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There was nothing wrong with the old man's operation at this time, but the problem was that all the traction of the car was useful in the starting phase.

You use the car's traction for turning, so the traction for accelerating on the straight is naturally not as strong.

What's more, Qin Miao started on the clean side of the track.

So after the start, Qin Miao easily took the lead over Hamilton.

But for safety reasons, Qin Miao moved one car body's distance towards the inside of the track before the braking point of T1 and entered the turn on the center line of the track.

After all, T1 of the Zhuzhu Circuit is a left turn of more than 100°. Here, other drivers only need to mindlessly insert to the inside line to easily overtake the car in front.

Even though the old man's start was not as smooth as his own due to the interference of unfavorable factors on the track, the strength of the seven-time champion was still there. He still had the possibility of forcing his way into Qin Miao's inside line and overtaking Qin Miao.

Moreover, before this race, the team did not give Hamilton any instructions to give way to Qin Miao on the track, so Qin Miao still had to consider his third world championship more.

Of course, it turned out that the old man had no intention of braking late. After Qin Miao went to the inside line, he naturally went to the outside line to seek a wider angle for entering the corner.

Qin Miao also maintained his starting position.

But the fighting and intrigue between the drivers in the front row are limited to a certain extent, while the drivers in the middle group are shoulder to shoulder, and there are always some unexpected collisions on the track.

When two cars were lined up on the outside, the leader of the Rockets found a gap on the inside. The experienced old driver saw the gap and went straight into the inside, hoping to overtake a few more cars by relying on the advantage of the inside.

However, the low temperature of the track had an impact on the grip of the racing tires that was obviously beyond Tou Ge's expectations. In addition, the newly paved asphalt of the Zhuzhu Track was very smooth, and the grip on the inner line of T1 was also somewhat insufficient.

As a result, after the driver forced his way into the inner lane, the rear end of the car lost control, and after turning around on the track, it stared at Bottas' black car in bewilderment.

Bottas naturally had to brake because a car suddenly appeared in front of him and was crossing the road.

The braking force was particularly strong, otherwise it would have crashed directly into the car.

Also because of Bottas' braking, Perez behind Bottas was unable to dodge in time and did not expect Bottas' braking force to be so strong, so he rear-ended Bottas.

Fortunately, in T1, everyone's speed was not fast enough, so when Perez rear-ended Bottas, it did not cause too much damage to his own car or Bottas's car.

But sometimes accidents on the track, especially accidents between mid-field drivers at the start, can easily lead to a chain reaction.

Bottas' car had already reached a suitable speed, but after being hit by Perez, the speed of the car increased again and it directly collided with Alonso's front nose.

The blow was quite heavy and both cars suffered minor damage.

Alonso's front nose was damaged, while the Sauber car played to its usual advantage: its light weight.

If the car is light, some parts of the car will naturally not be strong enough.

This collision directly knocked off the front nose wing of Bottas' car.

There were collisions and debris on the track, but no cars stopped on the track, so the race organizers deployed the virtual safety car as soon as possible.

Matthew began to clean the track. Drivers who had just had accidents and whose cars were damaged also took advantage of the virtual safety car to pit and change tires.

It is worth mentioning that in the initial stage, Sainz basically could not defend Verstappen on the outside, so Verstappen easily surpassed Sainz from the outside.

It can be regarded as Sainz's return of favor to Verstappen.

It is also worth mentioning that the headline of the Maranello Daily after the race was very eye-catching.

[The new king of Ferrari shines his light on the paddock, because of his presence, the entire paddock has never been so harmonious in any year]

After all, they are the local media in Maranello. For them, praising Ferrari at any time and in any place is absolutely politically correct.

As for Qin Miao, the world champion who will join (crossed out) and return to Ferrari next season, they have already started warming up.

Of course, this is all after the race, now let us turn our attention back to the track.

After all, the collision on the track was not serious, and there were not many small fragments that fell down. Seven or eight Matthews went up to the track to pick up the debris, and they almost cleared the track.

Even larger debris is quicker to clean up than smaller pieces that fall off a race car.

So the race was restarted after the second lap with the virtual safety car.

Just when everyone thought that the race would return to the pace of a normal Grand Prix weekend, a yellow flag appeared on the track again on the 3rd lap.

All that could be seen in the live director's camera was a flash of black shadow that caused the camera to shake and sparks to fly.

You don't need to look to know that this is the vibration caused by a driver losing control and rushing off the track, hitting the guardrail.

When the live director gave the replay, it was unexpectedly discovered that the driver who had the accident was Norris.

You should know that although Norris's stability during the race is not as abnormal as Qin Miao and the old man, he even had a famous scene of killing all the opponents in Spa on a rainy day.

But that is more the result of environmental factors. Norris is still very stable in normal state.

Therefore, Norris's accident is very confusing.

In the footage, Norris lost control of his car when exiting turn T11, and the rear of the car hit the guardrail hard.

Then the whole car was completely out of control, rubbing against the guardrail, and rushed towards the buffer zone outside T12 with sparks and lightning.

Finally, the car stopped after it hit the guardrail outside the buffer zone.

Although Norris' car finally stopped after hitting the guardrail of the buffer zone, that location was extremely close to the entrance of Matthew, which could be reached in two steps.

But after Norris crashed on the track, he slid along the guardrail of T11 all the way to the buffer zone outside T12.

The sliding distance alone was more than 100 meters, and the car was sliding along the track guardrail all the way, so naturally countless carbon fiber fragments fell on the track.

As expected, the safety car was deployed.

After noticing the safety car was deployed, Qin Miao immediately asked Frankie: "Do you have any good suggestions?"

What Qin Miao was thinking at this time was: should he stop in the pit to change to hard tires, and then run the entire Grand Prix at one time without stopping in the pit to change tires.

Franky knew Qin Miao's thoughts too well, so he directly dispelled Qin Miao's dangerous idea: "After all, this track is hosting a race for the first time, and it's a street race. We don't know what will happen during the race, so don't think too much now. We are in the lead, just run your current race rhythm well." Qin Miao smacked his lips with some regret after hearing Franky's words, but did not put forward any constructive ideas. Instead, he followed obediently behind the safety car and waited for Uncle Melander's indicator light.

Because the scope of Norris' accident was too wide, the track was full of car fragments, and it took time for Matthew to clean the track and repair the guardrail.

The race was not restarted until the 7th lap.

After the restart, Qin Miao entered a game rhythm that he had not felt for a long time.

After the race restarted, Qin Miao and Hamilton quickly widened the gap with the cars behind.

Because the FIA ​​has modified the DRS restart rules under the Safety Car and Virtual Safety Car.

Therefore, DRS will be restarted on the first lap after the virtual safety car is lifted, but it will take two laps under normal conditions before it can be restarted after the safety car is withdrawn.

In these two laps, the two Mercedes cars had already left Leclerc behind them out of the DRS zone.

The acceleration and top speed that Ferrari is so proud of are like a weak naked girl in front of the current W14, who can be bullied and humiliated at will.

Of course, the two Mercedes quickly left the Ferrari behind them.

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It can be seen that Las Vegas still has a great preference for Mercedes-Benz.

But the problem is that the two Mercedes cars are too close to each other. After DRS is started, Qin Miao will also need to face the pressure brought by Hamilton.

An internal fight between teammates is inevitable.

Even on a track like Las Vegas, where the straight lines are so long that they are almost unbelievable, Qin Miao's defensive tactics don't work very well.

Because the straight is so long, as long as your car has strong enough acceleration and has DRS, you can catch up at the end of the straight even if you are 0.5 seconds behind the car in front.

Before the two Mercedes drivers started fighting, Toto Wolff's voice was heard simultaneously in the TR of both drivers' teams.

"I know this championship is very important to both of you, but please listen to my advice and don't collide during the fight, okay?"

(Translation: Dads, hold back.)
To be honest, it is very rare to see the boss of a racing team, especially the boss of a championship-contending racing team, speaking so humbly to his two drivers in a negotiating and requesting tone.

But when I think carefully about the identities of these two drivers, everything seems to make sense.

These two have a combined 9 world championships. If nothing unexpected happens, they will have a combined 10 world championships by the end of this season.

It is indeed reasonable for Toto to give them corresponding respect at this time.

"Okay." The old man's answer was brief and to the point, but for some reason, Toto heard a hint of reluctance in the old man's answer.

In this regard, Toto certainly couldn't keep telling Hamilton things like an old mother, he could only pray silently in his heart that the old man would not get too excited.

Qin Miao's answer made Toto feel a little better.

"You know me."

Compared with the old man, Qin Miao's answer was somewhat like a riddle.

But Toto knew what Qin Miao meant.

Qin Miao is sometimes particularly tough on the track, but that is usually only after Qin Miao has gained an advantage in the rules, then Qin Miao will be so tough.

Under normal circumstances, Qin Miao rarely finds himself in a situation like Verstappen, who is clearly at a disadvantage in the interior but still tries to force his way forward.

But after the relief, a slight bitterness filled Toto's heart.

What a wonderful child! He is the future of Mercedes-Benz and the sales guarantee of Mercedes-Benz in the Chinese market!

Wasser! I *******!

The old French man sitting on the Ferrari's podium suddenly felt his nose itchy for some reason and sneezed several times in succession.

The Ferrari staff on the side looked at Vassell with concern, fearing that he was sick.

After receiving instructions from the team, the two Mercedes drivers became much more restrained in their fight on the track.

On the one hand, the old man also knew that Qin Miao was now competing for the world championship, and it was definitely impossible for him to knock Qin Miao off the track.

Qin Miao also knew that he was competing for the world championship. Even if he was overtaken by the old man, the worst case scenario for Qin Miao would be only second place. Even if Verstappen could catch up to third place, there would still be a three-point points gap between him and him.

If we take into account the current total points gap between him and Verstappen, the points gap between the two can reach 7 points.

In the next race, as long as Verstappen does not win the championship and gets the fastest lap in that race, and Qin Miao does not retire, he will still be the world champion.

Moreover, he had the advantage of protecting the tire. The old man's single lap speed in the middle and late stages of the race was definitely not as fast as his, so Qin Miao's defensive movements were also very clean. He did not defend the old man in a way that would slow down his own pace of the race.

In short, if Hamilton is driving normally on the track and has the intention to attack and his speed is indeed enough, Qin Miao will reluctantly give up his position to Hamilton.

The two drivers then had a brief fight on the track.

Of course, their fight was all about taking advantage of the acceleration brought by DRS, overtaking the driver in front on the inside of some corners that were easy to overtake.

When facing teammates who penetrated from their inside line, neither Qin Miao nor Hamilton tried to close the door.

You cut in and brake your car before the braking point, so I'll give you my position because I can still overtake you after a while.

These were the thoughts in the two people's minds as they fought.

However, when the two were fighting until the 20th lap, Hamilton's neutral tires gradually couldn't keep up with the racing rhythm of Qin Miao's neutral tires.

So the old man relied on DRS to hang behind Qin Miao, and was finally not thrown out of the DRS area by Qin Miao.

During the period, the two Mercedes drivers overtook each other 11 times on the track.

However, the two drivers did overtake each other on the track too frequently, and the director gave them a lot of footage, so much so that the English stream commentator on the scene clearly stated: "I seriously suspect that the two Mercedes drivers were overtaking each other on the track to earn broadcast shots and exposure." (End of this chapter)