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At the same time, Qin Miao also felt that something was wrong with his car.

Qin Miao and his car this season have the ability to achieve the integration of man and car.

So Qin Miao could naturally detect something wrong with his car at the first moment.

It was the 38th lap. When Qin Miao was running this lap, he felt that the car's acceleration on the straight road was a bit weak, especially when the engine reached high speed, there was a certain power loss, but this loss was very weak and difficult to see in the telemetry data.

However, all Qin Miao could feel was the power failure of the car, but he had no idea what the specific reason was or where the problem was as he was sitting in the car.

At the same time, Qin Miao realized that if there was really a problem with his car, then the championship he was about to win in today's race would definitely be wasted.

So Qin Miao immediately became nervous and sought help from the team in the TR: "Guys, I feel that the car is not in good condition and the power has dropped. Tell me what happened! How to solve it."

Qin Miao's sudden team TR surprised everyone in the Mercedes team. After taking a look at the telemetry data, they frowned because they did not find any abnormalities in the telemetry data.

But Qin Miao is the person who has the closest contact with the car after all. Many times the telemetry data on the track does not reflect the real situation. In most cases, the team's strategy group technicians have to refer to the driver's feelings on the track at this time to make judgments.

So even though no abnormalities were seen in the data, the team immediately began to handle and inspect the situation.

"Wait a minute, don't be nervous. We didn't find any abnormalities in the main telemetry data. It shouldn't be a big problem. Let's check what happened." Franky comforted Qin Miao on the track and reminded Qin Miao: "Adjust the engine output mode to D mode now."

This mode limits the maximum speed of the racing engine through the electronic control system, thereby protecting the engine.

Although we don't know what exactly happened to Qin Miao's car on the track, the power failure problem is most likely caused by the engine. Reducing the engine speed can protect the car's engine to a certain extent, and it's never wrong to do so.

While notifying Qin Miao, Franky did not forget to ask other staff of the team to check the data of Qin Miao's car immediately.

However, after the team checked all the data they could get, they did not see anything abnormal in the data.

On the 39th lap, Franky said to Qin Miao hesitantly in the team TR: "Qin Miao, we checked and found no abnormality with the car."

But Qin Miao said: "Do something! You should be able to see my throttle circuit diagram. The engine horsepower of the car has obviously dropped!"

In fact, Qin Miao did feel that the horsepower of the car had decreased, but the decrease was very small, only about 5 horsepower less than the normal engine horsepower.

However, the horsepower loss of a normal engine due to wear and tear due to durability issues is generally a linear process and there is a traceable process.

But today was different, the power of the car suddenly dropped by about 5 horsepower.

Based on Qin Miao's understanding of racing, such a drop in horsepower would not be possible under normal conditions.

So Qin Miao concluded that there was something wrong with the car.

But what puzzled Qin Miao was that the team couldn't even figure out what went wrong with their car.

However, the inertia made Qin Miao subconsciously choose to trust the team's judgment.

So at this time Qin Miao did not strongly demand to withdraw from the competition.

Instead, continue driving on the track.

However, due to the decrease in speed, Perez at the back of the track has begun to narrow the time gap between himself and Qin Miao.

The commentators of Five Star Sports had just seen Zhou Guanyu withdraw from the competition, and then they saw that Qin Miao's speed on the track suddenly slowed down drastically.

Suddenly I recalled some bad things.

After seeing Qin Miao's speed suddenly slow down on the track, Perez instantly became alert, and his already focused spirit became even more high-spirited.

This state didn't last long, however.

On the 45th lap, Qin Miao was chased by Perez behind him and went to the DRS area behind him.

Seeing that in the next round, Perez was about to launch an attack on Qin Miao, and Qin Miao started moving directly.

Qin Miao felt that something was wrong with his car and it was getting worse and worse as time went by. He still chose to trust his own judgment and feeling. After saying something to the team, he drove the car directly back to the maintenance area.

"I'm going to retire. I feel like the car can't hold up."

"Are you sure?" Franky asked.

"Yes, I had a strong feeling that something was wrong with the engine of the car."

"Okay, adjust the racing engine mode to E mode, bring the car back, and we will retire."

"Why is this happening? We could have won the championship today!"

"We don't want to see this happen, but this is F1..."

The last sentence was said by Toto.

……

When driving the car back to the maintenance area, Qin Miao determined that there was a problem with his racing car's engine. If he continued to drive on the track, the engine would be at risk of exploding.

If this situation really happens, the Mercedes team may lose more than one engine, and there is also the risk of joint losses for components such as MGU-K and MGU-H that are closer to the engine.

So for safety reasons, Qin Miao took the initiative to drive the car back to the maintenance area.

"Why did Qin Miao come into the pit at this time?" Zhou Haoran, who had been observing Qin Miao's movements on the track, asked with some confusion after seeing Qin Miao enter the pit.

At the same time, the on-site director also turned the camera to Qin Miao who entered the maintenance area.

At this time, the Mercedes team did not move the tires out to the tire changing position to change Qin Miao's tires. Instead, the staff of Qin Miao's team took the car collection tools and prepared to withdraw the car directly after Qin Miao parked.

When the three commentators from Five Star Sports saw that Qin Miao did not enter the pit to change tires but retired directly, they were a little bit incredulous for a moment.

"what?"

"Qin Miao... withdrew from the competition?"

"Why? Qin Miao's car doesn't look abnormal or damaged."

"Why did you withdraw from the race for no reason?" At this time, the on-site director also released the TR of Qin Miao's communication with the team, but it was just an excerpt.

But at least, the audience watching the race knew through the team TR that Qin Miao felt there was something wrong with the engine of his car, but the team's telemetry data did not find any problems. However, Qin Miao himself insisted on bringing the car back.

【Humor Mercedes Benz】

[Last season, neither Sanshui nor the old man retired. At the end of last season, I was still saying that the durability of the Mercedes-Benz cars was amazing. I couldn’t help but praise them. This season, their true colors were revealed.]

[Hey, Qin Miao had a chance to win the championship today. What a great opportunity, but it's gone just like that.]

[Mercedes, you deserve to die! ]

[A dark day in the history of Chinese racing, Zhou Guanyu and Qin Miao both retired/crying]

[Did you forget that there is a Lynk & Co in the paddock? 】

……

After Qin Miao stopped his car, Reyes and others lifted up Qin Miao's racing car and then towed it back to the P room.

After the car was pushed back to the team's P room, Frankie walked to Qin Miao's car in confusion and asked Qin Miao, who was disassembling the steering wheel, "What happened? We didn't find any abnormalities in our telemetry data."

Qin Miao himself was quite helpless. He took off his helmet and spread his hands to Franky and said, "To be honest, I don't know either, but I am sure that there is something wrong with the engine of the car. It's not a mechanical failure or some other problem. Anyway, there is a problem."

Although he was still a little confused, Qin Miao seemed so confident when he said this, and Franky had to consider the worst.

After all, Qin Miao has a good chance of winning the championship in this game. Even if Qin Miao is joking, he can't joke about winning a race, right?
To put it bluntly, if Qin Miao wins a race, the team will give him a championship bonus of nearly 100 million US dollars. Who in their right mind would use this 100 million US dollars to make a joke?
After scratching his head, Franky said, "We will conduct a thorough inspection of the engine after the race and let you know if we find anything."

Qin Miao put his hands on his hips and shook his head helplessly.

Qin Miao was still a little irritable at this time. After all, last season, the team's cars had never had such serious failures on the track throughout the entire year. At most, there were some program bugs in the steering wheel, or some minor problems that might affect the driving of the car to a certain extent, but would not cause him to retire directly.

But Qin Miao did not expect that the team would increase their intensity in the fourth game of this season.

After sitting in the car and sulking for a while, Qin Miao got out of the car helplessly and took off his helmet. Then he saw Toto's inquiring eyes in the team's P room. Qin Miao walked over and said helplessly, "I'm sure the engine of the car is broken."

"No, it's not that I don't trust your judgment, I'm just curious about what exactly went wrong with the car." Toto said with his arms folded across his chest.

Qin Miao recalled for a moment, then said: "The first and most obvious feeling is that the horsepower of the car has dropped. In addition, there has been a lack of acceleration in the last two laps. I believe these problems are not caused by heat decay."

Toto thought about it, and finally nodded to Qin Miao and said, "Okay, I believe my colleagues will find out where the problem is, and strictly speaking, this is not a bad thing. After all, early detection and early treatment, ahem, early detection can also prevent accidents in this regard earlier."

Qin Miao nodded.

Toto reached out and patted Qin Miao's arm: "Don't take it to heart. This season is still long. You also know that although the victory or defeat of a game is crucial, it is not indispensable."

Qin Miao continued to nod: "If nothing else, I'll go to the post-match interview."

Toto thought for a moment and said, "How about this, after you finish the post-race interview, you don't have to attend the team meeting. The meeting briefing will be sent to your mailbox via email, and you can take a look at it when you have time next week.

After the post-match interviews, I will return to the UK or Monaco to rest for two days, and we will see each other in Miami on Thursday. ”

Qin Miao was a little surprised. This was equivalent to the team boss giving him a holiday. No worker would refuse a holiday. But Qin Miao still asked hesitantly, "Wouldn't this be a bad idea?"

Toto waved his hands: "There's nothing wrong with that, and if your retirement is really due to the stability of the team's car, we are the ones who should say sorry.

Okay, now you don’t have to think too much, just finish your work and prepare to relax for two days.

We will inform you as soon as the inspection results of the car come out, so relax and take it easy."

Qin Miao nodded and went out to be interviewed.

As for the subsequent impact of this game?
Apart from the complaints from Qin Miao and domestic fans on the Internet, Qin Miao's withdrawal from the competition was actually not a big deal.

The big deal was that the two Mercedes drivers never retired during the race last season.

To put it nicely, F1 is the top racing sport. To put it bluntly, it is just a racing car made entirely by hand.

A car like this could go awry on the track.

Audiences who have watched F1 races for more than two or three years have become accustomed to drivers' sudden car failures and retirements.

As for the post-race interview, there was actually nothing new. It just asked Qin Miao why he was so sure that there was a problem with the car and what the specific reason was.

After completing these, Qin Miao went straight off work.

Of course, Zhou Guanyu also left work with Qin Miao.

After all, Zhou Guanyu withdrew from the competition early.

However, unlike Qin Miao, Zhou Guanyu has to stay in the paddock after get off work, and after the race, he has to go to the team to attend the post-race team meeting.

After the post-race interview, Qin Miao went to the team's home to change his clothes and left the paddock directly. Even when Qin Miao left the paddock, the race on the field was not over yet.

However, Qin Miao did not return to Monaco or the UK as Toto said, but returned to China.

Compared to those places, Qin Miao wanted to go home to see his wife and daughter more.

After arriving home, little Muchu was still unable to stand up and needed someone to hold him the whole time.

However, after not seeing him for more than a week, little Muchu is no longer wrinkled, and his skin has returned to the state of a baby, chubby and pink, very cute.

Especially when he saw Qin Miao, the little guy was not shy at all and smiled when he saw Qin Miao.

Still confused, she reached out her hands to Qin Miao and asked him to hug her.

Can the old father bear to have such a lovely daughter?
Qin Miao hugged his daughter in his arms with a smile on his face.

Before returning home to see his daughter, Qin Miao missed his wife more and was concerned about the little one even more.

But when Qin Miao saw the little guy looking at him eagerly and asking him to hold him, his heart softened. (End of this chapter)