Today's race was supposed to have 57 laps, but because Pérez stopped on the track during the warm-up lap, the warm-up lap ran an extra lap, and this lap was to be recorded in the number of laps of the race, so there were only 56 laps in the race, and at this time there was a safety car, and the safety car took another 3 laps, and in the end there were only 53 laps left in the race.

On lap 3 of T10, the safety roof light went off, and after this lap the safety car was about to pit stop.

After Qin Miao saw it, he also began to grind the tires as much as he could, but after arriving at T12, he didn't have these operations, but stuck to Verstappen as close as possible.

Because after T13, Verstappen could pick up at any time.

At this time, the director also put the broadcast camera on Qin Miao's car camera, after all, he was the best viewing position in the starting stage.

Qin Miao kept her racing gear in third gear, staring at the Red Bull car in front of her, waiting for Verstappen to start sprinting.

In order to concentrate, Qin Miao didn't even dare to shake the tires left and right, because in terms of Qin Miao's own defensive experience, when the rear car grinds the tires is the time when he grabs the timing to accelerate and start.

And Verstappen in front of Qin Miao was indeed grinding tires to heat up the tires, while staring at the rearview mirror, just trying to catch Qin Miao's timing, but Verstappen didn't expect that Qin Miao, a novice who entered F1 in the first year, was so sophisticated that he didn't give himself any good opportunities.

In that case, all Verstappen could do was keep pressing the car, and as long as the car started before the finish line anyway, it would be fine.

Although Qin Miao's method can maximize his starting reaction speed, Qin Miao's practice will cause Qin Miao's tires to cool down and reduce his grip.

In the face of these choices on the field, there is generally no right or wrong, it just depends on the driver's own thoughts at the time.

As for the old man behind Qin Miao, he was the more relaxed one at this time, and he also began to grind the tires left and right to heat up the tires like Verstappen.

In addition, the old man often accelerates violently, and then slams on the brakes to heat up his brake discs.

This is actually another way to heat up the tire, through heat conduction, the heat on the brake disc is conducted to the tire, so that the heating efficiency of the tire is not as high as the grinding tire, but the loss of the tire will be very small.

Everyone is very patient, Qin Miao does not grind the tire, Verstappen does not accelerate.

That continued until Verstappen was about 50 metres from the start of the Grand Straight.

Suddenly, Qin Miao found that the car in front of him began to move away from him, and the Honda engine carried by the Red Bull in front of him also began to howl high-pitched.

Qin Miao's body reacted faster than his brain, and Qin Miao, who had only brought a little throttle, slammed down the throttle by 3/4.

But Qin Miao's tires are a little too cold, but if it rises by about five degrees, Qin Miao's start will be perfect, but there is no if.

Because the tires were too cold, Qin Miao gave a little too much oil, and his rear wheel briefly had two laps of idling.

Regardless of the F1 engine, it doesn't take 0.1 seconds to idle two laps, but the loss of grip in that 0.1 second is not a small mistake.

Verstappen on the field has gradually opened up the gap with Qin Miao since he started, and Hamilton behind Qin Miao has also shortened the gap with Qin Miao at a speed that is visible to the naked eye, and has completed a series of operations such as pulling side by side before entering T1.

"Verstappen is off!"

"Qin Miao's start is not very good, Hamilton is already side by side with Qin Miao, and Leclerc in the rear is also ready to move."

Before entering T1, Qin Miao found that Hamilton was already side by side with him, and the front of the car surpassed him a lot.

Qin Miao already had the idea of letting him go at this time, after all, Leclerc was behind the two, and he was very tight, if he and Hamilton got into a fight, Leclerc would have a chance.

This kind of thing of relatives hurting enemies and hating people is happy, Qin Miao still won't do it before he and Hamilton have a feud.

So after entering T1, Qin Miao left enough space for Hamilton, and the two Mercedes entered the corner side by side, which was regarded as sealing all the lines of Leclerc in the rear.

However, since the two Mercedes were always side by side, neither of them took the best line when they came out of the corner, so the two entered T1, and after getting out of T2, Verstappen in front of them had already opened up a distance of 0.3 seconds.

Toto, who was sitting in room P, frowned when he saw this scene.

"No, it can't go on like this."

Toto turned his head to look at Qin Miao's track engineer Frankie.

Toto didn't say anything, but Frankie made eye contact with him when he heard Toto speak.

At this moment, Frankie knew what Toto meant.

In any case, in the opening race of the year, the two Mercedes-Ben drivers must not have any infighting tendencies, and if they continue to fight, Toto will have to dictate to the team.

But at this time, Qin Miao, who was far away in the field, seemed to know Toto's thoughts, and after getting out of T3, he found that Hamilton had the same speed as his own cornering, and he didn't mean to give up space, so Qin Miao loosened the throttle a little.

Next is T4, a high-speed heavy braking right turn, Hamilton is on Qin Miao's right at this time, although because of tuning, in the absence of DRS, Qin Miao's speed is about 7 kilometers per hour faster than Hamilton, but this section of the straight is not enough to make himself and Hamilton open enough distance.

So if Qin Miao keeps his position, a night brake from T4 Hamilton can jam all of Qin Miao's cornering lines.

There may even be a loophole for Leclerc behind him, so Qin Miao gave up his position to Hamilton.

From the outside, it seemed that Hamilton was better than Qin Miao in the corner, and gradually surpassed Qin Miao at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Qin Miao~ Oops, it's a pity.

Qin Miao's exit speed was not as fast as Hamilton's, and he fell to third after restarting. ”

"I'm still young, I should be a little nervous, I hope Qin Miao will adjust her state in the next game."

Contrary to the commentators' worries, Toto in the Mei Ben P room can see the drivers' accelerator and brake circuit diagrams in addition to the broadcast screen, so Toto actually knows that Qin Miao deliberately put Hamilton over this section.

Seriously, as a boss, Toto is really relieved to see this scene.

Because team instructions generally leave some bad impressions on the drivers' hearts, it is easy to create a gap between the driver and the team.

But for the sake of the fleet, the team also had to give orders.

After giving the team's instructions, it will certainly take a lot of effort for Toto and the others to comfort the drivers.

And Qin Miao's sensible behavior that makes the team leader worry-free really makes Qin Miao's favorability in Toto's heart greatly increase.

The few cars in front of the next few corners did not find any chance to overtake, and Qin Miao also stabilized his third position.

Although Leclerc behind him had several tentative attacks, they all said that they were tentative attacks, no matter how Leclerc behind him suddenly pulled his head and braked late, Qin Miao knew that the other party was cheating, so he didn't care much at all, and he didn't pay much attention to his rearview mirror.

In terms of defense, Qin Miao still has a little experience.

When the other party was really a threat to him, Qin Miao was clear in his heart.

However, although Qin Miao quickly let Hamilton go, Hamilton was unable to catch up with Verstappen, who also used neutral tyres in front, and even the lap time gap between the two reached 0.4 seconds per lap.

So by the time lap one was over, the gap between Verstappen and Hamilton had reached a second.

Of course, we all know that this speed is not reasonable, and this is actually the effect that Verstappen got after he used up all the power in his battery.

And Qin Miao used soft tires after all, after letting Hamilton pass, he didn't lose much speed, and he was not pulled away by Hamilton, and he still stayed in the wake area behind him after a lap.

As for Leclerc, he didn't test after running a lap, because at this time, the gap between Qin Miao and him also came to 1 second, and he was directly thrown out of the DRS area, and no matter how he did his expression, he couldn't put any pressure on Qin Miao.

This is actually still a car gap.

Just when everyone thought the game was officially over, everyone was starting to go into cruise mode, and the intrigue began.

There was another safety car on the field, but this time it was a virtual safety car.

Because Gasly's front wing in the rear was knocked off, the track was full of debris and had to be cleaned up.

Fortunately, the virtual safety car did not last long, and it was withdrawn after 30 seconds.

After the fifth lap of the line, the DRS also opened.

It is worth mentioning that after the fifth lap, Hamilton asked in his TR: "Is there a speed difference between me and Qin?" Am I fast or is he fast? ”

Although Hamilton's question was somewhat abrupt, his team engineer dutifully answered; "Qin is 0.4 faster than you per lap."

Hamilton actually knew that Qin Miao started on soft tires, so it was normal for him to wonder if his speed was faster than Qin Miao.

After getting the news, Hamilton didn't say more, but the two Mercedes came out of T3 one after the other, and when they came to the DRS area between T3 and T4, Qin Miao turned on his DRS and quickly approached Hamilton, and Hamilton didn't defend, just took a normal line, and Qin Miao completed the side-by-side with Hamilton in the middle of the straight, and completed the overtake before the braking point.

During this period, Hamilton did not make any moves, which can be understood as he directly let Qin Miao go.

At this time, the director also gave the picture to the two Meiben here.

One of these two is a seven-time champion and the other is the emperor of F2, the record holder for the most wins, and it is unlikely to be broken.

The topic and attention of these two are not small, so the pictures of the two of them are also the director's extra attention.

"Hey, when Qin Miao opened DRS Super Hamilton, Hamilton directly had no defense?"

"I think the focus of our attention should not be that Hamilton did not defend Qin Miao, but that Qin Miao was able to have such a performance for the first time he logged in F1, starting from the top card in qualifying, although there were certain small flaws in the main race stage, but after entering the long distance, he would not be pulled away by his teammate Hamilton, and even overtake, you must know that his teammate is the seven-time champion Hamilton."

"This year's race is good, Honda's engine is strong, and the strength of the two drivers of Mercedes should be between the best, and these three drivers are bound to stage a battle for the dragon in this year's race."

"Actually, there's another attraction." At this time, Zhou Haoran interjected.

Without waiting for the other two commentators to ask, Zhou Haoran explained: "Don't forget that Qin Miao switched from Ferrari to Mercedes, and we can also see the face of Ferrari team leader Binotto after Qin Miao got good results......"

……

[Bamboo shoots? 】

[Listen, is this human talk?] 】

[Think of the Lally joke, right?] 】

【Ferrari Clown】

[What kind of stinky fish and rotten shrimp is this Sainz? 】

[I also served Ferrari, there is a talented driver in the youth system who can wrestle with Hamilton, alas, but I just don't need it, I have to find a Sainz to come back as the No. 2 driver]

[It is recommended to mail a batch of clown noses to Ferrari]

……

And Qin Miao on the field was also stunned after finding that Hamilton gave him the car, Qin Miao was already prepared for this lap under Hamilton's defense, and he couldn't surpass the other party's psychological preparation.

But Qin Miao didn't expect Hamilton to be really as he said to himself before the game, if he was faster than him, he would give way to the car.

At this time, Qin Miao couldn't tell what Qin Miao was feeling in her heart, but after surpassing Hamilton, Qin Miao began to pursue Verstappen in front.

However, Qin Miao was not in a hurry at this time, because no matter what, his tires were faster than Verstappen, and the durability would not be much worse, just stabilize his rhythm.

On lap seven, the gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen went from 1.5 seconds to 1.3 seconds.

After this lap, Frankie's voice came from Qin Miao's TR: "Qin, you are 0.3 seconds faster than Verstappen every lap, and the tire condition is about the same as Verstappen, so please push." ”

Qin Miao was stunned for a moment when she heard this, she had a time record, although she had a speed advantage over Verstappen, she was only more than 0.1 per lap, not as fast as 0.3 seconds......

Qin Miao was also too focused during the game, and she didn't have extra brains to think about the hidden meaning of this passage.

This is really the team putting pressure on Red Bull Racing through TR.

Although there are false reports on the data, Qin Miao's speed is indeed faster than Verstappen, you don't care how fast it is.

Not long after the team's words, there was also some communication among the TRs on Verstappen's side, which roughly meant that Verstappen was to advance.

Pull away from the vehicle behind you for at least three seconds.

So when it came to lap 10, the gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen came to 1.8 seconds.

At this time, Verstappen was leading the way on the track, and the two Mercedes were chasing one after the other.

Leclerc, who was in fourth, was overtaken by Norris, who was now more than seven seconds behind Hamilton.

At this time, the race had already been completed for 10 laps, but it was only 6 laps when it actually started.

The gap between Mercedes' car and the car behind him was a terrifying lap of around 1.1 seconds.

It is worth mentioning that Qin Miao was indeed faster than his teammate Hamilton on neutral tires after using soft tires, but it was not much faster, only 0.3 seconds per lap.

And this gap happened to be made up by Hamilton using DRS, so the gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton at this time has been kept within one second.

Toto was also amazed when he saw this scene.

To be honest, in the first race, he was mentally prepared for Hamilton to fight alone, and even the Meiben team made a plan for Qin Miao to crash in the first race, and he also had Qin Miao's belly draft after the mistake in his heart.

Of course, there are also some people who think that Qin Miao's performance will not be too bad even if he is on the field for the first time.

It's just that even most of these people think that Qin Miao needs 1~2 games of adaptation time, and no one expected Qin Miao's performance to be so good.

When the director gave the camera to Toto, anyone could see the slightly raised arc of Toto's mouth although he held his hands on his chest.

Obviously, although the current Mercedes and Mercedes are not in the position that Toto expected, Toto is satisfied with the performance of the two at the moment.

The three cars in front of him basically have no shots at this time, because Qin Miao can't catch up with Verstappen in a short time, and if Qin Miao doesn't make a mistake, Hamilton can't surpass Qin Miao, and the three cars are currently in a cruising state.

On the contrary, the car behind is quite happy, changing the tire of the tire and overtaking.

In the 13th lap, the front camp, which had not had a live broadcast camera for two laps, was suddenly favored by the director again.

Hamilton received instructions from the team to make a pit stop and switch to hard tyres.

Keep in mind that Hamilton was on medium tyres, and he was nowhere near the grip limit of his tyres.

Hamilton's pit stop tyre change tactics are actually putting pressure on Red Bull, and after switching to the new hard tyres, Hamilton's speed is definitely faster than Verstappen, who uses the old medium tyres, and even faster than Qin Miao.

On the Red Bull side, after discovering the change of formation, the team and the strategy team in the factory were busy.

According to the old man's frame style, he probably wants a set of hard tires to run directly, but it is not ruled out that he will wait for the last few laps to pit and change to soft tires, and the old man does have a new set of soft tires in his tire reserve.

Of course, Mercedes doesn't stop there.

Because after Hamilton pit stop to change tires, Qin Miao's TR came from Franky's voice: "Qin, we still have a lot of tires, try our best to push forward." ”

Although this TR sounds like it just accelerates Qin Miao, in fact, the team hopes that Qin Miao can attack Verstappen during Hamilton's pit stops, so as to provide more favorable conditions for Hamilton's next under cut.

And the tactics originally formulated by the team for Qin Miao were to stop the normal red and white, and then run the whole race steadily.

But Qin Miao's current performance is a little better than the team's expectations, and the speed is much faster than predicted, so the team's strategy team is ready to give Qin Miao some strength.

And Qin Miao, who was originally running a long distance in a tire-preserving way, began to accelerate after receiving the team's instructions, although he was puzzled.

On lap 14, Qin Miao erased the 0.9-second gap between herself and Verstappen and entered Verstappen's DRS zone.

Of course, the sudden outburst also had a price, Qin Miao's ERS energy was all used up, and at the same time, Qin Miao's tire wear speed in one lap caught up with the four laps of normal driving.

But from now on, Qin Miao will also start to put pressure on Verstappen.

……

On lap 16, according to calculations, Hamilton at this time has already relied on the early pit stop to overturn his teammate Qin Miao, in the prediction given by the director, Hamilton at this time has come to Verstappen 0.5 seconds behind, and Hamilton's speed still has an advantage over Verstappen, if he continues to run in this state, Hamilton will complete the under cut of Verstappen.

Not to mention that Qin Miao at this time also came to 0.7 seconds behind Verstappen, and the two had already started an offensive and defensive battle.

However, most of Qin Miao's offenses are tentative attacks and threatens, but if you defend normally, it is not too difficult to defend.

But as long as he defends, Verstappen can't take the normal line, and if he doesn't take the normal line, Verstappen's speed will inevitably be lost.

After Hamilton cut Verstappen, the gap between the two cars will also widen.

On lap 16, Verstappen, who was stuck in the inside line and braked at night to squeeze Qin Miao's cornering line, once again completed the defense of Qin Miao, but after this defense, Verstappen asked in the TR of his team: "What should I do?" Did he make a pit stop? Why do his soft tyres still have grip? ”

While the director was playing the picture of Qin Miao and Verstappen fighting, there was also an estimate of how far Verstappen would be with Hamilton after making a pit stop right below the screen.

At this time, the stats showed that Verstappen would be two seconds behind Hamilton after pitting, and Hamilton had already completed the under cut of Verstappen.

Soon, a voice came from among the TRs of Red Bull Racing: "OK, Max, wait a minute, we're working on it, trying to defend as best we can." ”

Hearing the three commentaries of Red Bull TR, he also joked: "Mercedes is indeed a lot more aggressive after having a newcomer this year, and the 16-lap soft tyre can still chase the 16-lap neutral tyre, forcing Verstappen to ask the team what to do." ”

Fei Ge asked curiously, "Qin Miao, this is the first driver who forced Verstappen to ask the team what to do, right?" ”

Zhou Haoran replied: "It is indeed the first one." ”

On lap 18, Qin Miao received instructions from the team's TR on this lap: "box, box." ”

“OK，Box。”

Although he knew that he was going to pit in this lap, Qin Miao still did not give up the suppression of Verstappen this lap, and the DRS area in the middle of T10 and T11 even came to the corner side by side with Verstappen, but how could Qin Miao keep the tires, the wear and tear of almost twenty laps, plus he didn't save tires when he chased Verstappen, the tire wear at this time has also come to 50%, and there is really not much grip.

Finally, after T13, Qin Miao drove into the pit area, and Verstappen breathed a sigh of relief.

, are all newcomers so fierce now? As soon as the number 66 was covered, I thought it was Hamilton who was putting pressure on me from behind my ass. (End of chapter)