Although, F1 drivers are weak in snow.

But basketball is also a sport that is easy to get injured, if you Qin Miao are normal, follow the ideas of ordinary people to conduct this exhibition game.

Dribble the ball for a while, look away from the defense, and then find an open space to shoot, then these people won't say anything.

But why did you just deduct it?

What should I do if I sprain my foot when I land? Can't run the race?

So after Qin Miao landed lightly and comfortably, Barber rushed in front of Qin Miao and grabbed Qin Miao's wrist: "Brother, don't you have any points in your heart?" What if you come down from the wrong position after the dunk and get injured? ”

Qin Miao was stunned, although his physical fitness cannot be said to be the first in the world, he is also one of the top people, and he is not so easy to get injured.

But looking at Barber's frightened face, and the staff of the Miami Grand Prix organizers who were hurrying towards him.

Qin Miao could only shrug her shoulders regretfully.

"Okay, then I'll finish this exhibition match normally."

The content of the subsequent activity was relatively simple, Qin Miao and Butler fought a bullfight for about 10 minutes, and finally the two sides drew 11-11.

I believe that the other party has not read the book "Emotional Intelligence" less.

Of course, it is not excluded that it is a deliberate request of the organizers.

In addition, Qin Miao also participated in the famous American V8 in the United States, the straight-line acceleration race of environmental protection QTM.

But after all, it was a marketing campaign, so it was impossible for Qin Miao to drive other brands of cars, so when he went to the track, he drove a modified old Tiger Head Ben.

What is surprising is that Qin Miao's speed is actually very good.

In the midst of one event after another, the time came for Thursday night.

Tonight, Qin Miao changed into a T-shirt for the team and came to the paddock with Hamilton and Toto.

There is a special concert in the paddock in the evening.

It's similar to a large-scale jumping scene, and the people who can come to the scene are all audiences who have bought a set of tickets.

All the drivers will be present and there will be brief interviews.

However, all Qin Miao needed to do was to go up and show their faces, and after this incident, most of the pre-game marketing activities would end here.

While preparing, Qin Miao and Hamilton got together again and chatted.

"Did you have a good weekend?"

"Actually, it's just a normal routine, what about you?"

"I pushed off most of my marketing efforts this week and spent my time on simulators."

Qin Miao was surprised: "Are you looking for training or what?" ”

"yes, I tried to make the fastest lap on the simulator the way I normally drive, and then I ran another lap the way you said."

Qin Miao asked curiously, "How is the effect?" ”

Hamilton scratched his head: "To be honest, maybe it's because of the simulator, after I found the brake point again, the speed is not as fast as I am used to." ”

Qin Miao's brows furrowed when she heard this: "Are you practicing this week's track?" Impossible, right? What is your fastest lap time on the simulator? ”

Hamilton didn't hesitate and said, "1:28.1." ”

Qin Miao frowned.

"Any questions?"

Qin Miao nodded and said, "Your lap speed is faster than the fastest lap I ran on the simulator, and it's a lot faster." ”

Hamilton didn't look surprised when he heard this, but said, "Actually, I ran that stat with the simulator about a second faster than my normal lap time."

At least that's how these tracks are for this year. ”

Hearing this, Qin Miao suddenly looked up at Hamilton.

And Hamilton also saw Qin Miao's stunned eyes and was stunned for a while, and then asked uncertainly, "Could it be that your lap speed has always been faster than the speed of the simulator?" ”

Qin Miao nodded solemnly: "My lap time is about 0.5 seconds faster than the simulator on average, I always thought that there was something in the simulator that was not imitated in place, so I didn't care."

And I didn't have your data before, I didn't have a clear reference.

But now that I hear you say that, I feel ......

"Having a problem with the team's simulator?" Hamilton said, repeating the sentence again, only this time the question sentence became an affirmative sentence: "There is a problem with the team's simulator!" ”

"We'll have to report this to the team." Qin Miao said.

Hamilton nodded as well, but quickly added, "Even if we find a problem, we want to adjust the ......."

Speaking of this, Hamilton didn't continue, Qin Miao also knew what he was talking about, the modification of the team's simulator data was not a small project.

Although the inside of Meiben's emulator is not the Shishan code, the things inside the emulator are not so easy to modify.

Presumably, even if the problem is really found and the correction is started, it will take at least two months for the team to see the initial results.

This means that it is unlikely that the Mercedes team will have any upgrades in the car in recent times.

And, if this is true, then the current W13 design idea has gone crooked from the beginning, and the subsequent upgrades will be the same.

Even if the team's last few upgrades are blind cats hitting dead mice, they do have an effect, with fewer dolphin jumps and more lap times.

But on the premise that the foundation is wrong, no matter how much you build a house, it is wrong.

So after the two of them looked at each other, they both began to worry that the upgrade brought by the team this week would have no effect, or even be counterproductive.

Hamilton smiled bitterly, "I don't know why, but I now have some expectations that the two of us are wrong. ”

Qin Miao also smiled bitterly.

But even if the two of them chatted and found out that something was wrong, given the position and situation of the two of them now, they couldn't talk about it.

Then it was naturally a link that Qin Miao and Hamilton were very familiar with.

Formula 1 drivers in this era may be good at driving cars, but it is absolutely impossible to be able to mobilize the emotions of the crowd in front of fans and fans.

However, when the phase was over, Qin Miao and Hamilton did not even attend the reception prepared by the organizer, they could return to the team P room together after leaving, and called the senior management of the team who was still in the paddock to have a meeting.

At the meeting, Qin Miao told the problems he and Hamilton found when chatting and the suspicion that the simulator had bugs.

Although the team's top brass were a little surprised that the atmosphere between Hamilton and Qin Miao had suddenly eased, they quickly turned their attention to the realities they needed to face.

Toto even called the head of the simulator department, who was still resting at the team headquarters, and began to discuss the matter.

In fact, the reason why this problem was discovered at this time is mainly because since entering the era of ground effects, there has been no information sharing between the two drivers of the Mercedes team.

Because of this, Qin Miao and Hamilton didn't know what the data that the other party ran out of the simulator was.

Now as soon as the information cocoon between the two is broken, many problems that were not easy to find before will immediately surface.

The meeting lasted for two hours, and at the end of the day, in the midst of the somewhat heavy voice of the head of the team's simulator department, everyone at Mercedes got a terrible piece of good news.

That is, there is indeed an error in the parameters on the team's simulator.

In particular, on the simulation data of fluid mechanics.

This error in the position simulator data was almost catastrophic for a fleet that was in the era of ground effects, a very important point in the aerodynamic layout.

If you don't know, the aerodynamic design of the whole car has to be torn down and reinvented.

Not to mention that after Alisson learned the news, he was originally full of confidence in the concept of zero side box, and he immediately became unconfident.

The reason why this is called good news is that the convoy detonated a deeply buried bomb ahead of schedule.

At least after the bomb exploded prematurely, the team would have more time to repair the damage and gaps caused by the bomb's explosion.

In short, because of the icebreaking of the relationship between Qin Miao and Hamilton, the Meiben team literally began to become chickens and dogs.

The heads of many important departments, as well as technicians, engineers, and designers were forcibly pulled up to work overtime.

The development of the front wing and front suspension, which had already been launched, was also urgently halted, and the team could not afford to waste more budget on these parts that were already crooked.

After that, there was nothing to do with Qin Miao and Hamilton, and now the first thing the team has to do is to troubleshoot the problem with the simulator, find this problem and fix it.

This has touched on the blind spot of the knowledge of both drivers.

……

The wind softened a lot on a hot Miami night.

On the way back to the parking lot to pick up the car after work, Qin Miao and Hamilton, two Mercedes drivers, walked together side by side in a rare way.

"It seems that it is difficult to make any significant upgrades to the fleet in recent times." Hamilton said in a tone that didn't know if he was happy or lost.

Qin Miao nodded: "At least within half a season, there won't be any major upgrades to the car, and it may even be like this this season." ”

"Is the team going to just flip the design concept of this car and start over?" Hamilton was a little surprised when he heard Qin Miao say that the car had been like this all season.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." At this time, Qin Miao's face was a kind of egg pain, mixed with a happy expression.

I don't need to go into too much detail about what the egg pain is, but the pleasure is that I and Hamilton have solved the hidden dangers within the team together.

"I don't know, if the team doesn't get promoted this season, we will end up in the rankings." Hamilton was a little melancholy.

Qin Miao smiled and said with relief: "Think about the benefits, at least at the end of this season, we don't have to pay so much super driver's license registration fee to the FIA." ”

After Hamilton heard Qin Miao's words, he shook his head with a smile.

"As long as I can give me another World Championship title, I'd rather pay them a little more." Hamilton joked.

Day 2, Friday, the day when the first and second exercises begin.

Although Mei Ben was a little noisy inside and at the team factory because of Qin Miao and Hamilton's discovery yesterday, when Qin Miao and Hamilton came to the team, most of the team staff were busy at their jobs as usual.

It's as if yesterday's emergency meeting had never been held.

Qin Miao didn't have that much curiosity, so she went to the team staff to ask if they knew what happened last night.

So he also looks like he does what he does every race weekend.

And while the team was having breakfast, Hamilton came over.

After saying hello to the other party, Qin Miao was about to continue to bow his head and cook, but Hamilton sat down directly in front of Qin Miao.

Today's Hamilton is dressed up as he usually does, and although the colors are not particularly bright, he looks particularly eye-catching in a denim suit with bell bottoms.

Although Qin Miao didn't know the price of Hamilton's outfit, he had been in the foreign circle for so long, and Qin Miao also knew that Hamilton's outfit would not be cheap.

But these are all off-topic, Hamilton sat down and said directly to Qin Miao: "The results of yesterday's meeting are out. ”

Qin Miao nodded, he really hadn't inquired about this issue, and now that Hamilton brought it up, Qin Miao was also a little curious about the outcome of the meeting.

Hamilton said: "The team didn't make the first move, they were doing an internal assessment. ”

At this point, the team's team chef also brought Hamilton's breakfast to Hamilton.

He thanked him and waited for the other party to go away before Hamilton continued: "The team doesn't want to waste the resources of developing the current W13, and some people still have some hope for this car. ”

"What do you mean?"

"The team wants to assess the potential of the current W13 and if there is still potential for upgrades, the team wants to continue down this path.

The big deal is to modify some parts of the car that have gone wrong in terms of design concept.

After all, you know, if you change the way you think about racing car development at this time......"

Qin Miao nodded, he had talked to Hamilton about this matter last night.

"And what do you think about it?" Qin Miao asked casually after taking a bite of beef.

Hamilton also started breakfast: "I don't know. ”

But after finishing speaking, Hamilton looked up and saw Qin Miao's expression of disbelief.

"Well, I do want the team to do it all over again, it's a bit of a pain for me to drive." Hamilton had no choice but to spread his hands.

Qin Miao also nodded and agreed: "Actually, my thoughts are the same as yours, although the current speed of this car is good, but compared with last season's car, the degree of trouble in driving has increased by more than one notch." ”

"You mean where do you set the brake weights at the braking points in the corners?"

"yes, later, if you have time, you can take a look at the preset knobs on my steering wheel, the carbon fiber on them is a little smoother than the others." Qin Miao complained.

You must know that the carbon fiber material is very hard, and the degree of wear resistance is also very high, and a knob that can be used by Qin Miao is smoother than other places, which can only mean that Qin Miao often uses this button.

It's even more frequent than anywhere else.

Generally speaking, the only carbon fiber component that will show this in the car is the paddle shifters.

After breakfast, Qin Miao left first, and after returning to the convoy home, Toto held a remote video conference in his office.

As a result, the morning meeting was no longer held by the team's technical director, who was headed by Hamilton's track engineer, Pete Bonnington.

Of course, in the impression of many fans, he has a more well-known name: Bono.

At the same time, Frankie, the track engineer of Qin Miao on the side, made a supplementary explanation for the meeting.

Although the main person in charge and senior leaders were not present, the process of this post-game meeting was also orderly.

The process was very similar, and after assigning all the tasks, Qin Miao and Hamilton returned to their respective lounges, and waited in the lounge for half an hour before the start of the practice.

When the time was up, Qin Miao changed into his racing suit, and then Qin Miao took Bob to the P room of the team.

Although the new upgrade is likely to have negative effects, after Qin Miao arrived at the team, the new bottom plate and side box air intakes were still installed on the car.

After all, it's also possible that these two parts will work as well as the rear diffuser from last race weekend.

Of course, the specific effect of these upgrades will have to be found on the track.

After all, it is now clear that there is a problem with the simulator data of the car.

After completing the pre-race preparations and putting on the helmet, Qin Miao stuffed herself into the car.

Time flickered, and it was time for the practice match to begin.

In the first training stage, Qin Miao didn't sprint with all her strength, and spent more time looking for the data that the team needed to formulate the main race strategy.

Because of the time period of the competition, the three practice matches are only the second half of the second practice, and the time conditions of the track are the same as those of the qualifying race and the main race, so Qin Miao is ready to start looking for his most comfortable training at that time.

There's not much to say about the practice stage, and the rankings at this stage don't have any reference significance, after all, everyone is collecting data.

The only thing that surprised Qin Miao was that during the game, there were few empty seats in the audience seats.

You know, if the Grand Prix is held in Europe on Friday, there will be spectators, but there won't be too many.

Basically, if you can do half of it, it's a Grand Prix with a lot of people.

Should it be said that it deserves to be the great United States?

There was nothing to say about the two practice sessions on the first day, and with Qin Miao's adaptability to the car, he quickly found the most comfortable car setting for him to use.

However, what made Hamilton feel a little painful was that the car had been upgraded and there was indeed a significant improvement in the rear speed of the straights.

The acceleration has also met the team's expectations, and now in the third DRS zone at Miami Speedway, the W13 can reach a top speed of 329 km/h in qualifying mode.

But the effect of the base plate is a little too good.

The car was in a state of heavy oil, and the jumps at the end of the straight were particularly pleasant.

It's even more cheerful than ever.

So much so that Qin Miao, who had completed all the test tasks in the first practice stage when there was still 10 minutes left in the first practice, was called back to the maintenance area, and then when the second practice began, Qin Miao's bottom plate was replaced with the original base plate.

After replacing the old baseboard, Qin Miao's dolphin jump in heavy oil mode was indeed not as cheerful as the new baseboard.

But Qin Miao's lap time was not faster than the new baseplate, and even slower.

So in the end, after the second practice, the team reinstalled Qin Miao's racing parts on the new baseplate.

Anyway, Qin Miao is young and can withstand the ravages of racing.

It's just that when the question was put into Hamilton's hands, Hamilton hesitated.

The dolphin jump of the car did cause him a lot of trouble, but as a professional driver, Hamilton didn't allow his speed to slow down when it came to speed and his own physical safety.

So in the end, Hamilton still didn't choose to replace the old baseplate, and continued to choose to use the new baseplate.

It is worth mentioning that Hamilton tried the method of setting the brake center of gravity towards the rear wheels that Qin Miao told him last week during the practice session.

Indeed, the problem of oversteer has been greatly alleviated after using this method, and the overall speed of the car has also been improved.

However, Hamilton found that there was a certain disadvantage to this method of operation, that is, the car would have some difficulty in attacking and defending in the main race stage, and there was no way to gain an advantage in entering the corners.

Thinking of this, Hamilton suddenly remembered that this season, Qin Miao's overtaking is no longer like last season, starting to attack in the corner, Qin Miao's overtaking still relies more on his accuracy in entering the corner, in the early corner, biting the wake of the car in front of him, and then relying on himself to get close enough to the car in front and use DRS to use speed in the DRS area to overtake the car in front.

At the beginning, Hamilton thought that it was because Qin Miao's personal ability had declined, but now in retrospect, Hamilton realized that he was very wrong.

All in all, the upgrade of these two parts of the Mercedes car did have a positive effect, at least for Qin Miao, although the average lap time could not be said to be able to chase the Red Bull and Ferrari in front, but it also opened up the time gap between himself and McLaren.

Soon, the three practice sessions ended in methodical training.

The weather in Miami has been nice in recent days, and this Saturday is no exception.

After completing the three exercises, Qin Miao, who was waiting for the start of the competition, was taking a bath in the closed area where the tires were placed inside the team.

It's just that unlike ordinary people's baths, Qin Miao's bathing bucket is full of ice cubes.

This was used to cool Qin Miao's body before the game began.

Today the air temperature is 33°C and the track temperature is 52°C.

For drivers who need to drive at high intensity for long periods of time in the car, this temperature is definitely a serious test.

The driver's skin temperature can reach at least 40°C.

Coupled with the better-than-nothing ventilation system inside the car's monocoque, the driver feels like a sauna during the race.

Therefore, in order to allow Qin Miao to have better physical fitness and clear mind during the competition, the team let Qin Miao take an ice bath before the game started. (End of chapter)