How did I become an F1 driver?

After seeing this scene, many people have a feeling that things have changed and people have changed, and the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead.

But in fact, this was just Hamilton's bad luck in qualifying yesterday.

"MAX, Qin Miao is behind you for 17.5 seconds. If we pit at this time, we will definitely fall behind Qin Miao. We need you to start protecting the tires and stay on the track as much as possible." This is the TR of the Red Bull Racing Team. .

"Qin Miao, Verstappen is 17.5 seconds ahead of you. According to our calculations, he will fall behind you as soon as he comes into the pits, so you don't have to worry about a car blocking the front for a long time.

Our current speed is at least one second faster per lap than Cynes and Norris. The gap between you and them is now 6 seconds. If we hold on for a few more laps, our advantage will become bigger and bigger. “This is Mercedes-Benz’s TR.

What the team didn't say was that Qin Miao was in a state of gradually catching up to Verstappen.

However, this news is actually of little use to Qin Miao, because as soon as he enters the pit, the momentum will stop immediately.

On the contrary, this news is good news for Verstappen, because as Qin Miao gets closer and closer to Verstappen, the gap behind Qin Miao will become larger and larger. After Verstappen pits, The window period will become larger.

Just like Hamilton would not take the initiative to sacrifice his position to give way to Qin Miao, Qin Miao would not deliberately slow down to suppress Verstappen and create opportunities for Hamilton.

On lap 42, Qin Miao has already run a terrifying 45 laps on a set of soft tires, but this set of tires still has not reached the cliff point, but the speed has dropped significantly, but it is still faster than Verstappen, and it is also faster than the hard tires. The tires of other riders are faster.

The gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen was 15.2 seconds.

After this lap, Red Bull finally called Verstappen back because the gap behind Qin Miao was big enough.

Entering the pit, changing to hard tires in 2.1 seconds, and exiting the pit.

Red Bull's operation is smooth and smooth, not too fast, but not slow either. And for Verstappen's position, even if the team arranges a three-second tire change for him, it will not have any impact on the final ranking of this game. .

On the 43rd lap, Qin Miao saw Verstappen who had put on hard tires and was 8.7 seconds behind him. He asked curiously in the team TR: "How much longer do I have to run? I feel that the tires We are almost reaching the cliff point.”

"Two laps, and then we will stop after two more laps." French also gave the final deadline.

But what Qin Miao didn't know was that the three domestic commentators were almost crazy with joy after hearing their TR, because it was not difficult to hear the meaning of Qin Miao's words. At this time, Qin Miao's tires had not even reached the cliff. point.

These are soft tires, and Qin Miao basically didn't do much to protect the tires along the way, and the alignment was very extreme.

Moreover, Mercedes-Benz is famous for its high downforce, and it is fast because of its powerful engine. It can be summed up in four words: "It is so powerful that it flies like a brick."

It is not without cost for Mercedes to do this. The cost is that the tires will degrade faster than the tires of other teams' racing cars. Because the downforce of the car itself is large, the load on the tires will be large. When the load is large, the temperature will easily rise. When the temperature of the tires is high, It will become granular.

But Qin Miao seemed to have ignored the characteristics of the Mercedes car, and the Aoaopa tires still had enough grip.

How could such a powerful Qin Miao not make the three commentators happy?

On lap 44, Qin Miao finally chose to pit. He was the last driver to complete the pit stop. This pit stop window was too late.

Anyway, there were only 34 laps left in the race. Qin Miao naturally put on a set of medium tires after coming out of the pits.

If the rules hadn't allowed it, Franky would have wanted to get another set of soft tires for Qin Miao to ride on. After all, Qin Miao had already run on soft tires and neutral tires not once or twice.

There was no problem with parking, and the tire changer didn't lose the wheel at the critical moment. It took 1.8 seconds to change the tire. After coming out, it happened to be stuck behind Sainz and in front of Norris.

In fact, if Qin Miao hadn't said that his tires had reached the cliff point and could no longer hold up, Franky would have wanted Qin Miao to stay outside for a while and get over Sainz before entering the pits.

But there was no way. It was incredible that a set of soft tires could still maintain grip after 46 laps. If the race continued, Pirelli would have to wonder if there was something wrong with the compound of its own tires.

After coming out, Qin Miao found out that she was ranked third and didn't know how to express the feeling of joy in her heart.

The commentators who had been paying attention to Qin Miao were even more happy when they saw Qin Miao's ranking after coming out.

"Hahahaha, Qin Miao is third, so beautiful!" Fei Ge laughed heartily.

Brother Bing also nodded repeatedly: "Meiben's tactics are very beautiful, and Qin Miao's ability to protect the fetus also played a key role."

Brother Ran used the data to express his feelings: "I didn't expect that Qin Miao's tire protection ability in a Mercedes-Benz would be so terrible."

"No.12 started, the race was less than two-thirds passed, Qin Miao caught up to the third place, the most important thing is that this track is Monaco!

Qin Miao is truly a genius. It is foreseeable that Qin Miao's achievements in the future will be limitless and the future is promising! "

On the field, Qin Miao naturally didn't know the commentators' high opinion of him.

After arriving in front of Norris, Qin Miao happily said in the TR: "Well done, everyone."

Then Qin Miao started to run at his own pace, and at this time Qin Miao directly used his own skills to give Sainz some strength.

Qin Miao can accept losing to anyone, even Ma Zeping. Qin Miao can accept his failure generously.

But facing Sainz, Qin Miao would never admit defeat anyway.

After all, the reason why I didn't have a car at Ferrari was because of Sainz's joining, although Sainz may be innocent.

But with different positions, we have different perspectives on the problem.

From Qin Miao's point of view, if he wants to slap Ferrari in the face, he has to beat Sainz all year round, the kind of beating that he cannot lose in a single game.

At this time, Qin Miao was using the medium tire, which was 0.5 seconds faster per lap than Sainz, and Sainz was 6 seconds behind Qin Miao, which means that Qin Miao could catch up with Sainz after twelve laps under normal conditions. At that time, there were still 22 laps left before the end of the race.

Judging from Qin Miao's extremely hot state today, in these 22 laps, coupled with the blessing of Qin Miao's skills, it is really possible for him to overtake Sainz in this game.

Although the director of the Monte Carlo track was hired by local staff, whose professionalism was very low and not on the same level as the FIA ​​people, at this time, there was no need to think too much about who should be shot.

From the moment Qin Miao came behind Sainz and started chasing Sainz, the director never gave Verstappen even one shot, and the camera was focused on Qin Miao's car.

Of course, footage of Ferrari will be shown from time to time. The on-site director may not be professional, but his ability to make trouble is not weak at all.

Among the shots of Qin Miao and Sainz, the director would insert some shots of Binotto from time to time.

The audience saw that the mixture of happy and troubled expressions on Binotto's face was quite funny.

On lap 49, Qin Miao caught up 3 seconds behind Sainz.

Although it is said that each lap can be chased for 0.5 seconds on average, that is the data when Qin Miao's tires have not warmed up. Now that Qin Miao's tires have reached the appropriate operating temperature, the speed of chasing Sainz will be faster.

Originally, Sainz was under great pressure when he found out that the person behind him was Qin Miao. After all, Qin Miao and him seemed to be at odds with each other.

When Sainz first joined Ferrari, he actually didn't care about Qin Miao, an unknown person, and simply chose to ignore it.

After all, at that time, he felt that no matter how well F2 drove, it was not F1. There was a big question mark as to whether Qin Miao would still be as dominant in F1 as he was in F2.

But as Qin Miao joined Mercedes-Benz and his performance at Mercedes-Benz became better and better, Sainz knew that he was wrong, and Ferrari felt a little sad.

Just like the male protagonist of a cool novel, every time Qin Miao gets on the podium in a competition, he slaps his predecessor in the face with a big mouth.

Qin Miao has slapped Ferrari several times this season.

Gradually, some people began to criticize Sainz in Ferrari's comment section.

The point of view is also quite unbelievable in Sainz's view.

[All this is caused by Sainz. Without Sainz joining, Qin Miao will eventually become the driver of Ferrari. Then Qin Miao will bring his talents to Ferrari, and Ferrari will not be like it is now. All four races have been completed and we are still ranked fourth in the standings. 】

【Sainz forced Qin Miao away, which eventually led to the failure of Ferrari now. 】

……

To be honest, Sainz is still a little unconvinced with Qin Miao at the moment.

The only reason why you, Qin Miao, are better than me is that you drive a Mercedes-Benz, while I drive a Ferrari.

What's the point of bullying people who are better than me just by racing?If we have the ability, let's drive the same car. You can see if I can overtake you or not.

Although he thought so, Sainz himself was under a lot of pressure when facing Qin Miao who was constantly eating away at the time gap between the two, and now the effect of Qin Miao's skills was added to it.

So on lap 55, Qin Miao came to the DRS zone 0.9 seconds behind Sainz. He was a little surprised to see that Sainz's pressure level reached 50%.

At this time, the pressure on the opponent is so high, Qin Miao doesn't need to do much, and there are not many actions he can do in this position, so he can only try to constantly put pressure on Sainz in some positions where he can overtake.

Qin Miao has been behind Sainz while protecting the tire and applying pressure. When Sainz's pressure is up, he will make a mistake.

Qin Miao waited for 7 laps until the 62nd lap.Qin Miao saw that the pressure level had reached 80%, but the driving style was still stable, and there was no defensive action, but just driving normally, Sainz, who blocked all his overtaking lines, fell into deep thought.

My buddy's skills aren't working?Or is Sainz's mentality as strong as those of Verstappen? If there is really a problem with the system, is there any after-sales service for the system?
What Qin Miao didn't know was that Sainz was very nervous at this time because of Qin Miao's constant pressure. His underwear was wet with his own sweat, and he had already finished drinking 1.5 liters of water. At this moment, The temperature inside the car was still high, and Sainz was really uncomfortable at this time. He had the illusion that the whole world was targeting him.

But after all, he is a driver from a racing family, so Sainz can be said to have a family background in terms of competition experience. Despite the huge pressure from Qin Miao behind him and the environment that is not friendly to Sainz, Sainz is still stable. I controlled my mentality and hands and feet and did not make any mistakes.

Finally, after another 8 laps, on the 70th lap, when Sainz's pressure reached 97%, Qin Miao finally caught Sainz's mistake.

At that time, Sainz wanted to put a little distance between himself and Qin Miao behind him. After all, you only need to glance at the rearview mirror to see a Mercedes almost sticking behind your car and following you. It is quite scary. of.

So after passing the guardrail at the apex of T15 at the extreme limit, Sainz was too nervous and put on the gas a little early. The result was that the car understeered and the angle of the car couldn't be adjusted when entering T16.

Sainz, who instantly discovered this, withstood the pressure from Qin Miao behind him. At the extreme moment, he braked hard without locking the tires and slowed down his car. However, this heavy brake stopped him. Sainz had no way to turn, and in the end Sainz's front wing brushed the shoulder of the road and flew up.

The good news is that due to the brake before entering the corner, Sainz finally stabilized his car after landing and did not hit the wall in front of him.

The bad news is that Qin Miao seized the opportunity of Sainz's mistake and passed Sainz after coming out of T16.

"Nice!" Zhou Guanyu, who was watching the race with Qiu Meng in the Mercedes P room, stood up and started cheering loudly together with all the staff in the Mercedes P room.

From the moment Qin Miao came behind Sainz and stuck 0.5 seconds behind Sainz to constantly put pressure on Sainz, everyone at Mercedes began to look forward to and become nervous.

And if the emotion of anticipation is just looking forward to something happening, such as waiting for your birthday, or looking forward to the release of a certain game.

Over time, this emotion will gradually fade away.

But if you add tension to the anticipation, then this emotion will be like strong wine, the longer you wait, the better it tastes.

After waiting for 15 laps, they finally got the result they wanted.

So at this time, the happy feeling spread throughout the body like an electric current, and everyone was excited, as if the person who was killing everyone on the field was not Qin Miao, but himself.

Toto also smiled when he saw this scene. Even Hamilton's dilemma of being trapped in eighth position and unable to make any progress didn't seem so uncomfortable at this time.

In stark contrast to the cheers and laughter in the P room of the Mercedes team is the Ferrari P room not far away.

At this time, there was silence in the Ferrari P room, and silence spread in the hearts of all Ferrari staff.

Ferrari was really miserable in today's race.

The No. [-] driver Leclerc cannot escape the curse of the home court. Today's race in Monte Carlo couldn't even finish the start.

Sainz, another driver, could have taken second place happily, but he didn't expect to be pressured for fifteen laps by Qin Miao, a Mercedes driver who has an unclear relationship with Ferrari.Forced a mistake to take second place.

Considering Qin Miao's terrifying defensive ability and the number of laps that are only 12 laps left.

Everyone at Ferrari feels like a widower.

And it is worth mentioning that after Qin surpassed Sainz, the director gave a comparison of the lap times between Qin Miao and Verstappen.

Qin Miao was 0.7 seconds faster per lap than Verstappen, and the time gap between the two was five seconds.

In other words, Qin Miao only needs six laps to catch up with Verstappen, but after catching up with Verstappen, there are only six laps left before the end of the game.

After realizing this, the Meiben staff who were still cheering for Qin Miao immediately sat back in their seats and began to look forward to it.

After Qin Miao completed his overtake of Sainz, the team naturally praised Qin Miao through TR.

However, Qin Miao did not pay attention to Sainz who had been surpassed by him at this time. Instead, he focused all his attention on Verstappen ahead.

Qin Miao's ability to overtake Sainz was already useless. Now that he wants to overtake Verstappen, who is better than Sainz in both strength and talent, Qin Miao himself doesn't have much confidence.

But you have to give it a try, after all, it doesn’t cost anything to try.

But what Qin Miao didn't expect was that Verstappen found that he was no longer hiding his clumsiness after he started to accelerate to chase him. It could be said that his speed suddenly increased suddenly.

Then the close rate of 0.7 seconds per lap between the two became 0.3 seconds per lap.

Now Qin Miao could not catch up with Verstappen even if he ran to the end of the race.

The game fell into a lull after that.

Although Qin Miao failed to go all the way as his fans and Mercedes team staff expected, he even overtook Verstappen in the end.

But starting from No. 12, and eventually chasing all the way to second place, this result is absolutely amazing.

On lap 78, Qin Miao and Verstappen crossed the line 2.7 seconds behind Verstappen.

When he crossed the finish line, Qin Miao also saw Reyes and other staff members of his team lying on the wall beside the track.

Three seconds behind Qin Miao was Sainz, Ferrari's first podium this year.

In the end, the final standings and scores for this game are as follows:

P1: Verstappen +25
P2: Qin Miao +19 (fastest lap)
P3: Sainz +14
P4: Norris +12
P5: Perez +10
P6: Vettel+8
P7: Gasly +6
P8: Hamilton +4
P9: Stroll +2
P10: Aokang +1
After the race, the drivers' standings are as follows:

1: Hamilton 100
2: Verstappen 90
3: Qin Miao 77
4: Norris 50
5: Perez 44
6: Leclerc 42
7: Sainz 33
8: Ricardo 24
9: Ocon 11
10: Gasly 11
11: Vettel 8
12: Alonso 6
13: Stroll 7
14: Kakuda 2
15: Kimi1
The gap between Hamilton and Verstappen has been greatly reduced, and the gap between the two is now only ten.

Qin Miao's position remained unchanged, but Leclerc did not score points because he did not run in the race, so he lost fourth place in the overall standings, falling two places to sixth.

Norris and Perez both moved up one position in the overall standings.

The team standings and rankings are as follows:

1: Mercedes: 177
2: Red Bull: 134
3: Ferrari: 75
4: McLaren: 74
5: Alpine: 17
6: Aston Martin: 15
7: Red Bull: 13
8: Alfa Romeo: 1
In terms of the team standings, Ferrari moved up one position to third due to Sainz's excellent performance.

However, the points gap between Ferrari and fourth-placed McLaren is only one point. If it wants to widen this gap in subsequent games, Ferrari still needs to continue to work hard.

Haas and Williams teams still did not score any points.

In addition, Aston Martin also moved up one position, surpassing Toro Rosso.

After the game, the three commentators naturally praised Qin Miao's performance today.

But one thing is for sure, Qin Miao's performance today is indeed worthy of praise.

On the playing field, the director immediately focused his camera on Mercedes' P room.

After all, compared to Red Bull, the performance of the Mercedes-Benz engineers who climbed out of hell and rushed all the way to heaven is what the audience is most curious about.

In the shot at this time, although the two drivers were brought back on [-]th, Qin Miao's crew members and Mercedes' senior staff who had just returned to the team's P room embraced and celebrated together with smiles on their faces.

Even Toto sincerely applauded Qin Miao's outstanding performance today.

After Qin Miao finished his last lap, he parked the car comfortably behind the second sign.

During the return lap, the FIA ​​gave the best driver voted by the audience in today's game.

There is no doubt that Qin Miao cut melons and vegetables in today's race. He chased 10 positions in one race and miraculously staged an overtaking show on the most difficult overtaking track in Monaco.

Such performance made Qin Miao finally elected the best driver of the week with 70% of the votes.

Although it was Verstappen of Red Bull Racing who won the championship today, it was obvious that when Qin Miao climbed out of his Mercedes car, the cheers and applause of the audience were louder than when Verstappen came out. Bigger.

When Qin Miao just climbed out of the car and stood on his car, Verstappen had been standing on his car to celebrate for a while.

This picture is very interesting. Verstappen stood on his car and made a strong gesture with his hands to celebrate on the spot, while Qin Miao just stood on his car, facing the camera and reached out to pat the Mercedes on his chest. logo.

When the camera looks at Verstappen and thinks about Hamilton's experience in this game, the audience will have a sense of déjà vu as a new generation replaces the old one.

But if you look at Qin Miao, all you can think of is a rising star with an unlimited future.

But if you put the two people into the same picture, you will find that there seems to be some kind of bond between the two that is invisible and intangible, but does exist, or in other words, destiny.

As for Sainz, who arrived late and stopped behind the third stop, he was somewhat of a foil in front of Qin Miao and Verstappen. (End of chapter)