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When the race came to lap 22, Sainz chose to pit to change tires because at this time he was no longer as fast as Leclerc.

However, due to the problem of the same performance of the two cars, Leclerc was stuck 0.5 seconds behind Sainz.

If he continues running like this, the time gap between Leclerc and Qin Miao may be shortened to the DRS area before the first pit stop window.

But Sainz's performance this week was indeed good, and Ferrari did not want to put too much pressure on Sainz.

Even more, he didn’t want to directly ask him to give up his position to Leclerc through the team order.

So Sainz was called directly into the pit area.

Sometimes Ferrari is so screwed up, and it is obvious that Sainz can give up his position directly. It is very normal to give up your position to a teammate who is faster than you.

But Ferrari chose another path.

After putting on hard tires in the pit area, Sainz naturally fell into fourth position.

At this time, there were still 30 laps to go before the end of the race, so he probably wanted Sainz to finish the race directly on one set of tires.

On lap 24, Qin Miao had already caught up to the DRS area behind Leclerc, but Leclerc did not defend Qin Miao.

Because at this time, Leclerc's soft tires had begun to fail rapidly, while the speed of the medium tires on Qin Miao's racing tires was still very stable.

Therefore, Leclerc directly chose to pit and change tires.

Some people will be curious at this time. Obviously Leclerc can block Qin Miao on the track and help Sainz create more time advantages.

Not much else to say, it shouldn't be a big problem for Leclerc to help Sainz stop Qin Miao for two seconds, right?
The worst case scenario is that Qin Miao overtook Leclerc and then Leclerc pitted.

Alas, Ferrari just refused and called Leclerc to pit.

Because of this, Qin Miao discovered while running: Huh? Why did he suddenly reach the first place?
Looking in the rearview mirror, Hamilton's lap speed was also very stable, 1.4 seconds behind him.

There was no chance to attack, but there was no way he could get rid of him.

Qin Miao didn't care about this. Anyway, as time goes by, Hamilton's set of soft tires will definitely start to fail.

But I have to say that Qin Miao felt quite comfortable after returning to this familiar position.

While running the race, Qin Miao also asked Sainz and Leclerc’s lap speeds after the pit stop in the team TR.

After putting on hard tires, Ferrari was no slower than Qin Miao, and its single lap speed was basically the same as Qin Miao's lap speed.

Qin Miao became a little nervous, but regained his composure under the comfort of the team.

Anyway, I will switch to soft tires directly for the next sprint. By then my lap time will be at least 0.5 seconds faster than the two Ferraris using hard tires.

Moreover, my tires will be newer than theirs. It doesn't matter if they are faster than me now. Silverstone's straight is so long, I can always find a chance to overtake.

On lap 33, Hamilton, who had been left behind by Qin Miao by 2.4 seconds, chose to pit.

Like Qin Miao, Hamilton also ran a 33-lap long-distance stint using a set of soft tires, and the overall lap speed was very good.

Although there were still 18 laps to go before the end of the race, Hamilton did not have Qin Miao's courage to change to soft tires, so he changed to hard tires after entering.

Although the speed of Hamilton's set of hard tires may not be much advantageous compared to the two Ferraris in front of him, at least from now until the end of the race, Hamilton will not have tire anxiety and only needs to pay attention to the condition of his tires. temperature, and then start to release the long-distance rhythm with all your strength.

But what troubles Mercedes fans is that after Hamilton pitted, he would have fallen 1.5 seconds behind Sainz. At that time, Hamilton would increase the temperature of his tires and launch an attack on the two Ferraris in front. .

But when changing tires, Hamilton's tire changer gave him a little more strength. After a 4.6-second tire change, Hamilton came out and fell 3.4 seconds behind Sainz.

With this time gap, Hamilton basically missed the podium in his home Grand Prix.

Unless the Mercedes team, in order to allow Hamilton to get on the podium in his home Grand Prix, stumbles Qin Miao and allows him to experience the half-minute tire change.

At the same time, Perez, who pitted for repairs due to damage to his car at the beginning of the race, had already reached sixth place with a long stunt.

That is, behind Norris.

It has to be said that Red Bull's car is still strong, and Perez's tire protection ability is also terrifying.

Of course, Perez's current ranking is only relatively good. Although he is sixth, there is a full 20 seconds gap between Norris in front of him and Hamilton in front.

If there was no safety car, Perez would only be able to get a fifth place after overtaking Norris.

Of course, Qin Miao was also unfavorable at this time, because Qin Miao's speed was still about the same as the two Ferrari drivers behind who were using hard tires, and sometimes Qin Miao was even a little faster than the two of them.

It’s hard to believe that Qin Miao is using a set of medium tires that have already run 33 laps.

On lap 37, Qin Miao's tires were no longer able to hold up, and his lap speed began to be about 0.2 seconds slower than the Ferrari behind him.

But the advantages accumulated in the past are still there, so Qin Miao is not in a hurry to pit, but is planning to wait until Leclerc is behind him within two seconds after coming out of the pit before considering the issue of pitting, giving his soft tires Try to get a little more tire margin.

But just when Qin Miao gritted his teeth and persisted, something unexpected happened on the track.

After overtaking Verstappen, who had a problem with the car in front of him, on lap 37, Ocon, who quickly drove away Verstappen for more than a second, suddenly lost power on lap 39.

Then he was overtaken by Verstappen, Mick and Magnussen all the way behind him.

And Ocon did not rely on the inertia of the car to slide into the pit area, but stopped directly on the track.

What stands out about the location of Aokang's parking lot is that it has no village in front of it and no store behind it.

It is far away from the Matthew entrance, basically a location where the safety car will definitely come out.

This is absolutely good news for Perez, who is currently in fifth place and has a time gap of 24 seconds with Hamilton ahead of him, but it is not necessarily good news for Hamilton.

But for Qin Miao, this news may not be bad.

He has not yet pitted in this race, although the safety car now appearing will wipe out the time advantage he had worked so hard to achieve before this race against the Ferrari behind him.

But at least it can be guaranteed that Qin Miao will not lose his leading position after pitting for tire changes.

Fortunately, when the race meeting gave a yellow flag, Qin Miao happened to be on the straight between T15 and T16. After two corners, he was the entrance to the pit area, so he would not miss anything.

At this time, there are still 13 laps to go before the end of the race. It is probably a bit difficult for O'Connell's car to clear the track. It should take two laps plus the lap when the safety car withdraws.

When the safety car ended, there were still 10 laps left to the end of the race.

In the team's test, Qin Miao ran normally without tire protection or tire burnout, and under light fuel conditions at the end of the race, Qin Miao's soft tires were durable enough to run 14 laps at Silverstone.

This is completely enough for Qin Miao.

Even though they didn't know so many details, the Five Star Sports commentators became excited after seeing what was happening on the track in the studio.

"Safety car! Qin Miao! You can stop and change tires now!" Brother Bing became more and more excited as he talked, and he almost stood up from his seat. After Brother Bing finished speaking, Qin Miao naturally chose to pit on the track.

"Based on my superficial understanding of Qin Miao, I should be changing to red tires during this pit stop." Fei Ge said with a smile.

"The red tires must be replaced with red tires. The only question now is that the team just gave Hamilton a 4-second tire change. Will there be any accidents this time?" Zhou Haoran said.

After Qin Miao accurately stopped at the tire changing position, the team did not give Qin Miao or the Mercedes fans who were paying close attention to Qin Miao any trouble.

Brand new soft tires, tire changing time is 2.4 seconds.

After changing, Qin Miao kicked the accelerator and rushed out.

A puff of white smoke rose from the rear wheel.

After coming out, Qin Miao happened to be following the safety car.

However, what Qin Miao didn't expect was that Ferrari only called Sainz back to change tires during the pit stop window this time, and did not let Leclerc pit.

When Qin Miao heard Frankie and himself reporting on Ferrari's situation in the team TR, his head was filled with question marks.

What on earth are the Ferrari guys thinking? Why not let Leclerc in?

This is not about discussing whether Sainz's position will be lost if two cars pit.

If Leclerc is not allowed to pit at this time, the latter part of the race will basically be Leclerc's old hard tires facing a bunch of drivers using new soft tires around him.

The key is this is the safety car. After starting, the time gap between Leclerc and Sainz behind will not exceed 1 second.

And no matter how hard you run on hard tires, you can't possibly outrun new soft tires.

It is foreseeable that Leclerc who is waiting will definitely be overtaken by the people behind him.

A normal team has a clear judgment on the current situation. Even if Sainz, who is behind Leclerc, may drop a position to behind Hamilton due to the two-car pit stop, this is the driver's business.

The team must consider from the team's perspective how to get both drivers to score as many points as possible.

But if Leclerc doesn't pit, he might not even get fourth place. After all, Qin Miao, Hamilton, Perez, and Sainz are all using soft tires at this time.

At worst, Sainz can finish fourth, but with Leclerc's speed, he can attack Qin Miao in front after putting on new tires.

Although the speed of the Mercedes car in this game was good, the overall speed of the Mercedes car was definitely not as fast as that of Ferrari. The reason why Qin Miao was able to appear in the first place was mainly due to Qin Miao's tire management.

In short, after learning about Ferrari's pit stop strategy, Qin Miao's mind was full of doubts.

But it doesn't matter, Ferrari will always make some shocking operations. This is not surprising news.

It’s just corporate culture.

In the end, the safety car was brought to the 42nd lap, which means that from the 43rd lap, the safety car will be withdrawn and the race will be restarted.

By then there were only 10 laps left before the end of the race.

Qin Miao's tire margin was enough for him to accelerate the entire distance.

“Okay, the race is about to resume, and this is the first time I have admired Qin Miao’s talent in tire management.

At the same time, I think we can also congratulate Qin Miao in advance for winning his second race championship this season at the home stadium of Mercedes-Benz Racing Team! "Zhou Haoran directly acquiesced that Qin Miao won the championship in this game.

But after hearing Zhou Haoran's words, Brother Bing and Brother Fei stopped him: "Hey, hey, Haoran, don't talk nonsense. The game is not over yet. Everything is possible. Now Qin Miao is just It’s just more likely to win.”

Although the three commentators of Five Star Sports are not willing to admit it, they do not believe that there is such a thing as metaphysics.

But there is a Chinese saying that goes well: caring leads to chaos.

They expect Qin Miao to perform well on the field, and even to say it without any shame, they hope that Qin Miao can lead the Mercedes-Benz team towards revival.

However, at this critical moment, they also showed the characteristics of the Chinese people. No matter whether your gods and monsters are useful or not, you can worship them first.

What if it works?
After the game restarted, Qin Miao basically didn't feel any pressure.

But the four drivers behind him were not very honest.

After the race restarted, Hamilton had no intention of trying to chase Sainz in front of him, and focused all his attention on Perez behind him.

Sainz also took action against his teammate Leclerc who was using old hard tires in front of him.

When the race came to the 44th lap, Qin Miao set the fastest lap in the race.

The driver at the rear changed from Leclerc to Sainz.

Perez also successfully seized on Hamilton's mistakes and surpassed the opponent.

At the rear, the time gap between Perez and Leclerc in third came to 1.4 seconds.

The reason why they were separated for so long after one lap was mainly because Hamilton and Perez had a struggle, and the overall speed of the two was a bit lost.

Sainz overtook Leclerc and lost 1.5 seconds to Leclerc in half a lap. He was not very fast at the beginning, but steadily shortened the time gap between himself and Qin Miao.

In the subsequent games, Qin Miao mainly defended Sainz behind him.

Although guarding Sainz was not an easy task, Qin Miao still did not let Sainz get slapped next to his car.

Leclerc behind him soon fell into the melee between Hamilton and Perez due to tire problems.

It was when Perez and Leclerc were attacking and defending that it contributed to the famous scene of Hamilton's snipe and clam fighting for the fisherman's profit.

After surpassing the two, Hamilton finally retained his podium.

And Perez failed to find another opportunity to overtake after Hamilton became more vigilant.

Leclerc behind was gradually pulled away by Hamilton and Perez due to tire problems.

In the end, Qin Miao won the race championship for the second time this season, waiting for a safety car with an extra-long stop. After this game, Qin Miao also ranked first in the driver standings.

The second was Sainz who tried to attack Qin Miao for eight laps.

The third is Hamilton, who stabilized his position after picking up a bargain.

The final driver rankings and scores for this race are as follows:

P1: Qin Miao +26 (fastest lap)
P2: Sainz +18
P3: Hamilton +14
P4: Perez +12
P5: Leclerc +10
P6: Norris +8
P7: Zhou Guanyu +6
P8: Verstappen +4
P9: Mick +2
P10: Vettel +1
After Leclerc was stabbed from behind by the team, he couldn't even keep his most familiar fourth place.

The word "miserable" is not enough to describe his misfortune. (End of chapter)