After the loss of Hamilton's target in front of him, Qin Miao had a time gap of 20 seconds from Perez in front, and Magnussen in the rear also had a time gap of 12 seconds from Qin Miao.

Qin Miao, who was stuck in the middle, stood out for a store that was not in front of the village or behind the village.

Because there was no pressure anymore, he couldn't catch up, and there was no threat to the position, so Qin Miao simply started cruising.

On lap 31, Verstappen opened their second stop window earlier than Ferrari and Mercedes expected.

Meiben's strategy team immediately began to judge whether these two were ready to make three stops.

After all, it was too early to make a pit stop on lap 31 to change tyres, as there were still 26 laps left before the end of the race.

Judging from the window when the soft tyre stops, the soft tyre can only last about 14-15 laps, while the life of the medium tyre is only 20-22 laps.

In the last few laps, the tires go to the cliff point and the grip drops quickly.

Therefore, the possibility of Red Bull choosing three stops is very high, after all, not everyone has Qin Miao's ability to protect the fetus against the sky.

The most important thing is that if they choose three stops, Qin Miao, who has stopped once, may really have a chance to snatch a podium from Red Bull and Ferrari to come back.

Of course, now Mercedes has only discovered this possibility, and is not sure what Red Bull thinks.

The specific situation depends on what kind of tires they are on, if they are replaced with hard tires like Qin Miao, then Red Bull's tactics are still two stops.

Then, everyone saw Verstappen get out of the pits on medium tyres.

Almost everyone who has focused on Red Bull and Scuderia Ferrari realised that Verstappen was still not so happy with second place.

He wanted to open the pit stop window early and look for an opportunity to undercut Leclerc.

It's just that what everyone doesn't know is that Red Bull is actually still thinking about two stops, so after Verstappen came out, the team told Verstappen in the team TR that if they could, they would slow down a little bit on the lap.

Verstappen, for his part, naturally did so, and the appearance circle did not push too quickly.

Ferrari's biggest rival for this race was Red Bull, so after Verstappen's pit stop, Ferrari also copied Red Bull's tactics, calling Leclerc into the pits on lap 32 and switching to a set of medium tyres like Verstappen.

Leclerc came out of the pits and was just 1.1 seconds ahead of Verstappen.

Now Verstappen is gone.

Because if there is no team command, he will definitely push with all his strength after he comes out, maybe because of his full push, he can just undercut Leclerc.

But now? I didn't push it all my might, and the time gap between myself and Leclerc was 1.1 seconds.

Verstappen suddenly had the feeling of being stabbed in the back by his teammates.

At this moment, Verstappen even recalled the last race of last year, standing on the podium without feeling any joy, only a sour and lost feeling in his heart.

Looking at Qin Miao, who was standing on the highest podium next to him to celebrate, this feeling was even stronger.

So Verstappen started complaining among the TRs within the team, and the tone was not very good.

And behind the two of them, it happened to be Qin Miao.

It's just that Qin Miao only saw the taillights of these two people from a distance, and then was gradually pulled away by these two people.

Originally, the time gap between Qin Miao and the fourth Pérez was 20 seconds, and the time gap between Leclerc and the first Leclerc directly came to 32 seconds, and 28 seconds with Verstappen.

With such a big time gap, Verstappen, who was in the first station, was still 7 seconds ahead of Qin Miao after coming out of the pit lane, not to mention Verstappen.

It's just that the words coming from the TR of the convoy at this time gave Qin Miao hope.

"Qin Miao, pay attention, we judge that Red Bull and Ferrari may make Verstappen and Leclerc stop three times, and we still have a chance to protect the tires and see what we can wait for."

Qin Miao, who had already entered the instinctive driving mode and started to fish and run the race, was directly called back to her senses by this reminder.

"Received, my tires are in good condition, it's really possible, it's up to them to give me a chance."

The first thing to do was to release Verstappen's TR after he came out of the pits, which roughly meant complaining to the team, after all, he missed a great opportunity to overtake Leclerc.

Then the race took advantage of the situation and released Qin Miao and Frankie's team TR.

"Oh? Mei Ben thinks Qin Miao has a chance? ”

After listening to this TR, the domestic fans and commentators who were originally a little disappointed because of the poor performance of Meiben in this game suddenly received a big surprise.

Brother Bing adjusted his sitting posture expectantly and said: "Mei Ben feels that Qin Miao has something to say in this game, and we can also look forward to it a little bit, whether Qin Miao can use his well-known tire protection ability to bring us some surprises." ”

……

On lap 34, Sainz and Pérez also made a pit stop on the same lap.

After coming out of the maintenance area, the same two people fell in front of Qin Miao.

It's just that he doesn't have as much time advantage as Leclerc and Verstappen, one is 5 seconds in front of Qin Miao and the other is 1.3 seconds in front of Qin Miao.

Although Qin Miao's tire temperature has an advantage, Qin Miao still has no way to change to Perez, who has the same hard tire as herself, in front of her, after all, the gap in racing performance is here, and Qin Miao can't catch up at all.

In fact, this is normal, after all, everyone in the paddock knows that in addition to Qin Miao's ability to protect tires, his defensive ability is also the top one, and Qin Miao's direct locking of Verstappen on the track more than once last season is the best proof.

Therefore, whether it is Red Bull or Ferrari, they will not let their drivers pit when they will fall behind Qin Miao after they enter and exit.

However, Qin Miao did not have any psychological fluctuations because the four people in front of him gradually widened the time gap with him after coming out of the maintenance area, but became more and more excited.

Because at least judging from the current performance, if they choose to stop three, it is really possible for them to get a position in the middle of this gang.

Next, it was still Qin Miao's familiar rhythm.

Run at your own pace, overtaking a slow train from time to time.

Maybe at this time, there are people who don't know enough about F1 competitions to say, so why did Qin Miao stop? This stop looks pretty awesome, but it seems that after the four people in front of him made a pit stop, Qin Miao's position did not change at all, and he did not get any advantage.

But you can't just look ahead, sometimes you have to look behind you.

At this time, Qin Miao's teammate Hamilton had a time gap of 17 seconds from Qin Miao.

And the original time gap between Qin Miao and the rider group in front of him was more than 20 seconds, but now he was chased by only seven or eight seconds.

During the time when Hamilton was chasing Qin Miao, Zhou Guanyu completed a 3.5-second pit stop, and after coming out, Zhou Guanyu easily overtook Stroll and came behind Bottas, ranking 13th.

Although the performance of the Mercedes team in today's race disappointed all domestic fans.

But whether it is Qin Miao's toughness in driving a Mercedes racing car that is not so competitive, or Zhou Guanyu's overtaking show and long-distance pursuit ability on the field on his debut, it has given domestic fans a shot in the arm.

If the competitiveness is gone, it will be gone, but at least both Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu have a brilliant performance on the track.

And as the race progressed, the audience also accepted the fact that the Mercedes team was out of competitiveness, and even began to get used to the picture.

……

On lap 44, Verstappen, who had been trying to chase Leclerc, chose to enter the pits for the third time due to tyre life problems.

Before heading into the pits, Verstappen was five seconds behind Leclerc in front of him.

And after Verstappen came out of the pit lane, he fell two seconds in front of Qin Miao.

Looking at Verstappen who came out of the pit lane, Qin Miao suddenly regretted that he chose to stop and finish.

This picture really looks a little diaphragm.

Last season, I was still the leader of the group, at least the more competitive group, but now?

In one game, Verstappen appeared in front of him three times! Three times in unison!

They all ran out of the pit and got stuck in front of themselves.

And then it went away as fast as it was.

However, after the race came to the 45th lap, Qin Miao found that Pérez did not choose to make a pit stop.

It seems that Pérez is ready to run out of two stops.

Red Bull has to admit that Qin Miao's fetal protection ability is indeed against the sky, but Perez's fetal protection ability is the strongest one before you Qin Miao came.

So Red Bull simply didn't let Perez pit stop, after all, they didn't want to risk letting Perez appear behind Qin Miao.

The ghost knows if with Qin Miao's defensive ability, he will directly lock up Perez on the track.

Seeing this, Qin Miao sighed, and then could only accept his fate, after all, the gap in the performance of the car was too big.

Surprisingly, however, Ferrari did not continue to copy Red Bull's tactics, opting instead to keep Leclerc, who was on neutral tyres, outside, while Sainz also remained outside.

Leclerc didn't have much to say, at this point Leclerc's tyre consumption was very small, and he could finish the race at a relatively fast cruising speed.

But Sainz didn't pit for tire changes because of Qin Miao, because if he pit for tire changes, he would also fall behind Qin Miao.

Another reason is that Ferrari wants to keep Leclerc's first race title in the 2022 season, so they continue to let Sainz stay outside to help Leclerc stop Verstappen, who will catch up.

So this time, Verstappen was the only one who was unhappy with his second place and wanted to try his hand at the pit stop on soft tyres.

It's just that the next picture that surprised everyone appeared.

On lap 46, Gasly's car engine caught fire and stopped at the spot where Grossjean had caught fire.

History is always strikingly similar, or perhaps this mathew entrance at the Bahrain Grand Prix is inherently associated with fire.

It can only be said that Red Bull was a little too anxious to make a pit stop to change tires this time.

Not surprisingly, the safety car was dispatched.

Verstappen lost two positions, and both Red Bull drivers also had the opportunity to go back and get new tyres.

At the same time, the other person who fell the frieze was Qin Miao.

Although this safety car also allowed Qin Miao to get a free pit stop.

But again, the car performance could not keep up, and this time the safety car allowed all the drivers to erase the gap in the tires.

Of course, the cheapness of this safety car cannot be ignored, after all, everyone used this safety car to replace new tires, and you Qin Miao didn't replace it, then wouldn't you lose a set of tires in vain?

So Qin Miao also made a pit stop, and also changed to a new set of soft tires, after all, there are only 10 laps left in the race at this time, and a new set of soft tires is absolutely enough.

Qin Miao's fans, who know a little bit about racing, were a little frustrated and annoyed after seeing this safety car, how could they lose so much in a good way.

At this time, the only good news for Qin Miao's fans is that because of Qin Miao's personality, except for Qin Miao, all the drivers on the track use tires that have been run in qualifying races.

Qin Miao used a new soft tire.

It's just that this advantage is not too big.

After that, the safety car starts cruising with all the drivers, the formation is recompressed, and the slow car is untrained.

And Qin Miao looked at Hamilton who appeared behind him, and felt a little painful.

The advantage is gone......

When the old man is concerned, he will probably start attacking himself.

On lap 50, the safety roof lights went off and the race was about to restart, with seven laps left before the end of the race.

Qin Miao also quickly restrained the depression in his heart, began to observe Hamilton behind him, and planned the defensive actions he was waiting for, and then Qin Miao was ready to start defending Hamilton.

After the T14 came out of the corner, Leclerc accelerated sharply, and Sainz behind Leclerc followed well, and Verstappen also made some mistakes.

And Pérez and Verstappen, who are behind Sainz, basically have no chance to compete for Sainz's position because of their position.

So after the start, I went all the way to T1, and the positions of the first few drivers didn't change.

As for Qin Miao, after finding that the car in front of him had picked up, he focused his attention on Hamilton's body, and didn't care about the people in front of him at all.

However, after running a few corners, Qin Miao found that Hamilton behind him had no obvious offensive intentions, or rather, Hamilton couldn't attack Qin Miao at all at this time.

The speed can't keep up.

After all, Qin Miao used a brand new soft tyre, while Hamilton's soft tyre ran a qualifying flight lap, and the grip difference between the two was a bit big.

After lap 52, the time gap between Qin Miao and Pérez in front widened to 1.5 seconds.

And Hamilton behind him didn't put any pressure on Qin Miao, and Qin Miao started cruising again.

What? Isn't Qin Miao Verstappen in front of him? How did it become Pérez?

Pérez's side gave Verstappen his place on the Grand Straight on lap 51, and the position of the second driver was in full view.

On lap 53, Verstappen began to attack Sainz in front of him.

There's no denying that Ferrari is better than Red Bull this season, but it's clear that Sainz doesn't have Leclerc's quality at this time and can't open up the time gap with Verstappen at a slow, but steady pace.

It's just that Sainz is indeed slower than Verstappen, but it is not much slower by relying on the advantage of racing, and then Verstappen wants to overtake Sainz, and it is estimated that he will have to find an opportunity in the DRS zone.

It's just surprising that by the 54th lap, Sainz, who was not too fast, gradually opened up the time gap between himself and Verstappen.

It was as if something was wrong with Verstappen's car.

Then on lap 55, Verstappen's car slowed down significantly, and he was overtaken by Pérez and Qin Miao Hamilton in the rear.

Now it's even more obvious that Verstappen's car is in trouble!

"What happened? Is there anything I can do to make up for it? Verstappen asked in his dying throes in the middle of the convoy.

"Sorry Max, we didn't see any major issues in our telemetry, we're probably going to have to quit." The team's reply to Verstappen seemed so cold and unforgiving.

The only good news was that Verstappen was at the pit entrance, and he didn't have to stop on the track and could drive the car back to the pits.

Red Bull fans were naturally sad when they saw this picture.

On the other side, Mercedes and Ferrari fans, especially Ferrari fans, were happy, and the scene was jubilant.

Qin Miao's side also inexplicably picked up a fourth position.

And on the same lap, Qin Miao also found that the speed of Perez in front of him had actually slowed down.

It was probably Red Bull Racing's side that spotted two cars with Honda racing engines that had engine problems and instructed Pérez to reduce the car's power to protect the engine.

Therefore, on the 55th lap, Qin Miao followed 0.9 seconds behind Perez.

Lap 57, the last lap.

Qin Miao chased 0.5 seconds behind Pérez after taking a corner on the big straight.

Pérez's side began to draw dragons to defend as soon as possible, while Qin Miao also drew dragons to absorb Pérez's wake, and the trajectories of the two were exactly the same.

"Qin Miao! Chances? Can you suck Pérez's wake? After Brother Bing saw this scene, his palms were already sweating.

"Proximity! Qin Miao's proximity rate is very high! Here's a chance! Brother Prawn exclaimed.

In the middle of the big straight, Qin Miao, who had turned on the DRS, was already tapping on the outside of Perez, but after reaching the exit of the pit lane, Qin Miao, whose eyes were full of confidence, suddenly felt a pain in his back.

Then the car began to bounce uncontrollably, and the pain was caused by the impact of the car bouncing in the back.

And with that, the acceleration of the car began to decrease, and it began to be unable to keep up with Pérez's speed.

Seeing that Qin Miao's racing car had a decrease in proximity after tapping, Brother Bing and Brother Shrimp sighed at the same time, "Ah~".

After commenting on the F1 game for so long, they immediately knew that Qin Miao's attack might fail this time after seeing the sudden drop in Qin Miao's approaching rate, which was originally considerable.

In the end, Qin Miao may have to rank fourth and miss the podium.

As a fan of Qin Miao, Qin Miao could still be seen shining on the field last season, but after just a winter break, Qin Miao could only linger outside the podium, which made all the commentators and domestic fans have a strong sense of gap.

And the cheers on the scene after seeing Qin Miao about to overtake Perez, after seeing Qin Miao's sudden slowdown, he also issued a sentence of annoyance "Oh~"

There were many Chinese fans who came to watch the race, after all, the Chinese are famous street walkers all over the world, and they can be seen everywhere, let alone Bahrain.

And Middle Easterners actually have a certain affection for Chinese, so most neutral local fans still support Qin Miao.

Of course, although T1 lost the opportunity to overtake Pérez, Qin Miao did not forget to continue to put pressure on Pérez, and before T1's braking point, Qin Miao also changed lanes towards the inside line and shook Pérez.

At this time, the pressure display on Pérez's head has become [62%].

That's right, Qin Miao came behind Perez on lap 51 and gave Perez his skills, and after 6 laps, he had accumulated [62%] of pressure.

This is because Pérez knows that the strength of Mercedes is not good this season, so the pressure accumulates slowly, and if it was last season, the pressure would have gone to 100% at this time.

But despite this, Qin Miao still felt that she had a chance in this game.

There are still two DRS areas in the future, and as long as you put a little pressure on yourself, Pérez will always make mistakes.

Just when Qin Miao was thinking so, and Qin Miao's fans also felt that Qin Miao still had a chance in this game.

Pérez made a mistake at the T1 corner, and the whole car suddenly skidded and landed on the track.

And still with his head across the track in the direction of the pit exit, Pérez, who stopped the car in this position, could not move until all the cars behind him had passed, and if he moved, he was prone to collisions.

After seeing Perez stop on the track, Qin Miao turned sharply to the left to avoid colliding with Perez.

While being scared out of a cold sweat, a sense of excitement was born from Qin Miao's heart.

Because Pérez stopped on the track on the last lap, it meant that Pérez was no longer competitive in this race, and his position had been lost.

And his ranking went up one place, and when he came to third, he really got the podium...... Although they did not rely on their own ability to protect the fetus.

But luck is also part of strength, isn't it?

Then Qin Miao asked in the TR of the convoy with some surprise: "What happened?" ”

Frankie said a moment later in the team's TR: "It's not clear why, it's probably an engine problem, just like Verstappengasly. (End of chapter)