How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 300 303: Brazil Race

At this time, Verstappen was already feeling numb.

Regardless of whether she suddenly accelerated or not, Qin Miao could always control the time gap between herself and him to about 1.5 seconds.

Because he had been following Qin Miao for a long time, Verstappen's tires didn't get much cold air.

Whether it was the engine's cooling system, the surface of the tires, or Verstappen himself, during the period of following Qin Miao, all he inhaled was the exhaust gas emitted by Qin Miao's racing car, as well as the exhaust gas after the W12's wind-breaking wing was cut. Turbulence.

Therefore, Verstappen's racing tires and engine were not effectively cooled, and the tires began to grain after overheating. And because Verstappen wanted to keep up with Qin Miao's pace, the tires were always in a state of excessive wear. state.

The engine also lost at least 2 to 3 horsepower due to overheating.

Naturally, on the straights, the Red Bull, whose tail speed is not fast, is even slower than the Mercedes.

On lap No. 18, Hamilton passed Ocon and Gasly in front of him and came to seventh place.

Verstappen, who was behind Qin Miao, also gave up his pursuit of Qin Miao and really couldn't catch up.

At this time, the time gap between the two came to 2 seconds.

This situation occurred mainly because the time gap between Verstappen and Sainz behind him had reached 10 seconds. With such a time gap here, Qin Miao knew that he no longer had the conditions and necessity to overtake the car. Even if he pressed the car at this time, Sainz would not be able to catch up before the end of the race.

So just run at your own pace and end the game.

On lap No. 20, Hamilton passed Leclerc and came to sixth place.

Three laps into No. 20, Hamilton came to the DRS area behind Norris, who was ranked fifth. Also before the braking point of T1, he used tail speed and late braking on the inside line to easily surpass Norris in front of him and take the ranking. to fifth.

After passing Norris, the race came to No. 20 for four laps, which was the last lap of this sprint qualifying session.

And Qin Miao was just like Verstappen at the Mexican Grand Prix last week, he took first place after the start, and then ran the entire race in the first position.

Under the waving checkered flag, Qin Miao crossed the line.

After this sprint qualifying session, Qin Miao finally relieved the pressure on his points, which had been being chased by Hamilton and Verstappen.

In addition, Verstappen, who was ranked second, took back two points, and Sainz, who was ranked third, also brought back one point for Ferrari.

Of course, the most eye-catching person in this sprint qualifying session was Hamilton, who started from the back of the team.

Starting at No. 20, we managed to gain fifteen positions in just 24 laps.

Although this track is easy to overtake, Hamilton has a new internal combustion engine, which is why other drivers are not willing to defend.

But Hamilton did move up fifteen places on his own merit.

With such a performance, I can't even imagine how strong Hamilton will be after the race.

“The perfect tire selection gave me a sufficient advantage right after the start. Coupled with the terrifying tire protection ability and the control of long-distance cruising speed, it directly defeated all Verstappen’s later stages. The offensive possibilities, this is Qin Miao, a wonderful game!" After Qin Miao crossed the line, Zhou Haoran of Five Star Sports summarized Qin Miao's performance in this game.

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The old man at the rear finally brought it back in fifth place. After passing Norris, he was a little far away from Perez in front, and there was no time for him to go further.

However, in addition to being penalized for being at the back of the team in sprint qualifying, Hamilton will also be penalized for five starting positions in tomorrow's race.

So although Hamilton chased all the way to fifth in this sprint qualifying, he will start from tenth in the race tomorrow, which is behind Vettel and in front of Ricciardo.

However, I believe that Hamilton will perform the same as he did today in tomorrow's race. After all, in 24 laps, Hamilton has chased fifteen positions. Tomorrow's race will last 71 laps, which is enough for Hamilton to catch up from tenth to first.

After the game, Qin Miao drove the car back to the entrance of the pit area.

He took off the steering wheel with ease and put it back on after getting out of the car.

There was no celebration. Qin Miao took off his gloves and walked towards where the team engineers were staying.

Naturally, he saw his wife at first sight. He smiled and gave Qiu Meng a hug.

"It's amazing, it's a great start!"

Qiu Meng praised.

"That is, no matter what I say, the most awesome F1 driver in China." Qin Miao chose to accept all the compliments from his wife.

"Okay, let's go celebrate with Franky and the others." After a simple hug, Qiu Meng took the initiative to let go of Qin Miao.

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"Qiu Meng is also here today? I haven't seen Qiu Meng in the broadcast of the third practice." Qiu Meng is no stranger to the three commentators of Five Star Sports. After all, this girl has appeared in F1 broadcasts many times. middle.

Moreover, she also has the status of Qin Miao's girlfriend. There are not many domestic car fans who are particularly interested in Qin Miao who don't know her.

Qiu Meng did arrive at the paddock during the sprint qualifying session, mainly because she went to bed too late last night and woke up a little late.

After the hug, Qin Miao found Franky and they briefly celebrated.

The post-match process was different from the normal qualifying process. Qin Miao first received a wreath made of olive branches, and then was interviewed.

"A clean race Qin Miao, congratulations on winning the sprint qualifying championship. How did you feel about the condition of the tires during the race?"

"Thank you." After politely thanking him, Qin Miao began to answer the host's question: "Actually, the wear of the tires at the beginning was a bit beyond our expectations, so we can see that our speed has been declining. So I struggled a lot, and I couldn't get rid of Max at all.

Fortunately, the team's calculations were correct. The tires still completed the entire race before entering the cliff point. I was really scared to death in a cold sweat at the end of the race, but fortunately, the final result satisfied us. "

For those who don't know the inside story, Qin Miao's answer can be described as detailed and reliable, with no flaws at all.

But after this answer reached Verstappen's ears, Verstappen's eyelids almost played a canon.

Listen, listen to what you are saying.

What does it mean to not be able to let go of oneself at all?Why, your speed in the first few laps using soft tires was not as fast as Hamilton who was using medium tires later. Even if you don't run seriously, you can't get away, right?

Before entering the cliff point?Now go downstairs and take a look at your four B tires. The tires with just over half of their tire rubber lost are still at least one sprint away from the cliff point!

We'll put Verstappen's inner curses aside for now. As the interview ends, Qin Miao's, Verstappen's and Sainz's points in the driver standings have increased accordingly.

But these six points are obviously not enough to make any changes in the rankings among the drivers.

After the sprint qualifying session, the team obtained a lot of effective data. At the same time, the performance of Hamilton and Qin Miao on the field also gave everyone at Mercedes-Benz Team confidence.Of course, the strong rise of Mercedes in today's game is also partly due to the fact that after last week's loss, the team invested this season in advance in research and development for next season and reinvested part of the reason.

In short, the victory of this game gave everyone at Mercedes-Benz a sense of confidence, suppressing Verstappen's confidence.

After returning to the P room of the team, Qin Miao was naturally praised for a while, and a beaming Toto also came over to encourage Qin Miao.

"Well done Qin Miao, today's game was beautiful. I'm already looking forward to your performance tomorrow."

"Thank you Toto, this is not my fault alone, the team also gave me a lot of help."

If it were the former Toto, you might be a little surprised to hear Qin Miao's humble words. After all, he is different from Hamilton, who always takes credit for himself, whether in words or actions.

Qin Miao is sometimes too modest.

But now Toto has become somewhat accustomed to Qin Miao, or to the humble nature of Chinese people.

After chatting with Toto for a while, Toto went to find Hamilton. In today's game, Hamilton's performance was equally impressive. As the team owner, he also needed to go over and encourage him.

After Toto left, Qin Miao packed up his things and reviewed today's game. Qin Miao's work for the day ended here.

After packing up his things, Qin Miao took Qiu Meng back to the hotel.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, Sunday, was the start of the Brazilian Grand Prix.

You don't need to think about this game to know that Mercedes is determined to win the championship in this game, and Qin Miao also has his own ideas.

As for whether Red Bull can find out why the speed gap between itself and Mercedes is so big during the race, it's hard to say.

After the pre-game parade, it was quickly time to prepare for the start of the game.

In today's game, Qin Miao adopted the same training settings as yesterday's sprint qualifying.

Qin Miao originally planned to start on soft tires in this race. After all, Qin Miao had experienced starting from the inside in yesterday's sprint qualifying, and he knew how much advantage drivers who started from the inside had.

As long as you start a little faster than the driver in pole position, it will be easy to take the lead.

However, the team's strategy team did not leave Qin Miao alone, but chose medium tires for Qin Miao.

According to the simulation conducted by the team's strategy department after importing Qin Miao's data, a red-yellow stop is not Qin Miao's fastest stop-stop choice in this race. A yellow-white stop is the fastest, because the soft tires will lose speed in the later stage. Very serious.

Qin Miao had no objection to this. Professional issues were left to professionals. Qin Miao still believed in the team's strategy team.

Therefore, at the beginning of this race, Qin Miao used medium tires.

The other drivers also used medium tires at the start of the race, except of course Tsunoda Yuki.

Maybe the Japanese had a unique insight in the starting stage. He used soft tires in the starting stage.

However, Tsunoda's starting position was a bit far away from Qin Miao's starting position. He started with soft tires and could not affect Qin Miao at all.

Soon, all the pre-race preparations were over, and Qin Miao also stopped at the starting position of Verstappen yesterday.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to being on the outside, this position also has a spectator stand, and the awning of this spectator stand just cast a shadow on Qin Miao's racing car.

Even though it seems like nothing, just a shadow.

But you must know that the tires of F1 cars are extremely sensitive to temperature. Because of the shadow, the tires were not exposed to direct sunlight while Qin Miao was waiting for the start, but Verstappen on the outside did not have this problem.

In other words, due to the problem of sunlight, Qin Miao's tire temperature was at least 1 to 2 degrees lower than Verstappen at the start.

This temperature difference of 1 to 2 degrees may not be significant in terms of data, but in F1, where every second counts, Qin Miao's starting speed may be lost because of the temperature difference of one or two degrees.

So before the race started, the team had been heating the track where Qin Miao's four tires were while waiting, trying their best to provide some warmth for Qin Miao's tires.

As time went on, it was time to start the game.

After encouraging Qin Miao as usual, Reyes and others gradually withdrew from the track with their equipment.

The warm-up lap begins.

In this warm-up lap, Qin Miao still ran relatively slowly, and because Qin Miao didn't have to worry too much about tire wear, Qin Miao excessively raised the tire temperature of his car during the warm-up lap. The temperature is about 130℃.

But no matter how hard Qin Miao drives, there will always be someone behind him who is slower than him.

When Qin Miao parked his car in the first starting position, Verstappen behind him also took a while to park in his starting position.

Verstappen's idea is simple. I can stop on the grid earlier than the driver behind me, but I must be later than you, Qin Miao.

Hamilton behind him was even more extreme. He was more than [-] car bodies away from Vettel in front of him.

By the time Hamilton stopped at his spot, a full ten seconds had passed.

But in any case, these little tricks and tricks in the initial stage are just appetizers before the start of the main race.

Exactly how much you can do on the field will not be known until the game officially starts.

With Mazeping in the last position, all preparations before the start of the game are completed.

It is worth mentioning that in this race, Kimi was fined to start from the pit lane because the team engineer made the wrong rear wing setting.

This is not Kimi's problem, it is a mistake made by the Arrow team's staff.

So after receiving the news, Kimi was furious on the spot and spit out sweet scents to his crew members in the team TR.

The content of this process is extremely high.

But having said that, you can't blame Kimi for being grumpy.

Because you came here as Qin Miao, drove a garbage truck, and worked hard to finish No. 13 in qualifying.

During the race, we are gearing up to score points. Are you telling me that due to an operational error, the rear wing was mistakenly modified by the crew members and it cannot be adjusted back?

And because the rear wing was passive, he had to be sent to the pit lane to start.

If Qin Miao could really compete without running away, he would get out of the car and beat that idiot first.

(End of this chapter)