's go." Hamilton was the first to get up.

Qin Miao also got up with Hamilton, and then the two went to the wind tunnel laboratory in Meiben together.

Qin Miao and Hamilton are no strangers to this place, and the wind tunnel in Meiben is a white oblong space.

However, the interior is large, enough for four people to stand side by side, and the height is about five meters.

At one end of the space there was a white blade-like thing, and the wind was blowing from those blades.

The wind tunnel in Meiben is not new, but the specifications were relatively high when it was built, so the maximum wind speed that can blow out of this wind tunnel is still about 290 kilometers per hour.

Although it is not possible to simulate the aerodynamics of a car at top speed, it can be simulated in this wind tunnel for most of the low- and medium-speed corners on the track.

Then, with the help of the Meiben factory technicians, a race car was pushed.

Unlike the W12's front aero wing, which was originally installed in the middle of the wheel, the side box was replaced by a downwash side box, and the front wheel had fins that combed the airflow to the front wheels.

It is worth mentioning that there is no paint on the body of this car, just black carbon fiber lines.

This is Meiben's W13, and Qin Miao has also seen this car assembled for the first time, and all he has seen before is the parts of this car.

Unlike this season's Coke bottle body design, the windbreaker fins are different.

Because of the new rules implemented in the race, the car does not have the extremely complex fins, and the visual effect at first glance is very neat and clean.

At the same time, the rear design of the car is more extreme, with the floor panel protruding greatly from the exterior, but the body is extremely small, and the side box is also cut downward.

In the state of no painting, it looks a little dry, and it really can't be called very good-looking.

"How are you feeling?" Hamilton, who was standing beside Qin Miao with his hands on his chest, asked after he saw the car in front of him, and pushed his elbow against Qin Miao's arm.

Qin Miao rubbed his chin and said, "If you still use 13-inch tires this season, I think this car is very good, and it is a perfect level of art."

But next season we're going to be wearing 18-inch tires, and if we change the size of the tires, the characteristics of the car will change a lot, and even though I have a lot of data about this car, I can't tell if it's good or bad at this time. ”

Hamilton said: "I don't know why, but looking at this car, I always have a bad premonition." ”

Qin Miao looked at Hamilton in surprise: "Do you think the speed of this car will be very slow?" ”

"No, I still believe in the R&D capabilities of the Mercedes team, but when I saw this car, I had a bad premonition." Hamilton frowned and pondered for a while, but he quickly reconciled with himself: "Maybe I've been too busy lately, and my nerves have been a little weak since I got older, so I think too much." ”

Qin Miao also nodded, but he was still a little puzzled, why would a car give Hamilton such a premonition?

While the two were chatting, the team's mechanic had fixed the car to its place in the wind tunnel.

After securing the four wheels in a spiral and checking to make sure there were no leaks, all crew evacuated the tunnel.

Then the entrance to the wind tunnel was closed, and Qin Miao and the others could only observe the state of the cars in the wind tunnel through the high-speed cameras installed around the wind tunnel.

After that, the wind tunnel was activated, but the noise problem was taken into account when designing this wind tunnel, so the sound that Qin Miao could hear from this observation position was very limited.

After that, there are all kinds of test items, although Qin Miao and Hamilton are not professionals in aerodynamics, but they can also understand the test items on the team's side.

On the contrary, the leaders of the team who came to observe felt a little bored after watching it for a while, after all, the shareholders who came over today from the Meiben team are all responsible for the business side, and they don't know much about technology, and they can't understand it if they stay here.

So it didn't take long for them to leave.

After they left, Qin Miao and Hamilton also relaxed a lot.

However, the two did not forget to work, and during the first test, Qin Miao and Hamilton were looking at how much downforce the team's new car's aerodynamic shape could provide to the car, as well as various data.

After looking at them for a while, another person came next to them.

"According to our calculations, after entering the era of ground effect, more than 60% of the aerodynamic downforce of our racing car will come from the ground effect floor, and according to the data from our simulator, our design of this set of floor can minimize drag and ensure sufficient aerodynamic downforce." The man who spoke was the head of the aerodynamics department at Mercedes: Eric Blandin.

This can be regarded as a technical boss, but Qin Miao has relatively little contact with him, and most of the time Qin Miao is actually communicating with the technical director Mike Elliott.

Seeing that the other party came behind him, Qin Miao and Hamilton first greeted each other.

Hamilton then asked with some curiosity: "What will be the different driving characteristics of the car after the new regulations are implemented?" ”

"Well, I think the change should be in the overall balance, after all, after the implementation of the ground effect rules, the main downforce of the car comes from the floor.

The car's centre of gravity will be lower than this season's car, and our zero-side box design will make it easier to sort out the car's airflow, giving the car a larger window of aerodynamic tuning than it did this season. Branding said this with a swear, confidence written on his face.

Qin Miao and Hamilton heard this, the expressions on their faces were different, although Hamilton did not have much change in his face, but after hearing the other party say this, his heart was still a little settled, at least after this trip, Hamilton clearly knew that next season's Mercedes car is more plastic.

Qin Miao was full of curiosity and inquiry: "Regardless of the consistency of the racing car, is there a suitable solution to the deformation problem of the bottom plate of our racing car at top speed?" ”

The other party seemed to have expected that Qin Miao would ask this question, and replied with a smile: "We have added titanium alloy to the carbon fiber of the bottom plate, which greatly improves the hardness and deformation resistance, and we have also made an alternative plan, if our first plan will also be deformed at high speed, we also have a carbon fiber thickened bottom plate version that can be used."

We are confident that the deformation of the floor will be minimized at high speeds. ”

Qin Miao didn't have any doubts about this.

But Hamilton asked, "What about the weight?" ”

"Uh...... This ......" Blandin, who had just sworn by the car, was a little hesitant when it came to the topic of body weight: "Although the bottom of the car we designed was indeed a bit overweight, we could only do this with limited resources and manpower, and we will start to modify the rest of the issues next season after we have completely freed up our hands." ”

Hamilton and Qin Miao glanced at each other after hearing this, and they didn't continue to talk about this matter.

It was a decision made by everyone in the team, and although we know the drawbacks of sacrificing the future to achieve the present, we have made this decision and we must continue to move forward with determination.

Looking ahead is a taboo, and it's the same for a fleet.

After uncovering the topic of the bottom plate, Qin Miao and Hamilton chatted about the side box again.

And Blandin slipped away directly after finishing speaking, the questions these two asked together were too tricky, if they stayed by the two of them for a while, maybe the old bottom would have to be turned out by the two of them.

It is strange that Qin Miao and Hamilton do not have the same common topics in their daily lives as Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu.

One of them likes to play games, and the other likes fashion.

The preferences of the two in their daily lives are completely different.

But the two have very similar driving styles for racing cars, and they have many ideas in the racing industry, and even their favorite vehicle styles are similar.

That's probably the diversity of human beings.

Qin Miao and Hamilton stayed in the factory until about four o'clock in the afternoon before leaving.

After that, Qin Miao rested at home for another day, and only returned to her daily training rhythm after Thursday.

The next period of time was uneventful, although Qin Miao received a lot of invitations to banquets or events, but Qin Miao didn't go to any of them.

Qin Miao knew that as long as he entered this circle, talked to someone a little, met a few friends, and followed these familiar people to make a little investment, he could easily have dozens or even hundreds of times the return, but Qin Miao still didn't go.

Qin Miao is still a small farmer, money, just enough to spend, now for Qin Miao and Qiu Meng, money has really become a string of numbers.

However, Qin Miao just stayed at her home for a long time and didn't go out, and she didn't just give up her daily training.

It is worth mentioning that on Sunday, Qin Miao also participated in an event held by the mouse station with Leclerc and Norris.

Qin Miao would not participate in these activities under normal circumstances, but after all, this is an event held by the live broadcast platform, compared with other activities, the activities held by the live broadcast platform stand out for not having to go out, and giving rich rewards.

The content of the event is also very simple, that is, Qin Miao, Leclerc, Norris and the head streamers of the mouse station who specialize in playing F1 or other racing games compete in "F1 2021".

There is a reward for winning, and a penalty for losing.

Although it is said to be under the banner of charity, all the proceeds of this live broadcast will be donated to those in need.

But in fact, Qin Miao and the three of them will still have a lot of commissions to hit the account.

The number of people participating in this activity is not very large, plus Qin Miao and the 3 of them, there are only 10 people in total.

In Qin Miao's opinion, this is just a recreational activity, a pastime after heavy training, but his pastime will be put on the bright side for people to see.

So when this activity really started running, Qin Miao didn't run too seriously.

Although Qin Miao's starting position is the first, when this event is going on, in addition to defending Leclerc behind him and deliberately not letting him surpass him, other anchors and the like come to attack Qin Miao after surpassing Leclerc, Qin Miao generally deliberately sells a flaw to let the other party go after two symbolic defensive laps, and then continues to defend Leclerc.

And the first person to surpass Qin Miao was Norris.

After that, those anchors surpassed Qin Miao one after another, and even because they all knew that Qin Miao's defensive ability was against the sky and terrifying, and they were all very happy when they surpassed Qin Miao.

I can't wait to make this overtaking directly into a QR code and engrave it on my tombstone.

And Qin Miao's defense of Leclerc lasted for more than 20 laps in total, and you must know that the game was only 35 laps.

And Leclerc's surpassing of Qin Miao is not based on the technology in the game.

Leclerc relied on verbal threats: "The next time I see you Qin Miao, I will hit you Qin Miao in the face!" The hood gives you a place! ”

In the midst of Leclerc's threat, Qin Miao finally had no choice but to let the other party go.

In the end, this event ended successfully, and it is worth mentioning that Norris, who had already surpassed Qin Miao, did not win the championship in the end.

Norris fell to the last shudder.

At the time, Norris was defending a streamer, and it was clear that even though it was just an entertainment event, Norris's desire to win was still strong.

So when he defended this anchor, his level of seriousness was about the same as Qin Miao's defense of Leclerc behind him.

And just as Norris was fighting with the anchor behind him, Norris made a mistake when braking, and most of his attention was on the streamer's car behind him, and he missed the brake point a little.

Coupled with the fact that he was on the inside line when he braked, the car rushed off the track directly and uncontrollably.

Sochi is a street race, and the buffer zone of the track is already small, and Norris hit the wall as soon as he rushes off the track.

Even though this is a game, not a simulator, Norris's car was not crashed because of this mistake.

But by the time Norris returned to the track, Norris, who had been in the lead, lost his own championship.

However, as mentioned earlier, this is just a game after all, after Norris saw that he had made a mistake, he calmed down his inner mentality, and in the last few laps, he deliberately slowed down to get in front of Leclerc and began to defend Leclerc again.

Leclerc finally surpassed Qin Miao in front of him, and was about to catch up, good guy, a McLaren appeared in front of him again.

Sick, you two!

Leclerc, who scolded the street in TS, didn't care for the time being, after this link was over, Qin Miao and Leclerc Norris needed to be punished according to the rules.

(End of chapter)