Due to the decline in the stability and speed of McLaren's cars in the second half of the season, Ferrari has managed to overtake McLaren in the constructors' championship and has opened up a considerable gap in points.

The same can be said for this race, with McLaren finishing fourth in the team this season.

It seems that McLaren's financial crisis has finally affected the McLaren team on the track.

It's just bitter Norris.

The only thing worth watching in the constructors' championship right now is the battle for place between Alpine and Red Bull.

However, in addition to the fans, passers-by and spectators are obviously more concerned about who will win the drivers' championship this season than the team's own fans.

So the discussion of this matter is not very hot.

Soon, as Qin Miao and Hamilton completed their work and returned to the team home, they completed the final work of the race.

After the work, Toto took all the Mercedes team staff who came to Brazil and took a group photo of the Mercedes team staff and drivers after winning the championship at the door of the Mercedes P room.

Three trophies and three bottles of champagne were placed in the middle of everyone, demonstrating the strength of the Mercedes team.

After the race and all the post-race matters were taken care of, the Mercedes team packed up their things and went straight to the hotel that the team had already booked in Brazil.

The next picture can be imagined, everyone in Meiben celebrates here at night, pushing glasses and changing lamps between people, a scene of vitality and prosperity.

Qin Miao, who doesn't drink, also drank two glasses of beer because the atmosphere was too warm.

Of course, while the Constructors' Championship lifted the spirits of everyone at Mercedes, the dinner, and the prize money announced by Toto at the dinner, was just a warm prelude to the final showdown.

The season isn't over yet.

Now Mercedes has only won a constructors' championship, and this season's mission as a team has been completed, but this can only be regarded as a phased victory.

In the Formula 1 paddock, the Drivers' Championship has always had a higher value and attention than the Constructors' Championship.

So everyone was happy at the dinner, but it was also an early end because there was still a race to run next week, and everyone on the team side had to get back to work before work resumed.

Qin Miao also returned to the hotel that the team had booked for him after the dinner was over.

Qin Miao will be quite busy tomorrow, and she will have to go to the airport in the morning to send Qiu Meng back to Monaco.

Qin Miao's house in Monaco is about to come to an end, it should be these two days, Qiu Meng has to go back and stare at it.

At the same time, after the decoration is completed, you have to open the windows to scatter formaldehyde and the like, and you have to install customized furniture.

Therefore, next week's Qiu Meng will be busy, and the Qatar Grand Prix is not particularly important, so Qiu Meng will not come over to watch the game.

Of course, although Qin Miao has been cultivating herself for half a month, she has really been a little suffocated recently.

Now that the team championship has been won, one of the two big stones in Qin Miao's heart has also fallen, it's time to relax and relax!

It's just that Qin Miao just came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, and was about to push open the bedroom door to see if Qiu Meng had put on the evening dress she had prepared for her, when Qin Miao's phone rang.

Listening to the constant vibration of the phone in the living room, Qin Miao really had the urge to kill the other end of the phone with a fist at this time.

But the one that rang was a private phone, and it was not appropriate for Qin Miao not to answer it, and in terms of Qin Miao's staying power, this matter was over for more than an hour.

When the time comes, if you go back to the past, it is estimated that the people on the other side are asleep, so Qin Miao still reluctantly walked over and picked up the phone.

After seeing that the person who called was Zhou Guanyu, Qin Miao, who picked up the phone, said in an unkind tone: "You'd better give me a reason not to break your leg next time we meet." ”

Zhou Guanyu, who was about to share his inner joy with Qin Miao, was confused after hearing Qin Miao's words: "Have you taken gunpowder?" Speak so impulsively.

Also, isn't it the day Mercedes wins the Constructors' Championship? Why doesn't it sound like you're in a good mood?

Forget it, it doesn't matter, I'm calling you just to tell you, pay attention to the news at noon tomorrow, there's good news. ”

"That's it?" Qin Miao's tone became more and more unkind: "Can't you just send a message?" I had to make a phone call. ”

"It seems that this matter is important, but I'm just informing you, there are other people to say, that's it, hang up first."

Looking at the phone that hung up, Qin Miao's temples jumped.

But fortunately, Zhou Guanyu didn't delay Qin Miao too much, and after cleaning up his emotions, Qin Miao returned to the room.

At this time, Qiu Meng was wearing a backless dress with sparse fabric, and her fair and smooth back and thrilling waistline were displayed in front of Qin Miao.

Qin Miao subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

What Zhou Guanyu said to himself just now was completely left behind by Qin Miao, and walked over with a smile and hugged Qiu Meng from behind.

……

Nothing was said all night.

Because she was going to send Qiu Meng to the airport the next day, Qin Miao didn't toss Qiu Meng for too long last night.

Otherwise, both of them may not be able to catch tomorrow's plane.

So the two of them didn't play too crazy, but the main thing was Qin Miao's mercy.

The next day, the two got up early.

After breakfast, Qin Miao and Qiu Meng began to pack their things and prepare to check out.

After leaving the room, Qin Miao went to the airport to see off Qiu Meng, who was still reluctant to give up on herself.

After Qiu Meng left, Qin Miao waited in the VIP lounge of the airport until noon.

Qin Miao's plane to Qatar departed in the afternoon, so he was ready to stay in the lounge during this time.

While waiting, Qin Miao suddenly remembered the phone call Zhou Guanyu made to him last night.

Anyway, it's boring now, so Qin Miao simply took out his mobile phone and flipped through the news about the paddock and outside.

Then Qin Miao saw it: the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team announced that it had officially signed a one-year driver contract with Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu.

As a result, Zhou Guanyu will become the second official Chinese F1 driver next season.

The driver who will partner Zhou Guanyu in the 2022 season is naturally Bottas, who has already been officially announced.

This model of old and new is the best choice for the vast majority of teams.

Although he has long known that Ah Luo and Zhou Guanyu are talking about the driver contract, he also knows from Zhou Guanyu's mouth that both parties have a strong intention for this contract.

But before the matter is officially finalized and officially announced, there is room for reversal at any time.

Well, now, with the official announcement of Ah Luo, his good son Zhou Guanyu has officially entered the door of F1, and Qin Miao is also relieved.

As for Zhou Guanyu's results after entering F1......

As far as Arrow's team is concerned...... To be honest, Qin Miao didn't expect Zhou Guanyu's performance to be good, just gradually improve.

And Qin Miao will also teach Zhou Guanyu, as long as Qin Miao knows how to drive, he will definitely teach him.

At the same time, Qin Miao was not worried about leaking secrets or the situation of the sect apprentice starving to death of the master, at least not in a short period of time.

After all, the difference in strength between the two teams is here, and the time difference of more than one second in a lap is doomed to have no clear competitive relationship between Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu.

This is just the limit of what Qin Miao can do for Zhou Guanyu as a friend.

But putting these aside, after turning to the news, Qin Miao still called Zhou Guanyu as soon as possible.

Joining F1 is definitely a big deal for Zhou Guanyu, and Qin Miao naturally needs to make a phone call to congratulate him.

It's just that Zhou Guanyu's phone can't get through at all at this time, and the other party is always on the phone from the microphone, please dial it later.

Qin Miao knew that Zhou Guanyu at this time should have experienced the situation he encountered after he officially joined Meiben last year, and he couldn't be busy at all when the calls came in one after another.

So after making two calls and not getting through, Qin Miao didn't continue to call, and Zhou Guanyu should have called back if he saw it.

It's just that when Zhou Guanyu pulled out of the intensive phone bombardment and was about to call Qin Miao back, Qin Miao had already boarded the plane to Qatar.

On the plane, Qin Miao's mobile phone naturally had no signal.

As for why not rub Toto or Hamilton on a private jet?

These two are not like Qin Miao, they only have the identity of a Meiben team driver, and they are just ordinary people.

Toto and Hamilton have an industrial chain behind them, and many people are counting on them to eat.

So after this race, they naturally need to go back to their own business, and Toto, as the owner of the Mercedes team, also has a board of directors on his head.

After the team won the Constructors' Championship early, there were a lot of things for Toto to deal with.

So they were going to go back to the UK directly after the Brazilian Grand Prix, while Qin Miao wanted to go to Qatar first.

In the case of not going by the way, Qin Miao could only take a plane over.

After the plane landed, Qin Miao found out that Zhou Guanyu had made two calls to him.

On the way to the hotel, Qin Miao called the phone back.

It didn't take long for the phone to be connected.

"There was no signal on the plane just now, congratulations, we can play together again next season." After the phone was connected, Qin Miao said straight to the point.

"It's okay, it's okay, long live understanding, and I'm looking forward to running together next season."

Qin Miao smiled and asked, "How do you feel now?" Isn't it particularly exciting. ”

"Actually, it's not that exaggerated, after all, I have known this result for a long time." Zhou Guanyu on the other end of the phone replied: "But when you say that, I really have some questions I want to ask you." ”

"Ask, who of us is with whom."

"How did you feel when you first found out you could drive an F1 car next season?"

Qin Miao thought for a while: "The most sincere feeling of human beings is happiness and happiness.

How? Feeling anxious? ”

Zhou Guanyu didn't stiffen his mouth this time, but nodded and said: "Well, I feel a little nervous, I'm afraid that I will live up to my family's efforts over the years, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to run well on the field......"

Qin Miao was silent for a while when she heard this, and then said: "I can't help you with this, I didn't have any negative emotions in this regard at the beginning, after knowing that I was going to drive Meiben's car, I was more thinking about how to improve my strength and how to win the game."

But then again, at this time, it's mostly idle, so I'd suggest just take a taxi to the Simulator department at the headquarters in Arohinville and drive the simulator for an afternoon, and after you get off the simulator, you won't have all these messy ideas. ”

Zhou Guanyu: "I'm not kidding you......"

Qin Miao scratched her head: "Then what else can I do?" Carry it hard.

And I think you're asking the wrong person, if you really have doubts about this, you should ask a psychiatrist, not me, a stinky driver. ”

Zhou Guanyu: ......

"Forget it, I shouldn't have talked to you about it, but have you read the public opinion on the Internet now."

"What public opinion?"

Qin Miao highlighted this period of time as a person who did not ask about the world, and most of his energy was focused on self-improvement, so he naturally did not know that at this time, the two teams of Red Bull and Meiben had quarreled on social media.

Red Bull accused Mercedes of violating the rear wing, and Mercedes angrily accused Verstappen of defensive irregularities against Hamilton at the Brazilian Grand Prix, and more than once appealed to the FIA to re-examine the footage of Verstappen squeezing Hamilton off the track.

Even the two senior leaders of Red Bull, Horner and Marco, personally went down to accuse and put pressure on the FIA, and the public opinion in the paddock during this period can be described as a war.

also because the team took the lead in the game, fans on both sides also rolled up their sleeves, copied the keyboard, and scolded inexorably.

On the contrary, fans in China are crazy about eating melons on the side with a mentality of watching fun.

Although they love the house and Wu because of Qin Miao's relationship, they also like the Meiben team, but in the final analysis, domestic fans like Qin Miao as a driver.

And the main firepower of this scolding war is still focused on the FIA's penalty and Hamilton's rear wing, which has nothing to do with Qin Miao.

So as long as Qin Miao's interests are not touched, even if Mei Ben and Red Bull fight to the bone, these fans will just watch the fun from the sidelines.

Even if the interest comes, they may end up handing over a brick or something.

"It's Mei Ben and Red Bull who are scolding again, they are all playing with their lives to put pressure on the FIA, you accuse me, I scold you, it's very lively."

"I don't pay much attention to that." Qin Miao groped her chin: "On the contrary, I'm a little curious, what do domestic fans think of you."

One thing to say, the pressure on you right now shouldn't be small, I mean the domestic fans. ”

Zhou Guanyu was helpless, why did he bring the topic back again?

As Qin Miao said, in fact, the pressure on Zhou Guanyu is not small, as the second Chinese driver to become an official F1 driver.

Normally, Zhou Guanyu should not have too much pressure, after all, Qin Miao has already helped Zhou Guanyu attract most of his attention in front, and the audience's requirements for him will not be too high.

But the problem lies with Qin Miao, Qin Miao's performance this season is a little too good, and it can even be said that it is too good.

I used to be a Chinese car fan who used to eat chaff and swallow vegetables, where have I ever seen a table full of Han people served to you as soon as they came up?

After the confusion, it was naturally ecstasy.

But because of Qin Miao's relationship, now the tastes of these people have been raised.

So after seeing that Zhou Guanyu also joined F1, they subconsciously looked at Zhou Guanyu by the standard of judging Qin Miao.

At that time, if Zhou Guanyu's performance is not satisfactory, then the pressure on Zhou Guanyu will inevitably be directly filled.

"Actually, I don't really have much pressure on that." It's just that Zhou Guanyu's answer surprised Qin Miao a little.

"How?"

"Isn't that you? I know how big the talent gap between us is, and the audience may have some expectations of me at the beginning, but after a long time, they will probably pay more attention to you, and basically they will not invest too much attention on me. ”

"You can see it, but then you get less attention, and the business side is ......"

Qin Miao's words had just finished speaking, and Zhou Guanyu smiled: "Do you think...... Is my family short of money? ”

"Tsk...... Sometimes I really hate to hang out and chat with you rich second generations.

I recently bought a house, and I had to search and search carefully, and I worked for Toto like crazy to earn enough money. ”

"You've bought a house in the UK?" Zhou Guanyu was unexpected.

Qin Miao reacted at this time, she didn't seem to have told Zhou Guanyu that she was going to settle in Monaco with Qiu Meng.

Just as the conversation came to this, Qin Miao explained to Zhou Guanyu his future plans with Qiu Meng.

After listening to Qin Miao's explanation, Zhou Guanyu said with some pain: "Originally, the two of us lived quite far away, and it would take half an hour to go fishing and drive to you, and after your house was renovated and moved out, I would have to cross the sea if I wanted to find you." ”

"I moved to Monaco mainly because Monaco is tax-free, so you can't move here too."

"Is that so?" Zhou Guanyu obviously thought for a while, but finally said: "Forget it, my house in the UK can't be unoccupied, and it's not suitable to rent it out."

And the house prices in Monaco are not low, even if you buy a house, it can't be as big as my house here in the UK, and it's still embarrassing to live in. ”

"It's fine, but my house should be a few days after the Qatar Grand Prix, and you can come over for a meal if you have time."

"Okay, I'll be there then."

"I'll hang up if there's nothing to do, I'm just at the hotel."

……

In fact, Zhou Guanyu has been very busy in recent days, because of Arrow's official announcement, Zhou Guanyu has become famous in the domestic racing industry.

Many people came to Zhou Guanyu to discuss the possibility of cooperation.

The main force in this is many domestic enterprises.

These companies found that domestic fans gradually fell in love with the sport of F1 because of Qin Miao's phenomenal performance on the field, and the number of domestic fans began to increase exponentially.

The increase in the domestic fan base represents a huge fan economic effect.

So naturally, they remembered the idea of advertising on F1 cars.

But what class of team is Mercedes? It's a championship team, and the two drivers in the team are also in their own hands.

After arriving here, it is not a buyer's market, but a seller's market, and if they want to advertise on Mercedes' cars, they not only have to come up with enough money, but also have to look at Mercedes' face.

And after all, they are domestic enterprises, and although domestic fans can also see the endorsement of drivers from other teams, they are somewhat uninteresting and a little awkward.

Therefore, many companies have ideas, but in the end they still do not put into action, because advertising in Meiben is too expensive.

But now it's different, the appearance of Zhou Guanyu directly made up for the vacancy in this area, and some companies that don't have so much money and want to advertise on F1, a new domestic advertising platform, began to contact Zhou Guanyu and Alfa Romeo Racing.

If you want your company's products or company name to appear on F1 cars, Suo Bo and Zhou Guanyu are undoubtedly a good choice.

And Zhou Guanyu will definitely be so busy with this matter recently that he can't get out.

Of course, if Qin Miao really wants to move to a new house, then no matter how busy he is, Zhou Guanyu will squeeze out time.

After hanging up the phone, Qin Miao still took out her mobile phone and looked at the opinions of domestic fans on Zhou Guanyu's joining A Luo.

Although some people do look down on this transfer, on the whole, the domestic public opinion environment is still relatively friendly to Zhou Guanyu.

Soon, Qin Miao also came to the hotel where he was staying.

This hotel was not prepared by the team for Qin Miao, but by the organizer of the event.

After all, Qatar is in the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia to the south, the United Arab Emirates to the east, and Bahrain to the north.

So although Qatar is not as often in the domestic public as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, it is also a group of people with a piece of cloth on their heads, the richest people in the world.

Therefore, the hotels they prepared for Qin Miao were also the best hotels.

But this area is a desert after all, and Qatar is completely a city built in the desert, so after getting off the plane, Qin Miao can clearly feel a burst of heat rushing to his face, and he can also clearly feel the feeling of the sand being blown on his face by the wind.

Of course, Qin Miao is not here to travel, and he still has a lot of work to deal with.

Because the former Russell International Circuit was generally used to run the MotoGP race next door, the track data for this race is very limited.

But it's hard to say on the Red Bull side, after all, Honda has a MotoGP division, and if they share some track data with Red Bull, then the Mercedes will lose the race directly at the starting line.

However, Qin Miao is not in a hurry about this, because it is useless to be anxious, it is better to train normally in the past few days, calm down, and wait for the Grand Prix weekend to officially start before considering the adaptability of the track.

So Qin Miao didn't go out on Tuesday, except for going to the gym downstairs for daily exercise, more time was spent on the simulator.

Qin Miao's familiarity with this track comes from the simulator, although because of the lack of track data, the simulator Qin Miao uses cannot meet the simulation standards on weekdays, but at least it can make him more familiar with the track layout. (End of chapter)