How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 294 Chapter 297: Orange Torpedo (5K, no additional update will be counted if it reaches 6K)

After all, his teammate Norris was finally sent to the end of the team to start, and Ricciardo did not want to miss this opportunity.

Since this season, Ricciardo has been beaten by his teammate Norris in all aspects, which makes Ricciardo, who was invited by McLaren to be the No. 1 driver, a little embarrassed.

After encountering such a thing, Ricardo was also anxious, so if he had the opportunity to express himself in front of him, he would not miss it no matter what.

If you don't make a fuss about it, at least you can't let your statistics be too ugly at the end of this season.

But as the saying goes: Those who drown are those who know how to swim.

Such a fast speed is not considered a clean track, plus the impact of the dirty side.

The most direct consequence was that Ricciardo directly locked his right front wheel when braking.

The white smoke produced when the tires rub against the track instantly rises.

The locking of the right front wheel had disastrous consequences for Ricciardo, who was already at his limit.

He lost control of his car and missed his braking point.

Perez, who plays at home, knows that his successful start and finish are more important to the folks in his hometown than his finishing position.

So in the initial stage, he really just watched all directions and listened to all directions.

I wish I could directly open a third-person perspective to have a panoramic view of all the information on the field and avoid any accidents as much as possible.

When Ricciardo lined up with Perez on the inside, Perez had already put most of his attention on Ricciardo.

Therefore, as soon as white smoke erupted from the right front brake of Ricciardo's car, Perez turned to the left to avoid the possible danger.

But don't tell me, he just hid.

Perez watched and listened in all directions to avoid danger, but Qin Miao in front of him did not have such a good opportunity.

At that time, Qin Miao didn't even notice what was behind him, because on the outside of Qin Miao were Hamilton and Verstappen, both of whom had to enter the corner faster than Qin Miao. Qin Miao was not prepared to go with these two people. Seize the corner line rights.

Therefore, Qin Miao's braking point was relatively early.

Then Qin Miao was a little surprised to see that Verstappen braked to the limit on the outside and surpassed himself and Hamilton directly on the outside.

Verstappen relied on braking later than both Qin Miao and Hamilton, and passed the two Mercedes directly from the outside.

Although this is just a sentence, if you use an analogy to describe the difficulty of Verstappen braking late this time, it is almost like driving an excavator to remove the entire egg shell without breaking the thin film inside the egg shell. Peel it off.

Use an excavator!

Because the limit braking was too difficult this time, the effect was extremely outstanding. It looked like Qin Miao and Hamilton both slowed down and let Verstappen pass.

It was also because of Verstappen's incredible maneuver that attracted most of Qin Miao's attention that he didn't notice the orange torpedo suddenly coming from behind him.

After Verstappen entered the corner, Hamilton also began to enter the corner, while Qin Miao was blocked on the outside due to the position of the track, and he could only cut the curb from the inside to enter the corner.

And just when Qin Miao's right front wheel hit the inner shoulder of the track, he suddenly felt his car shake.

Then there was the familiar "click" sound of carbon fiber breaking.

Originally, now is the starting stage. At this stage, all the cars are in a very extreme state. After all, when starting, no one wants to lose position.

Therefore, Qin Miao directly pushed his car to the limit when he entered the corner. In this state, even a slight disturbance of the steering wheel may cause the car to lose control, let alone a car directly hitting him from behind.

Therefore, this collision directly broke the balance of Qin Miao's racing car, which was already at its limit. The grip of the rear wheels of the car was lost on the spot, and the car spun out of control.

The only good news is that T1 at Rodriguez Circuit is a slow corner, so Qin Miao and Ricciardo behind him are not very fast.

Qin Miao's car was only pushed 180 degrees, and the front of the car was pointed in the direction of the maintenance area.

And Ricciardo, the instigator of all this, did not lose control of the car, but the collision knocked off his front nose.

Although because of Verstappen's divine braking, the three commentators from Five Star Sports focused most of their attention on Verstappen.

But after all, Qin Miao has a special status for domestic car fans, so the three commentators still put a certain amount of energy into Qin Miao's car.

As soon as Qin Miao's car collided with Ricciardo, Brother Bing exclaimed: "Qin Miao! It's over, he was hit by a McLaren!"

"Oops! Qin Miao's car seems to have stopped on the track!" Fei Ge vaguely saw a Mercedes being pushed around in the traffic, and then stopped on the track with its back facing the direction of the track. .

The three commentators who saw this scene were half-hearted.

"Ricciardo! It was Ricciardo who made a mistake in braking and hit Qin Miao!" Although Zhou Haoran was focused on Hamilton and Verstappen's braking, he didn't pay much attention to the driver behind Qin Miao. But the iconic orange was still caught in his peripheral vision, and he also remembered that among the drivers starting in the front row, Ricciardo was the only one driving a McLaren.

"Oh my God! Qin Miao's car stopped directly on the track!"

"Ricardo what are you doing!"

"Is there any problem with Qin Miao's racing? Can he still move?"

After being surprised and stunned, the three commentators, like all the viewers who were watching the live broadcast of the game, felt their hearts twitching.

It was discovered that Qin Miao's car was not seriously damaged. After other drivers passed by Qin Miao, Qin Miao started to move again.

Seeing this scene, the commentators and the audience breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to feel regretful.

You must know that overtaking at the Rodriguez Brothers Circuit is not too difficult, but Qin Miao didn't start the race too impressively at the beginning, and even Verstappen immediately jumped into two positions after braking late. .

But in the eyes of the three commentators from Five Star Sports and the fans who support Qin Miao, Qin Miao has the ability to turn the impossible into possible.

So before Qin Miao crashed, they were all confident that Qin Miao still had the possibility of winning the championship in this game.

But if Qin Miao wants to show his strength, he must be given a suitable environment.

But Ricardo's torpedo dashed everyone's hopes.

This is Ricardo helping Qin Miao change the engine again for free.

As we said before, for drivers, the most serious accident is not a car accident, but a mistake such as a spin in the starting stage that makes it impossible to return to the track in a short period of time.

After all, if there is a car accident that completely immobilizes the car, for the driver, it will be nothing more than leaving the game early.

Even because the car was completely broken down, I didn’t think much about this game. I could go straight to get off work after completing the final post-race interview.

But mistakes in the initial stage are different.

At this moment, the driver has to experience the emotions of shock and regret, and then he has to watch his opponent's car pass by on both sides of him. All the efforts in qualifying are in vain at this moment.

If he was lucky, he wouldn't lose too much position due to this mistake, but Qin Miao's butt was facing forward this time, and the whole car stopped on the track.

In this state, Qin Miao could only watch the drivers behind him in the qualifying stage passing by him one by one.

Before they completely surpassed Qin Miao, Qin Miao could not move at all, because if Qin Miao restarted the car at this time and prepared to turn around and return to the track, it would inevitably block other drivers.

As a result, secondary accidents can easily occur.

So at this time, Qin Miao could only curse and sit in the car, waiting for other drivers to pass by him, then put his foot on the floor, drew a circle on the spot, and returned to his normal driving lane.

"I *you* got a f**k. What just happened? Who hit me? Is my car okay?"

After Qin Miao returned to the track, he had fallen to last place.

At this time, there is no pressure from other drivers behind him, so Qin Miao can naturally drive at full power and perform as much as he wants in the team's TR.

"Wait a minute, let's watch the replay..." Franky's voice sounded immediately after Qin Miao complained: "But I just looked at the test data of the car. There is no problem with the car. The engine and The gearbox is running well, so you don’t need to worry for the time being. If there are any abnormalities in the stability of the car, we will notify you as soon as possible.”

Qin Miao did not answer. Now Qin Miao was angry and helpless.

At this moment, he really wanted to curse.But after a while, after Toto saw Qin Miao not answering, he began to worry that the young man could not control his emotions and did something irrational on the track.

After working with Qin Miao for almost a year, Toto has figured out the character of this talented Chinese driver.

After losing his position, Qin Miao will definitely want to go all out to get his position back. In this case, Qin Miao will definitely take a more serious attitude than the last US Grand Prix to surpass the ones ahead of him. rider.

When running a race with a more aggressive mentality when attacking, it is easy to cause track accidents.

There is an old Chinese saying that haste makes waste.

The more anxious you are about some things, the more likely you are to fail.

Judging from Qin Miao's current state, the most likely thing is that an opportunity appears in front of Qin Miao, but this opportunity is not very good.

Under normal conditions, Qin Miao will definitely choose to try, but if the opponent's defense is tough, Qin Miao will choose to slow down a little and wait for the next better opportunity to overtake him.

Qin Miao, who was in this state at this time, was very likely to just act recklessly without caring about anything.

Even if you can't overtake, you have to overtake it hard.

The consequence is likely to be missing the braking point and rushing off the track, or colliding with the driver defending Qin Miao.

In short, it is basically difficult to get good results.

So Toto tried to dissuade him: "Qin Miao, the matter has come to this point, no matter how you vent your emotions, it's useless.

Calm down, continue the game, and try to reduce the loss of your points as much as possible. We all believe that with your ability, you can definitely minimize the losses caused by this accident. "

After hearing Toto's words, Qin Miao curled her lips.

Toto said it lightly, but he fell directly to the end of the team at the start. No matter how hard he chased, finishing fourth would be a good thing.

Although the thoughts in his heart never stopped, after Toto said something to Qin Miao, Qin Miao calmed down his emotions, forced himself to calm down, and started to keep up with the rhythm of the driver in front.

However, there is still good news for Qin Miao, who has hit rock bottom.

That is, at this time, in addition to Qin Miao and Ricciardo, there was also a track accident between the three drivers O'Connell, Mick Schumacher and Tsunoda.

In fact, the main reason for this track accident was that there was an extra Mercedes parked in the middle of the track, so the subsequent drivers did not have enough space when crossing the track.

The three drivers unanimously chose to exit the corner on the other side of Qin Miao's car.

When three people are crowded together, the track position is naturally not enough.

Therefore, Mick Schumacher and Yuki Tsunoda had Ocon's sandwich between them.

But O'Connell, who was caught in the middle of the accident, was fine.

After realizing that he was sandwiched and that the track in front was not wide enough for him to enter the corner, Ocon applied the brake lightly.

Then Ocon's left front wheel hit Mick Schumacher's right rear wheel, and Mick Schumacher took off on the spot.

After gliding some distance in the air, Mick Schumacher fell hard to the ground.

Compared with Mercedes, Haas is definitely incomparable in terms of the strength of the racing car body.

So after Mick Schumacher landed, the left rear suspension of the car broke on the spot.

Although after landing, Mick Schumacher's car still managed to run forward for a certain distance, but after the suspension of the right rear wheel broke, Mick Schumacher's retirement became inevitable.

Not even for a moment feeling sad about Mick Schumacher's retirement, immediately arriving behind Ocon's left front wheel was Yuki Tsunoda.

The same operation, the same formula, Tsunoda Yuki's right rear wheel hit Ocon's left front wheel from behind.

When both tires are pointing forward, naturally the rear tire takes off.

Just like Mick Schumacher, Yuki Tsunoda also took off.

O'Connell gets a double kill.

After Yuki Tsunoda flew up and landed, several carbon fiber parts of the rear diffuser flew away. After the right rear wheel landed, it also burst because it directly pressed on the flying parts.

Although he did not break the suspension of his right rear wheel like Mick Schumacher did, the chassis of Yuki Tsunoda's car was damaged a bit too seriously, and it seemed that it even hit the gearbox, so the team called Yuki Tsunoda to remove the suspension of the car. The engine stalled and he reluctantly chose to retire.

After the car accident between the drivers behind and the collision between Ricciardo and Qin Miao, Ricciardo's front nose also remained on the track.

That's about all the chaos at this start.

There were many innocent riders affected by this accident, but there is no doubt that the rider who suffered the most and was most unjustly accused was Qin Miao.

However, because of this accident, the two cars were paralyzed on the track, and the race meeting soon changed the yellow flag to a safety car.

So even though he fell to the end of the team, Qin Miao still caught up with Stroll in front of him just halfway through the first lap.

But at this time, the team contacted Qin Miao through Team TR.

"Qin Miao, BOX, let's put on hard tires and run a particularly long long-distance stunt. We believe in you." French said.

There is nothing wrong with the team's choice at this time.

After all, Qin Miao has fallen to the back at this time. If he runs the race with medium tires at this time, Qin Miao's advantage is only in racing performance.

At most, it's the same as the previous game. After passing the car in the earth group in front of him, Qin Miao will find it difficult to move forward.

Instead of doing this, it is better to broaden our thinking, find tire pain points, and seek differentiated approaches.

Qin Miao was asked to stop and change to hard tires.

Moreover, there was a safety car on the track at this time, so Qin Miao basically lost no time during his pit stop.

After Qin Miao was hit, he also knew that if he continued, he might repeat the process of the previous game and eventually finish fifth.

Now that the team has more ideas, Qin Miao naturally chooses to listen to the team's opinion.

"Copy that, but I still want to know what happened just now."

This was the first time Qin Miao was emotionally stable and said a word in the team TR after being hit.

"Okay... Ricciardo's tires just locked up. The car lost control and slid forward for a while. Then his front nose collided with your right rear wheel, so our car lost control." Finished the explanation Afterwards, French quickly added: "But don't worry, this collision did not cause any damage to the car. Our race is not over yet."

"Okay, but I still want to say that Ricardo is really an idiot."

Franky: "Agreed."

After finishing speaking, Qin Miao also drove his car into the maintenance area.

At the same time, Ricciardo, who collided with Qin Miao, also chose to pit.

Because when he collided with Qin Miao, the entire front nose wing was knocked off, and he needed to pit to replace it with a new one.

And McLaren made the same choice as Mercedes, also choosing to replace Ricciardo with a new set of hard tires.

Therefore, although Qin Miao was still pitting behind Ricciardo, when Qin Miao came out of the pit area, he was still in front of Ricciardo.

After all, in addition to changing tires, Ricciardo also needed to replace the front nose, which delayed a lot of time.

"Qin Miao came into the pit and put on hard tires." Fei Ge said unexpectedly after seeing Qin Miao come into the pit.

"Mei Ben probably wanted Qin Miao to run a long stunt and regain some positions as much as possible." Brother Bing analyzed.

"Strictly speaking, it will be less difficult for Qin Miao to chase the driver in front of him in this race than in the last US Grand Prix." Zhou Haoran added: "After all, the Rodriguez Brothers Circuit in Mexico has three DRS stages. The starting straight is also very long. Given the performance of the Mercedes car, it will be particularly easy for Qin Miao to overtake at the end of the straight as long as he catches the DRS and wake of the driver in front when exiting the corner."

(End of this chapter)