How did I become an F1 driver?

The track conditions in Q2 had returned to normal, and Qin Miao's single lap speed was less than 1 minute and 23 seconds, but Qin Miao still ran two flying laps and eventually advanced to Q2 in second place.

It can be seen that since this was the last crucial game, Qin Miao no longer had any thoughts of being lazy and started to run normally in Q2.

Soon it was time for the last Q2023 of the 3 season qualifying stage.

Qin Miao's first flying circle was at lightning speed.

He started to give it his all from the first flying lap.

Even Qin Miao's first flying lap had a lap time of 1:23.445.

It was exactly the same speed as Verstappen’s first flying lap.

However, because Qin Miao ran this lap time earlier than Verstappen, Qin Miao is temporarily ranked first on the list.

In the last flying lap, Qin Miao, who had no problems in the qualifying stage throughout the season, encountered a traffic jam at the last part of the warm-up lap, which was T15.

To be honest, it’s already Q3 and there are only 5.554 cars on the entire 10km long Yas Bay Marina Circuit.

On average, the distance in front of each car is 555.4 meters.

Under such track conditions, there is absolutely no reason for traffic jams.

But the unbelievable thing is, there was such a traffic jam.

There were three cars lined up in front of Qin Miao, which means that when it was Qin Miao's turn, the temperature of his tires was at least 10 degrees lower than normal.

In addition, since it was the qualifying stage and not the starting stage of the race, Qin Miao did not heat his brake discs much, and the temperature was just a normal 200 degrees.

Therefore, when Qin Miao's turn in the queue came, his starting rhythm was a bit poor.

Of course, despite this, Qin Miao was in a good mood to complain to the team TR when he came to the DRS area after the last flying lap: "I just can't understand why there is a traffic jam in Q3."

However, because Franky had been staring at Qin Miao's in-car data, he didn't know why there was an inexplicable traffic jam on the track.

But Toto has always been in a state of keeping an eye on everything and listening carefully. He naturally also saw the radar map on the track, so he knew very well that the traffic jam just now was caused by Perez.

Although it seemed that Perez was too close to Norris in front of him due to the problem of timing of slowing down, and then began to slow down in T14, the butterfly effect caused a traffic jam.

But no matter how you think about it, there was no reason for Red Bull to release Perez at that time.

So if nothing unexpected happens, this should be a deliberate arrangement by Red Bull's strategy team.

Hannah is still cruel.

Although Red Bull did act very generously in the last race regarding Sainz.

But it can be seen that Red Bull is still working on various small details in order to help Verstappen win.

Although Red Bull's approach seems a bit despicable.

It's actually a bit despicable.

But there is nothing forbidden in the law, and there is nothing wrong with what Perez did.

Because of this little detail, Qin Miao's last flying lap was not very good, he only ran 1:23.400.

Although Qin Miao's performance improved compared to the previous lap, the improvement was not significant.

Pan Zi's last flying lap was not disturbed at all and his performance was very stable. He finally reached the pole position with an incredible score of 1:23.347.

Qin Miao's result finally ranked only third.

The second is the old man's 1:23.390.

Car fans were actually a little worried after seeing the old man's results.

After all, if the second position was given to Qin Miao, Qin Miao's road to defending the title would definitely be safer.

But on the Five Star Sports side, Bingge actually laughed after seeing Qin Miao's qualifying ranking.

After seeing Brother Bing laugh, Brother Fei and Brother Ran were both a little surprised.

"Brother Bing, are you satisfied with the result of Qin Miao's match today?"

Hearing his colleague's curious question, Brother Bing smiled and explained: "Although it seems that Qin Miao's third start is a disadvantage."

"But if we look at this from a different angle, you will find that Qin Miao's main goal in this race is not to win the race, but to finish in the top four."

"In this case, Qin Miao will have fewer risks at the start. He doesn't even need to compete with Verstappen for the starting position."

"All he needs to do is start safely and run the race at that pace."

What Bingge did not say explicitly is that Verstappen is, after all, a driver who is "extremely eager" to win the championship. Under this premise, if Qin Miao and Verstappen are too close at the start, an accident is likely to occur on the track.

What if Verstappen gets carried away and hits Qin Miao directly?
Starting in third place avoided a direct confrontation between Qin Miao and Verstappen at the start.

Qin Miao is also safer.

Starting third also avoids accidents caused by overcrowding on the track.

Although this hedging ability is not as good as the first or second start, it is still a very good position.

……

On the track, Qin Miao was not very satisfied with his third starting point.

If this was the result he achieved under normal conditions, then Qin Miao would not say anything, as he was indeed not as skilled as others.

The key is the last flying lap. My performance still has a lot of room for improvement. The reason why I didn’t run out was because there was a traffic jam on the track.

Since this is not his real result, Qin Miao must be unhappy.

After all, if I had started from pole position, I would not have encountered the dilemma that Bingge mentioned.

As for whether Pan Zi’s second start would threaten himself in the starting stage.

What a joke. I, Qin Miao, was just unlucky at the beginning, but I’m not a loser.

If you look at the FIA's starting driver reaction speed records in recent seasons, when have I, Qin Miao, ever failed in terms of starting reaction?
As long as he can start from pole position, Qin Miao is confident that he can convert the pole position into a lead at the start.

Of course, at this point, there is no point in saying more.

After the race, Qin Miao brought his car back to the post-race podium.

After getting off the car, Qin Miao calmed himself down and celebrated with everyone in the convoy.

Then the old man came over and asked Qin Miao, "The main competition tomorrow?"

Although the old man didn't say it explicitly, the current environment was not suitable for speaking openly, and if the two of them spoke, they would be fired directly.

But the old man's tone and the expression on his face showed Qin Miao what he wanted to say.

Basically, during the main competition tomorrow, should we give up our position to Qin Miao?

Qin Miao waved his hand nonchalantly: "No, it doesn't matter if I don't get on the podium tomorrow, as long as I finish fourth."

The old man did not force it, he nodded to Qin Miao and said, "Good luck."

"Thank you."

...I won’t go into detail about the process after the qualifying round.

Anyway, everyone knows that the points gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen is indeed a bit big now.

Whether Qin Miao can win the championship no longer depends on which of the two drivers can win the championship in the last race.

Instead, it depends on whether Qin Miao and the Mercedes team will encounter any accidents on the track during the final race.

Of course, except for Qin Miao's fans, basically all fans hope that Mercedes' tire changer will give Qin Miao an extra-long tire change, putting Qin Miao in danger.

After the qualifying round, Qin Miao returned to the hotel and held his daughter in his arms.

Looking at the little girl's big black and ignorant eyes, Qin Miao took his finger out of her mouth and said with a smile: "Girl, your luck is not good. After adding the BUFF to me, I only got third place."

"Uh-huh."

Little Muchu wiped the saliva on his fingers onto Qin Miao's face, probably to take revenge on this shameless father who put the blame on him.

Qin Miao didn't care. He smiled and lowered his head to give little Muchu a big kiss on the face.

But the little girl also has a backer behind her.

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After hearing Qin Miao's shameless blame-shifting, Qiu Meng angrily took her daughter away from her arms: "What does it have to do with her? If you are not good at it, just practice more!"

After complaining, Qiu Meng wiped the saliva off Xiao Muchu's face with a tissue.

Looking at Qiu Meng's face full of blame, Qin Miao smiled and scratched his head: "I didn't run very well in the qualifying race, so I have to find someone to take the blame."

"Then you're looking for your own daughter?"

Qin Miao waved his hand: "Oh, our girl is young and naive, she doesn't know what's going on if she is asked to take the blame."

Qiu Meng pinched the soft flesh on Qin Miao's waist in annoyance.

Qin Miao almost jumped up from the pain.

"Wow, my wife has fallen in love with someone else... She never pinched me before."

"Don't do this to death!"

"okay."

……

of course.

Before Qin Miao acted like a jerk, Qiu Meng was still a little worried that the result of today's game would have some impact on Qin Miao's mentality.

But it turned out that Qiu Meng was indeed overthinking it.

Qin Miao is heartless and can even make fun of his own daughter. He is more relaxed than many people think.

After a day of rest in the hotel, time quickly arrived at the main competition stage.

Before the start of the race, Qin Miao's father-in-law, mother-in-law and mother, who were still upstairs in the qualifying round, also came to the Mercedes-Benz team's P room. At the same time, many domestic celebrities also came to the viewing area in the Mercedes-Benz team's P room, such as JJ Lin, Jay Chou, Han Han, Andy Lau and Guo Fan.

When the camera turns to the Mercedes team's P room, many familiar faces can be seen.

The invitations to these people were all sent by Qiu Mengfa.

Of course, for the domestic entertainment industry, many celebrities actually want to come to the competition to watch.

After all, Qin Miao's influence in the country is unprecedented.

Appearing in F1 broadcast footage can, on the one hand, expand one's domestic attention, and on the other hand, increase one's international popularity.

But it is easy to enter the paddock to watch the race, but it is difficult to go to the Mercedes team's P room to watch the race.

After all, it is the final battle, and the Mercedes team does not even sell VIP tickets to the team. It adopts an invitation-only system.

I have seen the process before the main competition too many times, so I will not go into details here.

In the preparation stage before the race, Qin Miao drove his car to the parking position.

After getting off the car, Reyes asked Qin Miao: "How did you feel about the car today? Is there anything you want to adjust?"

It is worth mentioning that basically before every race, if there are any problems with the car that the team technicians have not discovered, Qin Miao will notice it after driving a lap on the track, even though in the eyes of the Mercedes team's technicians, there is no problem with the car at all.

However, after inspection, the faults that Qin Miao mentioned did occur.

Therefore, after this situation occurred a few times, basically before every race, Reyes and his team would check the car and then ask Qin Miao how he felt about it.

Qin Miao made an OK gesture: "It's okay. Don't let me down when I change the tire later! Otherwise, I will make you pay for it."

Reyes rolled his eyes in annoyance and ignored Qin Miao.

After all pre-race preparations were completed, Qin Miao put on his equipment and got into his racing car.

Reyes reached over.

Qin Miao shook hands with the other party.

"Come on, we believe in you."

Everyone at Mercedes-Benz knew how stable Qin Miao was, so after shaking hands with Qin Miao, Reyes did not remind him of anything to pay attention to. He just said, "We have prepared the celebration ceremony for your third world championship."

Qin Miao was wearing a hood and a helmet at this time, so he could basically not make any expression. Even if he did, it would be blocked by his flip-flops. So after Qin Miao let go of Reyes' hand, he gave a thumbs up.

"It's covered."

Soon, Reyes and other team members who were the last ones left on the track also evacuated to both sides of the track, and the race was about to begin.

Qin Miao took two deep breaths, looked at the rear of the Verstappen Red Bull racing car in front of him with red lights flashing, and silently calculated the overtaking path at the start.

Although Qin Miao's reason told him that it would be best if he ran the entire race in a normal and uneventful manner just like he did in the F2 race.

But as a two-time world champion, Qin Miao is also known as the most talented young driver in F1 history.

What I subconsciously want is definitely to overtake the driver in front after the start, rather than to finish the race quietly.

Soon, the indicator light came on and the warm-up lap began.

Qin Miao's warm-up rhythm was the same as in the previous game.

But what made Toto smile bitterly was that when Qin Miao stopped his W14 at the third starting grid, the temperature of Qin Miao's brakes was 500°.

A layman may not understand what this means, but an expert will know at a glance that this is the textbook brake temperature at the third start of the Yas Bay Marina Circuit.

The temperature of the brake disc was not too high. After all, Qin Miao stopped the car relatively late, and the starting position of the Yas Bay Marina Circuit was not far from the braking point of T1.

This temperature is just the right temperature for the brake disc to return to the optimal operating temperature of the car from the start to the braking point of T1.

What the hell.

In the past, when Toto saw the shining points in Qin Miao that he had not noticed, Toto would only think that he had a really good vision to have chosen such a talented young driver.

But now, once Toto discovered the shining points in Qin Miao, he would only feel bitter.

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