On lap 28, Hamilton chose to make a pit stop, and at the same time, Ferrari's Leclerc also chose to pit and change tires after discovering Qin Miao's terrifying pursuit speed.

The drivers behind Qin Miao also chose to pit one after another at this point in time.

Their purpose at this point in time is very clear: two stops.

Hamilton had just disbanded the DRS train after he came out of the pits, and Verstappen's new medium tyres were supposed to be faster than Hamilton's old soft tyres, but he had no choice but to have a DRS train in front of him.

As a result, Hamilton just fell in front of Verstappen, who was disgusted all the way by the DRS train.

On lap 29, all the drivers on the track made a pit stop, and the general standings were as follows:

P1: Qin Miao

P2: Hamilton +5.724

P3: Verstappen +7.791

P4: Leclerc +17.247

P5：Kimi+24.666

P6: Ricardo +26.286

P7: Russell +28.730

P8: Pérez +29.130

……

After Hamilton and Verstappen pitted and changed their tires, Qin Miao's speed was not as fast as the two of them.

However, at least Qin Miao still has five seconds of old Ben to support here, so Qin Miao can still run his own rhythm in a short time.

On lap 32, Qin Miao was finally caught up by Hamilton, and he didn't take the initiative to give way to his teammate Qin Miao, but in the face of Hamilton's attack on the DRS big straight on lap 33, Qin Miao didn't defend either.

Straight to Hamilton from his own inside line.

The frontrunner changed hands.

At this time, Qin Miao was behind Verstappen, who was exactly 2 seconds away from Qin Miao.

Looking at the familiar taillights of the No. 66 Mercedes race car in front of him, Verstappen had a sentence in his heart that MMP was really unhappy.

But things have happened, Verstappen will only complain at most, and he can't change anything else, all he can do is to maintain his rhythm and get close to and surpass Qin Miao in the next game.

After Qin Miao was overtaken by Hamilton without losing speed, he kept following Hamilton and sucked the wake and DRS for two laps, and after two laps, he was pulled away by a second.

On the thirty-seventh lap, Verstappen also chased within a second behind Qin Miao.

The reason for the extra lap was mainly due to the fact that Verstappen needed to recharge his car during this time.

Verstappen, who had learned Qin Miao's defensive ability, clearly knew that it was a little difficult for the wheel-to-wheel in the normal corners to surpass Qin Miao.

Not kidding, if Verstappen was given a car with the same performance as Qin Miao, and without the blessing of DRS, Verstappen would not be confident that he would be able to break through Qin Miao's defense.

Moreover, the Catalan circuit is a track that is difficult to overtake, if you don't want to waste too much time in the struggle with Qin Miao, Verstappen can only rely on absolute speed to overtake Qin Miao in the DRS area.

So Verstappen came behind Qin Miao and began to judge the distance between the two cars, he needed to control the gap between the two cars within 0.4 seconds, so that in the big straight of the start, Verstappen's DRS and wake effect are the best, and there will be no speed because the distance between the two cars is too far, but too much time is wasted on approaching the car in front.

Qin Miao naturally also noticed Verstappen behind him, and he could roughly judge his thoughts by looking at his movements.

Qin Miao was also prepared for this, and during the time he was behind Hamilton, Qin Miao was charging his racing car, and the power reserve of his racing car was close to 95% at this time.

And Hamilton saw the gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen, and after a second, not only did he not feel nervous for Qin Miao, but there was an indescribable sense of peace of mind that magically lingered in Hamilton's heart.

Hamilton felt that Qin Miao could help him lock Verstappen for at least two laps.

Of course, the staff of Hamilton and Mercedes Racing have so much trust in Qin Miao and Qin Miao's excellent performance in these races.

At this time, the director also pointed the camera at the two cars.

"Verstappen chased after Qin Miao for 0.4 seconds, and Verstappen was very fast." Phineas said after seeing the current picture.

Brother Bing opened his mouth and added: "Mei Ben's side will definitely let Qin Miao, who has stopped twice, to defend Verstappen, not to mention much, only need to block Verstappen's time for two laps, and Hamilton's championship position in this game will be stable." ”

It is worth mentioning that after seeing Qin Miao pit and change into neutral tires so early, the three commentators directly concluded that Qin Miao would adopt a two-stop tactic in this game.

After all, Qin Miao still has two sets of new soft tires in the tire reserve that are useless, and it is understandable that they will have this kind of judgment.

"How are my tires?" Qin Miao briefly but frequently looked at his rearview mirror to determine the position of the Verstappen's car, and asked in the team's TR.

"It's three laps more than expected." After hearing Qin Miao's question, Frankie said with emotion.

That's right, after so many laps of tires are saved, Qin Miao's tire degradation is far less than the calculation of the team's strategy group, and the durability of neutral tires is better than that of hard tires after Qin Miao enters the tire preservation state.

Although there was no one on the field at this time playing on hard tyres......

The data given by Frankie is that Qin Miao can run three more laps after running the whole race, and then Qin Miao's neutral tires will enter the cliff point of the tires, and the lap time will begin to drop rapidly.

After confirming the condition of her tires, Qin Miao was also confident that she could block Verstappen for a few more laps.

Soon, thirty-eight laps, at the end of the second time session, in the DRS zone between T9 and T10, Verstappen launched a tentative attack on Qin Miao.

It can be said that it is a DRS zone, but the distance of this straight is simply not enough for the current F1 car to fully unleash its potential to overtake.

Today's F1 cars are too long and too wide, unless the front car is too big when the T9 comes out of the corner, or there is a big performance gap between the two cars, otherwise the advantage that the car can get in the DRS zone of this place can only shorten the distance between the car in front of it.

Verstappen knew this, too, so he didn't make any real attacking moves, just deliberately pulling inside the corner and coming into the corner with a late brake that wasn't too late.

Although everyone knows that this is just a tentative attack, the average driver will be a little nervous when he sees the target of his own defense, and his attention will be more shifted to the rear body, so as to prevent him from suddenly overtaking himself in an unexpected place.

But Qin Miao's feeling is actually good, after all, it is a defensive gate with full defensive value, he naturally knows the specific meaning of Verstappen's moves, and Qin Miao's heart will not have too much pressure when the opponent is a false shot, and he didn't even make any defensive moves.

And looking at Qin Miao's immobile driving style in front of him, Verstappen also sighed in his heart.

If Toto was not so determined at the beginning, and Horner and Marco did not have a stereotype of the Chinese, and communicated with Qin Miao more to improve the understanding between the two sides, and had a meal together if there was nothing to do, then Qin Miao was likely to be his teammate at this time.

Not only does he not need to face Qin Miao's insurmountable wall of sighs, but he also has a No. 2 driver who is willing to pay for himself, and Qin Miao can also help him contain Hamilton.

Kill three birds with one stone.

Thinking of that picture, Verstappen even had a refreshing feeling that he was reading a cool article, but soon Verstappen came back to his senses and didn't think about it anymore.

Gathering his mind, he followed Qin Miao all the way to the big straight road.

Verstappen ran a little conservatively in the third time session, and he kept sucking Qin Miao's wake behind Qin Miao.

When Verstappen entered the big straight, he suddenly started to release the ERS power, and after passing the DRS monitoring point, he turned on the DRS and sucked Qin Miao's wake at the same time.

In the face of Verstappen's attack, Qin Miao will definitely not be able to keep his rhythm unchanged as if he was overtaken by Hamilton.

So Qin Miao began to draw dragons frantically.

After all, it is not a violation to draw a dragon before entering the brake zone.

And Qin Miao did not forget to keep an eye on the distance between Verstappen and his own car during the process of drawing the dragon, because Qin Miao knew that Verstappen could take his inside or outside line at any time.

On the one hand, I have to avoid bumping into Verstappen when I draw the dragon, and on the other hand, I have to avoid being pulled by Verstappen inside.

Qin Miao knew that the T1 position of the Catalan circuit was not a rebraked turn, so it was very difficult to use the cross line to overtake here, as long as he held the inside line, Verstappen's attack was a failure.

And Verstappen also knew this, so when he followed behind Qin Miao, who was drawing dragons, his body was relatively close to the right.

The two cars were approaching at a speed of five kilometers per hour, and finally they were about to meet at a distance of about 100 meters from the braking point of T1.

And I don't know if it's a coincidence or Qin Miao's deliberate preparation, this time is exactly when Qin Miao's left dragon drawing ends and draws the dragon to the right.

Verstappen also reacted when he was about to reach the braking point, if he continued to follow Qin Miao's rhythm, he would definitely not be able to squeeze into Qin Miao's inner line when the two cars met.

Therefore, Verstappen increased the angle of the right turn with some urgency, wanting to squeeze into Qin Miao's inner line before Qin Miao closed the door.

It's a pity that Qin Miao also counted this.

If Verstappen's right turn angle is too large, the speed of the car will be affected to a certain extent, so the original 5 km/h proximity between Verstappen and Qin Miao began to decrease.

When Verstappen showed up early on the inside, he didn't get the lead he had hoped.

During this time, Qin Miao only left Verstappen with a space to see the front of the track, but it was not enough for his car to pass through.

Seeing this, Verstappen realized that his attack had failed this time, and he didn't squeeze hard, the game was still long, and he could always find an opportunity to surpass Qin Miao.

Verstappen simply returned to the outside line, although the speed was not as fast as when he sucked Qin Miao's wake, but he was also gradually surpassing Qin Miao.

However, from the moment he lost the inside line, Verstappen's overtake was doomed.

After the braking point, Qin Miao observed Verstappen's racing position while braking, and Qin Miao walked as wide as the track he gave himself.

Expand your approach width as much as possible.

Although it may seem that Qin Miao squeezed Verstappen over, in fact it was just a normal line change during braking.

After all, Qin Miao was following Verstappen's rhythm.

Brake late to block Verstappen's best entry into the corner, then lean on the front of his car when passing the corner, leaving no space on the track for Verstappen to exit the corner.

Once a textbook defense is done.

If it was Verstappen who encountered Qin Miao's defensive action in the past, he would definitely start scolding in the team's TR for the first time, but after understanding Qin Miao's defensive urine, Verstappen was honest and silently slowed down the rhythm of cornering.

can't be provoked, Qin Miao may still look a little rough on the outside, but on the track, this person really dares to play with himself for one.

However, Seon lost his horse, and he didn't know if it was a blessing, because of Verstappen's initiative to retreat, he didn't lose much rhythm from this overtaking failure, and only fell 0.7 seconds behind Qin Miao after coming out of the corner, still staying in Qin Miao's DRS zone.

The multi-bend area of the first time period was the dominant area of the Mercedes car, although Qin Miao's tyre-preserving running method was only 0.1 seconds closer to Verstappen.

After the DRS zone of the second time period was finished, Verstappen chased another 0.2 seconds and fell 0.4 seconds behind Qin Miao.

Although Verstappen still put pressure on Qin Miao in this DRS, Qin Miao didn't care directly.

The 39th lap of the start straight is a big straight.

Verstappen attacked Qin Miao again, this time Verstappen was closer, and after the corner, he was 0.2 seconds behind Qin Miao.

If the angle is not right, there will be an illusion that Verstappen's front nose is going to be attached to the rear diffuser of Qin Miao's racing car.

And the skin at the junction of Verstappen's gloves and fireproof clothing could feel the scorching exhaust fumes from Qin Miao's car exhaust pipe at this time.

Qin Miao didn't draw a dragon this time, although the wave of his own dragon painting just now was not illegal, but the amplitude was a little large and the frequency was a little high, and he had been warned by the race club for the reason of dangerous driving.

But Qin Miao didn't have no way to defend Verstappen.

The 39-lap big straight had just entered the DRS area, and Qin Miao stared at his rearview mirror, leaving a large piece of track space on the inside to Verstappen, just waiting for him to tap the inside.

Just 1/4 of the way through the big straight, Verstappen was only 0.1 seconds behind Qin Miao, and at this time, Verstappen also slammed the inside line.

wanted to hit Qin Miao by surprise, but he didn't look at the track much, and Qin Miao, who had been keeping an eye on Verstappen's car, kept up with his rhythm as soon as Verstappen was ready to take the inside line.

Qin Miao's reaction speed was much faster than when he started.

Anyway, at this time, Verstappen didn't take the lead to overtake Qin Miao, and Qin Miao's first defensive line change was useless, and no one could find fault with his line change this time.

It's just that what Verstappen didn't expect was that Qin Miao and himself reacted so resolutely and quickly in synchronizing the line change, and the most important thing was that the gap between the two was too small, only 0.1 seconds away.

So unexpectedly, the two cars collided.

P.S. Excuse me, but today there are only four thousand...... (End of chapter)