How did I become an F1 driver?

Leclerc, who was overtaken, was relatively stable at this time. After all, for Leclerc, being overtaken by Verstappen was nothing to be surprised about. The insufficient performance of Ferrari cars this season was an objective fact, and he had prepared himself mentally before the race started.

Facing Verstappen who surpassed him, Leclerc was very calm.

However, another person on the track who had little to do with Verstappen at the moment couldn't remain calm after learning about the final speed Verstappen ran in this race.

Because Qin Miao discovered that the speed of this Red Bull racing car seemed to be faster than yesterday's sprint race.

Damn, is Red Bull hiding something?

Qin Miao, realizing this possibility, instantly felt his inner alarm bells ringing.

Without thinking about continuing to run at his own pace, Qin Miao took the initiative to slow down and let Hamilton enter the DRS area behind him.

Although Qin Miao knew that with the straight-line acceleration capability of the W14, if Hamilton entered the DRS zone behind him, there was a great possibility that the old man would surpass him, after all, the DRS efficiency of the W14 was also very high.

But Qin Miao also knew that if he didn't let the old man enter the DRS area behind him, with Verstappen's speed, he would most likely defeat himself and Hamilton one by one.

Rather than being overtaken by Verstappen when he has tire and speed advantages, and then using his own tire advantage to overtake Verstappen in the later stages of the race, Qin Miao would rather nip Verstappen's threat in the bud.

The old man was a little surprised to see Qin Miao suddenly slow down, and even a little expectant, wondering if there was something wrong with Qin Miao's car.

However, Hamilton soon realized that he was overthinking. After a simple observation of the situation, Hamilton realized that Qin Miao was preparing to pull him to drive the DRS train.

Thinking of Verstappen who overtook Leclerc and then went directly into the DRS zone behind him, Hamilton felt a little emotional.

Qin Miao is worthy of being recognized as one of the drivers with the highest defensive IQ in the history of F1. Not only is his lap speed not slow, but he also has time to observe the situation behind him.

Comparing himself when he was young with Qin Miao now, Hamilton suddenly felt that his younger self was indeed not as good as Qin Miao now.

As for Verstappen, after overtaking Leclerc, Verstappen was thinking about taking over Hamilton in the next lap.

After all, before taking action against Leclerc, Verstappen had already noticed that the time gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton had reached more than one second.

However, after overtaking Leclerc, Verstappen was confused, because at this time in the DRS zone, the rear wing behind Hamilton, which should not have had DRS, was open, and in front of Hamilton was another Mercedes car.

"Fuck! Qin Miao, you're not done yet, are you?!!"

Even though he started cursing, Verstappen was helpless against the two Mercedes cars that were racing in front of him.

Because there was a DRS zone on the starting straight on the fifth lap, Verstappen used DRS to run at a final speed of 345 kilometers per hour on the track, but Hamilton ran at a final speed of 344 kilometers per hour. Even without DRS, Qin Miao still ran at a final speed of 335 kilometers per hour.

Therefore, Hamilton on the track could only approach Qin Miao in front of him, and he couldn't even pose a substantial threat to the opponent before the braking point.

Verstappen was even worse off, he could only follow behind Hamilton and could do nothing.

The Red Bull racing car's extremely high DRS efficiency cannot be brought into play at this time.

At the end of the DRS zone, Hamilton at least managed to get inside Qin Miao's lane, forcing Qin Miao to go inside to defend against Hamilton's attack.

Verstappen, who was behind Hamilton, didn't seem to be involved at all.

After all, he could only watch from behind these two.

Therefore, the three drivers in the leading group in front were frozen in their positions. After all, Qin Miao had rich experience in driving trains. Although the old man had always wanted to usurp the throne and take back Qin Miao's position as train driver, Qin Miao's defensive ability, and the fact that Qin Miao deliberately let Hamilton come behind him, he naturally had a bottom line in his heart.

The old man was very restrained at the beginning and tried to attack Qin Miao, but after a while, Hamilton discovered.

Although it seemed that he had the potential to surpass Qin Miao with every attack.

But there was always that little bit short of it, just that little bit short of a final speed of 5 kilometers per hour.

At the same time, Hamilton also had to guard against Verstappen's sneak attack from behind when he attacked Qin Miao.

If a normal person encounters this situation once or twice, it will be fine, but after a long time, they will probably give up.

After all, it is obvious that Qin Miao is using you as a shield by relying on his better training than yours.

But who is the old man?

Seven crowns!
Without the belief that he must win and the strong desire for victory, would he have received so many honors?

Therefore, the longer the old man was blocked by Qin Miao behind him, the stronger his desire for victory became.

Although the team's track engineer had informed Hamilton that he could slow down his race pace a little, the old man ignored it and kept trying to attack Qin Miao.

What? The team’s instructions before the race?
If I have won seven world championships and still have to listen to the team in everything, then wouldn’t all my seven world championships have been won in vain?

As for Qin Miao, who was originally leading in the front, although he felt that the old man was eager to try against him, at least the old man did not act recklessly.

However, as time went on, Qin Miao felt that the old man's attacks on him were becoming more and more intense.

By the 8th lap, the old man was relying on his terrifying speed to force his way into the inside line before the braking point of T1, trying to squeeze himself to the outside line.

However, Qin Miao also clearly knew the importance of the inner line of the braking point for top drivers like them on a track like Baku.

So even though the old man put a lot of pressure on Qin Miao, he did not choose to give in, but followed Hamilton's rhythm and changed lanes to the inside.

On the track, you can see two Mercedes cars running towards the inside line at the same time.

Even Qin Miao and Hamilton were close to the T1 inside wall.

Qin Miao had to rely on the protective wall to force Hamilton back to the outside line.

Hamilton's attack this time was a bit too aggressive, so the speed of both Qin Miao and Hamilton was affected in this game.

Verstappen caught up to Hamilton and passed T0.2, 1 seconds behind him.

After passing T2, the time gap between Verstappen and Hamilton was widened to 0.3 seconds, but in the DRS zone before T3, Verstappen began to attack Hamilton by relying on his DRS.

However, Verstappen's attack was not successful.

Hamilton held the inside line, and although Verstappen used the car's DRS to get alongside Hamilton on the outside line before the braking point of T3, Verstappen on the outside line had no advantage when entering the corner. Hamilton didn't spend too much effort defending Verstappen, and just a little push outwards left Verstappen with no attacking routes.

Despite the twists and turns, the fight did not result in any change in the positions of the top three drivers.

At this time, Qin Miao also realized that the old man probably had some unrealistic ideas about his leading position.

But Qin Miao was also a little confused. Wasn’t it said at the team meeting before the race that internal fighting was not allowed?
What does this mean, old man?
After realizing that the old man had unrealistic ideas, Qin Miao knew that he could not continue to drive the train.

If I run normally, defending the old man is not a difficult task. After all, I can run at my own pace without reservation.

But if you want to drive a train, you can't drive too fast, because you have to control the distance to avoid being hit by the driver behind you, but you can't pull too far.

With Qin Miao's ability, the best he could do was to maintain his own speed on the track while controlling the distance between himself and Hamilton, as well as between Hamilton and Verstappen behind him. It was really impossible for Qin Miao to be distracted to defend Hamilton.

With the old man's ability, Qin Miao couldn't guarantee that a small mistake would be caught by the opponent, and then he might lose his position.

Being overtaken by the old man is not a big deal. After all, compared to the old man, Qin Miao still has a big advantage in the driver's standings. What Qin Miao really doesn't want to see is being overtaken by Verstappen.

So after the old man's attack, Qin Miao began to speed up.

That is, on the 10th lap after Qin Miao started accelerating, the time gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton was widened to 2.1 seconds.

It can be said that the threat posed by Hamilton has been completely eliminated.

However, at the same time, without the benefit of Qin Miao's wake and DRS, Hamilton, after holding on for two laps in Verstappen's hands, was ultimately unable to withstand Verstappen's attack and was overtaken by Verstappen, dropping to third place.

However, after surpassing Hamilton, Verstappen did not begin to narrow the gap between himself and Qin Miao.

Even in the fastest timing section, most speed monitoring points were slower than Qin Miao.

The reason is easy to guess, that is, the grip of the neutral tire under heavy oil conditions is not ideal on the Baku circuit.

Pan Zi's tires no longer have enough grip.

It wasn't even just Pan Zi. Except for Qin Miao, almost all the drivers using neutral tires were complaining in Team TR that the tires of the cars were starting to slip and the grip of the rear wheels was basically non-existent.

So starting from the sixth lap, drivers came into the pit one after another to change tires.

On the tenth lap, Lynk & Co's De Vries hit the wall at T5, and the left front wheel suspension broke directly. Then the car lost grip and hit the guardrail directly.

The race was flagged with yellow flags.

During the yellow flag period, Verstappen and Hamilton, whose tires had lost grip, chose to pit at the same time to change tires on this lap.

Qin Miao did not choose to enter the pit to change tires immediately because he had enough remaining tires. Instead, he planned to wait until Hamilton completed the pit stop before entering the pit to change tires.

Then a dramatic scene occurred.

Because the left front suspension of De Vries's car was completely broken, the car had lost the ability to turn, and the front of his car was facing the guardrail of the track. At this time, he had no way to escape through the car's own power. At the same time, there was no entrance for Matsushima at the place where he parked.

So he was stranded on the track, and the race organizers had no choice but to send out the safety car.

Because of the safety car,

Hamilton and Verstappen, who had just entered the pit, suffered heavy losses, while Qin Miao made a small profit.

Although Qin Miao's position did not change, when Qin Miao came behind the safety car, the driver behind him had changed from Verstappen to Perez, and the driver behind Perez became Leclerc, followed by Verstappen and Hamilton.

Although it seems that Qin Miao did not rise in the rankings, the loss of his main competitor is an advantage for Qin Miao.

Qin Miao also changed his tires to hard tires when he entered the pit to change tires.

Based on the data just obtained from the main race and the data from the sprint race, Perez's lap speed and long-distance speed are about 0.3 seconds slower than Qin Miao's.

So at this moment, Qin Miao already knew what to do in the rest of the game.

He needs to widen the time gap between himself and Perez as much as possible before Verstappen overtakes the two drivers behind him.

On lap 14, the race restarts.

With Qin Miao leading, there is no possibility that his position will drop after the safety car restarts.

After a successful start.

The subsequent races gradually entered a cruising state. Basically, only the drivers in the middle group at the back had changes in position, while the rankings of the top few drivers did not change much.

Qin Miao thought that Leclerc and Perez would be overtaken by Verstappen soon, but this did not happen.

Although Verstappen took down Leclerc with ease, he couldn't catch up with Perez on the track.

However, Qin Miao set the fastest lap time of the race again and again on the track.

When the race reached the 35th lap, the driver behind Qin Miao was still Perez, but the time gap between the two had been widened by Qin Miao to 5.3 seconds.

Although the time difference is not too big, for Qin Miao, it is the tolerance rate for several small mistakes and one big mistake on the track.

On the Five Star Sports side, Brother Bing saw this and immediately made a judgment: "Qin Miao's condition in today's game was really good. With his current pace, as long as he doesn't make mistakes, it's a foregone conclusion that he will win a race."

Zhou Haoran also said: "Qin Miao was indeed relatively stable in today's race, but don't forget Zhou Guanyu at this time. Zhou Guanyu was also in good shape in today's race and is now ranked behind Norris who is 11th. In today's race, as long as Zhou Guanyu can maintain his current position and not make any mistakes, and keep putting pressure on the driver in front like in the last game, he may really be able to score points again."

It's not just the commentators of Five Star Sports, most car fans in the country think so.

For domestic car fans, the two Chinese drivers on the track this season really created a vibrant and prosperous scene.

Then, three laps later, on the 3th lap, Zhou Guanyu encountered a mechanical failure on the track and drove the car directly back to the maintenance area and retired.

The three commentators who were just praising Zhou Guanyu: ... (End of this chapter)