How did I become an F1 driver?

At least in the short term, Qin Miao was still pressing Leclerc, trying his best to let Leclerc provide DRS for the old man.

But after all, there was Leclerc interfering in the middle, and Qin Miao really couldn't let the old man use DRS on every lap.

The old man was finally forced to take the defensive line on the 8th lap because of too much pressure from Verstappen, and was thrown out of the DRS zone behind him by Leclerc.

Qin Miao was also anxious when he saw this, but Leclerc behind him was not an idiot.

The speed at which he was releasing the water was already slow. If he continued to slow down, Qin Miao might be killed by Le Laosi.

So after making sure that Hamilton had left the DRS area behind Leclerc, Qin Miao started to accelerate instead.

The only thing Qin Miao could hope for at this moment was that Hamilton would hold on to Verstappen for two more laps. Qin Miao didn't ask for much, just asking the old man to buy him two seconds.
On the 12th lap, the old man really lived up to Qin Miao's expectations. He guarded Verstappen for four laps before being overtaken by Verstappen in the DRS zone.

After being overtaken by Verstappen, Hamilton went into the pit to change tires and returned to the track on neutral tires.

At the same time, Qin Miao was also notified.

Norris pitted on lap five to switch to hard tires.

However, by observing Norris' speed on the track, it can be found that the hard tires are surprisingly slow on the Spa circuit. After the upgrade, McLaren's speed is not even as fast as Lynk & Co's single lap speed.

So in this race, Qin Miao has to extend the time that this set of neutral tires are used on the track. The hard tires cannot be used either. They have to be switched to soft tires in the later stages of the race, and the time that this set of neutral tires can stay on the track must also be extended.

This completely disrupted Qin Miao's many defensive plans. For this reason, Qin Miao, who had originally opened up a certain distance from Leclerc, returned to Leclerc and provided Leclerc with DRS.

However, this situation did not last long, and Verstappen did not intend to directly penetrate the two Mercedes drivers with a set of soft tires.

With the arrival of the pit window on the 13th lap, the drivers behind Qin Miao chose to pit and change tires one after another.

By the 20th lap, all the drivers behind Qin Miao had completed their pit stops to change tires, but Qin Miao still persisted on the track.

However, according to the weather forecast, it will rain on the track soon, which is an opportunity for Qin Miao.

The strategy teams of almost all the teams on the track were staring at the sky.

Although the rain finally fell, no one chose to stop and change to rain tires. Since the rain was not heavy, Qin Miao was happy for nothing.

Qin Miao's set of neutral tires finally lasted until the 25th lap.

At this time, Qin Miao's lap speed was already very slow, 1.1 seconds slower than Verstappen, who was in second place.

And at this time Verstappen was already 3 seconds behind Qin Miao.

However, at this time, Qin Miao didn't care much about Verstappen behind him because he was about to pit.

The team called Qin Miao into the pit, and he was a little slow in changing tires, taking 4.1 seconds, but overall it was not a big deal.

In fact, the timing of Qin Miao's pit stop to change tires was quite outrageous.

Although 25 laps on a set of neutral tires may not be a lot, a single lap of the Spa circuit is 7 kilometers long, which means that Qin Miao ran 175 kilometers on the track with a set of neutral tires, and the lap time was acceptable.

If this is converted to Monaco, it would be equivalent to Qin Miao running 44 laps on the track with a set of neutral tires before entering the pit to change tires.

At the same time, when Qin Miao entered the pit, it was also the pit window for other drivers to make their second stop.

After entering the maintenance area, Qin Miao changed to a set of soft tires.

After all, Qin Miao arrived at the station late.

Although Qin Miao's team did not get enough dry tire data due to rain during the first practice session, the race has been going on for so long that everyone knows exactly what the other drivers' tires are like on this track.

What is less is the data of neutral tires and hard tires. Qin Miao had run the qualifying round on the track with soft tires. Moreover, the temperature of this Grand Prix weekend was comfortable, and it was much easier for Qin Miao to control the temperature of his car's tires. Therefore, Qin Miao was not worried that he would not be able to finish the rest of the race with a set of soft tires.

On the contrary, Mercedes' strategy team is more worried about some estimation errors that may occur during the race due to improper data collection.

But no matter what, all they can do at this moment is to trust Qin Miao.

Verstappen made his second pit stop on lap 30.

Also changed to soft tires.

After coming out, he was 4 seconds behind Qin Miao.

Leclerc, who was supposed to be behind Verstappen, was replaced by Hamilton.

After the old man lost the threat of Verstappen and put on a new set of tires, it was easy and enjoyable for him to control a Ferrari on the track.

When Verstappen caught up with Qin Miao on the 37th lap with an average speed of 0.5 seconds per lap, Qin Miao was already fully prepared, with the car fully charged, and the tire temperature and margin sufficient. But what Qin Miao didn't expect was that Verstappen was a man of no moral integrity. He was actually faster, but in order not to alert him, he kept suppressing his speed, and even deliberately made some fluctuations in lap time when chasing him.

The previous lap was 0.1 faster, the next lap was 0.05 slower.

Qin Miao mistakenly believed that Verstappen could only catch up to this much in a single lap.

But in fact, if Verstappen wanted to, he could even catch up with Qin Miao by 1 second in a single lap.

After entering the DRS zone behind Qin Miao, Verstappen had no intention of delaying behind Qin Miao. He was afraid that he would not be able to outrun Qin Miao on this set of soft tires.

So after entering the DRS zone behind Qin Miao, Verstappen shortened the time gap between himself and Qin Miao to 0.6 seconds in the second timing period.

In the DRS area on the starting straight from T19 to T1, Verstappen shortened the time gap between himself and Qin Miao to 0.5 seconds.

In fact, when he arrived here, Qin Miao didn't notice anything unusual. Then he followed Verstappen, sucking Qin Miao's tailwind all the way to the big kill... El Roger bend. After passing T4 uphill, Qin Miao took a look at the time gap between himself and Verstappen.

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Why the hell is there only 0.2 left?
After arriving here, Qin Miao actually realized that something was wrong.

When Qin Miao realized that something was wrong, he also knew that no matter what he did now it was too late.

Because next up is a super, super long straight, and there's DRS.

Qin Miao knew exactly how efficient the DRS of the RB19 was, and Verstappen was still so close to him at this moment...

In the aerial footage, car fans saw Verstappen on the track quickly approaching Qin Miao and pulling away from the inside of Qin Miao, and then he surpassed Qin Miao at lightning speed.

During the entire process, Qin Miao did not make any defensive moves and just let Verstappen pass.

Qin Miao knew at this time that no matter how hard he tried, he could not withstand Verstappen's attack.

Starting from the El Roger corner, Verstappen probably started to fully unleash ERS.

Looking at the final speed of 356 kilometers per hour displayed on Verstappen's HUD, Bing Ge said helplessly: "Alas, Qin Miao really can't do anything about this. Verstappen's car is indeed visibly faster than Qin Miao's W14."

"What a pity! It would have been better if Qin Miao had held on a little longer."

……

At the end of the game, all that was left on the field were the helpless sighs and complaints of the Five Star Sports commentators.

Later, before crossing the finish line, Verstappen had opened up a time gap of more than 5 seconds with Qin Miao, which shows how fast Verstappen is on the track.

Qin Miao got second place again. This is the fifth time that Qin Miao has won second place in the main competition this season.

Although Qin Miao doesn't want to admit it, among the domestic car fan group, Qin Miao's nickname "Qin Lao Er" has been completely confirmed, and is used by his black fans to blacken Qin Miao every day.

That’s right, although Qin Miaogui is the first Chinese F1 driver in China, he is also the first F1 world champion in China, a double champion, and has countless fans.

Despite this, Qin Miao still has many black fans off the court.

Qin Miao himself was a little puzzled when reading the comments of these black fans. He did not cheat them of their money, nor did he ask them to spend money, and he even rarely communicated with them. Why did they blacken him?
Of course, Qin Miao was just a little confused. These black fans had no impact on Qin Miao's daily life. Qin Miao still did what he should do.

After the Belgian Grand Prix, the drivers' rankings and scores in the race are as follows:

P1: Verstappen +25
P2: Qin Miao +18
P3: Hamilton +15
P4: Perez +12
P5: Leclerc +11 (fastest lap)
P6: Alonso +8
P7: Norris +6
P8: O'Connell +4
P9: Stroll +2
P10: Tsunoda +1
There is nothing much to say about the top four, basically these four people are in the positions where they should be.

Leclerc, who was fifth, was the more abstract one.

His fastest lap was achieved after he pitted on the last lap and changed to soft tires.

In fact, there was no problem for Leclerc to get the points in the last lap.

The problem is that Ferrari does not lack this point, and this point will not affect Leclerc's ranking in the driver's standings, nor will it affect Ferrari's ranking in the team standings.

So after the race, many Red Bull fans started cursing on social media. In their opinion, Leclerc was just driving his brother's car on the track, which was unfair!

It is equivalent to one Red Bull team fighting two teams on the track.

Of course, Qin Miao’s fans also have reasons to refute. When Lynk & Co was still called Red Bull, why didn’t you Red Bull fans jump out and say this and that?
Moreover, every point is very valuable to F1 drivers. What's wrong with Leclerc wanting to have a better performance in the standings? Is there a problem?

Even if Lao Si really wanted to help Qin Miao, was there a problem? Did it violate FIA ​​regulations?
None of them. The accusations against Leclerc are just unreasonable demands from Red Bull fans.

And Verstappen is the champion of this race. (End of this chapter)