How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 36 36: The Difference Between Formula Cars and Other Cars

Before leaving the pit lane, Qin Miao had a plan in mind. He drove steadily on the first lap, and gradually increased his lap time after getting familiar with the state of the car and the performance of the car in the last race.

After you are almost familiar with it, you will enter the station and change a new set of tires to do the lap time.

There is nothing to say on the big straight at the start, step on the accelerator, and just change gears after the engine speed reaches a suitable range.

But after the iconic No. [-] turning back in the last race, Qin Miao really felt the difference between a formula car and an ordinary car.

The first thing I felt was that the brakes of this thing were too heavy.

With Qin Miao's strength, it takes a lot of force to step on the brakes to the bottom, and the G force behind him when the brakes are pressed makes Qin Miao feel that it is difficult to let go of the brakes.

Qin Miao's first feeling was the brake: I can't step on it, and I can't release it.

After entering the first turn, Qin Miao felt that the steering direction of this car was particularly good, and the two words stood out: flexible.

It is so flexible that it can turn in any direction Qin Miao wants it to turn. It is very handy to drive.

However, due to the use of hot-melt tires, the temperature of Qin Miao's tires had not yet reached the optimum working condition during the first lap, and the speed naturally did not increase. He didn't have much feeling for the grip, so he was better than Fox. point.

Qin Miao's deepest feeling in the first lap was the sense of speed.

如果将福特福克斯的速度开到80公里每小时的速度感是1的话，那么将F4方程式赛车的速度开到30公里每小时之后，你的速度感就已经来到1了。

Sitting on the F4 formula, there is no protection on your helmet, you can clearly feel your helmet hitting the wind, the wind pours into your cockpit, and pours into your neck from the gap in your helmet , hit your skin.

The scenery on both sides of the field of vision flies back, and with your extremely low viewing angle, the terrifying sense of speed rushes to your face.

People who come into contact with F4 racing cars for the first time may be frightened by the sense of speed on the spot and dare not step on the accelerator again.

But Qin Miao stepped on it more and more, and even enjoyed it very much.

But this is just the feeling of the first lap. Qin Miao's car was not in the best condition during the first lap. The only thing that made him feel exciting was the sense of speed. The G force was not as good as the one he sat in yesterday. GT3.

But after the second lap, when the temperature of Qin Miao's tires rose, Qin Miao knew why it was said that the formula was only born for the track.

The price of this F4 formula car is about 70 RMB, and after her tires reach the working temperature, the speed at the slowest section of the first turn of the race can reach 85 kilometers per hour. This is because Qin Miao is not familiar with her body. The car I got off is the slowest speed when I drive more conservatively.

And the AMG GT300 that he was sitting in yesterday, worth at least 3 million, had the slowest speed at this corner at 75 kilometers per hour.

This is the gap.

Of course, the weight of this F4 and Qin Miao did not exceed 700 kg, so the car is light and fast when cornering.

When it comes to the tail speed of the straight, the power-limited F4 can’t do it. The tail speed of the GT3 is several blocks behind the F4. On the big straight before entering the first turn, the tail speed of the GT3 is about 250 kilometers per hour, and the castration The maximum tail speed of the F4 that exceeds the engine performance only reaches 170 kilometers per hour.

And the faster cornering speed than yesterday's GT3 means stronger G force when cornering.

Since the monocoque inside the F4 is not designed according to Qin Miao's body, except for the fixed shoulders and body position when cornering, as long as the G force at the center of the bend is a little larger, the would be thrown against the monocoque.

Of course, this small setback cannot dispel Qin Miao's enthusiasm for racing.

At the same time, the biggest difference between F4 and GT3 and Ford Focus when cornering is that F4 has almost no roll when cornering, and there is no need to worry about sideslip caused by shifting the center of gravity, and the natural grip is stronger.

At the same time, because it is a sequential gearbox, after starting the engine to drive the car out of the parking area, there is no need to step on the clutch.

Moreover, the driving feel of the formula is very good, with strong directivity and sensitivity. This kind of feeling like arms and fingers made Qin Miao addicted on the second lap.

This comfortable driving feel and the sense of speed that he can't stop stimulated Qin Miao's adrenaline and dopamine to secrete together, making him unable to put it down.

Of course, there are some things about this car that make Qin Miao uncomfortable, that is, even if this car has a power steering system, the steering wheel is still very heavy, especially in high-speed corners.

Qin Miao felt that when passing a high-speed corner, the force required to turn the steering wheel was about 5 times that of the [-] Nm direct drive steering wheel at home.

Moreover, the brakes are very heavy, and every time the brakes are passed after a straight line, the brakes must be stepped on hard to fully step on the brake stroke.

After running the three quarters today, Qin Miao felt that it was necessary for her to go to the gym again and ask the coach to relax her arm muscles.

But regardless of the future, Qin Miao's brain gradually emptied, immersed in his own world, and began to do lap times.

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[Proficiency: +1]

"The score of the last lap was 2:12.267, three greens, which refreshed your fastest score, keep it up."

Qiu Meng's voice would be heard on the radio after Qin Miao completed a lap.

This is mainly because Qin Miao's racing car does not have any more advanced car-machine systems other than a speedometer and a gear display.

After all, the vehicle monitoring system of the racing car is too expensive, so expensive that those who don't know the racing car can't understand it.

After something happened, you asked them to pay for the crashed computer, and asked you why a car computer costs 5 yuan?
Is your broken car computer installed with 4080TI or H800?
how do you say?Is this the price for this thing?Will the other side believe it?
People who don't understand the market will definitely have a big fight with the team staff, thinking that this is how you make their money.

So instead of arguing exhaustively at that time, and finally resorting to court, it is better to dismantle the car engine and install it again when the competition is needed.

After almost the seventh lap, Qin Miao felt that he now had a certain understanding of the limits of this car.

So Qin Miao said on the radio: "Mengmeng, I'm going to stop for a tire change at the end of this lap, and ask the team to prepare my new tires."

Qiu Meng: "Got it, BOX.BOX."

Qin Miao smiled, then ran around and drove the car into the parking area.

When he entered the parking area, he did see a staff member running out of the P room of the team he rented, and four tires were placed on the ground.

Qin Miao drove over and parked steadily in the parking area.

Compared with F1 and F2, there are only four people in F4 to change tires.

Two men jacked the car up, and two others replaced the front and rear wheels.

You don’t need to think about the speed of tire change. Qin Miao doesn’t know if the tire change is so slow during the F4 race. Anyway, he has experienced the feeling of changing tires: This is too slow, and half of the 4 tires have been changed. minute.

After the tire was changed, Qin Miao felt the car go downhill, and then Qin Miao subconsciously stepped on the accelerator according to the way he played in the game...

Then the car turned off again...

"Hold……"

After cursing, Qin Miao restarted the ignition, and quickly drove the car out under the weird eyes of the four tire changing staff.

Putting the embarrassment and unhappiness behind, Qin Miao's first lap after changing to new tires was still a warm-up lap, but after the second lap, Qin Miao obviously felt stronger grip when cornering.

He was also able to enter the corner with more speed, and by the end of the second lap, his lap time had increased by a full half a second.

"The score of the last lap was 2:11.657, three-stage purple, well done!"

While Qiu Meng was sitting on the console of the team observing Qin Miao's data, a young man in his early 30s walked into the team's P room.

The staff will greet him when they see him.

"Brother Li!"

"Mr. Li!"

"Hi Captain."

"Hi boss!"

He also smiled and nodded in response.

(End of this chapter)