How did I become an F1 driver?

After pitting and changing to neutral tires, the two Red Bull drivers began their overtaking performance on this difficult overtaking track.

On lap 41, Verstappen easily overtook the car in front with DRS and came in 14th place.

Perez also responded shortly afterwards by surpassing Russell in front of him.

However, no matter how the two Red Bull cars chop down the defense at the back, the podium in this race has nothing to do with them anymore.

At least at this moment, the drivers at the front of the line didn't pay much attention to the two people behind them.

Unless a meteorite suddenly falls from the sky during this game and hits the players in front of them, forcing them to retire.

Just when everyone thought that this was the end of the mid-to-late stage of the game.

Now the only thing we can look forward to is how Qin Miao will deal with Leclerc after his tire advantage becomes apparent in the later stages of the race.

Then on lap 43, Ocon retired due to stability problems with the engine.

He slowly stopped his car, which had lost power, at the entrance of the maintenance area.

The Renault engine is now the real GP2 engine.

Even worse than the GP2 engine.

Ocon retired at the exit of the maintenance area because the car lost power and Ocon couldn't even get the car off the track.

However, Ocon did not allow any debris to appear on the track, so the race council considered for a while under the yellow flag and finally only deployed the virtual safety car instead of the safety car.

Although the time saved by pitting under the virtual safety car is not as much as that saved under the safety car, it at least takes less time than a normal pit stop.

At this time, only three laps had passed since Verstappen and Perez entered the pit.

So the director turned the camera to the podium of the Verstappen team, which was at the top of the standings at the time.

Hannah, the beautiful strategist of the Red Bull team, also had a painful look on her face and lowered her head to hold her forehead.

Horner was also silent at this time.

Red Bull was really unlucky in this race.

On the track, although Ocon parked his car at the exit of the maintenance area, his car did not block the exit of the maintenance area. Instead, it was parked on the other side of the track. Therefore, the FIA ​​did not block the maintenance area and he was still able to pit and change tires normally.

However, despite this, none of the drivers in the leading group at the front dared to pit at this time.

Because it is difficult to overtake on this track, and thanks to Leclerc, the distance between the drivers in the front row is only three seconds at most.

With such a time gap, there is no condition to stop and change tires.

For example, Qin Miao, who is now ranked second.

If he pits under the virtual safety car, the pit stop will take about 31 seconds, which is about 15 seconds less than the normal pit stop time.

But after he comes out of the maintenance area, he will fall directly in front of Zhou Guanyu who is ranked 10th.

This position is lower than Verstappen's current position.

So none of the drivers in front dared to pit at this time.

The pit stop podium is gone.

At the same time, because Alonso was not in the front and there were not many drivers behind him, and the remaining track was short enough, the team decided to let Alonso pit for soft tires.

In addition, Alonso also had a 5-second penalty, so he had to pit to receive the penalty.

Then, while paying the penalty, the boss also made a mistake in changing the tire. The total time for the pit stop penalty and the tire change was 25.8 seconds. Adding the time for entering and exiting the pit, the total time was close to 50 seconds.

The two-time world champion was beaten to last place.

It is useless.

On the other side, Verstappen caught up with Ye Yifei, who was in 51th place, on lap 8.

Ye Yifei's performance in today's race was actually quite good, and he completed all the tasks assigned to him by the team.

Even beyond the team's expectations, he has maintained his position in the points zone.

If nothing unexpected happens, Ye Yifei will bring back at least one point for the Lynk & Co team, which is at the bottom of the list.

If Ye Yifei can run a few more races, perhaps Lynk & Co will be able to directly surpass Haas in the team standings.

Let’s digress and get back to the topic.

In fact, at this time, facing Verstappen's attack, Ye Yifei could completely stop defending and just let Verstappen pass.

After all, the speed advantage of the Red Bull car is there. Unless the person sitting in the car is Qin Miao, it is impossible to use a Lynk & Co car to defend against Verstappen's attack.

Defending Verstappen at this time might disrupt his rhythm, but after Ye Yifei waited for Verstappen to catch up with him, he did not let Verstappen go directly. Instead, he took a defensive route and blocked Verstappen's first tentative attack.

In fact, if Lynk & Co was still called Red Bull, Ye Yifei would also be a driver of Red Bull. At this time, Verstappen caught up with him. Even if he wanted to defend Verstappen and wanted to step on Verstappen to get to the top, the team would directly issue a team order.

But things are different now. Lynk & Co is now extremely popular. Although it has a good relationship with Red Bull, Red Bull can no longer give team instructions to Lynk & Co.

Ye Yifei and his current Lynk & Co are also in a honeymoon period.

Lynk & Co found that Ye Yifei seemed to be more useful than Kakuta, could get points and was easier to communicate with. The most important thing was that he was a Chinese, so it was very convenient for him to take him back to China to participate in promotional activities.

So even though Lynk & Co also knows that it is irrational and unnecessary for Ye Yifei to defend Verstappen now.

But now Ye Yifei is in a place where he has no where to go, so it’s harmless for him to find some shots on Verstappen to make his presence felt.

Of course, many people think that Ye Yifei is overestimating his abilities now.

Verstappen could overtake Ye Yifei in just one lap at most.

Many people don't even care much about it.

They thought that it would be as easy for Verstappen to overtake Ye Yifei as kicking a stray dog ​​to death on the side of the road.

Then Ye Yifei defended Verstappen for a full 4 laps on the track.

There were no surprises, and no slipping on the loose oil on the track.

It's just about taking the inside line and blocking Verstappen's exit route, and Ye Yifei is not afraid of colliding with Verstappen.

Even when Verstappen was attacking Ye Yifei, he saw the shadow of Qin Miao on Ye Yifei's body.

Because when Verstappen habitually gave Ye Yifei the choice of whether or not to have a car accident, Ye Yifei's way of handling it was not like that of a newcomer who had only run two races on the track.

If you compete with him for the line rights, he will really dare to withdraw from the competition to squeeze you out.

Of course, when Ye Yifei closed the door forcefully, Verstappen chose to retreat immediately and no collision occurred.

Verstappen and Qin Miao had been fighting for so long, and he had also been hit by Qin Miao. After that, when attacking, Verstappen would still leave himself some room.

So after seeing Ye Yifei's move, Verstappen hesitated for a moment and did not act rashly. Because on a track like Marina Bay, if you act rashly, once a collision occurs, it is really possible to have a major accident and retire if you cannot control the car.

Because of this brake, Verstappen took a breath behind Ye Yifei and accumulated some energy before attacking Ye Yifei again.

The next time Verstappen attacked and overtook Ye Yifei, he relied on the absolute speed of the car to overtake, and the overtaking process was very clean.

Ye Yifei didn't force it this time. It was enough to block Verstappen for four laps.

Just let Verstappen pass.

On lap 55, the old man overtook Sainz at the back of the track.

At this time, the advantages of Qin Miao's tires over Ferrari's gradually became apparent.

Then when Qin Miao was about to increase the intensity on Leclerc, the bastard Lao Si discovered Qin Miao's offensive intention and gave his position to Qin Miao directly at the end of the starting straight on the 57th lap.

It was the kind that was let go directly to Qin Miao without any defense.

Qin Miao's attack was just a tentative one, and he just shook the inside line a bit, while Leclerc didn't make any defensive moves at all.

Then Qin Miao was a little confused and shot from the inside line of the fourth brother.

He instinctively braked late at the extreme braking point and overtook Leclerc.

Although Qin Miao won the first place, the fans who came from China to watch the race cheered excitedly, and the cheers of the fans even drowned out the roar of the racing engines.

But when Qin Miao overtook Leclerc, he was not very happy. Instead, he felt powerless, as if he was punching cotton.

"Fuck it, why did he just let me pass?" Qin Miao couldn't help but ask in the team TR.

In today's race, Qin Miao actually felt quite uncomfortable behind Leclerc.

Don’t think that Qin Miao was just following Leclerc and running the race normally. In fact, it was very uncomfortable for Qin Miao to follow Leclerc.

Because Leclerc wants to suppress the speed of the cars behind him, so in addition to those straight roads, in areas with dense bends, such as T1, T1, and T2 in the first timing section, which are bends where it is difficult for the cars behind to overtake, Leclerc will suppress his cornering speed.

Leclerc deliberately slowed down here, and Qin Miao had no way to deal with him.

Because there is only one lane of traffic here.

It would be fine if it happened once or twice, but in the first half of the game, Qin Miao was always disgusted by Leclerc behind him. No matter how stable Qin Miao's mentality was, he would still feel a little annoyed if Leclerc interrupted his game rhythm again and again.

It was just a little brake test over and over again.

Qin Miao didn't dare let Leclerc go too far.

After all, Qin Miao knew during the qualifying round that the Ferrari was stronger than the W14 on this track. Qin Miao was really afraid that if he let Leclerc go, he would not be able to catch up with him in the later stages of the race.

So Qin Miao could only continue to suffer behind Leclerc.

While it was a setback, you have to know that the Marina Bay Circuit is very hot, and the average temperature inside the racing cabin is close to 60℃.

Plus the track was very humid, so it was really hot and stuffy.

At the same time, the performance of the W14 car this season is not as dominant as in the st season, so naturally there is no extra performance to install a triangular windshield to increase the comfort of the driver.

The hot air discharged from the engine of Leclerc's racing car blew directly onto Qin Miao's helmet with incredible precision, making Qin Miao feel even hotter.

It can be said that the longer Qin Miao followed Leclerc, the more uncomfortable he felt.

It was already the late stage of the race. Although Qin Miao had no way of retaliating, he would definitely take the opportunity to overtake Leclerc to vent his anger.

But Leclerc, that bastard, he just let me go!

On the other side, Frankie, who was a little confused after hearing Qin Miao's question, asked tentatively in the team TR: "Um, is there any problem with this?"

Qin Miao paused for a moment, then said: "I originally thought that Leclerc would be more courageous..."

"But he just surrendered like that!"

Frankie didn't know how to answer Qin Miao for a moment, so he could only say helplessly: "Got it."

Next, Qin Miao did not interfere with the fight between Leclerc and the old man on the field.

Grudges aside, Qin Miao will not forget that his main goal is to win the race.

After overtaking Leclerc, Qin Miao began to quickly widen the time gap with the car behind at a speed of 0.2 seconds per lap.

The tires that Leclerc saved when facing Qin Miao were all used to defend the old man behind him.

HAMILTON: ?
But do you think there is anything wrong with the fourth brother’s choice?

Actually, there is no problem.

Qin Miao's defensive ability is indeed the most well-known in the paddock. Many people know Qin Miao from his locking down Verstappen.

But in the eyes of his colleagues, what is truly amazing about Qin Miao is his ability to maintain his pregnancy.

Therefore, Leclerc knew that it was only a matter of time before Qin Miao, who had a huge tire advantage, surpassed him. So at this time, instead of wasting his remaining tires on Qin Miao, it would be better to defend the old man behind him with all his strength and try his best to win a runner-up in the race.

But this made the old man feel uncomfortable...

When he saw Lao Si let Qin Miao pass, the old man thought there was something wrong with Lao Si's car. But after this bastard let Qin Miao go, he became particularly enthusiastic in defending himself. What a beast.

Finally, on the 62nd lap, amidst the thunderous cheers of domestic fans at the scene, Qin Miao crossed the finish line 7 seconds ahead of Leclerc, who was in second place.

Won the Singapore Grand Prix championship.

Leclerc came in second.

Leclerc was extremely calm in today's race. He protected his tire in the early stages, decided to give up the fight for the championship in the middle stages, and defended Leclerc with all his strength in the late stages.

These on-the-spot decisions minimized Leclerc's losses in the race, and he finally secured a runner-up place in the race.

Although it is a pity that they did not win the championship, for Ferrari, which has changed its team leader and has had poor results this season, this is a shot in the arm and a good thing to be happy about.

Although the second place sounds bad, or even a bit bad, it is better than competing with Qin Miao for the points championship and then losing, and finally the tires’ grip was gone and they couldn’t even withstand the offensive pressure from the old man, and finally they couldn’t even keep the second place.

After crossing the finish line, Qin Miao was naturally very happy and started cheering in the team TR.

Let's go' Let's fucking go'
"Awesome Qin Miao, awesome! A thrilling match! Well done."

"Thank you, thank you guys."

“Oh my god, O(∩_∩)O haha~”

When Qin Miao was communicating with his colleagues in the team, Xiao Muchu's voice suddenly interrupted the team's voice.

Qin Miao was stunned for a moment, and then a gentle smile appeared on his face involuntarily.

Her voice was no longer as excited as before, but full of tenderness: "Thank you too, my daughter." (End of this chapter)