How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 277 Chapter 280: Norris brand milk torpedo (6K, additional update 520)

Although Norris' position did not change, because of this mistake, Norris, who was running relatively calmly on the track, doubled the pressure.

On lap 48, Qin Miao's speed dropped significantly. Qin Miao, who was still about 1.8 seconds behind Hamilton, due to rain problems on the track, the gap has reached 2.1 seconds.

After 48 laps, Qin Miao immediately said in the team TR: "I don't care, I will pit in the next lap."

Although there was rain on the track, the rain only fell on the T4, T5, T6, and T7 corners. The track conditions in the first and third timing sections did not deteriorate.

But Qin Miao still wanted to pit after this lap.

Qin Miao lost too much speed in these corners and had to stop.

Seeing how determined Qin Miao was at the end of the motorcade, he had no reason to refuse.

After receiving Franky's notice, all the technicians got up from their positions and took out a set of brand new semi-wet tires from the rack where Qin Miao's tires were stored.

It was a bit surprising that Qin Miao was so determined to pit at this time, but the team was quite happy that Qin Miao was able to pit at this time.

Because Qin Miao's early pit stop to change tires can provide Hamilton with a reference, that is, under the track conditions at this time, how fast he can run using semi-wet tires.

If the speed of Qin Miao, who is using semi-wet tires, is the same as the speed of Hamilton and the others, who are using hard tires, the team will also call Hamilton in on the next lap to put on semi-wet tires.

After Qin Miao notified the team, Hamilton's track engineer also informed Hamilton of Qin Miao's situation in the team's TR, and asked him if he wanted to stop and change tires like Qin Miao.

At this time, Hamilton didn't think so much. At this time, he was still entangled with Norris, constantly putting pressure on Norris. When he heard the team's question, he didn't even think about it and directly answered: "No need."

When Norris reached the second timing section of 48 laps, it was obvious from the TV broadcast footage that the gray rain curtain had fallen.

And it was also T5 in the second timing period. Norris once again rushed off the track, but once again returned to the track without any danger.

Hamilton also slowed down a little because of the increased rain in the second timing period.

So even though Norris ran off the track at the same place again, the time gap between Hamilton and Norris did not shorten. Instead, because Hamilton slowed down, the gap widened to 2.5 seconds.

Not to mention Qin Miao. At this time, the time gap between him and Hamilton came to 3 seconds.

And it is foreseeable that if Qin Miao continues to run on the track, he will be pulled further by Hamilton.

At the end of lap 48, Qin Miao finally entered the pits, while Norris and Hamilton still stayed outside.

Qin Miao's problem was personal. He really couldn't run too fast on dry tires when it rained.

From the second timing section just now, Norris and Hamilton's speed has slowed down, but despite this, Qin Miao was still pulled away by Hamilton by almost 1 second in one lap, which can be seen.

And before this lap was completed, Hamilton said in the team TR that although it was raining on the track at this time, the grip of the track did not decline too seriously when there was no water on the track.

Therefore, both drivers had no idea of ​​pitting at this time, but continued to fight for their championship podium on the track.

On lap 49, the rain gradually became heavier.

Because of the speed advantage accumulated in the past, Qin Miao was running slowly after coming out of the pit area, but his ranking remained unchanged in third. The driver behind him was Perez, and Perez was a distance away from Qin Miao at this time. A full 21 seconds difference.

So Qin Miao didn't need to think about anything else at this time, he could finish the race with peace of mind, and expected that Hamilton and Norris would have some accidents due to heavy rain.

Of course, Qin Miao began to have some doubts at this time. Hamilton and Norris wouldn't finish the race directly on dry tires, right?

If this is the case...what should I do about my position?
At the end of the 49th lap, the rain became heavier, covering half of the track, and the rain in the second timing period changed from light rain to moderate rain.

Norris's track engineer asked Norris in the team TR: "Lando, do you want to change to semi-wet tires?"

At this moment, Norris had to control his slippery car and keep an eye on Hamilton behind him to prevent him from overtaking him. He was in a state of mental stress.

The team TR suddenly asked him this question, which shocked him, so he answered loudly in the TR: "NO!"

It can be seen that the temptation of the championship and Hamilton behind him have put a lot of pressure on Norris.

But despite this, he still has his own judgment and ideas.

Norris, who is very talented in rain fighting, feels that the current rain is still under control.

Norris felt that he could continue to run the entire race on dry tires, after all, there were only 4 laps left before the end of the race.

And although it was raining on the track at this time, the rain was not uncontrollable. It even stopped raining on several corners where it was still raining.

This discovery gave Norris a certain amount of confidence and strengthened his determination to finish the race on hard tires.

Hamilton is actually capable of continuing to persevere on the track like Norris.

But the team discovered that Qin Miao was not slower than Hamilton and immediately recalled Hamilton.

Hamilton was still complaining a bit when he came into the pits, but he made it, so that was all.

After Hamilton came out of the pit area, he happened to be 2 seconds ahead of Qin Miao.

At this time, Hamilton was 25 seconds behind Norris and 3 laps away from the end of the race.

It can be said that Norris, who uses hard tires and is 5 seconds slower than Hamilton every lap, can win this game, break his career record, and win the first race championship of his career.

As long as he doesn't have any accidents on the track...

The Mercedes team actually knows the thoughts of Norris and McLaren.

But without much risk, the Mercedes team can let two drivers in its own team compete for this championship.

But Verstappen's performance in today's game was obviously poor. After being cheated by the team, he was still ranked eighth, behind Sainz.

Today's race is a good opportunity for the two Mercedes drivers to widen the points gap between them and Verstappen.

Therefore, rather than winning the championship in this race, what the Mercedes team wants more is for the two drivers to maintain the 2nd or 3rd place and finish the race safely.

Because of this, there was a scene of Hamilton pitting to change tires.

When Hamilton came to Qin Miao, he didn't wait for the team to take the initiative to mention it to Hamilton. Hamilton, who found Qin Miao behind him, took the initiative to slow down and returned his position to Qin Miao.

After passing Hamilton, Qin Miao returned to the second position, while Hamilton was ranked third at this time.

Although it is natural to return the position to Qin Miao, Hamilton's operation still made him win a lot of fans in China.

Regardless of Hamilton's previous behavior, it doesn't matter his controversial driving and crashes on the track.

Of course, most domestic fans like Qin Miao. After all, Qin Miao is the only Chinese driver in the paddock at this time. If you want to find a sense of substitution, you can only find it in Qin Miao.

On lap 50, Norris still did not choose to pit.

Although he was chased by Qin Miao for more than 6 seconds in the last lap, there were only 3 laps left before the end of the game, and the time gap between Norris and Qin Miao was still 18 seconds.

Even if Qin Miao chases Norris for 6 seconds in each lap, Qin Miao can only catch up with Norris before the end of the game and cannot surpass him.

After realizing that the time gap between himself and Norris could not be made up in 3 laps, Qin Miao stopped paying attention to Norris in front of him and began to pay attention to his teammate Hamilton behind him.

Although Hamilton returned the position that originally belonged to him.

But the race was not over at this time, and the team did not say that Hamilton could not continue to attack Qin Miao after returning his position to Qin Miao.

And bringing his own perspective to Hamilton, Qin Miao himself felt that it was impossible for him to give up a great opportunity to shorten the points gap with his teammates.

So if nothing else, Hamilton will definitely attack himself in the last three laps.

Although it is difficult for drivers' information to be circulated between teams, as teammates, Hamilton and Qin Miao know each other's driving habits.

And Qin Miao has an obvious weakness, that is, his weak ability in rain warfare.

And now?It happened to be raining.

……

Hamilton's idea is relatively simple. After returning Qin Miao's position, Hamilton will not owe Qin Miao anything.

Taking action against Qin Miao now is just a normal competition among drivers and does not rise to the level of morality.

Therefore, in the first timing period of lap 51, Hamilton began to discharge despite the rain, quickly shortening the time gap between him and Qin Miao.

Qin Miao only had a reduced ability to control his car when it rained, not that his defensive IQ was off the line.

After seeing Hamilton's actions, he knew what the opponent was thinking, so he started to take a defensive line all the way into the starting straight.

By the time the two reached the T51 braking point on lap 2, the time gap between the two had reached 0.7 seconds.

The director can be regarded as having a happy trouble at this time.

Norris, who was ahead of him, was struggling extremely hard on the track with an 18-second advantage, and would spin at almost every corner.

The two Mercedes drivers behind, Qin Miao and Hamilton, started fighting among themselves again.

For a moment, he really didn't know what kind of scene to show the audience.

However, unlike the happy on-site director, the Mercedes-Benz P room became quiet again for a while.

Why are these two fighting again? The key point is that it is still raining. If one operation is not good...

Toto's brows were really twitching at this moment, but he had no reason to stop the fight between the two drivers. All he could do at this time was pray that the two men would listen to what he just said. Go in there and don't do anything stupid on the field.

It's just that the weather changes on the field far exceeded everyone's expectations.

The two Mercedes drivers had just passed T2 and entered the long curve of T3 when the rain started to get heavier. "Hey, the rain is getting heavier!" Brother Bing said with some surprise when he saw the sudden increase in rain: "If the rain is getting heavier, Norris' position may not be maintained.

Does this mean Qin Miao!Qin Miao has great hope of winning the championship! "

Of course, neither of the two Mercedes drivers thought too much at this time. What they were thinking about at this time was whether the heavier rain would bring them any advantages.

On the other side, the director has already shown the camera to McLaren's Norris.

Because of the sudden heavy rain during the second timing period, there was already water on the track.

This means that the dry-terrain tires that Norris insists on using at this time are completely useless.

When Norris entered T4, it was obvious that he was particularly slippery at this time.

Acceleration out of corners is difficult.

By the time we reach T5, the water mist rising from the rear of the car can block 70% of the view of the driver behind.

Therefore, when Qin Miao and Hamilton came out of the corner at T5, Qin Miao suddenly found that a McLaren appeared in front of him.

The first time he saw the McLaren, Qin Miao thought he had tricked Ricciardo into ninth place.

But take a closer look at the driver ranking data on your steering wheel display. Isn’t this Norris?
Considering the current rain and Norris' tires, it is not incomprehensible that Qin Miao chased Norris for more than ten seconds in just one time period.

"Great! Norris's mistake in decision-making gave Qin Miao a chance, a big chance. Now Qin Miao is certain to win the championship. As long as Qin Miao can defend Hamilton's attack, the championship will be there!" Feige said excitedly.

"Yes, with Qin Miao's defensive ability, it is not too difficult for him to defend Hamilton's offense, and it is still raining. Without DRS, it will be easier." Zhou Haoran also said.

Now the on-site director no longer has to worry about which scene should be cut into the broadcast stream.

Because of the small straight between T5 and T6, Qin, Miao, Hamilton and Norris all appeared in the same picture.

At this time, Norris's speed was really slow. Due to the problem of water accumulation, the temperature of Norris's tires dropped rapidly, which made the already weak grip even worse.

So when Qin Miao and Hamilton passed T6 one after another and came to T7, Qin Miao came to the place 0.3 seconds behind Norris.

That's right, Qin Miao completely caught up with Norris on a small straightaway.

Because of Norris's tire problem, his braking point was much earlier than that of Qin Miao and Hamilton.

At this time, Norris realized that his original choice of not pitting to change tires was wrong because of the sudden increase in rain. At this time, Norris could be said to regret it.

Although he knows that his speed is not as fast as Qin Miao and Hamilton.

But when he saw that Qin Miao and Hamilton, who were originally 16 seconds behind him, caught up within 1 second of him in just one timing period, Norris was filled with unwillingness.

So when he saw Qin Miao preparing to overtake his car at this corner, Norris, who was unwilling to let Qin Miao pass directly, took an inside defensive line.

Norris didn't have any intention of harming others and benefiting himself. This was just a subconscious action after being anxious.

When Qin Miao saw this, he naturally relied on the grip advantage of his semi-wet tires in rainy weather to prepare to directly overtake Norris from the outside.

Hamilton saw that the outside route had been blocked by Qin Miao and Norris. If he didn't want to lose too much speed and lose the opportunity to surpass Qin Miao, he had to risk taking the inside route.

In fact, Hamilton also knew the risks of doing so, but at this time there were only two laps to go before the end of the race.

Qin Miao's defensive ability was originally strong, but now he finally caught an opportunity to surpass him. If he missed this game, he would probably never find such an opportunity again.

Then from an aerial perspective, you can see two Mercedes and a McLaren entering T7 side by side.

Just when everyone thought it would be a battle between dragons and tigers after exiting the corner.

Another accident happened on the field.

Norris' tires locked up when he braked.

It was raining and it was a wheel-to-wheel battle with other drivers. Norris was still using dry tires. It is normal for the tires to lock up at this time.

But it happened that the time when Norris' tires locked up happened to be when Qin Miao was decelerating into the corner.

Only the sound of "touch." was heard.

Qin Miao, who entered the corner on the outside, was hit hard from the side by Norris, who lost control of the car.

Fortunately, because Norris braked earlier and Qin Miao's car was in front, the impact was caused by Norris' left front wheel hitting the side box and floor of Qin Miao's car.

At the same time, Qin Miao's left front wheel crushed the left front nose end plate of Norris' car.

Under the action of inertia, this end plate slid directly off the track and into the buffer zone.

Fortunately, Qin Miao's tire did not burst.

However, Qin Miao's tire grip, which was already at its limit, was directly destroyed by Norris's collision.

Fortunately, the speed of the two of them was not fast in this corner, and although Qin Miao was a little confused when he was hit, he still chose to turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction due to instinct.

Although Qin Miao relied on his body and car sense to make the most correct response at this time, he still almost hit the wall.

But at least Qin Miao stopped before hitting the wall.

After that, Qin Miao showed off his driving skills again, burning tires and turning around in the rainy conditions, and then drove back to the track.

Norris was not so lucky.

The end plate of the left front nose cracked. Although his left front wheel was not damaged like Qin Miao's, and the suspension seemed to have no problem, the balance of Norris's car was directly destroyed.

Spin spun around on the spot.

He stopped on the track with his head facing backwards.

Unlike Qin Miao, who uses semi-rain tires, Qin Miao, who uses semi-rain tires, knows that the grip of the tires will recover after the tire speed drops, so he can make a U-turn by burning the tires at this time, but Norris uses dry tires. , if he wanted to return to the track, he could only reverse the car and drive up.

……

"what?"

"Qin Miao, Qin Miao was hit by Norris!"

The three commentators from Five-Star Sports cried out sadly after seeing the changes on the field: "How could this happen! Qin Miao's championship podium is gone!"

"Why, even though Norris ran a little hard in the front, he never made such a mistake from beginning to end. Why did something go wrong at this time?" Fei Ge had a look of disbelief and pity on his face.

"The good news is that it seems that Qin Miao's car did not suffer too much damage from the impact and can continue to run. And at this time, Verstappen is still more than a minute behind them. At least there is no need to worry about Qin Miao. The second position was taken by Verstappen." Zhou Haoran was surprised and gave reassurance to the fans who were watching the five-star sports live broadcast.

Although it is a pity that the championship will be lost due to Norris's mistake, at least after this game, the points gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton will not be too wide.

On the field, when Qin Miao entered the corner, he was really confused when he found that Norris was running directly towards him.

After he instinctively rescued the car, Qin Miao realized what had just happened.

Torpedoed.

Qin Miao, who often plays "iRacing" and "ACC", is no stranger to being torpedoed, especially after being recognized while running a game on iRacing.

Most of Qin Miao's fans stopped running during the race and tried to follow Qin Miao.

And those fans who had problems with Qin Miao basically took revenge on Qin Miao in the game.

Torpedoes, track blocking, PIT, all kinds of tricks were used on Qin Miao.

But in reality, it was Qin Miao's first time being torpedoed in the F1 arena.

After reacting, Qin Miao immediately looked at the time gap between himself and the first place.

The numbers displayed on the steering wheel seemed so ruthless and cold to Qin Miao.

Hamilton +13.1 seconds

Qin Miao: 0
Norris -4.7 seconds

When he saw this data, Qin Miao felt really cold inside.

"Norris, I belong to Amylos!!!"

As soon as Qin Miao returned to the track, he began to send cordial greetings to Norris in TR: "Damn it, you don't know how to drive? You don't know how to drive home to play your *game? Can’t you have your super driver’s license revoked for him?”

The relationship was good, but because of Norris's mistake, Qin Miao was also unlucky, and Qin Miao was not in a good mood.

However, Qin Miao was scolding harshly at this time, but this was mainly due to the influence of adrenaline.

When he got off the car after the game and looked back on the incident, Qin Miao wouldn't be so angry.

The biggest feeling is still helplessness. Why did I become the unlucky guy?

Can't it be replaced by Hamilton?

Why me?

……

[According to the subsequent inspection report of the Norris car by McLaren team engineers, they found a small amount of unknown white liquid in the brakes of the Norris car, which was suspected to be some kind of dairy product originating from Shanghai. 】——Author of "Hupu Hot Review": RexlipNew
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