How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 205 203: Overtaking Show in Monaco

In fact, anyone who can become an F1 driver will have good driving skills. Even if he is mediocre in some aspects, after training day after day, he will gradually become more familiar with the track. After all, practice makes perfect.

Therefore, even if the drivers are running on the Monte Carlo track, they are not so prone to track accidents.

The same is true for Giovinazzi. His mistake this time is really not his own fault, but because Qin Miao has been following him and constantly exerting pressure, as if Qin Miao's tire wear is not at all. exist like that.

Maybe Qin Miao didn't realize that the pressure he put on the drivers in front of him on the track was extremely huge.

Maybe those top drivers, such as Verstappen and Hamilton, can withstand the pressure and stabilize their mentality when facing Qin Miao's attack, and do not make mistakes on the track.

But Giovinazzi obviously did not belong to one of these people. Faced with Qin Miao's constant pressure and testing, he devoted too much attention to defending Qin Miao, which ultimately led to his poor cornering rhythm. disorder.

This time, Qin Miao's left front panel was basically brushing past the billboard just like in qualifying.

If you look closely, you can also find that the end plate of Qin Miao's racing car left a black scratch on the white billboard.

Thanks to the extreme exit angle, after exiting T19, Qin Miao was nearly 7 kilometers per hour faster than Giovinazzi.

Although Qin Miao's Mercedes engine has run 4 Grand Prix at this time, the durability of the engine is still good, and the overall stability and horsepower output are still stronger than Arrow's Ferrari engine.

And Giovinazzi knew that he couldn't defend Qin Miao after he knew that the rhythm of his T19 was broken, so he didn't forcefully defend Qin Miao, but just guarded his inside line.

And Qin Miao didn't get used to Giovinazzi, he overtook directly from the outside line, and the whole car overtook before the braking point of T1.

After surpassing Giovinazzi, Qin Miao came to the eighth place, which was three places higher than when he started. In front of him was the driver of Red Bull Perez.

After all, Perez is the driver of Red Bull. When Qin Miao comes behind him, Red Bull will definitely show the team instructions to let him defend Qin Miao with all his strength.

Naturally, defend as long as you can.

Qin Miao also knew that it would be much easier for Perez in front of him to defend himself on Monte Carlo, a track that is difficult to overtake.

So Qin Miao gave Perez a skill when he just surpassed Giovinazzi and was still six parsecs away from Perez.

The next Qin Miao naturally pushed forward with all his strength, showing no signs of saving the tires.

And this chase lasted 10 laps, and on the 15th lap, Qin Miao caught up behind Perez.

This lap was 0.5 faster than Perez, which made Red Bull's team leader Horner blushes, and Qin Miao's pursuit also gained a lot of shots from the director.

Commentators at home and abroad are paying attention to the time gap between Qin Miao and Perez.

And when Qin Miao came behind Perez, Perez's stress level reached 37%.

It can be seen from this that it is a terrible experience to be pulled closer by Qin Miao at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Stronger than Master Pei, he also felt a lot of pressure when he saw Qin Miao chasing after him.

Although no driver has said it publicly, the drivers inside and outside the paddock have recognized Qin Miao's strength at this time, and they all think that he is Leclerc, a top driver at Hamilton's level, who is worthy of the second Mercedes driver position, even like It was Leclerc who had a good relationship with Qin Miao and thought that Qin Miao was stronger than Bottas.

So although Qin Miao chased Perez so much, he felt a lot of pressure, but he wasn't too surprised.

The reason why Qin Miao chased so fast was mainly because Qin Miao didn't have a baby, and was running the race at a slightly slower pace than the qualifying race.

The others are trying to protect their tires. After all, the Monaco track is too difficult to overtake. The later the pit stops, the greater the advantage.

But thanks to Qin Miao's skills and becoming more and more familiar with Qin Miao's racing car, even if he runs normally, his tire consumption is much slower than that of those drivers who deliberately keep their tires.

After arriving behind Perez, Qin Miao also began to put pressure on the opponent.

After the widening of F1 cars, Monaco, a track that is not easy to overtake, is now even more difficult to overtake. As long as the cars in front do not make mistakes, the speed difference between the cars behind and the cars in front is more than two seconds per lap. , otherwise there is no way to overtake.

Therefore, what Qin Miao can do now is very limited, which is to constantly put pressure on Perez in front, and make mistakes by himself after his pressure value is full.

This wait is 7 laps.

On the 23rd lap, when exiting the corner before entering the tunnel from T8, Perez was a little anxious to refuel, and the rear wheel idling for a short time, with a loss of traction for about 0.4 seconds.

Qin Miao, who had been guarded by Perez, was already feeling uncomfortable. Now after seeing Perez's mistake, Qin Miao's eyes lit up, and the depression of being stuck in place and trying to run but not being able to run quickly was gone. Then it started to accelerate violently, and ERS started to release as if it was free of charge.

The 0.4 seconds lost by Perez when exiting the corner was too fatal. Although he wanted to change the line to block Qin Miao a little bit, it was too late because when Perez recovered the rear traction of the car and started to accelerate, Qin Miao's racing car has come to his side and formed a side by side with it, and Perez has no possibility of blocking Qin Miao.

After that, it was easy. Qin Miao directly surpassed Perez and came to the seventh position before exiting the tunnel.

After all, the other drivers in the entire field are running at their own pace. No one has the idea of ​​​​overtaking the driver in front of him. Even Hamilton can only stay 1.5 seconds behind Gasly in front to protect the tire. It is simply impossible to surpass the other party.

And Qin Miao has long been following Perez and is ready to make a move against him, so the director has not shown other drivers in the past few laps, and has been watching Qin Miao and Perez to see when Qin Miao can overtake each other.

So the audience at the scene saw the whole process of overtaking.

Brother Fei even pointed out bluntly: "Although Qin Miao's overtaking this time seems to have a certain element of luck in it, this is also the foreshadowing of Qin Miao's previous 17 laps. Perez's pressure, Perez would never have made this error."

Brother Bing also said: "Whether you can meet the opportunity is determined by God, but whether you can seize the opportunity depends on the individual driver."

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"It's so beautiful Qin Miao! It's so beautiful! Keep going." After Qin Miao surpassed Perez, Toto's voice actually sounded in the TR.

Normally, these words are spoken by Franky, but the presence of Toto's voice in the TR at this time means that Toto is really happy to see Qin Miao pass a Red Bull.

Qin Miao replied "Got it" to Toto, and then Qin Miao started chasing Vettel who was three seconds ahead of him.

Vettel is definitely an experienced and skilled driver, his ability to withstand pressure is comparable to that of Perez, and he will not make mistakes due to excessive pressure like Giovinazzi.

So although Qin Miao surpassed the Red Bull, which seemed to be faster than Aston Martin, at the Monte Carlo circuit, the Aston Martin driven by Super Vettel was not at all simpler than the Red Bull driven by Super Perez.

Qin Miao is already ready to run behind Vettel for 20 minutes, and then surpass Vettel after his skill CD is ready.

But sometimes, when luck comes, you really can't stop it.

On the 2th lap after 25 laps, a Haas appeared in front of Vettel.

The driver of this car is Russian driver Nikita Mazepin.

In fact, the gap between Ma Zeping and his teammate Mick in this race is not too big. After 25 laps of the two Haas, the gap is only 7 seconds.Compared with the previous situation where Ma Zeping was just over halfway through the race, and the time gap between Ma Zeping and the driver in front of him was more than 1 minute, Ma Zeping definitely performed at a super level in this race.

But the track of Monte Carlo is still too short. Although Ma Zeping’s performance in today’s game is not bad compared to his previous ones, he was still lapped by Verstappen on the 22nd lap , When the 25th lap was overtaken by Vettel and Qin Miao, who were ranked sixth and seventh, they were about to complete the lap.

As for the matter of Ma Zeping in the ring, Qin Miao has very rich experience in both F2 and the current F1.

But it is a coincidence that the place where Vettel caught up with Ma Zeping was T19, and the DRS monitoring point at T17 happened to be 1.007 seconds behind Vettel and Ma Zeping, and he missed the DRS area.

When Vettel was out of the corner at T19, Ma Zeping blocked the best way out of the corner.

When Qin Miao got out of T19, Ma Zeping ran to the inner line of the starting straight, which happened to give Qin Miao the best exit line.

Under the ebb and flow, Qin Miao's cornering speed was nearly 20 kilometers per hour faster than Vettel's.

With such a large speed gap and the support of DRS and ERS, Qin Miao braked late again in T1, and finally grabbed the sixth position in T1 from the struggling Vettel.

Qin Miao's overtaking this time naturally won the cheers of all the audience. After all, everyone knows how difficult it is to overtake on the Monte Carlo track, and Qin Miao only took 25 laps to overtake five people.

At this moment, Leclerc has retired from the race. Without the home driver, the main purpose of the audience is to watch the fun.

Seeing this, the three commentators naturally praised Qin Miao for a while, and the P room was full of cheers.

After overtaking Vettel, the driver in front of Qin Miao became Qin Miao's teammate Hamilton.

Although there are teammates who take good care of him in front of him, Qin Miao has already overtaken a bit in Monaco at the moment, so he just does it.

"Qin Miao's performance in this game is really impressive. From the beginning of the game to the present, he has taken five positions. You must know that this is in Monaco." Brother Ran said with some emotion.

"Now that I've chased after the old man, do you think Toto will directly order Hamilton to make room for Qin Miao because Qin Miao's momentum is so good at this time?"

Hearing Fei Ge's speech against the sky, the other two commentators shook their heads and denied Fei Ge's statement.

"How is it possible, no matter how you think about it, it is impossible."

"Yes, Hamilton didn't make any mistakes in this race, and there was no problem with the car. No matter how you think about it, it is impossible to give up this position to Qin Miao."

"And regardless of the factors in the car, Hamilton is the seven-time champion after all, and his status in the Mercedes team is there. Unless the speed gap between the two drivers is too large, the team will not be able to underestimate Hamilton. Such a team order." Brother Ran analyzed at the end.

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On the field, Qin Miao didn't think about asking Hamilton to make way for him at the moment. After all, he was still chasing Hamilton, and the excessive wear of the tires made Qin Miao's speed begin to drop at this time.

On the 28th lap, Hamilton and Qin Miao completed the laps of Mick Schumacher one after another, and the gap between the two came to 2.9 seconds.

On the 29th lap, Qin Miao came 1.9 seconds behind Hamilton, and Hamilton received the team order from the driver to pit on the next lap.

On the 30th lap, Hamilton pitted and put on hard tires. It took 2.1 seconds. After coming out, he fell behind Perez and in front of Giovinazzi. There was a gap of 16 seconds in front of Hamilton, so he could feel at ease. Run at your own pace.

And Hamilton's pit stop also gave Qin Miao a gap of 4.7 seconds, and Qin Miao could still do the lap time according to his own rhythm.

There is nothing wrong with the arrangement of the Mercedes team.

On lap 31, Norris and Gasly also chose to pit. They naturally didn't want to be under cut by Hamilton.

With the pit stops of the two, Qin Miao's ranking came directly to the second place, and there was more than 15 seconds of space in front of him to do lap times comfortably.

But Hamilton was miserable. First of all, he failed to under cut Gasly. After Gasly came out, Hamilton still fell behind Gasly.

To be honest, the team originally wanted Hamilton to stop first, and then Qin Miao put pressure on Gasly, so that Hamilton had enough space to run.

Unexpectedly, all of these were made into a wedding dress for Qin Miao.

On the 32nd lap, Vettel pitted, and the driver behind Qin Miao became Perez.

Unfortunately, Vettel was stuck in front of Gasly and Hamilton after exiting the station.

After receiving this news, Hamilton directly complained in the team TR: "This pit stop is really stupid."

All Toto can do at this time is to put his head in his hands and lean back tactically.

On the 33rd lap, Sainz pitted, Qin Miao came to the second position, and Verstappen in front of him was 18 seconds away from him.

This gap shows that Qin Miao has no desire to catch up.

But after coming to the second place, Frankie's voice sounded in the team's TR: "Qin Miao, the tires are starting to degrade, but we think we can last for a while. There are no obstacles ahead of you, so we need you to move forward as much as possible." Push forward and find a suitable gap."

"Got it." Qin Miao replied.

ERS, which has stored most of the game, began to be released without reservation, and the line routing also became aggressive.

The main reason why he couldn't run fast on the Monte Carlo track was that there was someone blocking him in front of him. Now that Qin Miao had an unobstructed view of the front, his speed naturally improved significantly.

On lap 34, Perez, who had run 37 laps on soft tires, chose to pit.

And Verstappen is still holding on on the track, because Red Bull knows that Qin Miao's defensive ability and tire protection ability are world-class. If Verstappen enters at this time and falls behind Qin Miao after coming out, then At that time, the initiative will fall in Mei Ben's hands.

So if you, Qin Miao, don't come into the pit and I, Verstappen, won't come in. Everyone is waiting outside to see who can't stand it first.

At this time, the most suitable person to enter the station is Perez.

After Perez came in to change hard tires, he was 4 seconds behind Norris and ranked fifth.

Although he did not enter the podium position, but compared to his eighth start, this ranking is already very good.

It's just that there is no harm if there is no comparison. Qin Miao's existence proves to everyone how different geniuses are from ordinary people.

No.12 started and is currently second.

The camera of the live broadcast was aimed at a Mercedes and a Red Bull. The Red Bull was still Verstappen of the Red Bull, but the driver of the Mercedes was changed from Hamilton to Qin Miao.

ps. There was a paragraph at the end that I wasn’t satisfied with. I deleted a lot of it and didn’t have time to make up for it. I only have so much today. I’m sorry. (End of chapter)

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