How did I become an F1 driver?

The riders in the second group jumped up immediately, and Ocon even appeared in the second position.

The race meeting showed a yellow flag immediately after the collision, and then the yellow flag was converted into a safety car. Before Melander completed a lap on the track, the race meeting turned the safety car into a red flag.

At this time, T1 on the track was full of carbon fiber fragments. If other drivers' tires pressed on the carbon fiber fragments when passing T1, it would be another accident.

Considering that the red flag will be sent out during the race here, there is no problem.

And what’s interesting is that this race was the same as the previous one at Silverstone, the red flag was raised before the first lap was completed.

The red flag also gives other drivers a chance to breathe. Almost all drivers with car damage need the crew to evaluate whether the car can still be repaired and whether they need to withdraw from the race.

Qin Miao is also one of them.

Qin Miao was a little depressed after being injured.

He didn't have such negative emotions because after he was hit, [the foster father of the logistics department] could not complete the system task at all.

The reason why he was upset was that he had lost too many positions after being hit. The track at the Hungaroring was not easy to overtake, and it was still raining... But Hamilton's position did not change at all, and he could not leave. If anything unexpected happens, I will have to say goodbye to myself at the top of the standings in this game.

Of course, it is better to have your teammate take the lead in the championship back than to Verstappen taking this position away.

After Qin Miao returned to the maintenance area, he discovered that he had dropped seven positions to No. 11.

In front is old rival Mick Schumacher, and behind is Gasly of Toro Rosso.

This is also an unlucky guy. He started fifth and now he is down to No. 12, also losing seven places...

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After thinking about it this way, it seems that he is also an unlucky guy.

As for Leclerc, who collided with himself, he retired directly after returning to the pit area.

Ferrari's idea was very simple. After seeing the car, they felt that the damage to Leclerc's car was too great. Not only the cabin was smashed, but the rear suspension seemed to be a little loose, and it was impossible to repair it on site.

So instead of wasting the life of the engine and racing parts, it would be better to just quit the race and be done with it.

At the same time, Stroll, the instigator of the second accident, also chose to retire from the race for the same reason as Leclerc. Although all four of his suspensions were still in good condition, the one that collided with Leclerc on the side caused the wind-breaking wing on its side to directly It was completely shattered, and a large piece of the carriage was dented. It was an irreparable injury.

And at the same time, the unlucky Norris also retired from the race. After two collisions, Norris's car also no longer needed to be rescued. It was already the limit for him to be able to drive back to the pit area.

In addition, although Verstappen insisted on running back, the damage to the car was extremely serious. The right wing of the car where the car collided was completely knocked off like Leclerc, leaving only one with the same frame as Qin Miao's seat. The thing stood there alone.

This is also an injury that can directly cause retirement, but Red Bull did not choose to let Verstappen retire.

After all, Red Bull is preparing to compete with Mercedes for the championship this season.

Red Bull has no idea about the team champion because of Qin Miao's presence, but the driver champion Verstappen can still give it a try. After all, Verstappen's points have not been completely thrown away by Hamilton and Qin Miao at this time.

And this year's Mercedes happens to have such a rebellious guy like Qin Miao, who is constantly thinking about plotting to usurp the throne and replace Hamilton.

You don’t know how long you will have to wait if you miss such a great opportunity, so even though Verstappen’s car seems to have no need to be rescued at this time, Red Bull still did not give up. During the red flag period, there was no one in the Red Bull team. Forget about Perez, he hurried to the side of Verstappen's car with his equipment, surrounded Verstappen's car, and started emergency repairs.

Use strong glue, glue, carbon fiber plates, whatever works, just to restore the competitiveness of Verstappen's car as much as possible.

Although Verstappen has completely lost the possibility of competing with Hamilton for the championship in this game, the foundation of Red Bull Racing is here. Although it was damaged and the wind-breaking wing on one side is missing, the speed is still guaranteed. , it may not be impossible to gain points after a simple rescue.

Red Bull adhered to the principle of taking as many points as possible and reducing being pulled away by Hamilton by one point and began to repair Verstappen's car.

The only thing that comforted Red Bull was that at this moment, a group of people were surrounding Qin Miao's car to repair Qin Miao's car.

Now for Qin Miao, the question is how Reyes and the others evaluate their car. After the evaluation results come out, the period of time during the red flag can restore several percent of the normal downforce of their car.

Of course, from another perspective, it is good news after the game raises a red flag.

Because Qin Miao had just contacted the team's meteorological department by radio, and they said that the rain would gradually decrease or even stop in half an hour.

When the rain stopped, it was not long after the red flag ended, which was almost the time for the drivers to go on the track for one or two laps, so Qin Miao can look forward to changing to medium tires when the race starts.

Soon, Reyes came over with a sweat on his face.

Qin Miao looked at Reyes nervously and asked, "How is the situation?"

The expression on Reyes's face was very serious: "Not optimistic."

Qin Miao felt really cold after hearing what Reyes said.

But before Qin Miao could ask, Reyes continued to add: "We have only restored about 80.00% of the rear mechanical grip. You will still have a difficult time in this race."

Qin Miao was a little nervous at first, but after hearing what Reyes said, he breathed a sigh of relief. The loss of mechanical grip at the rear was not fatal to Qin Miao.

At least he can still run, unlike Perez Norris and the others who just retired from the race.

Although the loss of 20.00% of downforce on this track where it is difficult to overtake is quite terrible.

"Okay, I understand, thank you for your hard work." Qin Miao reached out and patted Reyes on the shoulder. Then, ignoring the drizzle that was still falling, he circled around his car and began to inspect his car. Are there any other injuries?

Then he reached out and touched his racing car. With the skill of integrating man and car, Qin Miao really only felt something strange at the rear of the racing car.

After making sure that his car was okay, Qin Miao turned around and went to the P room of the team.

The main reason is that it is still raining lightly on the track at this time. In order to be in better competitive condition, Qin Miao cannot stand in the rain for a long time.

After arriving at the P room of the team, Qin Miao watched the replay of the bumper car just now.

Only then did Qin Miao fully see what was happening on the track. It was the rain that caused the trouble, and Perez also underestimated the power of the downhill slope at the T1 braking point.

But if Qin Miao is asked to judge this accident from the perspective of a race steward, then Qin Miao will determine that this is just an ordinary track accident, and Perez's super driver's license points will basically not be deducted. There may even be a black room in the future. No need to go.

While waiting for the red flag to end, Qin Miao did not leave the P room of the team. He moved a stool and directly sat down next to Toto openly, lowering his head and playing with his mobile phone.

Qin Miao didn't just use his phone to read messages or reply to other emails. He really just picked up his phone and started playing Genshin Impact.Toto also saw it, but he didn't express anything at all, as if he didn't see Qin Miao fishing openly.

But it should not be said that Qin Miao's performance on the field just now was indeed not very good. Although he was hit, it is an indisputable fact that he lost a lot of positions.

And even though Qin Miao made a mistake in advance, he still dared to fish in front of his boss, which can indeed be praised as bold.

At this time, the order of drivers in the pit area is as follows:
1: Hamilton

2: O'Connell

3: Vettel
4: Sainz
5: Tsunoda

6: Latifi
7: Alonso
8: Russell
9:KIMI
10: Mick

11: Qin Miao

12: Gasly
13: Ricardo
14: Verstappen

15: Ma Zeping
16: Giovinazzi
To be honest, people who are paying attention to Qin Miao are divided into two groups. One group thinks that Qin Miao's game is over and he can no longer keep the top spot in the standings.

People in this group also have good reasons. Qin Miao's performance in rain races from F2 to F1 has never been as good as his performance in dry conditions. This view has been recognized by many people for a while.

The other group, based on Qin Miao's outstanding performance on Monaco, a track that is more difficult to overtake than the Hungaroring, believes that Qin Miao still has a chance to turn the tide in this game.

Even if Hamilton is willing to push the car, Qin Miao may even end up in the top three.

You must know that it is much easier to race on this track than at Silverstone in the previous race.

However, no matter how noisy the audience was, it could not affect Qin Miao at this time.

After 10 minutes, Qin Miao received good news from the meteorological department. The rain had lightened up, and the sun might shine on the track in a while.

There were still 5 minutes left before the red flag ended. Qin Miao said hello to Toto and then left the P room and went to the side of his car.

After putting on his equipment again, Qin Miao got into his car again.

At this time, the rain has completely stopped and the sun has begun to appear. However, the track is still slippery at this time. It is estimated that semi-wet tires will still be used in the first few laps of the race, but I believe that they can be replaced with dry tires soon. The earth is pregnant.

Soon, when all the drivers were preparing, the live broadcast footage showed Verstappen.

The audience can see through the live broadcast footage that the entire structure of the wind-breaking wing on the right side of Verstappen's car is gone.

The protruding and damaged connecting structures were also wrapped up with metallic-colored strong glue by the Red Bull crew.

This can effectively reduce the wind resistance caused by burrs on the surface of damaged carbon fiber.

As for the hole in the side box, it is relatively simple to repair.

Each team has one or two sets of spare parts for its own racing car, and the sidepods of an F1 racing car can actually be regarded as the front hood of a family car.

Naturally, there are spare parts for this thing, so Red Bull directly replaced Verstappen with a new side box cover.

As for the wind-breaking wing, this thing is integrated with the chassis of the car.

Although Red Bull also has spare parts for blades, it is particularly troublesome to replace them with a new blade.

Everything on the car needs to be removed from the old chassis and then installed on the new chassis. There is definitely no way to complete such a complicated workload in half an hour during the red flag period.

Even if Red Bull's technicians are born with supernatural powers and all of them are little Saiyans who can complete the replacement of the blade within half an hour, Red Bull will not do this.

Because you do this on the track, engineers from 10 or 11 teams in the paddock will come over to watch the dismantling and repair process of your Red Bull car, and they can't stop you.

As a result, the internal structure and structure of the Red Bull racing car were all used by other teams for study.

A shameless team might even directly copy the overall structure of the Red Bull car.

After all, except for stronger teams like Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari, and McLaren, teams at the bottom like Haas, Arrow, and Williams have nowhere to copy.

And after surpassing your Red Bull, you can directly go up several rankings, why not?

So Red Bull's fix for Verstappen is the best fix they can imagine at the moment.

One thing to say, the side of the car after repair looks much more pleasing to the eye than when the broken wings were still there, with a simple and clean beauty.

But to be honest, after Qin Miao saw the appearance of Verstappen's car in the broadcast, he felt that his race should be ruined just like his teammate Perez.

The reason why they are still on the track may be that Red Bull wants to see if Verstappen's speed is enough. If possible, it is a point to get a point.

If you score one more point in this game, the gap between Verstappen, Qin Miao and Hamilton will be narrowed by one point in the next game.

Red flag counts down for 1 minute.

Qin Miao habitually checked his equipment and self-checked the car's system. Reyes would also help Qin Miao confirm whether there were any omissions in Qin Miao's car.

After confirming that there was no problem, Qin Miao's crew members also took off the tire warming blankets on Qin Miao's semi-wet tires and retreated to both sides of the track.

The one-minute countdown ended, and Hamilton took the lead and drove out under the leadership of the safety car.

Although the rain has stopped now and the sun has come out, the track is still wet, so basically all the drivers are using semi-wet tires.

However, after Qin Miao got on the track, she discovered that other places on the track had dried out a lot and were in a semi-dry and semi-wet state.

When he ran out of the field, Russell said: "If this situation continues, everyone will stop and change tires."

At this time, Qin Miao also said to Franky in his TR: "The track is drying very fast, I think I can pit and change to medium tires." (End of Chapter)