How did I become an F1 driver?

I won’t go into details about the subsequent pre-match activities and interviews.

The only thing worth mentioning is that when Qin Miao was being interviewed, Leclerc, while Qin Miao wasn't paying attention, quietly touched Qin Miao's back, and then stabbed Qin Miao hard on both sides.

Anyone who has been poked in the ribs by a friend knows that it is really sore, itchy and painful, and the body may even feel a little soft due to it, making you want to laugh. Qin Miao is no exception.

Qin Miao's whole body softened after being poked.

After realizing that it was Leclerc who did it, Qin Miao stopped continuing the interview and turned around to pursue Leclerc.

Then, under the gaze of the camera, Qin Miao's hand scratched Leclerc's armpit twice before letting him go.

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Second practice, because I know that the Silverstone track is particularly demanding on tires. Although Pirelli provided the three hardest tires of C3-C1 for this competition, and the rear wheels have also been specially strengthened, on this track , the tire wear rate is still very fast.

Therefore, in the second practice period, the top ten drivers in qualifying basically used up their soft tires.

Because according to their tactics, they will not be able to use soft tires in the sprint qualifying and race stages.

The only exception is that Qin Miao's crew reserved a set of soft tires for Qin Miao to use during sprint qualifying.

The reason why Qin Miao was given such a set of tires was not to sacrifice Qin Miao, but based on the tire wear data from the first and second training sessions, Qin Miao could use a set of tires based on his ability to protect tires. For those who run the entire sprint qualifying session with soft tires, even as long as Qin Miao drives normally, it is unlikely that the tires will enter the cliff point after he completes 17 laps of the sprint qualifying session.

Qin Miao naturally had no objection to this.

Moreover, if he runs this race with soft tires, as long as he protects the tires and does not lose position in the initial stage, Qin Miao can protect the tires and press the car at the same time in the subsequent races.

Because according to the team's calculations, Qin Miao's soft tire speed is about 0.2 faster than Hamilton's per lap.

As long as Qin Miao protects his tires, he can slow down the car formation in the sprint qualifying stage, so that Verstappen may attack Hamilton in the sprint qualifying stage.

Hamilton, who was attacked by Verstappen, naturally had no time to attack Qin Miao. Qin Miao had long wanted to try this trick of driving a tiger to devour a wolf, but Qin Miao didn't have this strength before, and now he had such an opportunity.

After the second practice, Qin Miao also decided on his car tuning settings for the sprint qualifying stage, and used a set of soft tires.

Before the start of sprint qualifying, Qin Miao went to take a dip in an ice bucket with Hamilton in the lounge of the team home.

In the first half of the season, because the air temperature was relatively low and the average temperature of the track was also relatively low, there was no need to soak in an ice bucket.

But as time gradually comes to summer, both the track temperature and the temperature in the cockpit of the racing car are very high.

Therefore, ice buckets are needed to cool down the driver's body, tighten the driver's muscles, and relieve muscle soreness and strain after racing.

The process of the subsequent sprint qualifying session was similar to that of a normal race, with the team taking the lead in pushing the driver's car onto the track.

After the preparations were completed, the team staff withdrew, and then the twenty cars started their own warm-up laps.

After the tire warm-up lap, park at your spot and wait for the five red lights to go out.

Before the start of sprint qualifying, the three commentators from Five Star Sports were still saying that Qin Miao's choice of soft tires for today's race should be to help Hamilton stop Verstappen for a few more laps.

It is not difficult to judge from their words that although Qin Miao defeated his teammate Hamilton in the qualifying stage yesterday, they still believed that Qin Miao was slower than Hamilton, and when the sprint qualifying started , Qin Miao may give up his position to Hamilton due to the team's instructions.

Of course, it's not that they didn't think that Qin Miao would once again take first place in sprint qualifying, and also take first place in the race.

But no matter who it is at this time, no matter how well Qin Miao performs, they will not think that Qin Miao can be the first to take home the ball.

This is not to say that Qin Miao does not have the talent to do the above-mentioned things. It can even be said that many people in the paddock feel that Qin Miao's talent is not inferior to that of Verstappen and Hamilton.

To put it bluntly, Qin Miao can be said to be the most talented driver among the younger generation, and not one of them.

But he still has a long way to go, and he still needs to continue to grow and experience. This is only his first season in F1. Although the starting point is very high, some mid-level and lower-level drivers who have completed it before half of a season may not have achieved it in their entire career. There are ways to accomplish things, but it is an indisputable fact that he still has a lot of room for growth.

So no one doubts that Qin Miao can challenge Hamilton one day, but no one thinks it is today, or the British Grand Prix at Hamilton's home court.

Maybe the only people who believe that Qin Miao can challenge Hamilton at this time, besides Qin Miao's lover Qiu Meng, are the neighbors and Qin Miao's mother who are sitting in their hometown community watching the game at this time.

On the track, Qin Miao constantly used the test program that comes with the car to check the various conditions of the car.

This process is very fast, and it feels a bit like using a computer in the early days when it was stuck, and you could refresh the desktop with F4 every now and then.

However, as computer performance becomes more and more powerful and CPU performance gets better and better, Qin Miao basically never presses F4 when playing computer games, nor does he actively right-click to refresh his computer desktop.

The main thing that stands out in doing this is that being idle is also idle.

Soon after being notified by the race stewards, Reyes and the others withdrew and the warm-up lap began.

When Qin Miao warmed up the tires, he just ran normally, and it could even be said that he ran a little slowly.

The main way to heat up the tires is to accelerate and then brake. However, the tire warm-up lap was about to be completed. When Qin Miao was about to stop the car on the starting grid, he applied a heavy brake, and the brake pads were dried to 600. A lot of that.

After heavy braking, Qin Miao slowly stopped his car on the grid.

When parking, the front wheels just barely touch the white parking line, about one centimeter.

After parking, Qin Miao began to wait for the official start of sprint qualifying.

After about a minute, the following cars stopped at their grid one after another.

At this time, Qin Miao had already seen his brakes spraying sparks outward.

Because of the high temperature of the brakes, Qin Miao's tires were still at a temperature of about 94°, which was the optimal working temperature.

As the medical vehicle at the rear of the vehicle array was in place, the green flag waved and the five red lights turned on one by one.

Qin Miao took a deep breath, then held her breath halfway through her exhalation, staring at the five red lights above.

“Du…du…du…du…du…du!!”

"Boom!" The moment the five red lights went out, Qin Miao suddenly stepped on the accelerator pedal halfway, and as his racing speed gradually increased, the depth of the accelerator pedal also gradually increased, and finally the racing speed reached 110 When the speed reached [-] kilometers per hour, Qin Miao fully stepped on the accelerator pedal of the car.

It was only then that Qin Miao was sure that there was nothing wrong with his start.

There is still a straight section from the start to T1. When passing this straight section, Qin Miao took the time to glance at his rearview mirror, trying to determine Hamilton's specific position.

But what Qin Miao didn't expect was that Hamilton didn't start well, and Verstappen started obviously much faster than Hamilton.

So Qin Miao can see that Verstappen beat Hamilton on the outside before entering T1, and passed Hamilton before T1, sucking Qin Miao's wake into T1.

To be honest, Qin Miao could actually help Hamilton block Verstappen at that time. He only needed to go a little inside when entering Q1. Verstappen's acceleration out of the corner in T1 would be blocked by the wake of his own car. Influence.

But Qin Miao didn't do this. He just entered and exited the corner normally.

The reason for this is that Qin Miao feels that it is easier to defend Verstappen than Hamilton.

After all, Qin Miao often battled wits and courage with Verstappen on the field. He cannot be said to be fully aware of his offensive habits, but he still knows the basics.

Know what offensive tactics he will use in which corners, and also know his cornering habits.

Therefore, if Verstappen is placed in front, Qin Miao's defensive pressure will be much less.

Although there were some accidents on the field after the start, at least it was in Qin Miao's interests overall.

Everyone was a little surprised by Hamilton's performance at the beginning of today's game.

In the first lap after the start, Qin Miao pushed a little, and Hamilton behind him did not take any time off. During the race, he constantly put pressure on Verstappen in an attempt to overtake the opponent, but Verstappen was more defensive. Damn it, there is no chance for the car behind you.

In fact, Red Bull is faster than Mercedes when it comes to high-speed corners, so after preventing Hamilton's attack in the first period, Verstappen threw Hamilton away when he came to the T10-T14 combined corner in the second period. .

After exiting T14, Verstappen directly pulled away from Hamilton behind him by 0.5 seconds, which shows the terrifying speed of Red Bull in high-speed corners.

But even so, Verstappen did not shorten the distance with Qin Miao.

Although the Mercedes-Benz is not as good as the Red Bull in high-speed corners, Qin Miao used soft tires, and the two men fought so fiercely in the first few corners of the first and second timing periods, Qin Miao had already pulled away by more than a mile. Second.

After finishing the first lap, the on-site director also showed the gap between the drivers. Qin Miao was already 1.2 seconds ahead of Verstappen, and Hamilton was 1.1 seconds behind Verstappen. Who were the top three drivers? I can’t get anyone’s DRS anymore.

In fact, the performance of the top three drivers was not the most eye-catching in this game. The most eye-catching person among the 20 drivers was actually the leader Alonso.

He started from the No. 11 position on soft tires, and after the first lap he went directly to fifth place. What stood out was an incredible thing, and he got stronger with age.

Kimi, who also started on soft tires, also moved up four positions to No. 13.

On the second lap, Qin Miao continued to widen the gap between himself and Verstappen behind him, reaching 1.6 seconds.

However, after the gap reached 1.6 seconds, Qin Miao began to slow down his pace.

It's almost like maintaining a 1.6 second gap with Verstappen to protect the tires.

If Verstappen is catching up, Qin Miao will rely on his tire advantage to push forward a little, and if he is further away, he will slow down a little.

It feels like fishing.

After that, there were no changes in ranking among the riders in the front group.

Qin Miao was keeping the tire quiet for many years in front, but because Qin Miao was causing turbulence in front, Verstappen was unable to open the gap between him and Hamilton behind him in a short time, so the two quickly fell into each other. In the middle of a fight.

Although the picture at this time is somewhat different from what Qin Miao expected at the beginning of the competition, the result is the same.

And this peaceful scene lasted until the 6th lap.

Perez T13, which had lost two positions after the start, made a mistake when exiting a corner. He was too hasty when applying the gas, causing the rear wheel to lose grip and the entire car to slide off the broadcast screen.

Fortunately, the car didn't crash. It stopped on the grass about two meters away from the barrier, and then staggered back to the track.

However, his set of tires is considered useless, and so is his sprint qualifying session.

But the highlight of this sprint qualifying race ends here, because apart from that, there is basically nothing interesting to see on the track.

This does not mean that there is no overtaking and defense between drivers on the field.

But everyone can distinguish the priorities. This is just a sprint qualifying competition. Except for the top three, no points will be recorded no matter how good your ranking is.

But if you retire during the race, your points for tomorrow’s race and the exposure of your team’s sponsors will be gone.

Therefore, everyone's offense and defense were very restrained, and the driver who overtook in the race was not as resolute, and the driver who was overtaken refused to give in.

As long as you are faster than the car in front, have DRS, and have a strong desire to overtake, the driver in the car in front will basically not defend very hard.

In other words, just stay on the inside line. If you pass from the outside line, he will recognize it.

After all, only the top three drivers in this race will get points, and everyone can freely choose the tires to start in the race. The ranking in sprint qualifying is obviously not as important as a smooth start in the race.

So except for the first three drivers, no driver will take the risk of retiring and crashing to overtake.

After 17 laps, Qin Miao, Verstappen and Hamilton crossed the line one after another.

This sprint qualifying race came to an end somewhat anticlimactically.

In fact, normally after reaching this point, the driver would normally attend a post-race interview, and then receive an award and that would be the end of it.

But the sprint qualifying time was too short, not even an hour.

So the FIA ​​created a float session after the game similar to the driver parade before the game. (End of chapter)