How did I become an F1 driver?

After having no choice but to let Sainz pass, Qin Miao felt a little painful.

Because the water mist raised by Sainz's car in front was too big, even though his helmet goggles had a special hydrophobic coating, the rainwater did not have any adhesion on Qin Miao's helmet goggles and would soon be blown away by the wind. Blow open.

But you can't stand the fact that there is a racing car in front of you that is constantly sending water mist to your car.

As long as he got closer to Sainz's car, Qin Miao couldn't clearly see Sainz walking on the lane in front of him. He could only determine the specific position of Sainz's car through the taillights of Sainz's car.

Qin Miao sighed helplessly, and began to consider whether to find an opportunity for the team to call him into the pit in advance, or to make a super late pit stop.

Take advantage of the pit lane and Ferrari's pit stop strategy, which has been described as abstract this season, to kill Ferrari in the pit lane.

While Qin Miao was thinking about this, a series of accidents suddenly occurred on the track.

When Sainz came to T12, he didn't even reach the braking point of T12. He was just passing a corner on dry ground that could be passed by letting go of the accelerator.

Sainz's racing tires suddenly lost all grip, and the car lost control and skidded to the right. Finally, it rushed through the T12 center out of control and into the grass on the outside. Finally, it returned to the track due to the curvature of the track. And without losing speed, it rushed directly across the track between T12 and T13, hit the guard wall on the left side of the track, and finally stopped on the track.

Qin Miao, who had been following Sainz all the time, was naturally startled by this sudden accident.

But Qin Miao stepped on the brakes at the right time, which prevented him from being involved in the accident.

In the process, Sainz shattered a Rolex billboard.

Although the billboard did not touch Qin Miao's racing car, the air flow raised by the rear diffuser of Qin Miao's racing car still caused the billboard to float in the sky for a while.

Then it was affected by the airflow of several riders behind.

In the end, the billboard accidentally hit the face of the Gasly car that started from the pit area today because of the replacement of the front nose and the suspension settings of the car. By the way, it also shattered the front nose of the Toro Rosso car.

In addition, the yellow flag that forced Qin Miao to give up attacking Sainz at the beginning of the game was due to an accident after Vettel started.

At that time, Vettel started very fast. He chose the same choice as Qin Miao and overtook the car in front on the outside of the track. This choice was not wrong. He saw that this choice rose four places, but when it came to the brakes of T1 When Vettel braked to enter the corner, he hit the left front wheel of Alonso's car, which was braking late on the inside line to his right.

Vettel's car was entering the corner and all four tires were at the limit of grip. The collision caused Vettel's car to lose control on the spot and rushed into the buffer zone behind T4 of the track.

But compared to rookies like Qin Miao and others, these veteran drivers have an ability that many small teams envy, and that is the ability to avoid collisions.

Although Vettel's car lost grip on all four tires due to the collision and rushed into the buffer zone on the outside of the track, his car did not collide in the process and was naturally not damaged. .

But the price was that Vettel fell to last place, even behind Gasly who started from the pit lane.

In addition, Albon's car also retired from the race. He was hit by someone at the start. The hydraulic system of the car failed. In short, the brakes could not be pressed. The braking efficiency and accuracy were greatly improved. decline.

In such an accident, one might be able to try to drive his car back to the pit area on dry land, but in such a wet environment, Albon had no choice but to park his car at the Matthew entrance and retire.

After this bumper car and the big retirement, the rankings of the drivers on the field are as follows:

1: Verstappen

2: Leclerc

3: Hamilton

4: Qin Miao

5: Perez
6: O'Connell

7: Zhou Guanyu
8: Alonso
9: Ricardo
10: Tsunoda

With so many accidents, the competition naturally deployed the safety car immediately.

And when the race reached the third lap, the safety car turned into a red flag.

Because there were so many accidents and accidents on the track under the amount of rainfall that the FIA ​​believed could continue the race, and now that the rain was getting heavier, the FIA ​​naturally suspended the race.

Suspending the race now will only make the Japanese fans scold them, but if the race continues and there is a major accident on the track, the FIA ​​will be criticized for a year.

Even the top management of the FIA ​​may be fired because of this accident.

So there was a red flag on the track as expected.

Before the red flag came out, during the period when all the F1 cars behind were led by the safety car, Gasly, who had put on a new front wing, came out of the pit area and naturally began to chase the car array in front of him led by the safety car.

But during this process, a crane was already at work on the track and began to lift Sainz's damaged car.

At this time, Gasly did not slow down. He was chasing the safety car, not cruising under the safety car. It can be said that Gasly's speed is now the same as that of running in the race.

But under such circumstances, a crane appeared on the edge of the track, and behind the crane was Matthew who was hoisting the car.

If Gasly made the mistake due to a crane that suddenly appeared on the track, it could have been another Bianchi-like incident.

But Gasly may not be a big deal, after all, the flip-flop system of this era is indeed quite awesome, but Matthew who is hoisting the racing car behind the crane is definitely in trouble.

The red flag was raised two seconds after Gasly passed the crane. However, at this time, Gasly's attention was all on the crane, and naturally he did not notice the red flag that lit up next to the track. Even if he noticed him, it would be difficult for him to realize that he had to slow down in a short time.

He was immersed in the fear of the rest of his life

When everyone drove their cars back to the pit area during the red flag period, Gasly immediately got out of the car and reported the matter to the press officer who communicated with the Toro Rosso team and the FIA.

After all, Bianchi's accident was right in front of us, but the same problem occurred in today's race. It was obvious that the organizers of the Suzuka Circuit did not keep the consequences of that accident in mind.

It implements the consistent policy of the Yamato nation: resolutely admit mistakes and never repent.

The spirit of craftsmanship is brought into full play. But Qin Miao didn't know about this. After parking the car, Qin Miao didn't even get out of the car. Instead, he sat in the car and asked in the TR of the team: "Franky, this time the red flag will probably last." how long?"

French replied: "According to the weather cloud chart data, this rain will last for about an hour and a half, so the team judged that the red flag should last for that long. You can get out of the car and move around now."

After hearing this, Qin Miao stopped sitting in the car. After getting out of the car, he took the umbrella that Barber had been holding above his head since he parked the car.

Then he jogged away from his car and went to the eaves below the team's P room to take shelter from the rain.

After a while, Reyes and the others trotted over with a large frame to protect the car from the rain.

Qin Miao also knew that the rain today would not stop for a while, and therefore this red flag could not be removed in a short time. Although Qin Miao did not believe that the duration of this red flag would really be what Franky said. It will last an hour and a half, but it is probably true that it will last half an hour.

Qin Miao simply returned to the team's P room from the track.

At least there's a place to hide from the rain, and it's not as cold as outside.

But after sitting for more than 20 minutes, Qin Miao became a little bored, because Qin Miao couldn't do anything at this stage.

So Qin Miao suddenly said to Barber who was sitting next to him: "Barber, do me a favor."

Barber, who was watching the live broadcast of the replay of the accident on the track, was stunned when he heard Qin Miao's words. He suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. Qin Miao wouldn't let me buy something weird again. Something?
However, it turned out that Barber was indeed overthinking this time. Qin Miao said directly: "Go to my lounge and bring me my Steam Deck. I'm really bored of waiting and I want to play some games. "

Barber:…

How about you ask me to buy some weird things...

Brother, you are competing now. Although you can't run due to rain on the track and accidents on the track, strictly speaking, you are still working. Is it really appropriate for you to play games and fish openly while working?

By the way, didn't you slap yourself in the face yesterday afternoon, saying that you didn't work hard enough on the track? Why did you just give up treatment now?
Qin Miao didn't know that so many thoughts had passed through Barber's mind in such a short period of time.

Seeing that Barber was still stunned after hearing what he said, Qin Miao urged: "Why are you standing there?"

Barber came to his senses instantly, and in the end he could only nod his head and went to the team home to get Qin Miao's game console.

Then Qin Miao naturally played the game while waiting for the game to start. ,

The on-site director had just shown all the racing accidents that happened on the track in the initial stages. Because the race was about to stop for a long time and he couldn't find any good material, he felt a little overwhelmed.

Through the monitor screen, I saw Qin Miao, the driver, fishing openly in front of the team boss during the red flag period of the race. Immediately, the on-site director cut the broadcast of the race to Qin Miao.

Moreover, the photographer at the door of the Mercedes-Benz Racing Team's P-room who specializes in filming tire changes and pre-race preparation details of the Mercedes-Benz Racing Team received a signal from the directing department and walked directly into the Mercedes-Benz Racing Team's P-room with a camera.

The purpose is naturally to use the camera to see what Qin Miao is doing.

Then everyone watching the broadcast screen saw Qin Miao being hacked to death by Genichiro Ashina.

And Qin Miao didn't expect it and cursed fiercely: Fuck!
Originally, many Japanese spectators at the scene still had some objections to Qin Miao. The reason is not difficult to guess. Before the start of the game, Qin Miao clearly disrespected Japan during the national anthem.

But now after seeing Qin Miao playing Japan's "Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice", I suddenly have a good impression of Qin Miao again.

However, after the domestic commentators saw this scene, they naturally realized that Qin Miao was taking advantage of the competition in an aboveboard manner.

Brother Bing didn't know how to evaluate it for a while.

Instead, Zhou Haoran hurriedly made up for Qin Miao: "According to the meteorological data from the FIA, the rain today will continue to intensify and will not stop in a short time. Qin Miao is a little bored waiting. It’s understandable to play games after all!”

Brother Fei also answered at this time and said: "Indeed, Qin Miao often played games live on live broadcasts when he was in China. It can be seen that he really likes to play games. Now that he has nothing to do, he can play games for a while to relax his tense nerves. No problem.”

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Although Toto and other Mercedes-Benz team executives were speechless about Qin Miao's operation, they didn't think there was any problem.

After all, during the preparations before the game, Qin Miao's teammate Hamilton was adjusting his game state, while Qin Miao was playing games openly in the P room of his team. The key is that after finishing the game, Qin Miao returned to the track. The status is not affected in any way.

Therefore, Toto just turned a blind eye to Qin Miao's current tricks.

However, Qin Miao did not enjoy the game this time. On the one hand, while Qin Miao was playing the game, the FIA ​​photographer kept holding a camera behind him.

Although Qin Miao is now completely accustomed to the various staff and photographers' cell phone cameras in the paddock, and can even ignore them directly.

But Qin Miao was not used to having someone walking around him when playing games.

In addition to this incident, Franky also told Qin Miao some news that surprised Qin Miao.

That's the thing about Gasly.

When he was running back to the track on the track, the construction vehicles entered the venue early and saw the construction vehicles right on the side of the track.

As a driver, Qin Miao naturally knew about Bianchi's accident and how fucking embarrassing it was for a driver to see a construction vehicle on the side of the track when you were driving at high speed.

So after getting the news, Qin Miao stopped playing the game and trotted through the rain to get behind Franky on the team podium.

During the race, the track engineers of the two drivers usually sit here.

After finding Franky, Qin Miao asked questions about Gasly, and Franky naturally explained in more detail what had just happened on the track.

After Qin Miao confirmed the authenticity of this matter and even saw the in-car video of Gasly that Frankie called up for him, Qin Miao trotted back to the P room of the team.

Then Qin Miao, like Gasly, found the staff member of the Mercedes team who communicated with the FIA ​​and asked him to take this matter to the FIA ​​to protest. (End of chapter)