The moment the five red lights went out, Qin Miao slammed on the accelerator of his racing car.

The other cars also started with a catapult the first time.

Qin Miao's starting speed was a little slower than Hamilton's, and after the speed came up, it was obvious that Qin Miao was pulled away by Hamilton.

At the same time, the head brother behind Qin Miao's left started very fast, and soon came to a position side by side with Qin Miao after starting.

And all the way to the T1 false corner, the head brother relied on himself to take the outside line to lose less traction, in Qin Miao's outside line slightly more than Qin Miao's body half of the body, and with the acceleration, this gap was stretched wider and wider.

After the false turn of T1, all the cars were squeezed into T2 for the first time.

At this time, Qin Miao, who was on the inner line, took advantage of a little bit, and the head brother who had already overtaken Qin Miao's side and had passed almost half of the body had no advantage under Qin Miao's late braking operation, and entered the center of T2 with Qin Miao wheel-to-wheel.

In fact, Brother Tou's absolute speed was faster than Qin Miao by that perfect start, but because Brother Tou was still blocked by Hamilton and Ricciardo in front of him, in order to prevent him from colliding, Brother Tou also loosened the throttle a little, so he didn't directly overtake Qin Miao.

When he cut the T2, the head brother was attached to the right side of Qin Miao's car, and he did not put excessive pressure on Qin Miao, and the T2 in Sochi was still relatively wide.

So despite the close proximity between the two, there was no collision.

After getting out of T2, Qin Miao was still in a state of wheel-to-wheel with his brother.

Next up is T3.

T3 is a long left turn, and although it is a long corner, it is also a false corner, and you can go full throttle all the way to the brake point after entering the corner.

And Qin Miao's engine power is obviously stronger than that of Alonso on the inside.

So after coming to this long bend, Qin Miao began to gradually surpass Alonso beside him.

All the way to the T4 at full throttle.

Another late brake, this time Qin Miao completely overtook Alonso before entering the corner and kept his position.

However, the chaos on the field did not improve until the end of the first lap.

After the start, Sainz, who was second, overtook Norris who was first, and Russell retained his starting position.

Ricciardo overtook Hamilton to move into fourth.

Naturally, the person who appeared in front of Qin Miao changed from Ricardo to his teammate Hamilton.

Qin Miao was followed by Alonso, Pérez, Stroll and Ocon.

At the start, the most impressive driver was actually Leclerc, who started at the end of the team.

He went straight from 19th to 13th on the grid, a full 6 places up, which can be called a rebellion.

As for Sainz overtaking Norris in front of him, it was all because the pole start was too disadvantageous.

The Sochi track runs from the start to the brake point of T2, with a kilometer-long straight that does not require slowing down.

Although Sainz's start was not as good as Norris, or even as good as Russell, Sainz after the start sucked up the wake of Norris in front of him and overtook before the braking point of T2.

At that time, Norris focused most of his attention on blocking Hamilton, and didn't pay much attention to Sainz behind him, so Sainz stole the chicken.

Despite the confusion, the good news was that there were no accidents at the start, just a few riders ran into the T2 escape zone and everyone completed the first lap in full.

From the second lap onwards, everyone started driving the car normally.

At the beginning of the race, everyone didn't find a good opportunity to start playing against the car in front.

What made Qin Miao and Hamilton a little anxious was that as the game progressed, Russell's speed gradually couldn't keep up with Sainz and Norris in front.

By lap four, the gap between Russell and Norris in front of him was 5.9 seconds.

Russell, on the other hand, was not as fast as the rear group riders, so on the third lap after the start, he had a DRS trail behind him.

The unlucky ones in this DRS small high-speed rail are: Ricardo, Hamilton, Qin Miao and Alonso.

And as time went on, Pérez gradually caught up.

Although Qin Miao boasted of his strong offensive ability and the strength of Meiben Racing, but when he was trapped in the DRS train, Rao is Qin Miao couldn't find too good overtaking opportunities.

Hamilton in front of Qin Miao also encountered the same situation as Qin Miao.

By lap 7, the DRS train behind had turned into six cars, and the gap between Russell and Norris in front of him had reached 8 seconds.

And if you continue to run according to this position, the second and third groups will be connected together on the track.

At this time, Qin Miao, who was protecting the tire like his teammate Hamilton, was a little bored.

Because Russell was in front of him, Ricciardo couldn't find too good a chance to overtake Russell.

What Qin Miao could see at this time was the immutable butt of McLaren Racing.

At this time, Qin Miao, who was a little bored, began to think, if he entered the pit stop now and changed to white tires directly, would there be room for operation?

After thinking of this, Qin Miao subconsciously glanced at the rearview mirror.

The row in the rearview mirror is basically full of cars, if you choose to pit at this time, Qin Miao will indeed be able to do lap times during the window period after Qin Miao comes out.

But this window period should not be too big, and it should be a loss to pit stop at this time, so let's wait for the team to give me advice.

On lap 10, Norris finally caught up in the DRS zone behind Sainz in front of him.

It is worth mentioning that the time gap between Russell and Norris was already 8 seconds, but it quickly narrowed to 7 seconds after the two began to grangle.

In fact, according to the commentators, the most correct thing for Sainz and Norris in front at this time is to take advantage of Russell behind them to help them block Qin Miao and Hamilton, who are drivers who threaten their position.

The two men don't attack each other, don't put pressure on each other, and try to distance themselves from the riders behind them as much as possible.

Wait until the gap between them and the riders behind them is significant enough before starting the race for the title.

It's a pity that judging by Norris's movements, he doesn't want to wait, and it's possible that he thinks 8 seconds is enough.

At the same time, Verstappen, who started from the back of the team, had already chased to thirteenth at this time.

He caught the gap between Leclerc and Leclerc's old teammate Vettel and overtook Leclerc.

Qin Miao, who also started from the end of the team, knew that these riders behind him were still relatively easy to surpass, but as time went by, the higher the ranking, the more difficult it was to surpass them.

On lap 12, there was a slight change in the DRS train, which was originally stable.

Pérez at the rear overtook Alonso in front of him.

And as time went on, Alonso gradually began to lose track of the DRS train ahead of him.

So the DRS train, which had already been with 6 people, had 5 people on lap 12.

And Qin Miao, who was very bored, entered a state of integration of people and vehicles while keeping the tires, and Qin Miao's driving instinct took over half of the control of the car.

Strictly speaking, Qin Miao's current state is a bit like fishing at work.

On lap 13, Norris finally overtook Sainz in front of him.

The main thing to rely on is DRS and a full release of ERS.

The overtaking location is the DRS zone between T10 and T13.

There is nothing to say about this overtaking, a standard outside overtaking completed by DRS, Sainz has nothing to do about it.

Although I still hope that Qin Miao can have a chance to continue to win the championship in this game, but at this time, Norris has such a big advantage here, and Brother Bing, who is not too big to watch the excitement, still said with a smile:

"Norris! Finally overtaking Sainz, and if Norris continues to run in his current form, he is really going to win the championship! ”

"Norris has a good chance of making history of his own in this race, and Norris's first career Pole to win is today!" Fei Ge also nodded in agreement.

And Zhou Haoran glanced at the weather cloud map in Sochi, Russia at this time, and there were no rain clouds drifting over.

On lap 14, Russell finally blew the horn for a pit stop to change tires.

After the pit stop, Russell changed yellow to white and came out straight behind Gasly.

Without Russell's blocking in front of Ricardo, Ricardo's speed hasn't changed much, and even because of the lack of DRS, Ricardo's speed is a little slower.

Originally, Qin Miao was excited for a while after seeing Russell enter the station, and finally got rid of this DRS train, but unfortunately it turned out that the DRS train should be opened or had to be opened, but the difference was that it was a locomotive.

On lap 15, Sainz, who had been overtaken by Norris, also made a pit stop to change his tyres.

Originally, Sainz's speed was not as fast as Norris, and after being overtaken, he was quickly pulled away by Norris, so at this time, it was also a correct choice to pit and change tires.

After Sainz came out, he was naturally ahead of Russell.

Qin Miao was also asked by the team during this time whether she wanted to pit and change tires.

And Hamilton in front of Qin Miao still maintained his own rhythm, Qin Miao tried twice, but there was no way to pose any threat to Hamilton's position.

Even when Qin Miao was charging his battery, Perez behind him would put pressure on Qin Miao.

After thinking about it, Qin Miao still chose to pit and change to hard tires on lap 17.

In fact, Qin Miao's neutral tires are still very fast, but Qin Miao is trapped in the DRS train, and Qin Miao's tire advantages can't be brought into play at all.

Even because the team prepared two more laps of fuel for Qin Miao to sprint, but now the margin of fuel in these two laps has not only not become Qin Miao's confidence, but has become Qin Miao's burden.

So at this time, Qin Miao felt that it was a little unnecessary to continue to be trapped here, and he should actively seek change.

The team also took into account Qin Miao's ability to protect tires, so someone in the strategy group proposed to change Qin Miao to soft tires.

But this suggestion was not adopted in the end, after all, there were still 33 laps before the end of the race, even if it was known that it would rain at the end of the race, the rain would not be too big, even if the rain was so heavy that it was necessary to pit for a tire change, Qin Miao's soft tires would not last so long.

Therefore, changing the hard tires at this time is Qin Miao's best choice at present.

After changing the hard tires in 2.4 seconds, Qin Miao just fell 1 second in front of Russell.

Everyone knows that no matter how strong the performance of the car coming out of the pit is, the tires at this time do not reach the right operating temperature.

The exit from the pit lane at the Sochi circuit is in the middle and rear of the Grand Straight.

So although Qin Miao had a one-second advantage over Russell, Qin Miao's position was still taken by Russell.

At that time, Russell saw that after Qin Miao came out of the maintenance area, he did not rely on his speed to directly overtake Qin Miao from the outside, but came behind Qin Miao and took a breath of wake before overtaking Qin Miao from the outside.

After Russell sucked Qin Miao's wake, Qin Miao, who was not as fast as Russell, was naturally surpassed by Russell before the braking point of T2.

But Qin Miao was not pulled away.

After getting out of T2, he followed Russell 1.5 seconds behind him.

After following Russell for a lap, Qin Miao's tire temperature also went up, and the natural speed also went up.

Moreover, Qin Miao and Russell both use hard tires, Qin Miao's hard tires have only run one lap just now, and naturally, Qin Miao's tire grip is slightly stronger than Russell's.

On lap 21, Qin Miao was still in the same position, and during the time she was out of T1, she sucked Russell's big mouthful of wake, plus the blessing of DRS.

Although when Qin Miao was preparing to take the inside line, Russell was also the first to change the line to the inside line, ready to compress Qin Miao's offensive line.

Qin Miao had no way to hide, and could only change the line in the same direction as Russell, and Qin Miao was directly pushed to the edge of the track by Russell.

But Qin Miao's speed was still too fast, and after coming to the edge of the track, he didn't avoid Russell.

And Russell also knew the rules, although he was a little unwilling, but he didn't squeeze Qin Miao directly to the wall.

In the end, it was the same way Russell overtook Qin Miao, Qin Miao completed the overtaking of Russell before the braking point of T2.

It is worth mentioning that because the drivers have made pit stops one after another, Verstappen has moved up to fifth place at this time.

And Verstappen still uses hard tyres, which means that Verstappen still has a lot of tyre margin at this time, and he can definitely run longer.

Now it's about stability and speed over long distances.

At this time, Hamilton's speed was still improving, and Hamilton set his fastest lap on the track with a set of 23 laps of medium tyres.

There was no car in front of Hamilton at this point, and Norris, who was in first place, was 12 seconds away from Hamilton, which was pressed out by Ricardo's small train.

In other words, Hamilton can run his most comfortable pace without any burden.

(End of chapter)