How did I become an F1 driver?

The reason for choosing the medium tire to start was mainly because Sainz was the only driver in the group behind who posed a threat to Qin Miao.

Except for Sainz, on a track like Monza where overtaking is relatively easy, Qin Miao's medium tires are enough to cope with the defensive actions of most drivers.

Although Mercedes' car is faster this season, it is compared with Ferrari and Red Bull. Compared with these Earth Group cars, Mercedes' car is still hopelessly fast.

The soft tires in the later stage were considered for the final sprint. At that time, Qin Miao's car probably had little fuel. After Qin Miao waited for the tire temperature of his car to rise, he could consider using this set of soft tires in the later stages of the race. Brush up on the fastest lap.

After all, so far, Qin Miao is still ahead of Verstappen in the driver standings. Qin Miao may still be able to defend his title. The team has also taken this into consideration, plus Qin Miao's starting position. After comprehensive consideration, Qin Miao formulated such a pit stop strategy.

Of course, although a series of plans such as the pit stop strategy for this race have been formulated before the game, Qin Miao still has a new set of soft tires, medium tires and hard tires in the garage for emergencies.

Soon, time came to the final preparation time before the start of the main game.

When Qin Miao came to the track, he saw an acquaintance next to Sainz's car.

Kimi Raikkonen.

And Kimi didn't come alone, he brought his son Robin.

At this time, Qin Miao's child-king attributes also exploded. Robin, who had been following Kimi obediently and watching his old father chatting with friends in the paddock, was a little ready to make a move when he saw Qin Miao coming to the track. He took Kimi's hand and pointed in the direction of Qin Miao and looked at his old father.

Obviously, Robin, like Kimi, is somewhat inarticulate, but the little guy's expression and movements have vividly expressed his thoughts and impulses to Kimi at this time: "Can I go over and talk to Qin Miao to get an autograph? "

In fact, Kimi and Qin Miao are not that close. They don't have many opportunities to talk. The more interactions they have are at various pre- and post-race press conferences or driver meetings.

However, Kimi is somewhat obedient in his treatment of his son, and Robin originally liked motorcycles more than racing cars, but since Qin Miao gradually emerged in the F1 arena, he has fallen in love with his son. Robin also began to enjoy racing more and more.

Yes, Robin is also a fan of Qin Miao.

In any case, just letting Robin change his concept of four-wheel racing was enough for Kimi to take Robin to personally thank Qin Miao.

So Kimi nodded to Sainz as a greeting and then turned around and walked towards the back row of the grid.

Qin Miao actually just saw Kimi on the track and had no intention of going over to say hello to them.

After all, the period of preparation before the race is the last opportunity for the drivers to relax before the race. Naturally, they need to make good use of it and not be distracted by other things.

However, when he saw Kimi coming with Robin, Qin Miao still said hello to Kimi and then squatted down with a smile and chatted with Robin for a while.

Robin and Robin took a photo next to Qin Miao's racing car. It is said that after returning home, Robin developed the photo of himself and Qin Miao and put it in his room.

Kimi's own photos with Robin didn't receive this treatment. Even Kimi, who rarely expresses her emotions, shook her head helplessly when she saw it.

During this period, Robin also made a proposal to Qin Miao that made Qin Miao and Kimi dumbfounded.

"Qin Miao, can you be my godfather?"

Of course, the relationship between Qin Miao and Kimi is not that good yet, and the two families don't even understand each other well.

Qin Miao wouldn't, and Kimi couldn't let Qin Miao become the godfather of her child.

In short, after going through this process that made both of them feel sweaty, Kimi also showed a rare embarrassed expression to Qin Miao, and then took her naughty child away.

Although given the current age of little Robin and the talent he has shown in racing at this age, Kimi cannot possibly beat him up when he goes back.

But some preaching is certainly inevitable.

Looking at the two father and son leaving with some amusement, Qin Miao suddenly thought that he had not cared much about Qiu Meng recently.

Because of the three leagues, Qin Miao did nothing else when he returned home except playing computer for a while.

I don’t know whether my and Qiu Meng’s efforts during that time had any effect.

However, as Reyes greeted Qin Miao, Qin Miao also regained his composure and focused on pre-game preparations again.

At this time, Reyes has completed all preparations for the car, and Qin Miao has also seen the test report of his car. Everything is normal.

After signing, Qin Miao put on his equipment and got into his racing car.

"Radio check." After confirming that Qin Miao had entered the car, Franky said in the team's TR: "Can you hear me, Qin Miao?"

"Radio check, I heard clearly, everything is normal." Qin Miao responded.

“Received, the air temperature on the track today is the same as yesterday’s qualifying session, so there is no need to worry about crosswind disturbance.

I've already moved the bench and am ready to watch you unleash your offensive talents on the track. "There was a bit of ridicule in Franky's words.

But he really wanted to see how many cars Qin Miao could overtake in this race.

After all, with a brand new engine and gearbox, as well as a track that makes it easier to overtake, plus Qin Miao starting from the back of the team, everything is doomed. Qin Miao will definitely kill everyone on the track in today's game.

At least there is no problem in cutting all the way from Nantianmen to Penglai East Road. Qin Miao probably won't even blink.

Qin Miao also became interested: "Then remember to record the video. Good opportunities like this don't come across often."

"Copy that, we're all ready." This sentence was not said by Franky, but by Toto.

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After the rough and tumble before the game ended, Qin Miao collected her emotions and it was time for the game to start.

Reyes and the others installed the medium tires wrapped in thermal blankets on Qin Miao's car.

And remove the tire heating blanket and cover it on the tire surface to ensure that the tire temperature does not drop too quickly during the final waiting period.

Soon, following the prompt from the race stewards, the race was about to begin.

All team staff evacuated to both sides of the track.

After everyone has left, the tire warm-up lap begins.

Because in today's race, Qin Miao started from the back row, so Qin Miao deliberately stayed far away from Hamilton and Sainz in the front car.

Although it was somewhat unethical to do so, Qin Miao still pulled farther away in order to avoid fighting with his set of medium tires in the initial stage.

Therefore, after Hamilton stopped at his position for more than three seconds, Qin Miao slowly parked his car in the 19th starting position.

Although it is somewhat unethical to do so, at least in the initial stage, the tires of Qin Miao's car will be 2 to 3 degrees higher than those of his teammates and Sainz.

The effect may not be obvious, but it still has a certain effect.

Soon, as Tsunoda, who was behind Qin Miao, parked the car at his own position, Aston Martin's medical pursuit vehicle was in place, and the race was about to begin.

"Five red lights on...Five red lights off!"

"The race has begun! Let's take a look at Qin Miao's starting rhythm in the back row. It's very fast! We noticed that Qin Miao started very fast. He overtook his teammate Hamilton directly in the middle of the track and inserted the plug. Enns' inside line!
Sainz obviously didn't get off to a good start. Not only was he passed by Qin Miao, but Hamilton next to him also got Sainz's inside line!
Can Qin Miao hold on to her current position?
Good thing comes to T1, Qin Miao holds on! Well done! "Now the three commentators of Five Star Sports no longer continue to focus on the drivers who may win the game at the beginning of every grand prix, or the drivers who start in the front row.

They will focus more on Qin Miao. After all, when Qin Miao starts, he will always surprise the commentators and the audience just like the start of today's game.

Even if Qin Miao does not overtake the driver in front, he can still pose a great threat to the driver in front, and the perception will naturally be much better.

Qin Miao's starting rhythm in today's game is naturally very good. The starting speed is obviously faster than his teammate Hamilton, and naturally faster than Sainz, who does not start at a very good pace.

Before arriving at T1, Qin Miao surpassed Hamilton and squeezed into Sainz's inside lane.

If Hamilton hadn't been affected by Qin Miao's rhythm when he started, it would have been Hamilton who squeezed into the inside at this time.

However, Hamilton did not lose more positions as a result, because Sainz's start was not very good, so before the braking point of T1, Hamilton entered the corner side by side with Sainz.

In addition, Hamilton was on the inside, so Hamilton easily kept his position.

The continuous combined bend design of Monza T1 and T2 allows the car formation to be smoothed out immediately after the start.

In the initial stage, there were no major accidents on the track.

Qin Miao arrived at No. 17 at this time.

But just when Qin Miao was preparing for an extreme sprint.

Sainz, who didn't start very fast, took the 18th ranking from Hamilton on the second lap. It is true that your Mercedes had a new engine and gearbox for this race, but the reason why my Ferrari appeared here is also because I had a new engine and gearbox.

In addition, Ferrari obviously has more sufficient data reserves for the Monza circuit, and the Ferrari engine itself is very powerful this season.

Although the Ferrari car is slightly less stable in terms of stability, it has a new engine and gearbox, so there can't be any problems, right?

So the race had just begun, and Sainz, who made a mistake at the start, showed strong pursuit speed.

Hamilton behind Qin Miao didn't even help Qin Miao to stop Sainz behind him for long before he was easily overtaken.

This is completely a crushing performance in terms of acceleration, and there’s not much to say.

At this time, the person who appeared in front of Qin Miao was not Mick who was originally in front of Sainz, but Perez.

Perez's start was actually not bad, it could only be said to be average, but after entering the corner in T1 and coming to T2, Perez was pushed to the outside of the track.

This directly resulted in Perez exiting the corner much later than the riders around him.

So when Perez exited the corner from T2, Perez was in this position.

Now Qin Miao has a headache. It is not particularly difficult for Qin Miao to overtake Perez. As long as DRS is turned on, it is not too difficult to overtake the opponent on a high-speed track like Monza.

The key is that there is still one lap before DRS is turned on, and at this time, there is Sainz behind Qin Miao, staring at him eagerly.

However, Qin Miao did not struggle in his position for too long.

After the T2 came out of the corner on the second lap and passed the finish line on the third lap, Sainz's terrifying Ferrari engine caused Sainz to appear 11 seconds behind Qin Miao, not even reaching the point where DRS was turned on. , Sainz took the shot inside Qin Miao.

Even Qin Miao's defensive moves were not used.

Just after halfway through the DRS zone, Sainz completed his overtaking of Qin Miao on the outside.

The DRS on the track had just been turned on at this time, and because when DRS was turned on, Qin Miao and Sainz had already passed the DRS monitoring point before T11, so Sainz completed the test for Qin without DRS. Miao's transcendence.

Although the Ferrari fans at the scene were extremely tolerant of Qin Miao, Qin Miao was not a Ferrari driver after all, so after Sainz completed his overtaking of Qin Miao on the straightaway, the crowd of Ferrari fans at the scene erupted instantly. There was a burst of violent cheers, and the Ferrari flags in the spectator stands were waving wantonly.

But Qin Miao, who was sitting in the racing car and focused entirely on the track, didn't know any of this.

At this time, Qin Miao didn't have much negative emotions such as anger, but more helplessness.

If the most striking feature of Mercedes' car at Monza this week is balance, then the most special feature of Ferrari here is speed, pure speed.

However, Ferrari's speed is not incomprehensible. After all, Italy is Ferrari's home stadium. It is normal for Ferrari to carry out some advance optimization and tuning of the car specifically for the track at its home stadium.

After all, for the Monza circuit, Ferrari's data reserves are definitely more sufficient than other teams.

Then the game continues.

On the third lap, Sainz easily surpassed Perez in front of him.

After seeing this scene, Qin Miao felt a sense of comfort inexplicably. It at least meant that it was not him who was beaten by Sainz behind him in this game, but Ferrari's car was faster.

On the fourth lap of the start straight, Qin Miao also took advantage of the situation and overtook Perez in front of him.

Obviously, due to the mistakes in the starting stage and Sainz's overtaking, Perez now lost some rhythm, so Qin Miao also picked up Perez's mistake.

This was also a dry pull of the racing engine, a pure crushing of speed. Qin Miao did not feel too much pressure when he overtook Perez.

While Qin Miao was busy overtaking Perez, Sainz in front of Qin Miao had already started to attack Magruson.

It is worth mentioning that at the start, Bottas rear-ended Mick because he did not brake in time.

The front nose of Bottas' car was damaged, and the rear diffuser of Mick's car was damaged. Now the two of them have fallen to the end of the car formation. If nothing else, this Grand Prix will most likely have nothing to do with these two drivers. It’s related.

Then there was an interesting scene on the track.

You may not be able to see anything on the track, but in the rankings on the left, Sainz has passed one. Qin Miao will definitely pass the driver who passed Sainz in the next lap, and Perez will pass him in the next lap. This driver will also be overtaken, and Hamilton will be there in another lap.

Without exception.

These people are here to brush up their overtaking data.

Although the driver who was overtaken knew that it was only a matter of time before he was overtaken by these people, he was overtaken by a driver every lap, and all of them were in T1, without stopping for four laps. Anyone with the mentality would be confused by these few people. Personally, it was a bit explosive.

However, when the race came to the sixth lap, Sainz surpassed Stroll and came behind Zhou Guanyu, and the pace slowed down.

Because on the 6th lap, there was a 2-second gap between Stroll and Zhou Guanyu, and Zhou Guanyu also used a Ferrari engine. Although the Arrow car was a bit stretched, in general, the Arrow car was better than the Ferrari engine. Teams from other Earth groups are also very adaptable to the high-speed characteristics of the Monza track.

At the same time, six laps of high-intensity and intense driving also caused Sainz's car's battery power reserve to drop rapidly, and tire wear was also affected. A clean lap was really needed to catch his breath and cool down the tires.

But Qin Miao did not encounter such a problem at all. After passing Stroll in front of him on the seventh lap, he began to shorten the time gap with Sainz at a speed of 0.2 seconds in a single lap.

Now the offense and defense change shape!
However, it turned out that Qin Miao was obviously overthinking it. Sainz was just taking a breather on the track. When Qin Miao started to chase him, Sainz's speed picked up again.

By the ninth lap, Sainz had surpassed Zhou Guanyu and De Vries and reached the seventh position, with Alonso in front.

Qin Miao was still in the DRS area behind Zhou Guanyu at this time.

To be honest, Arrow's car was really fast this week, but because of the gearbox of Arrow's car, Arrow's speed-increasing ability was not as terrifying as Ferrari's, so Qin Miao still completed Zhou Guanyu's lap in the DRS area on the 10th lap. Beyond.

Zhou Guanyu also made a lot of defensive moves towards Qin Miao at that time, which made Qin Miao's eyelids jump. But fortunately, this bastard's car was indeed a bit poor and did not pose any substantial threats or obstacles to Qin Miao.

However, when Qin Miao took the inside position of Zhou Guanyu and prepared to overtake him, Qin Miao gave Zhou Guanyu's rearview mirror a middle finger in his cockpit.

Based on Qin Miao's understanding of Zhou Guanyu, he must be looking at him through the rearview mirror at this time. With the other person's eyesight, he can definitely see the cordial greetings and best wishes she sent him.

After overtaking Zhou Guanyu, Qin Miao's overtaking rhythm gradually began to fail to keep up with Sainz ahead.

Sometimes you have to admit that Binotto may not be a good team leader, and may have some decisions and ideas that make people feel extremely stupid and get angry.

But it is undeniable that as an engineer, the engine developed by Binotto is indeed the fastest in the paddock.

"Damn, it's so fast." Qin Miao couldn't help but sigh as he saw Ferrari's time gap widening with him.

On the 11th lap, after killing Zhou Guanyu, Qin Miao also killed De Vries at the T1 braking point of this lap.

This guy was still preparing to defend when Qin Miao attacked, preparing to go inside.

Qin Miao also understands the opponent. The opportunity to defend the world champion is indeed quite rare. If the positions of himself and the opponent are swapped, Qin Miao will definitely defend the opponent at the risk of his life. Even if he does so, it will not do anything to him. Benefits, but it will also consume tires excessively.

But Qin Miao swayed directly on the outside, making an action that made the opponent think that he was going outside to cross the line, and then briefly stuck to the rear of the opponent's car, which was the blind spot of the opponent's field of vision.

After a set of silky small combos, De Vries was directly swayed to the outside line. Qin Miao also stood on the inside line. There was no need to consider crossing lines at the braking point, and the suspense of this position was always maintained. Arrived at T3.

After surpassing De Vries, Qin Miao's ranking reached eighth, and Alonso was in the DRS area ahead.

This is also the reason why it is becoming more and more difficult for Qin Miao to overtake from behind.

Because the DRS train in front has already started.

There are now two driver groups in front.

The first is the leading championship group composed of Verstappen and Leclerc.

At this time, Verstappen had caught up behind Leclerc within 1.5 seconds and was constantly putting pressure on Leclerc, ready to seize Leclerc's position at any time.

In addition to them, Ricciardo, who came in third, formed the locomotive of the second group.

Behind Ricciardo were many drivers including Gasly, Norris, Sainz, Alonso, Qin Miao, De Vries, Hamilton and Zhou Guanyu.

Everyone has the DRS of the car in front, and except for Sainz, Qinmiao and Hamilton, who obviously do not belong to the earth group, the other drivers are locked in this position and cannot move at all.

As for where Perez went?
On the 8th lap, Red Bull's strategy team discovered that Perez's overtaking efficiency and speed on the track could not compare with those two Mercedes and Ferraris, so after considering it, Red Bull's strategy team directly called Perez back to the pit area to change. Put on hard tires and let him run an extra long stint in a clear window at the back of the track.

Although this pit stop may have been a little early, Perez got himself a full 16 seconds of clean air.

Although doing so will cost Perez the possibility of competing for the podium in this race, Perez will definitely be able to take full advantage of Red Bull Racing and at least gain a considerable point. (End of chapter)