How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 246 Chapter 244: Introduction to Hamilton Defense (6K, plus update 216)

Unlike his teammates who were rising through the ranks, after Hamilton pitted for three laps, the clean air in front of him was gone. Mick appeared in front of him, and the gap between the two was now only 1.2 seconds.

Hamilton now needs to find a way to overtake Bick in front of him.

On the sixth lap of No. 20, Qin Miao caught up to the position 2 seconds behind Gasly, who had not yet pitted. At this time, the three drivers in front of Qin Miao still showed no signs of pitting to change tires, so Qin Miao's race The high-speed train ends here.

Next, Qin Miao will start to fight against the turbulence and rely on the more powerful performance of the car to attack difficulties.

On the other side, Hamilton has been winning consecutively in these laps, first killing Mick, then overtaking Latifi, and now he is behind Tsunoda.

At this time, there was only Yuki Tsunoda between Hamilton and Qin Miao.

However, the time gap between the two was still quite large at this time.

A full 8 seconds.

At this time, the two leading drivers also began to consider whether to pit.

Because the two Mercedes drivers behind were pursuing too hard.

Under clean airflow, Qin Miao can catch up with the leading O'Connell for 2 seconds per lap, while Hamilton can catch up with 2.3 seconds per lap under clean airflow.

Now these two people are quickly shortening the gap with the driver in front.

But both of them also have concerns at this time. First of all, Ocon knows that his biggest competitor is Vettel behind him.

During the pit stop, you may lose your position due to a tire change error by the team engineer.

In fact, Vettel also wanted to do what the two Mercedes drivers did, and directly choose to pit for tire changes after there was enough space at the rear.

But there are no such conditions behind him. At this time, Sainz is 14.7 seconds behind Vettel, and Alonso is 17.7 seconds behind.

If he pits at this time and wants to try an under cut, he will most likely fall behind Alonso.

As Ocon's teammate, it is self-evident how closely Alonso will defend Vettel before pitting.

Therefore, all Vettel can do at this time is to hold on on the track like Ocon and see whose tires can't bear it first.

On the eighth lap of No. 20, Qin Miao caught up to the DRS area behind Gasly, and the gap between the two was only about 0.7 seconds.

No. 20 On the nine-lap straight, Qin Miao stuck closely behind Gasly after exiting the corner. On the subsequent straight, Qin Miao didn't put in much effort and leaned better than Gasly. The tires easily completed the overtake on the outside.

After being overtaken by Qin Miao on the next lap, Gasly finally chose to pit.

After coming out, he fell in front of Mick Schumacher and gained 7.9 seconds of clean air.

It can be seen that Gasly has not put Qin Miao on his target list for this game.

And when he pitted so early, he probably wanted to overturn Alonso and Sainz in front of him.

I just don’t know if these two drivers will also pit on the next lap after seeing Gasly pitting to prevent being undercut.

However, when it finally came to lap No. 30, Alonso and Sainz in front did not choose to pit.

On the second lap of No. 30, Hamilton, who had been chasing Yuki Tsunoda for several laps, finally passed him and came to a place 11 seconds behind Qin Miao.

The reason for the extra 3 seconds is mainly because a lot of time was wasted in fighting when chasing Tsunoda.

At this time, Qin Miao was still 10 seconds away from Alonso.

Although Qin Miao was already running the race normally without burning tires to speed up his pace, he was able to shorten the gap with O'Connell, who was first, by 1 second per lap.

It is worth mentioning that Qin Miao has completed the under cut on Sainz at this time. The gap between the two is only 14 seconds. As long as Sainz pits, Qin Miao can appear in front of him. This shows that the minimum guarantee of the lowest podium has been held by Qin Miao in his own hands.

When the race comes here, all the two Mercedes drivers need to do is use the clean air in front of them to push forward with all their strength.

After three laps of No. 30, Sainz finally couldn't hold on any longer. In addition, his podium was gone, so he also chose to pit for tire changes.

After coming out, he fell into fifth place, 6 seconds behind Qin Miao, and the 10 seconds of clean air in front of Hamilton instantly became 4 seconds.

To be honest, when he saw Sainz appearing in front of him, Hamilton, who had been chasing Qin Miao for almost half the race, was so angry that he almost lost his breath.

The seven-time champion felt like he was being targeted by everyone at this moment.

No. 30 Seven laps later, Hamilton finally caught up with Sainz just halfway through the race.

But after catching up here, Hamilton had to face another problem, and that was the difficulty of overtaking at the Hungaroring.

On the same lap, Vettel, who finally ran into a gap behind him, chose to pit.

Changing the tire took a bit long, taking 3.3 seconds. After coming out, it happened to fall more than 1 second behind Qin Miao.

It was as if there were a pair of invisible big hands that silently pushed away all the drivers in front of Qin Miao and blocked Qin Miao's back to help him defend Hamilton behind him.

At this point, Qin Miao's ranking has risen to third, one place higher than his ranking at the start of the race.

In order to prevent Vettel from undercutting himself, Ocon naturally chose to pit after Vettel pitted.

So No. 30 O'Connell also chose to pit after eight laps.

The tire changing time is 2.3 seconds, a full second faster than Vettel.

And this 1 second means that he has maintained Vettel's leading position.

After coming out, Ocon happened to be stuck 0.5 seconds ahead of Vettel. Although Ocon's tire condition was not as good as Vettel, it was just because it took 1 second less than Vettel to pass through the pit area, and the Hungaroring This track is not easy to overtake, so Ocon can keep his position without any danger.

As for Qin Miao, he pitted early and directly undercut all the riders in front of him.

And with Ocon's pit stop, Qin Miao's position also moved to second place, and Alonso in front of him had never pitted before, so as long as Alonso pitted, Qin Miao would naturally come to first place. , after getting clean air, the suspense of this game will not be unexpectedly killed by Qin Miao.

The three commentators from Five Star Sports immediately became excited when they saw Vettel and Ocon coming out of the pit lane and lining up behind Qin Miao.

In fact, when Qin Miao's car was hit, although they all hoped that the damage to Qin Miao's car would not be too serious, they did not feel that the podium in this game had anything to do with Qin Miao at that time.

But now, after Qin Miao entered the station, the rest of the journey was chopping melons and vegetables.

"Hahaha, another champion!" Brother Bing opened the champagne directly in the studio at halftime.

Although everyone knows that from now on, as long as Alonso enters the station, what will appear in front of Qin Miao is a vast plain, the sky is high enough for birds to fly, and the sea is wide enough for fish to jump.

Hamilton, the only one who still poses a threat to Qin Miao, is still trapped behind Sainz, unable to move forward.

As long as Qin Miao runs a few more laps, it will not be easy for Hamilton to chase Qin Miao even if he is freed from the car formation behind him.

But the game has not even passed half yet, so Bingge was a little too optimistic by opening the champagne at halftime.

So Feige persuaded: "Don't, don't, don't do it yet. It's not over yet. The game is still very long. Just like we didn't expect that the start of the game would be so chaotic, we didn't know if there would be any chaos during the game." Something unexpected happened, so I think it’s better not to get too happy too early.”

Zhou Haoran also nodded in agreement: "Hamilton's pursuit ability is notoriously strong. Although he was cheated by the team once in this game, it may not be impossible for him to catch up with Qin Miao in subsequent games.

Moreover, you must know that Qin Miao's car was damaged. It would not be too difficult for Hamilton to catch up with Qin Miao. "

After being reminded by two colleagues, Brother Bing finally realized the problem in his words, and also realized that he was also nicknamed Five-Star Poisonous Milk.

It would be bad if Qin Miao died directly, so he laughed dryly and said: "Indeed, the game has not been settled yet, everything is unknown. After all, Hamilton is a seven-time champion, and he still has strength. Qin Miao must be careful."

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On the field, Qin Miao didn't know that he had escaped a projection of mysterious Eastern power.

Alonso was still rapidly chasing Alonso in front of him.

After all, Qin Miao is a young man. After being blocked by Alonso just now, Qin Miao is still a little unconvinced. Now that Alonso doesn't pit, I will just rely on my tires to be better than yours. Come here and put this to shame. given.

On lap No. 40, Qin Miao caught up with Alonso within 1.5 seconds.

Before Qin Miao could make any more moves, Alonso directly chose to pit.

Qin Miao:?
To be honest, when you are gearing up to show off your skills, the feeling of your opponent running away is really uncomfortable, even more uncomfortable than the feeling of a fist hitting cotton.

Without turning on the TR, Qin Miao cursed in the helmet before feeling a little better.

But thinking on the bright side, Qin Miao started from fourth, then fell to No. 11, and now he is back again, and he has a high possibility of winning the championship in the end.

This can be regarded as a highlight game in his career.

On the other hand, at this time, there is no car in front of Qin Miao that can stop Qin Miao. Qin Miao can now widen the gap between him and the driver behind him without any psychological burden.

But Qin Miao has another option at this time, which is to increase the strength of all the riders behind him and let them drive a small train behind him.

In the former, Qin Miao can quickly widen the gap with the driver behind him in a short period of time, and even widen the gap to more than 10 seconds in a short period of time.

After that, Qin Miao can quickly enter a field that he is familiar with.

The disadvantage is that Hamilton behind him is likely to overtake everyone in the subsequent races and then start to attack himself.

Because his car was damaged, Hamilton may be able to take back his championship position in the future.The latter is relatively simple and clear when pressing the car.

Keep everyone's position in place and provide DRS and turbulence to most of the riders behind you.

The difficulty of Hamilton's overtaking will increase exponentially, and because Qin Miao has compressed the gap between the drivers behind him, it is unlikely that Hamilton will open a gap behind him to stop and try to undercut again.

To be honest, at this time, Qin Miao really hoped that Toto had not had that conversation with him, because without that conversation, Qin Miao could just pretend to be stupid and press the car with peace of mind.

But not now. Toto has made it clear that he and Hamilton can fight among themselves this season, but everything must be done to ensure the interests of the team.

So Qin Miao had no choice. After taking the lead, he began to steadily widen the gap between himself and O'Connell at a speed of 0.7 seconds per lap, and prayed in his heart that Hamilton would run slower.

In fact, the gap between Qin Miao and O'Connell can expand faster, but there are still more than 30 laps in the race, and Qin Miao still has to be prepared for Hamilton to catch up and attack him later in the race, so he does not dare to use the tires too hard.

But as the game progressed, Qin Miao became more and more relieved.

Because the race continued until lap 45, Hamilton was still trapped behind Sainz.

At this time, he actually opened a gap of more than 5.7 seconds with O'Connell behind him.

Qin Miao's lap speed was very stable, and the reason why he was so far ahead was mainly because Vettel had been chasing O'Connell from behind, putting pressure on O'Connell, and O'Connell wasted a lot of time on the defensive line.

As the game continued, Hamilton became more and more anxious, because with every additional lap, Hamilton's possibility of catching up with Qin Miao decreased by one point.

Moreover, after the pit stop, Alonso was half a second faster than Hamilton in every lap, and the gap between him and Hamilton was quickly narrowed.

If it drags on any longer, it won't be that Hamilton won't be able to overtake Sainz in front of him, but he will be attacked by Alonso who has new hard tires behind him.

So Hamilton, who was blocked before and pursued by others, finally chose to pit on No. 40 on lap seven.

At this time, the gap between Qin Miao and O'Connell had been widened to 9 seconds.

At this time, there were 22 laps to go before the end of the race, and Hamilton pitted and changed to medium tires.

Whether he can finally catch up with Qin Miao in this game and replace him depends on Hamilton's last ditch effort.

The new medium tires were installed on the car, with a total time of 2.3 seconds. After Hamilton came out, he fell 15 seconds behind Alonso, which was sixth position.

Qin Miao naturally also heard the report from Frankie in the team's TR: "Hamilton pitted and put on his last set of medium tires."

It’s not hard to guess what Hamilton’s intention was when he pitted to change tires at this time, striving for first place while keeping the fastest lap in his hands.

After one lap, the gap between Alonso and Hamilton was shortened to 13.6 seconds.

This shows that Hamilton's speed is very impressive when there is clean air.

It did not go beyond Qin Miao's expectations. Hamilton set a new record for the fastest lap in the second lap after coming out.

One lap later, there was only a 9-second gap between Hamilton and Alonso in front.

Hamilton, who put on new medium tires, was 2.7 seconds faster than Qin Miao per lap.

On the second lap, the gap between Hamilton and Alonso was only 5 seconds.

On the third lap, Sainz deliberately put some DRS on Alonso, but despite this, Hamilton still caught up to 3 seconds behind Alonso.

Considering that Hamilton is 3 seconds faster than Alonso in every lap, everyone thinks that Hamilton will eventually catch up with Alonso, surpass Sainz, and finally surpass Vettel and Alonso with a devastating result. O'Connell began to hunt down his teammate Qin Miao.

But what no one expected was that this game made another defensive master immortal.

Five laps later, Hamilton and Alonso started fighting.

But as soon as they met, Hamilton noticed something was wrong.

Alonso was always able to neutralize Hamilton's attacks at key positions at the Hungaroring.

Even though Hamilton often takes advantage of his tire advantage to take advantage of corners where overtaking is unlikely or difficult, at this time Alonso can always push Hamilton slightly from the inside to the outside.

But just this push blocked Hamilton's best exit route.

Normally Hamilton can exit a corner with full throttle, but it was because of Alonso's push.

If Hamilton doesn't want to crash or run off the track, he has to ease off the accelerator or apply a little brake.

And not just once or twice, it started when Alonso and Hamilton got into a fight. Alonso was always able to defend Hamilton's offensive line with this kind of defensive action that was not big, but deadly and critical enough.

With everyone watching and cheering, Alonso locked Hamilton for ten laps from lap 55 to lap 65.

For Hamilton, these ten laps are really like a year, and for Hamilton's crew and management staff like Toto, these ten laps are also like a year.

Every time the attack failed, Alonso used various techniques to block the best exit route, squeeze out of the track, and force braking.

Hamilton will complain crazily in his team TR.

What: "Alonso is driving randomly!"

"His driving behavior is so dangerous!"

"Alonso closed my door on the track, he committed a foul!"

"It's too dangerous to squeeze my route at this speed!"

"Any more motivation?"

"He shouldn't be defending me like this!"

……

In the face of Hamilton's complaints, the team can't say to Mercedes' outstanding seven-time champion: "Shut the f**k up and drive your car." Right?

So in the face of Hamilton's complaints, the team could only coax.

But Hamilton couldn't surpass Alonso's negative energy, which was passed intact to his track engineer and Toto.

It's just that no one noticed anything was wrong at this time. After all, from their perspective, Hamilton had no way to surpass his opponent, and they were also in a hurry.

But there is a saying that the frequency of Hamilton's complaints is indeed too high. After being blocked by Alonso for ten laps, Hamilton complained at least 14 times in the team's TR.

Compared with Hamilton, Qin Miao may not be able to take the initiative to talk to his track engineer for more than ten sentences in this game, but he seems to be a bit more handsome.

……

When the audience did not notice, the gap of more than ten seconds between Qin Miao and O'Connell was quickly narrowed, and Mick, who had been trapped by Qin Miao, even passed Qin Miao again.

When the audience noticed Qin Miao again, the gap between Qin Miao and O'Connell was only 1.3 seconds.

Smart friends must have guessed the reason. Mercedes gave Qin Miao an order, but this was not to ask Qin Miao to give up the championship to Hamilton, but to ask Qin Miao to help Hamilton suppress the speed of Ocon and Vettel. .

The championship of this game is already in Qin Miao's bag. There is no doubt about this.

However, the people at Mercedes discovered that Hamilton and Alonso were locked in a fight and could not overtake each other in a short period of time. At this time, Ocon and Vettel were quickly opening up the gap with Sainz.

If this gap continues to widen, even if Hamilton eventually surpasses Alonso and Sainz, he will only be able to finish fourth.

Mercedes felt that Qin Miao was just running long distances boringly at the moment anyway, and considering Qin Miao's defensive ability, the team wanted him to help suppress Ocon and Vettel.

The team did not ask Qin Miao to press too hard, at least giving Hamilton a chance to compete for the podium after passing Alonso and Sainz.

However, there is no need for the team to remind Qin Miao to help Hamilton press the car at the risk of losing his championship, so the extent of Qin Miao's press is not too big.

As for Hamilton, when he surpassed Alonso, he did not rely on his own offensive tactics and skills, but relied on Alonso's mistakes.

Of course, this also played a role in Hamilton's constant pressure on Alonso for so many laps.

It was the fifth lap of No. 60. When Alonso came out of the corner in T1, he was always observing Hamilton's position in the rearview mirror, which eventually caused him to miss the braking point. He stepped on the brake a little harder, and the right front wheel Locked up, causing myself to make a mistake. T1's exit route became wider.

There are also some reasons for excessive tire wear.

After all, in the last few laps, Alonso also knew that he had no advantage in speed, so in the last few laps, he stopped walking on the normal driving lane at all and was walking on the defensive line at every corner.

This wiring method consumes a lot of tires on the racing car.

However, he was able to use the old hard tires to defend Hamilton for ten laps on a set of medium tires that only ran three laps. Alonso's defensive ability has been recognized by everyone.

Many people have even begun to look at the video of Qin Miao defending Verstappen in his debut this season.

They want to see who is better defensively, Alonso or Qin Miao, two drivers with outstanding defensive abilities.

But no matter what, Hamilton finally crossed the mountain in front of him.

When Hamilton passed Alonso, the time gap between Sainz and Vettel in front of him was still three seconds.

(End of this chapter)