In the first time period, Verstappen directly painted purple, in fact, this is normal, after all, the first time period is the most curves on the Jeddah circuit, and the Red Bull Racing is famous for its speed advantage in the middle and high speed corners.

Soon, Verstappen finished the second time segment and brushed purple again.

Verstappen's first two time periods were already 0.3 seconds faster than Hamilton's.

At this point, Maxim is starting to get a little anxious, because if he continues to run in this position, Verstappen has a good chance of winning the qualifying race in this race.

But soon Mei Ben's hanging heart was put down.

At the start of the third period, Verstappen was still at the same pace as he was in the first and second periods, which was very good and very fast.

The three commentators on the Five Star Sports side all unanimously said after seeing the purple color of the two paragraphs: "That's no problem, Verstappen is too fast, at least 0.2 seconds faster than Hamilton." ”

As soon as the words ended, the broadcast showed Verstappen's final corner in the third timed session, T27, the slowest corner of the entire track.

Then I saw Verstappen slipping his rear wheel after coming out of the corner.

It may have been due to the lower operating temperature of the rear wheels, or it could have been something else, but Verstappen, who had always been very fast on the lap, made a mistake in this corner.

After exiting the corner, the rear wheel loses grip and flicks its tail.

There is no buffer zone on the Jeddah track, and the right shoulder of the T27 is completely next to the parapet after the turn.

So the right rear wheel of the Verstappen lost control and skidped, and then crashed solidly into the parapet of the track.

Although the impact was not serious, there was no structural damage to the car.

However, Verstappen still knocked the right rear wheel of his car into a flat tire.

Knowing that F1 is a sport where every second counts, this mistake would have completely ruined Verstappen's excellent results in the first two time periods of this lap.

Now that the tire has been punctured, Verstappen's results in this flying lap are even more invalid.

After the exclamation, the three commentators of Five Star Sports, although they felt sorry for Verstappen, but if they watched it in the studio, they would find that the corners of their mouths were upturned at this time.

The smile on the corner of his mouth is like AK, and he can't suppress it.

On the Red Bull side, they were full of hope and their eyes were full of disbelief after seeing Verstappen crash, Horner also sighed helplessly, and Marco covered his face with his hands.

Mean, they were a little nervous and let out a long sigh of relief when they saw Verstappen's crash, followed by a burst of laughter.

Even though the P room of the Mercedes Racing team is next to the P room of the Red Bull Racing team, their laughter at this time can also be heard by the staff in the P room of the Red Bull Racing team next door.

But they didn't care at all, and it could even be said that their laughter was specially laughed at the group of people next door.

Because of the nature of the Jeddah circuit, as long as there is an accident on the track, there will be a yellow flag 100%.

Not to mention that Verstappen parked his car directly on the track at this time.

Therefore, the riders behind Verstappen who had not yet completed the last flight lap fell into blood mold, and the results of this flight lap were directly invalid.

With Verstappen's result cancelled, it was only natural that the two Mercedes drivers would take the front row for tomorrow's race.

Hamilton started from pole position, with Qin Miao second.

So the starting order for tomorrow's main stage is as follows:

1: Hamilton

2: Qin Miao

3: Verstappen

4: Leclerc

5: Pérez

6: Gasly

7: Norris

8: Tsunoda

9: Ocon

10: Giovinaz

Qin Miao was also relieved to know that Verstappen had finally retired due to a crash.

Despite the speed shown by Verstappen in qualifying, Red Bull did have a lot to offer in terms of lap speed.

However, according to the data of the practice session, in the long distance of the main race, the Mercedes car has a lot of advantages.

Therefore, Qin Miao feels that tomorrow is the main game, and the only trouble he needs to face is Hamilton.

Verstappen had to walk this way after the race, while Qin Miao and Hamilton had already pushed their cars out of the pits and onto the track.

After a brief celebration, the post-match interview began.

At this time, the post-race interview is more about the warm-up for tomorrow's race, so the answers to the post-race interview of the two Mercedes drivers are relatively flat.

The only thing to look forward to in the post-match interview was Verstappen's interview.

Verstappen is also known for his expert interviewers.

So Verstappen didn't say much dry stuff in an interview, which roughly means that he didn't eat the bend when he was in T27, and then I don't know why the left front wheel was locked.

However, Verstappen did not want to waste his time advantage in the first and second time periods, so after the corner, Verstappen did not let go of the lap and was ready to continue to accelerate.

Then there was what the spectators saw, as Verstappen lost control of the car after accelerating, the right rear wheel of the car hit the wall, the car finally stopped on the track, and the last flight lap was canceled.

In any case, Verstappen's mistake is good news for Mercedes up and down.

I believe that with the starting ability of Qin Miao and Hamilton, the two of them will be able to stabilize the first and second places after the start of the Jeddah track.

It will then be up to the two drivers to see how fast they will be in the race at Jeddah.

Of course, Qin Miao and Hamilton are in a competitive relationship at this time, so Toto's only doubt now is what to do if Qin Miao and Hamilton fight during the game.

After the race, Qin Miao returned to the team's P room to complete her post-race review, participated in a post-race meeting, and participated in several media interviews before leaving.

After coping with her work, Qin Miao did not leave the paddock, but put on a mask, sunglasses and hat, and then changed out of the Meiben team uniform on her body and changed into the clothes she wore every day.

Then we slipped all the way to the F2 team's pit area.

This week's paddock will feature not only F1 races, but also F2 mats.

It's just that this is the first time to host an F1 race and the first F2 race, so Qin Miao didn't come here when he opened F2 that year.

However, the terrain in the F2 team preparation area is not too complicated, and Qin Miao found the temporary P room of the UNI-Virtuosi Racin team invested by Zhou Guanyu and his family after a while.

F1 races are also a reference for F2 drivers.

After all, this is one of their best employment goals for the future, so even though the F2 race is over at this point, the F2 drivers did not leave the paddock and watched the F1 qualifying live with their team's engineers.

Therefore, when Qin Miao swaggered into the temporary P room of the UNI-Virtuosi Racin team, he saw Zhou Guanyu, who was also wearing civilian clothes, and the staff of the UNI-Virtuosi Racin team gathered together, analyzing Verstappen's crash through the picture projected by a tablet.

It was also because these people were indulging in work at this time that they didn't notice that Qin Miao had already walked in from the main entrance.

Therefore, Qin Miao deliberately slowed down, and then secretly came behind Zhou Guanyu.

Then suddenly he yelled in Zhou Guanyu's ear: "oi! At the same time, he reached out and patted Zhou Guanyu's shoulder vigorously.

"it!"

The unprepared Zhou Guanyu was naturally startled by Qin Miao's sudden shout.

After turning around and seeing that it was Qin Miao, Zhou Guanyu gave Qin Miao a punch angrily.

"***, I'm scared to death."

Qin Miao didn't care either, and after taking a chair handed over by the UNI-Virtuosi Racin staff, Qin Miao sat next to Zhou Guanyu by herself.

"I heard you were injured in the sprint today?"

In today's F2 race, Zhou Guanyu started at the 4th, and then on the 2nd lap of the start, he was hit by someone in the last place because of the track accident, although in the end because of the appearance of the safety car, Zhou Guanyu went up several places, but the F2 drivers drove a standardized car after all, so in the end, although Zhou Guanyu tried his best, he didn't get a point.

Qin Miao came over mainly to laugh at Zhou Guanyu.

Console? No, this season, Zhou Guanyu has 21 points more than Piastri in the F2 standings.

Although he is not far ahead, Zhou Guanyu is indeed one of the favorites to win the F2 championship this season.

In the last two races, as long as Zhou Guanyu did not make any mistakes, even if he finished behind Piastri, he could still win the ultimate F2 championship.

In this way, F2 will have another champion from China.

"Which pot doesn't open and which pot you are, why do you talk about this disappointing topic as soon as you meet?" Zhou Guanyu said angrily.

……

I stayed at UNI-Virtuosi Racin's side for more than ten minutes, and I talked with Zhou Guanyu for a while.

Before leaving, Zhou Guanyu showed Qin Miao the replay of the accident at that time, this was completely a normal track accident, there was nothing to say.

However, before leaving, Qin Miao still pointed out some details of Zhou Guanyu's problems that he found when he was running the track in the past two days.

For example, where on the track are the tracks bumpy, and what methods can be used to avoid these bumps.

The FIA penalty on that corner was lenient and could have eaten a little bit more of the shoulder.

Finally, he looked at Zhou Guanyu's car video, and finally Qin Miao returned to his hotel.

There was no word all night, and the next day, Sunday, the day the race began.

Although the race only started in the evening, Qin Miao and Hamilton, the two Mercedes drivers, still came to the paddock in the morning.

They still have a lot of work to do, but fortunately most of their work is concentrated in the morning, and although there is also in the afternoon, it is only a small part.

After about an hour and a half of busy work in the afternoon, the rest of the day until the start of the race was time for the drivers to rest and prepare for the race.

However, Qin Miao did not stay in the team's P room during this time, but went to the viewing area above the paddock.

He mainly came to watch Zhou Guanyu's main race in F2.

And Zhou Guanyu should have a different understanding and feeling after being dialed by Qin Miao yesterday, and his speed on the track today is indeed much faster than yesterday.

Although he didn't finish the race as a champion, he managed to finish on the podium.

In this game, Zhou Guanyu's biggest rival Piastri did not play well, so the point gap between Zhou Guanyu and Piastri widened from 21 points to 25 points after this game.

After the F2 race is over, the Matthews have cleaned the tire rubber from the track a little, and the F2 teams have removed their belongings, and the F1 race is about to begin.

When Qin Miao appeared in the broadcast camera again, Qin Miao had already changed into a racing suit, and just sat under the parapet on the side of the track and waited for the start of the game.

And Qin Miao was not sitting alone on the side of the track, Leclerc also sat with him in the same movements.

The two would chat from time to time, and judging from their demeanor, the two chatted happily.

After another twenty minutes, Qin Miao said goodbye to Leclerc and returned to his car.

At this time, the team engineers on the track were already gradually evacuating.

After connecting the equipment, Qin Miao heard Frankie's last advice to himself from TR: "Today's air temperature is 27 degrees, the track temperature is 30 degrees, a little lower than yesterday, pay attention to the tire temperature in the later stage of the race, the 3M/s north wind has an impact, but it has little impact, you only need to pay attention to T13 and T27 when cornering." ”

"Okay" After Frankie's chatter ended, Qin Miao only responded with one word, which was a normal way of communication between the two.

Soon, all the staff on the track withdrew.

Qin Miao and the others also started the tire warming circle.

Mercedes suffered from a slow tyre heating up in this race, which was even worse in qualifying yesterday.

Therefore, in the warm-up lap stage, it can be clearly seen that Qin Miao and Hamilton, the two drivers, twisted the car particularly much in the warm-up lap stage before the start of the race.

Two minutes later, as all the staff on the track withdrew, Qin Miao and the others also returned to their own starting position.

As Ma Zeping parked his car, the medical vehicle in the rear was in place, the green flag was waved, and the five red lights began to light up one by one.

While slowly speeding up his engine, Qin Miao glanced at Hamilton in front of him on the right, and also looked at Verstappen behind him through the rearview mirror.

These two are their biggest competitors in this race, and whether they can get off to a good start this time is directly related to the final result of this race.

All five red lights are on.

The speed of Qin Miao's racing engine was also constant in the most suitable position, and the button of the clutch had been pressed, just waiting for the moment when the red light went out.

"Five red lights go out! It's game on! ”

The moment the five red lights went out, Qin Miao let go of the finger pressed on the clutch, and the car started violently.

"Qin Miao! This start, Qin Miao got up very well! ”

"The speed is obviously faster than Hamilton, it just so happens that Qin Miao's starting position is on the inside line, does Qin Miao have a chance to surpass Hamilton after the start?"

On the side of Five Star Sports, the three commentators were still discussing what might happen if Qin Miao's start was good enough.

But the picture that appeared in front of them now made them forget everything they had just said for a moment, and there was only one thought left in their hearts at this time, that is, Qin Miao ran a little faster, a little faster, and surpassed Hamilton!

And on the track, Qin Miao's start was indeed faster than Hamilton's.

Although there are many full-throttle sections on the Jeddah circuit, there is not much room for drivers to overtake.

And the distance from the starting grid to the braking point of T1 is not too long, so Qin Miao did not complete the overtaking of Hamilton in this place, and he was not even able to stand side by side with Hamilton.

It's just that the right front wheel is aligned with Hamilton's left rear wheel.

And in this position, Qin Miao has no line right when he enters the corner.

And it seems that although Hamilton left Qin Miao a certain amount of room to bend, he had no intention of giving up his position.

If he continued to squeeze in, a car accident would inevitably occur, so Qin Miao finally returned the position to Hamilton when he came out of the corner.

This can be regarded as Qin Miao's active concession, so this concession has a certain degree of controllability.

When he came to T1, Qin Miao didn't give a chance to let Verstappen behind him attack him.

After this start, the top three drivers did not make any drastic moves or changes in the rankings, and everyone made it to T1 without any problems.

The fact that the Jeddah circuit started so smoothly was something that no one expected.

"Oh, it's a pity, Qin Miao's start this time is really good, but it's not that good, when he entered the corner, he found that the position was not enough, and after Qin Miao still loosened the throttle a little and took the initiative to let go." Brother Bing explained very regretfully.

Fei Ge said: "Actually, Qin Miao's choice is also right, now for Qin Miao, he is waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity for Hamilton and Verstappen to make mistakes, so at this time, Qin Miao's top priority is indeed to protect himself and his car." ”

……

On the track, the commentators of Five Star Sports chatted for a while, and Qin Miao and they had already finished the entire 1st time period.

To be honest, Qin Miao was actually a little annoyed that she didn't grasp that start.

But because there was a Verstappen behind him, Qin Miao didn't dare to have too much intense driving behavior with Hamilton.

In case of an inextricable fight with Hamilton, Verstappen came behind him, this is what Qin Miao and Hamilton don't want to see.

Next, there was no change of position between the first few drivers, and even after the DRS was turned on, Qin Miao could only hover behind Hamilton for 1.4 seconds.

Verstappen is similar, he can only follow behind Qin Miao, and he can't enter the DRS area behind Qin Miao.

One thing to say, Qin Miao felt that Hamilton at this time was relying on this track to be difficult to overtake, suppressing himself and Verstappen in the rear.

As for Leclerc, who was still fourth on lap five, he was three seconds behind Verstappen in front of him......

This can only be said that Mercedes and Red Bull Racing are too fast.

On lap 9, the time gap between the top three drivers remained the same, with Leclerc and Verstappen already five seconds apart.

At this time, Qin Miao was already thinking about whether she needed to pit late, and then directly change to a set of soft tires after pit stops.

Although the track is not easy to heat up the tyres in the late stages of the race, and the fact that the soft tyres have to operate at a higher temperature than the medium and hard tyres is a bit of a problem.

But Qin Miao was confident she could raise the soft tyres to a suitable operating temperature in two laps.

Just as I was just starting to think about it, the race came to lap 10 and it wasn't long after.

Then there was a yellow flag on the track.

Qin Miao's thoughts all turned into utopia.

The yellow flag appeared in the second time period.

When the camera cuts over, a Haas is seen embedded in the parapet.

The rear wheels were crooked, the entire rear wing was broken, and even the hood was knocked off.

Soon, with the change in the position on the left, everyone reacted that the driver who had an accident here at this time was Mick Schumacher.

After determining that Mick had had an accident and that the parapet had been knocked out and needed to be repaired, the race team dispatched a safety car.

Now the question is up to Mercedes and Red Bull.

Do you want to make a pit stop during this safety car? What tyre to change after the pit stop.

The team discussed quickly, and after a while, Qin Miao received Frankie's TR: "BOX!" BOX！ ”

In fact, Qin Miao didn't want to pit anymore, after all, the race had only just started for 10 laps, and it was very likely that there would be a safety car again.

And his medium tires can hold on for at least ten more laps, so it's really unnecessary to pit at this time.

However, after thinking about it, Qin Miao finally gave up the idea of making other suggestions, slowed down honestly, and then followed behind Hamilton, pitting with him and changing to hard tires.

Because of the safety car, and before entering the pit, Qin Miao and Hamilton also opened a wide enough distance from the rear car.

And also because the two drivers, Leclerc and Pérez, also chose to make a pit stop.

So the two of them came out of the pit and fell behind Verstappen, who didn't pit and didn't lose too much position.

Qin Miao was third, Hamilton was second, and Verstappen was first.

Behind Qin Miao was Ocon, who did not pit like Verstappen.

Then, just when all the cars were ready to wait for the safety car to finish and start the resumption of racing, the safety car took 3 laps.

Matthew, who was on the side of the track, looked at the crooked parapet and reluctantly took out his walkie-talkie and said to the race: "It will take at least 5 minutes for the parapet to be repaired." ”

Then on lap 13, the red flag was dispatched.

Qin Miao and Hamilton, as well as all the drivers who chose to pit and change tires during the safety car, saw this red flag, and a big question mark popped up in their minds.

If there is a red flag, then why do you let the safety car take three laps?

Qin Miao didn't even drive the team TR and scolded in the helmet: "Marcy, WCNMLGJB!" ”

The TR of the convoy on Hamilton's side directly launched a telegram: "Toot Toot Toot Too~"

It's just that because Hamilton's telegram is a bit too mild-mannered, FOM didn't release this conversation.

(End of chapter)