How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 245 Chapter 243: You chase me (6K, plus 116 updates)

Indeed, as the commentators said, Qin Miao's performance this season is incredible.

And this game is also full of highlights.

Hamilton fell from heaven to hell and even fell a few more levels because of the team's wrong team instructions, while Qin Miao was involved in an accident at the start of the race, and his ranking was not particularly good.

In this race, you can not only see a car accident, but also see a car starting on the grid. You can even see the two drivers of the Mercedes team starting from the back of the car to seek the first championship, and Weiss. Tappan’s struggles on the track.

The elements, highlights, and famous scenes are all packed together.

From the perspective of Mercedes and the two Mercedes drivers, their mission in this race is very simple. Just finish in front of Verstappen, and after passing Verstappen, try their best to Push forward and score more points.

After all, for the two of them, apart from their teammates, the biggest competitor in the entire paddock is Verstappen.

After all, the total points between the three of them are relatively close, and they can challenge each other for the driver's championship at the end of the season.

Crossing the line on the seventh lap, Hamilton set a new fastest lap, 1 minute, 24 seconds and 374 seconds.

On the eighth lap, Latifi was already 8.1 seconds ahead of Vettel, and because of Latifi's suppression, all the drivers behind were unable to quickly open the distance between them, so at this time all the drivers behind All are supported by DRS.

It is even more difficult for Qin Miao and Hamilton to overtake.

On the ninth lap, Qin Miao finally caught up to 0.5 seconds behind Kimi in front and had the ability to launch an attack.

To be honest, Qin Miao also felt troubled when facing his senior.

And it is worth mentioning that both Mercedes-Benz are in the same situation.

The person Qin Miao wants to overtake in front is Alfa Romeo's Kimi, while the driver Hamilton wants to overtake behind is also Alfa Romeo's driver Giovinazzi.

What Qin Miao encountered at this time was that he had never been able to find a good overtaking opportunity.

After all, Kimi is still experienced. Qin Miao's pressure on him is often like a fist hitting cotton. No matter how he taps the car, brakes late, or fakes shaking in the straight, Kimi can do it without any trouble. Moved.

As long as Qin Miao doesn't attack in any substantial way, Kimi will run his own game rhythm as if he didn't see Qin Miao's movements.

As long as Qin Miao launches an attack, Kimi can always defend Qin Miao's most comfortable overtaking route.

Now Qin Miao has learned how uncomfortable his defensive methods can be for the car behind him.

From the ninth lap to the 11th lap, Qin Miao knew that Kimi's defensive ability was also incredible.

Moreover, Russell in front has been providing DRS to Kimi. If Qin Miao wants to surpass Kimi, he can only charge his own battery to at least 70% and then crush the opponent with absolute speed.

Unlike Qin Miao, who had no way to overtake, Giovinazzi at the rear was thrown out of the DRS zone by Gasly and was overtaken by Hamilton on the tenth lap using DRS.

On lap No. 13, Qin Miao charged his car to 76% of the battery and narrowed the gap between himself and Kimi ahead to 0.6 seconds before the start straight.

This wave can be regarded as an offensive that Qin Miao has been preparing for a long time.

But he was still guarded by Kimi.

When Kimi discovered that Qin Miao was approaching quickly with the help of ERS, she directly guarded the inside line.

And Qin Miao did pass Kimi by three-quarters of the car on the outside before entering the braking point of T1.

But with this advantage, when Qin Miao was about to enter the corner, Kimi went a little wider, blocking Qin Miao's best crossover line.

Qin Miao really felt sick at this time. He clearly had a chance to overtake the other party, but the other party blocked your overtaking route through some small means.

Either you accelerate normally and block the opponent's path to let you pass, otherwise the two cars will collide with each other, or you can just take your foot off the accelerator and wait for the next opportunity to attack.

There is an old saying in China that those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes.

During the fight between Qin Miao and Kimi, Qin Miao became the one wearing shoes.

So Qin Miao's attack failed again.

To be honest, Qin Miao was a little anxious now. The subsequent T5 even made a small mistake of slipping the rear wheel in order to shorten the distance between him and Kimi.

This was because Qin Miao forgot that his rear diffuser was damaged, and the mechanical grip was not as strong as normal.

Although he was quickly rescued by Qin Miao's extreme counterattack, he only lost a little bit of exit speed and the tires were a little worn.

However, Qin Miao's inner impatience can still be seen from Qin Miao's current operation.

This scene was also seen by Franky and Mercedes' strategy team. Franky thought for a while and then said to Qin Miao in the TR: "Qin Miao, now the rear diffuser of our car is damaged. There is no way to gain more advantages. Now we have two options. The first is to maintain the original plan and attack Kimi normally.

The second one is fifty, which one do you want? "

The fifty French mentioned here is in Chinese, which means that Qin Miao will stop for hard tires with fifty laps left in the race, that is, he will stop for tire changes after six laps.

But because the team's TR is public, they use the statement that it is difficult for other teams to judge the authenticity within a short period of time to cover up their strategy.

Qin Miao's hard tires only wore about 30% after more than 40 laps during the test. According to Qin Miao's tire failure rate, it would not be difficult for him to complete the subsequent fifty laps with hard tires.

Qin Miao thought about it and realized that his set of medium tires could still resist for a while, and it was not like he couldn't find a chance to overtake Kimi, and there were still six laps left before the fifty-fifty tactic was launched, so Qin Miao I want to test whether I can surpass Kimi in these six laps.

"Give me some time and I'll try again."

This is Qin Miao's answer in TR.

Franky was naturally able to understand Qin Miao's words, so he replied and said nothing further.

At the same time, Qin Miao on the track silently threw his skills on Kimi's head.

Qin Miao was really guarded by Kimi and felt a little unconfident.

But when the pressure value appeared on Kimi's head, Qin Miao felt more or less relieved.

[Pressure value: 76%]

Should I say he is worthy of being an Iceman?To be honest, Qin Miao didn't see much pressure from Kimi's driving style.

It felt like he defended Qin Miao just like Qin Miao defended other drivers. It was a very easy and easy thing to do.

But in fact, Kimi was so frightened by Qin Miao's two attacks that a thin layer of sweat broke out on his back.

Why is there so much pressure on this young man?

Qin Miao's intention to attack was not obvious. When he attacked suddenly, it had the effect of a sudden cold arrow.

If Kimi wasn't experienced enough, he would know when is the best time for Qin Miao to attack. Both defenses were a bit prejudgmental, so it seems that he was able to defend Qin Miao with ease.

But as long as Kimi's experience is not that good, he can't defend Qin Miao's second attack that saves ERS power.

Knowing that Kimi was strong on the outside but tough on the inside, and that Kimi was under a lot of pressure now, Qin Miao changed his offensive method again, from a tentative attack to a fierce pursuit.

Finally, in the DRS area on Lap No. 14, Qin Miao quickly moved to the inside after a sharp tap on the outside, shaking off Kimi's defensive line, and then braked late at T1 to finally get Kimi's position. inside.

After completing this surpass, Qin Miao's ranking reached eighth.

After Qin Miao completed this surpass, the performance of the audience was mediocre, and only some Mercedes fans gave Qin Miao sparse applause and cheers.

On the same lap, not long after Qin Miao overtook Kimi in front of him, Verstappen behind Qin Miao also launched an attack on Mick Schumacher in front of him at the same position.

You must know that the damage to Verstappen's car was much more serious than that of Qin Miao, and that's it. During T1, Verstappen also took the car from the outside. However, due to the wrong balance of the car, Verstappen directly hit T1 Off the track.

However, Verstappen quickly adjusted and returned to the track, and relied on the car to accelerate faster and overtake Mick on the outside of T2.

After Verstappen completed this overtaking, the scene suddenly erupted into violent cheers.

After all, in the eyes of the current audience, Qin, Miao, Hamilton and the Mercedes behind them are a giant dragon. After all, Mercedes has dominated the paddock for so long. It would not make any sense to call them dragons. Inappropriate, even very appropriate.

Verstappen was the only dragon-slaying warrior in the paddock at this time.

Regardless of whether he will become another giant dragon after successfully slaying the dragon in the future, Verstappen is now the only suspense for the driver's championship this season.

In addition, he was driving a disabled racing car, so it was not surprising that he received cheers and applause from the audience after completing an overtaking.

On lap No. 15, Qin Miao had just overtaken Kimi and was given a ten-second penalty by the race committee.

The reason is not difficult to guess. The collision with Ma Zeping just now was a typical unsafe release. There is nothing to refute or appeal about.

At the same time, Qin Miao caught up behind Russell within 1.5 seconds and began to put pressure on Russell.

Russell was originally supposed to be in Qin Miao's position, but because of Hamilton's pit stop to change tires, his ranking also moved up one place.

There is no grudge between Qin Miao and Russell, but Russell has been displeased with Qin Miao for more than a day or two.

Ever since someone in the paddock broke the news that Qin Miao, a talented Chinese driver trained by Ferrari, had joined Mercedes, Russell had a deep resentment and resentment towards Qin Miao.

Because just before the start of the 20 season, someone at Mercedes-Benz was contacting Russell.

At that time, Russell was not only a young driver with a well-established career in Mercedes' youth training, but also one of the top talents in the paddock, especially when there was Latifi beside him for comparison.

In the 20th season, Russell was completely dragging Williams away. With this performance, from the perspective of Mercedes, which already has the idea of ​​​​getting rid of Bottas, Russell can be regarded as a good second driver. alternatives.

But as soon as the news that Qin Miao was about to join Mercedes was revealed, all the Mercedes negotiation staff who had been having a very happy chat with Russell's agent withdrew.The meaning is obvious. In the short term, at least within the last three years, Mercedes-Benz has no plans to replace the existing driver lineup.

Although the news of Qin Miao joining Mercedes had just spread in the paddock at that time, Russell knew that it was probably true as soon as he saw the performance of Mercedes and others.

At that time, Russell felt like he was being NTRed.

He obviously came first!
In the past, Russell had never found a chance to play against Qin Miao.

After all, strictly speaking, the gap between the cars driven by Russell and Qin Miao is too big, and it is difficult for the two of them to get a chance to compete.

But now because of the chaos in the initial stage, Russell finally found a chance.

Nothing Russell said today would make Qin Miao easily surpass him.

If possible, Russell wouldn't even mind having some racing collisions with Qin Miao when he was defending him.

But what Russell didn't expect was that on lap No. 18, Qin Miao came to the DRS zone 0.4 seconds behind him, relying solely on the absolute speed advantage of DRS to pass Russell before the braking point of T1. Serge.

On the contrary, Russell's behavior of blocking the inside line seemed a bit like Russell taking the initiative to give up the track position to Qin Miao.

After seeing this scene, many domestic car fans immediately felt that Russell was a good person who knew how to assess the situation, and their favorable impression of Russell greatly increased.

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On the same lap after passing Russell, Hamilton also passed Mick Schumacher in front of him.

At this time, Verstappen, who was ranked tenth, was obviously unable to catch up with Ricciardo, who was ranked ninth. If nothing else happened, after being caught up by Hamilton, Verstappen would fall to No. 11 to go.

As a result, Red Bull's original idea of ​​​​letting Verstappen lose a few points on the field may be in vain.

I just don’t know if Red Bull will choose to let Verstappen retire after knowing that they can’t score points.

On Qin Miao's side, after completing his overtaking of Russell, Qin Miao began to chase Alonso in front of him. However, as Qin Miao in front used his tires with all his strength for several laps, Now Qin Miao's tire wear is a bit high, and the temperature is also a bit high.

It far exceeds the average value of Qin Miao's pre-race test. Now the grip of Qin Miao's tires is not much different from that of Alonso's tires.

Overtaking Qin Miao is confident of overtaking Alonso in front of him, but it will definitely be more difficult.

So Qin Miao asked in TR: "If I enter the station, where will I end up when I come out? Is there a clean space?"

Franky had been helping Qin Miao calculate the gap after leaving the station after he said fifty to Qin Miao, so when Qin Miao asked, he answered immediately: "If we enter the station at this time, we will It will land about 4 seconds in front of Kimi, and there will be more than 12 seconds of clean air in front of you."

When Qin Miao heard this, he already had a plan in his heart.

Continue to burn tires and try to kill Alonso before pitting.

It's just that Qin Miao felt the same feeling from Alonso that he had when Kimi hit the cotton with his fist.

Now Qin Miao's skills are in a cool-down state, and there is no way to throw another skill to Alonso, so Qin Miao can only wait for the opportunity to make a pit stop.

When Lap No. 19 was about to reach the entrance to the pit area, Qin Miao received a notice from Franky: "Push forward with all your strength!"

Qin Miao didn't answer. After running as hard as he could for one lap, he chose to pit on lap No. 20.

But what Qin Miao didn't expect was that when he entered the pit channel and was about to reach the tire changing position of the team staff, Qin Miao saw another Mercedes behind him through the rearview mirror. Turned in from the entrance of the maintenance area.

Qin Miao was stunned. Did Hamilton choose this time to pit?

Like himself, Hamilton should have had a long period of clean air after pitting.

"Mercedes chooses to pit with two cars?" Brother Bing was a little surprised when he saw both Mercedes cars pitted.

Fei Ge didn't think there was anything wrong with Mercedes' doing this: "This is normal. It is difficult for Qin Miao and Hamilton to overtake now, so undercut has become the best choice for them now.

And their positions are relatively far apart, so the two cars pitting at the same time will not affect the speed of the two drivers pitting to change tires. "

Zhou Haoran also nodded, but said: "Qin Miao brought out a new set of white tires. According to Qin Miao's tire protection ability, he should have prepared a set of white tires and finished the race just like Kimi who was just punished. ."

Brother Bing asked curiously: "Where is Hamilton?"

"Hamilton also has a white tire." Zhou Haoran said: "However, Hamilton's tire protection ability is not as strong as Qin Miao. Hamilton should still have the possibility of pitting to change tires, but Qin Miao must have finished the race directly."

Qin Miao parked his car in the tire changing position with ease. With the sound of the pneumatic wrench, four brand new tires were installed on Qin Miao's racing car.

After Qin Miao changed the tire and went out, the time displayed in the lower right corner was 2.6 seconds.

This result is pretty good for the mid- to lower-tier teams, but for teams like Mercedes and Red Bull that are aspiring to compete for the championship, this result can only be said to be quite satisfactory.

Just three seconds after Qin Miao left, Hamilton came over. During this time, Mercedes had already prepared Hamilton's spare tire. After the old man stopped, he also performed a smooth tire change operation.

After changing the tires and driving out, the time displayed in the lower right corner was 2.1 seconds.

Seeing this gap, the three commentators from Five Star Sports had complicated expressions.

Some more radical domestic car fans started to curse directly.

However, because the extreme words of car fans are a bit unpalatable, I will not go into details here.

In short, after Qin Miao left the maintenance area, Qin Miao fell 1.2 seconds in front of Mick, and there was only 6 seconds of clean air in front of Qin Miao.

The reason why there is a lot less clean air than expected is mainly because after these few laps, the gap between the entire car formation has widened.

This was a mistake on the part of the team's computing department.

After Hamilton came out, he fell in front of Kimi, and there was more than 10 seconds of clean air in front of him.

However, no matter how small a mosquito's legs are, they are still meat. With the injection of clean air, the two of them can go much faster.

Because after Qin Miao and Hamilton pitted, the drivers in front of them might pit during this period to prevent the two from under-cutting.

So the lap after coming out is extremely important. Whether you can undercut the car in front depends on how well you run in this lap.

However, what Qin Miao didn't expect was that after he pitted, the driver in front of him did not choose to pit. Instead, Ricciardo and Verstappen in front of Hamilton chose to pit.

It is not difficult to guess the purpose of the two pit stops at this time, to prevent being undercut by Hamilton.

When the two came out, it goes without saying that Qin Miao was faster than them. Qin Miao passed them when they were changing tires.

Hamilton is the one who cares most about the pace of the two pit stops for tire changes.

When the two of them came out of the pit lane, it happened to be when Hamilton passed the start straight at full speed.

It can be clearly seen through the camera that Hamilton passed Verstappen directly on the outside.

As for Ricciardo in front, although he and Hamilton entered T1 side by side, Ricciardo's tires were not warm enough at the moment, and the grip was naturally not as good as Hamilton's set of hard tires that had already run a lap. Than.

So even though Ricciardo held the inside line, Hamilton still relied on his tire advantage to overtake Ricciardo on the outside line of T1.

At this point, Hamilton completed the under-cut of the two of them, and also under-cut Gasly who did not choose to pit.

On the other side, in fact, the driver who was originally in front of Qin Miao asked his own team after seeing Qin Miao pitting, if he needed to pit to change tires.

Most teams did not let their drivers pit, and the reason was very simple. Qin Miao's performance in Monaco was the best reason.

The audience can't see it.As they could see, Qin Miao still had a new set of soft tires in the warehouse.

With Qin Miao's ability to protect tires, basically no driver can stop Qin Miao's offensive after a two-stop.

It's just a position, there's no need to disrupt your rhythm because of it.

There is another main reason. Unlike Qin Miao and Hamilton, they were able to find some clean air after entering the station.

The two Mercedes drivers were very happy in the following laps.

After all, there is a vast expanse of clean air in front of me. Finally, I no longer have to smell the exhaust from the car in front while driving a racing car with insufficient downforce.

Qin Miao directly refreshed his fastest lap, although it didn't take long for Hamilton to refresh Qin Miao's fastest lap again.

Three laps into No. 20, Tsunoda chose to pit. This was his normal pit stop window.

The time it took Tsunoda to pit this time was the same as Qin Miao's, 2.6 seconds.

After coming out, he naturally fell directly behind Qin Miao.

Because of the presence of Latifi, the gap between Qin Miao and the group ahead was not big, but now Qin Miao has enough clean air to run laps.

It is not unbelievable that Tsunoda was killed by Qin Miao within two laps.

It can even be said that now Qin Miao has surpassed Latifi in three laps and started to chase Vettel in front, relying on the group of drivers in front of him not to resist.

As long as all the drivers enter the pit once, they will be surprised to find that Qin Miao is now No. 3.

That’s the magic of the Hungaroring.

(End of this chapter)