On the field, Qin Miao didn't press the speed before T17, there were only six cars on the track at this time, the traffic situation was much better than Q1 and Q2, and Qin Miao didn't need to prepare when he did the lap, just like Qin Miao said to Alonso in the pre-race meeting, relying on feeling.

Out of T18, Qin Miao's cornering speed this time was ideal, the rhythm of throttle and upshift was good, and he galloped all the way through T19, and then started his flight lap in this race.

After T1, Qin Miao began his eighth-gear all-oil DRS run.

Although the tail speed of Meiben this year is not as good as that of Red Bull, Qin Miao's tail speed is also 320 kilometers per hour under the low-resistance tuning.

The braking point of the T1 is difficult to find, because the angle of view inside the car is low, and you can't see too good references, so this place is to follow the brake while looking at the road sign of the braking distance.

Qin Miao specially wrote down a brake tire mark in the T1 position, and rebraked after passing the tire mark, while resisting the G-force from behind while staring at the track into the corner.

Eat as much as possible on the shoulder of the bend, because there is no overly intense acceleration in this corner, so you don't have to worry about the car getting out of control if you eat too much on the shoulder, but you can't eat the speed bump on the outside of the shoulder, so the car will bounce up.

After getting out of T2, it's full throttle, so T3 can't go on the shoulder because it's a full-throttle false corner, but any rubbing a little bit can cause the car to spin.

However, after getting out of the T3, you can eat the shoulder, because the next section is a straight with full throttle, so you don't have to worry about the loss of grip.

T4 false corners can be ignored, take your own line, and it will be no problem to master the timing of upshifts.

T5 is a high-speed bend, and the G-force of T5 and T6 bends can reach 3.9G.

7th gear is ready to resist G force and enter T5, in order to be able to get a better exit route in T6, you can slow down in advance when entering T5.

Stick to the center of the T5 corner, don't immediately cut the center of the T6 after entering the corner, but continue to drive to the left side of the track, lightly tap the brake to get a better exit route, and then turn again.

The center of the T6 still can't go up, this is acceleration out of the corner, and the shoulder of the corner is high, and it is possible to spin the car at the last point.

After getting out of the T6, you can go on the shoulder of the road, and you can eat more, as long as the four wheels do not have a white line.

Qin Miao still remembers the V-shaped curve of T7, after all, when he first started playing racing games, he lost countless speeds in this corner with a handle.

But now that I'm actually in the car, it's a lot easier to get through the corners.

3rd gear into the corner, because it is uphill, so when the oil is applied, you can maintain the traction of the rear wheel of the car a little more aggressively, stick to the center of the bend, and go full throttle after you can see the straight in the rear section.

Although T8 is a false corner, it is an uphill section after all, so you need to follow the traces of the car running on the track.

The T9 corner is a bit more difficult, because it is a downhill steer, there will be a little oversteer when entering the corner, and a little understeer after reaching the center of the corner.

Therefore, Qin Miao was not in a hurry to downshift when entering the corner, because the downshift of the car would cause the rear wheel grip of the car to lose a short period of grip.

And into the T9, when it came to the corner with insufficient steer after the corner, Qin Miao began to downshift, so that the instability of the rear of the car will offset the understeer when turning, and the car can float out of the corner, but the speed advantage that this operation can provide is relatively small, that is, the coherence out of the corner will be stronger, and it will be more comfortable to drive.

After exiting the corner, go full throttle, eat the shoulder as much as possible, and maximize your speed out of the corner.

T10 false corners don't matter, T11 is a full-throttle corner, it can even be seen as a false corner, as long as you find a good angle and hit the direction in time, you can easily pass it.

Even a slight increase in the throttle in the center of the bend doesn't have much effect on speed.

However, when you get out of T11 and come to this short straight at the junction with T12, you need to brake to move forward, and quickly slow down to third gear.

The track narrows after 12, but you can't see it in general, so be careful about entering and exiting corners.

After finding the braking point and entering the corner, you can eat the shoulder, but you can't press the speed bump on the shoulder, and continue to keep turning right after passing the corner, and use up the shoulder after the corner.

After getting out of the T12, drive a straight line for a certain distance, whether you wait or not to rush off the track, drive straight ahead to get enough traction and relative speed, and pull the car back to the track just before it is about to break off the track.

Next, the full throttle comes all the way to T14, 70 meters to slow down and downshift, and then enter the corner at a large angle, the corner in this place can be on the shoulder, as long as the four wheels do not go out of the white line, you can go on as much as you want.

The same goes for the T15, but the green area after the corner is almost the same as pressing the two tires on the right, because the paint is more slippery, and it is easy to lack grip when it is more up.

After exiting the corner, I went all the way through the T16 false bend and came to T17.

Because it's a high-speed downhill, the brake distribution needs to be adjusted backwards and brakes at 80 meters.

The shoulder of the bend can't be eaten because it's too high, and the speed of this corner car is not slow, so it's easy to spin if eaten.

However, you can eat as many shoulders as possible when exiting corners to get faster exit speed and track width, but you will need to move your car off the shoulder after T17 before entering T18.

Because if you press the shoulder into a curve, the shoulder will not be able to provide a strong grip on the asphalt road.

The exit of the T18 is important because the exit of the T18 is followed by a long straight, and if the pace of the exit is not good, there is a high risk of losing a lot of time here.

And Qin Miao's exit from the corner is just right, the bending center is cut accurately, and the shoulder of the road is also full after the corner, it is the kind of tire on the left that almost all came out of the white line, but it was stuck at this limit and did not come out of the white line.

Then the T19 behind it was completely a false bend, and after passing the DRS detection point, the DRS was turned on and the line was crossed with all its might.

……

"Good! Next is Qin Miao, Qin Miao's Q3 The speed of the last section is very good, the first two sections are green, only 0.133 seconds slower than Hamilton, who is currently in the first place, the gap is very small! ”

At this time, the director also put the camera on Qin Miao's car.

Under the watchful eyes of the director and the audience, Qin Miao sprinted with all his strength in the last paragraph, and finally Qin Miao's ranking rose from seventh to first, and the last section was also purple, which was three thousandths of a second faster than Qin Miao's teammate Hamilton.

"Qin Miao! Once again, he suppressed his teammates in qualifying! ”

"While we all know that Hamilton must have something hidden, it wasn't easy to be able to briefly overpower his team-mate Hamilton in qualifying.

After Qin Miao crossed the line, the three commentators of Five Star Sports were really happy for Qin Miao.

However, Qin Miao's result, as speculated by several commentators of Five Star Sports, was brushed off after Hamilton completed his last flying lap.

Qin Miao still started with a second-place finish like Bahrain, while Qin Miao's teammate Hamilton started first.

The third is Sergio Pérez, and the fourth is Verstappen.

Verstappen made some mistakes in the first time session and only brushed a yellow one, so he didn't win against his team-mates in the end.

In fact, it was a small mistake by Verstappen, and without this mistake, the top three in today's race would have to fall back one place.

After the race, Franky's voice sounded in the TR: "Qin Miao, your final score is 1:14.408, P2." ”

Qin Miao was still a little frustrated after hearing this, after all, he had already exerted all his strength at this time, but it was still unlikely that he would get the result he wanted.

……

As the three drivers returned to the pits after qualifying, the commentators started talking again.

"Today Mercedes and Red Bull started in first, second and third and fourth places respectively, and tomorrow Verstappen will finally not be alone."

"Yes, when he was in Bahrain, Qin Miao and Hamilton's joint defense did bring a lot of trouble to Verstappen, and Verstappen even said in an interview after the game that Qin Miao's defensive ability is incredible, and a driver of Verstappen's level will even use unbelievable words to describe Qin Miao's defensive ability in the post-race interview, so we can know that Qin Miao's defensive ability is really strong." Zhou Haoran said while flipping through the notebook he was taking notes.

"That's right, and because of this, we believe that tomorrow's main game will definitely be more exciting than we imagined, how Qin Miao will defend the two Red Bulls at that time, and what kind of way Red Bull will take to turn over Qin Miao, these are tomorrow's highlights."

"This year's race is really exciting, although I like Qin Miao very much, and I also hope that Qin Miao will get better and better in F1, but when I just learned the news that Qin Miao entered the Mercedes team, I really thought that Hamilton might be alone this year.

And in the end, Qin Miao's performance on the field also let me know why Toto is the leader of the Mercedes team, and the vision is really good. ”

"Every compliment we have for Toto's vision at this time is a stab in the face of Ferrari."

"Hahahaha~"

……

At the end of the qualifying race, Qin Miao got out of the car and weighed him.

After the weighing, Qin Miao looked back and saw that Hamilton had also stopped the car at the pole position.

Qin Miao gave Hamilton a thumbs up, then turned his head and smiled and came to the staff of his team, smiling and bumping fists with Frankie, and then bumping fists with his own technicians one by one.

And in the end, Qin Miao also saw his daughter-in-law.

smiled and hugged each other: "Didn't disappoint you, did you?"

Qiu Meng smiled like a flower on her little face, but said playfully: "I thought your grades might be better, but the second is okay." ”

Qin Miao scratched Qiu Meng's nose angrily, and then took the water cup with the devil's claw logo in this girl's hand.

After receiving the water glass, Qin Miao went to celebrate briefly with Hamilton and his crew, and then went to be interviewed.

The content of the interview is actually those fixed things, but the scope is much larger.

After this period of experience, Qin Miao is already familiar with pre-game and post-game interviews.

So there's no pressure at all to cope with the interview.

And after Qin Miao's interview ended, he came to Perez.

Pérez then it was Hamilton's turn, and it was Hamilton's first pole position of the year.

It was evident that he was very excited during the interview, and thanked the team staff for their help in this qualifying race as usual.

Then the reporter asked about Hamilton's new teammate Qin Miao.

"Now that you've been working with your new teammate Qin Miao for a while, and he's still doing well in this qualifying match, what's your thought of your new teammate? Bottas and Qin Miao, who do you want more to be your teammates? ”

Hamilton was stunned for a moment, this question was somewhat aggressive and rhythmic, but the old man had not seen any winds and waves for so many years, and he replied after muttering for less than two seconds: "Qin Miao's strength is undoubted, his performance is worthy of the team's attention to him, and my thoughts are the same as the team, he is a very good young man, although he is still deficient in some aspects, but his talent is enough, and he is also good at learning and studying, I believe that Qin Miao's future is limitless."

As for Qin Miao and Bottas...... Seriously, I can't make a choice between the two.

One of them is very good defensively, and the other is a completely different driver who works well with me, and if I could, I hope that in the future the FIA reform will allow a team to have three drivers, and then I won't have to worry about that. ”

Hamilton used a joke to resolve the more tricky question raised by the reporter, but his previous words were sincere, Qin Miao's strength has now been recognized by drivers of Hamilton's level.

……

After getting off the track, Qin Miao didn't take off her racing suit, today's weather temperature is really not high, wearing a racing suit and the sweat-absorbing suit inside the racing suit are just right, very comfortable.

And just as Qin Miao left the track and walked towards the P room of his team, a tall man with a hairstyle of at least 1.9 meters tall walked over wearing a Ferrari red jacket and red pants.

After all, everyone works in the same place, and basically every Grand Prix will work in the same paddock, and it's really not a matter of looking up and looking down.

Appearing in front of Qin Miao was naturally Ferrari's team leader Binotto.

Although this was the first time Qin Miao had met Binotto since leaving Ferrari to join Mercedes, Qin Miao didn't look embarrassed after seeing each other, and greeted the other party with a smile: "Hi, Mattia." ”

Although Qin Miao was also familiar with Binotto in the past, the relationship between the two at that time was that of superiors and subordinates, so Qin Miao basically would not call Binotto by his name, but would call Binotto or the boss.

But now that Qin Miao is no longer a Ferrari person after all, Qin Miao also has the courage to joke with Binotto.

And in the face of Qin Miao's no big or small, Binotto didn't care, but after seeing Qin Miao, his eyes were more regretful.

Why wasn't he a little more determined to keep Qin Miao's kid in Ferrari in the first place? Isn't this kid much stronger than Ens in terms of talent and immediate combat power?

But at this time, there was no point in thinking about this, and I smiled and congratulated Qin Miao on the good results he had achieved in the qualifying competition today, and chatted with Qin Miao for a few more words, and the two sides separated, after all, they both had something to do.

After Qin Miao left, Binotto continued to walk towards the FIA conference room.

Just as the drivers have a pre-race meeting, the team leader also has a pre-race meeting, usually chaired by the FIA's president, Jean Todd.

And this time Binotto went to a meeting, but not long after separating from Qin Miao, Binotto's mobile phone suddenly rang.

I picked up my phone and looked at it, and found that it was a company email from inside Ferrari.

As he walked, he opened the email, and after seeing the contents of the email, Binotto raised his eyebrows and stopped.

The assistant who was following Binotto on the side saw that Binotto suddenly stopped, so he asked curiously, "What's wrong?" ”

Binotto sighed and put his phone away, replying, "Ferrari has three department heads who have left. ”

After finishing speaking, Binotto scolded in a low voice: "Why did you go early......"

Qin Miao's brilliant performance made Ferrari realize that Qin Miao's departure was a huge loss for them, and further prompted Ferrari to liquidate the people who caused the loss, although it was to no avail.

Qin Miao didn't do anything else after finishing her work, holding Qiu Meng who was reading a book while looking at the video and data of herself and Hamilton on the track.

After all, the performance of the two drivers is basically identical, the only difference is the different driving styles and car tuning of the two drivers.

Qin Miao didn't feel that he had any problems in these two aspects, so he wanted to figure out how inferior he was to Hamilton.

Of course, with the data provided by Hamilton to Qin Miao, Qin Miao could see in a short period of time where the gap between himself and Hamilton was.

For example, the combination of T14 and T15 zigzag corners, Hamilton has better continuity than Qin Miao in both entering and exiting corners.

In the V-bend of the T7, Hamilton's consistency during the turn and the relative speed after the exit are also about 1 km per hour faster than Qin Miao.

These advantages are small, but they add up to a lot.

Qin Miao also knew that Hamilton had good coherence, but Qin Miao couldn't solve this problem in a short period of time, so he could only rely on more practice and familiarity.

But now Qin Miao no longer has these extra time.

Simply Qin Miao opened directly, forget it, take advantage of the fact that there is still a period of time before the game starts, relax and wait for the game to start.

……

Sunday.

Today is the start of the Imola Grand Prix.

However, for Qin Miao, his mood today is not as sunny as today's weather.

As you can tell from the weather forecast, the weather in Imola today is showers and will continue for some time.

Obviously, God didn't want Qin Miao's second Grand Prix to be so comfortable, so he gave him a bit of intensity.

He didn't rush to the arena, but completed his daily physical training in the gym in his room, but this time Qin Miao's physical training volume was reduced by half.

After completing the daily tasks, Qin Miao drove to the track.

Today's Qin Miao is driving an AMG GT Black Warrior, which is the same model as Qin Miao's car, but it is not the car that Toto gave to Qin Miao, and that car was abandoned by Qin Miao in Bradley.

This car was provided to Qin Miao by a local Italian sponsor, and the main purpose was naturally to promote the new car.

There will be a lot of attention paid to what kind of cars the drivers drive when they go to the races.

After parking his car in the parking lot planned by the organizer for the team staff and drivers, and holding out an AMG black umbrella, Qin Miao took Qiu Meng and trotted all the way into the paddock.

With an umbrella all the way to the motorcade's car home with Qiu Meng, after changing her clothes, she settled the girl in the team's P room, and Qin Miao went to the meeting.

The rain caught Qin Miao off guard and also surprised the team, who now needed to assess the current track conditions as soon as possible and decide on the tires and tactical strategies to use in the race.

When he arrived at the second-floor conference room in the convoy house, Hamilton hadn't arrived, and Toto was already dressed and sitting on a stool.

Even though the temperature outside isn't too low now, the air conditioning is turned on inside the team house.

After Qin Miao came in, he also took off the upper part of his clothes and wrapped it around his waist.

After sitting down, Toto also asked Qin Miao about her situation.

"There was rain in this match today, and according to the report from the meteorological department, this rain will not stop, and it will rain non-stop during the game, are you confident?"

Qin Miao looked at Toto and said frankly, "No...... I don't really have much confidence in my ability to fight in the rain. ”

Toto wondered: "I see that you practice rain battles on the simulator in the factory, about a third of the time you practice rain battles, why are you not confident?" ”

Qin Miao said frankly: "People will always have some areas that they are not good at, unfortunately, I do have shortcomings in the rain war." ”

After Qin Miao finished speaking, the other Meiben staff looked at Qin Miao with a martyr's look.

No, big brother, you're really upright, you can answer whatever Toto asks you?

Why aren't you afraid of leaving a bad impression on Toto's heart? This may make you Qin Miao like Bottas being squeezed out of position by other drivers.

But Qin Miao didn't care about this, he has now become an F1 driver he couldn't think of before, he has also driven F1 cars, and even went to the F1 podium, with a third-place trophy.

Although he still has a desire for the pole position and the championship trophy, Qin Miao is really indifferent to other things at this time.

However, after Toto heard Qin Miao's words, he didn't make a note of Qin Miao in his heart as the other Meiben staff thought.

After all, in Toto's opinion, Qin Miao is really talented, even if the rain battle ability is relatively weak, it can be developed in the later stage, and Qin Miao can really endure hardships, and has a very outstanding contribution in the development stage of the car.

In Toto's heart, Qin Miao's contribution to the team was greater than the loss caused by Qin Miao's poor rain fighting ability.

And the most important thing is that Qin Miao still has room to grow, and Qin Miao still has a lot of shining points to explore.

"Well, if you need it, the simulator of the team factory can allocate you more practice time in the future, and your home is close to the factory anyway."

Qin Miao nodded: "Of course you can, but this has to be counted as overtime!" ”

Toto:?

(End of chapter)