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And since the Singapore Grand Prix, a safety car has been deployed in every Grand Prix. Therefore, during the review meeting between Qin Miao and the team last night, the pit stop strategy formulated for Qin Miao for today's race was yellow and red. , starting with medium tires.

It is to bet on the safety car and let Qin Miao use neutral tires to run a long distance on the track.

As long as the safety car bet was right, Qin Miao, who used soft tires later in the race, would be invincible on the Marina Bay Circuit.

But what everyone didn't expect was that as soon as Qin Miao returned to his car, it started raining heavily on the track.

The rainstorm was like a whip, hitting the track hard
Because of the sudden heavy rain, the FIA ​​postponed the race for 65 minutes.

During this period, all the teams naturally packed up all their belongings and then pushed the cars back to the team's P room to take shelter from the rain.

In such an environment, it is not safe to leave the car on the track. Water droplets splashing on the ground may cause water to enter the car.

And it’s okay if the equipment is exposed to a little rain. Such heavy rain is likely to cause the rain to invade the electronic components of some equipment, causing damage to the components and short circuits.

Qin Miao had no choice but to return to the P room of the team and wait for the rain to stop.

This time Qin Miao didn't move a stool to sit at the door of the team's P room because the rain was really too heavy.

There is no room to sit in front.

After more than an hour, the rain gradually became lighter, but it was still raining lightly on the track, and there was no sign of drying out on the track.

But at least, there is no problem with the game starting.

However, before the start of the race, Qin Miao's medium tire strategy was probably out of use and he could only use semi-wet tires.

After the race restarted, Qin Miao went through the preparation process before the race started before stopping his car on the track.

Naturally, the next step is the tire warm-up lap. After completing the tire warm-up lap, the car is parked at its starting position.

Qin Miao looked around. There was Leclerc in front of him and his teammate Hamilton on the left.

The starting speed of these two people is actually okay, but if you start well enough, it shouldn't be a big problem to overturn your teammates.

But Hamilton's overall condition improved obviously during this Grand Prix weekend due to changes in the characteristics of his car.

So it's possible he's off to a better start than ever.

After all, the feeling of regaining something important can really improve a person's overall state in a terrifying way.

After adjusting the gear of his racing car to third gear and keeping the engine speed at 8000, Qin Miao began to wait for the five red lights to go out.

Normally, Qin Miao usually keeps the car in second gear at the start. The reason why he chose to start in third gear today was mainly because there was water on the track. If he started in second gear, the rear wheel traction of the car would be too large. It may slip.

"Okay, five red lights on, off! The game begins!"

"Let's take a look at Qin Miao's start... Qin Miao's starting rhythm is as good as ever.

Hamilton was also good, but Leclerc didn't get off to a good start!
Does Qin Miao have a chance? oops! Leclerc blocked Qin Miao's inside line, Qin Miao was stuck, and Hamilton took the first place just by relying on his excellent starting rhythm!

Qin Miao is still in third, and Leclerc falls to second. "

In the starting stage, although Qin Miao's starting rhythm was good, his starting position was on the outside after all. He had his teammates on the inside and was stuck by Leclerc, so Qin Miao's cornering angle in T1 was very small. Despite having an absolute advantage in starting speed, Qin Miao was unable to move up a position despite being surrounded everywhere.

However, Qin Miao made no noise on the offensive end, but on the defensive end Qin Miao directly stabbed Perez.

At the start of the race, the fastest driver was actually Perez.

However, Qin Miao found that although he had a good start, he could not get a good position, so he shifted most of his attention to the defensive end.

In fact, Qin Miao mainly wanted to see how Verstappen started this time, but what made Qin Miao a little confused and scratched his head was that after he started, he did not see Verstappen among the many drivers behind him.

However, Qin Miao saw Perez, who started extremely fast.

Then Qin Miao directly followed the overtaking route where Perez might overtake him, and used Leclerc on the inside to close Perez's door before T1.

Before Perez started, his mentality was relatively stable, but when he discovered that his starting speed was actually very fast, much faster than Perez expected, Perez knew that in today's game, he would His starting point will be very impressive, and he will be guaranteed to occupy a position.

But after starting, he looked at the Mercedes racing car that appeared in front of him, as well as the gap in front of him that seemed big enough for a car to pass through, but in fact he couldn't get into it, and Qin Miao also looked at the right side of the car. You could get it up and insert it, but it was actually full of water and there was no space for anyone to insert it. Perez said, "F**K!"

He didn't even try to endure it.

Qin Miao! You deserve death!

Are you going to disgust me when someone blocks you from starting?
If you have been caught in the rain, you won’t be able to see others holding an umbrella!

However, this period of time was actually very short. The starting straight at the Marina Bay Circuit was not long enough, and soon the drivers arrived at T1 on the starting straight.

Hamilton, Leclerc, and Qin Miao entered T1, and the rest of Perez's curse words could only echo in his own mind, because he also had to brake to enter the corner.

And Verstappen, whom Qin Miao did not find...

Verstappen was really unlucky this Grand Prix weekend.

Not to mention being cheated by his own team during the qualifying stage, at the start of the race, Verstappen's car actually fell into the control of the anti-stall device due to setup reasons, and the car was unable to speed up at the start.

So as soon as he started, Verstappen immediately dropped six positions, from ninth to fifteenth.

The problems Verstappen encountered were almost identical to those encountered by Zhou Guanyu at the beginning of this season. Speaking of Zhou Guanyu, the old unlucky guy Zhou Guanyu also encountered the same problem as Verstappen in this race. The anti-stall device of Arrow's car was activated again early in the race.

Zhou Guanyu returned to his familiar rhythm of starting at the end of the team and running in vain in qualifying.

If Verstappen encountered trouble caused by the team and the settings of the car were not adjusted correctly, causing Verstappen's car to have problems at the start, then Zhou Guanyu's problem is entirely the team's car design. .

After all, since the start mistake in the opening race, Zhou Guanyu will carefully check his car settings before basically every grand prix this season, and he would rather be a little slower at the start than to race like he did at the beginning of the season. Prevent flameout from intervening in the situation of falling directly to the end of the queue.

Despite all precautions, such a problem still occurred in this game. It can only be said that Ferrari's second team will always make mistakes in places that should not have problems at all.

After that, the game went smoothly, and Qin Miao focused most of his attention on Perez behind him.

Qin Miao doesn't know exactly how the weather conditions at Marina Bay Circuit will change in the future, but Qin Miao knows that under the current circumstances, the most important thing he should do is to maintain his current ranking and try not to be beaten by Pere. This is to surpass, as for chasing Leclerc and his teammate Hamilton in front...

It is not within Qin Miao's consideration now.

From the start of the first lap, Perez put pressure on Qin Miao from behind.

Qin Miao didn't feel how much pressure Perez put on him. For Qin Miao, it was not too difficult to defend Perez's offense. The only problem was that while defending Perez, Qin Miao The single lap speed was also reduced to a certain extent because of the need to guard against Perez's offensive actions.

Coupled with the fact that it was raining and there was water on the track at this time, when the race came to the third lap, the time gap between Qin Miao and Leclerc in front of him came to 3 seconds.

After arriving here, the director stopped showing Qin Miao and Perez any more shots.

It has been more than a year or two, and everyone is already familiar with Qin Miao's defensive ability.

No one thought that Perez could overtake Qin Miao in front of him without any accidents on the track.

The on-site director still gave more shots to Verstappen at the back of the track.

Because at this time, Verstappen was chopping vegetables in the queue of slow cars behind him.

However, as Verstappen overtook and came all the way behind Magnussen, Magnusson caused a lot of trouble for Verstappen.

After all, Magruson's defense is also famous in the paddock.

Of course, Magruson didn't get anything good in the end. The left front wing end panel of the car was directly knocked out of shape. After two laps, the FIA ​​issued a fault flag and was forcibly called back to the pit area to replace the front nose.

After all, Verstappen is Verstappen, and the performance of the Red Bull racing car is strong enough, so after Verstappen surpassed Magruson, he continued to cut melons and vegetables at the back of the track and quickly reached the tenth position. .

Qin Miao had already entered a cruising state during this period. Because there was still rain on the track at this time, DRS was not turned on during the race. The narrow track and the rain on the track made Qin Miao gradually realize that even if he deliberately sold Perez may not be able to catch the flaw that comes out.

So when the race came to the fifth lap, Qin Miao began to shorten the time gap between himself and Leclerc at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Because there is less pressure behind me.

However, Qin Miao has a feeling that now that Perez has put so much less pressure on him, it is very likely that the other party has relaxed a little and put more pressure on him.

The opponent should have taken into account the growing time gap between himself and Leclerc, and wanted to make himself faster. After catching up with Leclerc, Perez himself also had the opportunity to get a higher time in this game. Ranking.

On the other hand, it may be the instruction of Red Bull Racing.

Putting aside Verstappen's world championship, after all, it is the driver's personal honor and will not bring any substantial benefits to the team.

From the perspective of the Red Bull Racing Team alone, the difference in prize money between the team champion and the team's second-place finisher after a season may be as high as tens of millions of dollars.

Therefore, the current Red Bull Racing Team does not want Perez to put Hamilton too far away in order to attack Qin Miao.

Now the points gap between Red Bull Racing and Mercedes is not too big.

If Qin Miao is allowed to lock Perez in fourth, Hamilton is in first place in today's game.

In other words, if this race is completed according to the current ranking situation, Red Bull Racing will definitely lose its leading position in the team standings.

The following race fell into a calm and boring period. There was still water on the track, and it was even raining lightly in some places. According to the estimation of most team strategy groups, semi-wet tires are still the fastest tires under the current track conditions. , the race meeting did not turn on DRS. Even if the driver was within the opponent's DRS, there was no way to turn on DRS. Coupled with the narrow track characteristics of the Marina Bay Circuit, overtaking was even more impossible.

This situation continued until lap 7.

On lap 7, Zhou Guanyu, who was at the end of the team, had already surpassed Albon and caught up behind Russell, preparing to attack Russell.

And just when Zhou Guanyu was about to overtake Russell in front of him in T5, Russell on the inside did not leave enough room for Zhou Guanyu to exit the corner, and even pushed Zhou Guanyu against the wall when exiting the corner, so that Zhou Guanyu Russell's car hit the left rear wheel directly and broke his right front suspension.

This collision was entirely Russell's fault, and he was blameless.

It should be said that the name "Lao Dao" still has some intimidating influence in the F1 paddock.

Zhou Guanyu's suspension had been broken, and naturally he could not continue to race on the track, so when the race came to the 7th lap, Zhou Guanyu had no choice but to retire.

Of course, Russell, the instigator of this accident, did not escape. The collision caused Russell's left rear tire to puncture. After the Williams car returned to the team's P room, the team engineer discovered that the car's left rear suspension was also there. Something went wrong during the collision, and Russell eventually chose to retire.

The FIA ​​issued a penalty five laps later, and Russell was the main person responsible for this accident.

As a result, Russell will be fined five places in the race and two points deducted from his super license in next week's Japanese Grand Prix.

But for Russell, who is always at the bottom of the rankings, this punishment really feels painless.

Moreover, the Suzuka Circuit of the Japanese Grand Prix is ​​not suitable for Williams' muscle car-like racing characteristics this season, so even if he is punished by five places, it will basically not change Russell's starting position in the Japanese Grand Prix. (End of chapter)