Zhou Guanyu stayed at Qin Miao's house until September 22nd before leaving and returned to the UK.
After her vacation, Qin Miao also resumed her daily rhythm of life.
In a flash, the time came to September 25th, Friday, the day when the Russian Grand Prix started.
Qin Miao's performance this week is still strong. After three days of competition, Qin Miao's points have been increased by 46 points. His dominance in F2 continues.
However, with Schumacher's strength in the second half of the season, Zhou Guanyu's second place was also replaced by Mick Schumacher.
And at this time, Ma Zeping was also eyeing Zhou Guanyu's third position.
After the game, Qin Miao completed the task of getting on the podium in a total of ten points races in accordance with the requirements of the Mercedes-Benz contract, so the liquidated damages Qin Miao owed to Mercedes-Benz were considered to have been paid off.
And if nothing goes wrong in the subsequent two Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Qin Miao can make another small profit from this contract.
Not much, only 1.88 million euros, after tax.
Moreover, the money was not issued by the system, but was earned by Qin Miao through his own strength, so Qin Miao could use the money at will.
After the game, as usual, Qin Miao gave his trophy to Ferrari, and he returned to his home in Vicenza, preparing to relax for a while.
The competition during this period was too intensive, even Qin Miao's physical condition was unbearable.
In fact, the original F2 competition schedule is not so intensive. Normal F2 competitions are held once every half month or once a month. How can there be one race a week or one race every two weeks like this year.
But it’s okay now. Due to the well-known impact, there will be no F2 races during this period.
The next F2 race will be held on November 27, and there will be two months of free time in between.
But Qin Miao and the others couldn't go out. After all, the risk outside was still quite high, so Qin Miao and Qiu Meng had stocked up on food at home during this period, preparing to spend the winter here like hamsters. period of time.
The past two months have not been difficult. Qin Miao doesn't like to go out very much. As long as he has a computer, he can stay in his room for a month without going out.
In addition, Qiu Meng is with her. From time to time, she sets up a fishing rack, a pair of headphones, and a cup of tea at the back door, and sits there all afternoon.
High-intensity training in the morning, a little driving practice in the afternoon to maintain a sense of proficiency in racing, and the rest is Qin Miao's time to indulge.
Qin Miao stayed in this extremely comfortable state for two months.
Tuesday, November 25th.
Qin Miao packed up her things and went to the motorcade to report.
After arriving at the team, the staff made a comprehensive assessment of Qin Miao's condition after two months of rest, and also conducted a full physical examination. After confirming that there were no major problems with Qin Miao's physical condition, the race was completed and started. All the preparations before.
After that, it’s daily work, getting familiar with the car, having meetings, and studying the track.
After that, Qin Miao will have to figure out his own car settings, such as the choice of braking center in corners, differential allocation, car tuning, and study the race videos of other drivers.
Although it may seem that Qin Miao is quite idle, Qin Miao still has a lot of work during the preparation time before the start of the game.
November 27, the day before the Bahrain Grand Prix starts.
This stop is the one where Prema spends the most on transportation.
After all, unlike previous competitions that only took place in Europe, Bahrain is in Asia. It takes too long to travel by land, and air transportation is too expensive, so Prema finally chose to travel by water.
The car and equipment wandered on the sea for more than half a month, and then walked overland for a while before reaching the track.
Although waterway is the cheapest method of transportation, the combined shipping cost of the entire team's equipment and racing cars is still as high as more than 100,000 US dollars.
As for the last two games, Qin Miao didn't mean to give up. After Toto mentioned Qin Miao a few words, Qin Miao now attaches great importance to the points in the game.
The 46 points in the two games were all smoothly collected by Qin Miao.
And with the end of the last sprint race in Bahrain, Qin Miao also created an unprecedented winning streak in F2, and it is unlikely that anyone will come after him.
Qin Miao completed a terrifying 14th consecutive victory in F2. (This includes sprint races.)
You must know that in the entire history of F2, no one except Qin Miao has been able to win the main race championship and a sprint championship at the same time.
Coupled with Qin Miao's total points of 516, it basically eliminates the possibility of others surpassing him.
Moreover, Qin Miao also set a single-season victory record that is basically impossible for anyone to break with his incredible 20 championships throughout the year.
At the same time, there are 12 races in a year, a total of 24 points races, and all the top podiums are records for Chinese drivers.
In short, Qin Miao is completely unilaterally suppressing all the drivers in F2 this year.
At the same time, Prema Racing naturally became this year's F2 team champion.
Qin Miao's total personal points now have reached a terrifying 516 points.
The total points of the two drivers of UNI-Virtuosi Racin in second place is only 315 points. Even if Mick Schumacher is in second place, the points are only 501 points. Qin Miao still has a 15-point advantage. Add up the bottom five riders.
All in all, Qin Miao's performance on the court this season can be described in two words:
Invincible!
After the last race, the F2 standings were decided.
F2 2020 season standings:
1ts: Qin Miao 516
2ts: Mick Schumacher 186
3ts: Zhou Guanyu 169
4ts: Ma Zeping 152
5ts: Ilot 146
6ts: Tsunoda 142
7ts: Deray Raz 118
8ts: Longgard 111
9ts: Drugovic 103
10ts: Giotto 92
11ts: Tiktum 78
12ts: Daruwala 61
13ts: Aitken 39
14ts: Armstrong 36
15ts: Panasonic 10
16ts: Alesi 8
17ts: Makarov 5
18ts: Alex 4
19ts: Geller 3
20ts: Nice 1
21ts: Piquet 1
The top three drivers received 40 super license points, which naturally qualified them to obtain a super license.
Unlike Qin Miao, a strong player who came up purely by talent, Tsunoda and Ma Zeping are backed by capital.
The people behind them were already preparing for them to enter F1 next season.
So after knowing that there was Qin Miao on the field, as well as ruthless people like Zhou Guanyu and Mick Schumacher, the two of them were running F3 while throwing coins in the paddock, and they managed to collect the 40 required to obtain a super driver's license. Points.
So this year an unprecedented five F2 drivers have obtained super licenses.
After the race, everyone in the Prema Racing team celebrated like crazy for a while. When the race ended, they all went out for dinner at night and were all very drunk.
The next day, Qin Miao was dragged out to attend the party again.
However, this gathering is not a team gathering, but a year-end party prepared by the FIA for the drivers. All those participating in this competition are F2 drivers.
The whole process of the party is nothing to go into details. Everyone is sitting on a long dining table, and there are some steaks, turkeys, lobsters and so on in front of them.
Everyone ate, drank, talked about things in the paddock, and talked about future plans.
In such an environment, Qin Miao is no longer as withdrawn as before. Coupled with Qin Miao's dominance in F2, he has become the focus of the dinner. Many drivers are curious about Qin Miao.
Qin Miao's attractiveness is not achieved by bragging, nor by spreading money, but by his own strength and his performance on the field.
When faced with curious inquiries from colleagues, Qin Miao basically just said whatever they wanted.
We are all of the same age and come from various countries around the world. We chat about interesting things that happened in our own countries without worrying about running out of topics to talk about.
After eating, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.
Before breaking up, the twenty-two F2 drivers gathered together for a photo.
Everyone lined up on both sides of the long table according to their final year-end rankings. Sitting on the main seat at the far end of the long table was Qin Miao. Qin Miao had Mick on his left hand and Zhou Guanyu on his right hand.
Others move down in order.
Finally, under the flash of flash, the photo was frozen at this moment.
It wasn't long before he posted it on Twitter, and soon returned to China.
It has been talked about by domestic fans for a while.
After the FIA matter came to an end, Qin Miao returned to Vicenza.
Without saying any more words of farewell, Qin Miao first had a meal with Sui Wentao and his crew members.
After eating, Qin Miao called a moving company and started packing the things in his room.
During this time, Qin Miao had another meal with Luo Xin.
During the meal, Luo Xin did regret Qin Miao's departure, but now the deal was done. No matter how much he regretted it, it would not change the established fact.
After the meal, the moving company also packed up Qin Miao's belongings and started delivering them to the UK.
During this period, when Qiu Meng was not in Vicenza, she was actually busy working in the UK.
Qin Miao's new home is near the Mercedes-Benz F1 headquarters in Blackley. It takes 20 minutes to walk there or only five minutes to ride a scooter.
After arriving in the UK, Qin Miao first settled in his home and invited Zhou Guanyu to have a meal at home. After that, Qin Miao reported to the Mercedes-Benz motorcade.
Although there is still half a month until Qin Miao's contract comes into effect, no one will really strictly follow the contract rules and regulations on these details.
When Qin Miao was going to visit Meiben's factory, he didn't say hello to Toto in advance. He walked there by himself according to the directions on the map.
Qin Miao's cars and scooters in Italy are still in transit. These large items and furniture are not transported together.
But anyway, the house Qin Miao rents is not far from here.
Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team is right next to the A43 highway. The surrounding infrastructure is complete and the environment is very good.
This was originally Honda's factory, then it became Brawn GP's, and now it's become the territory of Mercedes-Benz.
Because he didn't say hello, Qin Miao was stopped by the sentry at the door before he entered.
However, after Qin Miao called Toto, the phone at the gate rang soon. After it was confirmed that Qin Miao was one of his own, Qin Miao was let in.
To be honest, the appearance of Mercedes-Benz's team headquarters looks a little shabby compared to Ferrari's headquarters. It is not as direct as Ferrari. The entire building is covered with Ferrari's iconic red lace flowers, coupled with a huge Ferrari Prancing Horse Logo.
If you didn't know this was a Mercedes-Benz motorcade, you might just think it was an ordinary industrial area.
Because there is basically no Mercedes logo visible here, only a factory area that looks normal from the outside.
On the left is the guard room, and the building extending a little further back. From Qin Miao's current angle, he can't see much more, but Qin Miao feels that it is a bit like a factory. The large building on the right looks a bit like a factory or administration. Buildings and other places.
Before Qin Miao could take a closer look at the internal environment of the Mercedes fleet, Toto walked out of the building on the right.
At this time, Qin Miao was the only person standing at the main entrance of the Mercedes team, carrying a bag and wearing a mask on his face. In addition, Qin Miao's neck was much thicker than normal people, and Toto recognized him at a glance. Qin Miao walked over quickly.
After approaching Qin Miao, Toto smiled and extended his hand: "Welcome, I didn't expect you to come here so soon."
Qin Miao also stretched out his hand and shook it with Totuo, and then both of them used their arms to pull each other over for a hug.
"I just settled the housing problem, I just have some time recently, and the house I rent is not far from here, so I stopped by to have a look." Qin Miao said while curiously looking at the environment of the Meiben factory. .
After Toto heard Qin Miao's words, he looked at Qin Miao dumbly, and then a cheerful smile appeared on his face.
You know, under normal circumstances, drivers will not find a place to live next to the team. F1 drivers have their own mansions, and the distance from the team headquarters is hard to say.
If the team needs a driver to come over for help, the team can only communicate with the driver in advance, then wait for the driver to come over, and then let the driver leave after the work is done.
But Qin Miao is different. If he lives not far from the factory, it will be much more convenient to call him over if there is any problem. At that time, it will also be a lot of help for the improvement and research and development of the racing car.
However, Toto did not show his thoughts on his face. After Qin Miao finished speaking, Toto replied: "Then you came at the wrong time, because many people have already started taking vacations and the factory has resumed work." We have a normal work and rest, not three shifts, and many people can’t get to know them all at once.”
Qin Miao originally just wanted to come over and recognize the door. When he heard Totuo said that he wanted to meet other people, he scratched his forehead in distress.
Meeting Europeans is really a painful thing for Qin Miao, who has mild social anxiety and mild cognitive impairment in European faces.
"Anyway, let me show you around the place where you will work in the future." Toto patted Qin Miao on the shoulder.
Qin Miao packed up her mood and followed Toto. Originally, he came here to recognize the door and visit the Mercedes-Benz factory.
PS. We are getting ready to start the F1 plot. There is a lot of information to check, and today we only have 4K.
(End of chapter)
