However, Qin Miao didn't look for Qiu Meng now, but nodded at the two of them when she passed by.

After all, the preparation process before the start of the competition is still quite cumbersome, and Qin Miao also needs to check whether the parameters he has set in the practice stage and the preset racing mode have been touched.

That's right, although the whole Meiben team is very satisfied with Qin Miao, Qin Miao still needs to prevent someone from plotting against him.

In fact, this is also what Hamilton taught Qin Miao.

Although the relationship between Qin Miao and Hamilton has been frozen now, except for the pictures that appear in the camera, the two basically haven't spoken much in private.

But Qin Miao still learned a lot from Hamilton.

For example, your teammates will always be your biggest competitors.

Because you may have a gap in performance compared to other drivers in the field, so even if you lose, you have an excuse to excuse yourself.

But if you lose to a teammate, then you can only say that your individual strength is not as good as your teammate.

As a result, you will be overwhelmed by your teammates in terms of team resources, media exposure, or income.

After all, the paddock of F1 is all about strength.

When this happens, there's no guarantee that your teammate will willingly be your No. 2 driver.

Never underestimate the sinister nature of human nature, some people will do anything to overcome their teammates.

For example, buy off the mechanic of your teammate's car team and ask him to secretly manipulate the mode settings that have been set up in his teammate's car.

For example, change the engine output in this mode, but your teammates originally used this mode to run long distances, in order to reduce the loss of fuel and tires.

But as soon as this mode is turned on, your teammates will notice that something is wrong as they run, why are my tires and fuel insufficient?

This kind of thing can't be found out at all until it is found out after the fact, and even if it is found out, it can be used as a reason for not being careful at work and accidentally setting the wrong value.

These are all the experiences that Hamilton taught Qin Miao.

Now it has become Qin Miao's instinct, basically every time before qualifying and the main race, he will check these settings in his car.

After the pre-race inspection process was completed, it was less than ten minutes before the start of the qualifying race, and Qin Miao had no intention of getting off the car at this time, so he sat in his car and waited for the start of the game.

At 1 a.m. Beijing time on March 21, 2022, the qualifying round for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix officially began.

In the commentary of Five Star Sports, many domestic fans are watching today's qualifying race with mixed feelings.

In the Q1 stage, Qin Miao scored a good result in the first flight lap, 1:29.333.

This is a ranking that can directly enter Q2, and after this lap, Qin Miao's ranking came to fourth in the field.

The top three are Sainz Verstappen and Leclerc, Qin Miao can appear here, or because Pérez's results are not so ideal.

However, after Qin Miao finished this flight lap, he still ran another flight lap on the track.

The Jeddah track's high-speed and few corners make the C4's soft tyres durable enough to run two laps without a large loss of speed.

It's just that there won't be a big loss, but the wear and tear of the soft tires is an objective fact, so Qin Miao's speed on this lap is still not as fast as his first flying lap.

And although Qin Miao ranked fourth, the time gap between Qin Miao and Leclerc in front of him reached 0.5 seconds.

This is basically an insurmountable chasm.

It is worth mentioning that Hamilton's first flight lap was not ideal, after the first flight lap, Hamilton's results were not compared with Sainz in first place, he was 1.3 seconds slower than Qin Miao.

Of course, at this time, neither the audience nor the commentators felt that Hamilton was bad, they just felt that Hamilton might have made a mistake, and it was very possible to regain his competitiveness with a little adjustment.

While it's impossible to say Hamilton can go to a wrestling with Red Bull right now, he can at least catch up with or overtake his team-mates.

Then in the second flight lap, Qin Miao ran a flight lap with a set of soft tires that used a few laps in the practice race, and his performance did not improve, but Qin Miao didn't care, after all, he was protecting the tire.

It's just a big surprise that Hamilton actually ran the same as the first flight lap just now, and the results were extremely unsatisfactory.

But luckily, after Hamilton's second lap, there were just over two minutes left before Q1 stoppage, which was enough for him to run the last lap on the track on the current set of soft tyres.

Although both the commentators and the spectators had confidence in Hamilton at the time, believing that it was a simple on-track accident, Hamilton was unable to fully exploit his strengths.

But Hamilton had already made it clear to his track engineer in the team's TR: "No, I can't go any faster. ”

And it was true that after Hamilton's final lap, he was still far from ideal, with a terrifying 1.488 seconds behind Sainz in first place.

And our seven-time champion Hamilton was eliminated in Q1 at a speed that no one expected.

And you must know that Hamilton's teammate Qin Miao, strictly speaking, only ran one flight lap before advancing to Q2.

At this time, many domestic audiences saw Hamilton's performance, and their hearts were also mixed.

Because of Qin Miao's relationship, domestic fans will substitute their own perspectives into Qin Miao most of the time.

Because of this, they knew that Hamilton had taught Qin Miao a lot of things, and most people also regarded Hamilton as their big brother.

But everyone knows that in the same team, young drivers always want to surpass their predecessors.

Fortunately, Qin Miao did it.

He won the World Championship in his first season of career, snatching his eight-time crown from his team-mate Hamilton.

But now, looking at Hamilton, he was actually eliminated in Q1.

It's a bit like looking at the people at home when the Soviet Union collapsed.

There are a lot of schadenfreude, some are not a big deal to see the excitement, and some are full of overwhelm and regret after seeing this scene, and all kinds of comments have emerged on various social media such as Tieba Weibo Hupu.

However, putting Hamilton aside, domestic fans are still very happy to watch this race.

On the one hand, Qin Miao easily advanced to Q2 without any pressure as before.

It's as stable as a relentless track machine.

On the other hand, Zhou Guanyu beat Norris to qualify for Q2 in ninth place, with a time gap of just 0.1 seconds between him and teammate Bottas.

For a first-year freshman, this result is satisfactory to Zhou Guanyu himself, the fans who pay attention to him in China, or the Arrow team.

After Qin Miao knew it, she also sighed: "It's worthy of being my eldest son!" ”

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On the track, after running the last flight lap, Qin Miao drove back to the pit area, and on the way back, Qin Miao didn't see Hamilton in the back two on the display screen of his steering wheel, and in front of him were the drivers of this season's royal family, so Qin Miao asked casually: "What about Lewis?" ”

After hearing Qin Miao's question, Barber replied, "Eh...... Lewis Q1 was eliminated. ”

"What?"

"Yes, Lewis qualifying wasn't ideal."

After that, this TR's conversation is over.

But on the way back, Qin Miao's mind was still full of question marks.

Why was the old man eliminated in Q1? It's not normal.

After returning to the garage and being pushed into the garage by Reyes, Qin Miao opened the goggles, and he could obviously feel that the air pressure in Hamilton's P room was a little low.

Coincidentally, after Qin Miao's car was parked and the old soft tires were removed, Hamilton just got out of the car and took Angela to weigh it.

Hamilton just walked in front of Qin Miao and glanced at Qin Miao.

However, Qin Miao didn't see any negative emotions in Hamilton's eyes, but more helplessness and doubt.

I worked hard for two days, why is the car not tuned well, and Qin Miao, this kid is like a nobody, the speed is still so stable, how did this guy do it?

Am I really old?

Such doubts came to Hamilton's mind.

But in any case, Hamilton's game is over today, and Qin Miao's game is ......

In fact, it was over, because Qin Miao had already expected her final ranking and results in this qualifying match......

Qin Miao also retracted his thoughts after seeing Hamilton leave, and began to study the videos of his two flying circles in his own car.

Although this season's Mei Ben is unfavorable, and the gap between him and the other two teams in terms of performance is relatively large, but just like Bahrain last week, as long as Qin Miao can maintain his stability, there will always be a chance to pick up the leaks.

And no matter what, the contract that Mei Ben gave himself was reviewed by his own agency, and he should be able to sign it after the game is over.

I can't live up to the annual salary of up to 20 million that Mei Ben gave him, right?

After a short break, Q2 also began.

At this time, the commentators didn't pay much attention to Qin Miao, because of Qin Miao's stability and speed last season, the commentators of Five Star Sports already had confidence in Qin Miao, and they would wait until Q3 to see Qin Miao, anyway, he couldn't fall in Q2.

Now they will focus on Zhou Guanyu to see how Zhou Guanyu did in Q2 and whether it is possible to see two Chinese F1 drivers enter Q3 at the same time.

When there were still ten minutes left before Q2 stopped watching, Qin Miao ran the first flight lap of Q2 with a new set of soft tires, with a score of 1:29.299.

After this result was finished, Qin Miao's next flight lap was replaced with the old soft tires.

There is no need to use new tires, this result can be stable in Q3.

What Qin Miao didn't know was that after seeing Qin Miao's results, Toto leaned his head on his position, looked at Hamilton's car and sighed.

There was also a small incident in Q2 when Mick lost control and crashed into the wall when the T10 was out of the corner.

The whole car was smashed to pieces, and parts were scattered all over the ground.

That's the nature of street racing, where a mistake in a high-speed corner and a track with little to no cushioning can make it extremely difficult for the car to hit the wall.

Such a serious crash will naturally be a red flag.

Because of the excessive debris, the red flag lasted for almost an hour before the track was cleared.

Mick Schumacher was put in an ambulance on the spot, and then taken by a helicopter to the hospital for examination.

After Q2 resumed, Qin Miao returned to the track and ran a flight lap on old neutral tires.

It's all about collecting data, and the results don't matter.

In the end, at the end of Q2, Qin Miao's result did not change, it was still 1:29.299, but despite this, he still advanced to Q3 with fifth.

In the end, Zhou Guanyu still failed to advance to Q3, and Zhou Guanyu was unfortunately eliminated in Q2 in the eleventh position.

As a Q2 goalkeeper, at least Zhou Guanyu is still satisfied with his ranking.

In the end, the drivers who were eliminated in Q2 were: Zhou Guanyu, Norris, Ricciardo, Mick, and Stroll.

Soon, the highlight of the day, Q3, begins.

As soon as he came up, Leclerc, who was on fire this season, brushed a score of 1:28.323 in the first flight lap to reach the first place.

Not long after, Qin Miao also ran the first flight lap of his Q3, with a score of 1:28.816.

Qin Miao had a feeling that this was the fastest speed he could run in this W13 so far, but despite this, the time gap between him and Leclerc was still 0.6 seconds faster.

But that wasn't the end of the story, as Pérez quickly taught Ferrari a lesson, taking pole position for the race with a time of 1:28.200, even faster than his team-mate Verstappen.

At the end of Q3, Qin Miao came to the fifth place that he may be very familiar with throughout the season.

In the end, the results of the qualifying round were as follows:

1: Pérez

2: Leclerc

3: Sainz

4: Verstappen

5: Qin Miao

6: Ocon

7: Alonso

8: Bottas

9: Gasly

10: Magnussen

11: Zhou Guanyu

12: Norris

13: Stroll

14: Hamilton

15: Ricardo

16: Albon

17: Hulkenberg

18: Russell

19: Tsunoda

Mick's car was smashed and there was no possibility of repairing it in a day's time, so he retired from the race.

Again, Magnussen took Haas to a height of 10 that did not belong to him, as he did in the last game.

Ricciardo, on the other hand, was penalized three places from the starting position on Sunday because he blocked Gasly's flight lap in Q2, and only two places were dropped because there was a Mick behind him, although Mick retired, but Mick's position was still there, and he withdrew because he didn't have a car.

At this point, the qualifying round is over.

PS.I'm sorry.,I've been busy lately.,Maybe the update is only 4K every day.,The day before yesterday remembered with the new me.,I'll make it up later.,I'm really sorry.。

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