How did I become an F1 driver?

After all, Qin Miao also knew that Verstappen was not a good guy on the track.

Who knows if he will suddenly go crazy and crash into you when he starts.

Soon, everything on the track was ready.

Qin Miao stared at the five indicator lights not far away, his fingers clenched the clutch paddle on his steering wheel.

Five red lights lit up one by one and then went out, and the race began.

Qin Miao released the clutch paddle on his steering wheel the moment the five red lights went out. The clutch and engine were connected instantly, and the engine with over 1000 horsepower transmitted all the power to the two tires that had already been preheated.

SF24 rushed out like a sword released from a bow.

After Qin Miao completed the starting procedure, he looked at Verstappen in front of his left, and then he felt happy.

In today's race, Verstappen's starting rhythm was much worse than mine.

After Qin Miao discovered this, he gave up his idea before starting and did not turn towards the center line of the track.

Because Qin Miao knew that his starting rhythm was very good this time, if he went to the center line of the track to fight for position, he would waste the tire traction he gained at the start.

Qin Miao started normally in the inside lane, and all the starting advantages were converted into speed.

After Pan Zi found out that he was at a disadvantage at the start, the first thing he thought of was exactly as Qin Miao had expected, which was to squeeze Qin Miao towards the inside, and he did so.

But Qin Miao's starting advantage was too great. Before Verstappen closed the door, Qin Miao had already pulled ahead on the inside of Verstappen.

And after the shot, Qin Miao tried his best to find space inside in order to prevent Verstappen from making any impulsive moves again.

The tires were just about to hit the grass at the edge of the track.

Despite the grip of the car's tires and Qin Miao's ability to control the car, even if he was really forced onto the grass by Verstappen, Qin Miao could still ensure that his car would not lose control on the grass, and could even continue to accelerate.

But if that really happened, Qin Miao's excellent start would inevitably be ruined by Verstappen.

After all, grass is not asphalt road, and the grip is definitely not as good as a normal track.

Therefore, Qin Miao does not want to give up his advantageous position for the time being.

Of course, if Verstappen still doesn't drive well when it comes to T1, Qin Miao doesn't mind having a fight with him directly.

At worst, both cars will be damaged and we will have to retire from the race.

Anyway, since you don’t get any points and I don’t get any points, no one will benefit.

Pan Zi's mentality might have been affected by the recent public opinion in the paddock. After coming to this environment again, he just tried his best to suppress Qin Miao within a very small range, and did not really fight with Qin Miao again.

Then Qin Miao accelerated all the way and had already overtaken Verstappen by the distance of his front nose wing on the inside line before the braking point of T1.

Before entering the corner, Verstappen returned to the outside line.

At this moment, Qin Miao seemed to have a magnet installed on his racing car, following Verstappen to the outside line to find a better angle for entering the corner.

From the perspective of Leclerc who was behind the two of them, the two cars that were originally on the inside line came to the outside line almost simultaneously. During the whole process, the distance between the two cars, which were almost sticking together, did not change at all.

It's like the mecha pilot in Pacific Rim is driving a mecha.

Then entering the T1 turn, Qin Miao easily took the lead by relying on the inside advantage and closing the door after exiting the turn.

After T1, T2 is a false bend, followed by a long straight road. After the start, Qin Miao finally turned his starting advantage into a ranking advantage and couldn't help but cheer: "Let's fucking go!"

Frankie, who had been watching Qin Miao's car the whole time, smiled and congratulated Qin Miao in the team TR: "Perfect overtaking, I hope you can keep it up in the future."

The three commentators of Five Star Sports nodded repeatedly after seeing Qin Miao's performance on the track: "Qin Miao's overtaking this time was so beautiful, without any drag, purely relying on excellent starting and perfect car control. This is the Qin Miao we know!"

However, after overtaking Verstappen, Qin Miao only relaxed for a while. Soon he began to think about how to defend against Verstappen behind him after DRS was turned on.

After all, the speed of RB19 after turning on DRS is indeed incredible.

However, when the race reached the second lap and Qin Miao began to save the power of his car in some corners without overtaking points in case of emergency, Qin Miao suddenly saw that Verstappen's car behind him was smoking.

Although it wasn't black smoke, nor was it smoke coming out of the exhaust of a racing car.

This means that Verstappen's car was neither on fire nor had its engine exploded, but if an F1 car suddenly starts to smoke, it means that there must be something wrong with the car.

And not long after his car started smoking, he was overtaken by Leclerc behind him.

"Why is Verstappen's car smoking?" Qin Miao asked curiously as he drove his car back to normal cruising mode.

Sometimes you have to sigh that the person who cares about you the most on the track may not be your team or even your teammates, but your opponents.

Franky was also a little confused. He didn't even know that Verstappen's car was smoking at the first time. It was only after Qin Miao told him through the team TR that he knew there was a problem with Verstappen's car.

"We haven't received any news yet. We'll tell you as soon as we have any. Keep moving forward."

Although he didn't get any useful information, Qin Miao knew that Verstappen's race was over.

After realizing this, Qin Miao suddenly had an idea: after Verstappen found that there was a problem with his car, would he regret not crashing himself off the track in T1?
Although he didn't get any points, he didn't record any points either. This was undoubtedly an acceptable result for Verstappen.

However, Qin Miao was just thinking about it, because there was no threat from Verstappen behind him, and Perez could not put any pressure on Leclerc in a short time, so Qin Miao started cruising directly on the track.

On the other hand, Verstappen, who found that there was a problem with his car, didn’t think too much about it. The first thing he thought about when he found the fault was how to solve it.

But the problem was that instead of the fault going away on its own, it became more serious and the smoke became bigger and bigger.

In the end, Red Bull Racing could only helplessly tell Verstappen: "There is a problem with the brake system, and this problem cannot be solved remotely. Sorry, MAX, I'm afraid we have to retire."

In the end, Verstappen struggled on the track until the 4th lap before returning to the pit area and retiring.

It is worth mentioning that when Verstappen's car arrived at the pit lane, the left rear brake disc of the RB20 exploded and a cloud of black smoke appeared, just like a Claymore mine. Fortunately, Verstappen did not enter the team's P room when the right rear brake disc exploded, otherwise someone might have been hit by the high-temperature carbon fiber fragments that burst out of the brake disc.

When returning to the pit area, the right rear wheel of Verstappen's car was still on fire.

After Verstappen retired, Qin Miao's race was basically over. After all, there was no one on the track who could threaten Qin Miao at this time.

What? You ask Perez?
Master Pei was penalized three starting positions for blocking other drivers' lap times during qualifying, and he hasn't recovered yet. Norris, who is behind Leclerc, is nearly 2 seconds behind Leclerc.

After Verstappen retired, Qin Miao's pit stop strategy changed from the original yellow, white and one stop to the same yellow, white and red two stops as other drivers.

As for why other drivers have two stops for yellow, white and white, while Qin Miao's yellow, white and red can be said to be the same as other drivers' pit stop strategies...

Just tell me whether Qin Miao is a second stop?
On the 17th lap, Hamilton also retired because his car's engine suddenly lost power.

After Leclerc learned the news, he smiled and said something incoherent in the TR of the team: "I knew it!"

……

The following race was relatively boring for Qin Miao personally. For some reason, Qin Miao, who was cruising alone in the racing car, even missed Verstappen a little.

After all, with Verstappen around, Qin Miao could still feel the considerable pressure from him.

But now that Verstappen has retired, Qin Miao doesn't feel any pressure on the track. Now Qin Miao is even a little bored. He just needs to finish the whole race alone, just like he did when he was fishing in F2.

Even the F2 race does not require as many laps as the F1 race.

Even when Qin Miao was preparing for his second stop, he had opened up a distance from Norris' pit stop window. To be honest, this was still Qin Miao's cruising speed.

However, it is worth mentioning that when everyone thought that the race was over and the two Ferrari drivers were about to give Ferrari a long-awaited one-two finish, a huge accident occurred on the track in the last two laps of the race.

On lap 58, when Russell was chasing his leader, he lost his rhythm when entering the T6 corner and failed to control his car when exiting the corner. The right tire pressed on the curb of T6 and lost grip. The car was out of control at the center of the T6 corner and eventually ran off the track and hit the guardrail on the outside of T6. All parts on the left side of the car were damaged.

Mercedes' vibranium suspension could not withstand the huge impact force, and the suspension of the car was completely broken.

In the end, Russell's car was still lying on its side on the track, with the floor facing the direction of the oncoming car.

Although every F1 car undergoes strict inspection by the FIA ​​before the start of the season, all the anti-collision measures of the car are qualified, and the FIA ​​tries its best to give the drivers the greatest protection.

However, the defensive measures of these cars are based on the defensive measures taken after a collision occurs under normal conditions of F1 cars, and do not include the floor.

The floor of a normal F1 car is only two centimeters away from the F1 driver's butt.

T6 is a blind turn, which means that other drivers cannot see the situation behind T6 before entering T6.

If a car rushed over at this time and hit the back of Russell's car which was lying across the track, then there is no doubt that Russell would die.

Not to mention carbon fiber, even if you replace the floor of a Mercedes racing car with homogeneous armor steel used in tanks, it won't work.

The two-centimeter-thick homogeneous armor steel can play a minimal role in such a situation and cannot withstand the impact of an F1 car at all.

At best, we can leave Russell with an intact body.

Moreover, carbon fiber is only brittle, but its ductility and strength are very high.

Russell, knowing that he was in imminent danger, kept shouting in panic using the team TR: "Red flag! Red flag! Red flag quickly!"

Russell was also afraid. He had finally become an official driver of Mercedes. If he lost his life after only three races for Mercedes, it would be a bit too unfair.

Of course, the race was slow, but the red flag was finally raised.

Russell did not leave this beautiful world in a carbon fiber coffin.

After Russell's car was cleaned up, the safety car took the drivers to complete the last lap.

As for the cause of Russell's accident, the final investigation found that Alonso gave Russell a brake test before entering T6.

But it is not appropriate to say so, because Alonso did not brake at that time, he just eased off the accelerator before entering the high-speed corner T6.

T6 is not an overtaking point, and overtaking is not even possible at all. Therefore, the main purpose of Alonso's rhythm change is to interfere with Russell behind him and make him stay away from him.

But Russell obviously did not keep up with Alonso's rhythm. Due to his lack of experience, he was caught off guard by Alonso's sudden deceleration and eventually ran off the track due to mistakes.

After the FIA ​​investigation, Alonso was given a 20-second penalty and three points were deducted from his super license, which demoted his sixth-place finish to eighth.

While giving Alonso such a heavy punishment, the FIA ​​is still acting like a whore and putting up a hymn.

He stated that the punishment given to Alonso was not based on the results.

FIA has always been fair and just!
But think about it carefully, if the person behind Alonso was Qin Miao, and Qin Miao reacted to Alonso's brake test and passed the corner smoothly.

So no matter how Qin Miao cursed in the team TR, no matter how Ferrari complained and pressured the FIA ​​after the race, the FIA ​​would at most give Alonso a small black room warning, and there would not even be a time penalty.

Moreover, Qin Miao might be considered petty by other drivers afterwards, after all, you are fine.

All in all, this is the final highlight of the game.

In the end, Qin Miao won the Australian Grand Prix steadily, bringing Ferrari a long-awaited two-game winning streak.

Leclerc came in second.

His pace in this game was similar to Qin Miao's, and he finished the game without reaching any destination.

However, after the race, Leclerc in the team TR sighed after celebrating.

"I'm going to be NTR..." (End of this chapter)