How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 236 234: 51G warning
Of course, Sainz, who was stabbed by the team, naturally complained in the team TR at this time. At this time, no one knew whether he was cursing or doing something in his heart.

After Leclerc changed the tires and came out, he fell 37 seconds behind Qin Miao.

And the most important thing is that Qin Miao performed Pirelli's special tune on the field again.

At this time, the set of medium tires on Qin Miao's car did not change to new ones at the red flag like the drivers in the front row. Qin Miao's set of tires were the same set of old tires that he had been using since the beginning of the race. , running one more lap on average than Hamilton and the others.

But that's it, Qin Miao's single lap speed remained at 31 minute 31 seconds and [-] seconds after running a set of tires for [-] laps, basically never falling.

True Pirelli.

At this time, there were still 22 laps to go before the end of the race. Seeing this, the three commentators from Five Star Sports speculated whether Qin Miao was going to perform another extreme yellow and red performance.

At this time, Mercedes' strategy team was also a little confused.

Because Qin Miao's tire failure rate during the race was much slower than they imagined. In fact, Qin Miao normally opens the pit stop window around lap 33. After entering, he puts on hard tires that are much newer than other drivers. After that, Qin Miao's tire grip could crush all drivers.

But according to the current situation, as long as Qin Miao persists until lap 36, Qin Miao can change to soft tires after pitting.

Although normal drivers' soft tires reach the cliff point after twelve laps at Silverstone, with Qin Miao's terrifying tire protection ability and a new set of soft tires in stock, Qin Miao can really run with this set of soft tires. The next sixteen laps.

Of course, all this depends on whether Qin Miao can persist for so long without losing speed.

At the same time, Hamilton, who had turned up the engine power, had caught up with Norris and was preparing to attack Norris.

In fact, both Mercedes-Benz cars have this function, and Qin Miao's car also has this function. However, for the sake of engine durability and stability, Qin Miao joined Mercedes-Benz and tried this function during the winter test. The function is no longer enabled.

Even Qin Miao didn't use it in qualifying. The main reason is that turning this function on will cost the engine too much and the instability will also increase significantly. This is why Hamilton only turned on this function after he entered the pit once.

And when Hamilton thinks about his eighth home championship and a new historical record, he doesn't care even if doing so will result in a penalty for exceeding the engine usage limit of the competition at the end of the season. The meaning of a home championship is different.

On lap No. 30, Hamilton easily passed Norris in front of him in the DRS area of ​​the start straight, and began to chase Leclerc in front of him.

Although there is a gap of more than 12 seconds between Hamilton and Leclerc, it is still a long time before the end of the race, and the Mercedes engine with the restrictions lifted is indeed fast.

According to official FIA statistics, although Hamilton and Leclerc both use hard tires with similar lap times, Hamilton is 0.7 seconds faster than Leclerc per lap.

Of course, this lap speed is not stable, sometimes it is more, sometimes it is less, but overall it is still fast.

And it's really possible to catch Leclerc before the end of the race.

On the third lap of No.30, Qin Miao received a notice from the team and No.30 pitted on the fifth lap.

After receiving this news, Qin Miao, who had saved his tires for more than half of the race, finally chose to unleash his force, and the tires began to be consumed regardless of the cost.

Because of this, Qin Miao set another fastest lap in the race before pitting to change tires, reaching a speed of 1:29:880. This shows that Qin Miao's tires are still in good condition.

After seeing Qin Miao's results, the three commentators couldn't help but sigh: "1 minute 29 seconds 8? He is indeed a new tire protection master. It's hard to believe that this was achieved on a set of tires that have been run for more than 30 laps. score."

Zhou Haoran also shook his head and sighed: "Qin Miao's ability to protect tires has always been terrible, but in today's game, Qin Miao's ability to protect his own tires has reached its peak."

Brother Bing said with a smile: "I see people on the Internet have always said that Qin Miao's future is promising, but in this week's British Grand Prix, Qin Miao was the fastest in the paddock in terms of stability and speed, even better than his Teammate Hamilton is even faster.

What’s the future to look forward to?No!The future is already here! "

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Five laps into No. 30, Qin Miao came into the pits one lap earlier than the team originally expected. At this time, there were still 17 laps to go before the end of the race. With Qin Miao’s ability to protect tires, it was not a big deal to finish these 17 laps on a set of soft tires. Stressful, but not impossible.

The scene of Qin Miao's pit stop is something that everyone in the paddock is looking forward to and paying attention to. After all, Qin Miao's pit stop is related to the subsequent direction of this game.

As mentioned before, Qin Miao regained his racing rhythm in F2 in this race. Although he did not quickly open up the gap with the drivers behind him at the beginning of the race like he did in F2, Qin Miao's lead The status has not been shaken in this game.

Considering Qin Miao's terrifying stability, the only variable in this game was Qin Miao's pit stop.

If there is no problem with Qin Miao's pit stop, then the championship of this game will most likely fall on Qin Miao. But if there is an accident with Qin Miao's pit stop, there will be a direct wave of ten like Sainz and Hamilton. When there is a second penalty, there will be something to watch later in the game.

In the original situation of endless battle between Leclerc and Hamilton, Qin Miao will be added as a third party.

To be honest, Qin Miao trusts her colleagues very much. After all, they have worked together for so long and they have a lot of fun talking with them on weekdays.

But the final result of this game is related to Qin Miao's subsequent game results and many rewards. Even if Qin Miao really trusts them, Qin Miao will be a little nervous when he pits.

After all, it is different from running a race on the track. Entering a station to change tires is equivalent to handing over all your efforts for the race to your colleagues, and this process is uncontrollable.

But this has to happen. Although Qin Miao was not mentally prepared, she knew that this day would come sooner or later.

Qin Miao turned right after exiting T17 and entered the pit channel.

And the speed of the car was controlled below 78km/H before crossing the white line of the pit lane.

After crossing the white line, we started the pit stop process, maintaining a speed of 79.9km/H all the way to the Mercedes pit stop for tire change.

Having practiced the pit stop process hundreds of times, Qin Miao can literally park the car where it should be with his eyes closed.

Precisely like a machine, he parked his car at the prescribed position. The next thing Qin Miao could do was to take his hands off the steering wheel, and began to pray to God and Buddha in his heart, praying that the team's engineers would not make trouble.The car was lifted by two jacks at the front and rear. The engineers quickly wiped the front wing of Qin Miao's car and wiped away the dust on the front nose. The four old medium tires were removed and the four were new enough. Reflective soft tires were installed.

As the wind cannon buzzed, Qin Miao felt a sense of weightlessness, and finally fell to the ground again.

Although Qin Miao didn't know how long it took to change the tire, he was certain that there were no accidents during the tire change process.

As soon as he landed, Qin Miao refueled and drove out of the parking position.

After Qin Miao went out, in the scene where Mercedes technicians fist-bumped each other in celebration, the total time Qin Miao took to change tires this time appeared in the lower right corner of the screen: [2.8 seconds]

This result can't be said to be very fast, but it is definitely qualified, and the time Qin Miao earned earlier is also useful at this time.

After Qin Miao came out, he fell 7 seconds in front of Leclerc and 18 seconds in front of teammate Hamilton.

There are still 17 laps to go before the end of the race, and if Hamilton wants to catch up with Qin Miao, he needs to catch up with Qin Miao for at least 1.3 seconds per lap in the subsequent races.

Judging from the scene at this time, Hamilton was completely suppressed by his teammate Qin Miao in his home British Grand Prix, from qualifying to sprint qualifying and now the race.

After seeing this scene, many British spectators began to yell at Qin Miao on the spot. Don't you know that this year is a critical period for Hamilton to win eight championships before the rules are changed?

Can't you give way to your teammates?Fortunately, when you first entered F1, Hamilton was willing to teach you everything. Is this how you repay the seniors who supported you?

Qin Miao could not hear the voices of the British audience at this time.

And strictly speaking, Qin Miao's current position has nothing to do with anyone else. He got it by his own strength. As for Hamilton behind him, Qin Miao really can't be blamed. Qin Miao is just because of a It was a mistake. He accidentally helped Leclerc pull the DRS. Qin Miao was ready to leave directly without even needing a reminder from the team.

And without Qin Miao's influence in the follow-up, Leclerc has been blocked by Hamilton until now.

This can prove that if Hamilton failed to defeat Leclerc, it means that Hamilton is not good and has nothing to do with Qin Miao.

Of course, there is also a certain reason that the turbulence this season has affected the following drivers too much.

Moreover, Silverstone has many medium-to-high-speed curves. If there is some turbulence in such curves, you will definitely not be able to follow the car at the same speed.

But no matter what, after Qin Miao came out of the pits without any accidents, there was no suspense about the winner of this race. The director directly calculated the points and bonuses that the drivers would get after the race on the left side of the audience's screen. The ranking of the drivers after the points from the previous Grand Prix.

After this race, Qin Miao will undoubtedly lead the driver's standings again. Hamilton's position remains unchanged, while Verstappen's ranking slipped to third because he did not score points in this race.

The only variable on the field at this time is Qin Miao's set of soft tires.

On the second lap of No. 40, Hamilton began to attack Leclerc in front of him, and was about 1.1 seconds faster than Leclerc in every lap.

After all, Qin Miao's tires are soft tires. Although the tire is being protected, he is still very fast. After all, the foundation of soft tires is here, so after so many laps, the gap between Qin Miao and Leclerc has been directly expanded to 10 seconds.

So at this time, everyone ignored Qin Miao and focused on the pursuit battle between Hamilton and Leclerc.

Although they knew that Mercedes' Hamilton was starting to chase him, Ferrari also asked Leclerc to adjust the engine of his car to a high-power mode, but the performance gap of the vehicle is here, and it is not just a change of system mode that can make up for the speed. on the gap.

After all, Mercedes' engine is fast enough, but the engine stability is insufficient, so the power is reduced, and Ferrari's engine itself is no better than Mercedes.

After Mercedes' engine was released at full power, Hamilton could catch up with Leclerc for more than 1.1 seconds every lap.

No. 40 Six laps later, Hamilton caught up with Leclerc 4 seconds behind him. At this time, there were still 6 laps to go before the end of the race.

On the other side, Qin Miao's speed also began to decline, but the decline was not too great. Although not as fast as Hamilton, Qin Miao had already accumulated enough advantages before Qin Miao's tires deteriorated, so before the end of the game, Hamilton There is no way to catch up with Qin Miao with this gap.

On the eighth lap of No. 40, Hamilton caught up with Leclerc for 1.5 seconds. At this distance, Hamilton already felt a slight push on his head when cornering. This situation was mainly due to Hamilton's falling due to the influence of the turbulence of the car in front. There is a loss of pressure.

But the good news for Hamilton is that he is faster than Leclerc on the straights, and with the support of the wake of the car in front, as long as he maintains the gap between himself and Leclerc in the corners, the gap between him and Leclerc will not change. Being pulled away by Leclerc, the gap with Leclerc can be quickly closed on the straight line with more powerful racing performance.

In the ninth lap of No. 40, Hamilton chased Leclerc for another 0.5 seconds. In fact, at this time, we can see that Hamilton's speed is much slower than before. After all, when chasing Leclerc in the clean airflow, Hamilton can catch up with Leclerc every lap. Leclerc is over 1 second.

Exiting the corner at T17 on the same lap, Hamilton caught up with Leclerc within one second and obtained DRS.

lap, Hamilton chose to attack Leclerc.

Interestingly, the place where Hamilton took action happened to be the T9 where Hamilton took action against Verstappen at the start of the race.

And coincidentally, just like when Hamilton attacked Verstappen, this time Hamilton also inserted himself into the inside line of the car in front.

Leclerc had obviously seen the collision between Hamilton and Verstappen when the red flag was on, so he saw the corner he was in and Hamilton's action of inserting himself inside, plus Hamilton was heading in his direction. When he approached the intention, Leclerc felt panic in his heart.

He doesn’t want to experience the 51G of the same model as Verstappen.

Because of his worries and panic, Leclerc's line was not quite correct when exiting and entering the corner. When exiting the corner, he went straight out of the track.

Although Leclerc finally stabilized his car and returned to the track, his position could not be saved.

It is no problem to say that Leclerc was scared off the track.

(End of this chapter)