How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 326 329: God of War Perez

Originally, because of the opportunity given by Leclerc, when Qin Miao passed Leclerc, he directly inherited the time gap of less than 2 seconds between Leclerc and Norris.

When Verstappen overtook Norris, it affected Norris's driving rhythm to a certain extent. When he came out of T7, he was not very fast, and then Qin Miao took advantage of it.

After only 14 laps, Qin Miao had already reached 7 positions.

On average, it rises one position in two laps.

The pursuit speed was as terrifying as ever.

Many domestic car fans started cheering and celebrating on the spot after seeing this scene. Although it was still night in China, many people rushed out of the window excitedly and shouted excitedly after seeing Qin Miao's overtaking. Yelling, venting his inner excitement.

The complaints and cordial greetings received from these fans will not be mentioned here.

After Qin Miao came to fifth place, Qin Miao was not very clear about Verstappen's thoughts, but Qin Miao knew that Hamilton was definitely under pressure at this moment.

There are still two positions left. As long as he reaches the top two positions, Hamilton will completely miss the driver's championship this season.

And Hamilton's problems don't stop there. In addition to taking first place in this game, he also has to defend against Verstappen's attack behind him.

So on the next lap after Verstappen pitted, which was lap 15, Hamilton followed closely and also chose to pit.

It's easy to guess why Hamilton came into the pits at this time, that is, to copy Red Bull's tactics. As long as I use the same tactics as you Verstappen, you can't beat me tactically.

Anyway, I have such a big advantage here, and the little time I spent on pit stops doesn’t matter at all.

After Hamilton also switched to hard tires like Verstappen, he fell to second place, behind Perez and in front of Sainz.

And at this time, the time gap between Hamilton and Verstappen is still 5 seconds.

This means that Verstappen's lap after pitting and putting on white tires was not faster than Hamilton's, and was even much slower.

But at this time, everyone's attention was on Hamilton and Verstappen. No one, or very few people, could notice that 10 seconds ahead of Hamilton, there was another Red Bull driver: Peggy. Rez.

The race continued. Qin Miao was also a lot slower due to tire degradation. At this time, Qin Miao could only reluctantly follow Verstappen. As for the opportunity to attack Verstappen, As long as Verstappen makes no mistakes, Qin Miao will obviously not be found in a short time.

On lap 16, drivers using soft tires on the track also began to pit one after another.

This time period is regarded as the pit stop time window for both drivers.

On lap 17, after Perez fully charged his car's battery and controlled the tire temperature of his car to an optimal temperature, he began to actively slow down and wait for Hamilton to catch up.

On the same lap, Verstappen completed his overtake of Sainz. Although there were some twists and turns in the process, and Sainz's willingness to resist was extremely strong, he still could not withstand the huge performance gap between Red Bull and Ferrari. In the end, Sainz I can only helplessly watch Verstappen with DRS go away.

On lap 19, Hamilton caught up to the position 1.11 seconds behind Perez.

You must know that there was originally a 10-second time gap between Perez and Hamilton. After Perez started to slow down, Hamilton caught up with Perez two laps later.

Hamilton knew very well at this time that it was impossible for him to get close to Perez so quickly. If this happened, either Perez's car had a cylinder blowout, or the tires had already passed the cliff point and dropped significantly.

But neither of these possibilities is likely to happen, because if Perez's car explodes, what he should do at this time is to retire on the spot instead of continuing to run the race on the track.

As for the tire passing the cliff point, it is even simpler. Perez has already raced two laps in front of Hamilton. If the tire passed the cliff point, he would have pitted when he passed the pit entrance on the previous lap. Change tires instead of staying on the track and holding on for dear life.

Therefore, there is only one possibility for Perez to slow down at this time, and that is that Perez actively slows down to help Verstappen and stop Hamilton.

However, at this time, Hamilton did not feel that Perez would put much pressure on him. After all, Perez was using a set of soft tires that had already run 21 laps.

Your tire protection ability of Perez is really great. Before Qin Miao entered the paddock, Perez was indeed the driver with the best tire protection ability.

But after seeing Qin Miao's incredible ability to protect the fetus, Perez's ability to protect the fetus is actually just that.

Therefore, Hamilton felt that even if Perez could block him for a while, he would not be able to block him for too long. As long as he came to the DRS straights, he could take advantage of the car's performance and tire advantages to easily complete the challenge for Perez on these straights. of transcendence.

On the same lap, Qin Miao chased into the DRS area behind Sainz.

However, just when Qin Miao was about to launch an attack, Sainz actually chose to pit directly to change tires on the 20th lap.

The driver who appeared in front of Qin Miao was Verstappen, and at this time Verstappen was only 3.4 seconds away from Qin Miao.

At the same time, Hamilton also caught up with Perez on the 20th lap.

It is worth mentioning that the timing of Hamilton catching up with Perez was very poor for Perez. Hamilton only caught up with Perez after passing T5.

As we all know, after T5 is the longest straight at the Yas Marina Circuit, and this straight is also blessed by DRS.

In fact, most viewers already have a picture of what will happen next.

And this was indeed the case. Hamilton directly used the car's ERS and DRS to forcefully surpass Perez on the outside.

But just when everyone at Red Bull felt that the sky was about to fall, Perez activated his backup hidden energy.

At the same time, after Hamilton passed Perez, he did not continue to enter the corner along the inside line of the track, but returned to the outside line of the track and found the best corner entry angle.

But it was as if Red Bull had specially upgraded the car's brakes for this game. After Hamilton reached the normal line of the track, Perez used Red Bull's traditional late braking and forced his way into Hamilton's inside line.

Hamilton, who was sitting in the car, looked at a Red Bull that suddenly appeared on the left side of his car, and felt like he was back in T6 at the starting stage.

The same corner, the same Red Bull car, the same way of entering the corner, the only difference is the driver in the car.

Hamilton also used Qin Miao's cornering method when facing O'Connell at this time, with both T6 and T7 crossing the line.

After exiting T7, Hamilton took advantage of the intersection to pass Perez and enter the next straight.

Exactly the same as Qin Miao's time, Perez relaxed the accelerator slightly before entering the second stage DRS detection point, so you can see that Hamilton passed the DRS detection point before Perez, so after Coming down the straight, Perez had DRS. Then, the audience saw that after turning on DRS, Perez sucked into Hamilton's wake and began to quickly approach Hamilton.

Soon Perez was getting closer to Hamilton and there were signs that he could overtake.

After taking another deep breath of wake, Perez prepared to take the lead on the inside. Naturally, Hamilton could not let Perez go so easily, so he also merged towards the inside of the track, preparing to block Perez from overtaking on the inside. path of.

But Perez was not joking with you at all. Even if he ran on the paint outside the inside track, he would have to overtake Hamilton.

Hamilton didn't dare to make any aggressive defensive moves at this time, so after seeing that Perez had already tapped his inside, he had no choice but to give up the defense.

After that, the two of them came all the way to the braking point of T9.

T9 is not a heavy braking point. Although Hamilton has top-notch control over the car's brakes, he cannot forcefully use the brakes to squeeze into the inside line like Verstappen and Perez do in this corner, because this corner There is no such cornering angle at all.

So this time, Perez used DRS twice to defend Hamilton's offense after exchanging positions with Hamilton.

Therefore, in addition to looking at the driver's personal ability, F1 also depends more on the team's R&D capabilities and the performance of the car.

If you throw top drivers like Hamilton or Qin Miao into a mid-tier team, they may easily beat their teammates in the team, but they will never compete with Mercedes and Red Bull for the championship. It would be a blessing to get a podium in one or two races.

Just like O'Connell who was surpassed by Qin Miao, without Tsunoda's help, he would have been beaten by Qin Miao as early as the DRS area between T5 and T6.

The Red Bull Racing team and the audience were naturally very happy after seeing this scene. These two are top drivers, and watching such a fight was naturally very enjoyable for the audience.

But to be truly happy, the happiest people are the fans who like Qin Miao and the fans who come from afar from home.

Not to mention the excitement of the fight between the two, the most important thing is that Perez blocked Hamilton and helped Verstappen gain an advantage. He also helped Qin Miao gain an advantage.

After all, the only driver on the field at this time who can still pose a threat to Qin Miao's driver's championship position is Hamilton.

At this moment, their eyes when looking at Red Bull no longer had the hostility and wariness they had at the beginning of the season. Their eyes were now full of tenderness and encouragement.

Come on Perez!

On the race track, after passing these two straights, what follows is the most difficult overtaking section of the entire Yas Marina Circuit. From here until T5, there is no other good overtaking point.

And the most important thing is that the entire third timing section is full of slow corners and low-speed corners.

Then Perez did his best to suppress Hamilton's speed in this third period of time.

So after the entire third time period, Verstappen behind Hamilton chased Hamilton for a full four seconds.

One timing segment, four seconds!

Qin Miao was so dumbfounded picking up a wallet.

Hamilton started to complain in the team TR, and his mind was full of question marks.

No, brother, what does this game have to do with your Red Bull? Why are you so actively helping Verstappen defend me?

As long as Qin Miao does not retire from the race, the driver's championship this season will not fall into the hands of Verstappen.

Naturally, Red Bull couldn't hear Hamilton's voice, and even if they heard it, they might just laugh it off.

If he doesn't pass you, it is indeed impossible for Verstappen to win the driver's championship in this race or even this season, but after passing you, at least Verstappen will have the possibility.

It's a big gamble, my friend!

On the Red Bull side, when they saw Perez being overtaken by Hamilton before the braking point of T6, most of the Red Bull staff were already devastated.

Many people even slumped in their chairs with gray faces.

Not only did they not win the final driver championship in this game, they may not even win the race championship.

But soon they experienced the feeling of riding a roller coaster. After seeing Perez's performance, they were all stunned.

Perez and Hamilton came to the start straight together. Even if there was wake to absorb, Hamilton did not have DRS after all, and the ERS battery was also used up on the two straights.

So Hamilton just tried to put pressure on Perez on the starting straight, but after Perez stayed on the inside, Hamilton couldn't find any possibility of overtaking Perez on the starting straight. Sex.

In the first timing section after the start straight, there was no good overtaking point, and Perez was still suppressing Hamilton's speed.

The two soon came to T5 again.

When the two came to this position on the last lap, the time gap between Hamilton and Verstappen was 9 seconds.

But after a full lap of Perez's efforts, the time gap between Verstappen and Hamilton was only 1.1 seconds.

Perez single-handedly helped Verstappen reduce the 7.9-second gap between him and Hamilton.

If Verstappen finally defeats Hamilton and wins the race, and Qin Miao also retires due to an accident, and Verstappen finally wins this year's driver's championship by chance, his score will be high. Give Perez a shout.

With the arrival of Verstappen, Perez has completed another major task in this game.

And because the car's battery ran out, Perez was no longer able to defend Hamilton's offense in the next DRS zone.

So Perez's speed dropped significantly.

In the end, Perez was overtaken by Hamilton before the braking point of T6.

At this time, someone will ask, since this defensive method is so awesome, why doesn't Tsunoda of Toro Rosso use this tactic with Qin Miao?

W11:?

What level of AT02 are you, do you dare to sit at the same table with me as W11? I will slap you in the face, wipe out the tail fins for you, and kick open all the lines in your mailbox.

(End of this chapter)