340: FIA Year-End Awards Ceremony (6K, Plus 4/16)

This is actually a dinner party, but there will be awards and programs in the process of the dinner.

After Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu entered the hall of the venue, they saw a catwalk similar to a catwalk, with tables on both sides of the stage.

At a glance, there were about 30 tables, and many of them were already seated, but most of them were still chatting with their acquaintances or friends around the exhibition hall.

"What's the plan for the evening?" Zhou Guanyu asked before parting.

"I shouldn't have anything to do, at most I'll go with Toto and them after dinner, and then go straight back to Monaco." Qin Miao said after thinking about it.

"Well, forget it, I'd like to say that if you're going to England after dinner, you'll take me for a ride." Zhou Guanyu smashed his mouth with some pity, and then waved his hand at Qin Miao and said, "Let's go." ”

Qin Miao nodded.

Although the seats between F1 and F2 are not too far apart, there are still three or four tables between the two groups, and the two people who do not sit together naturally need to be separated.

Then Qin Miao came to the seat with Qin Miao's nameplate under the guidance of the on-site staff.

The order of seating at this dinner is different from that in China, and it is according to the position of the convoy.

So next to Qin Miao's seat were Toto and Hamilton.

After Qin Miao came over and sat down, he saw Toto and Toto's wife, the two of them were now chatting with others.

At the same time, Qin Miao was also beside Hamilton at the table, and saw Hamilton's physical trainer Angela.

At the same time, Qin Miao sat at the same table as Vettel and Stroll, as well as the Aston Martin team leader and McLaren's two drivers.

None of them came, though, and all that was on the table was their names and the team's logo.

The other team leaders and drivers who have a good relationship with the Mercedes team are not too far away from the Mercedes team.

After Qin Miao sat down, Hamilton looked at it for the first time.

Looking at Qin Miao, who had a long sigh of relief after sitting beside him, and his waist had bent a lot, Hamilton smiled and teased: "It seems that you are not very comfortable with such a scene. ”

Qin Miao shook her head: "Instead of dealing with such a scene, I would actually prefer to go to the arena to run an extra Grand Prix, or I would be willing if you asked me to run a 24-hour endurance race in IRaising." ”

Hearing Qin Miao's almost sincere and subconscious words, the smile on Hamilton's face stiffened for a moment, and he thought about the change in his attitude towards the sport of F1 since he entered F1.

Hamilton didn't continue to say anything to Qin Miao, but reached out and picked up the red wine glass in front of him and took a sip.

Qin Miao and Verstappen are both this kind of people, rather than being able to communicate with everyone in the crowd and participate in various activities to make money, they are more willing to exercise their bodies and go to the simulator to run a few more laps to hone their racing skills.

After a while, Toto, who went out to socialize, also came back, looking at Qin Miao, who was wearing a suit and leather shoes and a bow tie, Toto unexpectedly raised his eyebrows and said, "I didn't expect that I was quite handsome when I was wearing a suit." ”

Qin Miao looked down at her clothes, which Qiu Meng said were tailor-made, moved the bow tie around her neck a little and said, "Is it handsome?" I don't feel anything, I just want to take off this damn bow tie right now, and it's strangled all the way, but I'm afraid that when I take off my bow tie, my bow tie will be crooked. ”

"That's no way, although you are really handsome today and helped the team win the world championship, I will not help a man tie a bow tie." Toto was the first to take a stand.

"No, I didn't mean to ask you to tie my bow tie for me, I just complained." Qin Miao complained: "It seems that I still have to be uncomfortable for a while." ”

"Actually, you can go around now, just come back before the party starts, and see that you don't feel comfortable now, go talk to the drivers you know." Toto said.

Qin Miao thought about it for a while, and now she has nothing to do.

And the banquet abroad seems to be different from the domestic one, before the start, there were only plates and cutlery on the table in front of Qin Miao, and there was nothing to eat.

Obviously, it was not appropriate for Qin Miao to take out her mobile phone to play at this time, so Qin Miao was also a little bored for a while.

And no matter what, he was given a plane by Gulfstream, and this matter can't be known only to Zhou Guanyu, he has to "tell" other friends the good news.

"Maybe you're right." After saying a word, Qin Miao got up and looked left and right, and his good eyesight allowed him to immediately discover the location of the Ferrari driver and team leader.

At this time, Steiner, Vassell and Binotto were chatting together, and judging by the way the three of them laughed, it was clear that next season's Ferrari car should have a big upgrade.

Qin Miao's gaze swept over the three of them, and soon passed over them, and then looked at Leclerc.

Leclerc was sitting alone in his seat belonging to the Scuderia Ferrari series, looking down and playing with his phone.

Leclerc happened to have no one around at this time, so Qin Miao also walked over.

After sitting down next to Leclerc, the other party thought that the person next to him was Binotto, because Qin Miao was sitting in Binotto's position.

"Mattia, why did you come back so soon?" Leclerc, who didn't lift his head, asked.

Qin Miao was stunned for a moment, then looked at the nameplate in front of his seat before he realized that this was Binotto's position.

However, Qin Miao didn't have a skin, because this was not the main purpose of Qin Miao coming to Leclerc.

"It's me."

After hearing the familiar voice, Leclerc tilted his head, and after seeing that it was Qin Miao, he said, "Why didn't you just sit down without saying hello, I thought it was Binotto coming." ”

"Which of us is with whom." After Qin Miao was confused, he asked as if unintentionally, "By the way, what model is your plane?" ”

"You came here and asked this?" Although Leclerc was a little confused, he replied: "Bombardier Challenger 350, what's wrong?" Do you want to rub the plane again? ”

"Tsk." Qin Miao snorted dissatisfiedly: "In your eyes, will I just rub the plane?" ”

Leclerc glanced at Qin Miao, put away his phone, nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"." Qin Miao scolded: "Didn't you rub your plane by the way?" I won't rub it if I don't go by the way, and most people don't have a chance to rub it if they want me, so you can be content. ”

Leclerc clasped his hands on his chest and looked at Qin Miao with an expression of "I'll see you quibble".

Qin Miao waved her hand: "Forget it, I won't tell you this, let's go back to Monaco together after the banquet?" ”

Leclerc had a look that did.

Sure enough, they came to me to rub the plane.

However, Leclerc did not agree to Qin Miao, but shook his head and said: "It may not be convenient, I still have things to deal with here in Paris, and it will take a while to return to Monaco." ”

Qin Miao was speechless, why didn't this guy follow the routine? Shouldn't you say yes?

Then Leclerc said that after he said yes, he could say as if unintentionally, this time I won't rub your use of my plane.

You're not following the routine at all!

But since you Leclerc don't plan to follow the routine, then I won't pretend: "How do you know that Gulfstream gave me a Gulfstream G650?" ”

Leclerc: ......

???

"Huh?"

The movements and expressions are the same as those of Zhou Guanyu, and the doubts on his face are all three points similar.

At this time, Leclerc fully expressed his inner shock, doubts and incomprehension.

Qin Miao now regrets that she is not the deformed species on the face of the camera in those short videos, if she is a camera person, she can record the picture in front of her eyes.

However, unlike Zhou Guanyu's questioning, after being surprised for a while, Leclerc nodded and said: "If it is Gulfstream, it is indeed possible to send you a plane directly, after all, you are now very prestigious in Europe and Asia, especially your motherland, I see that many people on Twitter say that you are basically similar to a national hero in your country, it can be said that everyone knows it, and everyone knows it." ”

Qin Miao touched her nose and said modestly: "I'm generally popular in China, and your ranking in your country is not small, basically there are no Monegasques who don't know you." ”

But in reality, China is a place where there is only a winner-or-loser.

As long as you are successful abroad, your popularity and popularity in China will grow exponentially.

If it is said that after Qin Miao entered F2, only a very small number of people who pay attention to F2 in China know Qin Miao, after Qin Miao's first victory in F2, this number began to grow explosively.

However, as Qin Miao wins more and more times in F2, the growth rate of the audience who knows Qin Miao is gradually slowing down.

After all, there are only a few people who pay attention to F2 and racing, so when the F2 race reaches the later stage, the number of new fans of Qin Miao will be very limited.

When Qin Miao finally won the F2 World Championship, about one in 1,000 people in China had heard Qin Miao's name

But with Qin Miao entering F1 and winning the first F1 championship of his career in F1, Qin Miao's fans really began to grow explosively.

After Qin Miao's first F1 race, it's hard to say how many fans Qin Miao had, but F1's ratings in the Asia-Pacific region increased by 70%.

After Qin Miao won the first sub-race championship of her career, the ratings of F1 soared by 40%, which is still after a whole season of racing, and the ratings have reached saturation under the premise of growth.

This rate of growth is truly terrifying.

Now that Qin Miao has won the world championship in F1, Qin Miao alone occupied a ten-minute special report directly on the news network that night.

You must know that this is a news broadcast, Qin Miao is alone, ten minutes.

This gold content is basically about half of the Chinese have heard of Qin Miao's name.

Therefore, Qin Miao's words were completely overly modest in front of Leclerc.

Leclerc rolled his eyes: "How many people are there in Monaco?" How many people are there in your country? And do you think I'll believe what you say about it? ”

Qin Miao simply stopped acting: "That's right, I'm here to show off to you, you just said that Gulfstream sent me a plane, do you envy it?" ”

"Tsk." Leclerc looked at Qin Miao with disgust: "I think it's a bit of an eyesore for you to appear here." ”

Qin Miao smiled contentedly: "Okay, the important things have been said, and I should also go." ”

After finishing speaking, Qin Miao got up and prepared to leave, while Leclerc shook his head helplessly.

What kind of bad friend is this, I came here just to pretend to be a force, and the most annoying thing is that I really let him pretend to be it.

Admittedly, Leclerc is indeed a little envious, why didn't anyone send me a plane?

Although the maintenance cost of the aircraft is not low, Leclerc is not unaffordable, he just can't afford it.

However, when Qin Miao finished chatting with Leclerc and was about to return to his position, Binotto also finished chatting with the other two team leaders.

After seeing Qin Miao, Binotto was a little surprised for a while, and then came to Qin Miao with a smile: "Qin Miao, I didn't have time to congratulate you when I was in the paddock, but I don't think it's too late to say to you now, congratulations on becoming a world champion." ”

Looking up and shaking hands with Binotto, Qin Miao thanked him, "Thank you very much, Mattia." ”

"Actually, when I was in F2, I guessed that you would have such a day." Binotto was a little sad at this point: "It's just that I wanted you to get it all in a Ferrari car. ”

Qin Miao was also a little embarrassed at this time, but over the past year, Qin Miao has more or less learned some sophistication.

So Qin Miao quickly reached out and patted Binotto's shoulder and said, "Relax, Sainz is also very good, isn't it?" Sainz has also won against Leclerc many times this season, at least that shows that Sainz still has quality, all he needs is a faster car. ”

"Hey, you comfort people and say, what are you bringing me in?" After hearing Qin Miao and Binotto's words, Leclerc on the side shouted dissatisfiedly.

Leclerc's words dispelled the somewhat dull atmosphere between Qin Miao and Binotto, and Qin Miao and Binotto looked at each other and smiled.

Then the two of them let go of their hands, and Binotto said: "Come on next season, I hope Mercedes can adapt to the 2022 ground effect car." ”

"I also hope that you will be fast enough next season, I have fought with Red Bull enough, and I want to change my taste."

"It's true that Verstappen isn't a good opponent to grapple, no matter who he is." As he said this, Binotto smiled.

Qin Miao also smiled together with the same feeling.

"Okay, the party is about to start, I'll go first."

"Goodbye~"

……

After pretending to be in front of Leclerc and catching up with Binotto, Qin Miao returned to his position.

At this time, the riders who had just gone out to chat also returned.

After Qin Miao sat down, she didn't forget to say hello to them.

They are all colleagues, and naturally there is no trouble in not finding a common topic at this time, and everyone chats together during the period before the award ceremony begins.

Soon, under the notice of the staff, the award ceremony was about to start, the lights on the scene gradually dimmed, and the sound of everyone's chatter gradually became smaller, and finally slowly stopped, and finally the entire award scene was quiet.

When the lights were dimmed, the screen at the back of the stage began to play a promotional video prepared by the FIA.

Footage of all the races in the FIA family, as well as footage of drivers winning the championship after a certain event, and even footage of some races in the early days of the FIA.

Although Qin Miao is already a world champion in F1, Qin Miao is still a novice in the racing industry.

So when she watched these, Qin Miao still watched it with relish.

Soon, the video is nearing its end,

As soon as the lights came on, a child drove a car into the venue.

The kid drove his car all the way to the very center of the ceremony.

Later, in the midst of the music, FIA President Jean Todd appeared and personally tied the boy's helmet.

Then, under the opening remarks of the hostess, the FIA's awards ceremony officially began.

At this time, Qin Miao noticed that there was also food on the table in front of him.

When he just came back, Qin Miao patronized and chatted, and he didn't pay attention at all.

It's just that the amount of food in front of Qin Miao is not much, a small piece of steak the size of a palm, a glass of red wine, and some caviar salmon and the like.

However, Qin Miao didn't have any taboos about food, and after taking the wine glass a little farther away, Qin Miao began to eat the beef in front of him with a knife and fork, and then began to eat salmon again.

Anyway, the process of this award ceremony is basically the same as the previous award ceremony, and basically no awards will be awarded in the early stage, so Qin Miao didn't listen carefully, but mainly ate food.

It's just that while eating, Qin Miao suddenly felt Hamilton next to him push himself with his arm.

Qin Miao was stunned for a moment, chewing the salmon in her mouth while looking towards Hamilton.

I saw Hamilton gesture in the direction of the big screen at the scene.

Qin Miao turned her head to look and saw a close-up of herself eating on the big screen at the scene at this time.

Qin Miao was embarrassed for a moment, then quickly adjusted her state, raised her thumbs to the camera, and then pointed to the things on her plate.

It's pretty much the same: this thing is delicious.

……

[Hahahaha, everyone is here to attend the award ceremony, and Qin Miao is alone in the audience, and he was arrested]

[You don't usually eat at this kind of banquet, right? And the riders seem to have strict requirements for food.]

[That's someone else, when I heard about F2, all the parties Qin Miao attended were eating, fried chicken and cola ate everything, and the highlight was that it was not taboo]

[Not afraid of being fat? 】

[I don't know, but so far the Meiben team has not said that Qin Miao has delayed training or affected the speed of the car because of weight problems]

[Look at this child's hunger]

[Poor Sanshui, go back to China early, come to my house and definitely let you eat]

[Upstairs, your abacus beads collapsed on my face]

……

Because of Qin Miao's relationship, many domestic video platforms also recognized the influence of F1 after Qin Miao, so they started negotiations with the FIA early.

Naturally, FIA also hopes to open the Chinese market like the NBA, but the entry threshold for racing is still a bit too high, so FIA has not made much progress in the Chinese market.

And the appearance of Qin Miao gave FIA a chance, so in the face of the quotations of these domestic platforms, FIA was basically not ready to collect money on the broadcast rights of F1, and opened the Chinese market first.

Therefore, at this time, many domestic platforms can watch F1 races, and naturally you can also see the FIA award ceremony.

In short, the scene camera waited for Qin Miao to let him go after he finished the thumbs-up action, and gave it back to the host.

After that, Qin Miao didn't dare to get distracted.

was photographed eating offstage for the first time when other drivers went on stage to receive the award, and it can also be explained that Qin Miao forgot to eat dinner, he was really a little hungry, and he ate something to pad his stomach.

But if you're still eating after you've been caught once, you can't say anything.

At first, it was not the award that was presented, but the young riders who were responsible for presenting and delivering the trophies today were called to the stage.

These kids are indeed drivers, and they are here today to deliver trophies to other FIA champions.

There should be a sense of inheritance in it.

If you give them an award today, someone else will give you an award in the future.

This is also an encouragement to them.

After that, the official award ceremony will begin.

The first to come out on the field were the drivers who ran the rally.

More than 20 drivers in 15 rally classes took to the stage with their trophies.

In fact, after this link, Qin Miao had already entered a state of looking at the stage with his hands on his chest, but his eyes were already distracted.

Because of this, Qin Miao directly missed most of the awards in the low-level formula.

It wasn't until F2 that Qin Miao came back to his senses.

Because of this link, Zhou Guanyu and Zhou Guanyu's UNI-Virtuosi Racin team leader took the stage to accept the award together.

After that, the host even conducted a brief interview with Zhou Guanyu, asking Zhou Guanyu what his vision is for himself to enter F1 next season.

And Zhou Guanyu's answer is also relatively formulaic and very simple.

Qin Miao, who was sitting in the audience, even felt that this was the script that Zhou Guanyu asked him to memorize before he came to power, and Zhou Guanyu just read it out directly after he came on stage.

After all, this award ceremony actually has a time limit, and each link has a specified duration.

Soon, Zhou Guanyu's award acceptance session ended.

Then Qin Miao was called away by the staff of the FIA.

Qin Miao actually has a task.

As an Formula 1 World Champion, he is required to award the World Champion at the lowest level of karting.

It's also a legacy that one of the most awesome Formula Racing World Champions awards the world champion of the lowest level of karting events.

So Qin Miao followed the staff of FIA to the backstage.

Fortunately, there was a unicycle performance after the F2 award ceremony, and Qin Miao had plenty of time.

After Qin Miao came to the backstage, the staff of FIA immediately explained the next process to Qin Miao.

After listening, Qin Miao nodded and said that he had memorized it, and the next step was the award ceremony. (End of chapter)