How did I become an F1 driver?

Perez, who takes the outside line, is very fast, after all, the angle of entry into the corner is wider than that of the inside line.

Therefore, Perez, who inserted into Gasly's outside line, had no suitable line to enter the corner, because Gasly was in front of him. If he tried to force the corner, he would inevitably hit Gasly's left rear wheel with his right front wheel.

As for Gasly himself, due to Alonso's sudden turn, the braking distance was insufficient, and the tires were slightly locked, so it was inevitable that Gasly would run off the track.

And to avoid Gasly.

Perez was also dragged off the track by Gasly.

Perez, who entered the buffer zone, directly cut through the entire buffer zone, but the deceleration effect of the buffer zone was too strong, so when Perez returned to the track, he had fallen to last place.

On the other side, Alonso, who escaped the disaster, entered the corner normally from the outside.

But during this process, Sainz, who was walking inside Alonso, didn't know if he was too weak or what.

When entering the corner, the left front wheel slightly rubbed Alonso's right rear wheel, but just a slight rub was enough to make Alonso's car lose all grip at the rear.

Then Alonso's car went out of control. After all, when turning, no F1 driver wants to see his car not at the limit of grip.

As a result, Alonso spun 360° on the spot and slid to the edge of the track, with his right rear wheel slightly contacting the guardrail.

The good news is that Alonso's car was already slowing down when the collision occurred.

Although the rear suspension of Aston Martin racing cars was not ordered from Mercedes-Benz, Aston Martin can be considered to be a student of Mercedes-Benz, after all, they use the same engine.

So this was a relatively minor collision and did not cause the rear suspension of Alonso's car to break.

Someone will ask at this point, even if this accident was very exciting and tragic, no driver had his equipment exploded or stopped on the track due to the chaos at the start, so there is no reason to issue a red flag.

But don't overlook Gasly.

Because Gasly ran off the track, he lost a lot of positions when he returned to the track and fell directly in front of his teammate Ocon.

Even because Gasly was returning from outside the track, his car was not fast enough at this time.

Because of this, his teammate Ocon was able to tap in on Gaselli’s outside line, which also laid the foundation for the red flag that would come later.

France is an abstract and mysterious country, and the biggest feature of this country is its liveliness.

This country is happy to handle jobs big and small.

In June 1940, he even staged an ultimate invincible spiral explosion for people all over the world.

Shocked everyone.

Transferring this trait to drivers, especially in competitive sports, means infighting.

Whether it's the palace fighting in CS or the infighting in F1, it seems that as long as you are a French driver, you will be particularly good at it.

Ocon has a previous record. He directly fought against the veteran driver who is now ranked fourth in the standings and defeated him.

And now on the field, Ocon, who was originally behind, has the opportunity to chase his teammate Gasly. Ocon seemed to have awakened some kind of quality in an instant, transforming into a lion, and his fighting power soared.

After tapping Gasly's outside line, Ocon was ready to use his own speed to overtake his teammate in one fell swoop.

Then after exiting the turn, Gasly squeezed towards the outside of the track. After all, when exiting the turn, he needed to find a smoother acceleration line to better bring out the performance of the racing engine.

But at this time Ocon was cutting in on the right side of Gasly's car.

Therefore, Ocon, who was on the outside of Gasly, gave Gasly a classic American PIT.

The front wheel hit the rear wheel. Although Ocon did not directly bounce Gasly away... maybe Ocon wanted to bounce Gasly away from the beginning, but failed...

All in all, this perfect American PIT caused Gasly's car to lose control on the spot and crash into the guardrail on the right.

O'Connell himself was not feeling well either, because there was no room to hide ahead, and coupled with basic junior high school physics knowledge: forces act mutual.

Ocon hit Gasly's car, so Gasly's car naturally exerted force on Ocon's car.

As a result, Ocon's car hit the guardrail on the right due to the reaction force, directly breaking the right front suspension of the car.

The two Alpine team drivers retired directly.

The pieces fell to the ground.

The two men also cleared up the weeds in the buffer zone at the edge of the track.

The two most expensive lawn mowers in human history are.

This collision between the two was the main reason for the red flag.

After all, the collision caused serious damage to the cars, so the two cars lost power directly and stopped on the track. There were car fragments all around them, and there was no nearby entrance to the track.

Compared with the previous red flag, this red flag is much more normal.

In addition to these two drivers who retired, two other drivers on the track also retired.

You didn’t expect that there are masters out there!
At the T1 braking point at the start, Russell, who started last, rear-ended De Vries at the T1 braking point.

That's right, it was a rear-end collision that is basically never seen in F1 events. At this moment, Russell seemed to be inspired by a certain coach, and his operation was a little abstract and distorted.

When there was chaos ahead, these two people were a beautiful scenery on the track.

With its rear wheels taking off, De Vries' car naturally lost all tire grip in a short period of time. Under the action of inertia, the car sped towards the buffer zone while starting to turn in circles, and then the car skidded into the buffer zone outside the track.

Russell, the instigator of the accident, ran off the track and into the gravel buffer zone because of tire locking.

Russell's idea was actually a good one. He thought that after entering the gravel buffer zone, he could rely on the inertia of the car and his own steering control to get the car out of the buffer zone.

But his car was too slow, and even if he accelerated the rear wheels, they couldn't provide him with enough power.

Eventually Russell was also trapped in the buffer zone.

Four drivers retired from the race in one start, in addition to the drivers who retired previously.

Seven drivers have retired from the Australian Grand Prix so far.

This is also the first time in F1 history that there are three red flags in a race.

The key is that there is only one lap between the two red flags.

During the time he was back, Qin Miao was originally looking forward to the restart of the game, but after hearing what Franky said, Qin Miao's heart sank to the bottom in an instant.

"Qin Miao, we estimate that the race will end under the safety car, and we may lose the last chance to attack Verstappen."

Qin Miao:......

"Why?"

To be honest, after asking this question, Qin Miao felt that he was a little too unlucky this Sunday. Qin Miao had reason to suspect that the person who made him so unlucky was Leclerc, who was definitely the one who slapped him in the face at the end of the race on Saturday!

Otherwise, why were everything fine on Saturday, but there were so many problems and accidents in the race on Sunday?

Qin Miao, who was running back to the field in the car, had already begun to subconsciously find excuses for the loss of today's game.

Of course, no one can say whether this is a reason or a fact.

But no matter who comes, after seeing Qin Miao's performance in today's game, no one will think that Qin Miao is not good enough.

If we really miss the championship of today's race, it will not be our fault.

After returning to the maintenance area, Qin Miao, who had just been in the car for less than ten minutes, got out of the car and got confirmation from Franky: "This is probably the final ranking of today's race."

"Isn't there still one round left?" Qin Miao still wanted to fight for it.

"Will the race restart the static start procedure, because Verstappen crossed the finish line five meters after the start..."

"Dynamic start?"

Franky nodded: "Yes, but you know that you can't overtake in a dynamic start."

Hearing this, Qin Miao sighed helplessly. Franky also gave Qin Miao enough time to digest the news.

This feeling of ups and downs was not pleasant, especially since Qin Miao experienced it twice in one day.

In front of Qin Miao's car, Verstappen, who had just been cursing in the Red Bull team's TR, stopped cursing and looked at his racing engineer with an expectant expression on his face.

After getting confirmation, a smile appeared on Pan Zi's face.

Steady!

The first race championship in 23 years is finally in hand!

In addition to these two championship contenders, the expressions on the faces of other drivers were also different.

Today's race has almost ended early, and the drivers' rankings will not change much.

However, a small incident occurred during this process.

Alonso, who had fallen out of the points zone, found Aston Martin and asked Martin to apply to the race organizers.

According to the penalties at the 2022 Silverstone Grand Prix in the UK, the red flag will appear before the leading car has passed the first period after the start, and the drivers will return to their original positions and start again.

Therefore, Alonso, who made mistakes at the start of the race, and Perez and others can return to their original starting positions and start again.

Even if the FIA ​​is unwilling, with the example of the British Grand Prix, they have no reason to reject it even if they want to.

So in the end the FIA ​​agreed to Alonso's application.

The ending of the race was just as Frankie said to Qin Miao, the drivers finished the last lap under the leadership of the safety car.

The safety car withdrew from the track in the third timing period.

Verstappen also knew that as long as he didn't accelerate before crossing the finish line, Qin Miao behind him would not be able to overtake him.

So he ran slowly to the finish line.

Qin Miao has never hated the FIA ​​rule that prohibits the front nose from overtaking the rear wheels of the car in front during the starting phase as much as he does now.

In the end, the 2023 Australian Grand Prix ended with the Alpine team burning through money and the team leader and technicians’ soaring blood pressure.

The FIA ​​does not want the race to end under the safety car, but the way the race ended today was no different from ending under the safety car.

There were three red flags in today's race and seven drivers retired. The most incredible thing was that the interval between two red flags was only one lap.

It also created another history in F1.

The final rankings and scores of the drivers are as follows:
P1: Verstappen +25
P2: Qin Miao +18
P3: Hamilton +15
P4: Alonso +12
P5: Stroll +10
P6: Perez +9 (fastest lap)
P7: Norris +6
P8: Hulkenberg +4
P9: Piastri +2
P10: Zhou Guanyu +1
It was not only Alonso who benefited at the last moment of today's race, Perez also benefited from this wave of benefits. The restart did not waste his hard work in chasing all the way in today's race, allowing Perez to maintain the sixth place.

At the same time, because Perez was chasing a slower car from behind, after the fuel volume of the car was reduced, he could absorb the tail flow of the slower car and use the DRS of the slower car. It was not surprising that he set the fastest lap in the process of chasing.

What? You ask Sainz?

Didn’t I say it before that Sainz directly knocked Alonso off the track? Although Alonso returned to fourth position after the restart, the fact that Sainz knocked Alonso off the track is an established fact and cannot be changed.

So the race committee penalized Sainz for ten seconds.

Even though Sainz was sitting in the car and making helpless requests from the team TR, he even said "Please" several times.

But it still couldn't stop the FIA's determination to penalize him ten seconds.

Therefore, the Ferrari that crossed the finish line fifth only finished 13th.

This actually benefited Zhou Guanyu. Zhou Guanyu, who was originally prepared to go to the 11th position to guard the goal, finally got another point.

Of course, the happiest person in today's race is Verstappen.

Qin Miao and Verstappen had two extreme feelings about today's race. Both of them experienced ups and downs in today's race.

But Qin Miao ultimately experienced ups and downs, while Verstappen was just the opposite.

It can only be said that Qin Miao was a little less lucky than Verstappen in today's race.

After crossing the finish line, Qin Miao and Franky had little communication with the team TR.

After all, they lost in this way. Today's game was really frustrating. Qin Miao felt uncomfortable and Franky was also depressed.

Qin Miao just quietly drove his car back to the post-race parking area.

After all, Pan Zi was the champion of today's race, so he received special treatment after the race.

Verstappen's Red Bull car was parked in a room reserved for race winners.

Qin Miao and Hamilton's two Mercedes-Benz racing cars were parked at Verstappen's door, like two doormen guarding the door for Verstappen.

After getting off the car, Qin Miao hugged Hamilton.

Qin Miao didn't say anything about the old man's defense against him on the track in today's race.

Because whether Hamilton blocks him or not, it will not affect the two red flags that appeared in the later stages of today's race.

Therefore, no matter what, he would eventually encounter a red flag when attacking Verstappen.

The old man didn't say much at this time, he just reached out and patted Qin Miao on the back.

After a brief exchange, the two went to weigh themselves normally. (End of this chapter)