And this time Verstappen started unusually.

As soon as the virtual safety car was canceled, Verstappen immediately began to accelerate.

This time it was a little too caught off guard, and Qin Miao didn't even react at the first time.

Therefore, when Qin Miao also began to speed up, he was thrown away by Verstappen in front of him for 1.7 seconds.

Pérez and Hamilton at the rear were also directly pulled away by more than 1.5 seconds.

Lap 17 opened the DRS, and the 0.9-second gap between Pérez and Hamilton turned on the DRS and it became 0.4 seconds after a big straight.

On lap eighteen, again in the same position, Hamilton began to attack in earnest.

Pérez saw Hamilton's terrifying proximity and decided to switch to interior defense.

It's just that Hamilton's speed is too fast, and like Qin Miao, although he is on the outside, Hamilton brakes down late, and the speed and angle of entering the corner are better than Pérez.

Then you can see that Hamilton overtook Pérez from the outside to move into third.

It was only the first time Hamilton had really attacked Pérez, and the first attack was a complete one-time finish, securing Pérez's place comfortably.

After overtaking Pérez, the driver in front of Hamilton was Qin Miao.

Although he had known for a long time that Hamilton would catch up sooner or later in this game, after really seeing this car in his rearview mirror, Qin Miao still had a toothache.

How did Hamilton do it so fast?

What Qin Miao didn't know was that the other drivers had scolded him so much after seeing Qin Miao in the rearview mirror.

After the slander, Qin Miao was a little worried in her heart.

Qin Miao was confident that he could defend Hamilton for a long time after Hamilton came behind him.

But during the time when Hamilton was chasing the driver in front, Qin Miao also knew through Frankie's mouth that Hamilton's lap speed was actually faster than his own.

Now Qin Miao is worried that Hamilton will come behind him, and the team will give him instructions to let him pass Hamilton.

Although Qin Miao also knew that the team's team instruction was the most correct choice at this time, Qin Miao, who knew that he might win the championship this season, did not want to give up his position like this.

However, fortunately, the team did not give him any team instructions as Qin Miao was worried about.

Hamilton, for their part, did not put pressure on the team through the team TR.

On the contrary, after Hamilton came behind Qin Miao, he was a little eager to try.

Aren't you, Qin Miao, known as a genius? Master of defense, god of fetal protection.

Under the name, Hamilton also felt the pressure that Qin Miao brought to him.

And in Hamilton's eyes, there is now an opportunity in front of him to sweep away all this pressure.

That is to defeat his teammate Qin Miao on the field.

The reason is very simple, no matter how strong or talented a teammate is, as long as he defeats him, his strength and genius will become his background board.

Coupled with the fact that the Interlagos circuit in Brazil is relatively easy to overtake, and there is a new internal combustion engine in his car, Hamilton is not worried that Qin Miao's defensive ability will cause trouble to his overtaking.

Hamilton was quite unhappy at this time because he was pressed by Qin Miao and Verstappen in the drivers' standings, and now there is a chance to step on his teammates to prove that he is still in his prime.

On lap 22, Hamilton passed the second DRS zone and moved into the DRS zone behind his team-mate.

Then the two went all the way to T11, and the two of them, who had already run 22 laps of tires, had a clear gap after getting out of T11.

Qin Miao, who was running in front, was obviously faster than Hamilton in the corner.

But it didn't work to get out of the corner quickly, because as time went by, after coming to the straight, Hamilton took advantage of Qin Miao's wake to gradually get closer to Qin Miao.

After entering the starting straight, Hamilton, who turned on the DRS, began to suck Qin Miao's wake directly behind Qin Miao after passing T15.

Qin Miao followed the truest thoughts in her heart, because she had not yet reached the braking point at this time, Qin Miao could draw a dragon to defend.

So after seeing Hamilton come behind him, Qin Miao ran to the inside line.

Seeing Qin Miao like this, Hamilton naturally followed Qin Miao closely.

Seeing this, Qin Miao took advantage of the situation and came to the driving line.

The two changed lanes twice in a row.

But with the two changing lanes twice, the distance between the two is getting closer and closer.

However, in the end, when the two came to the braking point of T1, Qin Miao chose the best choice to block Hamilton on the inside.

And both of them coincidentally chose to miss the brake point and choose to brake late.

And it is precisely because of this that the gap in personal ability between the two is shown when they brake.

Qin Miao's grip on the track is not as strong as Hamilton's because of the location of the track, and the T1 of the Interlagos circuit is a left-turn downhill, so the load on the right front wheel of the car is less than that on the left front wheel.

When braking, Qin Miao kept staring at Hamilton because she needed to, and the brake foot used more force that might not be 100 grams.

But with this little bit of strength, the right front wheel of Qin Miao's racing car was directly locked, bringing up a puff of white smoke.

In fact, if it is a normal driving line, Qin Miao brakes at this time, and the strength of the brakes is no problem, but the key is that Qin Miao at this time is on the inside line.

It's a little steeper downhill than the outside, and there's more dirt on the track.

To sum up, Qin Miao still lost in experience, but in terms of defense and offensive awareness, Qin Miao and his teammates fought to a draw.

Qin Miao let go of the brakes as soon as she saw this burst of white smoke, and regained her grip on her tires.

Thanks to Qin Miao's timely reaction, Qin Miao's speed out of the corner and out of the corner was not pulled away too much by Hamilton.

But this mistake also had an impact, and Hamilton surpassed Qin Miao by half of the body in T2.

By the time of T3, Hamilton directly surpassed Qin Miao.

Seeing this, Toto was really relieved.

Like everyone, Toto recognized Qin Miao's defensive ability.

But because of this, Toto was worried that Qin Miao would directly lock Hamilton behind him.

That is not a good result for Qin Miao, Hamilton, or the team.

Fortunately, Qin Miao made a mistake in the final defense, and finally gave Hamilton the opportunity to chase Verstappen next.

But Toto's breath had just been relieved for a long time, and the next picture made Toto feel suffocated.

Because after leaving T3, there is a straight road to the middle of T4 that can turn on DRS.

Coincidentally, before passing through the DRS inspection point, Hamilton completed the surpassing of Qin Miao.

So after coming to this straight, Qin Miao has DRS.

And because Qin Miao reacted in time, his speed did not drop too much, and after coming out of the corner, he was only 0.3 seconds behind Hamilton.

So after exiting the corner, Toto saw the DRS rear wing behind Qin Miao's car open, and then Qin Miao began to shorten the distance between himself and Hamilton at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the end, Qin Miao pulled Hamilton's inside line before the T4 braking point, and got the initiative on the track with a late brake.

Hamilton obviously didn't want to give up this position, but because of Qin Miao's late braking, Qin Miao had the right to the line at this time.

So despite his reluctance, after seeing Qin Miao's tough refusal to give him the line power, Hamilton finally chose to give up.

So after Qin Miao came out of the corner, he took his position back.

And a large part of the distance after that did not have the conditions for overtaking, so Qin Miao's defense was a success.

And the director also understood at this time to give Toto a close-up in the P room of the Meiben team.

At this time, Toto still saw Qin Miao and Hamilton's expressionless face when he saw that he was about to meet, and he clasped his hands on his chest.

But those who know Toto know know that Toto's heart is definitely not as calm as he appears to be at this time.

If you bring the team leader heart rate monitor from the MOTO GP next door at this time, the audience will find that Toto's heart rate is already 150 by this time.

The other teams and neutral fans were really happy to see this scene, after all, the two drivers were still very interesting to watch this round.

Even many fans who saw that the funeral was not too big and wanted to let Qin Miao and Hamilton stage another infighting between Hamilton and Rosberg's teammates.

Fortunately, the relationship between the two did not deteriorate to that extent.

But domestic fans felt a little sore after seeing this scene, because of Qin Miao's relationship, now Mei Ben is basically the same as the home team in the eyes of domestic fans.

Whether it's Hamilton or the rest of the Mercedes team, the fans in China love it.

And such a picture is really not what they expect to see.

The commentators on the other side were also very worried at this time.

"Be careful~" Brother Bing's palms were sweaty when he said this.

In fact, compared to others, the commentators thought more deeply, and they knew that at this time, if Qin Miao and Hamilton really had a track accident on the track, they both withdrew.

Then the harmonious relationship between the two drivers may be gone.

But fortunately, although Qin Miao's tires were locked in this attack and defense, there were no accidents.

To the surprise and delight of the commentators, Qin Miao finally held his position and did not let Hamilton surpass him.

After an attack failed, Hamilton adjusted for a while, and the second stage of the 22nd lap DRS zone was where Qin Miao overtook Hamilton, and Hamilton launched another attack on Qin Miao.

This time, Qin Miao's way of defense is still to stand on the inside line and then brake late.

However, Hamilton's attack this time was just a tentative attack, seeing that Qin Miao's defensive willingness was relatively strong, and the straight in this section was not enough for Hamilton to accelerate enough to surpass Qin Miao's speed, so this attack also failed.

But this attempt to attack and use this DRS to get close to Qin Miao also invisibly brought a lot of pressure to Qin Miao.

And Hamilton also relied on this DRS to get closer to Qin Miao.

After Hamilton got out of T11, he began to approach Qin Miao quickly, and began to prepare to attack Qin Miao.

In fact, Qin Miao still has 60% of the ERS power at this time, but after defending Hamilton for two laps, the time gap between himself and Verstappen is now 4 seconds.

Qin Miao thought for a moment, and asked French in the team TR before exiting the T13 and entering the big straight: "How much faster is Hamilton's lap than me?" ”

Although he didn't know why Qin Miao suddenly asked such a puzzling question, Frankie still dutifully replied: "Before Hamilton came behind you, he was about 0.32 seconds faster than Ling per lap. ”

And when Frankie answered Qin Miao, Hamilton happened to be on Qin Miao's outside line.

That's right, although Qin Miao was talking to Franky, when Hamilton came to a position behind him that was a threat to him, Qin Miao still subconsciously chose to take the inside line to defend.

At this time, the two had already crossed the finish line monitoring point and entered the twenty-third lap.

After hearing Frankie's answer, Qin Miao replied, "Received." ”

After that, Qin Miao didn't have any more words.

And just when Frankie ended the communication and began to think about why Qin Miao suddenly asked himself such a question, an unexpected situation appeared on the field.

After Hamilton pulled the lead from the outside line, Qin Miao actually did not choose to brake late this time, but let Hamilton directly surpass the whole car from the outside line late braking.

This can be regarded as Qin Miao's smallest speed loss.

As for why Qin Miao suddenly changed his mind.

On the one hand, watching Verstappen get farther and farther away from him, Qin Miao realized that if he continued to fight with Hamilton, it would definitely not be himself or Hamilton who would profit in the end, but Verstappen.

The snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman gains the truth Qin Miao has learned since elementary school.

On the other hand, Verstappen is higher in the standings than Hamilton at this point.

In other words, compared to Hamilton, Verstappen's threat of winning the championship is greater for Qin Miao.

And Qin Miao's speed in this game was not as fast as Qin Miao imagined.

Although the team brought vehicle upgrades in Brazil, Qin Miao didn't seem to have found the most suitable tuning setup for him in Brazil.

Therefore, Qin Miao felt that instead of continuing to have internal friction with Hamilton, it would be better for the team and himself to let him go.

Of course, these are just inducements for Qin Miao to do this, and the main reason why Qin Miao really chose to do this is because Qin Miao found that Pérez behind Hamilton entered the position behind Hamilton for 1.9 seconds during the time when Hamilton attacked him.

If it drags on any longer, Qin Miao and Hamilton's positions may not be able to be kept......

Although Hamilton was a little surprised that Qin Miao actually let himself go, he also knew that he had finally passed Qin Miao's level no matter what.

Although Hamilton himself is confident that he can surpass Qin Miao, how much time he will waste on surpassing Qin Miao Hamilton himself does not know.

"Thank Qin Miao for me." After being let go by Qin Miao, Hamilton said a word in the team TR.

"Roger."

On the other hand, seeing Qin Miao's obvious behavior of taking the initiative to let go, the three commentators of Five Star Sports spoke highly of it: "That's right, the two of them continue to fight in the end, which is nothing more than a lose-lose ending."

In the end, it was also cheaper for Red Bull and Verstappen. ”

"That's right, it's right to let Hamilton go, it should be an order from the team's side." Brother Bing also nodded.

It's just that as soon as Brother Bing's words fell, the director of F1 released the thank you Hamilton had just said to Qin Miao.

And Frankie really conveyed Hamilton's gratitude to Qin Miao in the team TR.

"Qin Miao, Hamilton wants to say thank you to you."

Qin Miao naturally knew what the other party was talking about: "Received, I will watch his performance behind him." ”

After this section was played, the commentators on the side of Five Star Sports were a little confused.

"What does that mean?"

"Hmm...... Could it be that the team did not give the team instructions to these two drivers because of the fight between Qin Miao and Hamilton, and Qin Miao took the initiative to let the car go this time? Although these words were said by Zhou Haoran, Zhou Haoran's tone was also full of uncertainty when he said this.

"Quite possibly."

"If this is really the case, we have to admire Qin Miao's overall view, you must know that the current Qin Miao has a lead over his teammates in the standings." Fei Ge analyzed: "To put it mildly, Hamilton's eight championships are a matter between the team and Hamilton, and it has nothing to do with me Qin Miao."

This is only the first season of my career, I have no constraints from scratch, as long as I can beat my teammates, I will be successful this season. ”

Fei Ge's meaning is easy to understand, even if Qin Miao does not directly win the drivers' championship this season as he did in the standings this season, as long as he can defeat his teammate Hamilton at the end of the season, Qin Miao will be successful this season, because he defeated the seven-time champion Hamilton on the premise of driving the same performance car as Hamilton.

This alone can prove that Toto's vision is correct, and Qin Miao can also prove that his strength and talent are indeed worthy of Toto's favor.

But such a choice that was beneficial to Qin Miao did not get Qin Miao's favor, but he chose to take the overall situation into account.

This alone is enough to call Qin Miao's overall view outstanding.

And when the three commentators of Five Star Sports were talking about Qin Miao's choice of making the car, Toto breathed a sigh of relief.

What he didn't even notice was that now he was not only sweating in his palms, but the back of his shirt was completely wet with his sweat.

However, Toto knew that after this game, Qin Miao's reputation within Meiben had to be improved by another quarter.

After all, this is another talented driver Qin Miao, who sacrificed himself and made a contribution to the team.

If this way continues to develop, by the day Hamilton actually retires, Qin Miao will most likely become the next spiritual leader of the Mercedes team seamlessly.

Just like Hamilton now.

Imagining that image in his mind, Toto was suddenly relieved.

That's not bad, at least Daimler Group and Liberal Media Group must be in favor with both hands and feet, and don't mind giving Qin Miao a bigger contract.

After all, Qin Miao represents a huge market that has not been explored.

This can be seen from the recent F1 Grand Prix in China, where a single region in China contributed 15%-25% of the total viewership.

And on the field, Qin Miao, who let Hamilton out, also regretted it in his heart.

After all, it's not just a spot that is being given up, it's also the points that will come in after the game.

However, at this time, Hamilton had already run away, and Qin Miao's possibility of chasing Hamilton back was gone.

At this time, Qin Miao had no way back, and all he could do was to continue to run his own race on the track.

It's just that after the two drivers made the fans who supported the Mercedes team exchange places, they didn't get the effect that everyone expected.

After Hamilton got rid of Qin Miao's containment, the speed of chasing Verstappen was not particularly ideal.

Unlike Verstappen and Qin Miao, Hamilton's tyre drain was much worse than those two drivers, after all, he was catching up from behind.

So after surpassing Qin Miao, Hamilton's tire wear had reached the limit, and although the safety car had taken so many laps, and a virtual safety car failed to save his precarious tire state.

The good news is that although Hamilton has been a little slow to pursue Verstappen, he is still determined to close the gap with Verstappen, so the team did not call Hamilton back in the first place.

Soon, the race came to lap 27.

After finding himself slower on lap 26 after Verstappen, Hamilton finally opted to pit on lap 27 at the request of the team.

After the pit stop, Hamilton switched to hard tyres with a time of 2.4 seconds and came out behind Ricciardo in sixth place.

After coming out, the team reminded Hamilton very seriously: "The lap time on the exit lap is extremely important, and according to our calculations, Verstappen will pit on the next lap." ”

And it was true, because Verstappen was running in front, he couldn't pit at Hamilton's pace in the first place.

On lap 28, the next lap after Hamilton's pit stop, Verstappen made a pit stop and, like Hamilton, came out on hard tyres.

After all, Verstappen is ahead of Hamilton at this time, so there is no need to have too complicated tactics on the side of the entire Red Bull team, and Hamilton will pit whenever Verstappen pit whenever he wants.

There will be no advantage to following the pace of Mercedes-Benz, but at least there will be no mistakes in the pit stops.

It's just that at this time, the speed of the new hard tyres is already faster than that of the medium tyres, and Hamilton, who has appeared in the circle, can be said to have no reservations throughout the whole process.

Hamilton's second and third segments were the fastest.

Although Verstappen was still in front of Hamilton after he came out, this pit stop helped Hamilton shorten the time gap between himself and Verstappen by 2 seconds.

The time gap between Hamilton and Verstappen is now just two seconds.

The time wasted when fighting with Qin Miao just now can be said to have been recovered by this pit stop.

Red Bull didn't suffer much, as Verstappen had not lost his position, and by lap 30, Hamilton was only 1.5 seconds behind Verstappen.

Although Hamilton is indeed constantly closing the time gap between himself and Verstappen, it is clear that Hamilton has also encountered the same problems as Qin Miao in these laps, and he is getting slower to approach Verstappen because of the turbulence.

Just when everyone thought that Qin Miao had withdrawn from the championship in this race, and the next thing should be to watch the performances of Hamilton and Verstappen, there was a sudden accident on the field.

At the end of lap 30, a virtual safety car appeared on the track.

And at this point in time, Qin Miao did not enter the pit stop!

(End of chapter)