Now Qin Miao only needs to stay in this position to finish this race, then he can draw a successful end to the first season of his career.

It is worth mentioning that after coming to the third place, because there was no other driver in front of him, Qin Miao's speed gradually increased!

Two laps later, the 25-second gap between him and Verstappen was 24.3 seconds.

Although Qin Miao's pursuit speed was slow, even if he ran at this pace, Qin Miao would not be able to catch up with Verstappen in front of him within 10 seconds before the end of the race.

But at least this shows that Qin Miao still has a speed advantage over Verstappen, and as Qin Miao's speed gets faster and faster, the time gap between him and Perez behind him will gradually widen, and then Qin Miao will have sufficient margin for error, so that Qin Miao, who has already stepped into the drivers' championship podium with half a foot, will walk more steadily when he takes the last step.

Just when the race was going to be quiet and everyone thought it was going to end like this in the middle of the cruise, there was an accident on the track.

When the camera cuts over, you can see another Alfa Romeo slowing down on the track.

At this time, Alfa Romeo's other driver, Kimi, had finished the last F1 Grand Prix of his career, so the only driver at this time was probably another Alfa Romeo driver: Gio Venaz.

Giovinaz, on the track, parked his car on the exit route of the T9, as there was a Matthew entrance right next to the place.

But here is the exit position of T9, basically as long as someone makes a mistake in the center of T9, the car spins.

Then the out-of-control car will definitely crash into the Giovinaz's car.

Therefore, after a short period of consideration and judgment, the virtual safety car was dispatched.

At this time, because the final result between Hamilton Verstappen and Qin Miao was already doomed, the now somewhat boring game became full of doubts again.

In the next time, the audience and commentators were speculating whether Verstappen would choose to pit stops, because at this time Qin Miao and Hamilton had reached their most comfortable positions, and Verstappen at this time was high or low, with Hamilton winning the race championship and Qin Miao winning the drivers' championship this season.

And he has nothing.

As the saying goes, barefoot people are not afraid to wear shoes, and at this time, only Verstappen can make some changes at this moment to disrupt the situation on the field, fish in troubled waters, and benefit from it.

So after Hamilton passed the pit lane entrance, Verstappen made a pit stop for a tyre.

Because it was a pit stop during the virtual safety car, Verstappen not only got a new set of hard tyres this time, but also earned 9 seconds...... If Hamilton and Qin Miao pitted......

On Qin Miao's side, after Verstappen entered the pit lane, Qin Miao took advantage of the situation to come to second, and even because of the virtual safety car, Qin Miao was quickly shortening the time gap between himself and Hamilton in front of him.

By the time the virtual safety car ended, the time gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton had been shortened from 30 seconds to 11 seconds.

Hamilton lost money.

First of all, Verstappen earned a new set of tires by making an early pit stop, not to mention, and also saved 9 seconds of pit stop time to change tires.

Now that his team-mates were behind him, all of Hamilton's early stage in the race had been largely wiped out by the unexpected circumstances on the track.

Of course, Hamilton also got a good news, that is, his teammate Qin Miao was behind him, and with Qin Miao's tire protection and long-distance ability, if there were no accidents such as safety cars or red flags in this race, Qin Miao should use his set of hard tires to run the whole race directly.

Therefore, Hamilton felt that Qin Miao would most likely help him block Verstappen behind him.

And that's exactly what happened.

On lap 40, Verstappen came behind Qin Miao.

At this time, although Verstappen had the advantage in tires, Red Bull was a little desperate to find that all Verstappen could do at this time was to follow behind Qin Miao.

His speed was simply not enough for him to attack Qin Miao, and he was able to follow Qin Miao because Verstappen's tires were newer than Qin Miao's, otherwise Verstappen could only watch the distance between Qin Miao and himself getting farther and farther away.

At this time, Red Bull realized that he didn't know when it started, Qin Miao had caught up with Verstappen and even surpassed Verstappen in terms of long-distance speed and other abilities.

But he's only been in F1 for a year!

After that, the situation on the field stabilized again.

Qin Miao and Verstappen were constantly chasing Hamilton in front, but because of Qin Miao's relationship, the speed of this pursuit was not fast.

Verstappen couldn't find an opportunity to attack Qin Miao at all, and Qin Miao's head on the big straight and late braking didn't seem to see it, which didn't affect Qin Miao's game state at all.

If there are no accidents, the race may be finished in this state.

Just when the spectators at the scene once again felt that the game might have to return to calm, they ran directly to the end of the game, and there was another accident on the field.

On lap 53, there was a big accident on the track.

Latifi made a mistake when he came out of the corner, and the car hit the track wall directly, and the car butt stopped on the track, and the front nose wing of the car was directly knocked off by Latifi, and carbon fiber fragments were scattered on the ground.

At the same time, the yellow flag on the left driver's position appeared in the broadcast screen.

Because Latifi's location of the crash was too tricky, the virtual safety car could no longer cope with this scene, and there was no way to clean up the debris left on the track after the crash without the safety car.

Qin Miao was already lying flat in this race, and he was already satisfied with his current position, after all, he had already won the Rider of the Year championship, what more bikes did he want.

But with the advent of the safety car, Qin Miao had a more dangerous idea in his heart.

It's a pit stop for soft tyres, and when you come out, you might be able to win the Drivers' Championship this season and win the race at the same time.

This idea is extremely tempting for all the top drivers in Qin Miao's position, because the feasibility is really high.

After all, there were not many laps left before the end of the race, and Qin Miao still had a new set of soft tires left in his inventory.

So as soon as the safety car came out, Qin Miao asked Frankie in the TR of the convoy: "Is there a safety car?" Can I pit for soft tyres? ”

Meiben's strategy team was also nervous because of Latifi's sudden crash on the track, but they didn't panic and got to work.

But the situation at this time is a bit passive for Mei Ben,

Because both of Mercedes' drivers are in front, if they both pit and Red Bull's Verstappen and Pérez do not pit stops, then Qin Miao and Hamilton will have to pass Pérez before they can attack Verstappen.

What if Verstappen and Pérez pit for soft tyres if they don't pit?

On the contrary, it is much easier on the side of Red Bull.

As mentioned earlier, Red Bull has nothing to lose at this time, they are like a drowning person at this time, and they will hold on to anything that appears in front of them like a life-saving straw.

At this time, this safety car is the lifesaver of Red Bull.

So as soon as the safety car appeared, Red Bull's strategy team decided to let Verstappen pit for a set of soft tyres that had only run one qualifying Q1.

Not everyone is Qin Miao, and even if they can't be used in the main race stage, they have to leave three more sets of different new tires for backup.

Others don't have the ability or the need for it.

But according to the position where Latifi crashed, even if it is a set of soft tires that run through a flying lap, after the safety car is over, the speed is still much faster than the normal hard tires.

After discussing nervously on Frankie's side, it was finally Frankie who took the initiative to say to Qin Miao: "Qin Miao, we are still focusing on stability in this game, you must know that there is a Perez behind Verstappen, if you pit at this time, you will definitely be stuck behind Perez." ”

Qin Miao thought about it for a while, and also felt that Frankie had a point, and finally gave up this somewhat tempting idea.

You can go for the championship at any time, but you can only win the Drivers' Championship once a year, and if you miss it, you may regret it for the rest of your life.

After that, Red Bull Racing discovered that neither Mercedes driver had any intention of pitting.

After discovering Mercedes' idea, Pérez didn't need to stay outside, so both Red Bull drivers opted for a pit stop for soft tyres under the safety car.

And after Hamilton caught up with the safety car, Qin Miao also came behind Hamilton soon after.

Behind Qin Miao was a McLaren slow car, followed by two Alpines, a Ferrari, and finally an Aston Martin driven by Sebastian Vettel, who was behind Verstappen.

Qin Miao and Verstappen were separated by five slow trains.

It stands to reason that at this time, the FIA needs to give an order to untie the slow car, but there are too many debris on the track, if the order is given to let the slow car untie at this time, the slow car is likely to be too fast because of chasing the car formation, and the debris on the track will cause a secondary accident.

So when the safety car reached lap 55, the race officer not only did not give the order to untie the slow car, but issued a statement saying that he would not untie the slow car.

Then it took a lot of time to clean up the wreckage of Russell's car.

In fact, this race can be carried directly by the safety car.

However, the race officials took into account that this was the last race in '21 and that the FIA rules made it clear that it was best for the driver to take the lead on the final lap if it was not necessary.

So Michael Massey, after a brief discussion with his colleagues, decided that the safety car would be withdrawn on the last lap.

As for the slow train, in fact, according to the instructions just issued by the FIA, it is possible to untie the set.

But looking at the top three drivers, and thinking that this is the last race, it is better to have a little suspense on the last lap.

So at this time, Michael Massie was ready to directly untie the five slow cars between Qin Miao and Verstappen, and then let Verstappen try to attack the two Mercedes drivers.

But once he had an idea, he had to discuss it with his colleagues.

However, after telling his colleagues what he was thinking, the other two race officers on duty directly rejected Michael Massey's decision.

It's not because there's anything wrong with doing this, it's mainly that a notice that won't be untied just now was issued, and the backhand was untied again, isn't this a slap in the face out of thin air?

And with Qin Miao's defensive ability, what if Verstappen uses new soft tires? At most, he surpassed Qin Miao, and he could still crash and retire from the race when the two of them were fighting with Qin Miao?

If they really crashed and retired, wouldn't Hamilton win the championship?

It's been a great season, and we don't want him to have any surprises on the final lap.

So, forget it.

Although Qin Miao won this year's F1 Drivers' Championship as a Chinese, many relevant practitioners felt dissatisfied from the bottom of their hearts, but as mentioned earlier, it was better than Hamilton winning the final Drivers' Championship.

So, in the end, on the 58th lap of the race, the safety car was withdrawn, and Hamilton did not press the car, because he knew that Qin Miao was the only one behind him, and Qin Miao's speed in this race was obviously not as fast as his own.

Even if the car is pressed, Qin Miao can't catch up.

But at the same time, it also means that this season's Drivers' Championship doesn't have much to do with Hamilton.

Hamilton himself knows that he has no chance of winning the Drivers' Championship or making F1 history past Schumacher in F1.

Hamilton was tempted to say something at this moment, but the shadow of defeat weighed down on him like tonight's night, giving him a momentary sense of trance and drowning in the absence of oxygen, which made him almost speechless.

Hamilton was leading the race at this point, and although he would have won the race after crossing the line, Hamilton was not happy at all, but his heart was full of bitterness after defeat.

Although he knew that it was useless to think about it at this point, Hamilton couldn't help but start thinking about whether the results of this season would have been different if he had been more serious, made fewer mistakes, ran more racing simulators, and spent more time on the development of the team's racing cars.

(End of chapter)