Of course, this is likely to be the result that Steiner, the boss of the Ace team, would like to see.

After all, if a driver earns points, the Super Driver's License fee for the next season will be paid to the FIA according to the number of points earned.

The money paid to the FIA was an additional budget expense for Haas.

Haas wasn't in the F1 business, Haas was a machine tool company, and they had a team in the paddock purely because the Haas owner liked F1.

So the Haas team is actually just a big toy for this boss.

Steiner became the Haas team leader not because of his strong leadership skills or his impressive R&D prowess, like Binotto.

His main ability is actually to save money for the team.

But the love will fade one day, and as time goes on, Haas's owner's passion for F1 will inevitably begin to wane, and Haas has always been at the bottom of the list.

Although the Haas owner has not yet said that he is ready to sell the team, he is still looking forward to the upgrade that Steiner said next season.

It's just that many people think that his expectations may be disappointed, because judging from the collision rhythm of Mick and Mazepin this season, Haas will not be able to allocate too much money to the R&D department next season.

A little further afield, back to the point.

After the drivers' standings came out, they were followed by the constructors' standings.

1: Mercedes: 739

2: Red Bull: 528

3: Ferrari: 284

4: McLaren: 232

5：Alpine：127

6: Little Red Bull: 100

7: Aston Martin: 75

8: Williams: 13

9: Alfa Romeo: 9

10: Haas: 0

Not to mention the top two teams, Mercedes confirmed this year's constructors' championship as early as Brazil.

And the Ferrari McLaren, which everyone thought would be extremely competitive, fell out of all the suspense early.

Ferrari has completely confirmed itself in third place for the year.

On the McLaren side, due to the financial problems encountered by McLaren's head office, the performance of the car has not improved significantly this season.

McLaren did have a couple of highlight-reel performances at the start of the season and during the season, and they were very impressive in the standings.

But ever since Norris missed out on the first podium of his career at the Russian Grand Prix, McLaren has been on a downward spiral until now.

And at this time, the financial situation of McLaren's head office is still not improving, and it is foreseeable that not only this season, but also next season, McLaren is expected to continue to follow his downhill path.

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After the game, Qin Miao's work did not end.

It can even be said that after coming to the Middle East, Qin Miao's working hours will always be stretched for a long time.

Every now and then, he would have to go to various gatherings and meet all kinds of local celebrities.

And in the process of participating in the event, Qin Miao could see from their tone and eyes, this is the look in the eyes of those fans in the paddock when they look at themselves.

Although such a gathering was a bit interesting at first, Qin Miao also met many local tyrants who had a certain reputation in the world.

After all, these people look at you with adoring and delightful eyes, and they will give you gifts worth tens of thousands of dollars as soon as they meet, and whoever sees them will have a good impression of them.

But after a long time, it can also be a little boring.

The only thing that can make Qin Miao continue to insist is the ridiculously high appearance fee.

Yes, there are other ways for drivers to generate income besides their salaries, and participating in various post-race events is a common way to generate income.

This is also why the drivers are very willing to appear in the camera, because the more you are exposed, the more people who want to find you to party and pull you over to support the field, so your income will naturally increase.

And Qin Miao's appearance fee for these gatherings in the Middle East this time is not low at all, and the appearance fee for a banquet is 500,000 US dollars!

Qin Miao was stupid when he knew this price, and after seeing Qin Miao's expression, these oil guys were full of doubts.

That expression was like asking Qin Miao, is 500,000 a lot?

Okay, you've got oil, you're.

Although Qin Miao had been to the Middle East in F2, most of Qin Miao's attention at that time was on the race, even when he went out with Qiu Meng, he just felt that this place was very dry, the price was a little more expensive, there were a little more luxury stores, and the people here were a little more friendly to the Chinese.

Other than that, Qin Miao didn't feel that there was anything special about this place.

At that time, Qin Miao did not have a clear idea of how rich these oil guys were.

Until now.

$500,000 is just a small amount of money......

In short, after the race, Qin Miao neither returned to Monaco, nor did he go to the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi with his teammate Hamilton to prepare for the race on the same day.

Instead, he made a million dollars in one night and obtained the contact details of several tribal princes.

And the signature numbs his own hand.

But fortunately, the busy day is finally over.

On Monday, Qin Miao rested for a day in the UAE, and went to Abu Dhabi with Zhou Guanyu early the next morning.

The last two races of the season in F2 have the same schedule as in F1.

They were all raced at the Jeddah Circuit in Saudi Arabia before moving on to the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.

Since they are all going to Abu Dhabi, they have to take a four-hour flight anyway, at least if they bring Zhou Guanyu's words, there will be someone on the plane to talk to, so that they will not be too boring.

And Zhou Guanyu naturally readily agreed to Qin Miao's invitation.

On the one hand, Zhou Guanyu also knows that although Qin Miao is now 13 points ahead of his teammate Hamilton in the F1 drivers' standings, this lead is not stable.

Qin Miao will definitely be under pressure, and Zhou Guanyu feels that following Qin Miao during this time and gaging with him is estimated to relieve his pressure.

And as I said earlier, I just happened to be on the way.

As for Zhou Guanyu's own question of having one more game to run......

In fact, the pressure on Zhou Guanyu is much less than that of Qin Miao.

And compared to Qin Miao's F1 Drivers' Championship, Zhou Guanyu's F2 Drivers' Championship is really not that important.

Anyway, Zhou Guanyu is already destined to enter F1 next season.

This is something that 99% of F2 drivers can't do, which means that he has surpassed 99% of F2 drivers.

With this position, it is the best interpretation of Zhou Guanyu's personal strength.

Compared to an F1 driver's seat, an F2 drivers' championship is really not that important.

Therefore, if this driver's championship can get the best, if you can't get it, Zhou Guanyu won't be too uncomfortable, at most it's a pity.

And Qin Miao is different, not everyone can win the F1 Drivers' Championship, and this is Qin Miao's first season, if Qin Miao is allowed to win, then Qin Miao's influence in the entire racing world will be immeasurable.

Even if Zhou Guanyu doesn't do anything else, just rubbing Qin Miao's traffic can rub out a million-level big V.

Emirates stands out for being expensive, but the service is really good.

And the VIP room seems to have been specially remodeled, and you can't hear the roar of the engines running in the kind of ordinary seats.

So the voyage was really comfortable.

Although Barber told Qin Miao that the team had received a lot of invitations to Qin Miao, neither the team nor Qin Miao would be busy with these at this time.

So after arriving at the hotel that the team had booked for Qin Miao, Qin Miao began to practice on the Yas Pier track.

Last year's F2 didn't race at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina Circuit, but the Yas Marina Circuit is not a new circuit.

Last year, it hosted the F1 Grand Prix.

Therefore, when Qin Miao is practicing in the hotel, he can also get data support about this track from the team's simulator department, and there will be no embarrassing situation where he can't find track data like those new tracks.

In the following Tuesday and Wednesday, Qin Miao never left the door of the hotel.

I've been staying at the hotel with Frankie and practicing with the simulator.

In addition to exercising, eating and sleeping, Qin Miao spends all her time on the practice track.

After all, Verstappen and Hamilton had raced at the Yas Marina Circuit last year, and Qin Miao had a congenital disadvantage compared to the two of them.

At this time, it is natural to do everything possible to shorten the gap between himself and the two of them in terms of proficiency on this track.

On Thursday, Qin Miao went to the paddock to sign in, and walked around the Yas Marina circuit twice, and after eating lunch in the paddock, she was not ready to stay in the paddock for a long time.

Qin Miao and Hamilton did not participate in the afternoon shooting event, as did Verstappen of Red Bull next door.

All three drivers are trying to prepare for this race in order to have a chance to fight back once the race actually starts.

In the last game, you Qin Miao could endure for so long, and then seize that almost impossible opportunity to win the championship, and the two who thought that their talent could not be worse than Qin Miao were naturally full of fighting spirit at this time.

It is worth mentioning that at noon on Thursday, when Qin Miao was about to return to the hotel after lunch in the paddock to continue practicing, Reyes found Qin Miao and told Qin Miao a not very good news.

"Qin Miao, I have to tell you the bad news, the battery of the racing car has failed again."

At that time, Qin Miao was about to go back to the hotel to continue running the simulator, and after hearing Frankie's words, he was stunned, and then asked with some apprehension: "I remember that the problem of the battery not charging was solved on Tuesday, and I also received an email from the team." ”

Reyes scratched his head, then said with some embarrassment: "Yes, at least that way, but after transporting the car to Abu Dhabi, we had a routine experimental start-up and then we found that the battery problem started to recur again." ”

"What exactly went wrong?" Qin Miao frowned.

"We're sorry, but we don't have enough time to check what the fault is.

Although we have worked hard all morning to solve this problem, we are not worried about this glitch right now, we are now worried that it will appear during the race.

After all, we don't know why the battery doesn't charge at this time, and it would be a fatal blow to you if the battery doesn't charge again during the game. ”

Qin Miao took a heavy breath, then reached out and grabbed her hair.

Sure enough, the drivers' championship or something is really not so easy to get in your hands.

The bumps and thorns on the road sometimes come so suddenly.

"Since you've told me about this, I think the team should already have a corresponding solution, right?"

Frankie nodded, and then spoke: "The engineers on the team's side are now divided into two groups, one group thinks that this week's race will continue to run with this engine, and they believe that the problem found in the car now is only the normal transportation loss during transportation, and the normal race will not encounter battery problems."

It's just that there aren't many people who support this proposal, and the vast majority of people think that you should get a new set of electrical components now. ”

Qin Miao rubbed her brows with a little headache, because of Qin Miao's skill characteristics, compared to other drivers, Qin Miao still has a surplus in some parts, just like MGU-K.

At this time, Qin Miao's spare parts still had a set of MGU-K inside that had not been opened.

However, the MGU-H component Qin Miao has exceeded the limit of the number of uses.

If the power system of the entire engine is replaced at this time, Qin Miao will be punished.

Although there will not be too many positions to be punished if you just change the power system, any position is crucial for Qin Miao at this critical moment.

"If I change the power system, how many places will I lose at the start of the race?" After asking this question, Qin Miao's choice in this matter was already obvious, and he was ready to directly replace it with a new one.

After all, in Qin Miao's opinion, instead of putting a time bomb in his car that he doesn't know when it will explode, it is better to accept a penalty that can be predicted and estimated.

And Qin Miao is also confident in his ability to overtake, and Qin Miao also believes that Verstappen will not give up the opportunity to catch up with Hamilton in the main race.

After all, Verstappen only has little hope of winning the championship in this game, and it is not completely impossible to win the championship.

Verstappen only needed to beat Hamilton in the main draw and let Qin Miao finish outside of eighth.

I believe that when the time comes, the two cars of Little Red Bull and one of the cars of Big Red Bull will probably not care about their rankings in this race, and the three of them will appear directly in front of Qin Miao's racing car and block Qin Miao with all their might.

Even if they were a little shameless, the three cars drove the DRS train directly in front of Qin Miao.

It's far away, and in the face of Verstappen's attack, Hamilton must also try his best, after all, there is such a big gap between him and Qin Miao, if he wants to turn defeat into victory and win the Drivers' Championship in this race, he must win this race.

As for Qin Miao's poor results, he got very few points, so that Hamilton could win the championship as long as he finished second or as long as he finished third, Hamilton didn't think about it at all.

Just as Qin Miao believed that Hamilton and Verstappen could definitely threaten his results and rankings, Hamilton didn't think that with Qin Miao's personal ability, he would make such a low-level mistake in the game.

Unless there is really any accident on the field, there is a powerful heavenly god soldier who will directly retire Qin Miao.

But it's impossible to think about it.

All in all, the grappling between the two drivers in front of him would definitely give Qin Miao enough time to chase after them.

Qin Miao was also confident that he would catch up with the two of them before they fought, or officially split the winner.

And Qin Miao's goal in this game is very simple, he doesn't even need to win the championship, he only needs to finish in 3rd place.

"There should be a 10-place penalty to start." Frankie asked, "Are you up to the mark?" ”

"Of course, it's just a matter of chasing a few positions, I didn't have a soft spot in Monaco back then, and the Yas Marina circuit is not a very difficult track to overtake."

When Qin Miao said these words now, his tone was full of confidence and arrogance, but it was such confidence and arrogance that in such a time period of time, Frankie's heart was full of hope when he heard Qin Miao's words.

"Got it, then I'm going to get to work, we need to install the new engine power system before Friday's practice session and complete the commissioning after installation."

"Thank you for your hard work, tell me if you have any problems as soon as possible." Qin Miao also responded to Frankie with a smile.

However, after Frankie left and Qin Miao got into the car back to the hotel, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by a tightly knit brow.

Although Qin Miao was not worried about whether he could get the top three after the main match of this game, this sudden accident still cast a shadow on Qin Miao's heart.

But in any case, these are all things that Qin Miao needs to face, and the top priority is to familiarize himself with the track to increase his familiarity with this track.

Whether there were any accidents during the race was beyond Qin Miao's control, but at least during the period before the start of the race, Qin Miao had the ability and time to improve his familiarity with this track.

On Thursday afternoon, after returning to the hotel, Qin Miao stayed directly in the room where the simulator was installed.

Even dinner was eaten on the simulator, and Qin Miao didn't forget to study the video of last year's Yas Marina Circuit when she was eating dinner.

After some hard work, before the start of Friday's practice session, Qin Miao increased the proficiency level of the system's Central Yas Pier track to 1300.

This kind of proficiency basically allows Qin Miao to have a very clear understanding of the details of the Yas Pier track, such as the height change, corner angle, asphalt characteristics, shoulder height, etc.

Strictly speaking, Qin Miao's familiarity with this track is no less than that of Hamilton, and the only thing Qin Miao lacks now is driving experience on this track.

On Friday, it was sunny in Abu Dhabi today, with warm and relaxed winds blowing into the field from the Persian Gulf to the north.

In the morning, Qin Miao, who was wearing a short-sleeved Meiben uniform, walked into the paddock with headphones.

When walking on the road, Qin Miao also had a smile on her face.

In fact, Qin Miao's mood at this time was not as relaxed as his face showed, and it could even be said that Qin Miao was a little anxious now.

The last time this emotion appeared with Qin Miao was in his first race in F2.

It can be seen that the position of the champion also made Qin Miao's heart involuntarily nervous.

However, due to Qin Miao's growth over the past year, he can easily ignore the media and the shots in the paddock, and since he got off the car in the parking lot, he has always maintained a smile that makes everyone feel like a spring breeze after seeing it.

After entering the paddock, Qin Miao first went to the team house for breakfast.

To be honest, Qin Miao is now a little accustomed to the food in Europe, and the people in the logistics department of the convoy have been secretly observing Qin Miao for a long time.

They just looked at the time of eating, Qin Miao ate more of those dishes and less of those dishes.

Eating more is what they like, and they will prepare more of the same type of dishes next time, and vice versa.

And in the last race of this season, the chefs of the team prepared for Qin Miao all the food that Qin Miao loved.

But Qin Miao, who was sitting at the dining table, looked at these foods that he liked to eat on weekdays, and after putting these foods in his mouth, he had a feeling of tasting the same as chewing wax, and he didn't have the heart to taste them carefully.

After not eating a few bites, padding his stomach a little and supplementing some protein, Qin Miao turned around and went to the F2 stationing point.

Because the first practice of F1 started in the afternoon, Qin Miao wanted to go to the paddock to watch the F2 mat race in the paddock during this time in the morning.

After Zhou Guanyu finishes running, listen to his feedback on this track.

This can more or less bring some reference to Qin Miao

However, Qin Miao did not deliberately disturb Zhou Guanyu's practice, but waited for the F2 practice session to start before going to the command platform of the UNI-VirtuosiRacin team.

The staff of UNI-VirtuosiRacin are also very familiar with Qin Miao.

And even if there is no relationship with Zhou Guanyu, just the speed and strength that Qin Miao showed in F1 in his first year, Qin Miao wants to be at the command platform of the UNI-VirtuosiRacin team and watch the practice sessions of their team drivers, and they will not refuse.

At this time, some people are about to say that although F2 and F1 are both formula cars, they are not the same type of race after all, and it stands to reason that the car data and driver feelings of these two races have no reference at all.

But this problem is not a problem at all in Qin Miao's place.

Originally, Qin Miao had driven both cars, and Qin Miao was also clear about the characteristics and differences between the two cars.

After Zhou Guanyu's driving feedback on this track to Qin Miao, Qin Miao can indeed put a certain feeling into his F1 car.

It's just that it may not work very well.

And now Qin Miao is also a little anxious, so he deliberately wants to find something to do for himself, and he doesn't want to be idle. (End of chapter)