However, because everyone was not pulled away too much, Hamilton finally found an opportunity to make a move on Norris on lap four.

But you know, the overtaking difficulty of the Monza circuit is also very high, after all, it is a high-speed track, there are many corners, and it is still difficult to follow the car this season.

So although Hamilton officially started to make a move on Norris, the two, like Verstappen and Qin Miao in front, could only try to brake late at the two corners of T1 and T2 to see if they could overtake each other.

And it was also from this lap that Verstappen didn't continue to attack Qin Miao, he just followed Qin Miao in the DRS area behind Qin Miao to put pressure on Qin Miao, and at the same time began to ask the team for help.

But despite this, Qin Miao didn't panic at all, after all, the DRS of the Monza track was the lowest among all the tracks in the whole season.

After all, the rear wing used by everyone is very straight, and even if DRS is turned on, the drag reduction effect of DRS is very weak.

"I can't get close to him." Verstappen said this to the team in the TR of the team.

"Qin Miao is deliberately protecting the tires, and we can only wait for the pit stop."

……

Lap 9.

Verstappen, who could barely follow Qin Miao in the DRS area, also slowed down his speed after hearing the team's reminder.

It's a good account.

If he had been following Qin Miao, the speed advantage provided by DRS to Verstappen would not have been enough to compensate for the loss of speed caused by Qin Miao's racing turbulence when he was following Qin Miao.

If it was yesterday's short-term sprint race, Verstappen would definitely stick to Qin Miao and constantly put pressure on him.

Looking forward to Qin Miao's mistakes under the pressure he kept giving.

But today it was a 300-kilometer race.

Qin Miao happens to be good at defense and tire protection, and Verstappen's method is a bit of a trick in front of Qin Miao.

So at this time, there was only one choice in front of Verstappen, and that was to play pit stop tire change with Qin Miao.

Try to see if you can surpass Qin Miao at the team level.

And after Qin Miao found that Verstappen behind him no longer put pressure on him, he didn't suppress his speed anymore, and began to run long distances in a tire-preserving way.

As a result, on lap 12, the distance between the drivers behind was gradually widened.

The time gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen remained around 2.5 seconds.

Ricciardo, who was third, had been thrown off by Verstappen for 4 seconds.

And at the same time, Hamilton flashed the butcher's knife at Norris in front of him.

However, due to the difference in tyres between the two, all Hamilton could do was get close to Norris in the DRS zone, but before entering the braking point, Hamilton seemed to be a little lacking in tail speed and couldn't pull his head at all.

On lap 15, the time gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen came to 4 seconds.

It's not that Verstappen doesn't want to stay in the position that has always been a threat to Qin Miao, it's mainly that Verstappen's soft tires have also begun to fail.

Qin Miao's soft tires still have speed, and the lap time has always been very good, basically floating around 0.2 seconds.

On lap 19, Leclerc, who had been chasing by Pérez all the time, blew the horn for the pit stop first.

Although Ferrari is a circus, even a circus show cannot be arranged too closely, and the audience will be aesthetically fatigued if they watch too much, especially in Ferrari's home stadium.

It was outrageous for a Sainz to be sent out due to traffic problems in the qualifying stage, and if there was another problem in the tire change stage of the race, it would be a bit too cruel for the Tiefu Temple on the spot.

After the pit stop, Leclerc switched to medium tyres.

With a time of 2.6 seconds, it's a decent score for Ferrari.

Ahead, although Red Bull did not speak to Verstappen, when Verstappen passed through the Red Bull Racing command stand, Verstappen saw a sign stretching out from the team.

At this time, Verstappen already had a plan in his heart.

Although Qin Miao's tire protection ability is against the sky, according to the calculations of Red Bull Racing, Qin Miao's soft tire speed is no longer as fast as the new neutral tire.

Red Bull also saw that although Verstappen was faster than Qin Miao, it was also difficult to overtake Qin Miao in front of him on the Monza track.

So on lap 21, Verstappen, who had been stretched to 4.6 seconds, used up all the last bit of grip on his soft tyres, and was ready to get closer to Qin Miao in the final stage, so that he could go under cut Qin Miao later.

On lap 22, Verstappen pitted.

Verstappen pitted for new medium tyres.

Red Bull Racing, on the other hand, didn't drop the chain and staged an absolutely textbook tyre change with a tyre change time of 2.09 seconds.

After the Red Bull pit stop, Qin Miao's TR heard Franky's voice: "Qin Miao, Verstappen has pitted, now start to accelerate, and we will also pit this lap." ”

Mei Ben's idea here is very simple, anyway, Qin Miao has already run out of a 4-second time advantage in front of him, and they have a very sufficient margin for error, so they don't need to worry about Red Bull's under cut tactics against Qin Miao at all.

Now that Verstappen has pitted, Qin Miao only needs to pit with Red Bull's tactics.

It doesn't even matter if it's a little slower when it comes to pit stops to change tires.

So on lap 23, Qin Miao entered the pit lane.

At this time, the director also switched to the tire changer of the Mercedes team, and he could clearly see that the tires they were holding were yellow neutral tires.

After the people on Red Bull's side saw Qin Miao's pit stop and Mei Ben's tire selection for Qin Miao, the back molars were about to be crushed.

Why is it so ruthless? Is it true that there is no chance at all?

Then to the delight of all the Red Bull staff, a scene of disbelief for Mercedes fans appeared.

After Qin Miao parked his car at the position of changing the tire, Qin Miao's car was jacked up for the first time, and everyone quickly removed the tires on the racing car.

However, the right front wheel tire changer of Qin Miao's racing car was an exception, and he did not remove the right front wheel of Qin Miao's racing car in the first place.

The reason was that there was a problem with the wind gunner who removed the bolts, and he failed to remove the bolts on the left front wheel of Qin Miao's racing car in the first place.

It wasn't until he replaced a wind cannon that he removed Qin Miao's bolt.

After the bolts were removed, the tires were also removed, and then the new neutral tires were installed, and Qin Miao's racing car was put down.

After landing, Qin Miao hurriedly drove out of the parking position, trying to regain a little lost time.

However, the 8.1 seconds displayed at the bottom right of the broadcast screen deeply stung the eyes of all Mei Ben and Qin Miao fans.

After Qin Miao's car drove away, the air gunner on the left front wheel picked up the broken air cannon again with some wonder and began to inspect it.

Seriously, after discovering that her left front tire had not been removed for the first time, Qin Miao's mind was stunned at that moment, and then she was in a hurry, eager to jump out of the car and kick the wind gunner, and she was in a hurry to change the tire herself.

But now that things have happened, Qin Miao is useless no matter how anxious he is, so he can only calm down and drive the car out of the pit area and continue to race.

Even Qin Miao can't be in a hurry in the pit lane, because according to the rules of the FIA, if the pit area is purple in the course of the game, it is very likely that the 5-second penalty will be raised.

On the other side of the five-star sports, the three commentators were also full of disbelief after seeing this scene.

"What's going on?"

"This is Meiben, will Meiben's tire changer also make such a low-level mistake."

"Ahh Qin Miao! What is Mei Ben doing? ”

"Qin Miao's champion! Ah! Why! ”

"Verstappen is gone, maybe Hamilton will be over by this time!"

"8.1 seconds, oh my God."

……

【？？？？？ 】

[What about Mei Ben's gang doing JB? 】

[What a good situation, drop the chain at this time]

[There is a connection, Mei Ben is not intentional, ready to kill Qin Miao]

[Toto is out of class!] 】

[Hi! 】

[Toilet wolf full responsibility]

……

On the Internet, there was also a lot of scolding for Mei Ben's mistake in changing tires.

Many people even conspire theories that this is because Mei Ben deliberately stumbled Qin Miao after he found that Qin Miao's score on the standings was too high.

But in fact, the person who made the mistake in changing the tire this time was actually someone from Qin Miao's car crew.

Although he is not Reyes, he is also a technician who has a good relationship with Qin Miao on weekdays.

Don't say anything, Qin Miao's car crew will also be bought, this possibility is very low, after all, Qin Miao and his car crew are basically in a state of both prosperity and loss.

Moreover, the team will review every tire change mistake after the game, and will definitely find the root cause of the tire change error.

Then it's time to change suppliers to change suppliers, it's time to train and train to avoid this kind of thing from happening again as much as possible.

If it's really artificial, the team will find out from the review.

When the time comes, pull out the radish and bring out the puree, and no one behind the scenes will have good fruit to eat.

By the time Qin Miao came out of the maintenance area, he had already fallen behind Vettel.

After seeing Vettel in front of him, Qin Miao really had a feeling of being a dog.

The perfect start at the beginning of my own stage made the team play like this, and I knew that I would run a few more laps outside, at least I might have missed that node and then this tire change might be fine.

Of course, despite thinking so, Qin Miao on the field quickly collected his emotions and began to devote himself wholeheartedly to the game.

Anyway, his car was fast enough, and although the engine was not new, Qin Miao felt that he still had a good chance to regain his position.

In the following time, the drivers who started on soft tires on the course made pit stops one after another, some of them changed to medium tyres, but most of them were replaced with hard tyres, and they probably wanted to stop and finish directly.

After the driver in front of Qin Miao entered a station, the driver who appeared in front of Qin Miao became Norris.

At this time, the rankings on the field are as follows:

1: Verstappen

2: Ricardo

3: Hamilton

4: Leclerc

5: Norris

6: Qin Miao

7: Pérez

8: Sainz

9: Stroll

10: Alonso

made a mistake in changing tires, and directly killed Qin Miao in five positions.

However, despite being disgusted by the team, Qin Miao chased 0.7 seconds behind Norris in front of him when Hamilton pitted, and began to help the team fill the hole.

On lap 34, when Qin Miao passed T11, he stuck 0.5 seconds behind Norris in front of him.

Then sucked Norris's wake all the way out of the T11.

Although we all know that the wake effect of the Monza track is very weak, the weak wake effect is not without the wake effect, plus the ERS power that Qin Miao has saved for several laps is fully released at this moment.

Qin Miao had already completed the tap on the outside of Norris before coming to the DRS area, and after entering the DRS area, his speed increased slightly, and he began to surpass Norris in front of him at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Norris's exit speed is already the limit of what he can do, but looking at Qin Miao, who has surpassed him from the outside, Norris doesn't have many negative emotions in his heart, but more of a feeling of powerlessness.

Although McLaren also uses the engine of the Mercedes, the Mercedes is still much stronger than the McLaren in terms of aerodynamics, and the downforce of Qin Miao's car tuning settings in this game is particularly low, and the tail speed can be said to be the fastest in this race.

In the end, Qin Miao completed his overtaking of Norris before coming to the braking point.

After surpassing Norris, Qin Miao's position rose one place to fifth.

The fourth position in front is the fourth Lelao that Qin Miao is very familiar with, Leclerc.

However, because Qin Miao had been attacking Norris in front of him during this time, his speed dropped a little too much, and the time gap between Qin Miao and Leclerc was 6 seconds at this time.

It still takes a few laps to chase Qin Miao before he can get on the wrist with Leclerc.

The team only gave the time gap between Qin Miao and Leclerc in front of him at the first time, and told Qin Miao how many seconds he chased Leclerc every lap, and expected to catch up with him after a few laps.

On lap 41, Qin Miao spent 7 laps chasing Leclerc for 5 seconds, and finally came to the DRS zone behind Leclerc.

At the same time, Hamilton in front of him also began to attack Ricardo in front of him.

It seems that the third position is not enough to satisfy the seven-time champion, and he wants to go to the next level.

Naturally, Ricciardo did his best to defend Hamilton.

But Hamilton had a problem with Verstappen when he faced Qin Miao at this time.

In a situation where the speed difference is not particularly large, against a driver who has his own experience in defense, Ricciardo in particular is most praised for his late braking ability.

Hamilton was embarrassed to find that he also seemed to be trapped in third position by Ricciardo.

Although Hamilton was faster than Ricardo, he just couldn't find a way to overtake Ricardo in front of him.

Always at T1 and T4, the two easiest points to overtake, Ricardo stopped with late braking.

If Hamilton is ready to continue to force his way into the corner with Ricciardo, Ricciardo will rely on his own wire rights to squeeze Hamilton directly out of the track.

After all, before the start of this race, the race officer used the collision between Qin Miao and Verstappen last week to talk about the seriousness of the incident in front of all the drivers.

So everyone is more restrained in this regard.

Elsewhere in the corners, Hamilton couldn't get close to Ricciardo in front of him.

As a result, Hamilton's attacks on Ricardo in front of him on several occasions were to no avail.

On lap 48, Qin Miao, who had followed Leclerc for 7 laps, also encountered the same anxious problems as his teammate Hamilton.

Although Leclerc giggles with Qin Miao in private, he is often scolded by Qin Miao in a wide-body state on the simulator, and sometimes he is in a hurry and even directly develops into an offline brawl.

can be defended by Qin Miao for such a long time, no matter how stupid a person is, he will grow a little, not to mention that Leclerc is one of the geniuses in the racing industry.

So Qin Miao actually fell into the same predicament as his teammate Hamilton for a while.

However, unlike Hamilton, Leclerc didn't close the door too hard, leaving a little space for Qin Miao.

When defending, he didn't squeeze Qin Miao out of the track.

And Qin Miao saw that he couldn't do anything, and he didn't hand over the button of the nuclear weapon to the driver of the bucket car with him like Verstappen.

Although the two of them started fighting from time to time, both of them had a sense of proportion.

But as time went on, both of them began to get anxious.

Qin Miao was puzzled, why did you Leclerc run for so long and still have tire grip.

And Leclerc is in a hurry, why are you going to chase until the end, my tires are almost out of place, can't you let me take a breath?

……

On the other side, the two drivers on Meben's side were blocked, while Verstappen in front was happy.

The person who benefited the most from this mistake was Verstappen.

Without Qin Miao's obstruction in front, not to mention, the two drivers of Meiben were also blocked by other drivers.

Now Verstappen's mentality is a bit like Qin Miao's mood when he won the lottery.

On lap 52, just when everyone thought that the race might end in their current position, there was another accident on the field.

The durability of Qin Miao's tires has always been a mystery, and Leclerc didn't care much about this.

I'm familiar with Qin Miao, but I don't feel how good his tires are?

But after today, Leclerc completely changed his mind.

Qin Miao turned on the ERS of his car after the T10 on lap 52 and began to release it in full force.

In the face of Qin Miao's sudden cold arrow, Leclerc, who had already been in a hurry for a long time, was naturally helpless, and could only watch Qin Miao overtake himself before the braking point of T1 arrived.

This is completely a crushing speed, in addition to watching Qin Miao run farther and farther, Leclerc can only complain in the team TR: "Why does Qin Miao run for so long on neutral tires and still have such a fast speed?" ”

Ferrari had no choice but to tell Leclerc: "Keep focused, the race isn't over yet." ”

Leclerc ......

My name as the fourth child is gone, how do you keep me focused?

On lap 53, this game, which was a pity for Qin Miao, finally came to an end in Verstappen's line.

Not counting the state of Spa Circuit, Qin Miao's three-game winning streak was also ended, and this was the tenth race of the season in which Hamilton did not finish on the championship podium.

Although Hamilton is still second in the table after this game, it is true that recent games have not been smooth for the seven-time champions.

When the car was parked in the vehicle inspection area at the end of the race, Qin Miao was still a little bored, after all, if there was no accident, although Qin Miao was not 100% confident that he would definitely be able to win the championship, at least one podium Qin Miao still had a chance to get it.

But now, he has only finished fourth, and he is only one step away from the podium, but this step is like a moat.

Maybe when he was in the car, Qin Miao thought that his podium was gone because of the mistake of the team staff, and he would hold back the fire in his heart.

But after getting out of the car, after calming down for a while, the adrenaline level in Qin Miao's body went down, and Qin Miao's brain calmed down.

After calming down, Qin Miao was also able to be considerate of the staff of the team.

After all, everyone is an ordinary person, and everyone has a time when they make mistakes.

No one can guarantee that they will not make any mistakes in their work and life, so try to avoid them next time.

And his losses are not particularly large, and he still maintains a leading position in the standings.

However, when Qin Miao finished weighing after the game and went to accept the post-game interview, many reporters in charge of the post-game interview wanted to interview Qin Miao.

Because of Qin Miao's mistake in the pit stop, the reporters prepared a lot of questions to ask Qin Miao.

And Qin Miao's press officer didn't pay attention to other people, and found a reporter who had a good relationship with Mei Ben and wouldn't ask Qin Miao some reporters who would provoke Qin Miao's relationship with the team, and then Qin Miao started his post-race interview.

However, because of the relationship between this reporter and Mei Ben, and Qin Miao's topicality in this game is basically focused on the mistake of changing tires during the pit stop.

So the post-game questions are basically nothing to look at, just some routine questions.

After completing the post-match interview, Qin Miao's work today is over.

However, when he returned to the team's P room to pack his things and prepare to take Qiu Meng away, Reyes still found Qin Miao.

Qin Miao knew what Reyes wanted to say to herself, and at this time, Qin Miao had already seen the team's mistake, so she patted Reyes on the shoulder and comforted the other party and said, "Reyes, I know, there are definitely times when you make mistakes, so I don't blame you, this matter is over, don't take it to heart." ”

"I know, but I still want to say sorry to you, after all, we lost a chance to win the championship because of a mistake in our work.

But I promise that this kind of thing will only happen this once, and we will be more meticulous and serious in our work in the future. Although Reyes said this, Qin Miao could still see a certain amount of guilt in his expression.

Qin Miao was really helpless about such a scene sometimes.

Obviously, I really don't care about what just happened, just like what I just said, I don't have a wrong mouth.

But the other party just feels that you are holding on, and they are still angry, and they want to make up for you. (End of chapter)