How did I become an F1 driver?

The old man watched Qin Miao, who had perfect control over starting and braking, enter his inner line. He sighed in his heart and did not choose to be stubborn on the outside line, but gave the track to Qin Miao.

Although you have a big advantage this season, you still have to compete for the driver's world championship. I have no hope. Even if I get 8 points in this race, I may not be able to catch up with Perez in the next two races. I might as well let you be arrogant for one season. If I don't beat the shit out of you next season, I'm not called Hamilton.

Without the pressure from Hamilton on the outside, Hamilton even took the initiative to give the line to Qin Miao.

Therefore, Qin Miao naturally came behind Verstappen.

Next, Qin Miao focused more of his attention on Verstappen in front of him.

However, the Interlagos circuit's easy overtaking feature is not so easy to exploit when there is a Red Bull in front.

Although Red Bull has been fined $700 million for budget cap issues, they still have a long-planned upgrade to apply to this week's car.

So Qin Miao, who was following behind Verstappen, found it unexpectedly difficult to overtake Verstappen without DRS.

However, as Verstappen caught up with Magrusen, Qin Miao's feeling of powerlessness in catching up with his opponent dissipated a lot.

Because Verstappen's speed was also slowed down by Magrusen.

While the drivers in front were in a stalemate, waiting for DRS to be turned on, the two Alpine drivers presented the audience with the traditional reserved items of the French team. The two of them started fighting again.

At the T4 position at the start, Ocon, who had a position advantage in front, did not leave any space for his teammate Alonso when he came out of the corner, and directly pushed the opponent off the track and out of the white line.

Then Alonso's car seemed to be out of control, and it turned slightly to the left on the outside of the track, and the left front wheel slightly scratched the right side box of Ocon's car.

Although it looked like it was just a slight scratch and not even a fragment appeared.

But you have to know that the average speed of F1 T4 at the Interlagos circuit can reach over 154 kilometers per hour.

So this seemingly minor collision directly damaged the sidepod of Ocon's car and caused a loss of 5 percent of downforce.

Although 5% downforce does not sound like a lot, on an F1 car, any tiny fluctuation can have a big impact on the aerodynamic efficiency and balance of the car. The loss of this 5% downforce is concentrated on the right sidepod of Ocon, so the aerodynamic efficiency balance of the whole car is broken, and the rear of the car becomes extremely unstable when driving.

Because the originally designed vortex disappears due to the change of the lateral drive of the car, the turning direction disappears.

In short, Ocon suffered a huge defeat in this confrontation with his teammates.

To be honest, even when Qin Miao and Verstappen were fighting the most fiercely, Qin Miao would not do something like squeezing his opponent off the track in a corner with such a small buffer zone.

Although Qin Miao had squeezed his opponents off the track more than once, that was when the opponent's front wheels were not aligned with his own. If the opponent's front wheels were aligned with his own, Qin Miao would still try to squeeze the opponent off the track, but he would still leave the opponent some space to exit the corner.

All I can say is that at the Interlagos circuit, Ocon may really have some methods that make other drivers feel extremely unhappy, but they can't defeat them.

Just when all the spectators thought that after this collision, Alpine’s traditional events would come to an end.

On the second lap, Alonso took the T2, T11, T12 and T13 consecutive combination turns at Interlagos, which looked like turns but actually did not require any easing off the accelerator. He passed them at full throttle, sucking in the tailstream of his teammate Ocon, and was ready to try to overtake Ocon.

Then Alonso absorbed Ocon's slipstream too hard and hit Ocon.

A piece of the left front nose of his racing car was knocked off.

At that time, Alonso started to complain in the team TR, saying something like: My front nose wing is gone, and it's all thanks to my teammates!
However, after an investigation by the race stewards, the penalty for the accident between Alonso and Ocon was a 5-second penalty on Alonso's time, 2 points deducted from his super license, and a post-race warning.

The old comrades at that time were probably also anxious. After all, they had been disgusted by Ocon for the entire season. Now it was the end of the season and this was a sprint race. With the current strength of the Alpine car, it was unlikely to get a good result. It would be better to disgust Ocon before the end of the season.

But the leader must have miscalculated and inhaled the tail wind too hard, causing a collision.

Now this sprint race has only started the second lap, and the distance between the drivers has not yet been fully opened. Pit changes and repairs at this time is basically no different from directly announcing: "I'm not running in this race."

So the two damaged Alpine cars chose to stay on the track, but because the cars were damaged, the rankings of the two people were declining rapidly.

Soon fell out of the points zone.

On the third lap, Qin Miao began to put pressure on Verstappen, but Verstappen was very cunning.

He knew that Qin Miao would have to attack him sooner or later, so Verstappen was not in a hurry to overtake Magruson in front of him on the track. Instead, he deliberately controlled the distance between himself and Magruson in the curves, so that he could absorb Magruson's tail flow to fight against Qin Miao, who was running at an unreasonable speed.

However, as the third lap ended and DRS was turned on, Verstappen could no longer keep up with Magnussen.

It's not that Magruson is too fast, it's that Magruson is too slow.

After all, Haas's car is not a Williams, and its final speed on the straights is certainly not comparable to that of teams like Red Bull and Mercedes, which have obvious advantages in aerodynamic design.

With DRS turned on, Verstappen's Red Bull car can reach a top speed of 35 kilometers per hour faster than the Haas car.

Even though Verstappen was 0.9 seconds behind Magnussen when entering the DRS zone, the extra-long DRS zone at Interlagos would allow Verstappen to overtake Magnussen.

It's not that Magnussen doesn't want to help Verstappen on the track, he also wants to stay in the first position for a while longer. After all, apart from Qin Miao, Verstappen, Hamilton and Leclerc, drivers from mid- and lower-level teams rarely have the opportunity to lead the entire track. But the straight speed of the Haas car is too slow, and even if he wants to defend against the cars behind him like Albon of Williams, he can't.

So on the 4th lap, Verstappen overtook Magnussen.

On the fifth lap, Qin Miao also overtook Magnussen with DRS on the starting straight.

Verstappen had no pressure to overtake Magrusen on a set of neutral tires, let alone Qin Miao who used soft tires. Qin Miao even had a great chance of overtaking Magrusen at the three corners T8, T9 and T10.

However, considering the points after the race and the safety of the car, Qin Miao waited until he reached the DRS zone before taking action.

Hamilton and other drivers followed suit and overtook Magnussen without mercy.

However, their positioning when overtaking was similar to Qin Miao's, and they both overtook Magnussen relatively safely in the DRS zone.

After all, surpassing Magruson is not a difficult thing for them, and there is no need to take risks in order to surpass Magruson.

After overtaking Magnussen, Qin Miao gradually caught up with Pan Zi's pace.

After all, Verstappen used neutral tires for today's race in consideration for tomorrow. So without Magnussen's interference, Qin Miao easily caught up with Verstappen.

However, Verstappen on the track showed a strong desire to defend Qin Miao.

It is not difficult to guess why Verstappen is so determined to defend. It is nothing more than his desire for the world championship.

In fact, Qin Miao could easily surpass Verstappen, after all, his tires had an absolute advantage in speed.

But Qin Miao also considered his world championship.

If I had not surpassed Verstappen in today's race, I would have finished the entire race in second place. The points gap between me and Verstappen would have been reduced from 2 points to 40 points at most, which would have had little impact on the overall situation.

But if there was a mistake when attacking Verstappen in this race, it would lead to his retirement or damage to the car.

Then the points you lose may be more than one point.

Of course, Qin Miao can also try to overtake Verstappen on the track. Even because Verstappen used neutral tires in today's race, after Qin Miao overtakes Verstappen, Hamilton, Leclerc and other drivers behind him who are using soft tires will definitely try to attack Verstappen.

Maybe in their eyes, this sprint race is good in every way, except that the race mileage is not long enough and there are not enough laps for them to overtake Verstappen.

Qin Miao originally wanted to play it safe, but he also encountered the problem that Verstappen encountered when he had to overtake Magnussen, that is, his car was much faster than the car in front.

After entering the DRS zone, Qin Miao's speed on the straight was 20 kilometers per hour faster than Verstappen.

On the one hand, this is because Qin Miao has Verstappen's wake, and on the other hand, it is because Qin Miao has the advantage in racing tires.

In addition, the distance between Qin Miao and Verstappen was not far, so after entering the DRS area on the starting straight, Qin Miao found a good opportunity to attack Verstappen.

Qin Miao was just a little worried and afraid to take risks during the period before he won the championship. It doesn't mean that Qin Miao completely lost his sense of propriety because of a world championship.

So after seeing the opportunity in front of him, Qin Miao did not hesitate and decisively squeezed to the outside line of Verstappen.

Verstappen, who had been focusing his attention on Qin Miao, was slightly relieved when he saw Qin Miao appear on his outside line. After all, he was the one who took the initiative to give Qin Miao this angle on the outside.

If Qin Miao wanted to force his way into the inside line, Verstappen would feel even greater pressure.

Because T1 of the Interlagos circuit is a left turn followed by continuous turns, as long as you get the inside line of T1, you will have a greater advantage than the outside line in both offense and defense.

However, Qin Miao's attack this time was really because his speed was fast enough, and his advantage was great enough that Qin Miao took the initiative to attack.

It has the same effect as "breaking all things with one force".

So Qin Miao caught up with Verstappen when there were about 1 meters left from the braking point of T150, and finished side by side with Verstappen.

In the next 150 meters, Qin Miao used all of his strength to accelerate and gradually overtake Verstappen on the outside line.

At this time, Verstappen was trying to get as close to Qin Miao on the outside as possible.

After all, if Verstappen wants to defend against Qin Miao's attack, he must obtain a wider line into the corner and brake later, which is very difficult.

If you want to defend against the now powerful Qin Miao, you must fight for every inch of the turning angle.

It's a pity that there are no cameras on the outside of the tires that the drivers are racing against, like the guardrails on the Monaco circuit that can keep an eye on the distance between the tires at all times.

If there had been, car fans would have been horrified to find that the distance between Verstappen's tires and Qin Miao's tires was as close as one centimeter.

You have to know that F1 cars are not like guardrails. They are always in a state of relative motion. In such a state, you have no way of predicting what your opponent will do next.

And even in such a situation, both drivers tried their best to get/prevent the other from getting enough space.

However, the ultimate winner of this attack was Qin Miao.

Qin Miao had a wider line into the corner on the outside, and he had 150 meters to accelerate. Therefore, when he reached the braking point, Qin Miao was basically about to surpass Verstappen.

Therefore, although Qin Miao was in a disadvantageous area on the outside, he still entered the corner earlier than Verstappen.

However, T1 of the Interlagos circuit is not a low-speed corner, and Verstappen's late braking has limited effect. Qin Miao still has to straighten his car body earlier than Verstappen to enter T2.

What surprised Qin Miao was that he actually had a very ordinary impression of Brazil. He did not show much enthusiasm in the pre-race marketing activities. It was just like a normal Grand Prix weekend. He completed all his tasks in a businesslike manner.

But after he overtook Verstappen on the track, the cheers from all the Brazilian fans at the scene were truly unique.

Even though Qin Miao was wearing a helmet, he could clearly hear the cheers from the audience.

Qin Miao felt the cheers, but he had never received such loud cheers from any venue before. He subconsciously asked the TR of the team: "Did Hamilton also surpass Verstappen?"

Franky was completely confused by Qin Miao's question.

Is your rearview mirror just for show? If Verstappen was overtaken by Hamilton, wouldn't you have seen it by just looking at the rearview mirror?

But even though he was complaining in his heart and was confused as to why Qin Miao asked this, Franky still answered: "No, Lewis is still in third place and it will probably take another two laps to overtake Verstappen."

Qin Miao: "What about the cheers just now?"

Franky understood what he heard. Qin Miao, who had never raced at his home race since entering F1, suddenly heard such loud cheers. For a moment, he couldn't believe that these cheers were just for him.

"If I'm not mistaken, the cheers were for you because of your overtaking of Verstappen," Franchi replied.

Qin Miao paused: "I am a little flattered..."

ps. Dads, I'm going to take a day off. There will be no update tomorrow... I promise this is the last time I'll take a day off in June. (End of this chapter)