337: Pirelli tyre test
After leaving, Qin Miao went to Boss Zhou's side.
At this time, Boss Zhou had already booked a place in a local Chinese restaurant in Abu Dhabi, and after Qin Miao passed, he directly signed up and came to the box booked by Boss Zhou.
Of course, with Qin Miao's current influence abroad, although Qin Miao was wearing a mask, sunglasses and a hat, the person who led Qin Miao to see Boss Zhou still recognized Qin Miao.
"Are you, Qin Miao?"
"Huh?" Qin Miao was very surprised: "I'm like this, can you still recognize me?" ”
The other party smiled and scratched his head and said, "As long as I have time, I will watch every qualifying match and main match, so I am more familiar with your voice, and then I will recognize you......"
Qin Miao raised her eyebrows, old fans!
"Awesome!" Qin Miao thanked: "Thank you for liking me so much, but I also hope that you will keep it secret, don't reveal the fact that I am here, it will be very troublesome if I want to go back at that time." ”
The other party nodded frantically like a chicken pecking rice, and then said a little cowardly: "Can I take a photo with you?" ”
"Absolutely."
……
Seeing Boss Zhou again, the other party's appearance has not changed, and I don't even know what the reason is, the other party looks a lot more energetic than before.
"Qin Miao! Hahaha, you kid, that's awesome! Although Qin Miao was still wearing a mask and sunglasses at this time, Boss Zhou also recognized Qin Miao as soon as possible, and did not blame him for releasing his pigeons in the morning.
Qin Miao touched her nose embarrassedly and said, "Uncle Zhou is really embarrassed, I drank a little wine yesterday and overslept in the morning." ”
"It's okay, it's okay, world champion, the pressure during the competition is definitely not small, it's good to get a little more sleep and relieve mental fatigue."
After Qin Miao apologized, Boss Zhou had no intention of pursuing it, and this matter basically passed like this.
"Hey, it's just a world champion, it's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning, haha."
And Qin Miao and Boss Zhou have known each other for a long time, Qin Miao is still the one who owes the other party a favor, so when chatting with Boss Zhou, Qin Miao doesn't have much psychological pressure, and it is very casual to joke.
"If your words reach Verstappen's ears, what do you make him think?
And if you don't add a haha at the end of this sentence, I will think that your words are more modest, and now I only feel that you are showing off. Boss Zhou said with a smile.
"That's right, I'm just showing off.
And it's just the two of us here, and it's impossible to spread it out.
Ordered? ”
"I ordered, I didn't order much, three dishes and one soup, and I couldn't finish eating it and wasting it." Boss Zhou said.
Qin Miao doesn't care, this time it was originally a gathering of friends, and the important thing is the person opposite, not today's dish.
"Okay."
"Tell me, how does it feel to win the F1 World Championship?" After Qin Miao sat down, Boss Zhou poured Qin Miao a cup of tea and asked curiously.
Qin Miao took the teacup handed over by Boss Zhou with both hands, and took a sip before saying, "Actually, I can't give you a definite answer." ”
Boss Zhou was curious: "Oh? Why? ”
"I'm still in an overexcited state, the effects of adrenaline and dopamine haven't subsided, don't look at me now, I'm still quiet on the surface, in fact, I've been happy all day." Qin Miao said.
"So exaggerated?"
Qin Miao nodded: "Let's not talk about the situation in the arena."
Imagine that this year's year has been through wind and rain, hard training and exercise, going to bed early and getting up early every day, eating nutritious meals that don't taste good, and this kind of life will last for more than 300 days, and finally all the hard work and sweat and hard work have turned into a world champion, this sudden release of pressure and a huge sense of achievement.
I can't put into words how I felt when I stood on the podium yesterday. ”
"Do you have to wake up laughing when you dream?"
"It's more exaggerated than that."
After chatting for a while, the food was served.
It's hard to believe that in Abu Dhabi at the end of December, Qin Miao could see hairy crabs in a Chinese restaurant here.
Seeing that Qin Miao was a little stunned by the hairy crabs, Boss Zhou explained: "Although the size of the domestic airlift is not big, it is good to be able to eat this taste in a foreign country, and I am also content." ”
Qin Miao asked curiously: "How much is one?" ”
"It's not expensive, it's just more than $300 a piece."
The corners of Qin Miao's mouth twitched.
More than 2,000 hairy crabs of less than a pound......
Is this the life of a rich man?
Qin Miao can see that today's meal is indeed not much, but it is definitely not cheap.
Of course, with Qin Miao's current financial resources, there is no psychological pressure at all to eat such a meal.
The two chatted while eating, Qin Miao ran down the F1 race for a year, and at the same time, he also had a lot of gossip and gossip inside and outside the paddock, and Boss Zhou was a special fan of racing, so he naturally liked to inquire about these news, otherwise he would not have invested so much money for Qin Miao without asking for any return.
Although his company's advertising on Qin Miao's helmet has made his company have a lot of popularity in the domestic fan circle, his business is heavy industry, and the popularity of the audience and fans is really useless to Boss Zhou.
Back to the point, because Boss Zhou was particularly interested in all kinds of gossip in the paddock, Qin Miao had been chatting with Boss Zhou about gossip inside and outside the paddock during the meal.
It took more than an hour for the two to finish what they had in front of them.
To be honest, the taste is really good, and with Qin Miao's current accomplishments in cooking, Qin Miao can give an evaluation of 8 points.
After all, this is Abu Dhabi, where the rich gather, so in order to let these Middle Easterners eat authentic Chinese flavors, many dishes are directly flown in from China, and the seasonings are all from China.
Therefore, the ingredients of this meal missed the best time to eat a little, but the flaws were not concealed, just like Boss Zhou said, it was enough to be able to eat such a meal thousands of miles away from home.
After eating, Qin Miao actually has something to deal with here, there is a party here in the evening on the side of the Meiben team, which is considered an after-dinner show, and several shareholders of the Meiben team will attend, so Qin Miao needs to attend.
If it weren't for the fact that the system stunned Qin Miao, Qin Miao actually happened to show off the fried chicken at that dinner party at this time.
"By the way, this is for you." The meal was almost finished, Boss Zhou wiped his hands with a napkin, and then took out a box of plastic-wrapped keys from his bag and threw it to Qin Miao.
Qin Miao took it with some surprise and asked curiously, "What is it?" ”
After taking this set of keys, Qin Miao checked it in his hand, don't you say it's quite heavy.
"Didn't I say I'm going to have a surprise for you?" Boss Zhou said, pointing to the bunch of keys in front of Qin Miao and said, "This is the surprise." ”
Qin Miao was stunned for a moment, and then the corners of her mouth twitched: "This can't be the key to a house, right?" ”
Boss Zhou raised his eyebrows and asked very unexpectedly, "How do you know?" ”
"Not only do I know that this is the key to a house, but if I guess correctly, this should still be a house in Shanghai."
Boss Zhou was completely surprised this time: "Huh? ”
Qin Miao spread her hands: "I know so much." ”
Boss Zhou nodded helplessly: "I still want to surprise you, but I didn't expect you to already know."
That's right, this is a suite, for you. ”
"You're a house and a car, I'm starting to doubt your motives." Qin Miao complained, but he didn't refuse, and directly put the key into his pocket.
"Fuck off, I have a family." Boss Zhou scolded angrily.
"Also, you just took it? Not humble, thanks? ”
Qin Miao waved her hand calmly: "Which of us is with whom, there's no need to be polite with you, right?" ”
Boss Zhou smiled and nodded: "Yes." ”
However, Boss Zhou still asked with some curiosity: "I'm curious, how did you guess that I gave you a suite?" , but also know that this suite is a Shanghai house. ”
"The first is to look at the key, this kind of key is generally the key to the house, and the packaging of the key is also the packaging that will be used for the new door.
On the other hand, with your thoughtful personality, even if you give me a house, you will give me a set that I can use. ”
"From this point of view, considering my profession and the rhythm of my daily life, the house in Shanghai is more suitable."
Boss Zhou's eyes when he looked at Qin Miao were already full of surprise and surprise at this time: "Your kid's EQ is outrageously low, but this brain is really good, no wonder you can still maintain a clear mind in the extreme conditions and environment of F1, and fight wits with other drivers." ”
"Are you praising me or are you scolding me?" Qin Miao touched her nose.
How could he have guessed so carefully? It's just because I know that the system sent me such a thing, and I pushed it back.
"See how you understand it." Boss Zhou smiled: "Okay, I have already sent the address of the house to Qiu Meng, before you go back for the New Year, you ask Qiu Meng to go to Shanghai to go through the transfer procedures of the house." ”
"Also, Qiu Meng's name I wrote on the house." After Boss Zhou got up, he looked at Qin Miao and said.
Qin Miao nodded: "It seems that Qiu Meng's name is also written in my house in Monaco." ”
The corners of Boss Zhou's mouth cracked.
After that, the two stopped chatting, took their things and left the hotel.
After saying goodbye to Boss Zhou, Qin Miao returned to the hotel to change a set of clothes, and then handed over the key to Qiu Meng and hurriedly went to socialize.
The next day, Qin Miao still did not leave Abu Dhabi, and even returned to the paddock.
For the next two days, Qin Miao will need to test Pirelli tires for next season at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi.
At this time, Qin Miao still used the size of this season's tires, but the tread of the tire was replaced with the tread of next season's 18-inch tires.
Changing only the tread, not the tire size, will certainly run differently than the real driving environment of next season's car.
But all Pirelli needs now is a lot of data on the track, and it doesn't matter if it's right or not.
Because it was a tire test, there would only be team staff in the entire paddock during this time, except for some people from the team's publicity department.
So at this time, the paddock seems a little deserted.
However, because this was a test with no conflict of interest between the team and the team, the atmosphere in the paddock was a little more soothing at this time.
Everyone is no longer in a hurry like they were in a normal game.
The overall tempo has slowed down both inside and outside the paddock.
In any case, Pirelli only asked the team to cover a total of 600 kilometers in two days.
It is worth mentioning that Hamilton's 300km was completely run by Bottas, who did not come to the paddock during the tyre test.
After all, Bottas is going to Arrow next season, and Toto, as Bottas's agent, killed Bottas in advance without any notice, which made Toto a little unhappy.
Now that Bottas is leaving, Toto has given Bottas a chance to get acquainted with the car, so that when he goes to Arrow next season, he won't feel like he has been racing for too long.
And it is worth mentioning that after Bottas won the world championship in the 2021 season, Bottas's hostility towards Qin Miao has completely dissipated.
After all, Qin Miao won this season, and even if Bottas was sent down with such a result, later people would not think that Bottas's strength had declined, but that Toto had seen a stronger talent in Qin Miao than Bottas.
And the facts have also proved that Toto's opinion is correct, Qin Miao not only has the strength to replace Bottas's position, he can even defeat Hamilton in the field.
Another aspect worth mentioning is that the 300km test on Arrow's side was directly handed over to the two drivers next season, on the one hand, Zhou Guanyu only scraped together enough points to get a super driver's license, and he did not get enough F1 driving miles.
Therefore, letting Zhou Guanyu run the tyre test can allow him to scrape together the mileage required to drive F1 in the FIA to obtain a super driver's license, and it can also allow Zhou Guanyu to familiarize himself with Arrow's car in advance.
The other car was driven by Bottas.
That's right, Bottas ran a total of 600 kilometers of tests in these two days.
Arrow, for his part, is also worried that Bottas, who has not run a race in a season, will not be able to adapt to F1.
However, when Bottas went to Arrow on the first day after running 300km in May, Bottas's time was 0.2 seconds faster than Kimi and Giovinaz, who were in the race on average.
Although it is possible that there are new tyres, it may also be because Bottas is more aware of the characteristics of the Yas Marina circuit and is more comfortable driving the car.
However, in any case, Bottas's results at least reassured Arrow's top management and Arrow's leader Vassell, at least Bottas's immediate combat power still exists. (End of chapter)