At this time, Qin Miao suddenly discovered a problem, he was rushing too fast in front, and the wear and tear of the tires was indeed a little beyond expectations.

I believe that the team already knew this, but they didn't tell Qin Miao.

Qin Miao can also roughly guess the reason, after all, TR is shared.

So what Qin Miao could do at this time was to remain silent, but the speed of the car began to drop significantly.

Behind the two, Sergio Pérez kept Hamilton in misery.

In this game, Meiben has two different sets of rear wings, one is a high-downforce rear wing, and the other is a low-downforce rear wing, Qin Miao and Hamilton chose both low-downforce rear wings, but the angle of attack of this rear wing was increased.

But despite this, Hamilton behind Pérez still had a hard time, let alone find an opportunity to surpass Pérez.

After that, the game began to enter a peaceful state, but after Qin Miao got the bad news, he naturally did not have the opportunity to widen the distance between him and Verstappen as he wished.

Even on lap 39, the second lap after turning on DRS, Qin Miao was overtaken by Verstappen on the big straight.

Qin Miao, who was overtaken, didn't even make any resistance at all.

No way, the tires can't hold up.

Just after the 40th lap, the top positions of the field changed.

The current rankings are as follows

1: Verstappen

2: Qin Miao

3: Pérez

4: Hamilton

5: Sebastian Vettel

Fortunately, Qin Miao's long-distance rhythm is good, and Pérez also needs to deal with Hamilton's crazy attack behind him.

If Perez accelerated behind Qin Miao at this time and began to attack Qin Miao, then Perez's speed would inevitably slow down, and Hamilton would have an opportunity to take advantage of it.

If Hamilton really took the opportunity to overtake, it would be a bit more than worth the loss.

So Pérez didn't act rashly either.

Surprisingly, the tempo of the front camp stabilized in this way, and there was no drastic change in the position for the next period of time.

Everyone is protecting the baby.

On lap 44, Ma Zeping once again achieved the achievement of being one second slower than his team-mate on this track.

On lap 46, Qin Miao had been pulled away by Verstappen for 2 seconds.

Seeing that Qin Miao and Verstappen were no longer fighting, the director also moved the camera away from these two and began to look at Perez and Hamilton.

Compared to the two drivers in front of him, there was always the smell of gunpowder between the two, and Hamilton also intimidated Pérez from time to time.

It's just that he didn't really do it.

However, these two have just come out of T19, and the director's picture suddenly came to the aerial picture.

I saw that on the opposite side of the pit entrance, a Red Bull was still running well, but suddenly hit its head on the parapet wall on the right side of the track, and then slid for dozens of meters before swerving before stopping on the track.

As soon as the three commentators saw this picture, they immediately exclaimed: "Huh?! Verstappen! ”

"What's the situation?"

"Did you get a flat tire?"

"Qin Miao! Be careful! ”

Verstappen is a professional racing driver, and the Red Bull car has been running so many laps consistently, it can't be a mechanical failure or other reasons, so there is only one possibility that Verstappen can hit his head against the wall at this time.

That's a flat tire.

And it is true, in the first perspective of Qin Miao, the driver closest to Verstappen, Verstappen is still fine after T19.

However, as soon as he reached the exit of the pits, the left rear wheel of the Verstappen suddenly went down.

The balance of the Verstappen car was instantly disrupted because the grip and support of the left rear wheel was lost.

Verstappen is one of the top drivers, and the first time he found out that the overall attitude of the car was wrong, he chose to fight back and rescue the car, but in a car that can reach speeds of more than 300 kilometers per hour, no matter how hard you try, it is in vain.

So Verstappen just kept the car relatively stable for about a second, saving the car almost three times during that time, and then the car completely lost control and turned into a spinning top, crashing headlong into the parapet on the right side of the track.

Then the whole car slid forward for dozens of meters, and debris flew around.

Qin Miao even saw the entire front wing of the Verstappen car fly out.

This is also the picture that the director called out for the audience to see half a minute later, Qin Miao's performance in this game doesn't matter, anyway, Qin Miao is definitely qualified in terms of war reporters.

Although Qin Miao was not far from Verstappen, it was only a distance of more than two seconds.

But when he found that Verstappen's car was starting to pendulum, Qin Miao changed lanes towards the dirty side of the track.

So when Verstappen crashed, there were only some very fine debris and dust that blew into Qin Miao's place, which naturally didn't pose any threat to Qin Miao's car.

However, Verstappen's collision did startle Qin Miao.

Also because of Verstappen's crash, yellow flags soon appeared on the track.

And it didn't take long for the yellow flag to be transformed into a safety car.

After waiting for the car to stop, Verstappen naturally began to spit fragrance in the TR as soon as possible: "Tires! ****!*****!****，***!”

The director didn't give Qin Miao and the other drivers a shot at this time, and the camera was directly on the P room of Red Bull Racing and Verstappen.

After venting in the TR, Verstappen angrily threw away the steering wheel in his hand before climbing out of the car.

Verstappen looked frustrated, but he walked over to the car, picked up the steering wheel he had just lost in anger, and plugged it in.

Verstappen then looked around the two rear wheels of his car before making sure it was his left rear wheel that had a puncture.

Thinking that his low-hanging hand title was gone, Verstappen was immediately angry and kicked the deflated Pirelli tyre with his right foot.

Regardless of the nickname of "Golden Right Foot" and "Dutch International" after this kick, Verstappen also knew that it was not safe on the track.

So after looking at the track and making sure there were no cars on the left and right, he trotted across the track and returned to the pits.

After all, the place where he crashed was just across from the pit entrance, and it was easy to go back without having to take a ride like Stroll.

Speaking of Stroll, both men also had a flat left rear tire on the car, and both were on the right in the third time period.

It's just that Stroll's tyre ran 31 laps while Verstappen's tyre ran 33 laps, and the location of the crash was different and the direction of the hit against the wall.

It can be seen that punctures are not an isolated case, so it can be ruled out that it is the car or the driver's problem.

This time, Pirelli had to bear the main responsibility for the retirement of the two drivers.

It is believed that Pirelli's tyres were not sold in the Netherlands after Verstappen's kick.

And Qin Miao ran a lap behind the safety body before realizing that if Verstappen retired due to a puncture, then his position at this time would be the first in the field.

And according to this posture, if nothing else, the safety car should directly lead the whole race, so that he can naturally win the second race of his career.

Of course, although Qin Miao was very sure that he would be the ultimate winner of this game.

But just as no one expected Verstappen to suddenly burst a tire in the lead, Qin Miao had no way to predict whether there would be any accidents during the few laps of the safety car.

So he didn't open the champagne at half-time, but honestly followed Melander and waited for the safety car to take them to the end of the race.

However, on lap 48, after a lap under the safety car, the race officer felt that there was too much debris on the track to clean up, and two drivers had already retired due to flat tires, so the race officer converted the yellow flag into a red flag.

Qin Miao, who was still a little happy at this time, was a sigh in her heart, what a special dog day event officer, why don't you let the safety car be brought directly! You're up**!

The reason why Qin Miao scolded the event officer angrily in his heart was mainly because the red flag at this time meant that there would be a static start later, which meant that the game had not yet come to an end, and there was still a certain amount of suspense.

Although Qin Miao is the only one among all the drivers, there is still a set of soft tires that have only run three laps at this time.

Moreover, it is easy for Mercedes' car to heat up the tires, and the track in Baku is long, and a warm circle is enough for Qin Miao to raise his tires to the right temperature.

But who wants to take the risk when they can claim the title with peace of mind?

But in any case, now that the red flag has come out, Qin Miao can only drive his car back to the pit area according to the wishes of the event officer.

At this time, the top five drivers in this race are ranked as follows:

1: Qin Miao

2: Pérez

3: Hamilton

4: Sebastian Vettel

5: Gasly

After parking the car, Reyes and the others pulled the trailer with their equipment on their backs and ran to Qin Miao in a hurry.

They were actually quite tired from running all the way, because Mei Ben's team P room was at the entrance of the maintenance area, and Qin Miao's parking place was at the exit of the maintenance area.

After they came, Qin Miao also turned off the car and climbed out of his position.

Once the red flag is canceled from red flag to red flag, there must be at least half an hour between them, so Qin Miao can get out of the car to move his body and drink some water.

After Qin Miao took off her helmet, Reyes walked over and patted Qin Miao on the shoulder, and then began to take care of herself.

After handing over the helmet and other things to the engineer of the car crew for safekeeping, Qin Miao picked up a white hat with his No. 66 number printed on it and buckled it on his head.

Although Qin Miao usually doesn't pay attention to her hair at all, her hair is full of sweat after a race, and it is somewhat unsightly for such an image to appear in the camera, so Qin Miao still chose to put a hat on herself.

After all, it is a public figure, whether it is Qiu Meng or Mei Ben's press officer Alisa and Qin Miao: You have to pay attention to your image outside, now you not only represent yourself, but also represent the image of Mei Ben and your sponsors.

After getting out of the car, Qin Miao didn't run around, and the sun was not big at this time, so Qin Miao untied his racing suit a little and sat on a small step on the right side of his racing car.

In a few moments, Bobble ran over with a bag on his back.

Most of the things in Barber's bag were Qin Miao's supplies.

"Why is it so long?" According to his duties, Barber should have come to Qin Miao with the staff of Mei Ben's team, but I don't know why, it took so long for Barber to appear in front of Qin Miao.

Barber explained helplessly: "I see that the situation on the court is deadlocked, and the game is almost over, and I just happen to have a little discomfort in my stomach, so I am going to go to the toilet before the end of the game, and I can just watch you take the stage to receive the award when I come back from the toilet." ”

Speaking of this, Barber clapped his hands and was very helpless: "But who would have thought that I would have a flat tire on the wall while Verstappen was on the toilet." ”

Qin Miao wasn't blaming Baber, but he was a little curious about why he came so late today, who was never late.

After nodding his head and understanding, Qin Miao reached out to take the water handed over by Bobble, took a sip, and then took out his mobile phone and headphones from Bobble's bag.

Just as he was about to pass the time and rest for a while, Qin Miao suddenly saw Frankie coming.

So Qin Miao didn't rush to put on the headphones, and when Frankie arrived in front of him, he asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Frankie said: "It's nothing, come and see how you are doing, and by the way, tell you not to be nervous when the game resumes, you must be calm." ”

Qin Miao didn't care too much, she wasn't a child anymore, and she wasn't impulsive on the field.

After finishing the business, Frankie said: "The soft tires have to wait a little longer, and we didn't expect the race to have a red flag, so the thermal blanket has been removed in advance, and it will be heated by the team at this time, and it will be sent over when the temperature comes up." ”

Qin Miao nodded, anyway, the time of the red flag is still very long, just put on new tires for yourself before the game starts.

"It's okay, just don't break down, I don't want to experience Verstappen's feeling of losing control on the track."

"Don't worry."

After chatting with Qin Miao for a few words, Frankie returned to his job.

No sooner had Frankie left than Toto came over.

Toto first chatted with the old man at Hamilton, and then walked over to Qin Miao.

Looking at Toto, who was walking this way, Barber beside Qin Miao suddenly said, "I feel that Toto may not have anything good coming to you this time." ”

Although Barber is suspended in Meiben and his salary is also given by the team, he knows that he can come to this position because Qin Miao is in need, so most of the time, Barber puts his position very seriously.

However, Qin Miao didn't say anything about it, but walked over to Toto with a smile.

"Qin Miao, you did a beautiful job in this game, far beyond our expectations."

Toto gave Qin Miao a hug as soon as he came up, and gave enough affirmation and praise to Qin Miao's performance today.

"If only I hadn't let you down." Qin Miao smiled and said modestly.

(End of chapter)