How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 178 Chapter 176: The New King's Coronation

When Verstappen was blocked by Leclerc on the inside, he could only go to the outside to tap. At that time, it is possible to brake late to enter the corner or brake early to grab the crossing line.

Moreover, Verstappen felt that Leclerc's corner exit was not so smooth this lap, and his speed was affected to a certain extent by the poor corner exit.

Verstappen feels that he is very likely to complete the overtaking of Leclerc in this lap, although he knows that there is a Hamilton behind him, and Hamilton is already very close to him.

But Verstappen, who has fought so many laps with Leclerc, is more or less on top at the moment. Verstappen can no longer care about Hamilton behind him. He is thinking more about surpassing as soon as possible. Leclerc in front of him, after surpassing Leclerc, all the pressure from Hamilton behind him will naturally be passed on to Leclerc.

We can't blame Verstappen for not caring about his head. Obviously his lap time is faster than the opponent's, but the feeling of not being able to overtake is very aggrieved. In addition, there is a main competitor behind him, Hamilton, who is constantly approaching. If you put pressure on yourself, no one can deal with it calmly and calmly.

At this time, Leclerc gradually got used to Verstappen's offensive rhythm behind him, and he also vaguely felt that Qin Miao in front had been driving the car in a way to protect the tire, as if Verstappen had been driving several times. During the attack on himself, he helped himself block Verstappen's line.

Of course, these are just Leclerc's guesses, and he doesn't think anyone can be so evil, while defending himself, he can also help him defend Verstappen behind him.

While braking at the braking point of T2, Leclerc looked at the rearview mirror on the right, stared at Verstappen's car, and estimated the distance between himself and the opponent's car.

The same is true for Verstappen, while estimating the distance between himself and Leclerc in front, while controlling the brakes of his car meticulously.

Entering the corner, Leclerc's braking was very late. After seeing Leclerc's deceleration rate, Verstappen knew that he would not be able to grab the line right by late braking, so he was going to take a cross line.

And Leclerc confirmed that Verstappen had left the threat area on his right after entering the corner with him, so he was naturally ready to enter the corner to cut the apex of T3 at the first time.

At a hidden corner that the two didn't notice, a black Mercedes with a red roof and silver back suddenly forcibly entered the inner line of the two cars. Position surpassed two cars.

And the person who completed this whole set of operations is naturally Hamilton who missed the chance to compete for the championship due to mistakes.

He had already caught up behind Leclerc and Verstappen in this lap, and he also had the blessing of DRS.

Originally, Hamilton wanted to find an opportunity to take care of these two people slowly, but he didn't expect that these two people would give him such a chance, and it happened to reveal a small gap for himself in the interior.

If you were an ordinary person, no one would dare to see a crack and drill in like Hamilton, because if the car is not well controlled, it will cause big problems.

If the car is deflected to the left, it will be directly bounced by the curb at the apex, and anything may happen to the car at that time.

If the tire is deflected to the right, the tire will definitely hit Leclerc's tire directly. With the grip of the F1 tire, it is considered light to take off on the spot. If it flies high enough and falls down, the whole car may be broken. The game might just be gone.

Therefore, when seeing such an opportunity, drivers with relatively average strength would not dare to go straight in like Hamilton, and may have to miss such an opportunity.

And the seven-time champion is the seven-time champion, as long as he has the opportunity, he can grasp it.

And Qin Miao not only completed the task assigned to him by the team, but also overfulfilled the task.

After Hamilton overtook two cars at one time, although the scene was very quiet because there were no spectators, there was no cheering.

But all the commentators who saw the game and the audience in front of the TV were going crazy right now.

"My God! Hamilton!"

"Ah? Hamilton one over two! He found a great opportunity!"

"Two Mercedes came to the first and second positions!"

"Oh, Verstappen was careless!"

"How can Hamilton pass in such a small position?"

Compared with the commentators who have to organize their language more or less, netizens' reaction to Hamilton's operation is much simpler and crisper:
【what? 】

【Brilliant! 】

【Fuck! 】

[Seven crowns! 】

[Seven crowns?Cupping! 】

[I am super!Chinese! 】

【Lewis · Needle · Hamilton】

【How dare he】

[Really let him chase it back]

Hamilton came to the second place right away, and followed Qin Miao's rhythm to go out from T4.

After confirming that there will be no more position changes on the field for a short period of time, the director once again showed Toto the live footage.

At this time, the P room of the Mercedes-Benz team has become a sea of ​​joy. The staff either raised their hands and cheered vigorously or clapped vigorously. Everyone was beaming with joy, even the team leader Toto of the Mercedes-Benz team.

At this time, Toto was chatting with Mercedes Chief Technology Officer James Allison with a smile on his face.

Toto, who is usually moody and angry, now has a bright smile on his face.

On the field, Qin Miao was very surprised to find that Hamilton came behind him. At this time, he only came to 53 laps, and there were still [-] laps before the end of the race.

How the hell did the old man go from sixth to second in just six laps?Did Toto add something to Hamilton's car during the red flag?Running so fast, why didn't you add some points to me?
Of course, even though he thought so, Qin Miao immediately began to discharge and accelerate after knowing that his mission was completed.

Although he completed the task assigned by the team according to the team's instructions, the champion Qin Miao, who finally got it, didn't want to just let it go.

But Qin Miao didn't know very well that Hamilton, as a person who experienced it firsthand, naturally knew why he was able to chase the four positions in such a short period of time.

In fact, it is not that complicated to express it in words. The car in front is slower than Hamilton imagined, and because the car in front is slow enough, Hamilton can find some better overtaking opportunities more calmly.

After seeing Qin Miao in front of him, Hamilton also understood why these cars were so slow.

But Hamilton also couldn't figure out why Qin Miao was able to press down so many cars with his own strength and was not overtaken, just like Qin Miao couldn't figure out why he could run so fast.

Of course, it is not difficult to solve this doubt. After the game, you can directly ask Qin Miao/Hamilton for the data of this game.

At the same time, Hamilton also decided to talk to Toto after the game, and Qin Miao, such a good seed, could not be let go.

The team order given during the red flag was really a bit of a jerk, and Toto had to give an explanation for it, even if Qin Miao completed the order.

After five laps, Verstappen finally got rid of Leclerc's entanglement in the T2 position of this lap and came to the third position.

After Leclerc tried his best to defend Verstappen for a lap, it was his limit. In the T2 position of this lap, Leclerc really had no way to get rid of Verstappen with DRS, allowing him to overtake on the starting straight. own.

After being overtaken, Leclerc also felt that Verstappen could only follow behind him and fight back and forth for so many laps. It was not that Verstappen's car was damaged or his condition declined, it was purely It was just because Qin Miao was pressing in front of him, and Qin Miao helped him defend Verstappen for a while with his terrifying sense of defense.

Speaking of this, Leclerc felt from the bottom of his heart that Qin Miao's defensive ability and talent were terrifying.

After surpassing Leclerc, Verstappen is naturally at full speed, trying to catch up with the two Mercedes in front before the end of the race.

However, during the period just now, Qin Miao did not press the car on purpose, and Hamilton also broke free from the shackles and began to do his own lap time smoothly. Verstappen, who broke free from the entanglement, took more than 4 seconds.

Although it is not impossible to chase 4 seconds in eight laps, the performance of Mercedes itself is slightly stronger than that of Red Bull. Red Bull is now playing back and forth with Mercedes in the arena entirely because of Vesta. Pan, a talented driver, has outstanding personal abilities.

Now that the two Mercedes are free of constraints, they can do laps on the track without any worries. It is a very serious challenge for Verstappen to catch up during this period.

Of course, this is only for the teams and drivers.

For the viewers and broadcasters, the picture at this time is what they want to see. Although the game is about to end, the suspense of the game still has not been settled, and the game still has something to watch.

On Qin Miao's side, Hamilton also came to the DRS area behind Qin Miao after two laps.

It's just that Hamilton also knows who helped to win his current position, so he didn't do anything to Qin Miao, but just slowed down his pace a little bit, and followed Qin Miao while protecting the tires, preparing to leave. Finish the race with the current ranking.

And Qin Miao also obviously felt that Hamilton was faster than himself, but Qin Miao would not give up his position no matter what, if Hamilton was going to attack him, Qin Miao would not mind letting him experience the specific value of a 100-point defensive ability what level.

Although I am the number two driver, I am not an idiot. My buddies have done their best to pull you up, and it is impossible to give you the number one.

Toto also seemed to have thought of this, so after seeing the situation on the field, he did not give the team instructions again, but just quietly waited for the end of the game in the garage.

Nine laps, four laps to go.

At this time, the gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton remained within 1 second, and Verstappen had chased for 2 seconds in four laps, and was only 1 second away from Qin Miao and Hamilton ahead. It's in the DRS zone.

Qin Miao looked worriedly at Hamilton behind him, called up the temperature of his tires, and estimated the wear of the tires himself.

After that, Qin Miao's driving also became more aggressive, and she didn't protect her tires or control the use of ERS.

Although this is not the first time Qin Miao has been chased by Verstappen from behind, but this time is different. When Qin Miao was chased by Verstappen in the past, Qin Miao knew that he could not guard against Verstappen. At most, it was to slow him down, so Qin Miao was in a relatively relaxed state of mind at that time, not nervous, and even more excited and excited, because it was the first time Qin Miao had the opportunity to meet Vesta. Riders like Pan go into close-quarters dogfighting.

But this time is different, Qin Miao knows that it is possible to guard against Verstappen.

And if he really defends against Verstappen, the reward he will get will be the first championship in his career, and this is only the second F1 Grand Prix Qin Miao participated in.

After winning this sub-station championship, Qin Miao will definitely break through countless records.

Most importantly, he will become the first driver in Chinese history to win a race at the F1 Grand Prix.

If there is no hope, then Qin Miao can still stabilize her mentality, but now that she sees hope, Qin Miao inevitably begins to yearn for it, and becomes nervous involuntarily.

But what Qin Miao didn't expect was that the last few laps of the race had nothing to do with him.

Because after Qin Miao accelerated, Hamilton still maintained his own rhythm until Verstappen came behind him.

In the next race, the seven-time champion helped Qin Miao to be the second driver and defended Verstappen for two laps.

And when he crossed the line after two laps, the old man still kept his second place.

Although the director of the last two laps gave all the shots to the fight between Hamilton and Verstappen, everyone knows that the real protagonist of this game is actually Qin Miao, who won the championship in the second F2 Grand Prix of his career. young driver.

In the third lap of No.60, Qin Miao drove his car through T18 at high speed, and the corner exit and entry angles were very conservative. It can be seen that Qin Miao really cares about the results of this race.

After passing T19, looking at the checkered flag waving on the podium, Qin Miao felt a surge of emotion in her heart.

A week of hard work, countless tests in the factory before the game, countless simulations, and countless meetings.

Walking the track ahead of time, car debugging, assembly, meetings, interviews, practice, anxiety, irritability, everything was compressed to the limit when Qin Miao saw the checkered flag waving in the distance.

Looking at the team staff who had rushed to the side of the guardrail of the track, hung on the guardrail and shouted at him vigorously, shaking their fists, Qin Miao could clearly call out all of them by name, and even clearly see their faces expression.

At this moment, Qin Miao felt that time slowed down, and a strange electric current flowed through his whole body, as if he just came out of the bathroom after taking a bath, and his whole body felt relaxed.

As the Mercedes V6 hybrid engine roared across the finish line, the new king was crowned, and the prelude to a new era slowly kicked off.

(End of this chapter)