Zhou Guanyu shook his head: "I know, but who can become an F1 driver is not arrogant?" You still don't allow me to have a little dream, even if I don't allow me to have a dream, you don't allow me to sigh a few words? ”

"Okay, okay, everything you say is right."

After arguing with Zhou Guanyu for a while, the two soon arrived at Qin Miao's door.

The plane at nine o'clock, the helicopter ride again, the small talk on the road, and the time when he was stopped by fans.

By the time the two arrived at the door, it was close to 11:30.

When Qin Miao came to the door of his house, a smell of food that Qin Miao was very familiar with wafted out from the house.

Although his mother and Qiu Meng mainly cook Hunan cuisine, the aroma of the dishes made by the two is different.

After living with them for so many years, after Qin Miao gained the skills of a chef again, his nose could already easily distinguish the difference in the smell of the two cooking.

So after smelling this fragrance that was different from the smell of Qiu Meng's cooking, Qin Miao frowned, how could this smell be a bit like the smell of his mother's cooking?

With some doubts and some curiosity, he opened the door of his house, and after pushing the door, the sound of cooking in the kitchen came into Qin Miao's ears, and Qiu Meng was sitting on the sofa at home chatting with the guests.

When she looked carefully at the guests, Qin Miao found that Leclerc and Norris had appeared at Qin Miao's house at some point.

Qin Miao: ????

Seeing Qin Miao push the door and walk in, Leclerc was like the owner of this house, and reached out to Qin Miao who pushed the door and walked in: "Yo, are you back?" Sit casually and don't be polite. ”

Norris on the side also greeted Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu with a smile: "Good afternoon." ”

Although he didn't know why Leclerc appeared here, seeing that Leclerc still had time to joke with himself, Qin Miao was somewhat relieved in his heart.

At the very least, Turkey's withdrawal did not hit Leclerc too hard.

The arrival at home also lifted Leclerc's spirits, and at least this season he has a chance to stand on the top podium in front of his hometown and win the Monaco Grand Prix.

I just hope that Leclerc's home curse will not be triggered again, and when the time comes, Leclerc will really cry if he retires from the main game.

However, putting these aside, Qin Miao's doubts just now were quickly dispelled by Qiu Meng.

The girl got up from the sofa and trotted in front of Qin Miao, then gave Qin Miao a big hug, and then kissed Qin Miao heavily on the face in front of Leclerc, and then said with a smile: "Leclerc, they know that you will come back at noon today, so I invited them to come to the house for lunch. ”

And the interaction between Qiu Meng and Qin Miao made Leclerc roll their eyes.

It's really not ashamed to sprinkle dog food in front of so many people.

Qin Miao nodded, then nodded at Norris, then rolled his eyes at Leclerc and ignored the goods.

didn't care about Zhou Guanyu, Qin Miao looked curiously in the direction of his kitchen.

Noticing Qin Miao's eye movements, Qiu Meng smiled and said nothing.

For Qin Miao's family, Zhou Guanyu couldn't be more familiar, and he skillfully changed into his slippers and put his luggage.

At this time, Qin Miao had already come to the door of the kitchen, and through the transparent glass door of the kitchen, he saw a very familiar figure busy in the kitchen, just like when he came home from school when he was a child.

"Mom?"

Qin Miao was still in a trance when she first saw the familiar figure in the kitchen, but soon the feeling in her memory told Qin Miao that this was her mother.

After hearing the movement at the door, my mother also turned around, and when she saw Qin Miao, she also had a smile on her face: "Are you back?" Let's wash our hands first, and we'll eat later. ”

"Yes."

In response to her mother, Qin Miao went back to the room to put her things.

After Qin Miao put her things and came out of the room, Qiu Meng had already put on an apron.

After seeing Qin Miao, Qiu Meng glanced in Leclerc's direction.

The tacit understanding between the couple made Qin Miao know what Qiu Meng meant for the first time.

Just as you came back, you went to entertain the guests, and I went to help in the kitchen.

Nodding at his daughter-in-law, Qin Miao came to the living room and sat down on the sofa.

"When did you come here?"

"I came back yesterday, and I rested today, so I just came over for a meal." Leclerc said with a smile.

Norris on the side also nodded and said, "Me too." ”

Qin Miao suddenly smiled and asked, "My family's rice still tastes good, right?" ”

The three people, including Zhou Guanyu, naturally nodded, which is undeniable.

Qin Miao smiled slightly: "What about the weight?" ”

In an instant, the faces of the three of them were a little stiff.

For F1 drivers, the biggest enemy is probably weight, because if you weigh a kilogram more, it means that you will be about 0.07 seconds slower on the lap time during the race.

And Qin Miao's family generally eats Hunan cuisine, and what stands out is a heavy oil and heavy salt.

If my mother cooks at home to entertain guests, she may take into account the feelings of the guests a little more, and cook more dishes with high protein content but not so heavy taste, but Qin Miao is really comfortable at home.

So much so that every time they rubbed rice at Qin Miao's house, these people were in pain and happy.

It's delicious, but the amount of physical training after eating it almost doubles.

Sometimes eating too spicy and going to the toilet is an extremely painful experience.

Of course, Qin Miao didn't talk about the sky to death, and the topic was introduced to the paddock as soon as it changed.

After all, they are all F1 drivers, and the topic of the four can easily be extended in this regard.

The atmosphere that had been a little dull just now instantly became cheerful.

……

After lunch, Qin Miao drove Leclerc and Norris back, and Zhou Guanyu also took his luggage to the hotel booked by the team.

After all, it is a back-to-back race, and Qin Miao will help the team with research and development in this daily state, and people who don't take on commercial activities much can have two days of rest in this kind of back-to-back race.

But Leclerc has an endorsement contract on them and a team promotion, and at this time, they really don't have as much free time as Qin Miao.

After eating a meal and maintaining the relationship between friends, I went back to my respective homes to rest.

I cleaned up the kitchen, rinsed the dishes and chopsticks, and put them in the dishwasher, and after lunch, I was almost busy.

After coming to the living room, she didn't see her mother, so Qin Miao asked Qiu Meng, who was processing the documents, with some curiosity: "What about our mother?" ”

"It's like in the study."

"I'll take a look."

"Hmm."

After coming to the study, Qin Miao saw that her mother was wiping the bracket of her racing simulator with a rag.

Qin Miao and Qiu Meng both haven't been back for a while, and many places have fallen into dust because of this.

In fact, under normal conditions, if Qin Miao and Qiu Meng are at home, they will invite a sanitation company to come to the house to do sanitation once a week or so.

But this week, Qiumeng was busy with Qin Miao's agency in the UK, and Qin Miao was competing in Spain, so naturally she didn't have time to call someone.

"Hey, Mom, what are you doing all this? When the time comes, someone will be called to come and clean up. Qin Miao hurriedly walked over and stopped her mother.

"Being idle at home is also idle, so let's do hygiene."

The corners of Qin Miao's mouth twitched, with Qin Miao's understanding of her mother, she said that she was idle and idle, and it was estimated that she was really bored.

Scratching his head: "Why don't I take you to the Louvre?" I'm also going to the Eiffel Tower or something, I don't think I've been to those places yet. ”

But what I didn't expect was that my mother rolled her eyes and said: "If you want to go, I won't go, that shabby place can't even compare to the county seat of our hometown, the road is so wide, and there is garbage everywhere on the street." ”

"Huh?" Qin Miao was a little puzzled: "Have you been there?" ”

Mom nodded, handed the rag to Qin Miao and said, "When you were playing in Spain, Qiu Meng took me there." ”

Qin Miao took the rag and was a little at a loss: "Why don't you take me?" ”

Mom rolled her eyes, and her movements were the same as Qin Miao's eye rolls: "You don't look at how busy you are, you can't even answer a phone call at the end of the day, I even sometimes wonder if it was the right decision to let you go abroad to participate in this F1 competition, on the one hand, I am worried about your safety, and on the other hand, I see that you are busy in the dark." ”

Qin Miao touched her nose embarrassedly, in fact, strictly speaking, she should be the least busy person among all F1 drivers.

Zhou Guanyu and other drivers with endorsement contracts basically have no time to rest on back-to-back race days, and they can spare two days to rest at such times.

As for my mother's call, it's not that I don't want to answer it, the key is that when my mother calls her, she only calls herself after she gets a good score after a game.

At that time, Qin Miao had to have a meeting on the one hand, and he had to accept various interviews after the race, and he also had to go to the FIA side, as well as a party between team colleagues after the race.

At that time, it was indeed Qin Miao's busiest time period, and there was basically no time to answer the phone.

Qin Miao really wanted to say, you didn't call me when I wasn't busy.

But Qin Miao didn't have the courage to say this, so he could only nod his head vigorously.

It's not a shame to pretend to be a grandson in front of your own mother!

"By the way, why are you here? Come and don't say a word to me in advance. ”

My mother didn't dwell on this topic, but said: "I have quit my job in my hometown, and now I have a lot of time to rest, so I will come over to have a look." ”

Although she was a little surprised by her mother's answer, Qin Miao was still very happy about it, anyway, now that she has money, she can also have the ability to support her after her mother has no job, and she will not weigh the pros and cons of what she wants like before, and finally she has to make a lot of determination to buy things.

Isn't that what makes money?

"It's a good thing, when the time comes, you will follow me, go all over the world, buy what you want, our family has money now, there is no need to save, your son's earning power is now one of the best in the paddock."

"You can endure it, don't you?" The old mother poked Qin Miao's forehead with her finger.

"Oops, it hurts."

"My own room, clean it by myself, I went to my daughter-in-law." After finishing speaking, my mother left, leaving Qin Miao alone in the study looking at the rag in her hand and being silent.

Oh no, didn't I come over to see what my mother was doing? Why do you have to work?

And didn't you say you could find someone to do it? Why did it fall on me again, anyway, I'm a world champion, right? Would it be ...... to do such a thing?

Qin Miao was just halfway through her thoughts, and her mother came in from outside the door and pointed at Qin Miao and said, "If you can't finish it, you are not allowed to eat at night." ”

Qin Miao: ......

Okay, you're the head of the family, you say.

It's just that what Qin Miao didn't know was that the smile on her mother's face after she left was very pleased.

Although Qin Miao has reached the top in an industry, and has been sought after by countless people in a world of flowers, and has seen a lot of things, his son's essence is still the same.

In the next two days, Qin Miao basically stayed at home and never went out.

With her mother and her daughter-in-law by her side, Qin Miao basically didn't think about housework, basically training, playing, sleeping, and switching back and forth between these three states.

And said that it was for Qin Miao to do hygiene, but in fact, Qin Miao was busy for less than five minutes, and the person called by Qiu Meng to do sanitation arrived.

On Wednesday, ahead of the start of the Monaco Grand Prix, Ferrari revealed the cause of the Leclerc's problems in the Spanish race:

This was due to the failure of the turbocharger and MGU-H during the race, which caused the Leclerc engine to lose power.

And after evaluation, it was found that this problem was not a problem in the design and component structure of the car, but a problem in the process of driving and use.

The general meaning is that the team is fine, but Leclerc's driving is wrong.

Moreover, these two parts are completely scrapped, and there is no possibility of repair.

But as engine components, these two things are scrapped when they are scrapped, and the original restrictions will not be reduced.

In addition to this, Leclerc has used two sets of MGU-H components so far.

The first set ran four races, and the one that Leclerc damaged at the moment is the second set, but the FIA rules only allow three sets of MGU-H components to be used in a season, and if the fourth set is opened, the start of the race will be reduced by 10 places.

This means that Leclerc now has to choose between using old components at the expense of some of the car's performance, or opening a new set of MGU-H to ensure Leclerc's stable performance at home.

However, Qin Miao believes that this option is basically a single option here, because with Leclerc's luck at home, if you don't change him to a new one, his old MGU-H will definitely pick a pick in the main game.

However, because this already involved the confidential issue of the team, Qin Miao was not easy to ask Leclerc.

Unlike Ferrari, which is stretched thin on engine parts, there have been 6 races this season, and Qin Miao's car still uses the same engine as at the beginning of the season, and even the gearbox does not need to be changed.

And Qin Miao's teammate Hamilton opened the second set of gearboxes in this game, and the engine is the same as Qin Miao, and it does not need to be replaced.

Although everyone knows that this season's Mercedes has not performed as well as before, in hidden corners that spectators can't see, Mercedes has improved the durability of its engines to an unbelievable level.

As a result, not only Mercedes Racing, but almost all teams that use Mercedes engines have so far not withdrawn due to mechanical problems.

At the same time, something interesting happened in the paddock, Vettel's bag was stolen after the Spanish Grand Prix, and finally Vettel searched for the bag through the positioning software of the Airpods, but in the end it was only his Airpods that were found.

The thief should be a habitual offender, and when he knew that this thing had a location, he just threw it on the side of the road, and the bag and its contents were all gone.

This operation can be regarded as earning a wave of face for Spain.

On Thursday, Qin Miao left home and came to the paddock.

Although Qin Miao lives in Monaco because she has time in the evening, she will take Qiu Meng to walk around the Monte Carlo circuit for a while, but this Thursday's track walk, Qin Miao is still extremely serious.

Qin Miao has a feeling that this may be the only chance for him to stand on the top podium this season, as long as his results in the qualifying stage are good enough, and the team does not lose the chain when the team changes tires in the main race stage, he can take advantage of the Monte Carlo circuit's difficulty in overtaking to defend the drivers behind him for a whole race.

Therefore, although Qin Miao is no longer familiar with this track, Qin Miao still hopes that he can help himself squeeze out that 0.001 seconds of time advantage in the link of walking the track.

So when walking on the track, Qin Miao walked three laps from the beginning to the end of the specified time.

When the news reached Red Bull and Ferrari, people on both sides began to smack their teeth with some toothache.

They also knew that with Qin Miao's ability, if they could have the anti-natural performance of the Spanish Grand Prix qualifying in the qualifying stage, they might not be able to win the championship of this race.

So after knowing the news, although the four drivers knew that their car performance was better than Mercedes, but thinking of the experience of the Spanish Grand Prix, everyone couldn't help but get nervous.

One of the most nervous is Leclerc, who is his home turf after all, and he hasn't finished on his home turf since he entered F1 in 2018.

Under the double buff, Leclerc's nerves have always been tense.

In fact, Leclerc's retirement at home so many times is not without a trace.

In addition to the luck aspect, there are also reasons why Leclerc himself cares too much about this game.

Leclerc actually has the strength, there is no doubt about that.

But compared with Qin Miao, Hamilton, Verstappen and other top drivers, Leclerc's personality is a little impatient.

When defending the opponent and having an advantage, Leclerc will relax psychologically, so his defense is very stable, and even Qin Miao, a recognized defensive master in the paddock, will show a thumbs up after seeing Leclerc's defense and sincerely say: Leclerc's defense is fine!

But when the opponent is chasing after him, Leclerc will make some unforced mistakes because of his impatience.

This kind of personality and mentality can easily make Leclerc in the embarrassing situation that the more he wants something on the field, the more he is likely to lose something.

So although Qin Miao really hopes that Leclerc will not have any accidents at this week's Monaco Grand Prix and finish the race normally.

But Qin Miao still felt in the dark that Leclerc might have to retire from this game.

After the work of walking the track on Thursday, Qin Miao completed all the shooting tasks by the way, and after returning to the team home, he pulled Frankie and Reyes to discuss the characteristics of the Monte Carlo track, and began to analyze which tuning method should be used to squeeze more speed out of the characteristics of his car this season.

After all, the simulator of the Meiben team has completely announced GG, and the data of the simulator can only be used as a reference in a short period of time.

The simulator data will have to wait at least until the Australian Grand Prix in June.

During this time, the Mercedes team is estimated to be in such a state of pre-race preparation.

And Qin Miao was so busy, she was so busy that she didn't leave the paddock until more than ten o'clock in the evening.

Fortunately, Qin Miao's house is not far from the paddock, and it is only fifteen minutes away by car to go back, which is shorter than the time from the paddock to the hotel during some Grand Prix.

Saturday, the day when the first and second exercises begin.

When she first came to the paddock, Qin Miao found that even if it was a practice match this year, the attendance rate in the paddock was much higher than in previous years.

Without dwelling on the reasons for these things, Qin Miao's two practice matches today spent more time and attention on familiarizing herself with the track and collecting data on the track.

At the same time, this week's Mercedes has equipped the car with a high-drag rear wing and a nose wing.

This is the aero kit that the team has prepared before the start of the season.

Strictly speaking, this is the first time it has been put into use, and we will only know how it will work on the track.

And at Monte Carlo, the team's cars can't play at their top speeds, so it's better to trade downforce for horsepower, at least then the car will have more downforce and mechanical downforce in corners.

With the start of a practice, Qin Miao soon discovered a good news, the dolphin jump phenomenon of the Meiben team originally due to excessive downforce at the rear of the car was significantly alleviated with the blessing of the high-resistance aerodynamic kit, and the cornering and maneuverability of the car were better with the blessing of the aero kit.

Of course, this can only be said that Mercedes' car may be better suited to Monte Carlo than other circuits.

After all, the Monte Carlo circuit doesn't have enough straight lines for the W13 to trigger a dolphin jump.

And maybe Red Bull and Ferrari do the same?

Therefore, Qin Miao continued to carry out Friday's work normally, but compared with the previous Grand Prix, Qin Miao was more serious and meticulous. (End of chapter)