Originally, Qin Miao had thought about returning to Maranello to see the friends he had made during his time at Ferrari. After all, he had lived there for a long time.
But considering his current status, it is indeed inappropriate to return to Maranello.
Qin Miao simply didn't stay outside for long and went directly to Milan.
Qin Miao also met with Zhou Guanyu on Wednesday.
After all, Zhou Guanyu will run the F2 race in Monza this week, so when booking the hotel, Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu booked the hotel together.
It is worth mentioning that at this time, the driver candidates for next season for the 20 positions of the 10 teams in the paddock have been determined.
Only Alfa Romeo still has one position that has not yet been confirmed.
It can be said that the entire paddock is paying attention to that last position.
There are many competitors for this position, the more famous one is Zhou Guanyu, and the other one is De Vries.
Qin Miao also called Binotto and asked him if he knew who Vassell was planning to sign, or that between the two drivers Vassell had a clearer intention for which driver, after all, Binotto He has a good personal relationship with Vassell. Maybe Vassell mentioned this when they were chatting privately.
However, although Qin Miao asked Binotto, Binotto reluctantly said that he did not know.
Qin Miao didn't have a good solution for this.
I can only ask how the contact between Zhou Guanyu's team and Arrow is going.
After all, Qin Miao still wants to find a compatriot among F1 drivers.
The good news is that when Qin Miao opened the door of Zhou Guanyu's hotel room, he saw Zhou Guanyu watching the video of the Monza track on his laptop. There was no anxious look on his face, and he couldn't feel anything about him. Too much pressure.
"So easy? I feel like I, as an F1 driver, have less pressure than you, an F1 seat holder who has not yet figured out your horoscope." After seeing Zhou Guanyu, Qin Miao joked.
"You are a typical example of an emperor who is not anxious but an eunuch who is anxious." Zhou Guanyu said with a smile.
Qin Miao made a show of taking off her slippers.
"Hey, no, no, that's wrong." Zhou Guanyu gave in decisively.
After Qin Miao put on his shoes again, Zhou Guanyu said: "I won't hide it from you. My team has already talked with Arrow's people. Both of us have strong intentions. I am more virtuous than my competitor." Freese has a lot of advantages.”
"Oh? There is an explanation." After putting on his shoes, Qin Miao found a seat and sat down, opened a bag of something that looked like nuts and ate it.
"Well, I currently have higher points in F2 than De Vries, and I also have a sponsorship of 20 million. For a team like Arrow that is short of money, this 20 million sponsorship is They can't refuse." Zhou Guanyu said confidently after closing the notebook in front of him.
"So, are you sure?"
"I can't say it's a sure thing, but it can be considered foolproof."
"As long as it's confirmed, stop talking about these useless things. Did you bring the PS5? Give it a try on FIFA."
"What do you mean it's not nutritious? Do you know how hard I worked to get into F1?" Zhou Guanyu shouted dissatisfied.
"Tsk." Qin Miao was a little impatient: "You just say whether to fight or not?"
"beat!"
"Walk!"
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Qin Miao spent the whole day at Zhou Guanyu's place on Wednesday. The two of them basically did nothing that day. They asked the hotel waiter to deliver their meals and stayed in the hotel playing games for the whole day.
But when the time came to Thursday, Qin Miao became busy again.
Although Thursday is not a race day, many track activities are held on this day.
After all, track days are still very attractive to car fans. Most of the pre-race video recording and fan meetings are concentrated on Thursday.
And this Thursday Qin Miao has to go to the dark room with Verstappen.
Originally, Qin Miao was going to the small black room after the game last Sunday.
But after Qin Miao won the championship at Verstappen's home court, the audience left the field and shouted: "So fuck you qin miao."
The organizers also considered that if Qin Miao left late, she might be attacked by the excited Dutch audience.
Therefore, this black room will be postponed until the Italian Grand Prix.
Anyway, during the current epidemic, the pre-race activities are at least half less than during the normal grand prix.
Putting it on Thursday will not delay the riders’ schedule.
Qin Miao originally understood the small dark room to be literally locked in a black room without windows.
I was reprimanded by FIA officials or educated like the traffic police who caught those riding electric bikes without helmets.
What I didn't expect was that the black room was actually just a title. Qin Miao was taken to the race steward's office, and Verstappen was also brought there at the same time.
The two sat together across from each other in the tournament steward's office.
Afterwards, the race steward turned on the video recorder and asked the two drivers to explain the situation when the two collided on the track and their own views on the collision.
Afterwards, the race stewards came forward to mediate between the two drivers.
The dark room ends when both parties forgive each other.
And for Qin Miao and Verstappen, this incident has been going on for some time. Even if everyone is dissatisfied, the emotion has dissipated a lot after such a long time, so facing themselves in the race field Riders who have been involved in traffic accidents can also chat relatively calmly.
Therefore, the mediation in the small black room was successful this time. Qin Miao and Verstappen shook hands and made peace in front of the race stewards.
Of course, it is unknown what the two of them were thinking.
After Thursday, Qin Miao was still doing regular work. Maybe for the fans who saw Qin Miao for the first time, everything was new.
But for Qin Miao, he has gone through these processes nearly twenty times this year.
The only thing that Qin Miao found interesting during the filming session on Thursday was that Mercedes people always came up with some new ways to play, such as jumping with a shot put and using Pirelli tires as ice hockey balls.
Let Qin Miao tie one hand and play table tennis with Hamilton.
Even though Qin Miao tied one hand and played table tennis with Hamilton, he could still abuse Hamilton...
After recording the media material, Qin Miao went to walk the track again. After walking the track, Qin Miao's work was all over.
This week's Italian Grand Prix is actually different from the past. Last year's Italian Grand Prix was still a normal one-two-three practice session, followed by qualifying and the race.
This year’s Italian Grand Prix has been reformed, and the current competition process is:
There will be a practice session on Friday, followed by a qualifying session, which determines the starting order for Saturday's sprint race.
Second practice on Saturday, followed by a sprint qualifying session.
Saturday’s sprint qualifying rankings determine the starting order for Sunday’s race.
It is not difficult to guess the purpose of the FIA's reform. They want to make the three days of the Grand Prix interesting.
In this way, spectators will come to watch the competition on the three days of the Grand Prix.
It can also be regarded as a disguised way to increase the flow of people in the paddock.
However, in the qualifying stage after the first practice on Friday, judging from the very few spectators in the stands, this measure had limited effect.
Of course, it is also possible that because of the epidemic, there were very few spectators coming to watch the game.
The Monza circuit is a super high-speed track, so while the Mercedes team brought regular upgrades this week, it also brought low-pressure rear wings to the two drivers.
It can be said that Monza is the race with the lowest pressure on the car in the entire calendar.
Qin Miao and the team did not get much data during the first practice session on Friday.
Considering that qualifying will be held in the afternoon, the data tested by the team in the first practice phase are the balance of the car and the consistency of the car's grip under the extreme state of Monza.
To put it bluntly, the team got a fairly qualified car tuning setup for qualifying before the end of the first practice.
This ATA qualifying competition system also has advantages, that is, qualifying and sprint qualifying, and different car tuning settings can be used during the race.
It is also not necessary to use the old tires used in the Q2 stage in the sprint qualifying stage.
Of course, the biggest headache for other drivers in this competition system is the tire problem.
Because there is an extra 18-lap sprint race, most drivers need to test more events in the two practice sessions, and the tires will naturally wear more than before.
These all depend on the team and the driver's own choices. Qin Miao basically has no worries in this regard.
Qualifying stage.
Since Qin Miao stopped making trouble in the qualifying stage, Q1 and Q2 have not raised the blood pressure of his fans and Mercedes fans.
The same goes for this game.
Qin Miao advanced directly with good results of first place in Q1 and second place in Q2.
In the Q3 stage, Qin Miao encountered a little trouble.
When the first flight lap passed T9 in the third period, Qin Miao was blocked by Sainz who was running back to the ring. If Qin Miao hadn't reacted quickly, Qin Miao would have almost hit Sainz's car directly. took off.
As a result, Sainz was penalized two positions at the start of Sunday's race.
I don’t know what the people at Ferrari are doing. They are already Q3 and still have traffic problems on the track.
The most important thing is that this is Ferrari's home stadium.
The biggest circus in the world is probably Ferrari, the only one who can make mistakes one after another at their home stadium.
After the first flying lap of Q3 was abandoned, Qin Miao paid more attention to his second flying lap.
He ran extremely seriously and completed the flying lap two minutes earlier than the team expected.
Although Qin Miao came to first place after completing this flying lap, she was quickly moved to third place.
Both Hamilton and Verstappen are faster than Qin Miao.
Qin Miao was not surprised by this.
Finally, the rankings after Friday’s qualifying are as follows:
Pole position: Hamilton
2: Verstappen
3: Qin Miao
4: Norris
5: Ricardo
6: Gasly
7: Sainz
8: Leclerc
9: Perez
10: Giovinazzi
After all, Giovinazzi was playing at home. Although he was driving an Alfa Romeo that ranked second to last in the paddock, he had the support of his home team, his uncertain future contract, and his full familiarity with this track. , Giovinazzi used all his talents in the qualifying stage and was finally able to squeeze into Q3.
However, whether Giovinazzi can start in this position during the race depends on Saturday's sprint qualifying.
Friday's race is over here. Qin Miao went to the post-race press conference with Hamilton Verstappen, and the day's work was all over.
When returning to the hotel, Qin Miao and Hamilton were riding in the same car. While in the car, the two talked about the competition system implemented by the FIA.
The old man made it clear that after Liberty Media Group took charge of F1, many things were focused on profits.
His words were full of criticism and dissatisfaction with this competition system.
However, Qin Miao did not express his own opinion on this. He mainly listened to Hamilton's chat along the way.
The main reason is that Qin Miao has only been in the paddock for a year, so he is definitely not considered a low-key person, but Qin Miao's own influence is definitely not comparable to Hamilton.
Hamilton can talk in private about what is wrong with the competition system formulated by the FIA, but Qin Miao is not so bold.
Saturday, second practice.
During the hour of second practice, Qin Miao and Hamilton experienced no accidents in their cars and on the track.
However, this second practice was not without incident, because Ferrari once again caused trouble at its home court.
Sainz crashed during second practice.
There was a crash at home, and the audience was naturally noisy.
Fortunately, when sprint qualifying started, Ferrari miraculously repaired Sainz's car within half an hour.
Should it be said that it is worthy of being a Ferrari? The upper and lower limits are both very low.
The upper limit is so high that even if Sainz's entire front suspension is broken and the rear wing and floor are damaged, the car can be repaired in half an hour.
The line was so low that it took more than ten seconds to change tires. After the Leclerc car in Monaco collided, it was said to be repaired at the time, but when the race actually started, it was discovered that there was a problem with the car.
People can't help but sigh that Ferrari is such a magical team.
Sprint qualifying stage.
This is a race with only 18 laps and no pit stops.
However, both Qin Miao and Hamilton, including all other drivers, knew that this sprint qualifying session was not important.
Some food is tasteless and it is a pity to throw it away.
After all, no matter what ranking you get in sprint qualifying, no one else will get any points except the top three drivers.
And even if you finish in the top three in sprint qualifying, the points awarded will be limited.
Three points for the champion, two points for the runner-up, and one point for the third place.
Basically no driver would choose to risk their lives against the driver in front of them for such a tasteless and regrettable score.
This is one of the reasons why when Hamilton and Qin Miao went back to the hotel to rest yesterday, they kept complaining to Qin Miao that the designer of this competition system was mentally ill.
Well, although Qin Miao didn't say it, he also felt that the designer of this competition system was mentally ill.
However, one thing is that compared to Friday’s qualifying, there were indeed many more spectators at Saturday’s sprint qualifying.
Of course, the audience at the scene are all Ferrari fans. Even if they are not wearing Ferrari clothes, wearing Ferrari hats, or waving Ferrari flags, they are still Ferrari fans.
After all, the whole world is a Ferrari fan.
(End of chapter)
