How did I become an F1 driver?

After struggling on the track for a full lap, Vettel finally returned to the pit lane and put on semi-wet tires.

Martin Racing's attempt was indeed bold, but the track environment was obviously different from what they had expected.

And because of this pit stop, Vettel's ranking dropped to the second to last.

Although Vettel's original tenth place could only bring back one point to the Martin Racing Team, after this attempt failed, Vettel had nothing.

On lap 42, after running four laps, Qin Miao was surprised to find that the time gap between himself and Leclerc in front had not shortened much. At this time, the time gap between the two remained at 4 seconds.

Qin Miao did not expect that he only chased for 4 second in 1 laps.

However, the team gave timely comfort: "Leclerc's tires should not last until the end of the race. You are driving well, keep up the good work."

Qin Miao stopped thinking about continuing to accelerate, took a look at the time gap between himself and Verstappen behind him, and then continued to run at a comfortable pace.

At the same time, the team also asked Hamilton to pit in the team's TR.

But what no one expected was that Hamilton chose to refuse.

After all, Hamilton had to follow Perez for nearly 20 laps before overtaking him. After one pit stop, he had to fall behind Perez again. Hamilton was a little unhappy.

And he felt that if he was blocked by Perez again, it would be difficult for him to improve his ranking.

However, since Hamilton has already decided, the team can't force it. After all, the person controlling the car at this time is Hamilton and not the team's strategy team.

So the tire changer from the Mercedes team carried Hamilton's tires back to the P room, and the matter was settled.

On lap 44, Leclerc's speed began to drop. Qin Miao was running at his own pace when he suddenly saw a red Ferrari appearing in front of him.

And this Ferrari is gradually being caught up with me.

……

On lap 46, Qin Miao relied on the sheer speed of the car on the starting straight to pass Leclerc, who was slowing down significantly in front of him.

Even when overtaking Leclerc on the straight, Qin Miao deliberately went to an area with water outside the driving lane to cool down his tires.

Although I don’t know why Leclerc’s speed suddenly slowed down, judging from the speed Leclerc showed at this time, Qin Miao’s worries were obviously unnecessary.

Although the speed difference between the new semi-rain tires and the old semi-rain tires is not large, with the blessing of vehicle performance, this gap is quite considerable.

Qin Miao didn't use any skills when overtaking Leclerc. He simply relied on the stronger grip of the tires to enter and exit the corner with Leclerc from the outside where there was water. After exiting the corner, he relied on stronger racing performance to Directly overtaking Leclerc on the straight.

What stands out is simplicity.

Leclerc was stunned for a moment after being overtaken by Qin Miao at lightning speed.

Originally, he and Ferrari were thinking of defending Qin Miao.

Leclerc even asked the team in the team's TR whether his set of tires could run the entire race according to the regulations.

Judging from Leclerc's attitude, he really wanted to defend Qin Miao with this set of old semi-weather tires until the end of the game.

It's just that God's calculations are not as good as those of humans. As soon as Leclerc finished asking, Qin Miao completed his surpassing him.

After being overtaken by Qin Miao, Leclerc still chose to pit.

After all, Verstappen and Hamilton behind him are not far behind him. If he is still holding on on the track at this time, what is waiting for Leclerc is likely to be overtaken by several drivers behind him relying on the performance of the car and tires. .

After emerging from the pit lane, Leclerc returned to his familiar fourth position.

In front of him is Hamilton, and behind him is Perez, who is only 1 second behind him.

And it was also because of Leclerc's pit stop that Hamilton moved up eight positions from No. 11 to third.

The current ranking is already in line with Hamilton's prediction of his best ranking in this game, so what Hamilton wants at this time is to maintain his current position until the end of the game.

On lap 50, 8 laps away from the end of the race, the Mercedes team asked Hamilton about the condition of his car tires at this time.

The old man naturally knew the purpose of the team asking him such a question. The team felt that his tires were about to give out and wanted to call him back to pit for tire replacement.

But in front of Hamilton are Qin Miao and Verstappen, and Hamilton must still want to stay on the track.

It was impossible to overtake the two in front. Hamilton's rear tires were worn into slicks at this time, and he had no grip at all, but it was a practical way to maintain his position.

After all, Leclerc behind Hamilton is still 10 seconds away from Hamilton. Even facing Leclerc's new tires, Hamilton is confident that he will not be overtaken by the opponent before the end of the race.

On lap 51, the team still expressed in TR that it wanted Hamilton to pit.

There are only three things to do, and the operation of the Russian Grand Prix team in letting Hamilton pit early to change to semi-wet tires was indeed one of the key factors in Hamilton winning the Russian Grand Prix championship.

Since the team repeatedly requested it, Hamilton finally chose to trust the team's judgment.

On lap 51, with 7 laps left in the race, he chose to pit for tire changes.

However, when he pitted to change tires, Hamilton was obviously not satisfied and kept complaining in the team TR.

Because he really felt that it was not a good choice to stop and change tires at this time.

However, Hamilton had already pitted at this time. Apart from complaining, Hamilton was unable to change anything.

By the time Hamilton came out of the pits, he was already behind Leclerc, ranking fifth.

After coming out, Hamilton was indeed faster than Leclerc. In the second timing period of the exit lap, he was 0.9 seconds faster than Leclerc, and his lap time was 3 seconds faster than Leclerc.

It can be seen that Hamilton still wants to advance his ranking.

It's just that within a second of Hamilton coming behind Leclerc, the few laps in front of Hamilton chasing Leclerc caused Hamilton's tires to overheat.

As a result, Hamilton's tires had serious graining, and coupled with the turbulence caused by the car in front, Hamilton's racing speed actually dropped significantly, and he could not catch up with Leclerc in front!
Even while he was trapped behind Leclerc, Gasly was catching up.

Seeing this, Hamilton began to complain crazily in the team TR.

"I told you I wasn't going to pit!"

……

If Qin Miao was placed in the team's strategy team position, Qin Miao would never let Hamilton stop to change tires, even if Hamilton's tires really couldn't hold up and would have a puncture on the next lap.

Judging from Qin Miao's current feeling, Hamilton can also try changing to medium tires after pitting.

After all, everyone on the track at this time was using semi-wet tires that had been ground into slick tires. It can be seen that the track should have barely reached the working conditions of dry tires at this time.

It's a pity that the strategy team of Mercedes-Benz Racing Team is composed of people after all, and people will make mistakes.

Moreover, unlike Qin Miao, they are not always running on the track, and they are not as sensitive to changes in track conditions as driver Qin Miao.

Another thing is that not long ago, Vettel pitted to put on medium tires and Zhuyu spun off the track. No one in the strategy team dared to bring up the idea of ​​​​letting Hamilton pit in to put on dry tires.

This time, calling Hamilton to pit for a tire change was obviously a major mistake.

On lap 56, not only was Hamilton gradually widened by Leclerc, Gasly behind him was only 1.2 seconds away from him.

Gasly actually had the conditions to attack Hamilton and began to put pressure on Hamilton.

Of course, there is a gap in racing performance between Mercedes' car and Toro Rosso's car.

Therefore, Gasly could only get close to Hamilton. After catching up to a position that would be affected by Hamilton's wake, it was obviously impossible for Gasly to go further in the rainy weather.

So from the time Gasly chased behind Hamilton until the end of the game, Gasly never found a real opportunity to attack Hamilton.

In the last lap, Qin Miaoping finished the race calmly.

It is worth mentioning that on the last lap before crossing the line, Qin Miao also set a new record for his fastest lap with a time of 1:30.432.

Finally, Qin Miao crossed the line amidst the cheers of all the Mercedes-Benz staff hanging on the parapet.

"Well done Qin Miao! P1, we are P1, a clean and beautiful game, well done!" Toto personally sent congratulations to Qin Miao.

"Qin Miao, I'm James. You did a great job today. This is the first Grand Slam of your career. Pole to win, leading the field, fastest lap, you got all of these, it's really great. !" The chief technology officer also sent congratulations to Qin Miao.

"Hahaha, let's go!!!" Qin Miao was also very happy. Winning a game released all the depression suppressed by his teammates and Verstappen in recent games.

"Thank you everyone, the car is in very good condition today. Thank you for giving me such a great car." Qin Miao also thanked the team's technicians.

"Copy that, you did a great job too." Reyes responded to Qin Miao's thanks in the TR with a smile. As the chief technician, he does have the right to speak on behalf of other technicians in the team.

After crossing the line, Qin Miao waved to the audience and took his car back to the maintenance area.

Parking the car in the first position, Qin Miao even knocked down the first sign out of excitement.

After Qin Miao's car parked, two Red Bulls also parked at their place.

Two white Red Bulls parked on either side of the black Mercedes racing car, one on the left and one on the right, guarding Qin Miao's racing car like two bodyguards.

After parking the car, Qin Miao couldn't wait to get out of the car. After installing the steering wheel back on the car, Qin Miao trotted to his car and held up the Diyi sign. Then Qin Miao smiled while Rushed into the crowd of Reyes and others.

Back, helmet, and even buttocks, Mercedes technicians were so excited that they didn’t care what they patted, they just patted whatever they could. Isn’t that what happened when celebrating?It took a while for Qin Miao to be put down by them, and then Qin Miao went to Hamilton's team. After all, they were all the same team.

Regardless of internal competition, they will all receive bonuses if Qin Miao wins.

So everyone is very happy at this time.

After shaking hands with them all in celebration, it was finally up to Chief Technology Officer James Arison.

When hugging each other, James Arison said on the edge of Qin Miao's helmet: "Toto actually wanted to come over, but something unexpected happened on Hamilton's side in this game, and Toto went to communicate with Hamilton.

But Tuo Tuo, let me tell you something. This race went great. He is very satisfied and keeps working hard. "

Qin Miao smiled and nodded: "Definitely!"

After the brief celebration, Qin Miao turned around to complete the weigh-in, then took off his helmet and gloves and let out a sigh of relief.

Finally, after working hard for so long, I got a pretty good result.

At this time, Qin Miao also heard many spectators calling his name and cheering for him, many of whom were foreigners.

Qin Miao even saw many foreigners waving their country's national flags to cheer for him.

Unknowingly, Qin Miao also gained a large number of fans abroad.

Smiling and waving to them, and to the audience who poked their heads out from the P room to look down, Qin Miao went to the interview area and put down his helmet and gloves.

In the process, Qin Miao also met Hamilton and Leclerc who were passing by.

Hamilton was obviously not in a good mood at this moment, so Qin Miao didn't say anything to Hamilton. The two just shook hands and nodded.

But after arriving at Leclerc, Leclerc gave Qin Miao a big hug.

"Well done, Qin Miao! I'm starting to look forward to you being the one to win the driver's championship at the end of the season." Leclerc joked with a smile.

Qin Miao rolled her eyes angrily: "You're flattering me, right? You are so cruel!"

"Hahaha, let's go~enjoy everything that belongs to you."

"Thank you."

Qin Miao nodded, and then found Verstappen and Perez.

Although the two Red Bull drivers are in a competitive relationship with Qin Miao, they can't meet each other without looking up. Qin Miao has no grudge against them outside the stadium, so Qin Miao can always chat with them when he sees them.

After congratulating each other, Qin Miao went to prepare for the interview.

This process is also relatively simple. Just bring the hat with the Mercedes LOGO and Qin Miao's national flag that the team prepared for Qin Miao. It's not that complicated for a man to accept an interview, as long as his hair is not messy.

After Qin Miao stood still, the host said with a smile: "Qin Miao, a dominant performance, another Pole to win, congratulations!"

After the host finished speaking, the audience burst into applause, cheers and whistles.

Qin Miao smiled and waved to the audience who cheered for him, and then turned to answer the host's question: "Thank you, it feels good to win the championship again."

"You led the entire race today. This is the first time in your career. How does it feel to break the record again?"

Qin Miao reached out and adjusted the position of his hat. It was also a short thinking time. After organizing his words, Qin Miao said: "To be honest, I am a little numb now about recording anything, because no matter what I am doing in the paddock now, I always I will break some weird records, and it will become dull over time, but it is always good to make progress, and I would like to thank the fans and the team for their support."

After Qin Miao finished speaking, there was another round of applause.

"Were the track conditions tough for you in today's race? Tire wear, rain, that sort of thing."

"Yes, it was indeed difficult. I was always under pressure at the beginning of the race, and the pressure became even greater later on when the traffic lane appeared on the track. A slight mistake could cause the car to lose control and I had to constantly look for water. To cool down the tires, but fortunately the final result is satisfactory." Qin Miao didn't think about this question for too long and answered decisively.

"Thank you for accepting the interview. Congratulations on winning the Turkish Grand Prix. I wish you a happy weekend." After asking the three questions, the host said the concluding remarks.

Qin Miao smiled and nodded: "Thank you."

Before leaving, Qin Miao waved to the audience.

These are all things Hamilton taught Qin Miao privately. No matter what, fans are the cornerstone of F1 racing.

Only by managing the relationship between yourself and your fans can your fans give you the respect you deserve and lift you to a higher position.

Although Qin Miao still doesn't know the specific role of fans in a short period of time, it doesn't hurt to have a little faith in what the old timers teach.

The next interview came to Verstappen.

During the interview, Verstappen also mentioned Qin Miao.

“Qin Miao was faster than me today, and the protective ability of his tires was as strong as ever. I tried to chase him, but obviously my attempts failed.

Yes, today's game was a bit of a pity, but I am very satisfied with being able to get the second place under so many unfavorable conditions. "

……

After the interview, amid the beaming voices of the three commentators, the post-game awards ceremony began.

Perez, Verstappen and Qin Miao appeared one after another.

Today, the person who accepted the award on behalf of Mercedes-Benz Racing Team was Qin Miao’s track engineer Franki.

I heard that this old man is losing weight recently, but from the outside, he doesn't show any signs of losing weight.

But this does not affect the support he brings to Qin Miao on the court.

After Qin Miao appeared on the stage, Qin Miao's national anthem began to be played.

After the song ended, everyone applauded the winner.

Qin Miao also took back his own championship hat.

After that, it’s time to receive the award. After the award ceremony, there’s a happy spraying of champagne.

Qin Miao immediately aimed at Franky with the champagne, and Franky also aimed at Qin Miao immediately.

Verstappen and Perez sprayed champagne at each other.

For a moment, there seemed to be an invisible but intangible barrier between the four of them.

But soon, as Qin Miao turned his gun and pointed it at Verstappen, this sense of sight disappeared.

After the fuss was over, the four clinked glasses with each other and enjoyed the wine that belonged to the winner.

The celebration was over after that, and Qin Miao needed to go back and change clothes to prepare for the post-game activities that he would need to participate in next.

After Qin Miao and Verstappen left the podium, the director also gave the final driver rankings and points for this game.

1: Qin Miao +26 (fastest lap)
2: Verstappen +18
3: Perez +15
4: Leclerc +12
5: Hamilton +10
6: Gasly +8
7: Norris +6
8: Sainz +4
9: Stroll +2
10: O'Connell +1
Counting the points from this race, the driver standings are as follows:

1: Qin Miao 292
2: Hamilton 259 (+33)

3: Verstappen 256 (+36)

4: Norris 124
5: Leclerc 123
6: Perez 121
7: Sainz 95
8: Ricardo 83
9: Gasly 62
10: Alonso 50
11: Vettel 44
12: O'Connell 36
13: Stroll 20
14: Tsunoda 12
15: Russell 10
16: Kimi5
17: Latifi 3
After this race, the ranking situation in the driver's standings did not change much. Instead, Hamilton finally won the championship in the last race and widened the gap between him and Verstappen. After this race, he was caught up again. .

Moreover, the points gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton Verstappen has once again widened. I believe that after this game is over, the two drivers will definitely look away from each other and then focus on each other. Look at Qin Miao.

After this race, the team standings are as follows:

1: Mercedes: 551
2: Red Bull: 377
3: Ferrari: 218
4: McLaren: 207
5: Alpine: 86
6: Little Toro Rosso: 74
7: Aston Martin: 64
8: Williams: 13
9: Alfa Romeo: 5
10: Haas: 0
Like the driver standings, there was no change in the team standings after this race.

However, as the Mercedes team accumulates more and more points, after the next two grands prix, it is very likely that the championship of this season's team standings will be won in advance.

Qin Miao simply took a shower, changed her clothes, and when she returned to her lounge to wait, Barber brought Qin Miao some gossip.

"Do you know why Hamilton hasn't returned to the team home for a meeting yet?"

Qin Miao asked curiously: "Why?" while eating dark chocolate to replenish energy.

Barbour approached Qin Miao and said cautiously: "I heard that Hamilton was quarreling with strategy director James Vincent and asked him why he called him into the pits to change tires at that time."

Qin Miao was also a little surprised. After all, in Qin Miao's impression, Hamilton was a relatively rational person. Why would such irrational behavior occur at this time?

After another in-depth chat with Barber, Qin Miao also learned the reason why Hamilton, who was originally chasing third, fell to fifth.

That is because the team felt that Hamilton's tires would not last until the end of the race, so they recalled Hamilton to the pit area.

But after coming out of the pit lane, Hamilton did not gain the speed that the team planned.

After that, I was stuck in fifth position and couldn't move.

He was even attacked by Gasly from behind.

For the seven-time champion, this scene was somewhat embarrassing. (End of chapter)