243:You chase me (6K, plus 1/16)
Indeed, as the commentators said, Qin Miao's performance this season can be called rebellious.
And this game is also full of highlights.
Hamilton fell all the way from heaven to hell because of the team's wrong team instructions, and even fell a few more floors, while Qin Miao was involved in an accident at the beginning, and his ranking was not particularly good-looking.
Not only did it see the crash, but it also saw a car on the grid, and even the two Mercedes drivers starting from the back of the pack to find the first place in the race, and Verstappen struggling to survive on the track.
The elements, highlights, and famous scenes are all full.
From the point of view of Mercedes and the two drivers of Mercedes, the task of the two of them was very simple, to finish in front of Verstappen, to overtake Verstappen and then push forward as much as possible to get more points.
After all, for the two, apart from their own teammates, the biggest rival in the entire paddock is Verstappen.
After all, the total points of the three of them are relatively close, and they can challenge each other for the Drivers' Championship at the end of the season.
Crossing the line on lap seven, Hamilton set the fastest lap of 1:24.374.
On lap eight, Latifi was already 8.1 seconds away from Vettel, and because of Latifi's suppression, all the riders behind couldn't quickly pull away from each other, so all the riders behind were blessed by DRS at this time.
Qin Miao and Hamilton overtook more difficult.
In the ninth lap, Qin Miao finally caught up with Kimi in front of him for 0.5 seconds, and had the ability to attack.
Seriously, in the face of his seniors, Qin Miao also felt tricky.
And it is worth mentioning that both Meiben are in the same situation.
The person Qin Miao wants to overtake in front is Alfa Romeo's Kimi, and the driver Hamilton wants to overtake in the back is also Alfa Romeo's Gio Venaz.
Qin Miao's situation at this time was that he had not been able to find a good opportunity to overtake.
After all, Kimi is still experienced, Qin Miao's pressure on him is like a fist hitting cotton many times, no matter how he pulls, brakes late, or fake shaking in the straight, Kimi can do it unmoved.
As long as Qin Miao didn't attack substantively, Kimi ran his game rhythm normally as if he hadn't seen Qin Miao's movements.
And as long as Qin Miao launches an attack, Kimi can always defend Qin Miao's most comfortable overtaking line.
Now Qin Miao can be regarded as having learned how uncomfortable his defensive method can make the rear car uncomfortable.
From the ninth lap to the eleventh lap, Qin Miao knew that Kimi's defensive ability was also quite unbelievable.
Moreover, Russell in front has been providing DRS to Kimi, Qin Miao wants to surpass Kimi, so he can only charge his battery at least 70% and then rely on absolute speed to crush the other party.
Unlike Qin Miao's overtaking, Giovinaz, who was at the back of the line, was overtaken by Hamilton on the 10th lap after being thrown out of the DRS zone by Gasly.
On lap 13, Qin Miao charged her car to 76% this lap and narrowed the gap between herself and Kimi in front of her to 0.6 seconds before starting the big straight.
This wave can be regarded as an offensive that Qin Miao has accumulated for a long time.
But he was still guarded by Kimi.
Kimi found that when Qin Miao relied on ERS to approach quickly, he directly guarded the inner line.
And Qin Miao did surpass three-quarters of Kimi's body on the outside before entering the braking point of T1.
But with such an advantage, when Qin Miao was about to enter the corner, Kimi directly went a little bigger, blocking Qin Miao's best crossing line.
Qin Miao really felt disgusted at this time, the kind that obviously he had a chance to surpass the other party, but the other party blocked your overtaking route through some small means.
Either you accelerate normally and block the opponent and let you pass, or the two cars collide together, or you honestly loosen the accelerator and wait for the next opportunity to attack.
And there is an old Chinese saying that those who are barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes.
In the struggle between Qin Miao and Kimi, Qin Miao became the one who wore shoes.
So Qin Miao's attack failed again this time.
Seriously, Qin Miao was a little anxious at this moment, and the follow-up T5 even made a small mistake of slipping the rear wheel in order to shorten the distance between him and Kimi.
This is because Qin Miao forgot that the diffuser was damaged after he forgot about himself, and the mechanical grip was not as strong as it was under normal conditions.
Although he was quickly rescued by Qin Miao's one-handed extreme counterattack, it was just a little bit of cornering speed, and the tires were a little worn.
But looking at the leopard in the tube, he could still see Qin Miao's impatience at this time from Qin Miao's current operation.
And this scene was also seen by Frankie and Mei Ben's strategy team, Frankie thought about it and said to Qin Miao in TR: "Qin Miao, now the rear diffuser of our car is damaged, and there is no way to get more advantages when going out of the corner, now we have two options, the first is to maintain the original plan and you attack Kimi normally."
The second is fifty, which one do you want? ”
The fifty that French said here is in Chinese, which means that Qin Miao pit for hard tires when there are fifty laps left in the race, that is, pit for tires after six laps.
But because the team TR is all public, it is a cover for their strategy to use a statement that other teams are not good at judging the authenticity in a short period of time.
And Qin Miao's hard tires ran more than 30 laps during the test, and the wear was only about 40%, according to Qin Miao's tire failure rate, it was not difficult for him to run the next 50 laps with hard tires.
Qin Miao thought about it, now his set of neutral tires can resist for a while, and he really can't find a chance to surpass Kimi, and now there are six laps left before the launch of the fifty tactics, so Qin Miao wants to try if he can surpass Kimi in these six laps.
"Give me some time, I'll try again."
This is Qin Miao's answer in TR.
Frankie was naturally able to understand Qin Miao's words, so he replied that there was no follow-up after receiving it.
At the same time, Qin Miao on the track silently threw her skills on Kimi's head.
Qin Miao was really a little unconfident by Kimi's defense.
However, when the pressure value appeared on Kimi's head, Qin Miao felt some comfort in her heart.
[Pressure value: 76%]
Should I say that he is worthy of being an iceman? Seriously, Qin Miao didn't see much pressure from Kimi's driving style.
It feels like he defends Qin Miao like Qin Miao defends other drivers, which is a very easy thing to capture.
But in fact, Kimi was so frightened by Qin Miao's two attacks that a layer of fine sweat broke out on his back.
Why is this young man under so much pressure?
Qin Miao's intention to attack was not obvious, and when he suddenly attacked, he had the effect of suddenly applying cold arrows.
If Kimi wasn't experienced enough to know when was the best time for Qin Miao to attack, both defenses were a bit predictive, so it seemed that he was at ease when defending Qin Miao.
But Danfan Kimi's experience was a little worse, and Qin Miao's second attack that saved up a wave of ERS power couldn't be defended at all.
After knowing that Kimi is strong on the outside and strong in the middle, and Kimi is also under a lot of pressure now, Qin Miao once again changed his offensive method, from a tentative attack to a fierce pursuit.
Finally in the DRS area of the fourteenth lap, Qin Miao quickly changed to the inside line after a sharp pull on the outside, shook off Kimi's defensive line, and then finally took Kimi's position in his hand with a late brake in T1.
After completing this transcendence, Qin Miao's ranking came to eighth.
After Qin Miao completed this transcendence, the audience at the scene performed mediocre, and only some Meiben fans gave Qin Miao sparse applause and cheers.
And in the same lap, not long after Qin Miao surpassed Kimi in front of him, Verstappen behind Qin Miao also launched an attack on Mick Schumacher in front of him in the same position.
You must know that Verstappen's car is much more damaged than Qin Miao's, and that's it, Verstappen also pulled from the outside line when he was in T1, but due to the wrong balance of the car, Verstappen T1 rushed directly out of the track.
However, Verstappen quickly adjusted back to the track and overtook Mick on the outside of T2 with a stronger acceleration on the car.
After Verstappen completed this overtake, the audience suddenly erupted in violent cheers.
After all, in the eyes of the current audience, Qin Miao Hamilton and Mei Ben behind the two of them are a giant dragon, after all, Mei Ben has ruled in the paddock for so long, there is nothing wrong with calling them dragons, and it is even very appropriate.
Verstappen was the only dragon slayer in the paddock at this time.
Whether he will become another dragon after his success in slaying dragons in the future does not matter, and the current Verstappen is the only suspense in this season's Drivers' Championship.
Coupled with the fact that he was driving a disabled car, it was not surprising that he was cheered and applauded by the crowd after completing a pass.
On the fifteenth lap, Kimi, who Qin Miao had just overtaken, was penalized by the race for ten seconds.
The reason is not difficult to guess, the collision with Ma Zeping just now is a typical unsafe release, and there is nothing to refute and appeal about.
At the same time, Qin Miao chased after Russell for 1.5 seconds and began to put pressure on Russell.
Russell was supposed to be in Qin Miao's position, but because of Hamilton's pit stop and tire change, his ranking also followed one place, which is quite a meaning of a whale falling into everything.
There is no grudge between Qin Miao and Russell, but it has not been a day or two since Russell has seen Qin Miao unpleasantly.
Since someone in the paddock broke the news that Qin Miao, a talented Chinese driver from Ferrari Academy, had joined Mercedes, Russell had a deep resentment and resentment towards Qin Miao.
Because before the start of the 20 season, Mercedes had someone approaching Russell.
At the time, Russell was both a young driver with strong roots in the Mercedes Academy and one of the most talented seeds in the paddock, especially with Latifi next to him.
In the 20th season, Russell was completely dragging Williams alone, and this kind of performance made Russell a good replacement for the No. 2 driver for Meben, who already had the idea of wanting to do Bottas.
But as soon as the news that Qin Miao was about to join Meiben was exposed, all the staff who had been chatting happily with Russell's agent to negotiate with Meiben withdrew.
The implication is clear that in the short term, at least in the last three years, Mercedes does not plan to change the current driver line-up.
Although the news of Qin Miao's joining Mei Ben at that time had just been rumored in the paddock, Russell knew that this matter was eighty percent true as soon as he saw the performance of Mei Ben.
At that time, Russell had a feeling of being NTR.
Obviously, I came first!
And Russell had never found a chance to fight Qin Miao before.
After all, strictly speaking, the gap between the cars driven by Russell and Qin Miao is too big, and it is difficult for the two of them to get a chance to fight.
But now, because of the chaos in the initial stage, Russell finally found an opportunity.
Whatever you say today, it is impossible for Russell to let Qin Miao overtake himself too simply.
If he could, Russell wouldn't even mind having some racing collisions with Qin Miao when defending Qin Miao.
It's just that what Russell didn't expect was that after Qin Miao came to the DRS zone 0.4 seconds behind him on lap 1, he completely relied on the absolute speed advantage of DRS to surpass Russell before the braking point of T1.
On the contrary, Russell's behavior of blocking the inside line looks a bit like Russell took the initiative to give up the track position to Qin Miao.
After seeing this scene, many domestic fans felt that Russell was a good person who knew how to judge the situation, and their good impression of Russell increased greatly.
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On the same lap past Russell, Hamilton also passed Mick Schumacher in front of him.
At this time, Verstappen, who was in tenth place, was obviously unable to catch up with Ricardo, who was in ninth place, and if nothing else, Verstappen would fall to eleventh place after being caught up by Hamilton.
As a result, Red Bull's original idea of getting Verstappen mixed up on the field may be in vain.
I just don't know if Red Bull will choose to retire Verstappen after knowing that he can't get points.
On Qin Miao's side, after completing the overtaking of Russell, Qin Miao began to pursue Alonso in front of him, but there is one thing to say, as Qin Miao used his tires with all his might for several laps in front, now Qin Miao's tires are a little worn out, and the temperature is also a little high.
Far exceeded the average of Qin Miao's pre-race tests, and now Qin Miao's tire grip is not much different from Alonso's tire grip.
Chao Qin Miao is confident that he can surpass Alonso in front of him, but it will definitely be more difficult.
So Qin Miao asked in the TR: "If I enter the station, where will I fall after I come out?" Is there a clean space? ”
Frankie has been helping Qin Miao calculate the gap after the station after saying that fifty to Qin Miao, so he replied the first time Qin Miao asked: "If you enter the pit stop at this time, after coming out, we will fall to about 4 seconds in front of Kimi, and there will be more than 12 seconds of clean air in front of you." ”
As soon as Qin Miao heard this, she already had a plan in her heart.
Continue to start burning the tyres and try to take out Alonso before the pit stops.
It's just that Qin Miao felt the feeling of smashing his fist on cotton on Kimi in Alonso again.
And now Qin Miao's skill is in a state of skill cooldown, and there is no way to throw another skill at Alonso, so Qin Miao can only wait for the time to make a pit stop.
When the nineteenth lap was about to reach the entrance of the pit area, Qin Miao received a notice from Frankie: "Go all out!" ”
Qin Miao didn't answer, and after running a lap with all her might, she chose to pit on the twentieth lap.
It's just that what Qin Miao didn't expect was that when he entered the pit lane and was about to come to the tire change position of the team staff, Qin Miao's afterglow saw through the rearview mirror that another Meiben behind him turned in from the entrance of the pit area.
Qin Miao was stunned, did Hamilton also choose to pit at this time?
Like himself, Hamilton should have had a long period of clean air after his pit stop.
"Meiben chooses to enter the station with two cars here?" Brother Bing was a little surprised when he saw that the two Meiben had made a pit stop.
Fei Ge didn't think there was anything wrong with Mei Ben doing this: "This is normal, Qin Miao and Hamilton are both difficult to overtake now, and under cut has become the best choice for the two of them now."
The two of them are separated from each other, and the simultaneous pit stop of both cars will not affect the speed of the pit stop for both drivers. ”
Zhou Haoran also nodded, but said: "Qin Miao's move out here is a new set of white tires, according to Qin Miao's ability to protect the tires, he should be the same as Kimi, who has just been punished, prepare a set of white tires and run directly." ”
Brother Bing asked curiously, "What about Hamilton?" ”
"Hamilton is also white." Zhou Haoran said: "However, Hamilton's ability to protect tires is not as strong as Qin Miao's, and Hamilton should still have the possibility of making a pit stop to change tires, but Qin Miao must have finished this race directly." ”
Qin Miao parked his car in the tire change position with ease, and with the sound of an air wrench, four brand new tires were loaded onto Qin Miao's racing car.
And after Qin Miao changed the tires and went out, the time displayed in the lower right corner was 2.6 seconds.
This is not bad for a mid-to-lower team, but for a team like Mercedes and Red Bull that are aspiring to compete for the championship, this result can only be described as decent.
And Qin Miao just walked for three seconds, and Hamilton also came over, and during this time, Mei Ben had already prepared Hamilton's spare tire, and after the old man was parked, it was also a set of smooth tire change operations.
After Hamilton pulls out with a tyre, the time in the bottom right corner is 2.1 seconds.
Seeing this gap, the three commentators of Five Star Sports had complicated expressions.
Some of the more radical domestic fans scolded directly.
However, because the more radical words of the fans are a little unsightly, I will not repeat them here.
In short, after Qin Miao came out of the maintenance area, Qin Miao fell 1.2 seconds in front of Mick, and Qin Miao only had 6 seconds of clean air in front of him.
The reason why there was a lot less clean air than expected was mainly because the gap between the entire car formation was widened after these laps.
This was a mistake by the team's computing department.
Hamilton came out and landed in front of Kimi, with more than 10 seconds of clean air in front of him.
However, no matter how small the mosquito's legs are, they are still meat, and with the injection of clean air in this section, the speed of the two can be much faster.
Because after Qin Miao and Hamilton pitted, the drivers in front of them were likely to pit during this time to prevent the two from being cut.
Therefore, the lap after coming out is extremely important, and whether you can cut the car before it depends on whether you run well on this lap.
However, what Qin Miao didn't expect was that after he pitted, the driver in front of him did not choose to pit stop, but Ricciardo and Verstappen in front of Hamilton chose to pit stop.
It is not difficult to guess the purpose of the two pit stops at this time, to prevent being cut by Hamilton.
When the two of them came out, Qin Miao naturally didn't need to say it, Qin Miao was faster than them, and Qin Miao passed them when they changed the tires.
Hamilton is the one who cares most about the rhythm of the two's pit stops.
The two of them came out of the pits just as Hamilton was going through the big straight at full speed.
It is clear from the camera that Hamilton crossed Verstappen at the back of the line on the outside.
As for Ricciardo in front, although he and Hamilton entered T1 side by side, Ricardo's tire temperature at this time is not enough, and the grip is naturally incomparable with Hamilton's set of hard tires that have run a lap.
So although Ricciardo held the inside line, Hamilton still relied on the advantage of his tires to complete the overtake of Ricciardo on the outside of T1.
At this point, Hamilton completed the under cut of the two, and by the way, also under Gasly, who did not choose to make a pit stop.
On the other hand, in fact, the driver who was originally in front of Qin Miao also asked his team if he needed to pit and change tires after seeing Qin Miao enter the pit.
And most teams don't pit their drivers, and the reason is very simple, Qin Miao's performance in Monaco is the best reason.
The audience can't see it. They can see that there is still a new set of soft tires in Qin Miao's warehouse.
With Qin Miao's ability to protect tires, there is basically no driver who can stop Qin Miao's offensive with a two-stop.
It's just a position, and there's no need to disrupt your rhythm because of it.
There is also the main reason, after they pit stop, they are not like Qin Miao and Hamilton, they can more or less find some clean air.
Both drivers in Mercedes were happy for the next few laps.
After all, there is a flat river of clean air in front of me, and I finally don't have to smell the exhaust of the car in front while driving a car with insufficient downforce.
Qin Miao directly refreshed his fastest lap, although it didn't take long for Hamilton to brush Qin Miao's fastest lap back.
On lap 23, Tsunoda opted for a pit stop, which was his normal pit stop window.
And Tsunoda's pit stop took the same time as Qin Miao's 2.6 seconds.
After coming out, he naturally fell directly behind Qin Miao.
Because of the existence of Latifi, the gap between Qin Miao and the group in front was not large, but now Qin Miao has enough clean air to run the lap time.
It is not inconceivable that Tsunoda was beheaded by Qin Miao within two laps.
It can even be said that the current Qin Miao has surpassed Latifi in three laps and began to pursue Vettel in front of him by relying on the non-resistance of the driver group in front.
As long as all the riders enter the pit stop once, they will be surprised to find that Qin Miao is now in third place.
That's the magic of the Hungaroring circuit.
(End of chapter)