How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 225 Chapter 223: The terrifying and powerful Red Bull

After Qin Miao caught up with Hamilton, he was not polite to his teammates and took action boldly. He passed his teammates on the inside of the DRS area on the starting straight of the lap.

If the tires are good, you can really do whatever you want.

And Verstappen went too far. He didn't even reach the DRS area. After T9 came out of the corner, it was not a long straight road. This was not even an overtaking point. Verstappen passed Hamilton directly on the inside when cornering. .

Naturally, Hamilton TR began to complain crazily. Whoever maintained the first position for most of the game would feel better if it was suddenly taken away.

At this time, there were still four laps to go before the end of the race.

At this time, Hamilton could no longer pose a threat to Verstappen and Qin Miao.

With Hamilton having nothing to worry about, Verstappen naturally began to wholeheartedly want to get the championship position into his own hands in these four laps.

At this time, everyone's palms were sweating.

Qin Miao was very confident at the beginning. My buddy with a defensive ability value of 100 will not chat with you Verstappen and lock you up if he says he will lock you up.

Then there was still one lap to go before the end of the race, that is, two laps. When Qin Miao T15 came out of the corner, he applied a little more fuel, and the car body shook to a certain extent.

Qin Miao felt a thump in her heart after making this mistake.

Then the situation that Qin Miao least wanted to see happened. In the DRS area on the straightaway, Verstappen relied on DRS to forcefully stop Qin Miao's inside line during T1.

A late brake gave him the right to enter T1, but Qin Miao originally wanted to repeat the same trick in T2 and regain his position by braking late.

But Verstappen closed the door on Qin Miao directly in T2, pushing Qin Miao out of the track and hitting the warning pole of the track.

Although this thing will not cause any damage to the car, it did slightly wipe off a little paint on the front wing, and the red and blue paint surface on the outside of the Paul Ricard track is not as grippy as the asphalt on the track.

Because of this, Qin Miao's position was taken away by Verstappen.

After that, there was only one lap left. Although Qin Miao tried to counterattack in the DRS area between T7 and T8, they all failed in the end.

Finally, with Toto's frown on his face and everyone at Mercedes looking gloomy and gloomy, the French Grand Prix came to an end.

Red Bull's Verstappen took home the championship, and Mercedes' two drivers ranked second and third respectively.

In the end, after the French Grand Prix, Qin Miao completed only one of the three tasks on the podium, and only won two purple draws.

Therefore, the number of Qin Miao's purple draws came to 10, and they were combined into one golden draw. At this time, the number of Qin Miao's golden draws came to 6.

After the game ended, Qin Miao was the most upset.

He experienced what Hamilton felt like.

The championship slipped away from his hands just because of a little complacency and a harmless mistake in the main game.

But it was such a small mistake that caused Qin Miao to lose a championship.

When Qin Miao crossed the line, she really wanted to slap herself in the face.

But after all, he was under the camera, Qin Miao was not too irritable, and he had been in the paddock for so long.

It's not like Qin Miao has never encountered fans who scold you in front of you. During his time in the paddock, Qin Miao saw not only flowers and applause, but he also experienced a lot of foul language and personal attacks.

So I quickly adjusted my mentality.

On the other side, Hamilton did not blame Qin Miao for not helping him stop Verstappen.

Think about it for a moment, you have a car that is faster than your teammate. When your teammate appears in front of you, no matter who it is, as long as your car is faster than your teammate, you will want to overtake him.

The arena is not a place where sophistication is important.

So even though Hamilton was in a bad mood after the game, when Qin Miao came to shake Hamilton's hand during the award-winning stage, Hamilton did not refuse and even patted Qin Miao on the back to comfort Qin Miao.

Toto immediately went to the race stewards to complain. After all, Verstappen's closing of Qin Miao was indeed a bit dirty.

However, the race stewards rejected Toto on the grounds that Verstappen entered the track first and had the right of way.

In the end, Red Bull's Verstappen won another race championship. Counting Monaco, Verstappen has now won two race championships like Qin Miao.

After this race, the driver rankings and points earned are as follows:
P1: Verstappen +26 (fastest lap)
P2: Qin Miao +18
P3: Hamilton +15
P4: Perez +12
P5: Norris +10
P6: Ricardo +8
P7: Gasly +6
P8: Alonso +4
P9: Vettel+2
P10: Stroll +1
Ferrari had no success in this race, and even Leclerc fell between the two Alfa Romeos when finishing the race.

What is Ferrari 1? (akimbo)

Drivers' total points and rankings are as follows:

1: Qin Miao 120
2: Verstappen 116
3: Hamilton 115
4: Perez 74
5: Norris 68
6: Leclerc 52
7: Sainz 33
8: Ricardo 33
9: Gasly 32
10: Vettel 25
11: Alonso 16
12: Ocon 11
13: Stroll 8
14: Kakuda 6
15: Kimi1
After this game, the overall standings changed little. Qin Miao's position did not change and he still leads the standings, while Verstappen surpassed Hamilton by one point and came to second place.

After this game, the first of three consecutive back-to-back games came to an end. All F1 staff hurriedly packed up their team's equipment.

What is more convenient about the Paul Ricard Circuit is that there is an airport next to the track.

So after packing your things, you can go directly to the airport on the right to transport the supplies to the next stop, which is Austria.

The next two F1 Grand Prix races will be held at the Red Bull Ring in Austria.

To be honest, these two games will not be too easy for Mercedes. After all, Austria is Red Bull's home court.

And Red Bull will definitely be able to run in Austria to test the car data if there is nothing wrong. Their car must be the most comfortable in tuning the Red Bull Ring.

And as the home stadium, all the spectators support Verstappen and Perez.

When a large orange smoke screen floats from the stands, you may have the illusion that you are the enemy of the whole world.

As the rival of the Red Bull Racing Team, everyone at the Mercedes-Benz Racing Team may not be having a good time at the Red Bull Ring these days.

Because of Mercedes' poor performance in the French Grand Prix, Qin Miao and Hamilton did not get much rest time after returning to the UK. They returned to Brackley and began to review the French Grand Prix.I took out the minutes of the meeting, repeatedly confirmed and analyzed them, and conducted a comparative analysis between Red Bull and my own car. At the same time, I launched new upgraded parts and tried to install them on the car before the British Grand Prix.

Time always flies quickly in back-to-back competitions. On Wednesday, Qin Miao came to Austria again.

This is the second time Qin Miao has come to Austria. The first time was when he ran an F2 race here when he was still in F1.

It is worth mentioning that Zhou Guanyu will also appear in Austria this half month.

Although F2 did not race in Austria this year, as a youth training driver of Alpine, Zhou Guanyu got the opportunity to drive an F1 car in the practice session at the second Austrian Grand Prix this month.

In fact, he is not the only young driver who has the opportunity to participate in practice sessions at this time. In addition to Alpine, other teams will also choose to allow youth training drivers in their teams to participate in practice sessions at this time to complete the rigid tasks assigned to each team by the FIA. index.

After all, the schedule is to run two consecutive Red Bull Ring circuits. In the first race, everyone has almost figured out the tuning and characteristics of this track. As long as there are no drastic weather changes, the second race will basically be The car tuning settings from the first game can be used.

So Zhou Guanyu can get together with Qin Miao again.

However, Qin Miao really doesn't have much time these days, so she only took Zhou Guanyu to walk around the track when she walked on the track on Thursday.

The two actually walked this track together when they were in F2, but at that time everyone looked at this track from the perspective of driving F2.

Now everyone has to drive an F1 car, so the perspective on this track will be different.

After finishing the track, Qin Miao fell into busyness again.

Qin Miao's results in the three practice sessions on Friday and Saturday were relatively average.

In qualifying, Red Bull's home court was their home court. Both Red Bulls were ridiculously fast on this track. Qin Miao's performance was relatively average, and in the end he was only fourth on the grid.

I don’t know whether it was because Mercedes’ car was not accustomed to the local conditions in Austria or for some other reason. Qin Miao felt that driving Mercedes’ W12 at the Red Bull Ring was not even as comfortable as the car he drove in F2.

When asked about Hamilton after the game, Hamilton also said that it is difficult to drive the car here.

There is nothing much to go into in the race stage. Although Qin Miao and Hamilton may have average qualifying speeds, the long race distance is a specialty for Mercedes' car and the two drivers.

So they quickly came behind Verstappen from the start, but Verstappen was too fast at home. The two of them did not find any overtaking conditions throughout the game, and Verstappen also took the first place. The position led from the beginning to the end of the game.

During this period, he only fell behind briefly after coming out of the pit stop. However, as the drivers in front of him pitted one after another, he returned to the first place.

After the final game, Verstappen won the championship again, and the two Mercedes drivers took home the second and third points just like in the previous game.

Despite this, the Mercedes team's points still continue to be far ahead of Red Bull, but the points of the two Mercedes drivers began to be visibly pulled away by Verstappen.

After the first Red Bull Ring run, the scores and rankings are as follows:

P1: Verstappen +25
P2: Hamilton +19 (fastest lap)
P3: Qin Miao +15
P4: Perez +12
P5: Norris +10
P6: Sainz +8
P7: Leclerc +6
P8: Stroll +4
P9: Alonso +2
P10: Kakuda +1
I won’t go into details about the busy process after the game. In short, after the game, the two drivers talked about the problems encountered by their cars at the team’s internal meeting, but to be honest, Qin Miao I don't know what's wrong with me.

I just feel that Mercedes' car can't run fast at the Red Bull Ring, while Verstappen is ridiculously fast.

After talking to the team about all the problems he discovered, Qin Miao and Hamilton's work was over, and these problems were handed over to the design department and logistics of the Mercedes team to handle.

Because the second Grand Prix was also held in Austria, Qin Miao did not return to the UK after the competition, but continued to stay in Austria.

This is Toto's hometown after all, so after the game, Qin Miao was taken to his hometown to meet his family.

In fact, Qin Miao and Toto's son get along quite well, and little Toto even said that he is his fan.

Qin Miao asked out of curiosity, who was his idol before he liked her?

The other party didn't have any scheming and answered honestly that it was Hamilton.

Then Qin Miao asked him why he didn't like Hamilton but liked to eat himself. The other party also said in a cute way that he was handsomer than Hamilton.

Qin Miao followed the custom of his hometown and gave the other party a big red envelope of [-] euros on the spot.

This kid has such a sweet mouth!

After that, Qin Miao mainly spent time with Toto.

However, most of the time it was Toto who initiated the topic, while Qin Miao was responsible for responding.

Qin Miao felt that Toto was chatting with him this time. In addition to wanting Qin Miao to come and sit at his house because his home happened to be in Austria, he also wanted to comfort Qin Miao. After all, the loss of the French Grand Prix was not normal for Qin Miao. For young drivers, the blow is still quite big.

After having dinner at Toto's house, Qin Miao returned to his hotel in Austria.

In the second week, the second Austrian race begins.

And because of the preparation for the first game, the organizers found that there were no major problems, and 13 people came to the game, and the stands on both sides were all full.

The scene was full of spectators waving flags in the colors of the Austrian flag. All the grandstands looked red, white and red, and one grandstand looked like a constantly dancing Austrian flag.

It is worth mentioning that in this game, Tsunoda and Russell were both at the front, while Hamilton and Qin Miao were ranked fourth and fifth in qualifying.

Qin Miao sometimes really felt that Mercedes was being targeted by Red Bull's home stadium. Although the car's tuning settings were the best in both games, the speed just couldn't pick up.

It is worth mentioning that during the second practice session of this game, Zhou Guanyu finally drove the F1 car he had longed for.

The driver is still the car of his idol Alonso.

After the practice session, during the car inspection, Qin Miao went to Zhou Guanyu to ask how he felt.

Zhou Guanyu was a little excited at that time. Although he was not as excited as when Qin Miao won the big prize, Qin Miao did feel that the other party had entered a sage mode at the first glance. .

But after Zhou Guanyu came to his senses, everything became normal. Having the opportunity to drive an F1 car on the track made Zhou Guanyu's inner desire to enter F1 even more fervent, so after the game, Zhou Guanyu began to practice even harder. own racing skills.

(End of this chapter)