How did I become an F1 driver?

After Qin Miao regained his lead, he felt somewhat bored, so he casually asked Franky where Verstappen was.

But Qin Miao was a little surprised by the answer given by Franky: Verstappen caught up with Leclerc in a short time, but as time went on, the Red Bull car's adaptability to this track was obviously not as good as Ferrari's.

Now Verstappen is trapped behind Leclerc, and even Leclerc is slowly widening the gap between himself and Verstappen.

Okay, now it's okay.

Pan Zi's Waterloo.

Now Qin Miao likes this track more.

There is not much worth saying about the rest of the track, at least for Qin Miao.

There was a gap of 2.2 seconds between the two Mercedes cars, which were constantly pulling away from the Red Bull car behind at a speed 0.1 second faster than the Red Bull car alone.

Therefore, in the middle and late stages of the race, all eyes on the track were focused on the battle between Red Bull and Ferrari behind.

The highlight of the final race was also Leclerc's Ferrari facing the double-team of two Red Bull cars.

In the last lap before the end of the race, Qin Miao pulled 2.9 seconds ahead of Hamilton and crossed the finish line, completing the pole to win in the first Las Vegas Grand Prix.

This is Qin Miao's third Pole to win in the 2023 season, which shows how difficult this season has been for Qin Miao.

The old man finished second. For him, the middle and late stages of the race were somewhat boring. After entering the pit and changing to white tires, he cruised behind Qin Miao until the end of the race.

The real highlight of this race was the competition between Leclerc and Perez in the last two laps.

Although Leclerc was overtaken by two Red Bulls at one point.

But in the last two laps of the race, Leclerc caught up with Perez and entered the DRS area behind him.

Facing Leclerc's fierce attack, Perez was somewhat overwhelmed and therefore used off-field assistance.

Verstappen, who already had a 6-second gap with Hamilton, realized on the second-to-last lap that it was basically impossible for him to overtake the Mercedes car in front of him, so he drastically reduced his lap speed and left a trailing stream for Perez.

But it didn't work.

Ferrari is indeed a little behind Mercedes in terms of acceleration and final speed.

But your Red Bull uses Honda engines, why are you so crazy?

Have you forgotten the chicken-skin rabbit so quickly?

So even though Perez had the slipstream provided by his teammates, he still couldn't withstand Leclerc's attack and was overtaken by Leclerc in T14.

Although Perez caught Leclerc's slipstream on the straight before the start, there was no DRS zone in this area.

So despite Perez's desperate pursuit, Leclerc still maintained his lead before the finish line, crossed the checkered flag with a 0.29-second advantage and eventually finished fourth.

Perhaps this was some kind of destiny, as Leclerc eventually returned to his loyal fourth place.

Just like Zhou Guanyu who also finished 13th today.

After crossing the line, Qin Miao and the old man drove the two cars around in a circle.

It was not until the end of the game that Qin Miao discovered that the night view of Las Vegas was so colorful.

Of course, it is also possible that this track is indeed very suitable for the performance of the W14, and it allowed Qin Miao to win the race championship, and therefore his favorability towards the Las Vegas circuit has skyrocketed.

Of course, the building that most attracted Qin Miao's attention was the big ball.

At this time, the big ball is playing the video footage before the start of each Grand Prix weekend.

But I don’t know if there was something wrong with the video materials provided by the organizer or for some other reason, but Qin Miao’s hair looked pointy in the picture.

In the team TR that had calmed down a little, Qin Miao complained: "The me on the ball is a bit ugly, and my head is deformed~"

Franky:…

“I believe they will improve next season.”

Of course, the TR between the drivers and the team after the race is heard by everyone.

So after Qin Miao finished his complaints, the on-site director immediately turned the camera to the aerial camera.

Just then, a helicopter flew over the sphere and took pictures of two Mercedes racing cars passing by.

Naturally, a spherical lens was also given.

"It's indeed a bit ugly." said the soldier.

……

The Las Vegas Grand Prix is ​​over, and the driver rankings and scores are as follows:

P1: Qin Miao +25
P2: Hamilton +19 (fastest lap)
P3: Verstappen +15
P4: Leclerc +12
P5: Perez +10
P6: O'Connell +8
P7: Stroll +6
P8: Sainz +4
P9: Alonso +2
P10: Piastri +1
Although Qin Miao and the old man took the first and second place in this game, the two drivers also contributed a wonderful offensive and defensive duel to the Mercedes fans on the track.

But in the end, Qin Miao was better at protecting the fetus, and the old man had no choice but to finish second.

But the old man did not gain nothing, the extra fastest lap was the best proof of that.

In fact, it was reasonable for the old man to get the fastest lap. After all, he had DRS when he was behind Qin Miao, and with the slipstream, all he needed to do to get the fastest lap was to slightly increase the distance between himself and Qin Miao and then run one lap.

In fact, if we really compare them, when both of them have new tires, Hamilton's single lap speed is actually about 0.05 seconds faster than Qin Miao.

Some British fans who paid attention to the data chart at the beginning of the race actually hoped that the old man would win another championship in this race and achieve two consecutive victories.

But in the later stages of the game, they could do nothing but watch.

The situation Pan Zi encountered was similar to that of the old man, except that he was facing Leclerc.

On new tyres, the Red Bull's lap time was faster than the Ferrari's.

But when the tire wear reaches about 30%, Ferrari's lap time has the advantage.

Therefore, the two Red Bull cars were unable to completely get rid of Leclerc.

It eventually allowed him to steal a fourth.

I won’t go into details about the drivers at the back.

The only ones worth mentioning are the two Williams drivers.

In fact, it stands to reason that the two Williams drivers, who started from seventh and eighth, could not possibly move up any further.

But to be honest, with such an excellent starting position and a track that suits the car, they should both finish in the points zone at least.

But the Williams car fully exposed its weakness on the track, which was the problem of tire heating.

At the beginning of the game, they were able to maintain their position.

But as time went on, Williams' car was unable to effectively heat up its tyres on the cold Las Vegas night.

The reason is simple, the downforce of the car is too low compared to other teams' cars.

Although the car's acceleration and final speed were very good, the problem was that the car behind them was not Arrow, and it only had final speed but no acceleration.

With DRS and wake, it is not as difficult as imagined to control a Williams car with severely granulated tires.

As a result, the two drivers eventually fell out of the points zone and failed to achieve any results on this track which was very advantageous for the Williams car.

After the race, the drivers' standings are as follows:

1. Qin Miao: 467
2. Max Verstappen: 453
3. Hamilton: 357
4. Perez: 195
5. Leclerc: 170
6. Alonso: 148
7. Sainz: 144
8. Norris: 138
9. Piastri: 66
10. Stroll: 59
11. Gasly: ​​48
12. O'Connell: 38
13. Albon: 20
14. Kakuda: 11
15. Zhou Guanyu: 7
16. Ricardo: 6
17. Hulkenberg: 6
18. Bottas: 6
19. Russell: 4
20. Ye Yifei: 3
21. Magnussen: 1
Just like at the end of the previous race, there was no change in the rankings in the driver standings after this race.

Of course, it is the end of the season and the gaps in the drivers' standings have widened, so it is really difficult for anything to change.

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At the same time, at the end of the season, not many fans will pay attention to the changes in the rankings in the driver's standings after the race. Most of their attention is focused on the points gap between Verstappen and Qin Miao.

In the driver points standings in Las Vegas, there is a full ten points gap between Qin Miao's championship and Verstappen, who is in third place.

Adding the original points gap, the points gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen reached 14 points after the race.

As of now, there is only one game left in the 2023 season.

In other words, in the next race Verstappen not only has to win the championship, but also has to get the fastest lap, while Qin Miao does not yet make the podium.

Only if the above conditions are met can Verstappen win the world championship in the 2023 season.

Qin Miao will have much less pressure than Verstappen in the next race. It would be best if he can compete for the championship. If he can't, Qin Miao only needs to finish in the top four.

Therefore, Qin Miao was not panicked at all at this time.

As long as the fastest lap at that time did not fall to himself or Verstappen, everything would become clear.

And judging from the speed shown by the W14 now, it is very likely that in the middle and late stages of the race, Qin Miao can easily create a pit stop window gap with the car behind on the track.

If there is enough space behind you, it is just a matter of pitting, changing to a set of soft tires and then doing a lap on the track.

And don’t forget, Qin Miao has a teammate.

Although the relationship between Qin Miao and the old man over the past three years cannot be said to be particularly good, like that between Qin Miao and Leclerc and Zhou Guanyu, at least there are no major conflicts between the two Mercedes drivers.

Moreover, after this race, Qin Miao will leave Mercedes-Benz. Even for Qin Muchu's sake, the old man will definitely help Qin Miao if he can.

In this way, Qin Miao's chances of winning will become greater.

As for Verstappen's teammate Perez...

To be honest, Perez himself can't even figure out how to drive Red Bull's RB19, so what can Verstappen expect from him?
According to the Mercedes strategy team's calculations, if Perez wants to support Verstappen on the track, he has only one choice.

That is to start with hard tires, then run an extra-long stint on the track, and after Qin Miao catches up, defend Qin Miao with all his might.

(Refer to Master Pei who is 21 years old in real life)
Of course, the possibility of Perez bursting into strength during the race cannot be ruled out, but at least judging from Perez's performance on the track in recent races, it is indeed unlikely that he will burst into strength to help Verstappen.

Therefore, it is highly likely that Red Bull will choose the former, and compared to Mercedes, the position of Red Bull's second driver is very clear, and Perez will definitely help Verstappen do so in this race.

But even so, Qin Miao still has a great chance of winning.

Also because of the advantage Qin Miao established on the track in this race, everyone in the Mercedes team was very excited after the race.

When Qin Miao got out of the car to celebrate, he was visibly excited.

Because after the game, Qin Miao already had one hand on the base of his third world championship trophy.

Now, Qin Miao only needs one last breath to become the triple crown winner.

After celebrating in the car for a while, Qin Miao jumped out of the car in three or two steps, then jumped up in a classic celebration way, throwing himself into the crowd of Mercedes-Benz team.

Everyone skillfully caught the flying Qin Miao and began to celebrate wildly.

Franky slapped Qin Miao's butt hard, and Toto also had a bright smile on his face.

Everyone in Mercedes had a smile on their face.

Of course, if there was only one person who made Toto a little unhappy during the celebration, it was the fat guy in a red Ferrari jersey who appeared on the edge of the crowd.

Damn, your Ferrari only got fourth place and didn’t even qualify to participate in the award ceremony. Why did you come here to join in the fun?
But Vasseur also has his reasons: Although Leclerc only finished fourth in this race, everyone knows Vasseur's image as a street scoundrel in the paddock.

What's wrong with coming to the podium stage after the race? Did you eat your rice?

So after Qin Miao celebrated with the Mercedes people, he also saw Vasseur smiling very happily at the edge of the crowd.

Qin Miao didn't give Toto any cold shoulder at this time. He just nodded at Wasser as a greeting.

But the on-site director would not miss this hotly discussed scene.

The camera turned to the team leaders of Ferrari and Mercedes respectively. The two team leaders had completely different expressions on their faces, which made many fans couldn't help laughing after seeing this scene.

Of course, most of the people who can't help laughing are neutral fans.

For Mercedes and Ferrari fans, they feel the same as the team leaders of the two teams.

On the Five Star Sports side, the three commentators were also very happy when they saw this: "Ah, Vassell."

"Vasseur is very happy today." Fei Ge said with a smile, "Although Ferrari's best result today was only fourth."

Brother Bing also smiled and said, "Of course. After all, the champion will be theirs in one more game."

Zhou Haoran also added at this time: "Oh, by the way, Ferrari has confirmed that Qin Miao will participate in Ferrari's post-season test this year."

"After Abu Dhabi?" Brother Fei asked and then sighed, "I didn't expect to see Qin Miao driving a Ferrari so soon."

"Yes, Qin Miao will participate in the Ferrari team's post-season test after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix." Zhou Haoran nodded.

Bing Ge said with emotion: "In fact, when Qin Miao was still in F2, I knew about his relationship with Ferrari, and Ferrari was also preparing to sign Qin Miao. At that time, I really looked forward to Qin Miao wearing the Ferrari uniform, but then something happened in the middle... I thought that after Qin Miao and Ferrari broke up, I would never see such a scene again."

"I didn't expect that after all the twists and turns, everything would return to the starting point."

Zhou Haoran said: "I really didn't expect it, but I have always hoped that Qin Miao could join Ferrari." (End of this chapter)