How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 515 Chapter 519: Tricycle Wins the Championship
The situation at that time was that Qin Miao had already been relatively stationary with Verstappen before the braking point.

You have to know that the RB19 was in DRS mode at that time, which shows how terrifying the straight-line speed of Mercedes' W14 is this season.

Although it was also due to the full release of ERS.

Then Qin Miao naturally braked late and tried to get as close to Verstappen on the outside line as possible. Qin Miao didn't expect that Verstappen would also change lanes to the inside line where he was.

And then as expected, an accident happened.

At that time, Qin Miao braked late, even later than Verstappen who also braked late, and then Qin Miao's right front wheel directly surpassed Verstappen's left rear wheel.

Then as the two cars approached, Qin Miao's right front wheel pierced the right side of Verstappen's floor.

As he got closer, Qin Miao's wheels directly pressed onto Verstappen's floor. Under the influence of the huge downforce of the air, Qin Miao's right front wheel crushed the edge of Verstappen's floor on the spot.

In fact, at this time, Qin Miao's right front wheel was still in good condition. At most, it was scratched a few times by the carbon fiber fragments of the bottom plate of Verstappen's car, but it could still barely hold on until Qin Miao finished the race without a tire blowout.

But after hearing the sound of carbon fiber breaking, Qin Miao's figure was exactly the same as when he collided with Perez in the last race of last season.

Qin Miao's PTSD was triggered instantly.

Therefore, Qin Miao subconsciously released the accelerator and stepped on the brake lightly, using only about ten kilograms of force.

Then, as expected, Verstappen's left rear wheel hit Qin Miao's right front wheel.

A puff of white smoke instantly rose from where the two tires touched, and Verstappen took off on the spot.

Fortunately, the two slowed down when turning, so Verstappen did not fly very high when he took off, not even as high as Qin Miao in the last race of the 22nd season.

Qin Miao was not feeling well either. His tire, which had already been damaged by hitting the bottom of Verstappen, suddenly became overwhelmed by the pressure from Verstappen's car and sent Verstappen flying. It also completely completed its historical mission and burst on the spot.

A lose-lose situation has emerged.

……

In fact, under normal circumstances, both drivers would be able to react to the other approaching them.

But in today's race, Qin Miao and Verstappen were approaching each other's position at the same time, and the two were already very close because of the fight.

In addition, the two people's vision in the cockpit was very limited, and their judgment of the position was more based on their own feelings, which ultimately caused this accident.

Even because the collision was a two-way process, no one of the two people reacted immediately when they collided.

The first thought that came to the two people's minds after they realized they had been hit was: With Qin Miao/Verstappen's skills, how could he have possibly hit me?

At least on this point, the two people have highly similar understandings.

……

“Bumped into?!”

"Qin Miao? How's Qin Miao's car?"

"Flat tire! Qin Miao's racing car has a flat tire!" Zhou Haoran shouted as he looked at the long string of sparks coming out from the bottom plate of Qin Miao's racing car.

"It's over, it's over. Qin Miao could have won the championship!"

"Wait! Qin Miao! Qin Miao hasn't given up yet, he's still running!" The soldier screamed, "Qin Miao replicated the famous scene of his teammate Hamilton in the 2020 British Grand Prix. Qin Miao continued to run with only three tires!"

"What about Verstappen? How's Verstappen?"

Now seeing Qin Miao persisting on the track, the three commentators of Five Star Sports suddenly changed from worrying about Qin Miao's retirement to worrying that Verstappen's speed was not affected at all, and he would take advantage of Qin Miao's tire blowout to overtake Qin Miao.

At this time, they didn't have the time to pay attention to who was the main cause of the accident. They just focused on this.

After all, T11 of the Sakhir Circuit is a high-speed corner, and Bahrain is a desert country with frequent sandstorms.

Therefore, it is not appropriate to use either grass or gravel as the buffer zone outside the track.

Therefore, the buffer zone outside T11 is all concrete, and this buffer zone extends all the way to the long straight road between T13 and T14.

As a result, Verstappen was pushed up by Qin Miao and bounced again after landing.

The overall balance and grip of the car is a complete joke in front of a set of tires that are already insufficiently durable.

So Verstappen circled the buffer zone outside the track twice before stopping.

Fortunately, Qin Miao and Verstappen were in a state of gradual deceleration at the time.

Verstappen did not fly too high, and his speed kept slowing down after landing. He did not rush to the guardrail of the buffer zone, so Verstappen regained control of the car.

After Verstappen's car stopped, he subconsciously shifted into first gear, then started the car from where it stood and chased after Qin Miao.

After all, when they were in the sky just now, Verstappen clearly saw with his peripheral vision that Qin Miao's right front tire had a flat tire, and the wheel hub rubbed against the asphalt surface of the track, sparks flew and the car sped forward.

After landing, Verstappen did not find any damage to his car. He knew that he still had a chance to catch up with Qin Miao and snatch the championship of today's race from Qin Miao.

So after Verstappen landed, he didn't even complain in the team TR.

Landed and made sure the car was OK and the engine had not stalled.

Without caring whether the internal pipes of the car were damaged, he simply shifted the gears and stepped on the accelerator, accelerating to catch up with Qin Miao's car which had already reached T13.

Losing to a three-wheeled Mercedes-Benz once is enough, don’t do it a second time!!!

On the track, the director didn't even know which driver to give the best shot to.

On one side is the reproduction of classic scenes, and on the other side is the direct take-off scene that all audiences love to see.

What a happy trouble!

Of course, in reality, the director still focused the main shot on Qin Miao.

After all, it’s rare to see classic scenes reproduced.

At this time, Qin Miao on the track was trying his best to control his car.

After all, Qin Miao's car was missing a tire.

If you say that the tire cover is all gone, the car will actually be easier to drive.

After all, although the car in this state may deviate when driving, it will deviate very evenly, and will only deviate at a specific angle in one direction from beginning to end.

But at this time, when Qin Miao's tire burst, the tire skin was drooping on the inner circle of the tire.

Under such circumstances, the right tire of Qin Miao's racing car would sometimes suddenly regain its grip, and the tire would roll forward a few times half-dead.

Then God knows when he got unhappy again, and the tire locked up somewhere, and the insignificant grip on the right side was gone, and the resistance increased instead.

Qin Miao then had to turn his left hand more to ensure the balance of the car.

Therefore, Qin Miao was extremely nervous throughout the entire process. He was always feeling the condition of the right front tire of the car and making timely corrections and adjustments to his steering wheel.

From the perspective of the on-site director, it is still obvious that the front of Qin Miao's car will tilt from time to time while driving.

But a two-time champion is a two-time champion after all. Although the car under his butt was a bit like a mad bull, Qin Miao still controlled the car to keep the speed within a certain range and it could still run normally. At this time, not only the three commentators of Five Star Sports, but also all the commentators who were watching today's game were going crazy.

At the back of the track, Verstappen's speed was indeed very fast after he started chasing.

But Verstappen soon discovered a particularly noteworthy point.

That is, Qin Miao's speed is even faster than he imagined.

And that collision obviously caused Verstappen's car to malfunction.

Not only did the car's stability in the corners become a problem after the bottom plate was damaged, but the car's acceleration also began to become weak.

It was obvious that after that crash, there were some problems inside Verstappen's car that Verstappen was not aware of at the time.

Although the RB19 is a bomb that may explode at any time and no one knows when it will break down on the track, at least Verstappen's RB19 has not broken down at this time, which is the best news for Verstappen.

On the track, everyone focused their attention on Qin Miao and Verstappen.

Everyone is looking forward to who will cross the finish line in the end.

At this moment, whether it was the fans who liked Qin Miao or the fans who liked Verstappen, they all clenched their hands so tightly that their palms were sweating.

On the track, both of them tried their best and charged towards the finish line.

After all, Qin Miao had the first-mover advantage. When he passed T14, Verstappen was just in the middle of the T13 and T14 straights.

By the time Qin Miao passed T15 and started accelerating, Verstappen had only caught up to the braking point of T14.

Looking at Verstappen getting closer and closer, Qin Miao finally stopped caring about his right front wheel.

After leaving T15, he straightened the car body and stepped on the accelerator. The front of the W14 tilted to the right, but Qin Miao counter-steered to the left to control the balance of the car, and at the same time the car began to accelerate wildly.

The only good news was that after Qin Miao started accelerating, the flat tire on the right front wheel of the car also began to rotate due to the huge friction of the ground.

While the overall stability of the car has been improved, consistency has also been improved.

It's just that the vibration of the car is greater. After all, everyone knows about the suspension of F1 cars. In order to obtain stronger grip and provide drivers with a stronger sense of the road, the suspension of all F1 cars will be set very hard...

But the final result of today's game is good for Qin Miao and Mercedes-Benz.

In the end, in the somewhat desperate eyes of Verstappen, and the expectant eyes of the Mercedes team staff and the Red Bull team staff.

Qin Miao was the first to cross the finish line, one car body ahead of Verstappen.

After seeing Qin Miao cross the finish line, Verstappen reached out and hit the steering wheel in front of him in annoyance.

Damn, just this little bit!

Amenos's!
As for Qin Miao, after crossing the finish line, he stretched out his hands and waved them vigorously, then shouted: "Awesome!"

However, although Qin Miao felt great after finally defeating Verstappen after all the hardships, he was also scared to death by Verstappen.

After all, the last part when driving the tricycle and stepping on the accelerator was the most nervous moment for Qin Miao, because the W14 could get out of control at any time.

But fortunately, in the end, Verstappen did not take the championship in the end, and he was still more skilled.

However, after crossing the finish line, Qin Miao had the time and extra energy to review the collision between him and Verstappen on the track.

After simply reviewing it in his mind, Qin Miao came to an accurate conclusion.

The collision was just an ordinary track incident.

Both myself and Verstappen are responsible.

It is highly likely that the FIA ​​will not impose any penalties on itself and Verstappen.

After thinking this through, Qin Miao breathed a sigh of relief.

Because of his fight with Verstappen and the accident that occurred on the track in the last timing section, Hamilton, who was originally nearly 19 seconds behind the two of them, was already 6 seconds behind them when they crossed the finish line.

If the FIA ​​suddenly drops the hammer at this time.

There is a high probability that both of them will have to pay a 10-second penalty.

If nothing unexpected happens, the championship that the two fought so hard for will be given to Hamilton for nothing.

And the facts were exactly as Qin Miao had expected.

After Qin Miao and Verstappen crossed the finish line, the FIA ​​gave a hint that their accident would not be investigated further because it was just an ordinary track accident.

……

At the same time, the three commentators of Five Star Sports also breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Qin Miao was the winner of today's match.

Although the three commentators did not participate in the race on the track like Qin Miao, fans would involuntarily put themselves into the drivers' position and environment when watching them.

Naturally, he would feel the same nervousness as Qin Miao.

After Qin Miao finally showed up and won the championship of today's game, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief, but the adrenaline and dopamine that had just surged still made them feel restless for a long time.

"Let us congratulate Qin Miao for winning the Bahrain Grand Prix, the opening race of the 2023 season."

"It's not easy. Today's race is not easy for Qin Miao and the entire Mercedes team."

"But fortunately, Qin Miao withstood all the pressure and still performed as he always does. He started from fourth place and won the championship."

"Is the fastest lap Qin Miao's?"

"No, it's Gasly's. Qin Miao's running style is almost all about protecting the tire, so it's impossible for him to get the fastest lap."

“Of course we also want to congratulate Zhou Guanyu for finishing ninth in today’s race. It’s a pity that Zhou Guanyu, who could have challenged his teammate Bottas, spent most of his time defending Alben behind him due to team instructions. However, it is a happy and joyful thing to see two Chinese drivers both score in today’s race.”

【Chinese New Year】

【Qin Miao is awesome】

【Xiao Zhou is also awesome】

[Pan Zi's match today was relatively clean]

[Guess why the fight between Pan Zi and Qin Miao today was so clean? ]

[Clean? If Pan Zi dares to play dirty with San Shui, San Shui will just explode with him/funny]

[That's true. Pan Zi likes to give the choice to his opponent. Either you get out of the way, or we rush off the track together.

Old man: Okay, you go first.

Sanshui:? Then let’s die together! 】

[Hahaha, Pan Zi became obedient after being hit by San Shui once.]

(End of this chapter)