In fact, Qin Miao wanted to introduce himself at this time. Putting aside the mandatory contract given by the system, Qin Miao hoped in his heart that the other party would sign him because of his talent and strength, not because of the system's mysteriousness. control.
If Qin Miao didn't have this ability, then he wouldn't do as much as he wants, but now that Qin Miao has a system by his side, he definitely has such confident strength.
However, Qin Miao is still a little too young, and his ability to be brave and adapt to situations has not yet been developed, so even if he wanted to, he would not be able to organize a suitable language to introduce himself to the other party in a short time.
However, the other party took the initiative and asked: "I also know a driver with the same nationality as you. He also studied at our Ferrari Driver Academy. I think you should be interested in getting to know him. His name is Zhou Guanyu."
Qin Miao nodded in surprise. Although he already knew Zhou Guanyu, the relationship between the two could be considered friends.
But he really didn't know that Zhou Guanyu actually had the experience of studying at the Ferrari Driver Academy. It seems that if he finds an opportunity, he needs to go online to read up on Zhou Guanyu's life experience.
"Actually, we are friends." Qin Miao nodded politely: "He is a very talented and hard-working driver. I really hope to compete with him on the same stage one day."
When he said this, Qin Miao's face showed a smile from the bottom of his heart.
The micro-expression on Qin Miao's face happened to be seen by Lawson, who pretended to be surprised and asked: "According to you, are you also a driver? So which driver academy are you in now? "
Qin Miao thought: The main event is coming.
"I'm not part of a driver academy at the moment."
Qin Miao obviously saw Lawson's eyes light up, and then he saw a breathtaking smile on his face: "So Qin, are you interested in considering our Ferrari Driver Academy?"
"To be honest, as the main person in charge of Ferrari's youth training program, I have always had a pair of eyes that are good at discovering outstanding drivers...and my eyes tell me that you are extremely talented."
Lawson's face was full of confidence when he said this.
Qin Miao didn't pay attention to the part about becoming an F1 driver in his words. Although Qin Miao also wanted to drive an F1 car, becoming an F1 driver required things that Qin Miao was not willing to pay.
Qin Miao doesn't have so many worries about becoming an F2 driver, because an F2 driver can drive a formula car without having to accept interviews, attend events to meet fans, and shoot advertisements required by various suppliers. He has a lot of free time. Honing his skills and catching fish, this is exactly what Qin Miao has dreamed of.
Although he agreed with the other party's praise of him, as a traditional Chinese, Qin Miao subconsciously felt that he needed to be more humble.
So Qin Miao asked humbly: "Are you thinking too highly of me? I'm just an ordinary person, not as outstanding as you say."
In fact, Lawson didn't understand the humble attitude of the Chinese people. Seeing Qin Miao say this, he thought Qin Miao was going to refuse, or thought that Qin Miao felt that he was lying to him.
So Lawson explained: "Please don't doubt the authenticity and professionalism of my identity. If you have any doubts, when Mattia comes, I can take you to him to verify the authenticity of my identity. And, kid, You have to trust the vision of a teacher who has been in youth training for many years."
Qin Miao quickly waved her hand: "No, no, no, I don't doubt your identity. I'm just a little surprised why you took a fancy to me at a glance among the crowd."
As he spoke, Qin Miao gestured to the many people in Room P: "There are obviously so many people here, why do you think I am the talented one?"
But what Qin Miao didn't expect was that the other party didn't explain it at all, and just said with a smile: "This involves commercial secrets, and I am not in a position to disclose them.
But child, I know, I can see the pride in your heart like a lion. "
Qin Miao's expression stiffened for a moment, and she secretly complained in her heart, why are these old guys so nagging?
"Okay, Mr. Lawson, what do you mean? Do you want me to join the Ferrari Driver Academy?"
Lawson nodded and said: "Of course, young man, I am very optimistic about your talent. I think your future achievements are limitless. A talented and outstanding young man like you should go to an excellent driver academy, and we at Ferrari The Drivers Academy has a long history and profound foundation. It has trained many well-known F1 drivers and is your best choice.
But you also need to know that although I am the person in charge of the Ferrari Driver Academy, the academy is not my sole authority. I also have difficulties that I need to face, so when you sign the contract, you will need to undergo a series of assessments.
Of course, I believe that these tests are not difficult for you and you can pass them easily. "
"So young man, what's your answer?" Lawson took a sip of water.
Qin Miao said without hesitation: "You may not believe it, but I actually have a dream..."
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Although Qin Miao and Lawson were affectionate and interested in concubine, they could not sign the contract at this time.
After all, there are no facilities in the paddock to test Qin Miao's physical fitness and racing skills. When signing the contract, Qin Miao had to go to the Ferrari youth training base in Maranello, Italy for trial training.
After confirming the intention of both parties, Qin Miao exchanged contact information with Lawson. Originally, Qin Miao thought that the communication between the two ended here, but unexpectedly, Lawson was confirming Qin Miao's intention to join Ferrari's youth training. After the system, I chatted with Qin Miao again.
"What do you think about the situation at Ferrari this year? Do you think Hamilton and Mercedes will continue to dominate the paddock?"
Qin Miao was a little confused. You said that you are a youth training person and you don't train young drivers properly. Why would you catch me, an ordinary person who doesn't know anything, asking if other teams will win? I don't understand this.
But thinking that this person would most likely be his leader in the future, Qin Miao did not stab him in front of him. Instead, he made a more objective analysis based on his own judgment of the current situation.
"If nothing else, Mercedes is still the absolute king this season. Their only opponent is themselves."
"As for Ferrari... to be honest, with the monster car like Mercedes present, I don't think Ferrari has a chance to win the constructors' championship."
Lawson nodded thoughtfully, and then changed the topic with Qin Miao.
The following topics involved some professional knowledge in driving a racing car. To be honest, rather than saying that Lawson was chatting with him, Qin Miao felt that the other party was more like conducting a thorough test on himself.
Facing the other party's questions, Qin Miao was unsure. He didn't know whether the answer he gave was consistent with what the other party was thinking. Anyway, he would give the other party the answer based on his truest feelings and his usual driving habits. As for what the other party will think, Qin Miao completely depends on the system.
The two chatted for half an hour. In the end, Qin Miao was not very clear about the other person's first impression of him, but the smile on the other person's face when he left Qin Miao felt that it was quite sincere.
But just when the other party was about to leave, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and turned around and said to Qin Miao: "Oh, by the way, if possible, when you come to Maranello, I suggest you hire a lawyer to help you confirm The fine print in the contract.”
Qin Miao nodded seriously after hearing this.
After speaking, the other party left, but he did not leave the P room directly, but went to the command area opposite the maintenance area passage.
By this time Binotto had arrived.
Upon such observation, Qin Miao found that both of them had curly hair and the same color. It was just that Lawson's hair was longer than Binotto's.
Then Qin Miao saw Lawson sitting directly next to Binotto and chatting with him.
At this time, there was a commotion at the entrance behind the P room. Qin Miao looked back and saw that Leclerc had completed the pre-race driver parade and walked into Ferrari's P room wearing a racing suit.
To be honest, after chatting with Lawson for a while, Qin Miao's mentality had changed unknowingly.
If we say that when she met Leclerc yesterday, Qin Miao faced him with the mentality of a fan when seeing his idol.
But now that Lawson has praised him fiercely, and because of the system contract, Qin Miao has now stepped into the door of Ferrari's youth training.
Now Qin Miao looked at Leclerc with a hint of scrutiny and comparison.
This is not due to Qin Miao's character. The main reason is that his identity has changed drastically for a while, and the kind of big shots he usually has no contact with have praised him fiercely and said that he is very optimistic about your performance. This made Qin Miao, a young man, People are a little distracted.
After giving him some time to adapt to his current identity, Qin Miao's mentality will stabilize.
Leclerc didn't notice anything strange about Qin Miao, so he came over to shake hands with Qin Miao, and got into his car without even exchanging greetings, ready to start the race.
Drivers really don’t have a lot of time on race day.
The preparation stage is quite boring. The most engineers do during this period is to check the status of the vehicle and ensure that each component can operate stably. Because the FIA has regulations, starting from Q1 of qualifying, all teams can make adjustments. In other words, there is only the tire style of the car, and no tuning changes can be made to the car after qualifying starts.
Ten minutes later, everyone within the Ferrari team put on noise-canceling headphones, and after another familiar process, the engines of the two Ferrari racing cars were started.
Then the engineers pushed the two cars out of the P room and parked the cars in the position where the qualifying racers ran out.
At this stage, VIPs such as Qin Miao and others are not allowed to go on the track. Apart from the team staff and Matthew, the only ones allowed on the track are FIA photographers.
Five minutes later, all the staff on the track came to the left and right sides of the track to wait as the warm-up lap began.
The 2019 British Grand Prix is the 1007th Grand Prix on the F1 calendar. The number 007 has a profound significance in leading the British race.
The "007" series of movies has a similar status to the British people as "The Wandering Earth" does to domestic science fiction fans.
So Qin Miao also saw the actor who played 007 at the scene. Unfortunately, Qin Miao couldn't play computer games, let alone go to the movies, so he didn't know the specific name of this person.
As the 20 racing cars drove out of the grid and began to sit on the track for tire warm-up laps, the team staff and FIA official staff all jogged from the track back to the pit area.
Soon, the twenty cars completed the tire warm-up lap and returned to their own grid. At this time, the medical vehicle stopped behind the twenty racing cars.
Everything is ready.
The five red lights lit up one by one, and the engines of the 20 racing cars on the field began to roar.
Compared with F2, F1's engine roar is more violent.
As the red lights came on and off at the five stations, twenty racing cars started instantly.
Qin Miao did not pay attention to the situation of other drivers. He focused his main attention on Leclerc.
With Zhou Guanyu Zhuyu in front, Qin Miao was afraid that Leclerc would lose position like Zhou Guanyu in the starting stage.
However, nothing happened on the field that Qin Miao was worried about. After all, Leclerc was not Zhou Guanyu. Although he did not take the position from the two Mercedes after the start, he did not lose his position.
Qin Miao stared at Leclerc's car screen for a while, and then looked away after making sure that his starting position was stable.
In just one lap, the two Mercedes had already opened up a gap of at least 1.1 seconds between Leclerc, who was in third place.
This shows how terrifying the dominance of these two Mercedes-Benz cars is on the field.
After that, there weren't many shots of Leclerc, and the director put most of the shots on the two Mercedes, because Hamilton and Bottas started to fight.
And precisely because of this, Leclerc began to catch up with Mercedes after the fifth lap after the start of the race.
But even with red tires, Leclerc struggled to catch up.
There is no way, compared with Mercedes-Benz, the performance of Ferrari SF90 is still not strong enough.
Before Leclerc could catch up with Hamilton in front of him in the DRS zone, the two Mercedes, which were having a great time fighting with yellow tires, turned around and looked: Huh? How did this Ferrari with red tires catch up?
Toto, who was sitting in the command area, waved his hand: "You two melons, stop fighting. If I want to hit you, shake off the old guy behind you before we fight."
Then on the sixth lap, Leclerc, who started on red tires, found with some despair that he, who had been able to get closer by at least 0.3 seconds every lap, was left behind by a gap visible to the naked eye between the two Mercedes-Benz.
Damn it, I’m using red tires! Red tires!
Sitting in the cockpit, Leclerc was helpless and furious.
But blessings come in pairs, and misfortunes never come alone.
Leclerc was ruthlessly driven away by Mercedes on the front foot, and Verstappen's Red Bull on the back foot caught up again, and had already entered Leclerc's DRS zone.
At this moment, Qin Miao clearly felt that the relatively relaxed atmosphere inside the P room of the Ferrari team suddenly fell silent. A tense atmosphere began to spread everywhere. Everyone looked up and looked at the display in the P room of the team. TV with game footage.
(End of chapter)
