How did I become an F1 driver?

Leaving aside Leclerc in front of him, Qin Miao has already disgusted Verstappen.

He couldn't overtake and was so slow that Verstappen really hated Qin Miao.

However, Verstappen is also a person who listens to advice. At this time, he endured his temper and kept charging his car and waiting for the opportunity.

However, the battery of Verstappen's car was only charged to 70%. Sainz behind him had reached a distance where he could attack Verstappen because Qin Miao further reduced Verstappen's speed.

This is actually because Verstappen's brain was overloaded by Qin Miao's defense.

In fact, when Qin Miao suppressed Verstappen in the early stage, Qin Miao controlled his speed to a position where only a little slower, Verstappen could break away from Qin Miao's defense and surpass Qin Miao, but this happened. At a small position, Verstappen was unable to move due to Qin Miao's various defensive actions.

Whether it's braking late or taking the outside line, there's still a slight difference.

After Verstappen heard the order from the team TR not to attack Qin Miao, when Qin Miao was suppressing Verstappen's speed, Verstappen could actually overtake Qin Miao directly on the outside of the corner by relying on the performance of the car. .

It's just that at this moment, Verstappen's mind has been confused by Qin Miao's defense, coupled with his desire and urgency for the championship, as well as the reminder of Leclerc who is running farther and farther ahead and the team.

Verstappen's mind was filled with all kinds of information for a while, and he didn't realize it at all.

After all, the environment inside an F1 car cannot be said to be comfortable and pleasant, but it can also be called a purgatory on earth.

The lateral G force exceeding 4G is constantly pressing from the four directions of front, rear, left and right. If you press the brake hard, your left foot must exert at least 4 kilograms of force to press the brake. In addition, the monocoque shell is over 50℃. average temperature inside.

It's really like taking a sauna, riding a roller coaster, and pumping iron at the same time.

Normal people would vomit after staying in such an environment for five minutes, but F5 drivers not only need to run in such an environment for more than an hour, but also have to have a clear mind to deal with various things.

Verstappen's ability to do what he has done so far is already very good, and we can't ask for too much more from him.

After Sainz started to attack Verstappen behind him, the pressure on Qin Miao's side naturally became less.

And because Verstappen's speed was further slowed down, Sainz was actually able to compete evenly with Verstappen.

However, at the exit of T4, Sainz, who could have threatened Verstappen's position, made a mistake and ran off the track.

The good news is that when Sainz rushed out of the track, he rushed out directly towards the buffer zone, so the car had inertia and Sainz returned to the track. It was just a matter of waiting for Sainz to return to the track. , he has fallen to the 11th position.

The incident of Sainz running off the track was both bad news for Ferrari, the Spanish fans at the scene, and Qin Miao.

Qin Miao's mouth twitched for a while as he saw a puff of smoke and dust rising in his rearview mirror and the Ferrari racing car rushing into the gravel.

What's the use of you? How long has this been putting pressure on Verstappen? Why did he rush off the track by himself?
But after Sainz rushed off the track, the happiest people were the two drivers of the Arrow Racing Team.

Because Bottas and Zhou Guanyu did nothing, they picked up a position for nothing and came to fifth and sixth respectively.

Before the start of this season, Arrow never dreamed that he would be able to touch this position.

And Qin Miao had a headache, because without Sainz to restrain him, Qin Miao's pressure returned.

And this time Verstappen stood out as a scheming man. No matter how Qin Miao tried to exploit his flaws, he remained unmoved.

Just waiting for DRS behind Qin Miao, even in the relatively short DRS area between T9 and T10, Verstappen did not attack Qin Miao even if he got Qin Miao's DRS, he just followed him.

Then it wasn't until the start straight on lap 9 that Verstappen really started to take action against Qin Miao.

In fact, at this time, Verstappen's set of soft tires was already somewhat severely worn, and his lap time was almost the same as Qin Miao's set of medium tires.

But the gap in racing performance and the advantages of DRS are nakedly in front of us.

Qin Miao actually tried to resist, such as painting a dragon, or running in front of the left side of Verstappen's car, letting Verstappen's car eat the turbulence emitted by his rear wheels.

But these are useless efforts.

In the end, Qin Miao simply stopped making any defensive moves and drove normally on his own lane, allowing Verstappen to overtake him from the inside.

At this point, Qin Miao, who started second, guarded Verstappen for 9 laps, and finally let Verstappen pass helplessly.

But despite this, the Spanish fans at the scene still applauded Qin Miao's wonderful defense in these 9 laps.

At least they felt comfortable with the defense in these 9 rounds.

This is the way an F1 race should be, fighting on the track with real swords and guns.

Qin Miao felt helpless after being overtaken, but did not feel it was a pity.

Anyway, it is an unchangeable fact that the performance of your car is not as good as Verstappen. It is normal to not be able to outrun Verstapan, but it is truly worth celebrating if you outperform Verstapan.

After that, Verstappen naturally quickly opened up the time gap with Qin Miao, and Perez, who was behind Qin Miao, began to get closer to Qin Miao.

However, after seeing that the person behind him was Perez, Qin Miao didn't feel much pressure from him.

After all, compared to that pervert Verstappen, Perez is much easier to defend.

Moreover, Perez has been running in the F1 field for so long, and his driving habits have been completely fixed.

It's easy for Qin Miao to understand Perez's driving style and style, just look through his recent game videos and in-car videos.

Therefore, it can be said that Qin Miao didn't pay attention to Perez at all.

Just running, when the race came to the 11th lap, Perez behind him approached the wake area behind Qin Miao. When Perez reluctantly prepared to attack Qin Miao, he had just surpassed Qin Miao. Verstappen suddenly spun off the track at T4.

You know, Verstappen rushed out in the same way as Sainz. Even when entering the corner, the rear wheel of the car suddenly slipped. The rear wheel of the car lost grip and went forward.

When Sainz first rushed out of the track here, many people thought that Sainz's driving skills were too bad, and there would be problems when entering corners like this.

But after Verstappen rushed off the track here, he proved to the audience in disguise that it was not the driver's technical problems, but the wind here, which affected the driver's control of the car.

When Verstappen crossed the line from the buffer zone and returned to the track, he fell directly behind Zhou Guanyu, ranking sixth.

Qin Miao inexplicably returned to second place, and Leclerc was still first. And at this time, the race has been going on for 11 laps. At this time, the lap time of the driver using soft tires is no longer as fast as Qin Miao, the only driver using medium tires in the whole race.

Because of this, many teams have called their drivers to pit at this time.

But these have nothing to do with Qin Miao.

What he needs to do now is to keep a not too close distance from Perez, see if he can suppress Perez and get in front of Bottas, directly pull a DRS train out behind him, and then use This little train locks Verstappen behind.

Now that God has given him a chance, Qin Miao, who had no expectations for second place, started to use his little brain again.

As Perez watched Qin Miao's car start to slow down again, he suddenly felt his scalp starting to feel numb.

However, Bottas behind Sainz felt quite comfortable after seeing the distance between the two cars in front getting closer and closer.

After all, with the strength of Arrow Racing, it would definitely be beneficial to me if I could secure my ranking among the DRS trains.

And Zhou Guanyu...

At this time, the time gap between him and Bottas was 2 seconds. Although Qin Miao was already pressing the car, and he was already trying his best to defend Verstappen behind him, he was still catching up to Bottas. The DRS area behind Taz was passed by Verstappen before.

He really wanted to do something to help Qin Miao, but his own strength and racing ability did not allow him to do anything.

Therefore, after Verstappen surpassed Zhou Guanyu, he ranked fifth.

But when Verstappen caught up behind Bottas and saw a Mercedes, a Red Bull and an Arrow in front of him in the DRS area behind the car in front, his scalp really felt numb.

Why is this DRS train assembled again? ? ?
Qin Miao! ! !

Your uncle is not done yet, is he? ! !
What gives Verstappen the most headache is that if the driver in front of him is Perez, then he can ask Perez to give up his position through the team.

But the key is that the person in front of him is Bottas, and in front of Bottas is Perez.

……

Therefore, Verstappen knew that it would be impossible for him to overtake Qin Miao on the track using normal driving methods in today's race, and he could only rely on undercutting over the wall.

At this time, drivers from other teams also chose to pit in this first pit stop window.

However, Qin Miao's little DRS train did not last long on the track.

On lap 14, Verstappen chose to pit for tire changes.

After coming out, he landed 24 seconds away from Qin Miao.

In fact, before Verstappen pitted, the team discovered Red Bull's actions through observation, so they immediately asked Qin Miao's opinion: "Verstappen may pit to change tires, you have to Why don’t you come in and change along with Verstappen?”

After all, from the performance of today's race, the team clearly found that Qin Miao deliberately targeted Verstappen.

However, Qin Miao immediately chose to refuse after receiving the team's question.

My goal in this race against Verstappen was not even to compete for the championship, but just to grab second place from Verstappen.

Now that Verstappen has regressed, there is no need for him to hold on to it. In the final analysis, if the hard power of the car is not as good as the opponent, the opponent can still rely on his own personal ability to defend him behind him, but If the performance of the team and the car were shared, Qin Miao would basically not be able to take advantage.

In addition to Verstappen, Zhou Guanyu pitted on lap 14, and Bottas pitted on lap 15.

Next, Qin Miao used his medium tires to cruise behind Leclerc.

And because the durability of Qin Miao's tires is already better than Leclerc's soft tires at this time, Qin Miao is now chasing Leclerc at a speed of 0.4 seconds per lap.

But again, the advantage Leclerc accumulated in the early stage is too great. Unless Leclerc stays on the track until the 25th lap, the possibility of Qin Miao catching up with Leclerc is extremely slim.

Qin Miao's cruise lasted for a long time.

Even after Leclerc pitted, Qin Miao was still cruising.

And Qin Miao's pace has always been very good.

Not much slower than those riders who put on medium tires.

Although people like Verstappen and Leclerc are now chasing Qin Miao at a speed of 0.9 seconds per lap after pitting, it is because Qin Miao pitted one less time than them, there is at least 17 seconds between Qin Miao and them. time gap.

Taking into account Qin Miao's defensive ability and the possibility of drivers from other teams stopping twice or even three times in this race.

Qin Miao's position is quite competitive.

On lap 27, Leclerc was already 7 seconds behind Qin Miao. From the current position, although Qin Miao is currently in the lead, it is really only a matter of time before he is overtaken by Leclerc.

And at this moment, an accident happened.

From the beginning of the race to now, Leclerc's speed, which has been very good, suddenly dropped.

And he was quickly overtaken by Verstappen behind him.

When the on-site director's camera showed Leclerc, he could clearly hear through the team's TR that Leclerc was shouting feebly and desperately in the team's TR: "No! No! No!
What happened? No Power"

Then the audience at the scene could clearly see that the speed of Leclerc's car dropped significantly. In the end, Leclerc slowly drove his car back to the pit area and retired directly in the pit area.

Should I call it a Ferrari?
Although Verstappen knew he shouldn't laugh at Leclerc's misfortune, he couldn't help but pinch the corners of his mouth after watching Leclerc being overtaken by him from his left.

Even the aggrieved feeling of being blocked by Qin Miao just now dissipated.

Is it useful that Qin Miao helped you create a time advantage of more than ten seconds? Useless! It’s just a mirror image!
At this time, Leclerc has just 26 points more than Verstappen in the standings. As long as Verstappen brings back the championship and gets the fastest lap in this game, then he can be the driver. Level with Leclerc in the overall standings.

Because of this, Verstappen was particularly happy at this time. (End of chapter)