How did I become an F1 driver?

Although the sponsorship for Perez is attractive to Lynk & Co, there will definitely be more sponsorship from China after Ye Yifei joins Lynk & Co.

You should know that Lynk & Co entered F1 not to make money, but to gain global recognition.

So there is still something to be done about this matter.

After that it was Bottas and Zhou Guanyu.

Sauber's performance today has already been mentioned before, so I won't go into details here.

In short, Qin Miao was very happy that Zhou Guanyu could enter Q3, and he sent him a text message after the game to show his encouragement.

The subsequent work content remains the same.

Time quickly came to Sunday, the main competition stage.

I won't go into too much detail about the preparations before the race. Nothing unexpected happened and everything went on as planned by the team. Apart from Perez's interaction with the Mexican fans on the track before the race, this race was no different from a normal Grand Prix weekend.

Soon, Qin Miao got into his racing car.

In today's race, Qin Miao's work on the track was actually relatively simple.

Before the race started, the team's strategy department had already told Qin Miao how to run.

As long as there are no mistakes in the starting phase, relying on his advantage of starting from the inside and the acceleration ability of the car, he can block Leclerc's inside line and try to attack Leclerc before T1.

As long as Qin Miao surpasses Nike and takes the lead, today's game will become particularly easy for him.

Because Mexico City is at such a high altitude and the air density is so low, the heat dissipation efficiency of the car will inevitably be affected.

But the total amount of heat your car dissipates remains constant.

Therefore, following a car in the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is a disadvantage, as you will basically absorb all the thermal air discharged from the rear of the car in front of you.

But as you absorb the thermals, your radiator efficiency will not be up to standard because the air density on the track is relatively thin, and you will not be able to disperse the heat emitted to you by the car in front of you. Therefore, if you follow the car in front of you for too long on the Rodriguez Brothers Circuit, you will easily experience tire overheating, engine overheating, and engine power loss due to overheating.

Therefore, from the moment Qin Miao defeated Verstappen in the qualifying round, he was destined to win the championship...

We can’t say champion, that’s too absolute.

At least if Qin Miao does not retire from the race, Qin Miao can guarantee that he will get more points than Verstappen in this race.

Considering that the points gap between the two is only 5 points at this time, that is to say, Qin Miao only needs to bring back the championship in this race to overtake Verstappen in the points list.

Even if he did not win the race, Qin Miao could have narrowed the points gap between the two from five points to one point if he finished second.

Not to mention that the layout of the Rodriguez Brothers track is absolutely beneficial to Qin Miao's starting rhythm.

Soon, after all the pre-race preparations were completed and he ran a warm-up lap, Qin Miao returned to his starting grid.

"Okay, we see five red lights light up one by one." Looking at the live game screen, Brother Bing explained: "Let's see how Qin Miao's starting rhythm is today..."

"Five red lights go out, and the 2023 Mexican Grand Prix officially begins!"

At the start, Qin Miao's reaction speed was as fast as ever.

But what surprised Qin Miao was that Leclerc also started very quickly today, and his starting rhythm was basically the same as his own.

Of course, Qin Miao was not panicked at this time. After all, the starting straight of the Mexican Grand Prix is ​​the longest straight in the entire F1 calendar.

Having been with the W14 for almost a season, Qin Miao knows how terrifying the acceleration ability of the W14 is, so Qin Miao is not worried about being outpaced by Leclerc in a straight line.

The worst case scenario is that Leclerc overtakes him by half a car body before entering the braking point.

It is absolutely impossible for Leclerc to completely overtake himself in T1 without making any mistakes at the start.

But most of the time, what is most lacking on the field is sudden accidents.

"Okay, we saw that Qin Miao and Leclerc had very good starts, but Perez, we pay attention to Perez's position. Perez's starting rhythm in today's race was very good!"

On the track, just as the commentator said, Perez's starting rhythm today was particularly good.

According to the statistics and calculations of the FIA ​​after the race, perhaps because it was a home race, Perez's reaction speed at the start was abnormally fast.

He released the clutch behind the steering wheel and started accelerating 0.1 seconds after the red light went out.

Perez's starting reaction speed was the fastest in the entire Grand Prix weekend, and Qin Miao was 0.05 seconds slower than him.

The 0.05 seconds at the start is a huge advantage.

So even though Perez only started from seventh in today's race, he was in a state of constantly accelerating and catching up throughout the whole process.

At the same time, from Sainz to Ricciardo, the drivers in the middle positions did not have a particularly good starting rhythm.

Therefore, Perez started his overtaking show after the start, and took advantage of this excellent start to directly catch up to third place.

Even at the start, Leclerc and Qin Miao were side by side in front of Perez, pulling him in the slipstream.

So when it came to T1, Perez tapped Leclerc on the outside.

In fact, it was Leclerc who gave the opportunity, because during the whole process Leclerc had been suppressing Qin Miao towards the inside of the track, so that the outside of the track was vacant and Perez took advantage of this opportunity.

Qin Miao and Leclerc were so focused on each other that they didn't notice this at all. It was not until they were about to reach the braking point of T1 that they discovered there was a Red Bull behind them.

After all, the two of them had observed their rearview mirrors at the start, so they naturally knew that their starting speed was the fastest among the drivers in the front row at the start of today's race, and the two cars behind them started slower than them.

Although they saw a Red Bull approaching quickly in the rearview mirror before the braking point for T1, both men thought it was Verstappen.

During this period of time, Qin Miao and Leclerc both focused their main attention on their opponents, and no one had the leisure to pay attention to who was driving the car.

According to my impression, the only one who can catch up at the start is probably Verstappen.

So the two of them thought so, and in the following actions, they made defensive moves based on Verstappen's personality.

Then Perez quickly approached on the outside line, while Qin Miao was stuck on the inside line. Leclerc, who started from pole position, was a little confused to find that he was stuck between the two cars.

Of course, despite finding myself stuck between two cars.

But Leclerc was not panicking.

After all, when stuck in the middle, the most dangerous person is not Leclerc who is sandwiched in the middle, but the drivers on the left and right sides.

Because Leclerc can step on the brakes when he finds something wrong, and as long as he brakes, there will always be an unlucky guy on the side who will change lanes to the inside and hit his front wheel with his rear wheel.

At that time, he would definitely have to knock one of them off. However, Leclerc did not think of actively sending Verstappen on the left away.

Although he is familiar with it, when he gets on the track, Leclerc will definitely want to win a grand prix title.

What's the big deal about helping Qin Miao, who is not even a Ferrari driver yet, to eliminate his competitors?
Even though Qin Miao will be his teammate next season, doing this now would be considered collaborating with the enemy.

So what Leclerc hoped at this time was that Qin Miao and Verstappen would be overtaken by him at the start, and then he would knock the dogs' brains out behind him and reap the benefits.

In the end, after a lot of infighting between the two of them, I won the championship of this race.

At the same time, Qin Miao defeated Verstappen in the final stage, which not only satisfied the expectations of the audience but also took the second place in the race, further shortening the points gap between him and Verstappen.

In Leclerc's view, this is the perfect solution for today's race.

But things went against his wishes. The person on Leclerc's left was not Verstappen, but Perez, who was extremely excited to play at home.

When Perez faced Leclerc, he did not consider the problem of Qin Miao in Leclerc's inside line.

Then the three cars entered the turn together from the outside line.

Qin Miao on the inside had already found a very small angle before entering the turn, leaving enough space for the two drivers on the outside to enter the turn.

Leclerc was also quite restrained during this period and did not force the inside or outside lines.

But Perez was a little too anxious at this time.

He was on the outermost line and went wide when entering the corner, squeezing Leclerc.

When Leclerc saw Perez's movements when entering the corner, he was actually a little surprised, because in his impression, Verstappen was not such a reckless person.

Although Verstappen drives with some recklessness, it is all based on the safety of his own car.

But what does this driving style that seems to be directly going to explode with oneself mean?
But by the time Leclerc realized this, it was too late for him to slow down.

So on the track we saw that the left rear wheel of Perez's car hit the left front wheel of Leclerc.

This kind of scene has appeared countless times on the F1 track, and there is no need to speculate too much about the consequences.

Perez's car took off straight away.

And because Perez squeezed too hard, the accident caused particularly serious damage to his car.

The floor of the RB19 was severely damaged, with a large hole in the side box, and the gearbox made a strange noise after landing.

The unlucky Leclerc in this race was not in very good condition after being torpedoed by Perez.

The car's front wing endplate was damaged.

The good news is that although the front wing end plate is broken, the carbon fiber on the end plate is still connected to the front wing of the SF23. Although it looks a bit soft, there is no risk of falling off.

Therefore, Leclerc does not have to worry about the race flag giving him a penalty of sending him to the pit area to replace the front wing during the dense traffic at the start.

On the other hand, the high altitude of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez means that the car's aerodynamic kit has little room to play on such a track.

Therefore, the damage caused little to Leclerc's single lap speed.

After Perez was pushed off the track, only the aerodynamic parts of the car were damaged, not the car itself.

So Perez drove his car off the track and stopped in the Matthew Passage.

At the same time, it should be noted that Mexico is Perez's home ground.

Apart from the chicken roll, which is not a local specialty of Mexico, the local craftsmen are also the specialties.

And among craftsmen, it is easy for them to have bad tempers.

So we saw Perez retire from the race, and he was pushed out by the Ferrari car.

An angry old man in the stands couldn't stand it anymore and started punching and kicking the Ferrari fans next to him.

Although this way of venting anger is not recommended, it has to be said that as a local Mexican craftsman, this guy's boxing is really good.

Despite someone's dissuasion, he still used a series of small moves to knock the two Ferrari fans to the ground.

Of course, if such bad behavior occurs on the track, the FIA ​​and local track organizers will naturally deal with it.

The man was ejected on the spot and banned from the paddock for life.

All I can say is that sometimes people really need to pay the price for their impulsive behavior, even if you are a local craftsman.

I just don’t know if Leclerc will be found by the Mexican after this race.

Because Perez did not leave his car on the track after the accident.

Therefore, the progress of the race was not interrupted by this accident which caused the blood pressure of Mexican fans at the scene to rise.

But Perez did have a serious collision with Leclerc.

Leclerc's cornering rhythm was inevitably affected by the accident.

Therefore, Qin Miao inexplicably took the lead after passing T1.

To be honest, Qin Miao was really stunned when he found that the red Ferrari next to him was gone after he turned the corner.

It feels like your opponent has already fallen down before you even make a move.

Leclerc was also helpless.

What a disaster.

Originally, T1 on the Rodriguez Brothers Track only needed to withstand Qin Miao's attack in the interior. After reaching T2 and T3, he could rely on T2's interior advantage to forcibly block Qin Miao behind him.

But what about you, Verstappen?

Collaborating with the enemy?
What good will it do you to kill me?

After Qin Miao won the race championship, you were the one who suffered.

If he wins a race, he will directly surpass you in the points standings. If he gets second place, at least you will still retain some advantage in points.

Even if you want to hit the target from a distance, this is not the way to do it. (End of this chapter)