244: Hamilton Defensive Brief (6K, plus 2/16)

Unlike his team-mates, Hamilton ran three laps after his pit stop and the clean air was gone, and it was Mick who appeared in front of him, and the gap between the two was now only 1.2 seconds.

Hamilton now needs to find a way to overtake Vic in front of him.

On the twenty-sixth lap, Qin Miao chased to the position 2 seconds behind Gasly, who had not yet pitted, and at this time, the three drivers in front of Qin Miao still had no signs of pit stop to change tires, so Qin Miao's high-speed rail for this race was over.

Next, Qin Miao is about to start fighting against the turbulence again, relying on the more powerful performance of the car to tackle the fortifications.

On the other side, Hamilton also won consecutive battles in these laps, first cutting Mick, then overtaking Latifi, and now he is behind Tsunoda.

At this time, there was only one Kakuda Yuyi between Hamilton and Qin Miao.

However, at this time, the time gap between the two is still quite large.

A full 8 seconds.

At this time, the two leading drivers also began to consider whether or not to make a pit stop.

Because the momentum of the two Mercedes drivers in the rear was too fierce.

Qin Miao can chase the lead Ocon for 2 seconds per lap under clean airflow, while Hamilton can chase 2.3 seconds per lap under clean airflow.

Now the two are quickly closing the gap on the riders in front of them.

But at this time, both of them also have concerns, first of all, Ocon knows that his biggest competitor at the moment is Vettel behind him.

Pit stops can result in a mistake by the team engineer changing the tyres and losing his position.

And Vettel actually wanted to be like the two Mercedes drivers, who had enough space in the rear and chose to pit for tyre changes.

However, there was no such condition behind him, with Sainz at 14.7 seconds behind Vettel and Alonso at 17.7 seconds.

At this time, if he pits and wants to try under cut, there is a high probability that he will fall behind Alonso.

As Ocon's team-mate, it is clear how hard Alonso will defend Vettel before pitting.

So what Vettel can do at this time is to die on the track like Ocon, to see whose tires can't be carried first.

On lap 28, Qin Miao chased into the DRS area behind Gasly, and the gap between the two was only about 0.7 seconds.

On the 29th lap of the big straight of the start, Qin Miao stuck behind Gasly after the corner, and Qin Miao didn't have much effort on the big straight of the start, relying on better tires than Gasly to easily overtake on the outside line.

And the next lap after being overtaken by Qin Miao, Gasly finally chose to pit stop.

Came out and landed in front of Mick Schumacher and got 7.9 seconds of clean air.

It can be seen that Gasly has not put Qin Miao in his target list for this game at all.

And he pit so early probably wanted to knock over Alonso and Sainz in front of him.

I just don't know if these two drivers will follow the pit stop on the next lap after seeing Gasly pit to prevent being undercut.

However, in the end, by lap 30, Alonso and Sainz in front of them did not choose to make a pit stop.

On the thirty-second lap, Hamilton, who had been chasing after Yuyi Tsunoda for several laps, finally overtook him and came to a place 11 seconds behind Qin Miao.

The reason for the extra 3 seconds is mainly because he wasted a lot of time in the grappling when chasing Tsunoda.

At this time, Qin Miao was still 10 seconds away from Alonso.

Although Qin Miao was already running the race normally at this time, he did not burn tires to speed up his speed, and he was able to shorten the gap with the first Aokang by 1 second per lap.

It is worth mentioning that at this time, Qin Miao has completed the under cut for Sainz, and the gap between the two is only 14 seconds, as long as Sainz makes a pit stop, Qin Miao can appear in front of him, which shows that the lowest podium has been held by Qin Miao in his hands.

Once the race was here, all the two Mercedes drivers needed to do was take advantage of the clean air in front of them to push at full strength.

On lap 33, Sainz finally couldn't hold on, and his podium was gone, so he also chose to make a pit stop to change tires.

After coming out, it fell fifth, 6 seconds behind Qin Miao, and the clean air that was originally 10 seconds in front of Hamilton instantly became 4 seconds.

Seriously, when he saw Sainz appear in front of him, Hamilton, who had been chasing Qin Miao for half the game, was so angry that he almost didn't lose his breath.

The seven-time champion felt like he was being targeted by everyone at this moment.

On lap 37, Hamilton finally caught up with Sainz just over the halfway point of the race.

But after chasing here, Hamilton had another problem, and that was the difficulty of overtaking at the Hungaroring Circuit.

On the same lap, Vettel, who had finally run out of space behind him, chose to make a pit stop.

The tire change time was a bit long, it took 3.3 seconds, and after it came out, it just fell more than 1 second behind Qin Miao.

It was as if there was a pair of invisible big hands, silently lining up all the riders in front of Qin Miao, and blocking behind Qin Miao, helping him to defend Hamilton behind him.

So far, Qin Miao's ranking has risen to third, one place higher than his ranking at the beginning of the main competition.

In order to prevent Vettel from cutting himself, Vettel naturally chose to pit when he pitted.

So on lap 38, Ocon also chose to make a pit stop.

The tyre change time was 2.3 seconds, which was a full one second faster than Sebastian Vettel.

And this 1 second means that he has retained the leading position for Vettel.

Ocon was just 0.5 seconds ahead of Vettel, and although Occon's tires were not as good as Vettel's, it took him one second less than Vettel to get through the pits, and the Hungaroring track was not easy to overtake, so Ocon was able to keep his position without danger.

On Qin Miao's side, an early pit stop directly cut all the riders in front of him.

And with Aokang's pit stop, Qin Miao's position also came to the second, and Alonso in front of him had never entered the pit stop, so as long as Alonso pit stop, Qin Miao would naturally come to the first, and after getting clean air, the suspense of this game would be killed directly by Qin Miao without accident.

The three commentators of Five Star Sports immediately became excited when they saw Vettel and Ocon coming out of the pit lane and lining up behind Qin Miao.

In fact, when Qin Miao's car was hit, although they all hoped that Qin Miao's car would not be too badly damaged, they didn't actually think that the podium in this race had anything to do with Qin Miao at that time.

But now, after Qin Miao entered the station, the next way was to chop melons and vegetables.

"Hahaha, another champion!" Brother Bing even opened champagne directly in the middle of the studio.

Although they all know that from this moment on, as long as Alonso enters the station, what appears in front of Qin Miao is a flat river, the sky is high and the birds can fly, and the sea is wide and the fish jumps.

And Hamilton, the only one who was still a threat to Qin Miao, was still trapped behind Sainz at this time, and he couldn't move an inch.

As long as Qin Miao ran a few more laps in the future, even if Hamilton was tossed out of the car formation behind, it would not be easy to chase Qin Miao.

But at this time, the game was not even halfway through, and Brother Bing was indeed a little too optimistic about opening champagne at halftime.

So Fei Ge persuaded: "Don't don't, it's not yet, the game is still very long, just like we didn't expect the opening of this game to be chaotic, and we don't know if there will be any accidents in the course of the game, so I think it's better for us not to be happy too early." ”

Zhou Haoran also nodded and agreed: "Hamilton's pursuit ability is notoriously strong, although this race was pitted by the team once, but he may not be able to catch up with Qin Miao in the subsequent races."

And you must know that Qin Miao's car was damaged, and it would not be too difficult for Hamilton to catch up with Qin Miao. ”

After being reminded by two colleagues, Brother Bing also recognized the problem in his words, and also realized that he also had the nickname of five-star poisonous milk.

It would be bad if Qin Miao was directly milked to death, so after laughing dryly, he said: "Indeed, now the dust has not settled on the game, everything is unknown, Hamilton is the seven-time champion after all, and the strength is still there, Qin Miao must be careful." ”

……

On the field, Qin Miao didn't know that he had dodged a projection of mysterious oriental power.

Still chasing Alonso in front of him quickly.

Qin Miao is a young man after all, Qin Miao is still a little unconvinced after being blocked by Alonso just now, now that you Alonso doesn't pit stop, then I just rely on the tires to be better than you, come over and give this breath.

On lap 40, Qin Miao chased within 1.5 seconds behind Alonso.

And before Qin Miao could make more moves, Alonso directly chose to pit stop.

Qin Miao: ?

Seriously, when you are ready to show your strength, the feeling of your opponent running away is really uncomfortable, more uncomfortable than the feeling of hitting a fist on cotton.

didn't open TR, Qin Miao scolded in the helmet for a few words before feeling a little better.

But thinking about the bright side, Qin Miao at this time started from the fourth, then fell to the eleventh, and now he has chased it back, and there is a great possibility to win the championship in the end.

This was one of the highlights of his career.

On the other hand, at this time, there was no car in front of Qin Miao to stop Qin Miao, and Qin Miao could now open the gap between him and the riders behind him without any psychological burden.

But Qin Miao had another choice at this time, that is, to give strength to all the riders behind him and let them drive a small train behind him.

The former Qin Miao can quickly open up the gap with the riders behind him in a short period of time, and can even expand the gap to more than 10 seconds in a short time.

After that, Qin Miao could quickly enter a field that he was familiar with.

The downside is that Hamilton at the back is likely to outdo everyone in the rest of the game and then start attacking himself.

Because of the damage to his car, Hamilton may snatch back the championship position he has in his hands.

The latter press is relatively simple and straightforward.

Hold everybody's place and provide DRS and turbulence to most of the riders behind you.

Hamilton's overtaking will be exponentially more difficult, and because Qin Miao has compressed the gap between the riders behind him, Hamilton is unlikely to pull out a gap behind him to make a second stop and try under cut again.

Seriously, Qin Miao at this time really hoped that Toto hadn't talked to him about that time, because without that conversation, Qin Miao could pretend to be stupid and go to press the car with peace of mind.

But not now, Toto has made it clear that he and Hamilton can fight among themselves this season, but everything is in the interests of the team.

So Qin Miao had no choice, and after taking the lead, he began to steadily widen the gap between himself and Ao Kang at a speed of 0.7 seconds per lap, and prayed in his heart that Hamilton and Hamilton would run slower.

In fact, the gap between Qin Miao and Aokang can widen faster, but there are still more than 30 laps in the game, and Qin Miao still has to be prepared for Hamilton to catch up and attack him after the game, so he doesn't dare to use the tires too hard.

It's just that as the game progressed, Qin Miao became more and more relieved.

As the race went on lap 45, Hamilton was still trapped behind Sainz.

At this time, he actually opened up a distance of more than 5.7 seconds from Ocon in the rear.

Qin Miao's lap time is very stable, and the reason why he has pulled so much more is mainly because Vettel has been chasing Aokang behind him and putting pressure on Aokang, and Aokang has wasted a lot of time taking the defensive line.

As the race continued, Hamilton became more and more anxious, because with each extra lap, Hamilton was less likely to catch up with Qin Miao.

And after the pit stops, Alonso was half a second faster than Hamilton on every lap, and the gap between him and Hamilton was closing fast.

If it drags on any longer, it won't be that Hamilton can't overtake Sainz in front of him, but that Alonso, who has a new hard tyre behind him, will be attacked.

So Hamilton, who had a block in front and a chasing man, finally made a pit stop on lap 47.

At this time, the gap between Qin Miao and Aokang in the rear had been widened to 9 seconds.

With 22 laps to go, Hamilton pitted for medium tyres.

Whether this game can catch up with Qin Miao in the end, and instead it depends on Hamilton's last fight.

The new medium tyres were put on the car in a total time of 2.3 seconds, with Hamilton coming out 15 seconds behind Alonso, who was sixth.

Qin Miao naturally heard the report of Frankie in the team's TR: "Hamilton pitted and changed into his last set of neutral tires. ”

It's not hard to guess what Hamilton's idea was to pit and change tires at this time, aiming for first place while keeping the fastest lap in his hands.

At the end of the lap, the gap between Alonso and Hamilton was reduced to 13.6 seconds.

It can be seen that in the presence of clean air, Hamilton's speed is very impressive.

It was not unexpected by Qin Miao, and the second lap after Hamilton came out set a new record for the fastest lap in the field.

On lap 51, Hamilton was only nine seconds away from Alonso in front of him.

Hamilton, who was replaced with new neutral tires, was 2.7 seconds faster than Qin Miao per lap.

On lap 52, the gap between Hamilton and Alonso was just five seconds.

On lap 53, Ernst gave Alonso a bit of DRS, but despite this, Hamilton was able to chase him three seconds behind him.

With Hamilton three seconds faster than Alonso per lap, everyone thought that Hamilton would eventually catch up with Alonso with a devastating time, overtake Sainz, and finally surpass Vettel and O'Conon in the same way, and start chasing his teammate Qin Miao.

But what everyone didn't expect was that this game had achieved the golden body of another defensive master.

On lap 55, Hamilton and Alonso began a grappling.

But as soon as they met, Hamilton sensed that something was wrong.

Alonso was always able to neutralise Hamilton's attacks from key positions at the Hungaroring circuit.

Even though Hamilton often relied on his tyre advantage to pull his head in corners where it was unlikely or difficult to overtake, Alonso at this time could always push Hamilton a little bit on the inside and outside.

But it was this push that just blocked Hamilton's best exit route.

Normally, Hamilton can go out of a corner at full throttle, but it was because of Alonso's push.

If Hamilton doesn't want to crash or go off the track, he'll have to let go of the gas pedal or put a little bit of brake.

And not just once or twice, from the moment Alonso and Hamilton got tangled, Alonso was always able to defend Hamilton's attacking line with this kind of defensive action that was not big, but enough lethal and crucial.

Amid everyone's gaze and cheers, from laps 55 to laps 65, Alonso locked Hamilton for 10 laps.

For Hamilton, the 10 laps were a real stretch of time, and for Hamilton's crew and Toto, who were in management, it was also a decade.

Each time an attack failed, Alonso used a variety of tricks to block the best exit route, squeeze off the track and force the brakes.

Hamilton would have been whining in his own team, TR.

What: "Alonso is driving around!" ”

"His driving behavior is too dangerous!"

"Alonso closed my door on the track and he fouled!"

"It's too dangerous to squeeze my route at this speed!"

"Is there more motivation?"

"He shouldn't have defended me like that!"

……

In the face of Hamilton's complaints, the team could not say to Mercedes' decorated seven-time champion: "Shut the f**k up, drive your car." "Right?

So in the face of Hamilton's complaints, the team can only coax.

But Hamilton couldn't overtake Alonso's negative energy, which was passed on to his track engineers and Toto.

It's just that at this time, everyone didn't notice that there was anything wrong, after all, from their point of view, Hamilton couldn't surpass their opponents, and they were also in a hurry

But for one thing, Hamilton did complain a little too often, with Alonso blocking ten laps and Hamilton complaining at least 14 times in the team's TR.

Compared with Hamilton, Qin Miao may not be able to take the initiative to talk to his track engineer for more than ten words in this race, but he looks a little clear-eyed.

……

And when the audience didn't notice, the gap between Qin Miao and Aokang by more than ten seconds was rapidly narrowing, and even Mick, who was originally trapped by Qin Miao, even overtook Qin Miao again.

When the audience noticed Qin Miao again, the gap between Qin Miao and Aokang in the rear was only 1.3 seconds.

The smart friends must have guessed the reason, Mei Ben gave Qin Miao an order, but this was not to let Qin Miao give Hamilton a championship or anything, but to let Qin Miao help Hamilton suppress the speed of Ocon and Vettel.

The champion of this game is already in Qin Miao's bag, and there is nothing to doubt about this.

However, Mercedes' men found that Hamilton and Alonso were locked in a battle and could not overtake each other in a short period of time, and at this time, O'Com and Vettel were quickly closing the gap between them and Sainz.

If that gap widens, even if Hamilton ends up surpassing Alonso and Sainz, he will end up with a fourth.

Mei Ben felt that Qin Miao was just running a long distance boringly at this time anyway, and considering Qin Miao's defensive ability, the team wanted him to help suppress Aokang and Vettel.

The team didn't ask Qin Miao to press too hard, at least after Hamilton overtook Alonso and Sainz, there was a chance to compete for the podium.

However, there is no need for the team to remind Qin Miao that it is impossible for Qin Miao to risk losing his championship to help Hamilton press the car, so Qin Miao's pressure on the car is not too large.

On Hamilton's side, when he surpassed Alonso, he did not rely on his own offensive tactics and skills, but on Alonso's mistakes.

Of course, there is also Hamilton's constant pressure on Alonso for so many laps.

It was the 65th lap, Alonso T1 out of the corner because he had been observing Hamilton's position in the rearview mirror, which eventually caused him to miss the braking point, and when braking, he stepped a little harder, and the right front wheel was locked, causing him to make a mistake T1's exit line went wide.

There are also some reasons why tires wear too much.

After all, in the last few laps, Alonso also knew that he had no advantage in speed, so in the last few laps he didn't follow the normal line at all, and he was on the defensive line at every corner.

This way of routing is very taxing on the tires of the car.

However, with the ability to defend Hamilton's set of 10 laps on a set of three neutral tyres on old hard tyres, Alonso's defensive ability has been recognised by everyone.

Even many people have begun to look over the video of Qin Miao's defense against Verstappen in her debut this season.

They want to see who has the better defensive ability, Alonso and Qin Miao, who has the best defensive ability.

Regardless, Hamilton finally crossed the mountain in front of him.

By the time Hamilton overtook Alonso, there was still a three-second gap between Sainz and Sebastian Vettel in front of him.

(End of chapter)