How did I become an F1 driver?

There is nothing Verstappen can do.

I originally thought that this attack was just a competition for position between myself and Qin Miao, a fair 1V1.

But I didn't expect that Mercedes and the others couldn't afford it, so they actually played two-on-one on the track.

shameless!

Of course, even though Verstappen was cursing and very angry in his heart, but with Qin Miao's knife on his throat, Verstappen did not dare to take too many risks and try to force his way between Qin Miao and Hamilton. Squeeze out.

After all, Verstappen has experienced Qin Miao's defensive hardness. If he dares to squeeze, he really dares to challenge himself.

At the same time, Verstappen did not dare to press onto the turf from the outside of Hamilton to overtake Hamilton.

After going outside and hitting the grass, Verstappen couldn't guarantee that he could 100% control the car stably.

If one is not good, he may retire from the competition on the spot.

After all, the Dutch Grand Prix is ​​Verstappen's home court. If he retires here, Verstappen himself will feel a little sorry for the Dutch audience at the scene.

However, the domestic commentators were really happy, and each one of them did not hesitate to praise Qin Miao.

His car did not completely overtake Verstappen in front of the braking point. Instead, he aimed his left rear wheel at Verstappen's right front wheel, keeping Verstappen on his outside line and leaving Verstappen behind. Stapan had no good lines to cross over.

But Qin Miao didn't have the nerve to ask Hamilton to do this, and he wouldn't ask Hamilton to help him like this.

After all, Verstappen's previous thought was to forcefully overtake Qin Miao from the outside, and all the preparations he made were to serve this tactic.

He was only threatened by Qin Miao and was not really pushed off the track by Qin Miao, so the speed loss was not too big.

Qin Miao directly braked late at the braking point of T2, directly missing the braking point.

Verstappen's inside tap before the braking point put some pressure on Qin Miao, but Qin Miao didn't feel nervous at all now.

However, as Qin Miao is currently recognized as the driver with the strongest defensive ability in the entire F1 paddock, he can naturally see clearly what Verstappen's plan is when he is still staying beside him at this time.

When entering T2, Qin Miao's entry and exit lines were very long because he had missed the apex of the corner.

Although he had just defended against Verstappen's threatening attack, Qin Miao's entry and exit routes were not the best when defending Verstappen. Therefore, even though Qin Miao's route at this time was Miao blocked Verstappen's attack, but the time gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton was still widened to 1.2 seconds.
Hamilton was thrown out of the DRS area.

In Qin Miao's estimation, if he wants to finish in front of Verstappen in today's race, he will need to withstand Verstappen's attacks at least 2-3 more times.

At this time, Verstappen was only 0.8 seconds behind Qin Miao.

The result was that Qin Miao's entire car jumped in front of Verstappen when he entered the corner.

But that's it. Verstappen, who was on Qin Miao's outside line, could either slow down to avoid Qin Miao and go to the intersection, or continue to stay on Qin Miao's outside line.

Coupled with the speed of the Red Bull car on the straight, Qin Miao felt that it would not take long for Verstappen to catch up again.

At this time, Verstappen really wanted to hit Qin Miao with the left front and the right rear, and directly push the sixth man away.

On lap 65, T11 after three laps, this is the end position of the DRS zone in the second section of the Zandvoort circuit.

The best he can do is to find an opportunity to directly overtake Hamilton, and then use Hamilton behind him to defend Verstappen. He will always provide wake to the opponent in front of Hamilton, increasing the price Verstappen needs to pay when overtaking Hamilton. time.

The reason is naturally because Verstappen failed to surpass Qin Miao in one fell swoop.

Although Qin Miao heard it, he did not respond.

After Verstappen's attack ended, there was naturally a sigh of disappointment among the Dutch spectators at the scene.

"Qin Miao defended well, there are still 10 laps to go before the end of the race." Franky praised Qin Miao and also told Qin Miao how long it would take before the race ends.

As the world champion, Qin Miao still has some pride.

He focused more on Hamilton in front of him.

After exiting the corner, Qin Miao used up the entire width of the track and prepared to take the road shoulder.

But no matter what Verstappen chooses, Qin Miao has completely disrupted Verstappen's exiting rhythm at this time.

So Qin Miao still kept his position.

Even Qin Miao was really looking forward to Verstappen forcing his way in when his inside line was braking late, so that Qin Miao, who was already prepared, could directly take a crossover line and enter T12 in front of Verstappen. , directly squeezing Verstappen off the track.

It's just that after Verstappen came to the outside line, he encountered a very classic battle for line rights.

Although Qin Miao seemed to be very reckless by braking late this time, Qin Miao was not reckless when he was defending.

If he slightly suppresses Qin Miao's exit route on the outside, he is very likely to use the wider exit route on the outside of this corner to obtain a faster exit speed and surpass Qin Miao.

So Qin Miao still did not relax his vigilance.

As for overtaking Hamilton, let the old man help him defend Verstappen for a period of time, while he takes advantage of this time to widen the time gap with Verstappen...

At this time, the time gap between Verstappen and Qin Miao was only 0.5 seconds.

However, Verstappen's inner desire to surpass Qin Miao did not give up, because the next T2 was a 180-degree right turn.

But this is just Qin Miao's current idea. Now Verstappen is putting a lot of pressure on Qin Miao, and the opponent is also using soft tires. Although the opponent's tires are not as new as his own, this week's Red Bull Racing The speed has always been faster than that of Mercedes-Benz.

Seeing this, Verstappen could only bite the bullet and continue his original tactics, taking the outside line to prepare to surpass Qin Miao.

But Qin Miao controlled the position of his car very well, so that the left rear wheel happened to be aligned with Verstappen's right front wheel.

Although Verstappen is likely to be thrown out of the DRS area by Qin Miao, the F1 car can catch the wake of the car in front in less than 1 second.

This is indeed a method, and even a very good plan, which can increase Qin Miao's possibility of winning the championship from 50% to 80%.

Even if Verstappen wanted to hit Qin Miao at this time, he couldn't. At most, the wheel arches of the two racing tires would hit each other.

However, after fighting with Qin Miao on the track for so long, and having suffered huge losses at the hands of Qin Miao countless times because of his impatience, Verstappen learned the lesson this time and just gave Qin Miaoliang a blow. He checked his car and put some pressure on Qin Miao, but made no further moves.

Qin Miao didn't feel sorry for this. This was just an extra plan in Qin Miao's mind.

Soon, as the race progressed, Hamilton, Qin Miao, and Verstappen passed the DRS monitoring point after exiting the T12 corner.

At this time, Qin Miao was 0.6 seconds away from his teammate Hamilton, and Verstappen was 0.6 seconds away from Qin Miao.

The three of them kept almost the same distance, came to T13 one after another, entered the DRS area, and turned on DRS.

The Dutch fans at the scene became excited again, because the time gap between Verstappen and Qin Miao was shorter than the last time Verstappen attacked Qin Miao. This time, Hamilton had the possibility of overtaking Qin Miao. bigger.

"Go and defend inside." Qin Miao said directly in the team's TR.

Qin Miao's words were naturally addressed to Hamilton.

Hamilton knew that if he and Qin Miao were not teammates, with the new set of soft tires on Qin Miao's car, it would not be easy for Qin Miao to surpass him in the DRS area.

Since it can't be defended anymore, it might as well not affect Qin Miao's acceleration.

Therefore, Hamilton did not think too much and later gave up his position. Of course, this was also related to what Qin Miao took the initiative to say in the team's TR.

Although the direct contact between Qin Miao and Hamilton has ended at this time, it is still relatively easy for French to convey Qin Miao's meaning.

What's more, Qin Miao said this before entering the DRS area.

But what surprised Hamilton was that Qin Miao did pass him on the outside of the straightaway, but he did not completely surpass himself, but was alongside him on the outside.

His left front wheel hit Qin Miao's right rear wheel.

The position where the two Mercedes stayed on the track gave Verstappen some space to overtake on the outside.

After seeing this, Hamilton's face was full of confusion, but Verstappen's brows jumped after seeing this, and he suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Based on Verstappen's understanding of Qin Miao, Qin Miao is a traditional old bastard.

In addition to forcefully preventing you from surpassing him, his favorite thing is to set a trap and then wait for you to get into it.

Like a cunning and experienced hunter.

At this time, Verstappen had a strong premonition that the gap in front of him was a trap designed by Qin Miao.

Although there is a voice in Verstappen's heart that tells Verstappen tirelessly: This opportunity to attack must be given up! Keep the time gap between yourself and the Mercedes car at this time and wait for the next opportunity to attack. But Verstappen felt that he was going very fast at this time, and the width Qin Miao left for him was enough for him to pass.

He wanted to try it, and Verstappen did it.

But then, Verstappen found that his acceleration seemed a bit insufficient.

wrong! It’s not that my acceleration is not enough, it’s that the length of the track is not enough!
Verstappen suddenly realized this when he found the T1 braking point not far in front of him, and he had reached a position that was about to be alongside Qin Miao.

For normal overtaking of a car, Zandvoort's starting straight is definitely long enough, but today Verstappen not only needs to overtake Hamilton, who has been overtaken by Qin Miao by more than half, but also needs to overtake Qin Miao's car.

It is equivalent to him overtaking a lengthened F1 car in one go.

Then Verstappen could barely reach a position alongside Qin Miao just before the braking point of T1.

After seeing Verstappen take the bait, Qin Miao's face showed a warm smile that he hadn't seen in a long time.

This time Qin Miao didn't leave much space for Verstappen on the outside when braking out of the corner, and just slowly compressed the outside position.

Hamilton was completely overtaken by Qin Miao after Qin Miao braked late, but he took the best exit route on the inside.

Therefore, Verstappen's corner entry and exit rhythm on the track was once again interrupted by Qin Miao, but Verstappen did not give up and still wanted to surpass Qin Miao before Qin Miao completely closed the door. After all, Verstappen's The speed was indeed quite fast, but in the end it turned out that Verstappen thought too much and he was directly pushed off the track.

After returning to the normal rhythm after exiting the corner, I was still in third position.

The Dutch audience at the scene let out a frustrated sigh at the same place.

Qin Miao not only completed the overtake of Hamilton, but also defended Verstappen's attack.

After surpassing Hamilton and taking the first place, Qin Miao did not rush to speed up to open up the time gap with Hamilton. He still cruised 0.8 seconds ahead of Hamilton at the same pace as before.

It's not difficult to guess what Qin Miao's purpose is. He wants to provide Hamilton with DRS in front of Hamilton so that Hamilton can defend Verstappen behind him.

To be honest, Qin Miao's behavior surprised Hamilton, the person involved. He originally thought that Qin Miao would definitely slap his butt and accelerate with all his strength to get rid of him after he surpassed him.

There is no basis for Hamilton's idea, but if his positions with Qin Miao were swapped, Hamilton felt that he would definitely do so.

After all, Qin Miao's racing tires are equipped with new soft tires. He wants to keep away from himself who uses medium tires.

But he never expected that Qin Miao would choose to stay.

After Verstappen lost his rhythm this time, there was naturally a lot of curses among the TR team.

"Qin Miao! He can't drive at all, and he squeezed me out again! He should be given a time penalty!"

However, in the view of the FIA, although Qin Miao's defeat of Verstappen at Verstappen's home court somewhat affected F1's local ratings in the Netherlands, Qin Miao's operation actually did not have any major problems, and they did not What can I say.

On the other side, while Verstappen was cursing at Qin Miao in the team's TR, the time gap between him and Hamilton was widened to 1.2 seconds.

Because this time he was really squeezed out of the track by Qin Miao, and the racing tires directly pressed onto the grass.

Although Verstappen used his terrifying track intuition to control his car and did not make any bigger mistakes, he still lost a lot of time.

On lap 69, because Qin Miao's DRS support was always available, Hamilton's speed was much faster in the later period. It was not until this time that Verstappen came within 0.5 seconds of the DRS zone behind Hamilton and could deal with it. Hamilton's attack position.

Verstappen's attack did not have Qin Miao's direct intervention and obstruction, and Hamilton's speed was indeed a bit insufficient. Even when Verstappen attacked Hamilton, Hamilton defended the inside of T1 and the front of the outside. Qin Miao slowed down and blocked him.

But Hamilton closed the door late, and Verstappen accelerated directly through the not-so-big gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton.

And he defended Hamilton's counterattack in T1 and stabilized his second place.

Now the Dutch spectators, who had been exclaiming during the race, could breathe a sigh of relief and cheer for Verstappen's wonderful overtaking.

Qin Miao was a little helpless when he saw that Verstappen had surpassed his teammate Hamilton. Why couldn't he defend for a while? Or just give me a second or two more time. How could he be beaten directly by Vestapan? Did Pan give him a second?

But in any case, it took a little time for Verstappen to deal with Hamilton's counterattack after passing Hamilton.

By the time Verstappen was ready to attack Qin Miao, the time gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen had reached 1.7 seconds.

There are still 3 laps to go before the end of the race.

After Verstappen completed his overtaking of Hamilton, Qin Miao began to unleash all the performance of the car without reservation.

Therefore, Qin Miao is confident that he will not give Verstappen a chance to attack him before the end of the game.

However, Qin Miao's worries actually seemed a bit unnecessary in the last three laps.

What Qin Miao didn't know was that the grip of Verstappen's old soft tires was completely gone.

After all, he is not Qin Miao, and he does not have such incredible tire management abilities.

Multiple offensive attempts had brought his tires to the edge of the cliff point.

Overtaking Hamilton was entirely due to ERS, DRS and the help of the wake provided by Hamilton. If Hamilton had defended Verstappen's attack and closed the door in time, then the runner-up in this game would definitely fall into Hamilton's hands. inside.

It's a pity that there is no if.

In the end, as the Dutch audience looked on with astonishment, disappointment and helplessness, Qin Miao and Verstappen crossed the line one after another with a gap of 2.4 seconds.

Amidst the cheers of Qin Miao's crew members lying on the wall, and Qin Miao's right hand raised high in celebration, Brother Bing's excited voice sounded: "Let us congratulate the Chinese driver Qin Miao! Champion! Another victory!" A championship is won! This is Qin Miao’s fifth championship this season.

After this game, Qin Miao further consolidated his position at the top of the driver's standings and took a step closer to the driver's championship in the 2022 season! "

Fei Ge said with some emotion: "It's not easy. It's not easy for Qin Miao to win this race."

Zhou Haoran also nodded in agreement and said: "It is indeed not easy, but Qin Miao has never let us down. I feel that the most eye-catching thing about today's game is the two times Qin Miao used Hamilton's car to get stuck late in the game. The two defenses against Verstappen were really textbook-level defensive operations.

I think after this race is over, there will definitely be many drivers who will take the video of this race and study it over and over again. "

Fei Ge nodded: "Indeed, this is Qin Miao, a recognized defensive master inside and outside the paddock. It's just a pity that the Mercedes team failed to bring back one or two in this game."

Brother Bing said with a smile: "Actually, Toto should be very satisfied to win the championship in such a game. On the one hand, this is Verstappen's home court, and on the other hand, the two Mercedes-Benz teams in today's game are very satisfied. The performance of each driver is a good proof that the upgrade effect brought by Mercedes-Benz in this Grand Prix is ​​very obvious.”

After the five-star sports commentators sighed, Qin Miao's familiar voice sounded again in Qin Miao's team TR: "P1! Qin Miao, we are P1! Well done! Beautiful defense, precise and elegant, like dancing .

To be honest Qin Miao, I will never get tired of watching your defense on the court. "

"Hahaha! Let's fucking go!" Qin Miao also rarely cursed among the team TR.

It was quite satisfying for Qin Miao to win this game.

Especially with the kind "greetings" given to him by the Dutch audience in the early stage, those dirty words made the game taste particularly sweet to Qin Miao.

When returning, Toto also praised Qin Miao among the team TR.

"Congratulations to you, Qin Miao, for a beautiful battle and an epic defensive performance. All of us are proud of you."

"Thank you Toto, but I feel that my victory in this game also belongs to Lewis. Without his help, I may not be able to hold on to this position. MAX's speed in this game is really too fast."

"Of course, in today's race, we all watched the performance of you two on the track. These three weeks have been hard for you. Now bring the car back safely. Next, it's time to enjoy your victory. Fruit."

……

The finishing rankings and scores of today’s race are as follows.

P1: Qin Miao +26 (fastest lap)
P2: Verstappen +18
P3: Hamilton +14
P4: Leclerc +12
P5: Sainz +10
P6: Perez +8
P7: Alonso +6
P8: Norris +4
P9: O'Connell +2
P10: Stroll +1
Qin Miao's performance in this game is nothing to elaborate on. He has consistently excellent starting speed and reaction, good long-distance rhythm, coupled with Qin Miao's unique ability to defend and protect tires at an incredible level.

Finally, with a little bit of luck, Qin Miao won this hard-won championship.

To be honest, Verstappen's race was a bit of a pity. Verstappen's speed during the race was indeed at championship level.

If Bottas' safety car hadn't given Qin Miao a chance to breathe, no matter how good Qin Miao's tire protection ability was, Verstappen would have won the race with a high probability.

However, it is obvious that Verstappen, who is racing at home, has slightly worse luck than Qin Miao.

But at least compared to last year's Dutch Grand Prix, Verstappen's ranking came from third to second.

It is worth mentioning that since Qin Miao joined F1, the Zandvoort circuit in the Netherlands seems to have become Qin Miao's blessed place. As long as he participates in the competition here, Qin Miao will win the championship. This is already Qin Miao's victory. This is the second race win at the Zandvoort circuit.

Of course, it may also be because it is only Qin Miao's second year in F1. For reference, there are too few seasons for inspection, so Qin Miao seems to be particularly suitable for this track. (End of chapter)