How did I become an F1 driver?

With such a terrifying speed, Qin Miao was already side by side with Hamilton in the starting grid position in the middle of DRS, and completely overtook Hamilton 300 meters before the braking point.

Sheer force makes big bricks fly.

After overtaking Hamilton, the time gap between Qin Miao and Perez in front was only 1.2 seconds.

Qin Miao also began to gradually narrow the time gap between him and Perez. Of course, Qin Miao did not forget to use a skill on Perez's head.

Originally, Qin Miao felt that the competition had just begun, and even if Perez was under pressure, it would not be too great.

But when the pressure attribute bar appeared above Perez's head, a question mark also popped up in Qin Miao's mind.

[Pressure value: 50%]

No, the race has just started for less than 6 laps, why is Perez under so much pressure?
But you can't really blame Perez.

If you put yourself in Perez's perspective, you will understand why Perez was under so much pressure in this game.

After the opening Bahrain Grand Prix, the finishing time gap between Verstappen and Perez was widened to 12 seconds.

After seeing such a big time gap, Perez realized that it was impossible for him to compete with his teammate Verstappen for the championship.

But just when you have completely given up, you suddenly find that in a race, your teammate has fallen to the end of the team due to a mechanical failure of the car. At this time, you naturally want to win the championship while your teammate is away.

But just when you have the best hope of winning the race, Qin Miao is pressing you step by step from behind, constantly putting pressure on you.

Intent on taking away your grand prix title.

Perez, who has only signed a one-year contract with Red Bull, will definitely have to fight for his contract at this time, and the pressure will naturally become great.

Faced with such great pressure, I believe no one can remain calm.

Perez is no exception.

But Master Pei is Master Pei after all. While defending Qin Miao, he did not make any driving mistakes because of Qin Miao's skills.

The reason why he was finally overtaken by Qin Miao was that on the 7th lap, after Qin Miao caught up with the DRS zone behind Perez, he did not rush to take action. Instead, he took two DRS zones to shorten the time gap between himself and Perez to less than 0.3 seconds. Only then did he overtake Perez in the DRS zone on the starting straight as if he had overtaken Hamilton.

In fact, with the time gap between Qin Miao and Perez, Qin Miao could have overtaken Perez in the DRS zone in the third timing period.

However, considering the terrifying DRS efficiency of the Red Bull racing car, Qin Miao still controlled his inner impulse and waited until he reached the DRS zone on the starting straight before taking action.

After overtaking Perez, Qin Miao used the distance of one timing segment to throw Perez out of the DRS area behind him.

Next, Qin Miao started cruising, and this game had little to do with him.

On the ninth lap, Verstappen, who had already caught up to tenth place, was blocked by Zhou Guanyu for four laps.

In the end, he was overtaken by Verstappen on the starting straight.

Although there is no direct competitive relationship between Arrow and Zhou Guanyu and Red Bull.

But no matter what, Arrow is the second team member of the Ferrari team. In addition, Zhou Guanyu is also a good friend of Qin Miao. It is reasonable for Zhou Guanyu to block Verstappen for four laps both publicly and privately.

Next, the director's main broadcast shots were placed at two different points on the track.

The first is the attack and defense between Hamilton and Perez.

As the race reached the 12th lap, Perez's tires began to lose grip. Although the grip of neutral tires is still stronger than that of hard tires, Perez's speed is no longer as fast as Hamilton.

The distance that Perez had originally opened up was gradually caught up by Hamilton, and the two of them were deadlocked on the track. Perez began to defend Hamilton, and all Hamilton could do in a short period of time was to put pressure on Perez, and he had no way to overtake Perez.

At the same time, the director also focused on Verstappen in the back in another part of the broadcast.

After all, the top drivers chasing forward at a rapid pace from behind is a scene that the audience loves to see.

What about Qin Miao?
Although no one could deny Qin Miao's strength at this time, after all, he was leading the race, but leading the whole field alone was not what the audience wanted to see.

Without any interference, Qin Miao began the lonely cruise that he was very familiar with last season.

Qin Miao's speed decreased in each lap, which was very intuitive to the audience who were looking at the data charts.

But only more experienced viewers can find out when looking at the chart that although Qin Miao's lap speed is constantly decreasing, veteran car fans can tell at a glance that although Qin Miao's single lap speed has been slowing down, each lap is evenly slow.

On lap 14, the first pit stop window opened.

Hamilton and Perez did not pit.

Always keep on the track.

Finally on the 17th lap, Hamilton finally overtook Perez, whose tires began to fail, on the track.

The way he overtook Perez was similar to the way Qin Miao overtook Perez, relying on the W14's straight speed and DRS.

However, Red Bull was also straightforward. After Perez was overtaken by Hamilton, they directly called Perez into the pit to change tires.

It is obvious that Red Bull has now given up on letting Verstappen chase Qin Miao. Considering Qin Miao's ability to protect his tires and the fact that Verstappen only caught up to 4th place by not making a pit stop and is actually in 8th place, Verstappen has basically lost all possibilities of competing with Qin Miao for the championship in today's race.

There was no need to wait for this scene to occur. Before the race started, Red Bull's strategy team knew that Verstappen would not be able to win the race today unless Qin Miao retired on the spot.

At this time, Red Bull asked Perez to try his best to block Hamilton's ideas. It was obvious that they did not want Hamilton to get second place.

Let Perez try his best to help Verstappen block Hamilton's race pace.

This will allow Verstappen to maintain the points gap between himself and Qin Miao and prevent it from widening further.

Then something went wrong at this point.

Because on the 18th lap, Perez had just changed the tires and came out of the team's P room when Stroll's car broke down.

The reason is that Aston Martin detected that Stroll's car's MGU-H was wearing out too severely.

No longer able to continue driving.

The team then had Stroll park the car at a matthew entrance.

As expected, a safety car appeared on the track.

Perez had just pitted on the previous lap, and there was a safety car on the next lap.

This is really bad luck. It's really bad luck that opened the door.

As a result, Perez's original third position dropped directly to eighth, right in front of Zhou Guanyu.

Originally, Qin Miao wanted to run a long stint on the track, but a safety car suddenly appeared on the track and Qin Miao had to pit.

It can even be said that if Qin Miao missed the safety car, the advantage of Qin Miao's tire durability would not be reflected in today's race.

But the shit is, with Qin Miao's ability to protect his tires, his soft tires can only allow him to last 25 laps at most on the Jeddah circuit. If the fuel is light, Qin Miao's soft tires can last up to 30 laps if he uses them sparingly.

But now Qin Miao's car is still in a heavy oil state. If he changes to soft tires at this time, Qin Miao will not be able to finish the race.

Of course, if Qin Miao really finished this race, the FIA ​​and Pirelli, who had been enduring the unfair protests brought about by Qin Miao's incredible ability to preserve the tire, might go crazy.

The original intention of designing F1 tires is to allow them to be consumed on the track, but not too quickly, so as to force the team to pit and change tires to increase the variables on the track.

But if you, Qin Miao, play like this, other teams may have to find a way to ban you.

And Qin Miao really couldn't do it. He had to pit and change to soft tires and then run the entire race.

In addition, Qin Miao was using neutral tires at the time, so there was no doubt that Qin Miao would have to change to hard tires this time when he entered the pit.

Although the speed was a bit slow, there was no problem in completing the entire race, and Qin Miao could also ensure that his single lap speed was always impressive in the later stages of the race.

In fact, the further the game progresses, the greater Qin Miao's advantage becomes.

But it is not without risks.

Verstappen, who originally had no idea about Qin Miao in today's race because of his incredible ability to protect the tire, suddenly had some unrealistic ideas after knowing that Qin Miao pitted and changed to hard tires on the 18th lap.

Because if Qin Miao changed to soft tires during their originally scheduled pit stop window, Verstappen might not be able to catch up with Qin Miao even if he used DRS on every lap.

But now, Verstappen at least has a chance to catch up with Qin Miao.

After all, Qinmiao tires no longer have the advantage of differentiation.

Qin Miao's side also became a little anxious because of the sudden safety car.

After all, the safety car will shorten the distance between cars.

By then, the advantage you gained from running might be gone.

However, just as Qin Miao was coming out of the maintenance area and feeling worried, Franky said, "Stroll stopped the car at the Matthew entrance. We expect the safety car to be on the track for a maximum of two laps."

This is actually not good news.

Because two laps is enough to suppress the positions of the drivers within ten places at the back.

But then Franky finally told Qin Miao some good news: "Perez is now in seventh place and has withdrawn from the championship competition today.

Verstappen is fourth after coming out of the pits, ahead of Alonso and Hamilton. Alonso and Hamilton will most likely help you defend Verstappen for a long time. We have plenty of tyre space, so please push forward as much as possible before Verstappen catches up!"

Qin Miao suddenly asked, "Can I not push, but stay on the track to provide DRS for Hamilton?"

There is nothing much to say about this tactic. It is a classic tactic of Qin Miao, which is disgusting. He uses the convenience of providing DRS to the car behind him to defend the car behind him in disguise.

Commonly known as the DRS train.

The team actually knew that Qin Miao's ability to hit the target from a distance was incredible, and they also recognized Qin Miao's reputation as the best train driver in the paddock, but the team did not adopt Qin Miao's idea.

Of course, Franchi also gave an explanation: "According to the calculations of the strategy team, Hamilton's tires may not last that long. No matter how much DRS you provide Hamilton in the middle and late stages of the race, his neutral tires may not be able to withstand Verstappen's attack due to excessive exhaustion, so our suggestion is to start pushing forward with all your strength now without saving tires."

After hearing this, Qin Miao didn't think much about it.
After all, what Franky said makes sense.

Qin Miao took the offensive on the track.

Starting from the 30th lap, Qin Miao began to refresh his lap speed every lap and also got the fastest lap at that time.

It was the 33rd lap when Verstappen overtook Alonso.

At this time, the time gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton was only 4.1 seconds.

The old man also knew that although he could finish the remaining half of the race using neutral tires, he would not be able to defend against Verstappen's attack in order to protect the tires. From the moment the safety car came out, the championship in today's race had nothing to do with him.

It is impossible for me to pit and change tires in the middle and late stages of the race.

So the old man was still quite calm at this time, and he just ran at his normal pace on the track.

If Verstappen catches up from behind, then for Qin Miao's sake, if he can defend Verstappen for a while, he will do so normally. If he really can't defend him, Hamilton will not force it.

The second half of the game was relatively calm.

After Verstappen overtook Alonso, he caught up to the DRS zone behind Hamilton on lap 37.

During this process, Verstappen also took the fastest lap from Qin Miao.

I have to say that the Red Bull car is indeed fast this season, especially after Verstappen took Hamilton's DRS.

At this time, the time gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton had widened to 7.1 seconds.

This was because Hamilton was protecting his set of neutral tires and did not run too fast, and also because Qin Miao was pushing forward with all his strength.

Although the offense and defense between Hamilton and Verstappen in today's game was not as intense as in the 21 season, the old man did not let up.

Basically, he completed his defensive moves without any compromise in the corners that could defend against Verstappen.

However, after running so many laps, Hamilton's tires are ultimately just a set of neutral tires, not hard tires.

In addition, the old man was not able to withstand Verstappen's attack in the end because he drove on the non-driving line when defending.

Finally, on the 40th lap, under the somewhat regretful gaze of Qin Miao fans, Verstappen finally surpassed Hamilton in the DRS area of ​​the starting straight relying on the DRS tail speed.

At this time, the time gap between Verstappen and Qin Miao reached 8.9 seconds.

And now there are ten laps left until the end of the race.

The most important thing is that Qin Miao's lap speed is still very stable, always maintaining a speed of around 32.8 seconds per lap.

Verstappen first overtook Alonso, and then fought with Hamilton on the track for so long. His set of neutral tires cannot be said to be badly damaged, but they are also a candle in the wind.

But despite this, Verstappen's single lap pace is still around 32.5 seconds. Compared with Qin Miao, he still has a speed advantage, but not much.

As the race progressed, Verstappen's pace dropped significantly faster than Qin Miao's. By the last lap of the race, Verstappen had only shortened the time gap between himself and Qin Miao from 8.9 seconds to 5.1 seconds.

In the last lap, Qin Miao's single lap speed surpassed Verstappen by 0.1 second.

This means that even if the race is postponed for another 10 laps, Verstappen will not be able to challenge Qin Miao's championship status.

Qin Miao led the race all the way until the end.

In the end, it was no surprise that I won the championship of today's race.

Verstappen's performance in today's race cannot be said to be bad, it can only be said that he was a bit unlucky this Grand Prix weekend.

Although Alonso at the back had a good lap time, he was also using hard tires, which were more durable than Hamilton's neutral tires. Therefore, his lap time was actually faster than Hamilton's.

But at this time we have to mention the W14, a very distinctive Mercedes racing car.

Anyone who has driven behind Albon and Russell knows this.

Even if your lap time is faster than the car in front of you, you can still use DRS every lap.

But if the car in front of you without DRS turned on is going faster than you with DRS turned on, then this is a ghost story.

And Alonso encountered this situation on the track today.

Alonso took advantage of the soft tires and was faster than Hamilton in the last five laps of the race.

Although Aston Martin's car uses the same power unit and gearbox as Mercedes, the two cars have completely different aerodynamic design concepts.

The effect is just as mentioned above. Even if Alonso turned on DRS, sucked Hamilton's tailwind, and used ERS at full power, he couldn't get close to Hamilton quickly in the DRS zone.

When Alonso was finally about to catch up with Hamilton, the DRS zone was also over, and the two cars came to the braking point one after the other.

It's basically like this every time, and the boss is so angry that his lungs are about to explode.

This is also one of the drawbacks of modern F1 racing.

The car is too long and too wide, and the direct consequence is that overtaking is difficult. Overtaking at a non-overtaking point means either that your car has an absolute performance advantage over your opponent's car, or that the car in front makes a mistake. There is no third possibility.

But if your car is fast enough, it will be rare for you to fall behind, and F1 drivers can't be said to be one in ten thousand, one in a hundred thousand or even one in a million is normal.

With such a group of people, the likelihood of mistakes on the track is low.

Instead of hoping that the driver in front of you will make a mistake, you might as well hope that it will suddenly rain.

Therefore, the conventional method of overtaking on the track is in the DRS zone, and the DRS zone is even designed to allow the following car to overtake.

The existence of this Mercedes muscle car just hits the soft spot of Aston Martin.

Alonso was very disgusted.

However, apart from feeling sorry that he could not compete for the championship in today's race, the old man had nothing to complain about today's race and was even quite satisfied.

You wrote the fucking Hamilton Defense, didn't you? Try defending me again?
……

All in all, the second half of the Saudi Grand Prix was relatively quiet.

Qin Miao crossed the finish line calmly under such circumstances.

But after a few seconds, the fireworks on both sides of the track still added some warmth to Qin Miao's heart.

As soon as Qin Miao crossed the finish line, the director of the race turned the camera to the Mercedes team's P room.

At this time, Toto, who had the most traffic in the Mercedes team except for the two drivers, was not there, so the camera was focused on the team's technicians.

At this time, Reyes and the others didn't seem to be too happy. They just stood up with smiles on their faces and applauded Qin Miao for his game today.

Judging from their expressions, it is obvious that these people have become accustomed to Qin Miao winning the championship.

After crossing the finish line, Qin Miao was very calm and only said one sentence in the team TR: "Thank you everyone, you provided me with a very balanced racing car, which is very comfortable to drive."

Franky smiled and responded: "You did a good job, too. Now switch the racing engine mode to S and bring the car back."

……

"Let us congratulate Qin Miao and the Mercedes team for winning another race championship!"

"Yes, after winning today's race, the points gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen has now reached 13 points. This is an extremely good start for both Qin Miao and the Mercedes team."

"And from the communication between Qin Miao and the team after the race, it's not hard to see that today's race was relatively easy for Mercedes."

"Yes, before I knew it, it has been Qin Miao's third year in the paddock. To be honest, in Qin Miao's first year in F1, I only expected him to be a frequent visitor to the podium. After all, Qin Miao has great talent in F2, so I can't underestimate Qin Miao. But at that time, I could never have imagined that one day I would see a Chinese driver say such plain but confident words to his team engineer after winning the championship."

These are the feelings of the three commentators of Five Star Sports after today's game.

The final rankings and scores of the drivers in this race are as follows:

P1: Qin Miao +25
P2: Verstappen +19 (fastest lap)
P3: Hamilton +15
P4: Alonso +12
P5: Perez +10
P6: Leclerc +8
P7: Sainz +6
P8: O'Connell +4
P9: Gasly +2
P10: Zhou Guanyu +1
There is no doubt about Qin Miao's performance in today's game.

The eternal god of the race.

Verstappen tried his best in today's race.

If there weren't so many drivers blocking his way on the track, Verstappen might have had a real chance of catching up with Qin Miao in the later stages of the race.

As for whether he could take away Qin Miao's race championship after catching up with him...

This is not important!
At least after catching up with Qin Miao, Verstappen still has a chance, right?
It's a bit of a pity that Hamilton finished third in today's race.

The old man was short of luck.

If Hamilton had not used hard tires at the start of today's race, or even if he had used soft tires at the start, he would not have been so passive after the safety car appeared on the track.

It's just a pity that this is F1, there are no ifs in the racing field. (End of this chapter)