However, Qin Miao didn't care about the 20-minute cooling time, because he knew that Verstappen's soft tires were definitely not as wear-resistant as his own neutral tires, and it was estimated that if he defended Verstappen twice, his soft tires would have no grip.

To be honest, Qin Miao's defense this time was mainly to catch Verstappen's eagerness to win, but he didn't want to exchange his mentality with himself.

If Verstappen forced his way into the corner just now, Verstappen would have a high probability of directly throwing off Qin Miao.

Of course, Verstappen also has the risk of being overpowered by Qin Miao's left front wheel.

Although this is not very likely.

But Verstappen didn't dare to bet on whether Qin Miao could control his car, so he chose to give up this adventure.

After all, the game has just started at this time, and everyone's physical reserves are relatively sufficient, so their brains are relatively clear and they can control their inner emotions.

There are still 55 laps left in the race, and in these 55 laps, Verstappen has more chances to surpass Qin Miao, and Hamilton has not gone too far, and even Verstappen can see Hamilton's taillights, so there is no need to rush at this time.

Verstappen looked at Hamilton's car in the distance, his eyes full of confidence.

……

Seven laps later, Verstappen looked at the flickering rear taillights of Qin Miao's car 0.4 seconds in front of him, and couldn't help but ask in his team's TR: "I see that Qin Miao is on medium tires, and my soft tires have no grip, I think we can try under cut Qin Miao now." ”

It was not hard to tell from Verstappen's voice that he was a little irritated.

"Roger, MAX, pit stop on lap eighteen." Verstappen's track engineers quickly replied, judging from the speed of their response, they should have had the idea of letting Verstappen stand under Qin Miao first.

The words in the Red Bull Racing TR were also played out by the FIA's director after being reviewed.

"Hahahaha." Fei Ge, who understood the hidden meaning of Verstappen's words, laughed directly: "Verstappen should be annoyed by Qin Miao's guard, knowing that he can't turn over Qin Miao, and the tires are a little bad, so he began to want to rely on the pit stop to cut Qin Miao." ”

Brother Bing also smiled: "It must feel uncomfortable to be locked, especially when your speed is faster than the other party." ”

[, Qin Miao is so strong? 】

[The master of defense is joking with you?] 】

[Yes, Verstappen Certified Defensive Master]

[Master Qin? This name is not good.]

[I don't think it sounds good, what do you think of the nickname Qin Laoer? Catchy]

[Qin Lao Er is okay]

【彳亍】

On the field, Qin Miao naturally knew through Frankie that Verstappen behind him was about to pit stop.

After all, the TRs of all teams are the same.

However, just as it is impossible for Red Bull to follow Mei Ben's tactics to pit for the championship, it is impossible for Qin Miao, who has an advantage, to follow Red Bull's tactics.

Moreover, Qin Miao and Verstappen used the same tactic, and now Qin Miao's neutral tire grip is still enough, and it is a bit too wasteful to pit stop and change tires.

Therefore, Qin Miao on the track still maintained his own rhythm to move forward, and the gap between Hamilton and Qin Miao at this time had come to three seconds.

Hamilton simply entered the cruising state, keeping the gap between himself and Qin Miao more than three seconds.

Sainz, who is ranked fourth, is slower than Qin Miao and Verstappen, even if the two have been fighting cars and walking on the defensive line for the past few laps, Sainz can only barely rely on the DRS to hang behind the two of them and drive the DRS train.

And with Verstappen's pit stop, without the DRS maintenance of Verstappen in front, Sainz began to be pulled away by Qin Miao at a speed of 0.4 seconds per lap.

To be honest, Sainz was really excited when he found out he could go to Ferrari.

Although he knew that he wanted to get the position of No. 2 driver and needed to beat Qin Miao in Ferrari's internal tests, he didn't care very much, and even had some contempt for Qin Miao.

A Chinese? What talented drivers can there be in the Chinese?

F1 is not a homely F2, any F1 car is a beast, but it is not something that Qin Miao, who has only touched a few F1 cars on the simulator, can control.

So although he knew that he needed to have an internal competition with Qin Miao, Sainz, who already had many years of F1 experience, did not panic at all, and was ready to teach this Chinese kid a good lesson.

It's just that the thing that made Ferrari lose face happened later: Qin Miao ran away, and Mei Ben directly pried away the corner of Ferrari openly.

Originally, this kind of betrayal of the old club in the paddock was shameful to everyone, not to mention that Qin Miao betrayed a team like Ferrari with a long history and a huge fan base.

What is surprising is that the public opinion in the paddock at that time did not criticize Qin Miao too much, but many Ferrari fans were angrily criticizing the Ferrari executives, among which the most unlucky was Binotto.

After all, he is the leader of Ferrari, so he has become the target of fans who don't know the inside story, but he is the one who wants Qin Miao to stay in Ferrari.

It can only be said that time is also fate.

At that time, Sainz was quite happy, thinking that Qin Miao was very self-aware and very knowledgeable about current affairs.

It's just that as the 2021 season began, Sainz noticed that something was wrong.

Even the whole Ferrari people noticed that something was wrong.

Sainz's first Grand Prix after joining Ferrari ended in eighth place, and although he was in the same position as his qualifying results, he was not afraid that he would not perform well, but that someone would perform better than you.

Ferrari's renegade Qin Miao finished P2 in qualifying for the first F1 Grand Prix of his career.

Although he finished third in the race, down one spot from his qualifying results, no one can deny the young Chinese driver's terrifying talent and incredible defensive ability in the sport.

Then the Mercedes driver was compared to the Ferrari driver......

Ferrari was scolded even harder.

And now when Sainz looked at Qin Miao, there was no longer even a little contempt in his heart, so who would dare to despise a driver with twice the total number of points as you?

However, because his performance is neither as good as his teammate Leclerc nor Qin Miao, a newcomer, Sainz is not under pressure on public opinion.

But that's not about this game.

Back to business.

After Qin Miao was sure that he couldn't catch up with Hamilton, and Sainz behind him couldn't pose a threat to him, he also started a long-distance cruising mode.

Verstappen came out of the pit stop and fell to sixth place, just behind Norris, and he would definitely make another pit stop after switching to medium tyres, but he didn't know what tyres Verstappen would use after pit stops.

On lap 22, the pit stop window opened, and Sainz led the pit stop to change tyres.

The Ferrari didn't work all the time, taking a total of 2.2 seconds and 25 seconds to get through the pits.

Seeing the change in the rankings, Qin Miao, who had been staying behind Hamilton for less than five seconds, asked curiously in the TR: "How is the wear and tear of my tires?" ”

Frankie replied: "The tyres are in better condition than expected, but we recommend that you protect your tyres as much as possible, and we are looking into the feasibility of Plan C." ”

In fact, there is no so-called Plan C at all, this is just another kind of codename, in Qin Miao, the insider of the Mercedes team, Frankie's words almost meant: "You run conservatively first, don't care if Verstappen will cut you down, let's study whether it is feasible to stop yellow and red." ”

Qin Miao was a little surprised, are her tires in such good condition today?

"Roger."

The race continued, and the pit stop window opened as the drivers pitted.

However, none of the drivers in the front group chose to make a pit stop, and it is worth mentioning that with the failure of the tires, the time gap between Hamilton and Qin Miao, which had been gradually stretched to 5 seconds, is slowly shortening.

By the time the race came to lap 34, the time gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton in front of him had reached 3.6 seconds, and this number was still decreasing.

Qin Miao's driving style has not changed, and the ERS power reserve is still kept at 50%, ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

Behind him, Pérez has been stretched away by the two for 16 seconds, posing no threat to the two Mercedes drivers.

On lap 37, Hamilton finally made a pit stop for a tyre change due to tyre wear.

Qin Miao naturally began to take the lead.

On the track, Qin Miao found the pure driving pleasure that she had not seen for a long time in F2.

And in a short period of time, Qin Miao once again entered the ethereal state of the integration of people and vehicles.

He drove on the track in the way he was most comfortable driving.

Naturally, after entering this state, Qin Miao's speed has increased significantly, and even Qin Miao brushed the fastest lap with a set of neutral tires that ran 38 laps.

Just when everyone in Meiben thought that Qin Miao might be able to touch the championship again in this race, on lap 40, Qin Miao felt that his car had a significant setback when he had just entered the third time period.

After this pause, the car lost momentum and the speed began to slow down significantly.

Although the engine was still able to run at this time, Qin Miao also reacted when he stepped on the accelerator, and the speed of the engine did not show abnormality, but the power of the engine could not be transmitted to the tires.

After losing power, Qin Miao's car naturally entered a sliding state, and Qin Miao immediately asked in the TR of the team: "!" The engine is out of power? No power, What happened? ”

After the team heard Qin Miao's TR, they naturally checked the data on Qin Miao's car for the first time.

Soon Frankie replied: "It should be a mechanical failure, I'm sorry Qin Miao, I'm afraid we're going to retire." ”

Although at the first time when there was a problem with the car, Qin Miao roughly guessed what was wrong with his car.

But Qin Miao, who knew that he had systematic skills, didn't want to believe that his car would pick himself on the track, Qin Miao, who was sitting in the car before the start of the key game, didn't feel anything unusual about the car, and he also buffed the car before the game started.

There's no reason for this!

But Frankie's words just now were like a basin of ice water, and he poured it directly from the top of Qin Miao's head, pouring him all over the place.

At this time, the director also discovered that something was wrong with Qin Miao's car, and aimed the live broadcast camera at the location of Qin Miao's car.

Qin Miao's racing speed began to slow down visibly with the naked eye, and as Qin Miao's speed became slower and slower, the cars that were originally behind Qin Miao also sped past Qin Miao's side one by one.

Soon, the race released the yellow flag in the third time section where Qin Miao was.

"Is this Taimeiben? Did Hamilton just come out of the pits and the car went wrong?! "I was a little surprised to see a slower Mei Benfei on the track.

Brother Bing's sharp eyes saw No. 66 behind Qin Miao's car: "It's not Hamilton!" It's Qin Miao, Qin Miao's car has a problem! ”

"Huh? Qin Miao's rhythm in this game is very good, and he has a chance to win the championship in this game! What's wrong with the car? ”

"Oops, that's a shame."

"Hey~"

The three commentators were surprised by the mechanical failure of Qin Miao's car, but the failure of the car to retire is inevitable in motorsports, so all they can do is to regret it for a while in the studio, and then start their own work again.

Because Qin Miao just ran out of power in the third time session, the car did not stop, and was still sliding by inertia, so Frankie on the team's side asked: "Is it possible to bring the car back by sliding?" ”

After all, Hamilton just made a pit stop to change tires, and Red Bull's No. 2 driver Pérez had not yet made a pit stop to change tires.

Qin Miao naturally knew this, but in order to get high downforce in the F1 car, the resistance of the car itself was also very large, so Qin Miao felt the current speed of his car, and then observed the speed drop rate of his car and replied: "Impossible, the car can't be brought back, but I will try my best to park the car at the entrance of Matthew." ”

Although it was uncomfortable to see the drivers around him constantly speeding past his car, and he felt that something was blocked in his heart, Qin Miao still forcibly calmed down his emotions at this time.

Qin Miao also walked this track before the race, knowing where there was Matthew's entrance in the third time section.

And Qin Miao directly relied on the inertia on his car to enter the entrance of Matthew, and when the race saw that Qin Miao was so sensible, he did not dispatch the safety car, and quickly lifted the yellow flag.

The staff and fans of Red Bull Racing, who were a little happy to see Qin Miao's car having a mechanical failure, were also a little sorry to see Qin Miao actually slide his car into the Mathew tunnel.

It was supposed to be one less driver for Mercedes, and then the safety car, Red Bull made a lot of money.

But in the end, only one Qin Miao was retreated.

When Qin Miao went to the entrance of Matthew, he really didn't step on the brakes, and after forcibly crossing a gravel field, he just drove into the Matthew passage, exhausting all the inertia of the car.

After Qin Miao's car had a problem, the director didn't give the camera to the scene, and it has begun to be a little monotonous, after all, bucket car overtaking is common on the track, and the picture of a driver like Qin Miao retiring from the race is really not seen under normal circumstances.

The helicopter hovered above Qin Miao's head, and the photographer on the helicopter aimed his camera at Qin Miao.

As for Qin Miao, although according to the team's requirements, the race did not let the race committee dispatch a safety car.

But after a week of preparation, countless meetings, and countless practices on the simulator, the prediction and guessing of the opponent's tactics in the pre-race meeting, all the preparations, and all the expectations all came to naught at this moment, Qin Miao had the feeling when she knew the relationship between Fan Yue and Zhu Hong.

Uncomfortable, lost, resentful, irritable, angry, powerless.

In an instant, negative emotions filled Qin Miao's mind.

Turning off the car, Qin Miao sat in the car and did not move for a long time.

Matthew, who was on the side of the road, saw that Qin Miao didn't get out of the car, and thought that he had encountered something wrong, so he hurriedly ran over and asked Qin Miao if he needed help.

Qin Miao waved them away, now he just wanted to sit in the car and calm down for a while.

Why did the car have a mechanical failure?,Shouldn't it.,I buffed the car before the game started.。

Thinking of this, Qin Miao opened his system and looked at the system's explanation of his skills: [Appease the Machine Soul (Blue)]

[Note: An active skill that greatly reduces the failure rate of the target mechanical artifact for the next two hours.] 】

"Tsk...... Greatly reduce ......," Qin Miao sighed.

This sound is more of a vent, after all, the system skill does not say that the car will not have problems, F2 other drivers have more or less had problems with their cars, and their own cars have not had problems throughout the season, which is almost a great credit to this system skill.

You can't ask too much for a blue Action Skill, can you?

Sighing, Qin Miao could only sigh that her luck was not good.

However, Qin Miao didn't stay in the car for too long, and got out of the car after the crane came.

After getting out of the car, Fei Ge said: "Come down, come down, it shouldn't be that there is something wrong with your body, it's just the first time you have encountered a mechanical failure in the car, and some want to stay in the car for a while." ”

Zhou Haoran added: "This should be the first mechanical failure that Qin Miao encountered, the previous Qin Miao was too SF and Shunshui, and it is normal to be a little uncomfortable and uncomfortable when encountering such a situation for the first time." ”

After Qin Miao got out of the car, he honestly installed his headrest and racing steering wheel, and then watched Matthew lift his car onto the car.

After making sure that his car was hoisted onto the board car, Qin Miao walked to the maintenance area wearing a helmet a little lonely.

The director also gave Qin Miao's back a close-up, which looked really lonely.

When he returned to the pit lane, Qin Miao saw Barber and James Allison, the chief technology officer of the Mercedes team, waiting for him at the entrance of the pit lane.

After more than two months of getting along, Barber is now not only Qin Miao's physical trainer and nutritionist, but also serves as Qin Miao's personal secretary and assistant at the same time.

During this time, Qin Miao stayed with him longer than Qiu Meng, and the relationship between the two was also good, after Qin Miao retired due to mechanical failure, he was naturally very worried and ran over, wanting to understand Qin Miao's psychological situation.

And the main purpose of the other James Allison coming over was also to comfort Qin Miao.

He is the second-in-command of the Meiben team under Toto, and Toto really can't leave at this time, so he can only let him come over.

He can come over and wait for Qin Miao at this time, it is the Meiben team that is releasing a message to Qin Miao, you will not lose the position of the team's No. 2 driver because of a mistake in this race.

Qin Miao smiled at the two of them a little reluctantly and said, "I don't know the process for the first time, what should I do after I retire?" ”

Barber pursed his lips and gave Qin Miao a hug and said, "Go back to the hotel and have a good meal, then take a hot bath and sleep comfortably." ”

Qin Miao thought about it, and Barber's proposal seemed to be good.

James Alisson also came over and patted Qin Miao on the shoulder and said, "That's right, I also suggest that you do this, and at the same time, I can give you a day off and allow you to go to Spain to report on Thursday afternoon, during which time you can go home and rest for a while and spend time with your family." ”

"Thank you." Qin Miao nodded gratefully.

……

After the three of them briefly took a look, Qin Miao returned to the P room of the team.

Qin Miao's crew members felt a little guilty on their faces after seeing Qin Miao.

After all, Qin Miao still has the possibility of competing for the championship in this game, although this possibility is not high, but he is also a runner-up seat at the last time.

However, due to the mechanical failure of the car, he finally retired from the race, which was not only difficult for Qin Miao to accept, but also difficult for those of them who provided racing support services for Qin Miao.

Although there is a culture of not blaming in the Mei Ben team, they can't escape the blame for Qin Miao's racing problems, so they are a little hesitant after seeing Qin Miao.

Qin Miao herself was also very uncomfortable at this moment, and she didn't notice the strangeness of the members of her crew.

That's the difference between young riders and experienced riders.

If you are an experienced driver, although it is very uncomfortable at this time, you can still find that the atmosphere of your crew members is not right, and you will say a few words to enlighten your crew members.

And the young driver, just like Qin Miao now, is too busy to take care of himself, how can he still care about other people.

After returning to the team's P room, Toto personally moved a chair for him in front of Qin Miao and placed it next to him: "Sit." ”

Qin Miao took off her helmet and hood, and sat beside Toto a little decadently.

After Qin Miao sat down next to Toto, Toto said while staring at Hamilton's data and the live broadcast screen: "Although you retired from this game, the basic salary after the game will still be calculated, and I will suffer a little loss for the finishing bonus, counting 300,000 yuan for your second place." ”

Qin Miao: ???

(End of chapter)