How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 302 Chapter 305: You’re sweating profusely, Toto (6K, plus update 314)

This time Verstappen started uncharacteristically.

As soon as the virtual safety car was cancelled, Verstappen immediately started accelerating.

This was a bit too unexpected, and Qin Miao didn't even react at the first time.

Therefore, when Qin Miao also started to speed up, he was 1.7 seconds behind Verstappen in front.

Perez and Hamilton behind were also directly separated by more than 1.5 seconds.

The No. 17 lap session turned on DRS. After DRS was turned on, the original gap of 0.9 seconds between Perez and Hamilton became 0.4 seconds after the start straight.

On lap No. 18, still in the same position, Hamilton really started to attack.

After seeing Hamilton's terrifying closing rate, Perez decisively switched to inside defense.

It's just that Hamilton's speed is too fast, and like Qin Miao, even though he was on the outside, Hamilton braked late and entered the corner at a better speed and angle than Perez.

Then everyone saw that Hamilton passed Perez from the outside and came to third.

This was only Hamilton's first real attack on Perez, and the first attack was successful, easily gaining Perez's position.

After passing Perez, the driver in front of Hamilton was Qin Miao.

Although he already knew that Hamilton would catch up sooner or later in this game, Qin Miao still had a toothache after actually seeing this car in his rearview mirror.

How did Hamilton do it so fast?

What Qin Miao didn't know was that other drivers also slandered Qin Miao after seeing him in the rearview mirror.

After the slander, Qin Miao became a little worried.

Qin Miao is confident that he can defend Hamilton for a long time after Hamilton comes behind him.

But during the period when Hamilton was chasing the driver in front, Qin Miao also learned through French's mouth that Hamilton's single-lap speed was actually faster than his own.

Now Qin Miao is worried that Hamilton will come behind him, and the team will give him a team order to let him pass Hamilton.

Although Qin Miao also knew that this team order from the team was the most correct choice at this time, Qin Miao, who knew that he might win the championship this season, did not want to give up his position just like this.

Fortunately, the team did not give him any team instructions as Qin Miao feared.

Hamilton also did not put pressure on the team through Team TR.

On the contrary, Hamilton became a little eager to try after he came behind Qin Miao.

Aren't you, Qin Miao, known as a genius?Master of defense, god of pregnancy.

Under each name, Hamilton also felt the pressure Qin Miao brought to him.

In Hamilton's eyes, he now has an opportunity in front of him to wipe away all these pressures.

That is to defeat his teammate Qin Miao on the field.

The reason is simple. No matter how powerful or talented his teammates are, as long as he defeats him, his strength and genius will become his background.

In addition, the Interlagos circuit in Brazil is relatively easy to overtake, and his car has a new internal combustion engine. Hamilton is not worried that Qin Miao's defensive ability will cause trouble to his overtaking.

Hamilton has been quite unhappy because he was beaten by Qin Miao and Verstappen in the driver standings. Now he has an opportunity to prove that he is still at his peak by stepping on his teammates. I have won seven championships. The king is not something you, a fledgling newcomer, can handle at will.

On the second lap of No. 20, Hamilton passed the second DRS zone and then entered the DRS zone behind his teammate.

Then the two of them came all the way to T11. After 22 laps of tires, there was a clear gap between the two of them.

Qin Miao, who was running in front, was obviously faster out of the corner than Hamilton.

But it was useless to exit the corner quickly, because as time passed, Hamilton used Qin Miao's wake to gradually get closer to Qin Miao after reaching the straight.

Hamilton, who turned on DRS after entering the straightaway, began to absorb Qin Miao's wake directly after passing T15.

Qin Miao followed his truest thoughts, because he had not reached the braking point yet and Qin Miao could draw a dragon to defend.

So after seeing Hamilton coming behind him, Qin Miao ran to the inside.

Seeing Qin Miao like this, Hamilton naturally followed Qin Miao closely.

Seeing this, Qin Miao took advantage of the situation and came to the driving lane.

The two of them changed lanes twice in a row.

But as the two changed paths twice, the distance between them became closer and closer.

But in the end, when the two came to the braking point of T1, Qin Miao chose the best option to block Hamilton on the inside.

Both of them chose to miss the braking point and brake late.

And it is precisely because of this that the gap in personal ability between the two is revealed when they brake.

Qin Miao's grip on the track is not as strong as Hamilton's due to the location of the track, and T1 at Interlagos is a left-turn downhill, so the load on the right front wheel of the car must be Less than the left front wheel.

When braking, Qin Miao needed to keep an eye on Hamilton, so the extra force on the braking foot may only be less than 100 grams.

But with just this little bit of power, the right front wheel of Qin Miao's racing car locked up, causing a burst of white smoke.

In fact, if he was driving in a normal driving lane, there would be no problem with Qin Miao's braking and braking force at this time, but the key is that Qin Miao was taking the inside lane at this time.

This place is slightly steeper than the outer downhill slope, and there is more dirt on the track.

To sum up, Qin Miao still lost in experience, but in terms of defensive and offensive awareness, Qin Miao was tied with his teammates.

When Qin Miao saw the burst of white smoke, he immediately released his brakes and regained the grip of his tires.

Thanks to Qin Miao's timely reaction, Qin Miao's speed out of and out of the corner was not greatly delayed by Hamilton.

But this mistake also had an impact. Hamilton surpassed Qin Miao by half a car in T2.

By T3, Hamilton directly surpassed Qin Miao.

Seeing this, Toto was really relieved.

Like everyone else, Toto recognized Qin Miao's defensive ability.

But because of this, Toto was worried that Qin Miao would be locked behind him by Hamilton.

That would not be a good result for Qin Miao, Hamilton or the team.

Fortunately, Qin Miao made a mistake in his final defense, which finally gave Hamilton the opportunity to chase Verstappen.

But not long after Toto relaxed, the next scene made Toto feel suffocated.

Because there is a straight section from T3 to T4 where DRS can be turned on.

As luck would have it, Hamilton completed his overtaking of Qin Miao before passing the DRS detection point.

So after coming to this straight road, Qin Miao had DRS.

Moreover, because Qin Miao reacted in time, his speed did not drop too much. After exiting the corner, he was only 0.3 seconds behind Hamilton.

So after exiting the corner, Toto saw the DRS rear wing behind Qin Miao's car open, and then Qin Miao began to shorten the distance between himself and Hamilton at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the end, Qin Miao tapped Hamilton's inside track before the T4 braking point and braked late to gain the initiative on the track.

Hamilton obviously didn't want to give up this position, but because of Qin Miao's late braking, Qin Miao had the lane right at this time.

So despite his unwillingness, Hamilton finally chose to give up after seeing Qin Miao stubbornly not giving him the line rights.

So Qin Miao regained his position after exiting the corner.

And there was no overtaking condition for a long distance after that, so Qin Miao's defense was considered a success.

At this time, the director also very understandingly gave a close-up of Toto in the P room of the Mercedes team.

At this time, Toto still saw the expressionless expression on Qin Miao and Hamilton's face when they were about to encounter each other, and crossed his arms.

But anyone who knows Toto knows that Toto's heart is definitely not as peaceful as he appears on the surface.

If the team leader's heart rate monitor from the MOTO GP next door was brought over at this time, the audience would find that Toto's heart rate was already above 150.

Other teams and neutral fans were really happy to see this scene. After all, the battle between the two drivers in this round was very entertaining to watch.

Even many fans who saw that the funeral was not too big wanted Qin Miao and Hamilton to stage another infighting between Hamilton and Rosberg's teammates.

Fortunately, the relationship between the two did not deteriorate to that extent.

But domestic car fans felt a little bit pained after seeing this scene. Because of Qin Miao, Mercedes-Benz is now basically the same as the home team in the eyes of domestic car fans.

Whether it is Hamilton or other staff of the Mercedes team, domestic fans like it very much.

And this kind of picture is really not what they expected to see.

The commentators on the other side were also extremely worried at this time.

"You must be careful~" Brother Bing's palms became sweaty when he said this.

In fact, the commentators thought more deeply than others. They knew that if Qin Miao and Hamilton really had an accident on the track at this time, both of them would retire from the race.

Then the originally harmonious relationship between the two drivers may be gone forever.

Fortunately, although Qin Miao's tires locked up during this attack and defense, no accidents occurred.

To the surprise and joy of the commentators, Qin Miao finally defended his position and did not let Hamilton surpass him.After an attack failed, Hamilton adjusted for a while. In the second DRS zone on lap 22, where Qin Miao overtook Hamilton, Hamilton launched another attack on Qin Miao.

This time Qin Miao's defensive method was still to stay on the inside and brake late.

However, Hamilton's attack this time was just a tentative attack. Seeing that Qin Miao's willingness to defend was relatively strong, and the straight section of this section was not enough for Hamilton to accelerate fast enough to surpass Qin Miao, so this attack also failed.

But this attempt to attack and use this DRS to get close to Qin Miao also put a lot of pressure on Qin Miao invisibly.

And Hamilton also relied on this DRS to get closer to Qin Miao.

After Hamilton left T11, he began to quickly approach Qin Miao and began to prepare to attack Qin Miao.

In fact, Qin Miao still had 60% of the ERS battery at this time, but after guarding Hamilton for two laps, there was now a 4-second gap between himself and Verstappen.

Qin Miao thought for a moment and asked French in the team TR before exiting T13 and entering the straightaway: "How much faster is Hamilton's lap than mine?"

Although he didn't know why Qin Miao suddenly asked such a puzzling question, French answered dutifully: "Before Hamilton came behind you, he was about 0.32 seconds faster than Qin per lap."

When French answered Qin Miao, Hamilton happened to tap Qin Miao's outside line.

Yes, even though Qin Miao was talking to French, when Hamilton came to a threatening position behind him, Qin Miao subconsciously chose to go inside to defend.

At this time, the two had passed the finish line monitoring point and entered No. 20 for three laps.

After hearing Franky's answer, Qin Miao replied: "Received."

Afterwards, Qin Miao had no more words to say.

And just when Frankie ended the communication and began to think about why Qin Miao suddenly asked himself such a question, an unexpected situation occurred on the field.

After Hamilton took the lead from the outside line, Qin Miao actually did not choose to brake late this time. Instead, he let Hamilton brake late from the outside line and the entire car passed him.

This is Qin Miao's smallest speed loss.

As for why Qin Miao suddenly changed his mind.

On the one hand, as he watched Verstappen getting further and further away from him, Qin Miao realized that if he continued to fight Hamilton, neither he nor Hamilton would be the winner in the end. It's Verstappen.

Qin Miao had learned the principle of snipe and clam fighting, and the fisherman profited from it since elementary school.

On the other hand, Verstappen has higher points than Hamilton in the standings at this time.

In other words, compared to Hamilton, Verstappen's threat to win is greater for Qin Miao.

Qin Miao's speed in this game was not as fast as Qin Miao imagined.

Although the team brought vehicle upgrades in Brazil, Qin Miao did not seem to find the most suitable training settings for him in Brazil.

Therefore, Qin Miao felt that instead of continuing to fight Hamilton, it would be better for the team and himself to let him go.

Of course, these are just incentives for Qin Miao to do this. The main reason why Qin Miao chose to do this was because Qin Miao discovered that Perez behind Hamilton entered 1.9 behind Hamilton during the time when Hamilton attacked him. second position.

If the delay continues, Qin Miao and Hamilton may not be able to keep their positions...

Although Hamilton was a little surprised that Qin Miao actually let him go, he also knew that he had finally passed Qin Miao's test anyway.

Although Hamilton himself is confident that he can surpass Qin Miao, he doesn't know exactly how much time he will waste on surpassing Qin Miao.

"Thank Qin Miao for me." After being let go by Qin Miao, Hamilton said in the team TR.

"receive."

On the other side, seeing Qin Miao's obviously voluntary letting go, the three commentators from Five Star Sports spoke highly of this: "That's right, if the two of them continue to fight, it will end in a lose-lose outcome.

In the end, it was cheaper than Red Bull and Verstappen. "

"Yes, it is right to let Hamilton go. This should be an order from the team." Brother Bing also nodded.

But as soon as Brother Bing finished speaking, the F1 director played the thank you Hamilton had just said to Qin Miao.

And French really conveyed Hamilton's gratitude to Qin Miao in the team TR.

"Qin Miao, Hamilton wants to say thank you."

Qin Miao naturally knew what the other party said: "Copy that, I will watch his performance from behind."

After this segment was played, the commentators at Five Star Sports were a little confused.

"What does it mean?"

"Hmm... Could it be that the team did not issue team instructions to the two drivers because of the fight between Qin Miao and Hamilton. Qin Miao took the initiative to give up the car this time?" Although these words were said by Zhou Haoran Yes, but Zhou Haoran's tone was full of uncertainty when he said this.

"Probably."

"If this is really the case, we have to admire Qin Miao's overall view. You must know that Qin Miao currently has a lead compared to his teammates in the standings." Fei Ge analyzed: "Say something It doesn’t sound good, but Hamilton’s eight championships are a matter between the team and Hamilton, and have nothing to do with me, Qin Miao.

This is only the first season of my career. Starting from scratch, I have no constraints. As long as I can beat my teammates, this season will be a success. "

Fei Ge’s meaning is easy to understand. Even if Qin Miao does not directly win the driver’s championship this season as he did in the standings this season, as long as he can defeat his teammate Hamilton at the end of the season, Qin Miao will be the winner this season. Successful because he defeated seven-time champion Hamilton while driving a car with the same performance as Hamilton.

This alone can prove that Toto's vision is correct, and Qin Miao can also prove that her strength and talent are indeed worthy of Toto's fancy.

But such a choice that was beneficial to Qin Miao was not favored by Qin Miao. Instead, he chose to take the overall situation into consideration.

This alone is enough to say that Qin Miao has an outstanding view of the overall situation.

While the three commentators from Five Star Sports were discussing the quality of Qin Miao's choice to give up the car, Toto let out a sigh of relief.

What he didn't even notice was that not only were his palms sweaty now, but the back of his shirt was completely soaked with his sweat.

However, Toto knew that after this game, Qin Miao's reputation within Mercedes-Benz would have to be improved.

After all, this is Qin Miao, a talented driver, sacrificing himself and making a contribution to the team.

If it continues to develop in this way, when Hamilton actually retires, Qin Miao will most likely seamlessly become the next spiritual leader of the Mercedes team.

Just like Hamilton now.

As he imagined that scene in his mind, Toto suddenly felt relieved.

That's not bad. At least Daimler Group and Liberty Media Group must be in favor of it with both hands and feet, and they don't mind giving Qin Miao a bigger contract.

After all, Qin Miao's death represents a huge untapped market.

This can be seen from the fact that one region in China contributed 1%-15% of the total viewership of the recent F25 Grand Prix.

On the field, Qin Miao felt a little regretful after letting Hamilton go.

After all, what is given away is not only a position, but also the points that will be obtained after the game.

However, Hamilton had already run far away at this time, and the possibility of Qin Miao chasing Hamilton back was gone.

At this time, Qin Miao had no way to look back, and all he could do was continue to run his race well on the track.

It's just that after the two drivers exchanged positions in front of the fans who support the Mercedes-Benz team, they did not achieve the effect that everyone expected.

After Hamilton got rid of Qin Miao's restraint, Hamilton's speed in chasing Verstappen was not particularly ideal.

Unlike Verstappen and Qin Miao, Hamilton's tire consumption was much more serious than these two drivers. After all, he was catching up from behind.

So after overtaking Qin Miao, Hamilton's tire wear had reached the limit. Even though the safety car was used for so many laps and a virtual safety car was used, it could not save his precarious tire condition.

But the good news is that although Hamilton was a little slow in chasing Verstappen, he was still firmly shortening the gap with Verstappen, so the team did not call Hamilton back immediately.

Soon, the race came to No. 20 after seven laps.

After No. 20 found that his pursuit of Verstappen had slowed down on lap six, Hamilton finally chose to pit on No. 20 on lap seven at the request of the team.

After pitting, Hamilton put on hard tires, which took 2.4 seconds to change. After coming out, he fell behind Ricciardo, which is sixth place.

After coming out, the team reminded Hamilton very seriously: "The lap time on the exit lap is extremely important. According to our calculations, Verstappen will pit on the next lap."

And this is indeed the case. Because Verstappen was running in front, he could not pit at Hamilton's pace immediately.

The next lap after Hamilton pitted was the eighth lap of No. 20. Verstappen chose to pit and, like Hamilton, put on hard tires.

After all, Verstappen is ahead of Hamilton at this time, so the entire Red Bull Racing team does not need to have too complicated tactics. Verstappen can pit whenever Hamilton pits.

Although you won't gain any advantage by following the pace of Mercedes-Benz, at least you won't make mistakes in pit stop decisions.

It's just that at this time, the new hard tires are already faster than the medium tires, and Hamilton has no reservations in this lap.

Hamilton's second and third time periods were both fastest.

Although Verstappen was still in front of Hamilton after coming out, this pit stop helped Hamilton shorten the 2-second gap between himself and Verstappen.

The time gap between Hamilton and Verstappen is now only 2 seconds.

It can be said that all the time wasted in the car fight with Qin Miao was recovered by this pit stop.

Red Bull did not suffer any big losses. After all, Verstappen's position was not lost, and when the race came to lap No. 30, Hamilton was only 1.5 seconds behind Verstappen.

Although Hamilton is indeed constantly narrowing the time gap between himself and Verstappen, it is obvious that Hamilton has encountered the same problem as Qin Miao in these laps. He came behind Verstappen due to turbulence. The reason is that Verstappen is slowing down as he approaches.

Just when everyone thought that Qin Miao had withdrawn from the championship competition in this game, and it was time to watch the performance of the two drivers Hamilton and Verstappen, an accident suddenly occurred on the field.

At the end of lap No. 30, a virtual safety car appeared on the track.

At this point in time, Qin Miao did not make a pit stop!
(End of this chapter)