The moment he heard Frankie say that there was a virtual safety car, Qin Miao's heart moved, there was a chance!

Originally, because he gave up his position, he was a little helpless, and his heart suddenly ignited his fighting spirit again.

“Box！ Box！ ”

At this time, Qin Miao was just two corners away from the entrance of the maintenance area, and after hearing the team's instructions, Qin Miao chose to pit and change tires.

Although Qin Miao didn't know why a virtual safety car suddenly appeared on the track, after Qin Miao entered the pit lane and changed into a new set of hard tires, the FOM side gave Qin Miao a pop-up window that Qin Miao had saved 11 seconds of time by making a pit stop this time.

But in fact, this virtual safety car actually only lasted less than 10 seconds, the location of the debris on the track is very close to the entrance of the track, and it was only about 6 seconds to clean up until Matthew left the track, and the virtual safety car was canceled not long after Matthew left the track

Therefore, the advantages brought by this virtual security car to Qin Miao are not as many as those given by FOM.

When Qin Miao came out, he just landed 1.5 seconds behind Hamilton.

After letting Hamilton go, the time gap between Qin Miao who was pulled out by Hamilton and Verstappen in those seven laps was all recovered because of the pit stop of the virtual safety car this time.

But in fact, Qin Miao only gained an advantage of 4 seconds.

Of course, they can't blame the prediction department of FOM, after all, they didn't expect this virtual safety car to end so soon, if this virtual safety car lasts a little longer, Qin Miao can indeed directly overturn Verstappen and Hamilton.

However, Qin Miao is already very satisfied with this position now.

The most important thing is that Qin Miao's tires at this time are newer than Verstappen and Hamilton.

When the thirty-second lap was finished, Qin Miao was a little pleased to find that his speed on hard tires was actually the same as Hamilton's.

At the end of the lap, he was not pulled away by Hamilton.

It may be that he has been a lot faster after switching to hard tyres, but of course, it cannot be ruled out that Hamilton is not very comfortable with hard tyres, and the speed has slowed down.

Although Hamilton and Qin Miao at this time were affected by the turbulence of the car in front of him, at least this shows that Qin Miao has no gap between him and Hamilton, and he has a chance to attack Hamilton in the next game.

And there is Qin Miao's noble behavior of letting his teammates in the past, if Qin Miao's speed is faster than Hamilton, Hamilton did not choose to let Qin Miao go on the field but continued to fight with Qin Miao on the field.

Then after this game, there will definitely be more controversy on Hamilton's body.

Of course, none of this has happened yet.

Qin Miao's current idea is very simple, follow Hamilton, wait for Hamilton to fight with Verstappen, and he is waiting for an opportunity to move behind.

Based on the relationship between the three at this time, Verstappen will definitely do his best to defend against Hamilton's attack.

When the two of them defend with all their might, they will more or less play a little fire.

When the time comes, rush off the track, collide, lose rhythm, anything is possible.

In terms of the state shown by Hamilton this game weekend, Hamilton has a great possibility of surpassing Verstappen, and Qin Miao can seize the opportunity of Verstappen's rhythm disorder at the moment when Hamilton overtakes Verstappen and take advantage of the situation.

After that, he kept up with Hamilton, and in the face of his own attack, Hamilton had to struggle.

Do you let yourself go and face your own iron wall, or do you just ignore so much and defend yourself with all your might?

Qin Miao still had some expectations for this.

So after coming out, Qin Miao kept in the range of 1.3~1.7 seconds behind Hamilton, constantly putting pressure on Hamilton, but he didn't really threaten Hamilton, and his skills were not given to Hamilton.

Qin Miao knew that the top priority for the two of them now was to surpass Verstappen, and they couldn't distract Hamilton from him, as long as they let him know that there was someone watching him behind him all the time.

On lap 39, Hamilton was still 1.1 seconds behind Verstappen at this time, Verstappen's speed was not slow, and in the face of Hamilton's attack, Verstappen also showed superb defensive standards, and Hamilton never let Hamilton enter the DRS zone behind him.

Qin Miao was not in a hurry, anyway, it was only halfway through the game at this time.

However, Qin Miao knew that if the time dragged on any longer, Hamilton's side might have to choose the second stop.

When the time comes, I may have to give up the car again......

However, just when Qin Miao was thinking about these questions, Verstappen directly chose the advanced station.

Looking at the Red Bull that suddenly changed lanes and drove to the pit area, not only Qin Miao, but Hamilton was also a little surprised.

After all, he had just discussed the possibility of a two-stop with his track engineer in the team's TR, and Verstappen chose to make a pit stop.

And after Qin Miao saw Verstappen pitting, he also had a change of thought in his heart and began to slow down to protect the tire.

This wave runs a long distance, and I still have a chance to win the championship!

Although this chance is still relatively slim, after all, Qin Miao's tires may not be able to hold up after running a long distance to the late stage of the race.

But you have to give it a try, if it happens, Qin Miao will be much safer in the standings.

During the period when Qin Miao slowed down, Hamilton began to speed up regardless of tire loss, and it is not difficult to guess what Hamilton had in mind, wanting to use the advantages of racing performance to overcut Verstappen during the time when Verstappen pitted.

So Hamilton spent three more laps on the track before making a pit stop at the end of lap 43.

It's just that Mercedes underestimated the speed of Red Bull a little.

By the time Hamilton came out, Hamilton was three seconds behind Verstappen, and Hamilton was 1.1 seconds behind Verstappen before Verstappen pitted.

It's fair to say that Hamilton didn't benefit from this pit stop other than three more laps of tyre wear.

However, Mei Ben did not have other ideas, after all, after Verstappen made a pit stop, Qin Miao and French communicated the possibility of running directly without making a pit stop.

And the team also agreed with Qin Miao's tactical choice.

Therefore, after Verstappen chased Qin Miao in the later stage of the game, Qin Miao could help Hamilton defend Verstappen to a certain extent.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Qin Miao will pull out a DRS high-speed rail directly behind him, and then bring it back directly as a champion.

However, it depends on the driver's own performance on the track.

At the end of lap 46, Hamilton was able to get out of the pit lane and get into the DRS zone behind Verstappen, and on the same lap the big straights took advantage of the car to cut the gap between the two to 0.6 seconds.

Although on lap 47 on the same straight, the time gap between Hamilton and Verstappen was 0.8 seconds, and the attack only ended up reducing the gap between Hamilton and Verstappen from 0.8 seconds to 0.3 seconds.

But on the same lap, when T3 came to the next DRS zone, the time gap between Hamilton and Verstappen was still 0.3 seconds.

So in this DRS zone, Hamilton has the ability to attack and the opportunity to surpass Verstappen.

Verstappen also understands that after seeing the time gap between Hamilton and himself, he immediately chose to take the inside line before the braking point, brake late, and squeeze Hamilton out of the track directly in T4 by relying on the right of line.

Of course, the price is that he also rushed out with him.

However, this is also Verstappen's signature defensive style.

It is different from the grappling method when Qin Miao and Hamilton grappled, although it was fierce, it still left a little room for the other party.

Verstappen is eager to let Hamilton die directly, after all, the original 51G is still vivid.

And for Verstappen's defensive style, both the audience and the commentators have become accustomed to it.

Squeezed off the track by Verstappen, Hamilton took a wider line to get back to the track, which affected Hamilton's speed and the attack failed.

On the other side, Qin Miao happened to pass through a broadcast screen for the audience, and coincidentally saw this scene of fighting.

At this time, Qin Miao happened to be in a state where there was no slow car in front of him, and there was no car chasing him behind.

Because you need to keep the tires, the speed of the car is not particularly fast, and basically every time you corner, you leave a certain margin for your tires.

So Qin Miao was very relaxed at this moment, and even had the leisure to watch the screen, so after seeing this scene, he said directly in the team TR: "Verstappen's defense is really a bit excessive, he can't always defend Hamilton like this!" ”

Frankie also happened to be in cruise mode at this time, watching Hamilton and Verstappen's grappling.

However, after hearing Qin Miao's comment, he reacted instantly: "How do you know?" Concentrate on the game, don't look around. ”

Should he be said to be a professional track engineer, the first time he heard Qin Miao's voice during the race, Frankie came back to his senses from his distraction.

"Okay."

Qin Miao spread her hands and continued her cruise.

But one thing to say, the latter two are indeed happy to see Qin Miao fight.

Because since the two of them fought, the time gap that had been shortened by the two of them had now begun to gradually widen, which was undoubtedly great news for Qin Miao.

However, after this attack, Hamilton did not immediately start a second attack, but began to recharge his car.

Verstappen also regained his rhythm and started to run his own lap times.

The time gap between Qin Miao and the two began to shorten again.

On lap 50, Hamilton regained Verstappen's DRS, but he was not in a hurry to attack Verstappen, but was relying on DRS to gradually shorten the distance between him and Verstappen, waiting for the next attack.

On lap 52, the time gap between Verstappen and Qin Miao reached 10 seconds, and there were still 19 laps left before the end of the race.

On lap 53, Hamilton was still in the DRS zone behind Verstappen, but Hamilton was still not far enough to attack Verstappen.

On lap 57, Verstappen was 7 seconds behind Qin Miao.

Continuing at this pace, Verstappen would catch up with Qin Miao on lap 67.

Of course, this is only the best situation for Qin Miao, because as time goes by, Qin Miao's speed will become slower and slower, so Verstappen's speed in catching up with Qin Miao in the later stage will definitely be faster than expected.

Meanwhile, on lap 58, Hamilton finally launched another attack behind Verstappen.

However, the distance before T1 was not enough for Hamilton to chase down enough to threaten Verstappen, and before T4, Verstappen used the painting dragon to slow Hamilton to approach him.

Amid the lament of the Brazilian crowd at the scene, Hamilton's attack failed again.

But the attack also brought Hamilton 0.4 seconds behind Verstappen, and by the time the pair reached the Grand Straight and out of T1 after the third period, Hamilton was just 0.2 seconds away from Verstappen in front of him.

After that, the two went all the way out of T3 and came to another big straight.

With T3 out, Hamilton was just 0.3 seconds away from Verstappen in front of him.

T1, T2, T3 and Verstappen couldn't shake Hamilton away.

As a result, in the T3 to T4 straights, which can open the DRS, Hamilton easily surpassed Verstappen.

This time Verstappen didn't draw the dragon, Hamilton got too close, and the dragon painting at this time has lost its meaning under the premise of DRS bonus.

Verstappen's resistance only stood on the inside, and when Hamilton overtook him from the outside, Verstappen deliberately squeezed Hamilton on the outside, trying to disrupt Hamilton's rhythm.

Verstappen naturally wanted Hamilton to let go of the gas pedal or put a foot on the brake when he saw his movements.

But both of them are old foxes, one is better than the other.

Verstappen's movements didn't affect Hamilton at all, Hamilton didn't even dodge, he just passed straight past Verstappen.

Eventually, Verstappen could only watch Hamilton's car go away, and when Hamilton had completely overtaken him, he was back on the track, all before the brake point in T4.

From there, Hamilton started from 10th and moved on to second after 59 laps.

On lap 60, without the turbulence of the Verstappen, Hamilton had a one-second gap in the half-lap, and by the time he had gone on the same lap of the Grand Straight, the gap was already 1.6 seconds.

It can be seen that in this traditional advantageous track of Red Bull, Mercedes is surprisingly fast.

But because of this, when he just passed Verstappen, Hamilton was 8 seconds away from Qin Miao in front of him, and on lap 61, Hamilton was 7 seconds behind Qin Miao.

This happened to be the time of this lap, Qin Miao took a sip of the wake of Norris who was ringed before the DRS detection point and the effect after DRS.

On lap 62, the time gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton was only 5.8 seconds.

Finally, on lap 65, Hamilton came to the DRS area behind Qin Miao.

When Hamilton appeared in his rearview mirror for the first time in this game, Qin Miao was combative.

After all, at that time, Qin Miao was not worthy of Hamilton at all, and Qin Miao's tires at that time had an absolute advantage over the current Hamilton, although it was easier to overtake at Interlagos Circuit, Qin Miao was still confident to defend Hamilton's attack.

But now that he saw Hamilton in the rearview mirror again, all that was left in Qin Miao's heart was helplessness.

And after seeing Hamilton's proximity to himself, Qin Miao knew that he might not be able to defend Hamilton's attack in the next six laps of the race.

Normally, with Qin Miao's ability to protect the tire, a stop in yellow and white is definitely enough for Qin Miao to run the whole game.

But Qin Miao's pit stop time in this race was a little early, and the wear resistance of hard tires on this track was not much more than that of medium tires.

So at this time, Qin Miao's tires are only enough for Qin Miao to run the whole game, but if you want to defend Hamilton, Qin Miao's tires will definitely enter the cliff point before the end of the game.

Whenever Qin Miao pits three laps late when using neutral tires, Qin Miao will not have the trouble she has now, but there is no way, the opportunity for a safety car is indeed unavoidable.

In that case, no matter who comes to the pit stop, they will pit and put on new tires as soon as possible.

But the matter has come to this point, all Qin Miao can do is to do his best to obey the destiny of heaven.

It's just that sometimes you don't have to defend and you can defend it.

Qin Miao really did his best in the next few laps, drawing a dragon to defend, braking late on the inside, and squeezing Hamilton out of the track.

Qin Miao has used all kinds of means, really, the current Qin Miao almost knocked Hamilton out.

But despite this, Qin Miao only held on for three laps under Hamilton's attack.

However, the Brazilian audience in this match was the happiest, because they not only saw Hamilton and Verstappen's grappling, but also Qin Miao's three-lap grappling with Hamilton.

In the end, Hamilton completed the overtake of Qin Miao on the big straight on lap 59.

At that time, it was because Qin Miao's rear wheel grip decreased, and he gave a little more oil after the corner, so the rear wheel skidped, Qin Miao reacted immediately, counterhit and loosened the throttle a little.

But Hamilton just caught Qin Miao's insignificant flaw, used the wake and the next DRS, and finally surpassed Qin Miao on the outside of the big straight.

The audience erupted in loud cheers as they did when they saw Hamilton overtake Verstappen.

Looking at Hamilton in the distance, Qin Miao sighed helplessly, and began to slow down to dissipate heat from the car, and at the same time began to charge the car.

Although there were still two laps left before the end of the race, Verstappen at this time had already caught up to Qin Miao's position two seconds behind Qin Miao during the time when Qin Miao and Hamilton were fighting.

Another bad news is that Qin Miao's tires at this time have passed the cliff point, and the tire grip has begun to decline rapidly.

If nothing else, whether Qin Miao can defend against Verstappen's attack in the last two laps will determine whether Qin Miao can keep his runner-up and the constructors' championship in this race.

But Verstappen also has a hard time at this time.

Red Bull also encountered a lot of problems in this game, compared to Mercedes, the biggest problem of Red Bull in this game is that their tuning is problematic.

Red Bull is also investing more of its R&D dollars in the development of ground effect cars next season, so this race is not a big upgrade that will be crucial to the improvement of the car's performance, as Mercedes did.

So it's obvious that Verstappen's speed is actually a bit slow.

The team heard Hamilton discuss the two-stop tactics with his track engineer and called Verstappen back to the pits ahead of schedule, and as a result, Verstappen's tyres were three laps longer than Hamilton's.

And Verstappen had fought Hamilton for so many laps on the field, so Verstappen's tires were actually no longer holding up at this point.

Relying on the time that Qin Miao and Hamilton were fighting, taking the opportunity to get close to the two of them was almost the limit of what Verstappen could do at this time.

So in the last two laps, all Verstappen could do was to follow Qin Miao in a 1.5-second position and put pressure on Qin Miao.

Trying to make Qin Miao make a mistake.

But Qin Miao finally withstood the pressure Verstappen gave him, controlled his car steadily, and ran the last two laps.

In the end, in the carnival of the Brazilian audience, the carnival of the Mercedes team, and the carnival of the Mercedes fans, the Brazilian Grand Prix came to an end.

Hamilton and Qin Miao crossed the line one after another, and brought back one or two.

A yellow and red P plate protruded from the guardrail of the Meiben team's command platform.

It is written on it, Hamilton P1, Qin Miao P2.

This move is somewhat showing off, see it, this is Mei Ben! This is the driver of Mercedes!

After Hamilton and Qin Miao crossed the line, Mercedes won the Constructors' Championship in half a race, which was the eighth Constructors' Championship for the Mercedes team, tying McLaren's record of eight titles.

At the same time, this is the second time that the Mercedes team has won the constructors' championship in Brazil ahead of schedule after 2018.

All thanks to Qin Miao, a rookie driver, this season's strong performance is no less than that of the No. 1 driver.

"Lewis, we are the Constructors' World Champion! That's it! Good job! You've run fantastic in this race! After crossing the line, Hamilton's track engineers praised him in the midst of fireworks on both sides of the track.

"Hahaha! Let'sgoooooo！ Thank you, everyone, we wouldn't have been able to achieve such a great achievement without your efforts, and this championship belongs to everyone at Mercedes! ”

On the other hand, Frankie also sent congratulations to Qin Miao for the first time: "Qin Miao! We are the champions! Champion! Fuck the champ! Well done game! You're doing so damn good! ”

It's just that compared with Hamilton's battle-hardened track engineer, Franky, the track engineer who entered F1 with Qin Miao, was obviously a little excited and incoherent.

(End of chapter)