How did I become an F1 driver?

第385章 388：汉密尔顿永远是我大哥（下）（6K，加更12/15）

But just when everyone thought that Mercedes' towing tactics failed, something unexpected happened on the field.

Hamilton missed the braking point directly in front of Qin Miao.

Qin Miao had already reached the braking point and started to slow down, but he was still running forward.

It was obvious that Hamilton simply missed the braking point.

The sudden accident caught Qin Miao off guard, but his muscle memory did not make him miss the T1 braking point.

There was no time for Qin Miao to be surprised. After braking, Qin Miao turned right into the corner just like his almost perfect flying circle in Q2. Hamilton's strange behavior did not interfere with his driving rhythm.

The next scene that moved everyone appeared. Hamilton braked late and turned directly to the left, rushing into the buffer zone on the left side of the track, while Qin Miao drove to the right towards the track.

The two Mercedes racing cars separated from each other's parallel lines at this moment.

And this was not the end, because in order not to block Qin Miao from entering the corner, Hamilton braked very late and turned very late, so that when he turned left towards the buffer zone, his right front nose directly hit the guard wall.

This is not only for himself, but also for the team, and even more for Hamilton's late braking to give way to the car just now, which almost caused a crash.

T8 Qin Miao didn't eat much of the road shoulder, because the road shoulder was too high and the car would easily fly off, and it was downhill.

In the braking area of ​​T10, Qin Miao still only eats a little bit of the shoulder. This is also a high shoulder. If it eats too much, the aerodynamic balance of the car will be affected. Qin Miao eats a little bit more of this shoulder and it will destroy the aerodynamics. For balance, eat a little less and enter a state where the cornering angle is not wide enough.

Qin Miao's corner entry was still so precise, like a top surgeon performing a surgical operation.

After Toto heard Hamilton's words, he directly took the job of Hamilton's track engineer and said to Hamilton in the team TR: "I believe he won't, and he has never let us down."

If Qin Miao's tires were alive, and seeing Qin Miao pumping blood pressure on them like this, they would definitely have blown them on the spot to show Qin Miao.

Old man, no matter whether my performance in this flight circle achieves the results I want, but if you are willing to pull the wake for my brother like this, then you will always be my big brother!

In addition, Qin Miao found the angle of entry well, so it was still a perfect exit, with the distance between the front wheel and the guard wall less than 1 centimeter.

However, after reaching the right-angle bend of T9, Qin Miao's road shoulder became more extreme. It happened to be a position where he could hit the road shoulder but not hit the high shoulder.

And if the front nose was damaged in the collision just now, $60 would be gone.

The reason why a large piece of the car broke into pieces upon impact is mainly because the F1 car itself has too much kinetic energy, and the telephoto lenses are used to shoot the broadcast scenes, so the audience does not seem to have a strong sense of speed.

And to be honest, as long as Qin Miao is asked to run slower, he can run a lap on this track with his eyes closed.

Because he had eaten too much apron when cornering, Qin Miao wiped off a bit of the green Rolex foam billboard of T4 and used the shoulder of T4 to go downhill to the second timing section.

Don't look at it. During the race, the front nose of the F1 car is like a consumable item. It will break into a large piece if touched.

All the way to T6, this corner was not too difficult for previous F1 cars, because the wheelbase of F1 cars at that time was generally shorter and the cornering was more flexible.

But the car in the 2022 season is very long, and cornering in this corner will really test the drivers' skills and corner entry angle.

When exiting the corner, the car still touches the guard wall. This time, the distance between the tire and the guard wall is definitely less than 0.5 cm.

The car scraped against the left guard wall when it came out of the corner, and you could even clearly see a slight spark falling off, but it was only a very slight collision, and there was no trace or sound of any collision, nor did it affect the overall balance of Qin Miao's car. sex.

However, considering the continuity of the next T7, Qin Miao did not hit the shoulder here, and the car was placed right in the center of the track after exiting the corner.

Qin Miao saw Hamilton dive into the buffer zone on the left side of the track and lost sight of him. However, Qin Miao was stunned for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure and passed T1 smoothly.

"Hamilton! He gave way to Qin Miao at the extreme moment in a way that none of us expected!" After Brother Bing saw this, his mood was like a roller coaster, going through a period of ups and downs.

After Toto saw this, he felt even more exhausted. I asked you to help pull the wake, but you don't need to pull it to such an extreme.

At this time, Qin Miao didn't have too many emotional fluctuations in her heart because Hamilton had done that for herself.

But Qin Miao's subsequent performance proved to Toto that it was all worth it.

But in fact, the energy generated by each collision is extremely terrifying.

It's just that Qin Miao is Qin Miao after all, and he is still silky smooth when crossing this corner.

It can also be regarded as adding a layer of insurance to yourself, so that you will not let yourself live up to the wake that Hamilton opened for you.

There is not much to say about T10. Qin Miao has practiced extreme cornering here countless times in the team simulator.

Although there are spare parts for the front nose, the Mercedes team's budget this season is quite stretched due to the introduction of the budget cap.

But in fact, this thing is very stiff, after all, it has a full carbon fiber structure.

Hamilton, who came to a stop in the buffer zone, did not immediately turn around or drift his car back onto the track. Instead, he waited on the track for a while, and soon the voice of Hamilton was heard in the team TR. Voice: "Don't let me down."

T11 cannot take the yellow shoulder, and Qin Miao happened to be stuck at this extreme position and passed this corner.

His eyes returned to Qin Miao.

Therefore, the front nose wing was only hit with a little crack, and the outer end plate was knocked off, which did not cause any greater damage.

For a moment, Toto Wolff even began to doubt whether his decision to ask Hamilton to help Qin Miao pull out the wake was correct.

The good news is that by the time the right front nose made contact with each other, Hamilton was already very slow.

Full throttle went all the way uphill, and Qin Miao took the shortest route on the track during the climb. He passed T2 with full throttle, then decelerated and braked against the billboard on the left side of T3 to enter the corner.

Because the apex of T5 has a drainage ditch, Qin Miao didn't eat it so hard, otherwise it would be easy to hit the wall, but it was still stuck at an extreme position. The camber angle on the inside of the track was used to exert more mechanical grip on the car. When exiting the corner, the distance between Qin Miao's right front wheel and the outer guard wall may be only one centimeter.

Qin Miao knew at every next corner that he had to pass the same limit as the fastest flight lap in Q2.

Even compared to the perfect flying circle of Q2, Qin Miao ate a little less.

Passing full throttle through the most famous tunnel in Monte Carlo, the light at the exit did not have any impact on Qin Miao, because Qin Miao had already developed muscle memory on this track.

Passing all the way through T12 and entering the Monaco circuit is the most test of the driver's adaptability, and it is also the timing section with the most famous scenes.

At this time, Qin Miao only painted purple in the first timing period, and only green in the second timing period. However, Qin Miao's overall speed was still 0.08 seconds faster than Leclerc. Can he challenge this game? Leclerc's pole position will depend on Qin Miao's performance in the third timing period.

After reaching T15, Qin Miao still entered the corner a little early due to excessive pressure, and the outer wall of the right front tire slightly rubbed against the guard wall.

Fortunately, the collision was very light, and the car only vibrated slightly, which did not damage the overall balance of Qin Miao's car.

It can also be regarded as a tribute to Leclerc last year.

Then it passed T16 at the extreme limit, and then passed T17, one of the few full-throttle corners in Monte Carlo, to T18.

Qin Miao was still at his limit when exiting and entering corners, leaving no room for error for himself.

Full throttle all the way to T18.

Braking at the braking point, the apex of the corner pressed against the shoulder when entering the corner, and when exiting the corner, she hit the guard wall to the extreme. However, Qin Miao did not even correct after exiting the corner, and exited the corner very smoothly. After that, DRS was turned on, and she went straight to the finish line with full fuel. Wire.

After crossing the line, Qin Miao painted purple in the last timing segment!

Score 1:11.267.

0.109 seconds faster than Leclerc.

Qin Miao's ranking on the left side of the broadcast screen also moved to first place.

Now Qin Miao is temporarily ranked first, but after seeing that his results were faster than Leclerc's, Qin Miao also breathed a sigh of relief. In any case, with the help of Hamilton, he once again made a breakthrough in the qualifying stage. reached the limit.

At the same time, Hamilton, who had returned to the team's P room to rest, had just been pushed into the P room.

I happened to see Qin Miao's results in three timing sections, namely purple, green and purple.

Although wearing a helmet, the team staff could not see Hamilton's expression, but Hamilton had a smile on his face.

"That's right."

Although there are still four minutes left before the end of Q3, this is already Qin Miao's fastest lap in this qualifying session.

Qin Miao has been squeezed dry, not a drop is left.

When returning to the field, Qin Miao replied in the team TR: "This is all I have."

Franky replied: "Copy that, a perfect flying lap, we're proud of you, come back now."

"receive."

After responding, Qin Miao started his return circle.

At the same time, the three commentators on Five Star Sports were completely comfortable.

Not only because Qin Miao's last flying lap was extremely beautiful, but also because after Qin Miao completed this flying lap, the director did not show the other drivers on the track preparing to run out of the lap. Instead, he fixed the camera on He saw the road sign after Qin Miao drove by.

At this time, what they saw were the scratches on the Rolex billboard at the center of T4, which were scratched by Qin Miao's racing car when he passed by.

And soon the on-site director showed a slow-motion replay of Qin Miao's flying circle.

Basically at every corner, Qin Miao passed by the track's protective wall at extremely extreme positions and angles, just like a dancer dancing on the tip of a knife.

But it was such an almost impossible dance that Qin Miao completed flawlessly.

As professional commentators who have been immersed in the racing industry for so many years, after seeing Qin Miao's flying circle, the five-star sports commentators could not help but marvel at Qin Miao's terrifying control over racing that can be called an art. Toto didn't look particularly happy after seeing Qin Miao's results. When the camera turned to him, he just pursed his lips and leaned on his seat with his hands folded, his expression on his face. It seemed very peaceful.

It's as if everything is under control.

In fact, Toto's heart is not as peaceful as his appearance shows.

When Qin Miao found him, he actually believed that Qin Miao could improve his performance after getting the wake of his teammates. However, he never expected that Qin Miao's performance could be so much faster and he rushed straight to the goal. Number one on the leaderboard.

Qin Miao really brought him surprises and surprises again and again. To be honest, if Qin Miao could get a speed of 0.2 seconds from some weird aspects and angles, Toto wouldn't even think about it. Accident.

However, watching the slow-motion replay of Qin Miao's flying lap, Toto still had lingering fears. After all, if Qin Miao made a mistake on the track, the team would definitely need to invest additional funds to repair the car.

In this age of budget caps, this extra expense will definitely sting the team for a while.

But fortunately, Qin Miao's flying circle did not disappoint Toto.

After completing this flying lap, Qin Miao returned directly to the P room of the team.

Qin Miao knew that this flying lap was already the best flying lap that his Q3 could run, and no matter how much he improved his performance, it would only be about a few tenths of a second.

And the premise is that Hamilton has to pull himself another wake.

However, after parking in the team's P room, Qin Miao did not get out of the car. Instead, he asked in the team's TR: "Do you need my help to pull Hamilton's wake? I'm not prepared for the last flying lap. There is enough time to run away.”

Frankie didn't feel too surprised when he heard Qin Miao's words. After thinking about it, he turned around and asked Hamilton's track engineer next to him.

Word soon reached Hamilton.

But what is surprising is that Hamilton did not want Qin Miao to help him pull the slipstream.

After all, the wake effect on the Monte Carlo track is really bad, and the effect of pulling up the wake for the car behind is not particularly good.

At the same time, everyone was running out of the ring during the last period, and the timing was not very good.

Moreover, he had taken a certain risk by helping Qin Miao pull the wake to the extreme just now. He felt that there was no need for Qin Miao to take the same risk.

After knowing that Hamilton refused, Qin Miao didn't force it and simply got out of the car.

However, after getting off the car, Qin Miao still came to Hamilton's car, shook hands with Hamilton, and sincerely thanked Hamilton: "Lewis, thank you, I am very grateful."

"You're welcome, and you really ran a great lap this time." Hamilton smiled and stretched out his other hand to pat the back of Qin Miao's hand, his eyes full of encouragement.

Before Qin Miao left, he also said hello to Angela, Hamilton's physical trainer.

However, Qin Miao did not go to the FIA ​​to weigh himself immediately. Instead, he went to his car first to see if there was any damage to his car.

After all, I also knew that I was running to the limit. Strictly speaking, the protective walls in many places were in contact with the car.

The most obvious thing on the car is actually the right front nose end plate of the car, because there are obvious scratches on it.

Although the Rolex advertising plate is made of foam, under the huge kinetic energy and speed, even carbon fiber will inevitably have scratches.

The good news is that there is no structural damage to Qin Miao's car. Even if there are scratches, it can be polished.

After confirming that there was no problem with his car, Qin Miao went straight to the FIA ​​weighing area amidst the surprised explanations of the three commentators from Five Star Sports.

However, after many black people saw Qin Miao's actions, they immediately became unhappy and began to criticize Qin Miao online.

After all, he has won the world championship. After receiving too much attention, it is inevitable that there will be some negative fans who don't like Qin Miao.

When they first won the championship, these people didn't dare to act like a monster because of Qin Miao's momentum. But this season, the Mercedes car is no longer working, and the black fans knew that their opportunity had come.

But since Qin Miao came to the new season, his performance has been better than Hamilton, so these sunspots can't find an entry point.

Now they finally have this golden opportunity in front of them.

The qualifying round hasn't even ended yet, so I got off the car and went to weigh in, and I'm going to freak you out.

While the anti-fans were reveling on the Internet, Leclerc and Verstappen on the track also started their last flying lap in qualifying.

The next scene that made all Mercedes and Qin Miao fans cry out was that Leclerc directly brushed purple in the first time period of the last flying lap of Q3.

Although the speed is only 0.009 seconds faster than Qin Miao, this also shows that Leclerc is in amazing shape in this game.

Then Leclerc also drove smoothly into the second timing section.

Just when the people in the P room of the Mercedes-Benz team were sighing and feeling that Qin Miao's pole position was about to disappear like a meteor in the sky, the anti-fans cheered even more.

At the T8 exit position, Perez, who was following Leclerc, made a mistake when exiting the corner. He drifted into the corner and hit the wall with his butt.

Although the collision with the bumper did not damage the left rear suspension of Perez's car, the entire carbon fiber spoiler at the rear was shattered.

Sainz, who was running the last flying lap behind Perez, was right behind Perez. After seeing Perez stop on the track, it was too late to brake, and the place where Perez crashed was also a blind spot. , so even though Sainz tried to save himself after exiting the corner, it was still too late. The brakes drifted, and the left rear wheel directly hit Perez's right front wheel, knocking the suspension of Perez's right front wheel. broken.

The two cars, one behind the other, directly blocked the entrance to the tunnel from the entire track.

Verstappen at the rear had no choice but to stop at the corner entry position of T8.

The track was blocked and a red flag was inevitable.

This sudden accident caught everyone off guard, and then a burst of warm cheers broke out in the P room of the Mercedes team, which was still watching the broadcast with some anxiety.

The black men who were still partying just now also shut up.

Because there is only half a minute left before Q3 stops the watch.

A red flag appears at this time, which means that qualifying is over.

No one can come out and run a warm-up lap in half a minute to start their flying lap.

This was not the only accident on the track at this time. On the other side of the T5's corner, Alonso missed the braking point, locked the brakes and hit the wall directly.

The left front wheel suspension of Alonso's car was also broken by this collision.

也因此，除了Q3阶段第1个出来跑飞行圈的诺里斯之外，其他车手此时在Q3排行榜上的名次都是自己Q3第1个飞行圈跑出来的成绩。

Finally, Q3 ended in this dramatic scene.

In the end, Qin Miao won the pole position with a time of 1:11.267.

The final ranking of the Q3 stage and the starting order of the top 10 tomorrow are as follows:

1: Qin Miao

2: Leclerc

3: Sainz
4: Perez
5: Verstappen

6: Norris
7: Hamilton

8: Alonso
9: Vettel
10: O'Connell

Everyone in the Mercedes team who was already preparing to close the car could only reinstall the old set of soft tires on Qin Miao's car, and then push Qin Miao's car from the P room of the Mercedes team to the race track. Rear interview area.

Fortunately, the FIA ​​post-race interview area is right next to the P room of the Mercedes team, so it is not a troublesome thing to push the car over.

And because Sainz, who was ranked third, was stuck in T8, the car was also damaged.

Therefore, only Qin Miao and Leclerc were able to be interviewed after the game.

Although Leclerc only finished second in qualifying, this is Leclerc's home field after all, so the whole time he walked to the interview area, the cheers did not stop.

Even Qin Miao got a lot of cheers here.

On the one hand, all car fans around the world now know that Qin Miao lives in Monaco, and it is also well known that Qin Miao and Leclerc have a good relationship.

Therefore, when the local people in Monaco look at Qin Miao, they also have a filter to look at their own people.

Even many of the local spectators who came to watch the game had seen Qin Miao on the streets of Monaco, so they were familiar with him.

After waving to the audience, Qin Miao came to the interview position with a strong sense of unreality.

At this time, Hamilton had just parked his car and was about to weigh it.

Qin Miao happened to see Hamilton during the interview.

As if sensing something, Hamilton also glanced at Qin Miao here.

The two made eye contact for a brief moment, but were soon overwhelmed by the surging crowd.

After qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix, spectators in the VIP stands of each team can go onto the track.

So there are a lot of people on the track at this time.

After retracting his gaze, Leclerc walked right in front of Qin Miao.

(End of this chapter)