How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 204 202: The Perfect Start

After the driver parade, the team has begun to push the car out of the pit area and transport it towards the track.

After the parade, Qin Miao and Hamilton first went to Mercedes' team home to change into racing uniforms before rushing to the track.

After completing all pre-race activities and preparations on the track, Qin Miao came to his starting position.

Come to the track, put on your gear, and sit in the car.

Qin Miao is the No.12 starter today, and the starting position is outside the track.

But the advantage of the Monte Carlo track is here. This track is not like other tracks, the grip on the inside of the track is not as good as the outside of the track.

Because this is a road, the grip of the track is sufficient no matter where it is.

However, there are still some disadvantages at the start of this position, that is, the line entering T1 is basically blocked by the cars on the inside.

If the car on the inside doesn't give way, Qin Miao will have a hard time entering the corner.

Of course, if Qin Miao starts well enough, he will have the opportunity to change his destiny.

After confirming that his racing car was in good condition, Qin Miao fastened the seat belt, fixed the headrest, and started the steering wheel procedure.

After the steering wheel was warmed up, Qin Miao closed her eyes to calm down the turbulent emotions in her heart, and then reached out and patted the steering wheel of her racing car three times.

Buff is good, Qin Miao has no worries.

And just as Qin Miao closed her eyes and rested her mind, waiting for the game to start, a voice suddenly came from the TR.

"Radio test, can Qin Miao hear it?"

"Radio test, the sound is very clear." Qin Miao replied.

After confirming that the radio communication was normal, Franky continued: "I have good news for you. Leclerc retired. The explanation given by Ferrari was that there was a problem with the drive shaft of Leclerc's left rear wheel, and the car could not run normally. "

Qin Miao was naturally happy when he heard the news. After all, this news meant that he had one less opponent on the field and moved up one spot in the rankings. But then Qin Miao became a little confused. How could Ferrari be left behind? Is there something wrong with the rear wheel?Even if it was because of yesterday's crash, wasn't the place where he crashed the car was the suspension of the left front wheel?

So Qin Miao asked in confusion: "Why is this happening?"

Frankie didn't know the specific reason, but considering that the other party was Ferrari, it wasn't so strange: "It's Ferrari after all."

Qin Miao nodded as soon as she heard it: "Yes, Ferrari always has some strange problems."

Qin Miao and Frankie's chat team TR can also be heard by other teams, but only the team's staff who are responsible for listening to other team TR can hear it, people like Binotto and Toto can't hear it .

They also learned about other teams' information through these people.

The Ferrari people twitched their mouths after hearing what Qin Miao and Franky said, but they couldn't say anything to refute.

Because this is Ferrari.

Of course, even though Leclerc was reimbursed again in Monaco, the starting positions of other drivers will not change because of this, but the position that originally belonged to Leclerc has been vacated.

In addition to making people at Ferrari feel a little uncomfortable, this news also made someone who even had a conflict of interest with Ferrari feel uncomfortable when they found out.

This person is Toto Wolff.

Because if Qin Miao hadn't been fined and retired, Qin Miao would have been able to get the first start in this game.

With Qin Miao's defensive ability and tire protection ability combined with the track characteristics of Monaco, as long as the team's pit stop strategy does not have any problems, he can prevent Verstappen from doubting his life in this game.

Another championship of the sub-station will also fall on Qin Miao's head.

Unfortunately, there is no if.

Soon, the pre-match preparation time was over, and the staff of each team left the field with their belongings. Only the staff in charge of tire temperature remained on the track.

Qin Miao also opened his eyes and adjusted his breathing.

It is worth mentioning that after Qin Miao opened his eyes, he discovered that a bright five-star red flag was hanging down from a residential building in front of him to his right.

Although Qin Miao's vision was blocked by the flip-flops of his racing car and he couldn't see the other person, Qin Miao knew that despite being thousands of miles away, there were still people supporting him.

Although I don't know why, but after seeing this bright five-star red flag, Qin Miao's inner confidence and confidence are obviously stronger.

Soon, as time passed, all the staff on site withdrew, leaving only 19 cars on the track.

With two green lights on the track, Verstappen's car started ahead, followed by Sain Norris.

Qin Miao followed Aokang.

At the end of the warm-up lap, Qin Miao encountered a small traffic jam.

The drivers in front are trying to slow down their speed as much as possible, in order to let the tires of the cars in front cool down more thoroughly.

Qin Miao also knew this little trick, so before he entered his grid position, he also grinded on the track for a while, constantly burning tires to overheat his tires.

With the last two Haas settling down, the countdown to the main race of the Monaco Grand Prix officially began.

Five red lights came on one after another.

Qin Miao's racing steering wheel had a small upgrade in Monaco, that is, the triggering method of the clutch was modified.

Changed pressed hair to loose hair.

That is to say, after Qin Miao presses the clutch button, the clutch will not block the drive shaft of the engine to provide power to the tires, but will only give power after Qin Miao presses the clutch and then releases the clutch button.

Although this starting method is a bit counter-intuitive, after testing by the team, this starting method is about 0.05 seconds faster on average than pressing the start.

The only difficulty that needs to be overcome is to get the drivers to change their starting habits.

And what F1 drivers lack most is perseverance, so this upgrade is not a big problem.

Qin Miao is also familiar with this operation method in Brackley's factory.

Amidst the roar of 19 F1 racing engines, five red lights came on and went off.

"Five red lights off! The race begins!"

Qin Miao didn't know how the front group started, but he felt that his start was absolutely super-level. It was obvious that Ricardo on the front right of him started half a beat slower than himself, and Aokang in front was also obviously The ground is being chased by oneself.

Because it starts from the rear, the distance from Qin Miao to T1 is quite far.

So from the start to T1, Qin Miao had enough time to try to surpass these two cars.

And Aokang starts slightly faster than Ricardo, so there is just a gap between the two cars that is enough for one car to insert.

Qin Miao naturally knew that Aokang would never give up the position to himself so easily, so when he saw the gap, he went straight in.Fortunately, Ricardo's game experience is rich enough, he knew that he started slowly, and Qin Miao got in again.

If he doesn't give way, it will definitely cause a big accident, so after seeing Qin Miao coming in, Ricardo didn't slow down, but he still moved a little to the inside, giving Qin Miao a wider space. in-bending space.

And Qin Miao also successfully gained a position by starting and came to the inner side.

Aokang found out that Qin Miao had come to the inside line, and his relative speed was faster than his own. He would definitely not let Qin Miao pass him so comfortably.

Moreover, Giovinazzi in front of Qin Miao also had a relatively average start. There was no space between him and O'Connell for Qin Miao to get in.

Therefore, Qin Miao had no choice but to relax the accelerator. Whether he can surpass O'Connell next depends on how the next two drivers handle T1.

If Qin Miao's operation is good enough, then he can start directly from two positions and enter the points area.

Qin Miao kept his eyes fixed on O'Connell, observing Giovinazzi in front of him out of the corner of his eye.

Soon O'Connell and Qin Miao came to the T1 braking area side by side.

Qin Miao adjusted her brake ratio forward by 2%, and stared at Aokang.

If T1 wants to have the right to enter the corner, Qin Miao must be in front of O'Connell when entering the turn. To achieve this, Qin Miao not only relies on the braking performance of the car, but also relies on braking later than O'Connell.

Qin Miao just waited until Aokang started to brake before stepping on the brakes.

If it wasn't for a corner with a brake, Qin Miao had deliberately adjusted his brake counterweight forward by 2% before braking, and the braking efficiency was greatly improved. His foot would hit the front of the brake late. Giovinazzi.

But the fact is that Qin Miao did not hit Giovinazzi in front, and successfully passed Ocon before entering the corner with half the front wing advantage, and gained the line rights.

If it were another track with a buffer zone, Qin Miao would definitely not mind blocking O'Connell's entry route and squeezing him out of the track.

But this is Monte Carlo and the buffer zone doesn't exist.

So Qin Miao still left a certain amount of space for Aokang, but this space was not enough for Aokang to force his way in from the outside line. He could only give fuel later when he came out of the corner to ensure that he would not lose his position.

And Qin Miao also completed a feat of even surpassing two people at the beginning.

However, at this time, the director focused all his attention on the competition between the three drivers in the front row. The camera was not aimed at Qin Miao, and the ranking on the left was not revealed. No one except the audience knew that Qin Miao was overtaking at the start. two people.

Then Monte Carlo straightened all the cars.

Until entering T8, there are no cars still side by side on the track.

When Verstappen, who ranked first, came to T18, the live broadcast director in Monaco released the ranking of the drivers on the left.

The first is Verstappen, followed by Sainz and Norris.

If there are no accidents on the track, the race is over, and the top three must be the above three in the end.

This is F1's Monaco Grand Prix.

Behind these three are: Gasly, Hamilton, Vettel, Perez, Giovinazzi, Qin Miao, Ocon, Stroll, Kimi, Ricciardo, Alonso, Russell , Latifi, Mick, Ma Zepin.

Obviously, Ricciardo's poor start cost him more than one spot. After this game, I believe he will not have a good time in the McLaren team.

Except for Qin Miao, the rankings of the others have not changed much.

"Hey?! Qin Miao got two places in the first place!" With the appearance of the ranking, the three commentators saw that Qin Miao's ranking had changed significantly.

"Qin Miao, now ninth, has come to the scoring area!" Brother Bing was also very surprised.

Brother Ran said with a bit of resentment: "What's the matter with the director, replay it! How can Monaco have such an amazing overtaking at the start without replaying it?"

The other two commentators also nodded in sympathy.

"Yeah, this director is so unprofessional."

【Qin Miao! 】

【It still has to be you】

[Fuck, is this the abandoned son of Ferrari? 】

[What is Ferrari's abandoned son? Qin Miao left Ferrari on his own initiative. It can only be said that Qin Miao had the foresight to jump out of the Ferrari quagmire early. 】

[I am really convinced by the director of Monaco, the camera lens will not cut, the overtaking and overtaking cannot be grasped, and the replay will not be played. I think you should stop being the director and find a factory to screw the screw as soon as possible.]

[The director pays attention to the timing of entering the factory]

The grumpy old guys in Tieba saw the director's actions and started scolding him on the spot.

And after Qin Miao completed two overtakings and stabilized his position, Franky's voice came from the TR: "Nice job! Great overtaking."

After seeing Qin Miao's overtaking, Toto and the staff of the Mercedes team couldn't help applauding happily.

And Qin Miao also breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, these two overtakings were very dangerous, and Qin Miao forced himself to do it. If he made a mistake, he would either crash and need to stop to change things, or he would directly retire from the race.

But it's better now. Qin Miao got the position he wanted and there was no damage to the car.

Halfway through the second lap, amid the scoldings of the commentators and the audience, the director finally released the first-person perspective of Qin Miao's initial stage.

After seeing it, the three commentators naturally praised it greatly. After all, Qin Miao's starting details and courage are all top-notch.

If you want to change to an ordinary F1 driver, he may not have the courage to forcefully exploit those gaps as Qin Miao when the opportunity is in front of him.

Even if they really had the guts, their operations might not be as meticulous as Qin Miao's.

However, after Qin Miao's overtaking this time, the race fell into a dull situation. After all, it is really difficult to overtake the car this season.

The broken wing that Qin Miao sat on can indeed provide a lot of downforce to the car, but at the same time, the airflow discharged through the broken wing is all turbulent.

And these turbulent flows will destroy the aerodynamic effect of the rear car to a certain extent, and the downforce of the rear car will be reduced accordingly.

And the DRS zone of the track in Monaco is too short, unless the driver in front makes a mistake, it is really difficult to overtake.

Qin Miao is now facing such a problem.

Giovinazzi in front was really unhappy, and Qin Miao didn't save his tires, but he couldn't catch up with him in a short time.

It was not until the fifth lap that Qin Miao discovered that Giovinazzi had made a small mistake after exiting the corner in T19, and the car's line after exiting the corner was not full.

After seeing this, Qin Miao's eyes lit up, and the opportunity came. The ERS, which had been useless until now, started to output at full power, and at the same time, the DRS was turned on.

(End of this chapter)