How did I become an F1 driver?

Qin Miao found that the steering wheel in front of him had been adjusted hundreds of times according to his hand shape and was extremely comfortable to use. The steering wheel suddenly became lighter, and finally he felt an upward force on his back.

Qin Miao watched helplessly as his perspective gradually changed from forward to downward.

Qin Miao's car was directly knocked into the air.

The friction between the front nose and the ground produced fiery sparks.

Qin Miao's car stayed in the air for nearly 1.4 seconds and then fell back to the ground.

Qin Miao felt his butt vibrate, and then his lower body felt numb.

During the whole process, Qin Miao did not let go of the steering wheel. At the same time as he felt his buttocks shake, Qin Miao also felt the familiar heaviness of his steering wheel returning for a moment.

Following the scene in front of him, Qin Miao instinctively turned to the left.

The front of the car had originally shifted slightly to the right, but after landing, it returned to the straight side because of Qin Miao's counter-attack.

Only at this time did Qin Miao react.

The fucking Perez actually did it? ! !
However, the driver's instinct allowed Qin Miao to restore the car's grip and continue driving on the track.

Meanwhile, Five Star Sports:
"Qin Miao! Perez and Qin Miao collided!"

"Qin Miao's car flew straight up!" Looking at the car that returned to the track after landing, Brother Fei said with some concern: "I hope this collision will not cause any impact on Qin Miao's car..."

On the other side, Zhou Haoran said angrily: "Perez is absolutely responsible for this collision! Why didn't he give way even though he got here?"

Zhou Haoran didn't even wait for the FIA ​​to make a penalty decision, and even though the accident had just happened, he directly accused the person mainly responsible for the accident.

On the other side of the track, the fans at the scene were also surprised and happy about the accident.

Most of the fans at the scene did not have a clear stance.

Many people watch F1 races just for the fun, and it would be even better if there were car crashes at the race.

And the scene happening on the track at this time is what many car fans like to see the most.

The feeling of a racing car worth tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars being smashed to pieces in an instant strongly stimulates the dopamine of many car fans.

Soon, yellow flags appeared on the track.

At the same time, the director quickly played the replay of the accident.

The first clip to be played was of Perez's racing car.

From Perez's perspective, Qin Miao did not stop after he came out of the corner and reached the outer shoulder of the track, and kept squeezing towards Perez on the outside.

Then a collision occurred, and the left front wheel of Perez's car pressed onto the bottom plate of Qin Miao's car. In an instant, carbon fiber fragments of the bottom plate could be seen flying out.

The reinforcement ribs connecting the bottom plate to the side boxes were knocked away.

Then Perez's car inevitably slowed down, and his left front wheel hit the right rear wheel of Qin Miao's car.

In an instant, a puff of white smoke rose up, and then Qin Miao's car flew up like a stone sitting on a catapult.

But fortunately, at this time, the two cars had just come out of the corner and the speed was not too fast, only about 130 kilometers per hour.

Therefore, Qin Miao did not fly too high after taking off this time, only about 1.5 meters.

Such a height was naturally not enough for the car to flip over and hit the ground. In addition, the front nose of the car was constantly rubbing against the ground, so after flying forward for a while under the action of inertia, Qin Miao fell back to the ground.

Even from Perez's perspective, Qin Miao's car swayed only twice after landing before regaining its stability and continuing to move forward.

The culprit of the accident, Perez, had a flat left front tire when he collided with Qin Miao.

The reason is not difficult to guess. When Perez crushed Qin Miao's bottom plate, the sharp carbon fiber fragments of Qin Miao's side box bottom plate directly punctured Perez's tire.

In fact, normally speaking, even if a racing tire runs over carbon fiber fragments, the possibility of a tire blowout is not very high.

Carbon fiber fragments are indeed very sharp, but because of their hardness, they do not become particularly large or sharp fragments after breaking. Even if they are pressed up, the thickness of the tire itself will not cause the tire to burst.

However, in order to suppress the bending of the floor when driving at high speeds, the Mercedes-Benz W13B not only added reinforcing ribs, but also increased the thickness of the floor.

The carbon fiber pieces produced by thicker base plates will definitely be thicker, harder and longer.

Then Perez's tire blew.

To be honest, when reviewing this scene after the race, Qin Miao felt the anger of the car and his desire for revenge.

Qin Miao's side is also magical.

After being thrown so high, the tires of the racing car were actually fine after landing, and it could even still drive normally.

It's just that a large piece of the bottom plate is missing.

Although Perez's car had a flat tire, the engine was still running normally and the car could still be driven on the track.

Didn’t you see that Hamilton was able to win the race while driving a tricycle? So it is possible that Perez could return to the team’s P room with a car with a flat tire.

So after Qin Miao landed, the two drivers just slowed down suddenly but did not stop on the track.

However, after Qin Miao was knocked flying and fell back to the ground, he inevitably fell to the last place.

After all, they had just started and the distance between the cars was not widened. Due to the delay, Perez and Qin Miao fell to the back of the pack.

Although Qin Miao started as soon as he landed, he found that his car accelerated very slowly because the bottom plate was broken.

After feeling it for a while, Qin Miao's face looked unhappy.

From the outside, it seems that the car is only damaged on the bottom plate, while other parts of the car still demonstrate the exquisite German craftsmanship and rock-solid condition.

But after Qin Miao felt it, he found that there was something wrong with the fuel line of the engine inside the racing car.

The fuel pump was broken and the fuel supply efficiency was significantly reduced.

It was even leaking oil.

It’s just that because the fuel pump is relatively far away from the engine, the leaked fuel is not ignited by the high temperature of the engine.

……

On the track, when Qin Miao was quickly checking the status of his car, Franky's TR also cut in.

"Qin Miao, are you okay? Are you hurt?"

Qin Miao reacted and felt his body after hearing Frankie's words. Apart from the slight numbness caused by adrenaline, Qin Miao did not feel any discomfort in his body.

"I'm fine, help me check the time lost on the car after this accident."

"Got it. We will report this accident to the FIA. Don't worry too much."

"Ok."

Regardless of the damage to the car, at least after the accident, through communication with Qin Miao's TR, it is not difficult to judge that Qin Miao's emotions are relatively stable at this time, and he is fine.

For the team, car damage is completely unimportant, as long as Qin Miao is not injured.

After saying this, Qin Miao naturally continued driving on the track, but the engine speed could not be increased at all.

But at least Qin Miao's four tires were still intact, and he was not overtaken by Perez, who had a flat tire behind him but was still insisting on the track.

The two continued to drive slowly on the track.

At this time, the race also provided a virtual safety car.

After Qin Miao collided with Perez, Qin Miao's entire bottom plate was gone. Although there were not many fragments, there were still a lot of fragments on the track that needed Matthew to clean up.

Compared to Qin Miao's calmness, Perez on the other side seemed even more angry.

Because of this tire blowout, Perez's race today was completely ruined.

At least in the last race of the 2022 season, Perez lost the chance to compete for the podium, and his ranking in the driver's standings is now completely up to fate.

Fortunately, Hamilton did not win the championship, and Perez's car was not overly damaged, just a flat tire. He could continue to drive on the track and get points in the later stage of the race, defending his fourth position of the year.

Unfortunately for him, Hamilton won the championship and Perez was eliminated, so his contract for next season is no longer guaranteed.

Perez had his reasons for driving in the way he did at the time. Although driving on the outside line did violate FIA ​​regulations, he did not take any substantial actions that were detrimental to Qin Miao.

This collision was also caused by Qin Miao's initiative to change route to the outside. Even if I am 99% at fault, doesn't Qin Miao have 1% fault?
So at this moment, there was a lot of cursing among the TRs in the team.

It can even be said that Perez is the one who suffers the most at this time.

Because no matter what, even if Qin Miao withdrew from today's game, no one would say anything bad about Qin Miao's performance this year.

He is a world champion after all.

But at this time Perez is competing with Hamilton for the fourth place of the year. If he retires at this time or fails to get a good result, it will directly affect his future driver contract and the team's assessment of his strength.

On the way back to the team's P room, Qin Miao received a notification from the team as expected.

"Pull over Qin Miao, we need to find a Matthew intersection to pull over."

Although he knew the specific fault with the car, Qin Miao still felt helpless after hearing the notification from the team.

But Qin Miao still had to perform. After all, the fault of the car was not obvious, and it was impossible for him to know what was wrong with the car while sitting in it.

So Qin Miao slowed down the car and found the Matthew entrance between T4 and T5 and slowly stopped the car: "What's the problem? What happened?"

"The fuel line pressure of the car has dropped and the engine speed is insufficient. The team suspects that the car is leaking oil and there is a risk of fire at any time. After the car is parked, turn off the engine and get out of the car."

"Ok."

To be honest, the team is indeed experienced. Even if they don't check the car, they can roughly guess where the problem is just by looking at the changes in the telemetry data of the car.

But this will not make people feel strange. After all, I have been in F1 for quite some time without being with the team. The championship team must have its own set of evaluation systems for the condition of the car.

At the same time, the commentators from Five Star Sports were filled with disbelief and surprise.

Because throughout the entire 2022 season, Qin Miao had no accidents on the track.

No one retired during the race.

Originally, the commentators of Five Star Sports thought that Qin Miao would have a safe and stable season, but no one expected that something like this would happen on the track.

"Oh, Qin Miao retired?!" Brother Bing and his friends were a little nervous when they saw the accident Qin Miao had this season. Now they were somewhat frustrated when they saw Qin Miao gradually slowing down and finally stopping directly at the edge of the track.

Although they no longer have high expectations for Qin Miao's performance in today's game, you can't retire after the first lap, right?

"It's probably because of the fall just now that the car has problems." Zhou Haoran said, "And it's most likely an engine problem. After all, we can see that Qin Miao's four tires and suspension don't have any obvious damage."

If the commentators from Five Star Sports were just a little surprised, the entire Mercedes team seemed a little depressed after Qin Miao was notified to pull over and retire.

Because at this time on the track, Perez just had a flat tire and his speed slowed down, but after returning to the team's P room, Perez changed to new tires and was able to continue running.

But there was a problem with the fuel pipeline of Qin Miao's car, so his withdrawal from the race was almost inevitable.

So even if Hamilton won the race, Mercedes would not be able to win the race today unless Perez and Verstappen retired.

Therefore, the atmosphere inside the Mercedes team was very depressing at this time.

Toto also folded his arms across his chest and let out a sigh.

Toto's expression was not very good at this time, but he did not lose his temper, and no one knew what Toto was thinking at this time.

As for Qin Miao, after parking his car at the entrance of Matthew, he naturally turned off the engine and got out of his car.

Qin Miao's mentality was very stable at this moment. Facing Matthew's questioning who rushed in front of him, Qin Miao waved his hands to indicate that he was fine.

Then Qin Miao came to the side of his racing car with some curiosity, squatted down and looked at the bottom of his racing car.

More than half of the entire bottom plate disappeared in the collision with Perez, leaving only some carbon fiber fragments hanging on the edge of the bottom plate of the car. Even from Qin Miao's angle, he could see the piece of wood at the bottom of the car, which was almost as hard as titanium alloy.

Sighed.

After so many years of racing experience, Qin Miao has gained a preliminary understanding of the impact of the racing aerodynamic kit on the performance of the racing car.

After seeing the damage to the bottom plate of his car, Qin Miao knew that even if his car no longer had problems with pipe leakage and fuel pump, his speed would drop significantly in the next stage of the race, with a single lap speed loss of at least 0.5 seconds.

Moreover, the loss of the floor plate not only causes a loss of downforce of the car, but also affects the overall balance of the car.

The problem that may arise at that time is oversteer when entering the turn and understeer when exiting the turn.

Therefore, if I find that I cannot enter the points zone no matter how hard I try in today's race, I may just give up the race.

Qin Miao would rather withdraw directly than allow his professional career to have a record of not getting a single point in a game. (End of this chapter)