380: Bad friends
In the final stage of this game, in addition to Qin Miao, the most surprising thing was Albon.
Driving a Williams, Albon was able to get points.
It seems that after entering the era of ground efficiency, the speed gap between teams and teams has decreased significantly.
The FIA's changes to the rules do have an effect.
In the overall drivers' standings, Qin Miao's position was topped by Verstappen and fell to third.
However, Qin Miao also knew that it was a matter of time, so after seeing his ranking decline, his performance was quite calm.
At present, there is constant turmoil in the team, and Qin Miao has no way to determine whether there is still a possibility of salvage for this season's car.
But Qin Miao knew that this season it was estimated that he would not reach the top podium, and could only go in and out of the podium.
So now Qin Miao is watching the championship competition between Leclerc and Verstappen with a lively mentality.
This feeling is still quite wonderful, it is a new version of the ship that Qin Miao has not experienced.
In terms of the overall constructors' standings, because of Albon's performance, after the fifth race of the season began, all the teams had their own points in their accounts, more or less.
After the Miami Grand Prix, two weeks later it will be the Spanish Grand Prix, home of Alonso and Sainz.
Therefore, Qin Miao and the team's time is not rushed, but Qin Miao did not take on as many social jobs as Hamilton after the race.
After Qin Miao's game ended, she used this rare spare time to take Qiu Meng to play in Miami for two days.
It can be seen that Qin Miao is at least a person who does what he says, said it during the interview, and did it the next day.
However, Qin Miao was fully armed throughout the whole process, after all, the Miami Grand Prix had just ended, and Qin Miao was the most popular driver in the Miami Grand Prix as voted by the audience, so Qin Miao at this time had not been desensitized in the minds of the local people, so if Qin Miao walked on the road so swaggeringly, it would be easy to be recognized.
The Americans are not as restrained as those European masters, and it is estimated that after recognizing Qin Miao, the streets will soon be blocked.
Although it was a little uncomfortable and troublesome to wear camouflage on her face all the year round, Qin Miao had a lot of fun in the past two days.
On the morning of the third day, Qin Miao called Zhou Guanyu:
"Crooked?"
"Huh?"
"Where?"
"Miami."
"Back?"
"Now?"
"Evening."
"Address."
"I'll send it to you."
"Hung up."
Qin Miao put away her phone.
Qiu Meng, who was reading a book on the side, withdrew her attention from the book after hearing Qin Miao hang up the phone, looked at Qin Miao and asked curiously, "Zhou Guanyu?" When did the two of you make a phone call turn into an encrypted call? β
Qin Miao thought for a while: "Actually, I want to talk well, but Zhou Guanyu's kid didn't want to say a word when he answered me, so I didn't bother to talk nonsense with him." β
After Qiu Meng heard Qin Miao's words, she shook her head helplessly: "Man, it's so naΓ―ve, this has to be compared." β
Saying that, Qin Miao also sent the address of her hotel to Zhou Guanyu, and she was already thinking about how she should laugh at him when Zhou Guanyu came later.
That's right, although Zhou Guanyu encountered a traffic jam in the qualifying race last week, and it looked miserable when he encountered a mechanical failure in the main race, Qin Miao was still ready to wait for Zhou Guanyu to come and take his pain points out to make herself happy.
After all, that's what a friend is, isn't it?
In the afternoon, Zhou Guanyu called Qin Miao.
Qin Miao didn't go down to pick him up, and sent him the door number of his room and asked him to come up by himself.
Soon, Zhou Guanyu came to the hotel room that Qin Miao had booked.
After seeing Zhou Guanyu, Qiu Meng said hello to Zhou Guanyu, and then went back to the room with his book.
Qiu Meng is not to avoid suspicion, or to disturb the two of them talking about work or anything like that.
Mainly because Qiu Meng is too familiar with these two people, there are still about six hours before Qin Miao's plane takes off, and the two of them will definitely start playing games after chatting for a while, and when the time comes, this room is very noisy, and there is no way to calm down and read a book.
So it's better to stay away from these two now.
"Yes, it looks like you're in good spirits." Looking at Zhou Guanyu who walked in, Qin Miao threw a bottle of mineral water to the other party.
"Not to mention, this Grand Prix weekend was terrible, and there was a bunch of socials after the race." After Zhou Guanyu took it, he lay down directly on the sofa.
"Huh." Thinking of what happened to Zhou Guanyu, Qin Miao couldn't help laughing.
Qin Miao knew that it was wrong to do this, but she didn't know why, after thinking that it was Zhou Guanyu, Qin Miao couldn't help but want to gloat, and she didn't feel guilty at all.
Zhou Guanyu rolled his eyes angrily, eager to smash the bottle of water in his hand at Qin Miao's face.
"By the way, what the hell happened to your car? I saw the broadcast when I was racing, and you were always doing a good job at the start, and it didn't look like something was wrong. β
"So what else could it be? Ferrari's problem with the broken engine, the engine's coolant leaked.
At first, the team was thinking about seeing if it could be fixed, so even though I knew there was a problem with the engine, we continued to run on the track.
It's just that the team found that the coolant leaked more and more, and the engine temperature rose significantly, so they had no choice but to retire. β
Hearing this, Qin Miao also sighed helplessly, this really can't be helped, because if the coolant leaks too much, the engine of the car will not be able to dissipate heat, and then the engine behind the driver will turn into a time bomb that is constantly heating up and unable to dissipate heat, and it is not sure when it will burst the cylinder.
In severe cases, it may even directly ignite the fuel inside the engine and directly spontaneously combust.
"Ferrari's engines this season have been swapped for their service life." Zhou Guanyu complained: "The speed is fast, but the stability is also a new height." β
Qin Miao pulled away Zhou Guanyu's legs on the sofa, and after sitting down, he said helplessly: "Meiben is the opposite this season, the engine is very stable, and now it has run 5 Grand Prix, and the horsepower of my engine has only dropped by about 5 horses, at least it is estimated that I can run another three Grand Prix before I need to change the engine." β
Zhou Guanyu suddenly cast an envious gaze: "So good? β
"What a bastard, the engine can't get up!"
"Hey~"
After taking a sip of water, Zhou Guanyu suddenly talked about another topic: "Have you heard of it?" Geely's move again."
"Huh?" Qin Miao was a little surprised, because since the last time she met Mr. Wang, Qin Miao hadn't paid much attention to Geely's side in the future: "What action?" β
"I'm not sure, I listened to my agent, Geely has opened a second round of talks with the Aston Martin board of directors to increase its stake from 17% to 37%." Zhou Guanyu said with great interest.
"And it shouldn't be, doesn't Geely have Mercedes-Benz shares? You should be able to get the message. β
"I don't know." Qin Miao spread his hands.
But after a pause, Qin Miao suddenly said: "It just so happens that I have Mr. Wang's phone number, why don't you call him and ask him?" β
"Don't, it's more than three o'clock in the morning in China at this time, and it seems a little disrespectful for you to call someone at this point." Zhou Guanyu hurriedly stopped.
Although Zhou Guanyu is not ready to change teams at present, and the speed of the Arrow team is also good, and Zhou Guanyu is not bad luck, but his own strength is still good, at least it is more than enough to match the Arrow team.
Strictly speaking, Zhou Guanyu's current strength can occupy a place among the drivers of the midstream group.
So Zhou Guanyu doesn't have to worry about his seat, even if Arrow doesn't want him, he doesn't have to worry about losing a seat as an F1 driver.
However, Zhou Guanyu is also happy to see Geely, which is ready to enter, after all, if Geely really enters, Martin will become a Chinese team.
Although it is possible that Martin will be called by other names, such as Lotus or just Geely F1 Team.
Geely's entry was good news for both him and Qin Miao, because even if most of the teams in the paddock didn't need themselves for various reasons, they would have a way out.
"But I remember you said that there were no rumors in the paddock, and that the news could be spread from a professional like him, so it's eighty percent true." Zhou Guanyu said: "If it's true, what do you say? I remember that your contract with Mercedes will expire at the end of next year, right? Did you renew your contract? β
Qin Miao shook her head: "Not yet, and it makes no sense to say this at this time, the most important thing is that my contract hasn't expired yet." β
"I don't believe you haven't thought about this, let's talk about it, give my brother a thorough understanding." Zhou Guanyu clasped his hands on his chest and looked at Qin Miao.
Qin Miao thought about it for a while, but in the end she didn't choose to hide it, and said honestly: "If Geely really comes in, I shouldn't consider them before the competitiveness of Geely cars in the first few years, after all, you know, with my strength, I can compete for the world championship, there is no need, and I can't waste time on a new team."
Although it is still interesting to be like Norris as a team grows, I still want to take advantage of the fact that I am young and motivated to win a few more world championships, and when I am older and full of honors, I will go to Geely to help them develop a race car and train young drivers. β
"You mean you also want to go to Geely to drive?"
"After all, it's safe to stay in your own convoy, isn't it?" Speaking of this, Qin Miao's tone changed: "But I think you can indeed wait for Geely to enter and join them directly, after all, your current strength is also a midstream level, and you have a certain competitiveness, but you are a little unlucky." β
Speaking of this, Zhou Guanyu's husky pointed to Qin Miao and said, "I advise you to be cautious in your words and deeds." β
Qin Miao spread his hands indifferently and continued: "When the time comes, Geely will have another experienced driver, just like Bottas of Arrow and you now, mix high and low, spend a few seasons to upgrade the infrastructure of the team factory, recruit more people and wait for a chance to accumulate steadily, it may not be impossible to compete for the world championship." β
"And then you're going to pick peaches again?" Zhou Guanyu said quietly.
Qin Miao rolled her eyes: "It's impossible for a special buddy to come here to attack the team!?" Do you know what a championship puzzle is! β
Zhou Guanyu sighed: "Bad luck." β
Qin Miao: ???
"You kid!"
β¦β¦
After chatting for a while, just as Qiu Meng guessed, he started playing PS5.
Two hours after Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu fought bloodily, the time also came to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and Qin Miao's mobile phone suddenly rang.
And because the mobile phone distracted Qin Miao's attention, Qin Miao's Chunli was directly taken away by Zhou Guanyu's Ken combo.
"the chicken, it's really unlucky."
Qin Miao scolded, ignoring Zhou Guanyu who was proud on the side, Qin Miao picked up the phone with emotion.
Soon, Leclerc's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Qin Miao, have you left Miami?" β
Qin Miao didn't even think about it: "I'm in the UK now." β
After hearing Qin Miao's words, Leclerc was stunned for a moment, and then turned his head to look at the Maybach that Qin Miao had prepared for Qin Miao in the parking lot this Grand Prix weekend, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
"Stop, I saw your car in the parking lot, and you didn't leave at all."
Qin Miao said helplessly; "I'm not at the hotel."
"I just called Qiu Meng."
Qin Miao: ......
"Your uncle's ......"
After Qin Miao finished scolding, she had no choice but to put Leclerc up.
After Zhou Guanyu happily went to open the door for Leclerc, Leclerc began to shout: "Qin Miao, I brought you something good, do you want to come and see." β
Qin Miao got up helplessly, and before Leclerc could open the bag he was carrying to show Qin Miao, Qin Miao grabbed the bag and went to the kitchen.
The current Qin Miao, that really regrets not being at the beginning.
Why can't I think of cooking for them during the Chinese New Year?
Now, at every opportunity, these bastards will come over to find themselves to eat.
After using the reason that there are no ingredients at home, these people brought their own ingredients to the door.
They made themselves like their babysitters.
Don't you want my world champion's face?
Of course, although she was scolding her mother in her heart, Qin Miao's method of washing and picking vegetables was still sharp.
It took less than an hour to make a table for dinner.
However, Leclerc and they came here to eat after all, and Qin Miao didn't deliberately take care of their tastes, and they all made the type that Qiu Meng liked to eat, so there were more chili peppers.
Zhou Guanyu doesn't care, he is also quite spicy, but Leclerc can only drool and be scared when he looks at this table of dishes.
Qin Miao's dishes are delicious and delicious, but sometimes they don't know how to take care of guests, and they don't know how to treat them at all!
On the contrary, after Qiu Meng saw this table of dishes, she touched her face with some worry, she has been a little angry recently, and she has several acne on her face.
ps. Sorry for the bad state, only 4K. (End of chapter)