Soon, the race came to lap five.

At this time, the competition had already turned on DRS, and Qin Miao had been charging the batteries that were almost running out after starting for the first few laps.

After lap five, Qin Miao finally caught up with Russell 0.5 seconds behind, and the battery level had reached 70%.

Then came the hunt time.

T16, 17, 18 The three corners Qin Miao stuck to the back of Russell's car, trying not to be pulled away by the other party.

After T18 passed the DRS detection point, Qin Miao was 0.6 seconds away from Russell in front of him at this time.

After that, it comes to T19.

T19 Russell is on the defensive line.

It can be seen that although there is no conflict between Russell and Qin Miao in points, and there is also a significant gap in racing performance between the two, Russell is very interested in defending Qin Miao.

The reason is naturally not difficult to guess.

Now that he had seen Russell take the defensive line, Qin Miao naturally did not rush to attack.

Rather, take the normal route.

Because of this, after the T19, Qin Miao's speed was significantly faster than Russell's.

After T20, Russell once again went on the defensive line, but braked early.

This is obviously trying to get out of the corner side by side with Qin Miao, and after the corner, he relies on his own line right to squeeze Qin Miao out of the track.

There are sausage shoulders and grass outside the T20 out of the corner, and if Qin Miao is really squeezed through, Qin Miao's speed will definitely suffer a great loss.

A bad one may even cause damage to the car, or make a mistake and directly hit the wall and retire.

As for why Qin Miao is so clear?

For a driver who is good at defending, what defensive methods the opponent has when defending himself, what to do, and what are the preconditions and actions of these practices, Qin Miao is clear in his heart.

The offense and defense of the racing industry also pay attention to a touch bypass.

So seeing Russell brake in advance before the braking point, Qin Miao roughly guessed the little Jiujiu in his heart.

Qin Miao still has this bit of self-control, so although he saw that there was a lot of space in front of him, he didn't take advantage of it, but instead widened his corner angle in T20 and walked a cross line with an exaggerated angle.

Seeing Qin Miao's movements, Russell's heart was already half cold.

It's over, cross the line, can't hold it.

Although he was still angry at Qin Miao, he fell from the sky and snatched his driver's seat in the Mercedes-Benz team.

But one thing to say, after this offense and defense, Russell also had to admire Qin Miao's terrifying racing IQ and sense of smell.

When defending Qin Miao, basically all his attempts and struggles were useless, and Russell felt that he was directly seen through by Qin Miao.

After getting out of the T20, even without DRS, Qin Miao's acceleration is faster than Russell's.

Even though both of them are using new engines, and they are both Mercedes engines.

But as a factory team, it is normal for the engine horsepower to be 5 horses more than the engine horsepower of the customer team, right?

In addition, Qin Miao is still walking on the cross line, and the acceleration is earlier than Russell, and it takes longer to accelerate.

And not long after the corner, there is another section of DRS area.

So not surprisingly, Qin Miao had already overtaken Russell before he finished the third time period of lap 5.

At this time, Russell can actually struggle for a while, that is, to hit the left direction, don't give Qin Miao a look.

It's just that these actions are all futile in the current situation, and looking at the Mercedes No. 66 car in the distance, Russell chooses to accept reality.

After surpassing Russell, Qin Miao's position rose one place to twelfth.

The two drivers ahead of him were two drivers from Alfa Romeo, Gio Venaz and Kimi.

Originally, the time gap between Russell and the two of them remained within 2 seconds, but because they needed to defend Qin Miao's attack, by the time Qin Miao caught up, the time gap between Qin Miao and Kimi had already reached 3 seconds.

Of course, this time gap is not too long for Qin Miao.

If necessary, Qin Miao could catch up in two laps, but considering the durability of the tires, Qin Miao still maintained his own rhythm to chase the rider in front of him, and did not rush and slam as he did in qualifying.

On lap seven, Qin Miao chased down Kimi 0.6 seconds behind him.

This time, Qin Miao completed the transcendence in the DRS zone between T11 and T12.

Unlike Russell, when Qin Miao approached, including when he surpassed Kimi, Kimi did not make any defensive moves, which was equivalent to directly letting Qin Miao go.

After surpassing Kimi, Qin Miao was 1.2 seconds ahead of Giovenaz.

In the third timed period of the eighth lap, Qin Miao overtook Giovinaz in the place where Russell passed.

Even surpassing Giovinaz in the same way as Qin Miao surpassed Russell.

Obviously, Giovinaz didn't want to lose the hard-won points, but his resistance was somewhat futile in the face of the sheer disparity in performance and driver quality.

On the eighth lap, Qin Miao completed the overtake of Giovinaz and came to tenth.

In eight laps, he chased from the seventeenth to the tenth, although there were four positions in it that were the wallets that Qin Miao picked up in the initial stage of chaos.

But being able to pick up the wallet, and after picking up the wallet, and being able to continue to play 4 positions, is enough to prove Qin Miao's strength.

After overtaking Giovinaz, the driver in front of Qin Miao became Gasly, and in front of Gasly was Tsunoda.

The two drivers of Little Red Bull were in front of Qin Miao like this.

Thinking of the teams of these two drivers, if nothing else, these two drivers will try their best to block Qin Miao's attack in this race.

Soon, it turned out that Qin Miao's guess was correct.

Because as Qin Miao came behind Gasly, Tsunoda's speed, which was still running his own rhythm two seconds in front of Gasly, slowly decreased.

Although Qin Miao was not the first witness, after discovering that Tsunoda and Gasly were combined, Qin Miao roughly guessed what had just happened.

Marco called Torst, the leader of Little Red Bull.

Then Tost openly asked Tsunoda to slow down in the middle of the convoy TR and provide Gasly with DRS and wake to stop Qin Miao's attack.

Qin Miao, who has learned the DRS train, naturally knows how disgusting the DRS train is.

After falling in, even if it was a Aro who took the lead, it would be very difficult for Qin Miao to overtake the car in front of him.

But the slowdown was much faster than Qin Miao's speed of chasing Gasly in front of him.

Therefore, Qin Miao had just surpassed Gio Venaz, preparing to release all the reserve power in his car without leaving any room for it.

Yuki Tsunoda has appeared in front of Gasly.

Little Red Bull's DRS train has been completed,

Qin Miao: RNM's Little Japan.

Good, good, good.

That's how to play, right?

Qin Miao endured his temperament and followed Gasly in the DRS zone behind him to charge his car for three laps.

After Qin Miao's battery was fully charged, the race had come to the thirteenth lap.

Many drivers who want to pit and make two stops also choose to pit and change tires at this time.

In fact, Tsunoda's side was also preparing to make two stops, but because of Qin Miao's appearance, he could only continue to insist on the track.

Help Verstappen and they suppress Qin Miao.

But Qin Miao definitely wouldn't just be tied up, so after the power was fully charged, Qin Miao directly turned on the qualifying mode of his car.

Under this mode, Qin Miao's car will use up 100% of Qin Miao's reserve power in one lap.

Qin Miao is completely desperate,

It's a pity that there aren't many places to overtake at the Circuit of the Americas other than the DRS zone.

Qin Miao also tried to tap more than once, but because Gasly also had DRS, Qin Miao had to eat double turbulence after tapping, and the speed couldn't get up at all.

Both times the DRS zone fell short before the braking point.

In the end, Qin Miao's attempt ended in failure.

Qin Miao, who was back behind Gasly in the DRS area, was a little confused, so he asked in the TR of the team, "What should I do?" Keep running on the track? ”

You must know that at this time, Tsunoda's tires have been seriously worn, and he originally ran a two-stop tactic, so at the beginning of the game, Tsunoda did not save his soft tires at all, and at this time there was a serious drop in grip, and the speed also went crazy.

Qin Miao watched as the time gap between Tsunoda and Norris in front of him widened from 5 seconds to 8 seconds, and now he was running towards the 10-second gap.

That's really, in the eyes and in the heart.

So Qin Miao sought foreign aid in the team TR.

The team had actually discovered Qin Miao's predicament a long time ago, and the strategy team began to discuss and formulate tactics as soon as possible.

In fact, on the twelfth lap, the team already had a new tactic, but they also saw that Qin Miao had been charging the battery of his car for the past three laps, and they could naturally guess what Qin Miao wanted to do at this time.

After all, the new tactics still had a lot to lose in terms of Qin Miao's speed, so they also hoped that Qin Miao's attack would be successful.

Naturally, they didn't tell Qin Miao that they had a new tactic at the first time, but waited for Qin Miao's attempt to fail before they were ready to inform.

However, what they didn't expect was that Qin Miao spoke before them.

"If you're sure you can't get past Gasly and Tsunoda, we'd recommend a two-stop strategy." Frankie said.

Qin Miao thought about it for a while, they hadn't thought about it at all before the two-stop tactical game began, but now that the situation is now, it's not impossible to stop two.

It's just that the consequence of the temporary change of tactics at this time is that Qin Miao, the driver, has no preparation for the new tactics, and Qin Miao has no count in his heart when he will enter the pit, and he has to rely on the team to remind him.

However, now Qin Miao has no better choice.

Looking at the two little red bulls driving the train in front of him, Qin Miao finally chose to trust the judgment of the team's strategy group.

"Okay, two stops, when am I going to make a pit stop?"

"Next lap."

“ Copy。”

After deciding on the new tactics, Qin Miao began to charge again.

There is no way, in the current situation, all Qin Miao can do is to charge his car.

On the fourteenth lap, Qin Miao chose to pit for a tire change.

I drove into the pit lane and put on the white tires, and the tire change time was 2.4 seconds, which is not bad.

After coming out, it fell behind the fourteenth, Mick.

And at this time, the time gap between Qin Miao and Mick in front of him was only 3 seconds, and there was not much clean air in front of Qin Miao.

But it's better to be behind Mick for three seconds than to be trapped in Red Bull's DRS train.

"Ok, Qin Miao, this lap of yours is very important, and the drivers of Little Red Bull may also pit on the next lap, so use your full speed."

"Okay."

After answering, Qin Miao began to push forward with all his might.

Although 3 seconds is not a long time, it is more or less a clean air.

And on the fifteenth lap, Yuki Tsunoda really made a pit stop.

However, the technician of Little Red Bull raised Qin Miao's hand, and the time for Tsunoda to change the tire was 3.4 seconds, and the bolt on the right rear wheel was not removed at the first time.

Therefore, when Tsunoda returned to the track, he was a little confused and found himself behind Qin Miao.

Originally, there was a Gasly between himself and Qin Miao, and once he made a pit stop, he went directly behind Qin Miao.

Ether-kun's character, at this time, he was naturally furious in the team TR.

However, if you release all the words that Taejun said in the team TR, then basically you can't hear any sound, and all you hear in your ears is the silenced bibi sound.

At this point, Little Red Bull's DRS train can be regarded as breaking Meiben's pit stop this time.

In fact, if Qin Miao didn't pit stop, Tsunoda Yuyi's tires wouldn't be able to hold up after two more laps.

But at that time, Little Red Bull also completed its task.

The game continued, and Qin Miao began a rapid pursuit again.

Not long after Tsunoda came out, Qin Miao overtook Mick in front of him and came behind Stroll.

This is also the time when the other drivers pit, and the position on the field is constantly changing.

At this point, only two Aston Martin drivers did not make a pit stop.

In front of Qin Miao were two Aston Martin drivers.

On the seventeenth lap, Qin Miao overtook Stroll, whose grip on the tires in front of him had dropped significantly.

There is nothing to say about this overtaking, not even in the DRS area, but at the corner of T11, Qin Miao grabbed the inside line with a late brake.

After Qin Miao overtook Stroll, he was about to recharge his car while chasing Vettel in front of him.

But on lap 18, Vettel made a pit stop for a tyre change.

Qin Miao's ranking came to eighth.

Qin Miao can be regarded as returning to where he should be.

The rider who appeared in front of Qin Miao at this time was Norris, and the riders in front of Norris were Sainz, Ricciardo, Leclerc, Perez Verstappen, and Hamilton.

The simple mode of this game was cleared by Qin Miao with eighteen laps, and there are thirty-eight laps of competition to follow.

And these thirty-eight laps of the game will be switched to hard mode in Qin Miao's eyes.

However, Qin Miao not only did not have any nervousness, but was a little excited.

It's a cool feeling that a driver of equal strength is fighting wheel to wheel on the track and finally beating the other side. (End of chapter)