Seeing Zhou Guanyu's resentful eyes, Qin Miao hurriedly adjusted his expression, reached out and patted Zhou Guanyu's shoulder very painfully and said, "I understand your pain, although I haven't encountered this situation, I feel ...... for what happened to you Burst...... Hahaha I'm sorry, I can't hold it back, the last super driver's license was deducted one point, I really couldn't help it. ”

"I wouldn't have told you about it if I had known." Zhou Guanyu is now regretting not being at the beginning, how did he make this bad friend in the first place?

After laughing for a while, Qin Miao also eased up, showed off all the Coke in his hand, stood up and said to Zhou Guanyu: "Let's go, go to the whole two CSGOs alone." ”

Zhou Guanyu was stunned after hearing Qin Miao's words, and looked at Qin Miao with a face full of disbelief.

Don't you see that I'm feeling bad right now? Is now the time to say something like that?

"Let's go!"

……

After the plane landed, Qin Miao happily took five hundred euros from Zhou Guanyu's pocket, and returned to Monaco with Qiu Meng with satisfaction.

And Zhou Guanyu scolded and took Qin Miao's plane back to the UK.

As for the five hundred euros.

When he lost a game to a hundred when he was heads-up, Qin Miao won five hundred.

As a result, there is no need for any controversy about who is the best player among race car drivers.

Comfortably staying at home for two days, there was no work in these two days, no media interviews that needed to rack their brains to prevent themselves from making mistakes, and no camera footage of fans, Qin Miao's whole person relaxed.

I also have time to do something shameless at home for Qiu Meng.

Of course, with Qin Miao's terrifying physical fitness, Qiu Meng has always been in a state of being a girl leaning against the wall.

However, this relaxed and happy time was short-lived, and on the third day, Qin Miao returned to the UK.

In the next few days, Qin Miao was still soaked in the team's factory as usual, helping to test various equipment.

It is worth mentioning that Elliott has taken a break from the development of the new site, because the budget has been exhausted, and of course the effect is there.

Although these parts were not produced due to budget problems, they at least provided another development line and a platform for the Mercedes team.

Although the results of this new set of baseplates and side boxes in CFD simulations are not so good, at least there is a lot of room for improvement in this platform.

And the speed of development is terrifying, and even Toto is a little surprised.

However, the Mercedes team is still not ready to implement the new chassis and side compartments.

With a major upgrade to the team on the horizon, the new rear diffuser will be able to improve the situation at the rear of the Mercedes that is prone to dolphin jumps due to excessive downforce.

Both Qin Miao and Hamilton are looking forward to this upgrade.

And the happiest one in this is Qin Miao, because most of the data and tests of this rear diffuser are completed by Qin Miao.

It can also be regarded as an upgrade that Qin Miao has personally done this season, so naturally he has high expectations.

However, the simulator still has a certain gap with the main competition after all, and no one knows if this part will really have such a good effect after it is installed.

But at least according to the simulator data, although the bounce of the car cannot be completely eradicated, the car has made great strides in terms of tail speed and end acceleration.

At the same time, the team has embarked on a new upgrade project, the main targets of which are the floor and side box air intakes.

The design of the side box air intakes is to further reduce the projection area of the car, thereby reducing the air resistance on the front of the car.

This season, Mercedes Racing has focused on upgrading the engine's high temperature resistance and operating stability, so the reduction of the air intake will not affect the car's performance and engine stability.

At the same time, the goal of the sidebox upgrade is to optimize the car's body, directing more airflow to the rear area of the car to create turbulence and slow down the speed of the car following the car.

The team was busy until Saturday, and tomorrow Qin Miao can have a day off.

Originally, Qin Miao was going to return to Monaco tomorrow, but Leclerc formed a game and wanted to invite Qin Miao over for dinner, and then meet some friends or something.

But when Qin Miao got off work and was about to leave, Elliot called Qin Miao.

"Qin Miao, are you still in the team factory?"

Although he didn't know why Elliott suddenly called him, Qin Miao still replied: "Yes, I'm still in the team factory, what's the matter, Mike?" ”

"If you're okay at night, come to Silverstone at eleven o'clock in the evening."

After finishing speaking, before Qin Miao could say anything, Elliott hung up the phone.

Looking at the phone that was hung up, Qin Miao felt a little inexplicable, why did she hang up my phone after saying a bunch of words that people couldn't understand? Why don't you tell me why?

However, Qin Miao was just a little confused, as for whether she really went?

The team must be in a hurry to find themselves, and Leclerc's side can return if necessary, so it's a big deal to find an opportunity to cook a meal for Leclerc to make amends.

After dinner in the cafeteria of the team factory, Qin Miao put on a mask and hat and drove to Silverstone Circuit.

At first, Qin Miao just thought that maybe the engineers within the team had organized a small internal party here, so he called himself over.

But when I think about it, I think it's unlikely, because it's too late, it's 11 o'clock, and who only started the party at 11 o'clock in the evening?

So Qin Miao came to the track with a lot of doubts in her heart.

Because Silverstone is not far from the Mercedes Racing team's factory, although unlike Aston Martin, the team's headquarters is just across the street from Silverstone, but Brackley is only about five kilometres away from Silverstone.

It's only a 10-minute drive at most.

After seeing Elliott on the track, before Qin Miao could express the doubts in his heart, the other party quietly led Qin Miao into the track through the back door.

Inside the track, Qin Miao still couldn't help but ask with curiosity, "Why did you call me over so late?" ”

Elliott smiled, "You'll find out later." ”

Soon, the two men who entered through the back door walked through a somewhat dark Matthew passage and then entered the interior of Silverstone.

After entering the team's P room, Qin Miao was a little stunned to see an AMG ONE.

"This is? Mine one? ”

Elliott smiled and said, "If you want, this car can indeed drive away, but this car is not here for the purpose of appearing here this time. ”

Qin Miao looked at each other and waited quietly for the following.

Elliott moved a little closer to Qin Miao, leaned into his ear and said, "You take a closer look at the rear of the car, in fact, the diffuser behind this car is the same diffuser that has been upgraded on our racing car, and this time I asked you to come here just to let you run the data of this diffuser to see if it is the same as we originally expected." ”

Qin Miao was stunned for a moment, then looked at Elliott in astonishment, and also lowered his voice: "This is not in accordance with the rules, right?" Will the FIA not punish us if it finds out? ”

Elliott smiled and waved his hand and said: "Not many people know about this, even if they do, it doesn't matter, after all, our AMG ONE is still in the development stage, you must know that this is a F1 racing car with a racing engine as the power source, so it is normal to use some of the same parts as the F1 car." ”

After hearing this, Qin Miao was reluctantly persuaded by Elliott, but he still said with some uncertainty: "This is the first time I have experienced this AMG ONE, and I have never experienced the previous feel of this car, so I can't give you feedback as soon as possible, so that you can know how good this car is." ”

Elliott waved his hand: "None of this matters, but what we want is simple, you can get the most out of this car yourself." ”

Qin Miao......

"And you're not familiar with this car, isn't it? It's your first time driving this car, and even if the FIA comes to check it out, you won't think we're going to get much information out of it.

This is the time you know you have the opportunity to test drive the AMG ONE in advance, so come over and get ready to experience how the AMG ONE feels like to drive. Elliott said.

Qin Miao still had some doubts: "Is it really okay?" ”

Elliott patted his chest and promised: "Even if it is really discovered, it will have no effect on you, and I will be fully responsible for what happened." ”

Qin Miao was still a little skeptical, until Qin Miao saw Toto in the P room of the team.

Now that Toto has appeared here, the Meiben team's secrecy of this matter should have been perfected, and Qin Miao also relaxed his heart a little.

After that, Qin Miao was naturally stuffed into the cockpit, and then Qin Miao was busy at the Silverstone Track until more than two o'clock in the morning the next day.

In two and a half hours, Qin Miao drove this AMG ONE for a total of almost 100 laps on the track.

And after running so many laps, Qin Miao is still happy about it.

Because this is Qin Miao's first experience of a supercar with an active aerodynamic kit.

And this kind of active aerodynamic kit gave Qin Miao a different feeling, especially when Qin Miao enabled the integration of people and vehicles.

It's as if you have another arm or an organ that helps you change the aerodynamics of the car when cornering, so that the car can provide more grip and easier cornering.

This kind of aerodynamic kit, which is very different from the F1 car he usually drives, makes Qin Miao have a strong sense of novelty the first time he gets started.

What Qin Miao didn't know was that when he was running happily on the track, Elliott and Toto looked at Qin Miao's car telemetry data and lap time and sighed, a generation of newcomers is better than the old.

This car has actually been driven by Mercedes test drivers before today, and the last two days at Silverstone have been covered by the Mercedes team, and it was De Vries who tested this car yesterday.

De Vries is a driver for the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team, as well as a test driver and reserve driver for the Mercedes F1 Team, and although he did not become an official F1 driver due to his position, his strength should not be underestimated.

Then with the same racing configuration, even Qin Miao's car was filled with racing oil.

Qin Miao's first lap on the track was only 0.3 seconds slower than De Vries.

And as Qin Miao gradually understood the limits of this car and the Silverstone track at night, Qin Miao's fastest lap was 1.5 seconds faster than De Vries's.

That's probably why De Vries couldn't make it to F1 despite his impressive performances in Formula E.

After the work was over, Qin Miao was still a little unsatisfied, and even wanted to get his car as soon as possible, and then go to the track to have a good run.

But at least the data collection has been completed and the results are satisfactory to the team.

According to the team's aerodynamics department, this upgrade will increase the speed of the car by at least 0.1 seconds per lap when it is fitted to the car.

It still seems like a small amount, but at least it's an improvement.

And before the start of the season, no one in the Mercedes team could have predicted that it would not be the engine or anything else that would hinder the performance of the car this season, but the downforce of the car.

After returning to Toto and the crowd of engineers dressed in the clothes of the Meben Company, Qin Miao found Toto and Elliott.

Looking at the two of them, Qin Miao said: "It is undeniable that this car is the best driving feeling among all the supercars I have ever driven, when will my car arrive, I can't wait now?" ”

Toto and Elliott both laughed when they heard Qin Miao say this.

With Qin Miao's affirmation, at least the performance of this car is in line with the expectations of professionals like Qin Miao.

However, Elliott still poured cold water on Qin Miao: "I'm afraid that the time for this car to reach your hands is not as fast as you imagined, because of some technical reasons and cost reasons, this car will have to be delivered until next year, and your car is still customized, it is estimated that it will take longer." ”

Qin Miao smashed her mouth with some pity: "In this 2022, I really can't stay for a day." ”

Toto's smile was still the same after hearing Qin Miao's words, but soon he seemed to think of something, the smile on his face gradually converged, and his expression became a little heavy.

Because Toto thought of some difficulties encountered by the Mercedes team in the current season from Qin Miao's words.

Will it be better next year?

This question involuntarily came to Toto's mind.

……

After all, it was busy until 2 o'clock in the morning at the Silverstone Track, and it was already 3 o'clock in the morning when Qin Miao came home and finished washing up and lay on the bed.

At this time period, it is basically impossible for Qin Miao to catch up with Leclerc's party tomorrow.

So Qin Miao sent a message to Leclerc to apologize.

Although Leclerc was a little sorry for Qin Miao's absence, he also expressed his understanding.

On Sunday, Qin Miao stayed at Brackley's house for a day of rest.

(End of chapter)