How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 257 Chapter 256: The world has stopped. If it rains, there will be no Grand Prix.

Hamilton on the other side unplugged the water pipe and got out of his car to use the toilet.

After that, all the drivers and team staff were waiting for the rain to stop.

And this wait was about 20 minutes.

Although it was still raining heavily, the race team knew it could not continue to let all the cars wait on the track.

Therefore, the race will ask all staff to withdraw and let the safety car take all the cars for two laps to check the situation.

If the rain is too heavy and there is no way to carry out a normal race, the competition will let the safety car take all the drivers into the pit area, and then display a red flag in the pit area and wait for the race to restart.

After the drivers drove out of their starting positions under the leadership of the safety car, the audience could see that the drivers were all using full wet tires for this race.

After all, with the current track conditions, semi-wet tires cannot provide any grip to the car.

It is worth mentioning that when Qin Miao followed his teammate Hamilton out of T1, because there was too much water on the ground, Qin Miao's rear wheel grip when exiting the corner was not even comparable to the rear inertia of his car when entering the corner.

Fortunately, Qin Miao chose to fight back as soon as he realized that his body posture was wrong, and he lightly applied a little oil.

If slick tires are used normally, it is impossible for an F1 car to drift on the track anyway, but Qin Miao is now using full rain tires, and there is still water on the track, coupled with Qin Miao's exquisite racing control ability.

So Qin Miao's T1 slid through the corner in a standard drifting way.

There is a saying that Qin Miao's posture when cornering is quite graceful.

The spectators sitting in T1 were a little bored because the stands of T1 were facing the wind, not to mention cold, and there was rain pouring on their faces.

But it was from such a position that they saw T1 Qin Miao's drift around the corner, so after Qin Miao's car passed the corner, the scene was quiet for a while, and then violent cheers broke out.

Not to mention anything else, just Qin Miao's drift at this corner made all the spectators at the T1 corner worth their money.

Although from the perspective of F1 drivers, drifting through corners may only be useful in events such as WRC, which are mainly on non-paved roads.

But on the F1 racing track, drifting through corners is actually very slow, and even the wear and tear of the racing tires is a big challenge.

But drifting around corners is really cool, isn’t it?

The director also quickly showed Qin Miao's car footage as he drifted around the corner.

"Wow, be careful, did Qin Miao slip?" Fei Ge was a little surprised at first, but as Qin Miao drifted all the way around the corner, Fei Ge changed his tone: "Beautiful! Qin Miao still has abilities. Yes, this way of saving the car is so cool."

"This is a tail flick that directly throws the car out of the corner." Brother Bing said.

Zhou Haoran also said: "It is very difficult for F1 cars to drift. It may be that the current track conditions allow drivers to drift on corners."

When Qin Miao was drifting, he was caught by Hamilton's peripheral vision. When he came out of the corner, he saw Qin Miao's car with his own eyes, and the whole car came sideways on the track.

Although Qin Miao saved his car in the end, Hamilton was still worried and asked in the team TR: "What's wrong with Qin Miao?"

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And what about Qin Miao?Although the corner just now was indeed cool, the loss of grip of the rear wheel really scared Qin Miao into a cold sweat.

After successfully rescuing the car and returning to the car formation, he felt a chill on his back and his hands and feet were still a little cold.

"I'm fine, I just lost the grip of the rear wheel." Before Franky could ask in the TR of the team, Qin Miao said in the TR.

Franky had nothing to say. Qin Miao knew much more about racing than he did, as well as some rules and taboos. So after making sure that Qin Miao did not drift because of something wrong with the car, he gave an instruction in TR. : "It's slippery on rainy days, drive carefully."

"Okay, I'll pay attention." After replying, Qin Miao became a little more timid about driving.

And the person who was also frightened into a cold sweat like Qin Miao was Toto Wolfe.

The monitor in front of him was always showing live footage of the two drivers racing on the track.

He has been looking at these two screens since the start of the game. Qin Miao's car deflected significantly when entering the corner. Naturally, Toto saw it immediately.

This picture of Qin Miao made him involuntarily think of Norris yesterday and Perez in today's racing test stage.

Both drivers lost control of their cars due to heavy rain and eventually hit the wall and retired from the race.

Fortunately, Qin Miao finally stabilized his car and performed a beautiful drift for the audience.

However, after reading it, Toto still adjusted his sitting posture with some fear.

The game continued after this episode.

For a while, all the drivers on the track basically reported one thing to the team, that is, the rain and fog on the track were too heavy, and everyone except Verstappen could not see clearly the road ahead.

You must know that this is the water mist that appears when the safety car is driving. If you really start running, the rain and mist will be even greater.

At that time, the car behind you will no longer need to look at the road ahead. The rain and fog may be so heavy that the car behind you can’t even find reference objects on both sides of the field of vision.

I ran three laps under the safety car, but the track conditions did not improve in any way after these three laps.

It was futile to continue running like this, so after three laps, the FIA ​​finally suspended the starting procedure and allowed all drivers to return to the pit area.

The game also raised red flags.

When he returned to the ring, Qin Miao was a little surprised to find that there was water leaking inside his helmet.

Qin Miao's eyes clearly felt wet.

Fortunately, after returning to the pit area, we followed the red flag process, so Qin Miao could also get off.

After getting off the car, Qin Miao quickly took off his helmet and sweat-absorbing hood.

Because Qin Miao and Hamilton are both located in the front, the distance back to Room P is still quite far.

However, Qin Miao and Barber still walked back to the P room of their motorcade.

The main reason is because there is no place for Qin Miao to take shelter from the rain on the track at this time. It is impossible for Qin Miao to sit directly in the car to take shelter from the rain. Although the inside of the racing monocoque is made according to the physical data of the players, But it is an enclosed space after all, and the body of a rider sitting in it will become stiff if he is inactive for a long time.

After returning to Room P, Qin Miao changed into a helmet immediately, and then Barber prepared some food and water for Qin Miao.What Barber prepared for Qin Miao was some high-calorie food, such as chocolate, and what he drank was normal water.

While Qin Miao was eating, a man holding a camera and microphone came to Qin Miao and started filming him.

Winking and smiling at the camera, Qin Miao ignored them and started eating on his own.

These are the people from Netflix, the same people who film "The Amazing Race," and this week happens to be the time they film Mercedes, so they're here.

At this time, Qin Miao was also completely desensitized to the camera. No matter what he saw was a mobile phone lens or any other lens, Qin Miao could just ignore it and deal with it calmly.

After that, a long waiting period began. The on-site director put the camera on the audience for a while, showed the heads of each team chatting with the drivers, and also showed Qin Miao's handsome drifting corners several times. .

After the scene of drifting around corners was shown, Qin Miao was shown bulging his cheeks.

Then show an interview with other team members.

After going through this process and giving it to Qin Miao again, Qin Miao was still eating, and there were more food packaging bags on the table in front of him.

Brother Fei even exclaimed: "Ah? Why is Qin Miao still eating?"

"Other riders eat to replenish energy, but Qin Miao eats purely because he is greedy, right?"

"If he eats so much, won't he lose lap times in the race later due to weight?"

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Time continued to pass amid the extremely boring chatting and spanking of the commentators.

Everyone is waiting for the rain to taper off or even stop.

And this wait is two hours.

That's right, this heavy rain lasted for two hours.

But fortunately, the competition finally waited for the rain to subside a little, and the competition dispatched a special water sweeper to clean up the water on the track.

After letting the safety car go out for a lap and confirming that there were certain driving conditions on the track, the race team notified all teams that the race would restart in 10 minutes.

As soon as the news was sent out, the originally dull atmosphere at the scene suddenly became lively, and the team staff and drivers quickly returned to their jobs.

Qin Miao walked quickly and came to his racing car. After putting on his equipment again, he lay down in the racing car.

During this time, drivers from other teams were also preparing.

It is worth mentioning that Perez, who originally crashed and retired during the test phase of the competition, had his car completely repaired at this time.

It's hard to imagine what the mechanics of the Red Bull Racing team went through during these two hours.

Although Perez's car was repaired, after the race officially started, he could not return to his original starting position like other drivers. He needed to start from the pit area like Kimi, who had his rear wing replaced after qualifying.

When the time is up, all team members will withdraw from the pit channel.

At this time, only the safety car and the cars behind the safety car were left in the pit lane.

Ten minutes later, the green light in the pit channel turned on, the safety car drove out, and then the F10 car behind also followed Melander's footsteps and drove out of the pit area.

However, the drivers had just come out to run a lap, and returned to the pit area at the request of the competition committee. The competition committee once again raised the red flag. The rain on the track was still too heavy and there was no way to run.

And this wait is directly until the end of the game.

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Finally, three hours after the start of the game, the tournament announced that this was the end of the game, and there would be no further games.

Because an F1 race has a time limit, normally it only lasts four hours. If the race has not been completed after four hours, the race will be terminated.

Although the local track signed a contract with the FIA ​​to allow F1 to come and compete, the F1 broadcaster also has time limits on broadcasting. If the timeout expires, other programs will be broadcast.

So, this rainy Belgian Grand Prix is ​​over.

The team and drivers are all packing their things and preparing to head to the next stop, Verstappen's hometown, the Netherlands for the next race.

However, because all drivers ran a few laps on the track, even under the safety car, it was still a few laps.

Therefore, the top 10 drivers in this race will still receive points.

However, compared to a race that has completed the entire race, the points earned by the top ten drivers in this race are only half the number of points earned after the normal race.

So the rankings and scores after this game are as follows:

1: Verstappen +13
2: Russell +9
3: Hamilton +8
4: Qin Miao +6
5: Ricardo +5
6: Vettel +4
7: Gasly +3
8: O'Connell +2
9: Leclerc +1
10: Latifi +1
The most unlucky person in this game is definitely Perez.

After all, according to the original qualifying ranking, he was ranked fifth, which means that if the game ended due to time constraints, he could get at least 5 points, but he happened to have a problem in the preparation stage before the game. He hit the track wall and knocked himself out of the race.

Although Red Bull quickly and slowly repaired Perez's car, it was impossible for him to regain his ranking.

So after this race, the overall driver standings are as follows:

1: Qin Miao 210
2: Hamilton 191
3: Verstappen 183
4: Norris 102
5: Perez 94
6: Leclerc 89
7: Sainz 69
8: Ricardo 54
9: Gasly 44
10: Vettel 44
11: Alonso 33
12: Ocon 33
13: Stroll 16
14: Kakuda 12
15: Russell 9
16: Latifi 3
17: Kimi1
Although Qin Miao was not as fast as his two competitors in this game, his ranking after the game was not high.

However, the points awarded to drivers in this race were not many, so Qin Miao's ranking in the overall standings did not change after the Belgian Grand Prix.

All that has changed is the points gap between him and Hamilton and Verstappen.

At this time, the gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton is 19 points, and the gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen is 27 points.

In addition, the Williams drivers and team celebrated the New Year one after another, scoring points with both cars, and Russell finished the race in No. 2 and climbed to the final podium.

So after the end, both Williams drivers appeared in the driver standings, one No. 15 and the other No. 17.

The only drivers who have not scored points this season are Giovinazzi and Haas.

(End of this chapter)