After a rough fight, Qin Miao was kicked by Zhou Guanyu on the buttocks, and Zhou Guanyu was slapped on the head. The incident was over.
After all, there will be a race later, and it would be a bit uneconomical to continue racing at this time, so the two of them returned to their respective cars.
After everything was ready, it was almost time for the practice session to begin.
"Radio test, can you hear me?"
"Yeah...it's clear. Franky, please turn off the music."
"...Okay." Franky turned off the music in Qin Miao's headphones, and then said: "The countdown to the practice match begins: 3, 2, 1...start!"
Hearing Franky's voice, Qin Miao started the engine of his car, while Sui Wentao quickly came to the side of the track, observed the road conditions and then motioned Qin Miao not to drive, because many cars had not started before the practice session. We were already queuing up at the exit of the pit lane, and the traffic at the exit was a bit congested.
Although he saw Qin Miao's talent, he was a newcomer after all. Sui Wentao was worried that Qin Miao would easily make him nervous if he squeezed into traffic at this time.
So the car was released a little late.
Coincidentally, when Sui Wentao released his car, Zhou Guanyu was also released by his team, and he happened to be lined up behind Qin Miao's car.
After Qin Miao saw Zhou Guanyu's helmet with blue and white porcelain elements through the rearview mirror, he suddenly felt a phantom pain in his butt. Damn it, this old guy Zhou Guanyu didn't even have any strength left in the kick he just gave him.
But after Qin Miao entered the track and started accelerating, Qin Miao no longer had the extra time to think about messy things.
It was as if some switch was turned on in Qin Miao's body the moment he came out of the maintenance area. The distracting thoughts in Qin Miao's mind were eliminated at this moment, and his whole person instantly entered a state of extreme concentration.
At this time, Franky’s voice came from the TR: “Get familiar with the track in the first two laps, and then do a long-distance test of a total of 7 laps on the third lap, and then return to the pit area to change to a set of soft tires to test the soft tires. In order to check the long-distance wear of the tires, we went back to the garage to drain the oil in the last ten minutes of the practice session and used the old soft tires to test the qualifying speed. This is our plan today.
Is there anything else you would like to add? "
"No, help me pay attention to the traffic conditions on the track." Qin Miao's voice at this time was very calm, even a little cold, which was completely different from Qin Miao's usual tone when speaking.
Franky didn't pay much attention to it. He thought it was caused by the clutter of TR's electronic equipment.
In the first three laps on the track, Qin Miao mainly tried out some of the things he learned when walking the track with Zhou Guanyu yesterday to see if today's track conditions could be used in the test later. Get these tips.
Three laps were enough time for Qin Miao to memorize all these things.
At the end of the third lap, Qin Miao began the long-distance test.
This stage is mainly to test Qin Miao's speed and tire performance over long distances when driving an F2 car with a heavy load of fuel.
Then in the second lap of the long-distance test, Qin Miao achieved three levels of purple with a time of 1:17:001, temporarily ranking first in the practice session.
This speed is at least 0.4 seconds faster than those drivers who start flying laps on soft tires.
If Frankie felt so clear and happy after seeing Qin Miao's results, Rosin, the team leader of the Prema Racing team sitting next to him, let out a sigh of relief, as if he wanted to All the frustrations, worries and negative emotions in my heart were thrown out.
At this moment, Luo Xin felt as safe as when Qin Miao took Qiu Meng to redeem the prize and saw the cash being deposited into her bank account.
Luo Xin's feeling during this period was similar to that of Qin Miao back then. He knew that Qin Miao was very strong and had passed many internal tests and real car tests to prove Qin Miao's strength. However, Qin Miao never competed in the competition. No one knows how Qin Miao, who was invincible in training matches and tests, will perform in a real competition.
Luo Xin always felt a little uneasy and uneasy. In addition, such a major event that swept the world had recently happened. External pressure and internal pressure made his whole body nervous. Over time, his whole body and mind were exhausted. tired.
But things are different now. Qin Miao's performance in the practice match truly fulfilled his due talent.
On the other side, in Ferrari's large red sedan, Ferrari's team leader Mattia Binotto and technical director Simone Resta were both sitting in a place similar to a living room.
However, there were only two of them in the conference room usually used for meetings, and they were not discussing anything. Instead, they were staring at the TV screen in the conference room, and the F2 practice match was playing on the TV.
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After Qin Miao completed the seven-lap long-distance test on hard tires on the track, he twice refreshed his lap record set in the second lap. Now Qin Miao's fastest lap time is 1:16:607. Three times. Duan's fastest speed was achieved by Qin Miao.
"Okay, the test is completed, the data is very good, the effect exceeds our expectations, let's go back to the garage."
Qin Miao returned to the maintenance area as instructed.
However, Qin Miao did not stop. Instead, he changed to a set of soft tires and drove back to the track to test the degradation of the soft tires on the track.
In the command podium in the maintenance area, Luo Xin and French fell into silence as they looked at the telemetry data of Qin Miao's seven laps.
Because Mick drove out of the pit area faster than Qin Miao, he had already changed to the hard tire test and started another round of testing before Qin Miao came back, so the two of them had Mick's data at this time.
The data shows that Qin Miao's fuel consumption is 7% less than Mick's, and his tire loss is 20% less than Mick's...
If these data can be achieved by other drivers as long as they run more conservatively, then Qin Miao's terrifying data of 0.3 seconds faster than Mick in each lap while suffering this loss will separate the dividing line between genius and mortal. It was clearly displayed in front of the two people who saw this data.
This kind of data appears in the comparison of teammates with teammates. We generally call it:
Hanging.
In the next soft tire test, Qin Miao's speed was even faster. He broke his own lap record in the first lap. After all seven laps were completed, the fastest speed was 1:15:919.
However, Qin Miao was beaten by others after completing this lap time. This is normal, because Qin Miao was using this set of tires at a long-distance pace in the race, and he still had at least 50% of the fuel in his car. , only when you can run fast can you become a ghost.
The good news is that Qin Miao completed all his long-distance tests today. Frankie got Qin Miao's tire loss data on this track, and based on these data, he began to formulate the tires for the sprint race and the main race in the next two days. Use strategies.
At the same time, Qin Miao returned to the garage, drained part of the fuel in his racing car, leaving only enough fuel for Qin Miao to run five laps, and then released Qin Miao out to do flying laps.
Qin Miao didn't run for long. Due to traffic and time reasons, Qin Miao only ran two flying laps before the end of the practice session. In the first flying lap, Qin Miao did 1:14:295.
Qin Miao knew that he had been blocked by a slower car in the latter speeding lap, and at least 0.2 seconds had been lost. As he was already pushed to the limit, he knew that after missing these 0.2 seconds, it would be impossible for him. It was time to set the fastest lap he had ever created, so Qin Miao gave up and slowly drove the car back to the pit area.
And in the TR, he cordially greeted the Russian driver named Mazeping who blocked him in Chinese.
"Have your fucking eyeballs been eaten by dogs? If you don't need your eyes, you can donate them to those in need! If you don't know how to drive, you can go home and play with your fucking eyes. Naiko, are you looking at such a big car coming from behind you? You're gone, right? Don't let me catch you. If I catch you, I'll dig up the rearview mirror for you, QNM's stupid thing!"
It is worth mentioning that because Qin Miao said this in Chinese, no one could understand it. Of course, the director did not broadcast this speech.
The first practice session of F2 in the 2020 season ended after Qin Miao returned to the pit area. Qin Miao ranked first with a time of 1:14:295.
Yuki Tsunoda ranked second, 0.91 seconds slower than Qin Miao.
Zhou Guanyu ranked third, one second slower than Qin Miao.
As for Qin Miao's teammate Mick... This person ranked 19th, and his lap time was a full 2.5 seconds slower than Qin Miao...
But this is just a practice session. The lap time can be watched for fun, but it basically does not have much reference value.
After running a practice session, the drivers and staff of each F2 team also packed up their belongings and evacuated from the pit area.
Next is the first practice of F1. They cannot block the door of the F1 team's P room and affect the highlight of this grand prix.
Qin Miao and his crew members did not have time to watch the F1 race. After packing up their things and hurried back to the P room of their team, the two crew members of the Prema team gathered together for a meeting.
Rosin didn't say anything about Mick's car being slow, he just explained to the crew members what to pay attention to in the qualifying session and cheered them on.
After a brief rope-twisting meeting, Qin Miao and his crew members returned to their P room and began to inspect the car.
Naturally, no problems were found during this inspection. Although Qin Miao drove fast, his driving style was gentle and did not waste time on the car. The wear and tear on the vehicle caused by a practice session was very small.
During the F1 practice session, Qin Miao took a rest, replenished some water, and took time to play games. The time soon came to the F2 qualifying session.
It's still the same process, pushing the car, pulling the tires and carrying the tire changing equipment to the door of the P room in the maintenance area to prepare.
After the intense preparation time, the time for the start of qualifying is approaching.
Although today is Friday and she still needs to go to work in the morning, Qin Miao's mother took a rare leave today. She recalled the method Qiu Meng taught her to connect to VPN, opened the official website of F2, and adjusted Exited the live broadcast interface.
Although she usually doesn't care about her son and is completely in a state of letting go, this is her son after all, and today is his first competition. No matter how important it is, she cannot miss this opportunity.
He soon found Qin Miao's name among the English abbreviations. After all, QIN, three words that looked like Chinese pinyin, were quite conspicuous among the abbreviations of a group of foreigners.
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At the same time, Five Star Sports, which is well-known among F1 fans, also started its live broadcast in advance today, uncharacteristically.
However, unlike in the past, what they showed when the broadcast started in advance was not the opening promotional video of F1, but that of F2.
After the Formula 1 Theme, which belongs exclusively to F2, finished playing, three hosts from Five Star Sports appeared on the TV screen.
After the on-site director signaled that the live broadcast had begun, the host Brother Bing began to greet the audience in front of the TV: "Good morning, viewers, and welcome to the first stop of the 2020 Formula One Grand Prix brought to you by Five Star Sports. Austrian qualifying race: Formula 2 qualifying live broadcast, I am Brother Bing.”
"I'm Brother Fei."
"I'm Zhou Haoran."
Just when all the viewers were wondering why Five Star Poisonous Milk started the live broadcast so early, and the content of the live broadcast was not F1 but F2, Brother Bing explained:
"We all know that another Chinese driver has appeared in F2. After internal discussions in our station, starting from today we will also start broadcasting F2 qualifying, two sprint races and the race. Cheer for the two young Chinese drivers."
Feige added: "The two Chinese drivers fighting in F2 are Zhou Guanyu and Qin Miao. Zhou Guanyu was born on May 30, 1999, and is 21 years old this year. Qin Miao was born on March 7, 2001. 19 years old.”
When introducing the two drivers, the director thoughtfully placed their headshots in racing suits on the screen behind the studio.
Afterwards, several people from Five Star Sports chatted about the details of the two drivers and then changed the topic to the completed F2 practice session.
Soon, following the announcement from the director, live footage was shown on the field.
The first shot is of the exit of the pit area of the Red Bull Ring. At a glance, at least a dozen cars are crowded at the exit, just to have a relatively good space to set lap times during the subsequent qualifying process. .
As the green light at the exit of the pit area turned on, cars gradually drove out of the pit area.
However, Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu were still in no hurry. After the people in the maintenance area were almost gone, Qin Miao started the engine and drove out.
Now Qin Miao is using the same set of old soft tires that he just used for lapping for long distances.
Rossin and French originally wanted Qin Miao to use a new set of soft tires. With the speed Qin Miao performed in the practice session, it is really possible to use a new set of soft tires in qualifying. Sex gets pole position.
The two points for pole position in qualifying are also very nice.
But Qin Miao didn't think it was necessary. He also looked at his tire failure data and knew that he could use soft tires as hard tires.
Qin Miao was confident that he could get into the top three in the qualifying stage, so he wanted to keep a new set of soft tires to rush forward in the sprint stage.
Anyway, I have the skills to use the soft tire as a hard tire without any problem. When the time comes, the grip of the soft tire will be matched with the durability of the hard tire. If I finish in the top three in the sprint race, my score of more than ten points will not be better than yours in qualifying. A measly two points for pole position?
At that time, I will still have a new set of soft tires and hard tires left to use in the main race. What stands out is that I have food in my hand and don't panic.
If I were to be bolder, using soft tires, I might be able to get a podium while starting from the back row in the sprint race, and then hold my position in the main race and get another podium. Isn't this the heifer entering the bull? Qun - so awesome.
Faced with Qin Miao's decision and ideas, Franky wanted to refuse. After all, the uncertainty of doing so was too high, but after doing some verification and calculations, Luo Xin determined the feasibility of this matter. The only problem now is The question is whether Qin Miao can use this old set of soft tires to achieve good results in qualifying.
(End of chapter)
