How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 84: Chapter 82: The F2 Race Ends
Five red lights lit up one after the other amidst the "beep" sound of the loudspeaker at the scene.

And the moment after the five red lights turned on, they went out, and the F2 British Grand Prix race began.

The engines of the 20 F2 cars on the field began to roar wildly. Almost in the blink of an eye, the F2 cars that had been sitting in a row began to twitch or defend one after another. For a while, even Qin Miao's eyes were dazzled.

But soon there was a pink F2 car that attracted the attention of most people on the scene, because after the lights went out, all the cars had already started, and the drivers used their best efforts to complete all the procedures of the start , I hope to strive for a few more rankings in the initial stage.

And only this pink racing car remained motionless in the traffic.

Qin Miao's attention was naturally attracted by this pink racing car.

So much so that Zhou Guanyu fainted at the start, and he was ignored by his teammates just at the T1 corner.

But that's it, because after the first two cars passed Turn 1, the race will show a yellow flag.

At the same time, Qin Miao, who was in the stands of the P room, clearly saw that the right front brake disc of the racing car, which should be the F2 team of the Racing Point team, was directly on fire.

Several Matthews rushed onto the track under the background of the yellow flag, and after a brief discussion, they pushed the car back.

At the same time, a Matthew rushed to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher.

Just behind the starting grid of this car is an exit at the border of the maintenance area of ​​Silverstone Circuit and the track. During the preparation stage of the race, the teams pushed their cars out of this gap and parked on the grid.

So Matthews took advantage of the opportunity to push the F2 car back to the maintenance area from this exit.

In about 1 minute, the yellow flag becomes a green chess piece, and the game continues.

When Qin Miao recovered from all this and looked at the big screen broadcasting the game, she was surprised to find that Zhou Guanyu, who started from pole position, had already fallen to the second position.

And it was his teammates who snatched the first position from Zhou Guanyu.

However, Qin Miao hadn't watched it for long, and another yellow flag was sent out in the game.

When the director's camera cut to the past, Qin Miao found a blue F2 racing car stopped at a fork in the track. It seemed that something happened to the car and he was forced to retire.

The camera was shown to the past for about five or six seconds, and the on-site director gave the camera to the pink F2 car that had just failed to start.

Because the car was successfully ignited after a simple overhaul, and it is now starting from the maintenance area and driving onto the track.

But if there is no accident, this person's race today is over here, and the next race will be used as a practice car. As for the ranking and points, don't think about it.

In just three laps, F2 performed three tasks for Qin Miao, who watched it for the first time.

The intensity of the work was so intense that Qin Miao couldn't keep his eyes open, and he called it a good guy in his heart.

And Qin Miao also felt Zhou Guanyu's misfortune in his heart.

Because the weather in the UK during the main race today is not particularly good. Although there is no heavy rain, there are very fine showers on some parts of the track.

This also made the race not allow drivers to turn on DRS in the first 5 laps.

In the first few laps, Zhou Guanyu could still follow his teammates within a second.

But without the blessing of DRS, and his teammate was faster than Zhou Guanyu, the gap between the two cars was gradually widened.

At this time, Latifi was also rapidly approaching Zhou Guanyu.

The race soon came to the seventh lap, which was also the second lap after the pit window opened. Zhou Guanyu and Latifi behind him pitted at the same time to change tires.

Qin Miao, who was above the P room, watched helplessly as Zhou Guanyu's team engineer finished changing the tires, and the car was put down, but it took a while before it started to drive out of the maintenance area.

But Latifi, who was originally in line behind him, performed a set of tire changing movements smoothly, and left without the slightest delay after landing.

So Qin Miao just watched Latifi finish overtaking Zhou Guanyu in the pit lane.

Seeing this scene, Qin Miao's blood pressure rose for no reason.

Thinking about it in another way, if this happened to Qin Miao, he probably would have greeted the parents of the person responsible on the spot.

Just throwing away the position like this is too aggrieved.

Of course, the premise is that it is not Qin Miao who caused this mistake.

And it was just a matter of changing tires, another car appeared, and a car shut down and retired in the maintenance area.

This is also convenient for the team. You don't have to wait for Matthew to bring the car back, just pull it back to the garage for inspection and wait for the next sprint race. Compared with the drivers of other teams, they have taken at least [-] detours.

This car retired in the pit lane, so the yellow flag was not triggered on the track.

In addition, the shower on the track also stopped, and the track was dry after running for a few laps, and the DRS was finally opened for the race.

Although Zhou Guanyu is in the seventh position at this time, most of the drivers ahead of him at this time are drivers who have not pitted before. After they all pitted, Zhou Guanyu is still in the third position.

In addition to this, there is good news for Zhou Guanyu, that is, after Latifi passed Zhou Guanyu, he has already started to attack Zhou Guanyu's teammates in front of him.

If the two people in front maintain this mutual offensive and defensive posture, the next situation on the field will undoubtedly be beneficial to Zhou Guanyu.

At the T7 position on the ninth lap, Latifi overtook Zhou Guanyu's teammate.

This is mainly because Latifi put too much pressure on him. Zhou Guanyu’s teammate locked the left front wheel when braking before entering the corner, which resulted in wrong timing and speed for entering the corner. Then Latifi leaned against the crossing line Go beyond with ease.

And Zhou Guanyu has been following behind the two cars. For some reason, he didn't catch up, but just watched from behind.

Needless to say, after seeing this, Qin Miao has clearly felt the difference between F2 and F1.

There will be more driver-to-driver dogfighting and more wheel-to-wheel opportunities in F2 than in F1, since the performance between the cars is basically the same.

In particular, the competition for first and second places in F2 is much more intense than in F1.

After all, after the start of the current F1, the two cars of Mercedes drove out at once, and then threw their opponents out of the DRS zone in a short time, and started to run at their own pace. After a grand prix, basically every Mercedes would Can throw off the opponent for at least 15 seconds.

On lap No.12, Zhou Guanyu's teammate relied on DRS to overtake Latifi on the straight, and gradually opened up the distance between Latifi and Latifi in the next two laps.

After seeing this, the anger in Qin Miao's heart for Zhou Guanyu dissipated immediately, because judging from the situation on the court, Zhou Guanyu's teammates would no longer have any possibility of fighting with Latifi.

But Zhou Guanyu himself was slower than them, and now the two people in front of him started to lap normally again, so Zhou Guanyu had no chance.

If there is no accident, Zhou Guanyu probably brought it back from P3 in today's game.

And not long after, the unexpected happened.

Zhou Guanyu was overtaken by Latifi's teammate Sergio on lap No.20, nine laps before the end of the race.

Immediately, Sergio launched an attack on Zhou Guanyu.

Qin Miao involuntarily raised the breath of relief she had just felt.

From the position of P1 to the third place, Qin Miao already felt a loss for Zhou Guanyu, but if he can't keep the podium, it will be a loss.

Fortunately, Zhou Guanyu still held his position, and opened the distance between the two cars to one second on the third lap of No.20, making the opponent unable to use DRS any more.

At this time, there are still six laps before the end of the game. If there is no accident, the final result of this game will be fixed in this way.

The first is Giotto, the second is Latifi, and the third is Zhou Guanyu.

And the final result was just as Qin Miao predicted at this time. The gap between the top three has been widened, and the three of them at this time only wanted to keep their positions on the podium, and did not do anything else. What attack action.

In the end, Zhou Guanyu started from pole position and brought back on P3, and the player who got the fastest lap was Sergio who ranked fourth.

Like the staff of the F1 team, the engineers of Zhou Guanyu came to the podium and waved to the drivers on the field to celebrate.

It is worth mentioning that in the last lap of T16, Ma Zeping, who was lying on the eighth, was pushed by the driver behind him, which also caused Ma Zeping, who was originally in eighth, to be smashed directly.

To be honest, it's a bit miserable.

After the race, the top three drivers of F2 also drove their cars to the entrance of the maintenance area.

This place is today's podium.

As a VIP, Qin Miao has the privilege of joining in the fun when the drivers are celebrating. Qin Miao is not going to give up this opportunity. After the 28th lap, she has already started to run under the P room. It can be said that she is driving in three F2 cars. Catch up before coming back.

When Qin Miao came to the entrance of the maintenance area, the FIA ​​staff had already pulled up the fence at the entrance, and the standing boards for the 1, 2, and 3 rankings had been placed at the entrance.

There were also quite a few team members around, and they were all eagerly waiting for their drivers to return.

Unlike the crowds of people after the F1 race, after the F2 qualifying race, the place was very empty, only a small number of VIP spectators with tags, team staff and workers wearing FIA white vests with cameras Personnel present.

This is something that can’t be helped. Although F2 has more fights than F1, and there are more troubles and accidents, but F2 is only F2 after all, and its attention will never be comparable to F1.

But it doesn't matter, on the contrary, it is a good thing for Qin Miao that there are fewer people here, and he doesn't have to spend so much effort to squeeze into the crowd.

It was easy to come to the guardrail.

Soon the three drivers drove their cars back, and after parking the car, Giotto, who won the first place, stood on his car and celebrated happily for a while.

But Zhou Guanyu was not so excited. After all, he fell from pole position to P3, so he will inevitably feel a little bit disappointed.

But when Zhou Guanyu got off the car and was celebrating with the team members, he found Qin Miao unexpectedly.

Originally, when Zhou Guanyu met at the gym in the morning, he just thought that Qin Miao would be watching from the stands, but he never thought that he would come here.

It is only his first year in F2, and he is not very familiar with most of the drivers.

Even with his teammates, Zhou Guanyu and the other party can only be regarded as nodding acquaintances.

Coupled with Zhou Guanyu's nationality, he was often discriminated against in Europe.

Just like now, after Zhou Guanyu won the third place, the only ones who sincerely congratulate him are his team members.

But he never expected that in such an unaccompanied state, someone would come over to congratulate him.

So Zhou Guanyu was very happy after seeing Qin Miao.

After shaking hands with each other's right hands, the two hugged each other. Qin Miao patted each other's back and said, "I performed very well today, but it's a pity that I didn't keep my position."

After hearing the other party's words, the smile on Zhou Guanyu's face froze.

"If you can't speak, you don't have to say it." Zhou Guanyu's tone was full of resentment.

Qin Miao just made a fool of himself, and Zhou Guanyu didn't care.

Later, there will be an interview to accept the award, so the two separated after a brief chat.

Qin Miao simply found a comfortable place under the podium, and planned to go back after watching Zhou Guanyu's awards ceremony.

While listening to the national anthem, Qin Miao couldn't help but start to imagine...

Is it possible that one day the national anthem of our own country will be played on the podium of F2?

After the national anthem was played, leaders such as the official organizer of the Silverstone Circuit began to distribute trophies to the F2 drivers.

Afterwards, there was the champagne session, which was very popular, and the racing suits of the three drivers were all wet with wine.

The number one Gioto's face was full of youthful vigor, and the audience in the audience all gave him a faint smile, as long as you become famous in your field, then everyone you meet is a good person. sense of sight.

The other two almost gave Qin Miao the same feeling.

And after seeing the three people on the stage beaming with joy, to be honest, Qin Miao was a little envious.

After all, which driver doesn't aspire to be on the podium one day?

A seed was also planted in Qin Miao's heart at this moment.

"I don't know when I can drive the F2..."

With a sigh of emotion, Qin Miao applauded Zhou Guanyu when he stood on the podium and looked at him, then waved to him and turned back.

Zhou Guanyu watched this friend he had just met leave, and then turned his attention to work.

Next, Zhou Guanyu and the others went back to change their racing suits for another race, which was the F2 sprint race, but Qin Miao didn't have much interest in this race.

The rules of the sprint race are relatively simple. The race starts in the order of ranking after the main race. There is a race where you can change tires without pit stops, but the top 8 need to start in reverse order.

This means that Giotto, who won the first place in the race, started eighth in the sprint stage, Latifi, who finished second, started seventh, and Zhou Guanyu, who finished third, started sixth.

The sprint race is bound to be a fierce wheel-to-wheel battle, but Qin Miao's interest in the competition has dropped very low at this time, and there is an impulse in his heart at this time.

That is, instead of saving ten purple lottery draws, he directly used the remaining three purple lottery draws at this time.

Since the purple lottery can draw the FIA ​​driver's license, it is very likely that the purple lottery will also have a trial training spot for the F2 team, or more daringly, a driver contract for the F2 team.

But Qin Miao has no idea, he only knows that the purple lottery is definitely a good thing, but he has no way to determine what the purple lottery is, and even Qin Miao is a little worried that the purple lottery will give him a super run in Taiwan. of.

(End of this chapter)