Qin Miao raised his eyebrows and looked at Hamilton, waiting for his next step.

"If we upgrade a few more times and go in the right direction, I feel that the W13 can still be as competitive as it used to be, and the team will be able to return to its original position."

Qin Miao shrugged, but didn't say anything.

The meaning was obvious, he didn't think so.

Seeing this, Hamilton didn't continue to sell off, and said bluntly: "It's still that thing, about the design concept that the W13 will be scrapped next season." ”

Qin Miao wondered and asked, "Haven't all the discussions about this matter already come to a conclusion?" I remember you agreed to the team's plan. ”

"Yes, that's right." Hamilton nodded, then added: "But you see, the success of the British Grand Prix has proved that there is still merit in this car, at least that upgrade has brought us a sub-race victory, although the effort in this sub-race championship accounts for at least half of the credit for this championship, but you have to admit the effect of this upgrade, right?" ”

Qin Miao nodded, there is really nothing to object to this.

"Look!" Hamilton spread his hands and then said, "So I'm going to go to Toto and propose to bring resources back and continue to develop W13."

It is believed that with the team's current development capabilities, it will be able to take the W13 to the next level. ”

Qin Miao rubbed her eyebrows with a little headache, and then asked, "This is not suitable."

And hasn't W13 already been evaluated before? The design flaws are obvious. ”

"The design flaw was due to the overall downforce of the car and the small upgrade window caused by the floor. "So this season the team can focus on aerodynamics and the floor, or just overhaul the floor," Hamilton said. ”

Qin Miaogang wanted to say that if the bottom plate was really to be overhauled, the layout of the overall engine inside the car, the overall length of the car, the arrangement of the suspension angle and position, and the installation of the monocoque position would have to be redesigned.

It's basically the same as rebuilding a car, after all, the floor of an F1 car is the foundation of a car, and it really literally affects the whole body.

But looking at Hamilton's appearance, the more he talked, the more excited he became, Qin Miao also knew that even if he said it, the other party might not be able to listen to it.

And Qin Miao suddenly had a feeling that Hamilton was a little anxious.

But what exactly is he anxious about?

After thinking about it, Qin Miao still said: "I'm sorry Lewis, I still think that the W13 is not a good racing car." ”

Just when Hamilton was full of disappointment, Qin Miao added: "But at least if the team wants to re-vote on this matter, I will not vote against it."

After all, you know me, and I can master any kind of car. ”

Although he didn't get the answer he wanted, Hamilton still nodded and accepted Qin Miao's statement.

However, Hamilton turned a little envious of Qin Miao, after all, this kind of talent that no matter what kind of racing car you are, you can master it proficiently and give full play to all the performance of the car, as strong as Hamilton is also very envious.

"Okay, but are you sure you don't think about it anymore? I really feel that the W13 has the potential to upgrade ......"

"Lewis." Qin Miao interrupted Hamilton, who was about to continue talking.

"That's my opinion, but I understand you, so I don't object to any improvements you propose, as long as the team can give me a competitive car."

At this time, Qin Miao and Hamilton were completely different extremes in terms of mentality.

First of all, as long as they enter Mercedes, Red Bull, Ferrari and other teams, they definitely want to win the championship.

After all, in competitive sports, victory and championship are the eternal pursuit and truth.

Qin Miao is here because he has his own strength, and he is young, even exaggerated, Qin Miao is still in the growth period, he can afford to wait, even if it is the new rules of 26 years, Qin Miao can afford to wait.

But Hamilton is different, he is getting older, and even he can clearly feel that his physical functions and reaction speed are starting to decline.

Hamilton knows that the longer the time drags on, the slimmer his chances of overtaking Schumacher become.

Or the previous reason, who doesn't want to be the first in history and leave a name in history forever?

Although the seven-time title would have put Hamilton alongside Schumacher, he is one of the most decorated drivers of any F1 driver currently in service.

But this one is very unacceptable in Hamilton's opinion.

In short, Hamilton is in a hurry now.

This time he came to Qin Miao, and he was a little sick and rushed to the doctor.

Qin Miao didn't particularly understand Hamilton's inner thoughts at this time, but under the effect of his mentality, all he could do was not to oppose Hamilton's proposal.

"Okay." Hamilton sighed.

"Let's eat first, by the way, is there any recent upgrade plan for the car from the team's side? This week, I didn't even go to the team factory because I was worried that the team would pull me to the event, so I came straight to Austria. ”

Speaking of this, Hamilton glanced at Qin Miao with some resentment.

You kid ran away this Wednesday, and I'm relaxed, but I'm the one responsible for wiping your ass!

However, Hamilton didn't say much in this matter, after all, Hamilton himself knew that the salary difference between Qin Miao and his contract was close to $40 million.

And more than half of the $40 million is because Qin Miao doesn't want to participate in these activities.

So strictly speaking, Qin Miao didn't need to participate in these activities, but this week, on Tuesday, Qin Miao can help him share some work together, and he should be grateful to the other party.

After agreeing with the air, Hamilton said: "Yes, but it's just a small change, but it's for the bottom plate, it seems to be the position of the vortex generator of the base plate, to strengthen the sealing of the bottom plate." ”

Hearing this, Qin Miao nodded, but Hamilton immediately added: "In addition, Toto went to the FIA this week and prepared to ask them to add a new technical instruction. ”

"Did he say he wanted to add the FIA?" Qin Miao was a little puzzled.

In her daily work, Qin Miao has never seen Toto communicate with the FIA staff too frequently, is it because Toto actually has a good personal relationship with Ben Sulayem, but in order to avoid suspicion, he usually doesn't show it when he is in the paddock?

Just when Qin Miao was still thinking about himself, Hamilton directly interrupted Qin Miao's thoughts and explained: "He doesn't have such a big face with the FIA, and during the period when the Mercedes team won eight consecutive championships, the FIA basically regarded Toto as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh.

I had the feeling that they wanted to kill Toto to slow down the Mercedes Racing car, and all the technical rules and improvements introduced by the FIA during that time were specific to our team. ”

Qin Miao looked at Hamilton curiously.

Hamilton shrugged: "Even though our team's cars are not as competitive as they used to be this season, it's unlikely that Toto will have any face on the FIA side for the reason I just said. ”

"So?"

"Because of me."

Qin Miao: ???

"Don't look at me like that, I don't have that much face over there." Hamilton waved his hand and explained: "Remember the Azerbaijan Grand Prix? ”

Qin Miao nodded, and Pérez proved himself at Red Bull Racing in that race, winning the first race of his Red Bull career.

Completely confirmed his title as the king of the street race.

Of course, the most dazzling thing is not the Red Bull brought back by one or two, but the engine of the Ferrari car.

The retirement of a large number of Ferrari engines in that race scared all the customer teams that used Ferrari engines, fearing that their own cars would be the next to retire.

Of course, Hamilton is not mentioning this now because of the mass retirement of Ferrari Series cars.

Because it has nothing to do with the topic at hand.

If it were relevant to today's topic, it would probably be the scene of Hamilton sitting on his waist in the car after the race and slowing down for a while before getting out of the car.

Thinking of this, Qin Miao suddenly realized: "Use the driver's physical safety problems to put pressure on the FIA? ”

"That's pretty much it." Hamilton nodded: "For this reason, the FIA will have to issue a new technical directive."

I just don't know if this knife can just hit the neck of Ferrari and Red Bull Racing. ”

Qin Miao shrugged: "This is not good, and it is even possible that it is self-defeating and greatly affects the speed of our racing car." ”

Hamilton shook his head and said: "It's unlikely, if Toto takes the initiative to go to the FIA, there will definitely be a corresponding response plan, and I hope to ...... Forget it, nothing. ”

Looking at Hamilton, who wanted to speak again and again, Qin Miao knew what the other party wanted to say, but Qin Miao did not answer.

……

The two of them had a meal together, and to be honest, the taste was only average, but for the two riders who spent a lot of time in a day today, both mentally and physically, the taste was not a problem.

After eating, the two went back to the hotel to rest.

The Austrian Grand Prix is a sprint race.

The rules of the first practice and qualifying on Friday, the second practice and sprint race on Saturday, and the main race on Sunday.

To be honest, if Qin Miao is still an ordinary fan, then he would still like to see a sprint race, after all, there are races to watch on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

But when he became a driver himself, he hated the rules of the sprint race.

With the addition of an extra sprint race, the riders' already modest practice time was further reduced.

Of course, the most important thing is the qualifying stage on Friday, as the drivers and teams are not familiar enough with the current cars on this track, and finding a suitable qualifying pitch for a practice session can really test the ability of the drivers and the team.

Of course, although Qin Miao was very disgusted with this kind of competition system, Qin Miao had no worries about this, and he could easily find his qualifying training in a practice match.

Wednesday, the day of practice and qualifying.

Today's weather is very good, the temperature is in the thirties, and the track temperature is even higher than the fifties.

Qin Miao spent about half an hour in the practice stage to find the most comfortable training for herself.

With an extra 30 kilograms of fuel added to the car, Qin Miao's fastest lap time was only 0.9 seconds slower than the team's expected speed.

Strictly calculated, Qin Miao's speed on this track is still very impressive.

However, unlike Qin Miao's comfort in this practice match, there were a total of two red flags on the track in the later stages of the practice match.

Seriously disrupting the rhythm of the other drivers' practice sessions, Qin Miao even heard Hamilton complaining in the team's TR.

Because the red flag of the practice match is not the same as the qualifying match and the main race.

If there is a red flag in the practice match, the countdown to the practice match will not end.

Therefore, the red flag delayed the rhythm of the drivers in the practice session.

In the TR of the team during this time, the number of complaints and ratings from the team staff is getting higher and higher.

The practice match ended in stumbling, and then Qin Miao changed to a set of engines for qualifying and main races.

Reyes in the last few days, their faces are not good-looking.

Because of these three days, they need to replace the engine twice.

Although the team's engines are designed to be replaced frequently, the team's design department has designed a lot of comfort when changing engines.

But changing the engine is not just taking the old engine out, putting the new engine down and installing it.

At the same time, the team staff also had to check whether the connection of the engine wiring was normal, whether it was fixed in place, and whether the overall balance was affected by the different engine installation positions.

In short, replacing the engine is also a very complicated thing, and the installation position and the tightness of the screws need to be directly measured by high-precision measuring instruments.

After all, if you install the engine in the wrong position, the tuning settings that the driver has run through the entire practice race may be completely useless.

During the period when the team changed the engine, Qin Miao and the other drivers naturally needed to participate in some activities.

But after all, this is the home of Red Bull, so Qin Miao and Hamilton have no fan meeting, after all, after the audience saw these two people, the boos did not stop, and the foul language was also greeted directly to the two unceremoniously.

In order not to affect the mentality of the two drivers before the start of qualifying, even the drivers themselves wanted to attend the fan meeting event, but the team would stop them.

Therefore, Qin Miao and Hamilton mainly participated in the pre-game interview.

After the interview ended, Qin Miao saw Leclerc on the way back to the team lounge.

The back-to-back riders have been busy, and although both have been in the paddock lately, they have rarely seen each other.

Even if you see it, you will be busy because you still have something to do, and you will be done by nodding at a distance from each other.

So after seeing the other party, Qin Miao took the initiative to go over and prepare to say hello to this guy.

However, after Qin Miao saw Leclerc, he found that Leclerc's state was somewhat wrong.

"What's wrong with you? What happened? ”

Looking at Leclerc, who was almost gone, and his expression was somewhat tired and decadent, Qin Miao asked curiously, "Is there a thief in the house?" The head was also stolen by the way? ”

Normally, Leclerc, who had already rolled his eyes at this time, was unexpectedly calm at this time: "It's nothing, why do you ask that?" ”

Qin Miao touched her chin and said, "I feel that your state is not very normal, it feels like your entire person's spirit has been drained by something......

Could it be ...... Signi is coming? You didn't get out of bed last night and were squeezed dry? ”

Leclerc couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this: "What do you think?" Cini didn't come to Austria at all, and with my professionalism as a driver, I couldn't have done that before the race started.

The most important thing is that even if I did, she would be the one who should be lying in bed without energy! ”

Charlotte Cini is Leclerc's girlfriend, but the other party is still in college, so Qin Miao and Leclerc haven't seen each other after knowing each other for so long.

Always miss each other for a variety of reasons.

But Qiu Meng and each other are quite familiar, the two of them give each other gifts when they have nothing to do, and go out to play together.

And the other party is still a native of Monaco, a standard rich second generation, the family has a hotel in Monaco, and his father is also a director of a local gaming company in Monaco, and his income is much higher than Leclerc.

"Are you sure you're okay?"

"How many times do you want me to say it?"

"Then I'll make a phone call and talk to Cini, so that she cares more about you."

"Fuck off!"

……

After chatting for a few words, Qin Miao could be completely seen that Leclerc now had something on his mind, but the other party was unwilling to say it.

But Qin Miao is also sure that the current self doesn't care about the other party.

After all, Leclerc has been in F1 longer than he does, and F1 drivers may have low emotional intelligence, they may be ugly, and they will have all kinds of flaws, but when it comes to resilience, F1 drivers are basically at the top of an industry just like their profession.

Of course, there are some cases in this line that are not counted among them.

In short, in any case, Leclerc, who has been beaten at Ferrari for so long, is an F1 driver who can withstand pressure and have a good mental quality.

is also in the mood to joke with himself, which means that Leclerc at this time has not reached the point where he needs to see a psychiatrist.

He should be able to adjust back on his own.

On the way back to the convoy, Qin Miao looked at Barber beside him and asked, "What do you think happened to Leclerc?" ”

Barber basically stays with Qin Miao, so he is still familiar with Qin Miao's social circle.

And when he stayed with Qin Miao, he basically didn't talk much, just observed, so Qin Miao felt that this guy had more or less his own opinions.

However, Barber's words did not disappoint Qin Miao: "I think it's very simple, think about it from another perspective, a season was backstabbed by the team with a brain-dead pit stop strategy and a variety of tactics, mechanical failures.

And this is not once or twice, but seven or eight times, and it repeats itself every season.

The bottom line is that you don't win the Drivers' Championship here, you can only see hope, and then you waste time in the team, what do you think? ”

Qin Miao substituted herself.

"Hmm...... It's a little scary" Qin Miao pondered for a while before saying, "If it were me, I might change teams directly."

Even if the team doesn't win the championship, I don't want to be tortured by the team.

And I don't think other top teams wouldn't want me. ”

"That's the difference between you and Leclerc, you know you have quality and you've proven your talent on the field now, so even if you change teams, someone will break their heads and want you to join his team.

But Leclerc already has a very strong Ferrari shadow in him, and it is unlikely that he will change teams.

Leclerc is now betting that Ferrari will one day suddenly rise. ”

Qin Miao shrugged, and at this time he had already arrived at the door of the team lounge, and the two were about to separate, so Qin Miao turned his head and shrugged at Barber and said, "Then he has to wait." ”

"Who's to say it isn't."

……

Qualifying, although this qualifying session only determines the starting position for tomorrow's sprint stage, and the sprint stage gives very few points.

But tomorrow's sprint race still determines the starting ranking of the main race stage, so Qin Miao has no reason to relax.

After resting for a while, when Qin Miao appeared in the broadcast camera again, Qin Miao had already changed into her own equipment.

There were no encouraging eyes and words from everyone when the opponent was at home during the rookie period, Qin Miao entered his own car after handing over Reyes.

It's not that everyone in the team doesn't care about Qin Miao's emotions and the results he has achieved on the track.

This situation is purely because of trust, everyone knows Qin Miao's strength, and believes that he can carry out his consistent performance.

After the qualifying round began, Qin Miao and Hamilton in Q1 did not show their full strength.

But despite this, the two also advanced easily.

In Q1, there were no flags on the track, but after all, the Red Bull Ring is a relatively short track and fast, so many drivers still encountered traffic jams on the last flight lap.

But in the end, no one failed to make a proper result because of the traffic jam.

On the other hand, while Qin Miao successfully advanced, Zhou Guanyu stopped in Q3.

Although he was eliminated at the closing line position in Q3, that is, the 15th position was eliminated, Zhou Guanyu was eliminated.

The reason is not difficult to guess.

Qin Miao actually knew that the Austrian Grand Prix was a sprint race, and knew that Zhou Guanyu might not show such good results in the qualifying stage of today's race.

It is undeniable that Zhou's current pace can be in the middle of the pack among all F1 drivers.

His abilities are not bad, and even the defensive ability of Qin Miao's apprenticeship can be ranked at the top among the F1 drivers.

It can be said that in addition to Verstappen and Qin Miao, the driver who has been overtaken the least number this season is Zhou Guanyu. (End of chapter)