How did I become an F1 driver?

If this data is still not intuitive enough, Zhou Guanyu has never let a driver in the same competitive position as him surpass him on the track this season.

But no one is perfect, and even someone as strong as Qin Miao has the disadvantage of being weak.

Zhou Guanyu also has shortcomings, but the audience cannot see Zhou Guanyu's shortcomings.

His biggest problem is his slow start.

Usually in the practice session, it takes a while for Zhou Guanyu to become familiar with the characteristics of the car on a track, and it also takes a period of practice to increase the speed of the car to the team's expected speed.

Therefore, it is easy to guess the reason for Zhou Guanyu's poor performance in today's qualifying match.

A practice session cannot fully familiarize Zhou Guanyu with the track and the characteristics of the car on this track.

Because of this, he was unable to show all his speed during the qualifying stage.

The drivers eliminated in the final Q1 stage were: Zhou Guanyu, Norris, Ricciardo, Stroll, and Vettel.

For Zhou Guanyu, who was eliminated in Q1, Qin Miao had no good solution. After all, this thing cannot be learned by learning, it is a bit like a characteristic.

After a short rest, the time came to Q2.

In Q2, Qin Miao only used a set of new soft tires to get the results he wanted.

And this result can stably enter Q3.

Originally, after Qin Miao returned to the P room of the team, she was not planning to run out again.

Because it was not necessary, and Qin Miao was familiar with the track, so he did not need to use a flying lap to get a deeper understanding of the track.

But just when Qin Miao was about to get out of the car and stretch his limbs, Franky suddenly asked in the team TR: "There is still time anyway, Qin Miao, do you want to try changing to hard tires with heavy fuel for testing?" Can you tell me about the long-distance wear of hard tires?”

Qin Miao was stunned for a moment, then asked uncertainly: "Why is this allowed in the FIA ​​regulations?"

"They didn't prohibit it. The FIA ​​competition rules are like laws. As long as there is no prohibition, you can do it." French replied.

"Ok."

Then a strange scene occurred on the track. While all the drivers were running qualifying, Qin Miao put on hard tires on a Mercedes car and ran a long-distance test on the track openly.

The director was also causing trouble. When the other drivers finished their first flying lap and returned to the team's P room to make adjustments and correct mistakes, Qin Miao was the only car running on the field.

They fixed the camera on Qin Miao's car and recorded his hard tire lap time in the same way as qualifying results.

The most surprising thing is that when Qin Miao ran like this, his lap time was actually pretty good.

Basically every circle has three sections of green.

Even Qin Miao's score was almost the same as Q2's closing score.

But Qin Miao was using hard tires after all, so Qin Miao did not set a new fastest lap time in the last period of time.

In the end, the drivers eliminated in Q2 were: Gasly, Russell, Albon, Bottas, and Tsunoda.

Soon the time came to Q3.

In order to avoid traffic problems, Mercedes waited for other drivers on the track to complete a flying lap before returning to the track to start their own flying lap.

However, just after finishing the warm-up lap and starting the flying lap, Hamilton made a mistake and ran off the track in T7, triggering a red flag and qualifying was suspended.

Hamilton's collision was extremely serious. The front nose wing was directly broken, the suspension of the two tires on the right side of the car was also damaged, and even the rearview mirror on the right front was missing.

Of course, this is not the most dramatic and tense picture of this crash. The really dramatic picture is actually after Hamilton crashed and stopped beside the track barrier.

There was a burst of enthusiastic cheers among all the Red Bull fans wearing orange clothes or orange hats.

The entire scene is filled with the audience's "enthusiasm" for Hamilton, the seven-time champion.

Of course, Hamilton was not the only unlucky person born in this accident. When running this flying lap, Qin Miao came out behind Hamilton.

Therefore, after Hamilton made a mistake and hit the wall, Qin Miao's lap result was also invalidated.

Because a yellow flag appeared in the third period when Hamilton went up the wall, Qin Miao had to slow down.

Because of this, neither Hamilton nor Qin Miao achieved the results they wanted in this flying circle.

In fact, Hamilton's ability to control the car is also very strong, but this game does not give him enough practice time. At the same time, Hamilton also hopes to get a good result in this game and is eager for success. Next, finally got the current result.

After this accident, Hamilton's race was over.

After all, let alone pulling Hamilton's car back in the remaining five minutes, even if the car teleports back, it still can't be repaired.

As for Qin Miao, although he did not run an effective flying lap in the qualifying stage, Qin Miao was not hindered by the accident in the last flying lap. He still ran very aggressively and took out a The team was very satisfied with 1:05.067.

This result brings Qin Miao's starting position to fourth tomorrow.

Meanwhile, the final standings from qualifying are as follows:
1: Verstappen

2: Leclerc

3: Sainz
4: Qin Miao

5: Perez
6: O'Connell

7: Magnussen

8: Mick

9: Alonso
10: Hamilton

The reason why Hamilton was tenth was not difficult to guess. In Q3, he did not obtain a valid lap result.

Apart from this, the most surprising thing is actually the two Haas drivers, Magruson and Mick ranked seventh and eighth respectively.

Normally, with the speed of the Haas car, no matter how suitable a track is for their car, it is impossible for the two of them to reach this position during the qualifying stage.

It was obvious that the two Haas drivers benefited a lot from the sprint rules of today's race.

It’s not difficult to guess why they can appear here. Not only Zhou Guanyu during the practice session, many drivers are unable to fully familiarize themselves with the characteristics of their cars on the Red Bull Ring in just one practice session, and the two Haas drivers The drivers know their cars very well. Because of Mick Schumacher, more of Haas's budget is spent on repairing the car rather than upgrading the car.

So the consistency and predictability of the racing has been solid.

Therefore, after getting a little familiar with the track, they can use the current car to achieve good results on the track.

Of course, the surprise didn't stop there.

The Red Bull Ring can be said to be the track most likely to trigger track boundary rules among all Grand Prix tracks.

Because T9 and T10 of this track are both high-speed downhill right turns.

T9 is a high-speed downhill right turn. A car with slightly stronger downforce does not even need to brake. It can easily enter the corner by releasing the accelerator and relying on inertia.

When T10 exits a corner, the outer shoulder is very flat, so the drivers will try to make their exit line wider when exiting the corner, and the road shoulder will be eaten up more. Therefore, it is inevitable that the track limit will be exceeded during qualifying.

And there is such an unlucky guy in this game.

Perez's two flying laps in Q3 both crossed the white line in the T10 fourth wheel, and the results were immediately cancelled.

Even in the last flying lap of Q2, Perez went out of the white line in four wheels.

Therefore, Perez's Q3 result was cancelled, and Q2 only achieved the guaranteed lap result in qualifying. In the end, Perez could only start in the th place in the sprint stage.

Meanwhile, the riders who started behind Perez collectively moved up one place.

So the correct starting order for tomorrow’s sprint race is as follows:
1: Verstappen

2: Leclerc

3: Sainz
4: Qin Miao

5: O'Connell

6: Magnussen

7: Mick

8: Alonso
9: Hamilton

10: Gasly
After the game, Qin Miao didn't have so much trouble because he was not among the top three in qualifying. He participated in the post-game interview and returned directly to the team home.

The post-match meeting was very normal. It was basically a set of post-match meeting work procedures that Mercedes-Benz had summarized over the years. After the meeting, both Qin Miao and Hamilton could get off work.

However, when Hamilton and Toto were preparing to leave together, Toto found the two of them, and then the three of them came to Qin Miao's lounge together, and Toto closed the door.

I solemnly instruct the two of them that due to the budget cap, I hope the two drivers will do their best to protect their cars in tomorrow's sprint race. Even Toto doesn't expect them to get a good result in this sprint qualifying race. Location, how many points can you get back.

He just hoped that the two drivers could bring the car back safely. Apart from the paint, the car had better not have any damage.

There is nothing much to say about the main race, after all, there are many points.

But compared with the main race, there is no need to fight so hard in the sprint stage, because even if you get first place, you will only get 8 points.

Moreover, the FIA ​​has also discussed with the teams. The teams want the FIA ​​to open a loophole in the budget cap rules to exempt car damage caused in the sprint stage.

The general meaning is that car accidents and car damage caused by cars in the sprint stage are not included in the budget cap, but are recalculated additionally.

But no agreement was reached.

After all, the big teams are too rich, and they don't mind fighting fiercely in sprint races, and then using the damage to the car to give the car some "free" small upgrades that are not included in the budget cap.

The FIA ​​considers that if such a gap is opened, people like Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari and Red Bull are likely to take advantage of the gap. Coupled with the opposition of other small teams with not many resources, the matter will naturally be settled in the end. .

Because of this incident, Toto only found the two Mercedes drivers to have this communication after the meeting.

In this regard, both Hamilton and Qin Miao expressed their respect for Toto's wishes.

After all, each ranking in the sprint stage is only one point, so there is really no need to fight hard.

After that, Qin Miao's work for the day was over.

On the way back to the hotel, Qin Miao saw Leclerc again.

At this time, Leclerc's whole spirit has returned.

Although Leclerc fell to second place during qualifying, the time difference between Leclerc and pole-sitter Verstappen was only 0.029 seconds. It can be said that the speed of the two is about the same.

Therefore, with the foundation of today's game, Leclerc is somewhat relieved.

However, one thing is that Ferrari has never been able to survive two consecutive races. In other words, Leclerc still has a chance to stand on the top podium in this race.

After a day of rest, it’s Saturday.

On Saturday, Qin Miao completed most of the testing work directly in the second practice. Other testing work that did not have a great impact on the tuning of the car was left for the sprint race later, and was collected by the way.

Time soon came to the sprint race. The preparation process for the sprint race was similar to the process before the normal race.

Once everything is ready, the tire warm-up lap is about to begin.

But at this moment, a yellow flag appeared on the track.

Alonso's car stopped directly on the track.

Just when everyone thought Alonso's car was broken, the camera cut away, and the fans were speechless.

Alonso's car did stop on the track at this time, there was no one around, and there was no smoke or anything from the car, but Alonso's tire heating blankets were not removed from all four tires!

By this time, the other drivers had already driven out.

Therefore, Alonso, who had a tire warmer wrapped around his tires, was naturally unable to start the car.

However, Verstappen was already moving ahead, and the sprint race could not be suspended for this reason.

So other drivers could only continue to start, and Alpine had to wait until all other drivers had left before they could return to the track to deal with Alonso's car.

Of course the surprise is not limited to this one, at the same time there is another side.

After all the drivers slowly completed the warm-up lap and returned to their positions, Zhou Guanyu's car suddenly slowed down until it finally stopped at the apex of T10.

His car stalled.

After seeing this scene, domestic car fans immediately started to vomit praises at the Arrow Racing Team.

Since Arrow Racing's social media account was opened in China, except for the few grands prix that Zhou Guanyu successfully completed, almost every Grand Prix, Arrow Racing's message comment area is full of weirdness or swearing.

Originally, because of Qin Miao's existence, the number of domestic car fans surged. Most of them were new fans who had little experience in watching races and were accustomed to Qin Miao's fine chaff.

They are naturally used to the terrifying stability of the Mercedes team on the field.

After Zhou Guanyu joined the Arrow Racing Team this season, the Arrow Racing Team kept playing tricks on the spectators over and over again. Naturally, the fans couldn't stand it and started to express their anger.

Fortunately, after Zhou Guanyu stopped on the track for more than 20 seconds, he restarted the car under the guidance of the team engineer.

Although the starting of an F1 car under normal conditions is like starting a tractor, take out a special starting rod and poke it into the interior of the car from the taillight position of the car, connect it to the engine, and start the engine by external force.

But the team will definitely take into account Zhou Guanyu's situation where the engine suddenly stalled on the track, as well as the situation where all the cars were parked on the track to prepare before the start of the race, and then the car suddenly stalled.

Therefore, F1 cars also have the ability to use the power of the ERS inside the car to start and the external power supply to start.

However, Arrow's reorganization also successfully changed Zhou Guanyu's starting position in the sprint race from 15th to starting in the pit lane.

However, Qin Miao also felt that A Luo's broken car really deserved to be scolded. (End of chapter)