Chapter 80 79: Zhou Guanyu

Author: lqlianqing

Chapter 80 79: Zhou Guanyu

Qin Miao was quite happy to see Bi Hi in reality, but what followed was an accident.

Because he didn't expect Binotto to be so tall.

After Binotto came to the P room, he took the work reports handed over by the staff, and then took these work reports to the command area opposite the P room. At this time, Ferrari staff were already working there.

Not long after, Leclerc also came to the P room wearing a racing suit. After all, practice was about to begin, and the drivers had to step away from the busy interview activities one after another.

At the same time, Leclerc was followed by two people, one was his physical trainer, and the other was a staff member wearing an official FIA staff vest and carrying a camera.

Leclerc went straight to his car when he came in, but out of the corner of his eye he glanced in the direction of the VIP where Qin Miao was.

After all, he is an F1 driver, so his eyesight is naturally the best.

Leclerc was just a little confused at first as to why VIPs came to watch the race during the practice session. When he turned around and looked over, he realized, hey, isn’t this the guy I had a car fight with on the simulator?

After the doubts passed, both Qin Miao and Leclerc became numb.

Leclerc was surprised when Qin Miao came, but he was even more surprised that Qin Miao was not standing in the VIP viewing area behind Leclerc's car. Qin Miao and Qiu Meng were standing behind Vettel's car.

What this means is self-evident.

Leclerc's expression was full of complexity, while Qin Miao was a little embarrassed.

He didn't stand behind Vettel's car on purpose. After all, this was his first time in the F1 team's P room. Qin Miao was so confused by the large amount of data and equipment in the P room that he didn't pay attention to the rear of the car.

Number, naturally he didn't know that he was standing behind Vettel's car at this time.

But at this time, Qin Miao was too embarrassed to go directly to the VIP area behind Leclerc's car in front of Leclerc, so he still wanted to save face.

The two looked at each other awkwardly, and then nodded to each other.

While Leclerc was busy preparing for the practice session, Qin Miao took Qiu Meng and quietly came to the VIP area behind Leclerc's car.

Now that Leclerc hasn't noticed, it's not a shame if Qin Miao has transferred here...

Moreover, Qin Miao did this mainly because Vettel had not yet arrived, and he wanted to observe the specific preparations an F1 driver needs to make before the race.

However, in Qin Miao's opinion, there is nothing special about this step.

Leclerc just put on a sweat-absorbent white hood, then buckled on his helmet, adjusted the position of the helmet, and then sat in the Ferrari SF90 that had started the engine with a transparent water pipe hanging down.

In the following period, Qin Miao finally understood why the driver who sent him and Qiu Meng here said that the practice session was boring.

Because Leclerc had been communicating with the team's staff after getting into the car, and after confirming the settings he was going to use, he directly asked the staff to lift the tire insulation blanket and drive the car onto the track.

After the car ran a few laps on the track, it got the test data it wanted and returned to the P room, where it was debugged and communicated, and then it was changed to another setting and went out to run again.

Throughout the practice session, what Qin Miao could see was that the entire team was repeating the same process.

As time passed, the novelty gradually faded away, and both Qin Miao and Qiu Meng who stayed in Room P felt bored.

Even in the drink handed to Qin Miao by the Ferrari staff, Qin Miao inexplicably felt that she tasted the smell of engine oil.

Qin Miao turned around and asked Qiu Meng for her opinion. After seeing that the other party also felt that Ferrari's P room was a bit boring, Qin Miao took Qiu Meng and left.

The two of them did nothing else after they came out. They ran to the viewing area above the P room, ordered two ice creams and some food, and just ate while watching the practice match.

The two of them maintained this state and watched all the first and second practice sessions of the British Grand Prix.

After the first and second practice, the paddock was not closed. Many drivers went to the post-race interview booth to be interviewed. After the interview, there were many activities for them to participate in, such as shaking hands with fans, signing autographs, interviews, and some racing.

Later mini-games and the like.

Qin Miao was secretly speechless after seeing this scene.

Although F1 is currently the fastest relatively fastest motorsport in the world, it is also the most prestigious automobile event in the world.

But Qin Miao is not very excited about whether he can get a seat as an F1 driver.

Because F1 drivers are too busy.

The other driver Qin Miao didn't know very well, but when he was watching the practice session in the VIP area behind Leclerc, he noticed a piece of Leclerc's timetable.

It can be said that throughout the weekend, Leclerc's time was fully arranged, just like a top, turning from here to there, and from there to here, without any chance to breathe.

If you say that you can let Qin Miao drive an F1 car, then Qin Miao will definitely agree without hesitation and increase his training crazily so that he can be worthy of an F1 car.

But if he joins so many business activities as Leclerc while driving an F1 car, then Qin Miao will most likely refuse after weighing it.

Driving an F1 car is very exciting and is almost every racing driver’s dream, but Qin Miao feels that she may not be able to withstand such great pressure.

You must know that the pressure is so great that this is not the only weekend that almost goes back and forth. There are 22 such weekends in a year.

Qin Miao really didn't think she could bear being in such a high-pressure state for a long time.

After watching the first day of practice and briefly appreciating the daily work intensity of F1 drivers, Qin Miao and Qiu Meng did not participate in the subsequent paddock activities.

Because Qin Miao is still holding a helmet worth 10,000 pounds in his hand, and the weather in Silverstone has been unstable in the past few days. If it rains, Leclerc's signature on Qin Miao's helmet will be invalid.

So for the sake of safety, Qin Miao decided to go back to the hotel with Qiu Meng first and put the helmet away before Qin Miao could feel at ease.

After returning to the hotel, Qin Miao was dragged to the gym by Qiu Meng.

Although she was out for fun today, Qiu Meng didn't want Qin Miao to slack off in her training.

Qin Miao also didn't want the attributes that he had worked hard to improve to fall back again.

Therefore, Qin Miao has no resistance to training. Although Kong Youming is not with Qin Miao at this time, after training for nearly half a month, Qin Miao has a clear idea of ​​what training items he should have and what are the standard movements of the training items.

Already have a general understanding.

It's okay for Qin Miao to complete a set of basic training on his own.

The whole day passed like this, and the whole night was speechless.

The next day, the two still got up early and went to the Silverstone Circuit.

Today will be the third practice session and qualifying session of F1.

With yesterday's lesson, Qin Miao knew that there was nothing interesting to see in the third practice, so today he was not going to wait boredly in the P room.

However, Qin Miao was still a little curious during the qualifying stage. He wanted to see what the team usually does during qualifying.

Entering the paddock from the old place, Qin Miao and Qiu Meng took the sightseeing car directly to the rest area behind the team's P room, and walked to the viewing area above the P room with ease.

Just like yesterday, I casually ordered some food and started to kill time waiting for the start of the third F1 practice.

It is worth mentioning that Qin Miao saw the Asian man he had seen yesterday in the stands again.

Qin Miao didn't know the exact name of the team he was in, but judging from the man's clothes, he should be affiliated with Renault's youth training.

Soon the F2 qualifying session will begin.

The qualifying of F2 is much simpler than that of F1, and the time is not long, only half an hour.

There is no breakdown of Q1Q2Q3. All F2 teams completed the qualifying lap within half an hour.

Since the speed of F2 cars is not that fast compared to F1, and the most important thing is that there is no performance gap between F2 cars, so there are not as serious traffic problems as F1 during qualifying.

Qin Miao, who was watching all this from the stands, was looking forward to one day being able to sit in the F2 cockpit, because F2 drivers are different from F1 drivers.

Although both parties can drive formula cars, F2 drivers do not need to participate in as many activities as F1 drivers. F2 basically accepts a post-race interview after finishing every day's race, and then can return directly to the team's residence.

Go analyze your own problems and there is no need to waste so much time interacting with fans.

When the F2 drivers took their cars out for tire warm-up laps, Qin Miao paid special attention to the Asian's name.

After all, the habits of addressing people abroad and in China are completely different, so the only name Qin Miao could see of the Asian was ZHOU.

As a Chinese, Qin Miao could tell at a glance that this was a Chinese surname. Not surprisingly, this Asian should be named Zhou.

However, at this time, Qin Miao was not sure whether the other party was his compatriot, because there were still people from many countries around our country with Chinese surnames, so Qin Miao took out his mobile phone and checked the driver of the UNI-Virtuosi Racin team.

Nationality and name.

Qin Miao quickly determined the identity of the other party. He was indeed a Chinese and his name was Zhou Guanyu.

After confirming the identity of the other party, Qin Miao's sense of identification and intimacy with him instantly increased. Naturally, Qin Miao began to pay more attention to Zhou Guanyu.

In the qualifying stage, Zhou Guanyu was obviously in good condition today, temporarily taking first place with a score of 1.38.498 in the first flying lap.

Qin Miao was really excited at that time: Damn it, is this guy so fierce?

In addition to being excited, Qin Miao was also surprised because Qin Miao, a person who often watches F1 races, didn't know that there was a Chinese driver in F2, so Qin Miao subconsciously felt that Zhou Guanyu's strength might be average or below.

But now after completing the first round of flying laps in qualifying, he directly took the first place in the race. Why is this not surprising?

During the intermission period of qualifying, many drivers returned to their respective P room areas to rest and prepare for the final stage.

Originally, Qin Miao thought that what he would see next was that many F2 drivers would successively set the fastest lap in qualifying created by Zhou Guanyu, and the rankings would change frequently.

Unexpectedly, until the end of qualifying, no one could beat the fastest lap created by Zhou Guanyu in the first stage.

Instead, Zhou Guanyu set a new record for his fastest lap with three minutes and 22 seconds left before the end of the race, setting a record for F2's fastest lap at Silverstone.

The record score is: 1.38.182.

In the final F2 qualifying stage, Zhou Guanyu won the pole position. As for the second and third places, Qin Miao didn't recognize them and simply ignored them.
To be continued...