How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 699: 683: The Triple Crown's Three Consecutive Victories
On the 51st lap, Qin Miao caught up with Verstappen in the DRS zone, and caught up with him by 2.5 seconds in seven laps. On average, Qin Miao caught up with Verstappen by about 0.35 seconds per lap.

There are still two laps left until the end of the race, which means that if Qin Miao wants to win the race, he needs to overtake Verstappen in front of him within the remaining two laps.

To be honest, if it was on a track like Monza or Yas Bay Marina where overtaking is easy, it would be much easier for Qin Miao to defeat Verstappen in two laps.

But as I have said countless times before, the Suzuka Circuit is not a very suitable track for overtaking, so strictly speaking, Qin Miao only has two chances to attack Verstappen next.

During the time Qin Miao was chasing, he had been deliberately saving electricity, so when he caught up with Verstappen, Qin Miao's car still had 70% of the battery left.

At this time, the battery on Qin Miao's SF24 racing car is basically a half-new set, and the battery power reserve is still sufficient.

So even though the battery only had 70% power, Qin Miao was still prepared to try to attack Verstappen at the end of lap 51 and the beginning of lap 52.

In the DRS zone on the 52nd lap, Verstappen turned on ERS after discovering that Qin Miao was preparing to attack, and did not let Qin Miao completely overtake him.

When the two entered T1 one after the other, the time difference was 0.3 seconds.

In the remaining uphill turns of the first timing section, although Qin Miao's car aerodynamics package was affected by the turbulence emitted by Verstappen's car, Qin Miao's tire condition was better than Verstappen after all. Therefore, after the second timing section, Qin Miao was still 0.3 seconds behind Verstappen.

Next, the two came to T11 in the second timing section together.

When the race just started, Qin Miao surpassed Perez.

However, what surprised Qin Miao was that he didn't know whether Verstappen made an operational error or he put too much pressure on himself, but Verstappen made the same mistake as Perez when entering the corner. When he braked, a puff of white smoke came out of the left front wheel.

When Qin Miao saw the white smoke, his eyes lit up at first, and then he quickly calmed down.

Because Qin Miao's intuition told him that Verstappen's mistake this time was a bit inappropriate.

It's nothing that Perez has problems here. After all, Perez is just an experienced veteran driver. Compared with top drivers like Verstappen and himself, he may have more experience, but he is definitely not as good as people like himself in terms of pressure resistance and delicate control of the car.

Therefore, it was inappropriate for Verstappen to make a mistake in this position.

So even though Verstappen made a mistake in braking and even gave up the inside line of T11, when Qin Miao could have completely inserted into the inside line, Qin Miao resisted the instinctive impulse, slowed down a little, and continued to follow Verstappen.

"Ah? Qin Miao didn't seize such a serious mistake made by Verstappen. What a pity! What a good opportunity!" On the Five Star Sports side, the three commentators who had praised Qin Miao for his ability to seize opportunities in the studio an hour ago were now filled with disbelief and regret.

Because in their impression, Qin Miao could basically catch such good things as pie falling from the sky, but this time he disappointed them greatly.

After seeing the situation on the track, people in the Ferrari team's P room sighed in regret.

But soon they began to comfort each other, and there was still a chance.

However, Verstappen on the track did not breathe a sigh of relief as those who supported Qin Miao thought, but instead frowned.

Because the mistake just now was a bait deliberately set by Verstappen.

When braking, turn slightly left to transfer the center of gravity of the car to the left front wheel at the moment of braking. After reaching a certain limit, the left front wheel will naturally lock.

In this way, the inside line is free, and the two outer tires are not affected, which will not affect Verstappen's normal entry into the corner too much.

If Qin Miao dared to intervene at this time, he would have fallen into Verstappen's trap.

Verstappen is confident that he will not be overtaken by Qin Miao before passing T11, and will go to T12 side by side with Qin Miao.

After reaching T12, I, who have the advantage in the inside, will try my best to push Qin Miao to the dirty side of the outside. Before reaching T13, I will definitely be able to gain some advantage, and then Verstappen will be able to return to the first place. Qin Miao will definitely be affected by Verstappen in this process. The time for readjustment is enough for Verstappen to widen the gap between him and Qin Miao.

What Verstappen didn't expect was that he had set a trap, but Qin Miao didn't fall for it at all. At this time, Verstappen could only do nothing.

On the other hand, although Qin Miao gave up a great opportunity, he didn't know that this was a trap set by Verstappen. But Qin Miao knew that even if he didn't seize this opportunity, after following Verstappen closely to the starting straight, he still had a great chance to overtake the opponent in one fell swoop.

The battery level of my car is currently 59%, and by the time I get to the start straight it should be charged to over 80%.

The distance between the two cars remained around 0.3 seconds.

Verstappen also tried to test Qin Miao with brakes, but Qin Miao, who was in a highly tense state of mind, did not respond at all.

Verstappen uses Qin Miao's defensive skills, but Qin Miao can't use your Verstappen's offensive skills?

When it came to T16, Verstappen was completely out of options, so this time he just went inside and defended Qin Miao normally.

As for why I don't sell the flaws here...

Because this place is an overtaking point, whoever gets the inside line here will be able to get into position and overtake the opponent when exiting the corner.

Qin Miao was still not in a hurry. Relying on Verstappen's inside line and the advantage of his car's mechanical grip, Qin Miao managed to narrow the time gap between himself and Verstappen from 0.3 to 0.2 at this position.

When coming out of the corner and arriving at T18, Verstappen looked at the 0.2 second gap between himself and Qin Miao and felt a little desperate.

But despite being filled with grief and anger in his heart, Verstappen did not give up defending Qin Miao. After exiting the corner, Verstappen began to draw a dragon on the inside line of the track.

Try your best to prevent Qin Miao from being caught in your wake.

Although the hope of stopping Qin Miao at this moment is slim, how do you know if you can stop him if you don't try?

Qin Miao also knew that because the Suzuka Circuit was not long enough, all acceleration conditions needed to be used, but the most taboo thing at this time was to draw a dragon with Verstappen.

Because in this case, the traction of Qin Miao's car will be wasted in the process of drawing the dragon, and after DRS is turned on, it will only reduce the wind resistance of your car but will not increase the power of your car. Therefore, compared with wake flow, the advantages provided by DRS are mainly concentrated in acceleration.

So Qin Miao just accelerated silently on the clean track outside the track.

He didn't even pay attention to Verstappen who was drawing a dragon on the inside line of the track.

However, when Qin Miao was halfway through the starting straight and barely managed to get his right front wheel to the side box of Verstappen's car, he felt a little tired.

Damn, I can’t pass it, right?
The moment he had this idea, Qin Miao seized the moment when Verstappen made a right turn, and the car immediately moved towards the inside line, blocking Verstappen's outer line.

Verstappen was a little stunned for a moment by Qin Miao's move, but he quickly realized that Qin Miao was not going to give him a good angle to enter the turn.

But Verstappen is not in a hurry. Qin Miao does not give him enough angle to enter the corner, so Qin Miao's angle to enter the corner must be bad.

Now all Verstappen needs to do is to stick close to Qin Miao on his left, and when Qin Miao goes to the outside, he will go to the outside. Unless Qin Miao also turns on the inside of the track, Verstappen will always find a good opportunity.

However, Pan Zi didn't take into account that Qin Miao's tires were in better condition than his.

At T1, even if it was a normal turn, Verstappen had to release his accelerator more or less, but Qin Miao went straight through T1 at full throttle.

Now it is the late stage of the race, the fuel level of Qin Miao's car is rapidly decreasing, but the tire grip is still maintained at a healthy level.

This directly led to Qin Miao completely surpassing Verstappen when he was in T1.

Although Verstappen was surprised at this time, he didn't think that he had lost the championship in this race.

He still has a chance! Now Verstappen just needs to be in T2...

Verstappen:?
At this time, in front of Verstappen, Qin Miao, who had just completely surpassed Verstappen, directly and forcefully inserted himself into the inner line of the track, blocking the road in front of Verstappen.

Verstappen's long-honed racing skills made him subconsciously choose to take the outer line and cross the line when the inner line of the current track was completely blocked.

Normally, there is nothing wrong with Verstappen's operation.

But the problem is that the straight line after T2 at Suzuka Circuit is too short.

Although Verstappen accelerated out of the corner faster than Qin Miao who took the inside line, before Qin Miao reached T3, the time gap between Verstappen and Qin Miao was still 0.2 seconds, which was not enough for Verstappen to regain his position.

"Pretty!"

"A fatal blow after a long accumulation of strength!"

"The advantage on the tires was so great that Verstappen didn't even have any effective defense this time."

After seeing Qin Miao complete this overtaking, the three commentators from Five Star Sports were generous with their praise.

On the track, after Qin Miao surpassed Verstappen, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, this overtaking was really thrilling.

Don’t underestimate Qin Miao’s tires.

But if Qin Miao had overtaken Verstappen and had not risked going to the inside line to block Verstappen's way, then the person who would have run a perfect cross line on the track but was unable to overtake because the straight line was too short would have become Qin Miao.

In the end, Qin Miao overtook Verstappen and moved up to first place.

At the back of the track, on the same lap and even at the same position, Leclerc also overtook Perez.

However, the process of Leclerc overtaking Perez was not as thrilling as Qin Miao's.

He sucked in Perez's tail flow, pulled out to the outside, and was the first to enter the braking point of T2, closing the door for Perez.

It's that simple.

In the end, Qin Miao crossed the finish line 0.9 seconds ahead of Verstappen.

It can be seen that Verstappen's mentality was a little broken during the last lap, so he didn't chase Qin Miao too seriously.

In the end, Qin Miao won the Japanese Grand Prix championship. Although there were many people cheering for Qin Miao at the scene, the cheers were indeed sparse after Qin Miao crossed the finish line.

After winning the Japanese Grand Prix, Qin Miao also achieved another three-game winning streak in his career, which is also the fourth three-game winning streak in Qin Miao's career.

After returning to the maintenance area, Qin Miao rushed towards the Ferrari team.

A group of people laughed and hugged each other and celebrated wildly.

After a while, Qin Miao came out from the crowd.

After saying hello to Leclerc, I went to the weigh-in and be interviewed.

"Qin Miao, today's game was not easy for you, right?" Rosberg asked with a smile.

Qin Miao shook his head: "That's true. During the race, Leclerc and the team gained a considerable advantage for me. But despite this, it was still so difficult to win this race. It's hard to imagine what the final result of this race would be without their help."

"But you are the one who won in the end. Congratulations on your three consecutive wins. Another question is, the upgrades you brought to this game were very limited. Did you encounter any difficulties in research and development?"

Qin Miao smiled and said, "I don't know either. The team's R&D route has been proceeding according to plan. I believe the team can handle these things and provide Leclerc and me with a car that can bring out our abilities at every critical moment."

"The next game will be your home game. What kind of result do you hope to achieve in your home game?"

After hearing this question, Qin Miao subconsciously wanted to be modest, but after thinking about it, Qin Miao said: "I will try my best to win the sprint championship and the sub-station championship in Shanghai!"

On the Five Star Sports side, Ran Ge, who was translating Qin Miao's interview for the fans, was stunned for a moment after hearing Qin Miao's answer, and then said with a smile on his face: "Qin Miao said that he will do his best to win the sprint race and the race championship in Shanghai!"

After hearing Zhou Haoran's translation, the fans on the Internet were also very happy. After all, China still has a bit of a results-oriented approach. Qin Miao is now a three-time world champion, so whatever he says is right:
【Awesome】

[Not modest, but I like it]

[This is the momentum that a triple crown winner should have]

【expect! 】

[I can’t even imagine how excited the fans would be if Qin Miao really won the Shanghai race.]

[Don’t think about it, just feel it yourself]

[I will definitely be there to witness Qin Miao’s performance]

[Damn it, I tried so hard to get a ticket but couldn't, what a shitty Jiushi Sports]

[I didn’t get a ticket either, I really want to go to the scene to watch Qin Miao’s game~]

(End of this chapter)