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Now the question arises, what kind of penalty will Verstappen receive for his illegal overtaking after the red flag was raised.

Is it a time penalty or a direct penalty to the starting position?

At the same time, Qin Miao was unlucky again and fell from third to fourth.

On the other side, Perez retired directly.

Although Perez only had his front nose knocked off during the collision, the team found that the left front suspension of Perez's car was also damaged. It should have been knocked crooked, so there was nothing the car could do. opened.

At the same time, Mazepin was also involved in a racing accident ahead. After Russell braked, Mazepin failed to react in time and rear-ended Russell.

Mazepin also retired from the race like Perez, except that both suspensions of the front wheels broke on the spot.

Now the three drivers in the championship area are very anxious. Verstappen, who is ranked first, will definitely be fined after that overtaking.

So now Verstappen's position is fake.

On the other side, Hamilton also fell from second to third because of Verstappen.

Qin Miao was even worse, falling to fourth place.

They are all different from where they started.

All in all, the beginning of this game was really chaotic.

After the red flag appeared, Qin Miao had no choice but to park his car in the pit channel again.

Not long after Qin Miao came down, Toto went directly to the FIA.

Hamilton followed closely and also went to the FIA. Only Qin Miao got off the car and sat on the shoulder of the road next to his car, drinking water and being in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a while, the FIA ​​gave out the punishment.

That is, Verstappen was penalized two starting positions and was directly penalized to start behind Hamilton, which was the third starting position.

The first is Ocon, the second is Hamilton, the third is Verstappen, and as for Qin Miao... fourth.

This penalty is actually considered fair. After all, Verstappen cut the corner and passed Hamilton directly.

After getting the news, Qin Miao naturally found Toto through the team TR and wanted to appeal.

It's a pity that the FIA ​​has no intention of responding to Qin Miao's appeal.

Qin Miao suffered a lot on the outside line. When entering the corner, even though Verstappen braked very late, he rushed directly out of the buffer zone.

But when Verstappen entered the corner, because of his late braking, the entire car had already run in front of Qin Miao's car, so Qin Miao was overtaken by Verstappen in the corner and there was no violation of the rules.

Qin Miao was numb after getting the news.

Although Toto also appealed for Qin Miao, the race stewards have already decided on the handling of the top three drivers, and the FIA ​​is obviously not prepared to change this decision.

In the end, Qin Miao naturally had no choice but to accept this decision.

After the penalty result came out and was confirmed, another problem was exposed at this time, that is, how Qin Miao should choose the tires for the next game.

At this time, Qin Miao still had a set of brand new hard tires in his tire reserve.

Qin Miao subjectively did not want to change tires. He still wanted to use the speed advantage of the medium tires to ensure that he had enough speed to surpass Hamilton and Verstappen in the next race.

However, Qin Miao's set of medium tires can no longer withstand the consumption of starting again. According to Qin Miao's own prediction, if he still chooses to start with medium tires in the next game, then in the later stages of the game, his There will be a huge drop in speed.

So after careful consideration, Qin Miao finally had no choice but to change to a new set of hard tires.

Although the speed of hard tires is much slower than that of medium tires, at least after changing to this set of tires, Qin Miao no longer needs to worry about tire wear in the next race.

Maybe this is also an opportunity.

For a long time, everyone was waiting for the red flag to end.

Qin Miao started eating again.

While waiting, the director also gave Qin Miao a lot of footage. After discovering that he was eating again, not only the director, but also the audience in front of the TV, even the commentator, and even the audience at the scene were speechless.

Aren't you F1 drivers supposed to control your weight? Eating should be to ensure your own physical fitness and hydration. Why do you start eating whenever you have time? Are you not afraid of running a race and needing to go to the toilet while running?

15 minutes later, the competition committee gave a notice that the game was about to restart.

After 10 minutes, Qin Miao and the others drove their cars back to the track and ran a tire warm-up lap.

At this time, O'Connell, who was following the safety car, was naturally the happiest one.

Because of one safety car and two red flags in this game, O'Connell took all the bonuses he could get. He chose the best answer among the choices that have appeared in this game so far.

Now there is only one difficulty in front of him, and that is the start. If he starts perfectly this time, then Ocon will have a huge advantage in this game.

This game guarantees a fourth place.

What? Podium?

It is indeed possible, but whether it is Qin Miao, Verstappen or Hamilton, these people all have strong enough personal abilities in overtaking.

Although O'Connell has a geographical advantage, Jeddah is also a track that is not easy to overtake, and O'Connell's defensive ability is not weak, but it is not easy for him to defend the offense of these three top drivers.

Soon, the riders were parked at their respective locations.

"Five red lights are on! The game begins!"

The race started for the third time.

It seems that the first two starts used up all Qin Miao's luck and reflexes. It is also possible that the starting speed of the white tire is indeed not as fast as that of the medium tire. This time Qin Miao started better than Hamilton and Verstappen. It was quite satisfactory, and I didn’t get too far away from the start, but it wasn’t as amazing as the first two starts, and I quickly caught up with the rider in front.

This time, Verstappen started particularly well, and Hamilton started slightly better than Qin Miao, and much better than O'Connell, who was ranked first.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Hamilton's starting reaction speed is the same as Ocon's, but because Hamilton's racing performance is better than Ocon's, it seems that Hamilton's start is faster than Ocon's.

In short, after the start and before reaching the T1 braking point, Hamilton, who started second, was side by side with Ocon, who started first, while Verstappen, who started third, relied on his own starting advantage to squeeze directly into Ocon and Hamilton. Insider.

Then Verstappen used his trademark late braking, forcing himself into the inside of the two when entering T1.

Hamilton had cars on his left and right, so he slowed down a little in order not to retire unexpectedly on the track.

Hamilton himself also knows that for the three drivers competing for the championship, the most important thing now is not how good the ranking is in the starting stage, but to protect his car and not retire for some strange reasons. .

But even though Hamilton had slowed down in advance, he still collided with Ocon's floor on the right side when he was decelerating. Fortunately, neither of their cars suffered any major damage. They only scratched off a little of Ocon's car's floor and scratched it on the ground. Just some sparks.

And because of the collision with Hamilton, Ocon had to give up his original route into the corner and chose the same route as Verstappen during the second start, killing him from outside the track.

Therefore, after rushing off the track from that position, Ocon took first place like Verstappen.

Ocon also knew that his operation was illegal, so after passing T3, he took the initiative to return the position to Verstappen, but did not return the position to Hamilton.

Because when entering the corner, the front of Ocon's car was in front of Hamilton.

The reason is the same as Qin Miao's time.

Naturally, Hamilton also began to protest in the team TR.

It's a pity that this protest is destined to be as ineffective as Qin Miao's one.

Different from the dangers faced by the first three riders, Qin Miao's outstanding start this time was a smooth start.

Qin Miao's starting speed was not fast, but he was not too slow either. When entering the corner, he stood on the inside line and gave no chance to Ricciardo behind him.

Therefore, after the start, Qin Miao steadily protected his current ranking, ranking fourth.

One lap later, Hamilton overtook Ocon on the straightaway.

O'Connell was very excited when he reached the first place after taking advantage of the safety car and red flag bonuses.

After all, no matter what, O'Connell will start from the first place in this race, and this is a street race. As long as his speed is fast enough, even if the speed gap with the car behind him is 0.5 seconds per lap, O'Connell feels that he has a chance. Defensive opportunities and abilities.

But in the face of real racing performance and driver strength, these are all false.

At the beginning, both Hamilton and Verstappen put huge pressure on Ocon.

Verstappen was able to win without a fight, and Hamilton easily surpassed O'Connell after one lap by relying on the absolute performance of his car. This can be regarded as making O'Connell realize the terrifying strength gap between the top drivers and himself. .

Of course, Ocon can also blame this problem on the fact that Alpine's cars are not as good as Red Bull and Mercedes' cars. After all, this is also a fact.

In short, when Ocon saw Hamilton racing in his rearview mirror, he was originally ready to awaken the lion in him. But after seeing Hamilton's closing rate, he decisively gave up this dangerous idea and chose to keep his own pace and continue moving forward without any defensive moves.

This can be regarded as being overtaken without any damage.

On lap 20, at the same position, Qin Miao also passed O'Connell in the same way.

After seeing Qin Miao's closing rate, O'Connell chose the same approach as when Hamilton overtook him, that is, without any action, he ran his own route normally and allowed Qin Miao to overtake him from the inside.

On the 21st lap, Qin Miao's ranking returned to third.

But Qin Miao still felt that he was at a loss.

After all, O'Connell's speed was still a bit slow. After Qin Miao passed O'Connell, the time gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton in front of him had reached 3 seconds, and it was even further away from Verstappen, a full 4.5 seconds.

You must know that the game has only restarted for 4 laps.

But there is no way, this is also part of the competition.

What Qin Miao can do now is to surpass O'Connell and see if he can get closer to the two people in front of him in the next game.

On lap 22, Qin Miao found that the time gap between himself and Hamilton had shortened from 3 seconds to 2.7 seconds.

Although he only caught up with his opponent for 0.3 seconds in two laps, Qin Miao still felt that he still had many opportunities in this game.

Moreover, Qin Miao also felt that Hamilton was faster than himself in this game. The reason why he was chased by him for 0.3 seconds in two laps was because Verstappen was blocking Hamilton in front of him, and he was caught by Verstappen. After Pan's turbulence, Hamilton's speed could not increase.

So Qin Miao knew that if he wanted to seize the flaw left by Hamilton and Verstappen during the fight, he had to catch up to the DRS area behind Hamilton before Hamilton officially started to attack Verstappen. .

So starting from the 22nd lap, Qin Miao adjusted his fuel mode to rich mode.

Qin Miao still has some experience in saving fuel, but the amount of fuel he carries has always been the standard amount of fuel, so after more than one race, the fuel reserve in the fuel tank of Qin Miao's racing car can still allow Qin Miao to drive again. Go run around the track for seven or eight laps.

But the reason why the team agreed with Qin Miao to carry so much oil was that on the one hand they were worried that it would not be enough after running half the race if the oil belt was less. On the other hand, before the start of the race, the FIA ​​had basic requirements for car weight.

If there is less fuel, the car will not meet the standard again, so the team took into consideration various factors, plus Qin Miao's own opinions, and finally decided to bring more fuel.

This is one of the main reasons why Qin Miao's overtaking ability is so much better than other drivers.

So now Qin Miao is chasing Hamilton and Verstappen in front of him with the attitude of running in qualifying.

But just as Qin Miao was about to start pushing forward with all his strength, a virtual safety car suddenly appeared on the track.

Qin Miao felt happy after seeing the virtual safety car, because this virtual safety car can effectively shorten the time gap between himself and Hamilton ahead.

After the speed slowed down, Qin Miao naturally asked the team what happened.

According to the team, Tsunoda and Stroll had just collided from behind.

The entire front nose of Tsunoda's car was knocked off, and a lot of debris was left on the track. The front nose was also left on the track.

So the tournament deployed a virtual safety car.

So, before running a few laps, Qin Miao happily returned behind Hamilton.

Kakuda saved Qin Miao several laps of pursuit time.

Qin Miao, who had been unlucky since the start of the game, got a slight advantage.

What Qin Miao needs to do next is very simple, that is to wait quietly for Hamilton to take action against Verstappen, and at that time Qin Miao will have the opportunity to pick up his wallet.

In fact, Qin Miao is not a person who likes to pick up other people's wallets and steal chickens, but the situation forces Qin Miao to not give up or miss this opportunity.

On lap 24, the virtual safety car ended.

After Qin Miao started smoothly, he was not pulled away by Hamilton. However, Qin Miao, who was using hard tires, had no intention of attacking Hamilton at this time. He controlled his position behind Hamilton for 1.5 seconds and then charged the car.

Because Qin Miao's ability to protect tires is incredible, when following Hamilton, Qin Miao did not protect the tires or save fuel. His only conservative action was to charge the ERS battery.

Qin Miao knew that Hamilton was faster than Verstappen, and he had a medium tire and a hard tire, so Hamilton was bound to attack Verstappen.

Moreover, Qin Miao felt that when Hamilton attacked Verstappen, there was a high probability that he would not succeed in the first try.

This is not because Qin Miao looks down on Hamilton's offensive ability. Qin Miao even feels that Hamilton's offensive ability may only be slightly worse than his own.

Mainly because Qin Miao knew that with Verstappen's character, it was impossible for him to defend Hamilton's offense honestly and in a conventional way at this time.

He will definitely have to make some mistakes on the field.

Under Verstappen's somewhat outrageous defensive actions, both Hamilton and Verstappen may have accidents, and that's when Qin Miao really shines.

On lap 28, Qin Miao did not wait for Hamilton to attack Verstappen, as mentioned before, the difficulty of overtaking on this track is not generally high.

Even Hamilton found it difficult to catch up with Verstappen in the DRS area behind him in these laps. What was more important was that after the first timing period, he used the straights on the track to quickly shorten the distance between him and Verstappen. There is a time gap, but there are always those corners before the DRS detection point, and Verstappen uses the advantage of the medium tires in the corners to get rid of him.

So although Hamilton can shorten the time gap between himself and Verstappen to 0.4 seconds from time to time, this is usually done at the end of the straight, using the wake to do it, and it cannot play a decisive role.

On lap 29, the virtual safety car was deployed again because there were some debris left on the track after the collision between Vettel and Kimi in the previous lap.

Because these fragments were relatively small, it was a bit troublesome to clean up, so the virtual safety car was brought to the 33rd lap in total.

There are still 17 laps to go before the end of the race. Qin Miao's tires are still in good condition. Although there are not many laps to go until the end of the race, Qin Miao is still calm and emotionally stable.

Although Hamilton in front of him was using the same hard tires as himself, Verstappen in front of Hamilton was using medium tires.

Moreover, Hamilton has been putting pressure on Verstappen since he appeared behind Verstappen in this game, which is equivalent to Hamilton pushing Verstappen throughout the game.

The result was that after the second red flag restart, Verstappen spent no lap protecting his set of medium tires, and was all pushing forward with all his strength.

So Qin Miao knew that Verstappen's set of tires could not last too long. His set of tires would inevitably pass the cliff point before the end of the race, and then the grip would begin to decline significantly.

Therefore, in this game, Qin Miao still followed Hamilton and ran his own rhythm normally. What stood out was that he was even and stable.

It is worth mentioning that because Qin Miao, who was following Hamilton, had never shown any aggression, at this point in the game Hamilton was no longer attacking Vista like he was when Qin Miao first came behind him. Pan also focused part of his attention on Qin Miao.

At this moment, most of Hamilton's attention is on Verstappen.

For Qin Miao behind him, Hamilton knew that his speed in this race was only faster than Verstappen, so Qin Miao could keep up with his own pace, because he was also behind Verstappen, but Hamilton at this time I no longer feel that Qin Miao can surpass himself in this game.

On lap 36, with 14 laps left before the end of the race, Verstappen's set of medium tires was already a bit weak.

After being chased away by Hamilton for so long, it is normal for the tires to start to fail at this time.

Therefore, at the DRS detection point position of T22, Hamilton caught up with Verstappen within one second, so in the DRS area between T24 and T27, Hamilton finally turned on his DRS.

Qin Miao was still sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai at this time, with 1.5 seconds remaining unchanged for thousands of years.

But looking at Hamilton's sudden activation of DRS, Qin Miao knew that Hamilton's attack horn for Verstappen in this game was officially sounded from this point on, and his opportunity in this game was about to appear.

Therefore, although Qin Miao did not have DRS at this time, Qin Miao still turned on his ERS and rich fuel mode and began to push forward with all his strength.

He wanted to catch Hamilton's wake and DRS on the straightaway.

Facts have proved that Qin Miao's choice to recharge his racing battery was correct.

Because Qin Miao has not had a need for too fast speed for a long time, the power of Qin Miao's racing battery has been maintained at 91%.

The reason why it is not at 100% is because this B battery is also designed to have a long life. If the battery is always full, it will put a burden on the battery and naturally reduce the battery's power reserve level and durability.

The best battery power should be maintained at around 85%, and Qin Miao's 91% is already a bit high.

Franky reminded Qin Miao more than once: "If you can, use more of the power in the battery. It's really useless to keep it."

Then, at the critical moment, Qin Miao directly adjusted the battery release mode of the car to the extreme mode.

The power release rate in this mode is even more aggressive than in qualifying.

The battery mode of qualifying requires the car to use up all the power in the car battery within one lap, as well as the power recovered by MGU-K and MGU-H during qualifying during the race.

When running a qualifying race, too much power in the battery is a waste, while too little power is too slow.

This mode is different. This mode is to use up all the power stored in the battery at once in the shortest possible time.

So you can see that after Hamilton accelerated his speed with Verstappen's DRS, Qin Miao's speed behind him also began to increase sharply.

Qin Miao's speed was actually faster than Hamilton's with DRS. Can it be said that it is a Mercedes engine? (End of chapter)