The rain on the track after the restart of the race was gradually getting lighter, but the rain showed no signs of stopping.

There was still a lot of water on the track, and even if Melander drove the AMG GT around the track before the race started, it wouldn't help.

The two Mercedes riders went out on semi-wet tyres.

At the beginning of Q3, all the drivers were going all out, and basically all the drivers who could advance to Q3 took out their full strength.

Qin Miao also pushed to the limit.

However, since the last qualifying match suffered a loss, Qin Miao's Q1 and Q2 in this game are all going all out to run lap times, although they also hide a little something, but they are not as ruthless as before, as long as they can advance to the next round.

It is worth mentioning that the team still let Qin Miao run behind Hamilton in the flight circle.

After all, Qin Miao's ability to fight in the rain is relatively weak, let Qin Miao run the track that Hamilton has run, when Qin Miao runs, the water on the track will be slightly less than Hamilton.

Qin Miao's speed could also be slightly faster.

Finally, after the first flight lap of Q3 was completed, Qin Miao's lap time came to 2:01.901.

Barely in the middle of the line 0.4 seconds behind Hamilton.

And after Verstappen crossed the line, his ranking in the first time period was still behind Qin Miao.

Qin Miao knew through the team TR that Verstappen was actually lined up behind him, and he was a little happy at first, it seems that you Verstappen is just like that.

But soon Qin Miao had a very strong premonition in his heart, Verstappen was pretending!

He definitely didn't take out all his strength.

It's so annoying, and I don't know where I learned a bad habit!

However, everyone knows that the current result is not the final result of the drivers, because as the 10 drivers continue to drive on the track, the track will get better and better.

So the later you get to the end of the race, the better the results the drivers can show.

Therefore, Qin Miao and Hamilton, the two Mercedes drivers, did not choose to pit after running their first flight lap, but chose to continue to stay on the track, recharge their batteries, and wait for the last lap of the track conditions to reach the best before rushing again.

With 50 seconds left in Q3 and six seconds between Hamilton and Qin Miao, the two Mercedes drivers started their final lap of Q3 at Spa.

At this time, the fuel in Qin Miao's car was only enough for him to run one lap, and after running, he had to adjust the engine mode of the car to the fuel-saving mode and slowly drive the car back.

To everyone's surprise, Russell, who was the first to start the last flight lap of Q3, crossed the line and unexpectedly did well, and actually came to the first place, with a score of 2:00.086.

Russell was also the fastest rider in the first and second time periods.

Qin Miao was 0.19 seconds slower than him in the first time period.

By the time Hamilton crossed the line, he was behind Russell, 0.013 seconds slower than Russell.

The next to cross the line was Qin Miao, who was temporarily in third, 0.1 seconds slower than Hamilton and naturally slower than Russell.

Soon after Qin Miao crossed the line, Pérez and Verstappen also crossed the line.

Pérez's speed was relatively slow, probably because of a mistake or something else, although he came to rank fourth behind Qin Miao after crossing the line, his score was more than two seconds slower than Qin Miao.

His team-mate Verstappen crossed the line with a time of 1:59.765.

It's even faster than Russell.

The point is that no one thought that Verstappen could be so fast before he crossed the line, after all, in the flight circle of Q1Q2Q3, Verstappen's speed generally hovered around three or four.

Like Mercedes at the start of the season, Verstappen on the Red Bull side is starting to hide things.

Just when everyone was amazed by Russell's brilliant performance, Verstappen gave everyone a big surprise in the cold.

At this point, there were only three riders who had not crossed the finish line – Gasly, Ocon and Ricciardo, none of whom had been painted purple in the time session.

So as soon as this result came out, Verstappen had already locked up the championship of Spa-Francorchamps qualifying without any suspense.

The standings after the final qualifying round are as follows:

Pole position: Verstappen

2: Russell

3: Hamilton

4: Qin Miao

5: Ricardo

6: Sebastian Vettel

7: Gasly

8: Pérez

9: Ocon

10: Norris

When Verstappen crossed the line, the audience stood up and gave Verstappen a round of applause.

It is worth mentioning that Verstappen was born in Belgium, and his birthplace is only 10 kilometres from Spa-Francorchamps, so it is no problem to say that this is half of Verstappen's home stadium.

So it's no surprise that Verstappen was cheering on him after he crossed the line.

It was also the first pole position since the start of the second half of the season, and it was a strong shot in the arm for the morale of all Red Bull staff.

So when the camera cuts over, you can see all the staff of Red Bull Racing hugging each other and cheering.

Aside from Verstappen, the most surprising person on the track was Russell.

Because no one expected Russell to be in his current position.

You know, he's not driving a Red Bull or Mercedes rover, he's driving a Williams.

It's a rare place to be in this position, and it's the first time in Russell's career that he's got a front-row start.

Although no one doubts that Russell's overtaking statistics will increase significantly after the start of the race tomorrow, being able to appear in this position in qualifying is enough to show Russell's strength.

There is a high chance that it will rain in the race tomorrow, so there will be no DRS on the track, and if Russell continues to be in the same form as he is today, with the fact that it is difficult for all cars to follow this season, he will have a high probability of finishing the race tomorrow.

What the audience didn't know was that Russell was happier and more excited than anyone imagined after winning this qualifying position.

There were rumours in the paddock last season that Russell was about to join Mercedes.

But because of Qin Miao's birth, this rumor was completely broken.

Information from some of the practitioners in the paddock suggests that the fact that Mercedes had intentions towards Russell is true.

The desire to replace Bottas with him is also true.

But later, because Qin Miao had a falling out with Ferrari, Mei Ben came out to intercept Qin Miao, a talented driver.

The final result also proved that Toto's choice to intercept Hu Qinmiao was the right one, because there is one more talented driver in the Mercedes team who can compete with seven-time champion Hamilton in the standings, and the key is that he is still very young, and even he has more points in the standings than Hamilton.

Because of Qin Miao's addition and Qin Miao's strong performance in the team, Russell's position in Mercedes is gone.

Whoever this kind of thing falls on will definitely have resentment in their hearts, and Russell is no exception.

And because he was working in a paddock, Russell could often see Qin Miao on the podium, battling with the other two riders in the standings, and it would be false to say that there really wasn't any emotional turmoil in his heart.

To be honest, Russell was envious.

After all, Qin Miao's position should have been his.

Now Qin Miao was actually defeated by Russell, although this was only in the qualifying round, although Qin Miao's teammate Hamilton was defeated before this, although Qin Miao had no defeat against Russell in the half season before this qualifying match.

But Russell just beat two Mercedes.

So I found that Qin Miao was behind him after the qualifying match. Russell's cheers in the team TR were louder than Verstappen's pole position.

With a feeling of raising his eyebrows, Russell at this moment directly climaxed in his skull.

……

After the qualifying race, Qin Miao drove back to the car inspection area.

Looking at a Mercedes, a Red Bull, a Williams in the distance.

It's not going to be easy to run tomorrow.

With a long sigh, Qin Miao got out of the car.

After getting off the car, Qin Miao naturally started a daily greeting, and Vettel Ricardo, the good old people in the paddock, could always chat with other drivers.

So on the way to weigh after the game, Qin Miao chatted with Vettel all the way.

The topic of conversation between the two was also relatively simple, mainly Qin Miao was asking what happened during the game just now.

Vettel talked to Qin Miao about what he saw when he drove past the wreckage of Norris's car.

In fact, this is the case in the paddock, when Qin Miao met Vettel in 19, Vettel was still a Ferrari driver, and Qin Miao could only observe Vettel's race preparation process from a distance behind the VIP area.

Now that Qin Miao has entered the paddock and has risen rapidly in a short period of time, he can already chat side by side with Vettel.

People can't help but feel that the world is impermanent.

After the weighing was over, Qin Miao came to the post-game interview area again, and with the increase in the number of times, Qin Miao began to gradually get used to being interviewed here.

During the interview, he talked about the problems he encountered in qualifying and the situation that happened on the track, and at the same time cared about Norris in front of the camera, and talked about the contract negotiation between himself and Mercedes Racing Team that was revealed in the paddock.

Now Qin Miao has sufficient experience in the post-game interview, so the questions answered are basically leaky, and they are all popular with the audience.

The interview with Qin Miao in the qualifying stage is over.

In the afternoon, I participated in two more activities, met with the fans on the scene, and then returned to the team to have a team meeting, summarized the problems encountered today and the state of the car, and Qin Miao's work on Saturday was completely over.

After the work, he returned to the hotel with Bobble.

After gaining her own time, Qin Miao looked at Russell's car video of today's qualifying stage, and then looked at Verstappen's.

I simulated it in my mind according to the driving rhythm of the two of them, and found that I couldn't replicate the other person's driving style at all.

The main reason is that everyone's driving habits are different, and after working in the racing industry for so long, the driving style has become an instinct of the drivers, and it is not something that can be changed by looking at other people's race videos.

The difference in qualifying positions on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit and the time gap between Qin Miao and other drivers are determined by the driving style in rainy conditions.

Russell's driving style is suitable for rainy days, and when he runs, there is basically no distraction on the track, and he is naturally faster.

After a brief understanding, Qin Miao rested.

Although the weather in Belgium really made Qin Miao feel a little uncomfortable, she still had to run for the race, so she had to keep her spirits up and fight again tomorrow.

The next day, after Qin Miao got up, she opened the curtains of her hotel room with some expectation.

It's a pity that the scene outside the window is not as cloudless as Qin Miao hoped, and it is still full of dark clouds.

Fortunately, when Qin Miao just got up in the morning, it didn't rain except that the ground was a little wet.

After getting up, washing, and getting dressed, Qin Miao went downstairs.

Barber was already waiting for Qin Miao at the door of the hotel, and after handing Qin Miao an umbrella with the Meiben logo, Qin Miao and Barber went to the paddock together.

It is worth mentioning that when the two went to the track together, the sky had not yet rained, and even the dark clouds in some places began to disperse.

However, when Qin Miao's car entered the paddock from the driver's entrance full of fans, the dark clouds in the sky became dense again, and even raindrops began to float again.

Looking at the raindrops hitting the car glass, Qin Miao sighed helplessly, after all, he couldn't escape.

After returning to the paddock and making some preparations and a series of activities before the race, Qin Miao changed her clothes and sat in her own racing car.

Before the start of the race, Qin Miao and his teammate Hamilton both went to the track and ran two laps, these two laps were mainly to test whether there was any problem after the car was released for a day, and if there was a problem, they could take advantage of the fact that there was still a period of time before the start of the race to make emergency repairs.

At the same time, we will also test the current state of the track, and report any problems to the FIA in time.

After Qin Miao returned to the pit area after two laps and wiped the rain from his helmet, he got off the car.

It's still raining on the track now, and Qin Miao just went out with all-rain tires, but despite this, Qin Miao struggled to run that lap just now.

Basically, every corner has to be corrected to the steering wheel.

And Qin Miao came out of the test this time after his teammate Hamilton.

In the big straight stage, even if there is almost 6 seconds between Qin Miao and Hamilton, the mist brought up by Hamilton's car will affect Qin Miao's vision.

Getting a little closer, Qin Miao's front was white, and the only things that could determine his position were the braking points and shoulders on both sides of the track.

After getting out of the car and taking off his equipment and putting on a coat to protect him from the cold, Qin Miao also came to Toto's side.

"What are the conditions on the track?" Toto looked at the monitor in front of him and asked without replying.

(End of chapter)