371: Miao, Qin, Train Driver, Master of Defense, Red Bull's Greatest Enemy
Alonso, who didn't pit stops, caused Qin Miao a big problem, if he didn't pit stops, Qin Miao wouldn't be able to try to attack Verstappen in front.
The safety car lasted from lap 24 to the end of lap 26, when the overhead lights were out and the race was about to restart.
After the restart, Qin Miao's starting rhythm was very stable, and it can even be said that Qin Miao's starting reaction speed was faster than Alonso's, but because Leclerc's starting position was in the center of the corner, and Qin Miao was just at the braking point when Leclerc started, Qin Miao after the start could not pose any threat to Alonso in front of him.
However, the Alonso in front of Qin Miao is using hard tires after all, and it is still a set of hard tires that have run 26 laps, so if Qin Miao wants to surpass Alonso, there will basically not be too much pressure.
However, Qin Miao still kept an eye on it a little and did not surpass Alonso after the game restarted.
Because Pérez behind him has been putting pressure on himself all the time.
Although Qin Miao can now defend against Perez's attack behind him by relying on the grip advantage of the neutral tires, he will lose for a long time, and the performance gap of the car is here, and Qin Miao is not confident that he can defend Perez behind him after his neutral tires begin to degenerate.
This season's car is easier to follow than last season because of the ground effect floor.
So Qin Miao used his little brain, and he directly gave up the possibility of overtaking Alonso, slowed down his speed, and maintained a time gap of about 0.6 seconds with Alonso.
In fact, this distance could have been closer, but Qin Miao pulled it a little farther away in order not to put too much pressure on Alonso.
(He was so gentle, I cried to death)
In fact, Qin Miao thought a little too much, with Alonso's many years of experience in the arena, he could actually roughly judge that Qin Miao did not surpass his own ideas, so he would not pay too much attention to Qin Miao, but focus on running his own long-distance rhythm.
Experienced people sometimes have such a vicious vision.
Next, the two drivers, Alonso and Qin Miao, reached a brief alliance on the track, pulling up a DRS train behind them.
And after seeing Qin Miao's actions, Perez felt a little painful, the drivers of the Red Bull camp last season were still using the DRS train to defend Qin Miao, but who would have thought that this season would be directly reversed, it can really be described as feng shui in turn, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi.
And not only was Perez blocked by Qin Miao's DRS in front of him, but Hamilton in the back, and even Magnus behind Hamilton also quickly joined the DRS train.
As for Qin Miao's enthusiasm for Verstappen in front of him?
It's long gone, so why can't you keep the podium if you go down, and you still fight for second?
After only two laps of restarting, Alonso and Leclerc in front of him were five seconds apart? Even Verstappen was three seconds away.
Therefore, Qin Miao felt that it was better for him to be pragmatic, just take the third.
As the spectators could see, the leading group on the track quickly threw Alonso and them away.
And Qin Miao's side, because of the DRS provided by Alonso in front, coupled with some of his actions to block Perez's entry line when exiting the corner, can be regarded as protecting his tires to the greatest extent, while locking Perez behind him.
After seeing this scene, Brother Bing and the others couldn't help but sigh: "This is Qin Miao, our Chinese F1 world champion, even if he doesn't have a top-notch racing car, he can seize everything around him that can be used and turn these things into his own advantages." ”
By lap 32, there were already seven cars in the DRS area behind Alonso.
They are Qin Miao, Pérez, Hamilton, Magnussen, Norris, Ricardo, Albon.
All of this was actually facilitated by Qin Miao, after he locked Pérez, Hamilton in the DRS zone had no way to launch any effective attack on Pérez in front of him, even if he had DRS, it was useless, because Pérez in front also had DRS.
The same was true for the riders behind Hamilton.
One by one, this DRS train is getting longer and longer.
At this time, the time gap between Alonso and Leclerc in front of him has been widened to 10 seconds.
Of course, in a way, the time gap at this point is meaningless, because if there are no surprises in this game, these 10 seconds will not be able to catch up in any case.
However, Qin Miao, who was the initiator, naturally received complaints from the drivers in the DRS train behind him among the TRs of many teams.
Of course, there was no way for their complaints to reach Qin Miao's ears.
But just when everyone thought that Qin Miao, the train driver, would drive this DRS train until Alonso entered the station.
On lap 39, Verstappen stopped directly near the Matthew junction on the track.
Through the aerial view, you can see that the rear engine part of Verstappen's car is smoking outward, and even when Verstappen went to check, he found that the engine was actually on fire, and it was obvious that Honda's engine was in trouble like Bahrain.
Once again, there was a safety car on the track, but this time it was virtual and there were no car fragments on the track, so there should be no physical safety car on the track.
After Yu Guang saw Verstappen's retired car, Qin Miao's eyes immediately lit up,! Hang one! Here's a chance!
However, Qin Miao was not in a hurry, Qin Miao immediately asked in the TR of the team: "How are my tires?" ”
Frankie also had a good heart, and he knew Qin Miao's thoughts at the first time: "It's very good, you can run the next whole course, you have protected your tires well, and you can rest assured to defend Pérez behind you in the next game." ”
Hearing this, Qin Miao was a lot more relieved, as for Perez relying on this virtual safety car to enter the pit stop to change tires? Qin Miao didn't think about it at all.
Although the virtual safety car can take advantage of the pit stop tire change, the advantage is not as big as the physical safety car.
And at this time, there are only 18 laps left before the end of the race, and Perez is not like Qin Miao, he has no new neutral tires.
Although Perez has the reputation of a tire preservation master, his tire protection ability is not as perverted as Qin Miao, so let's not say that he no longer has a new set of soft tires, even if he changes to a new set of soft tires, he will not have the strength to chase and attack Qin Miao after the next 18 laps.
It is even more impossible to change to neutral tires, because Qin Miao still has seven cars behind him, and Pérez pits at this time, and he has to fall behind Zhou Guanyu.
Do you think Zhou Guanyu will help Qin Miao defend you Perez a little?
So now Qin Miao can be said to be sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai, waiting for Alonso to start accelerating to defend Pérez behind him after he pit and change tires.
The virtual safety car in the middle of lap 40 was canceled, and Alonso came out with a pit stop to change tires and ended his martial soul fusion technique with Qin Miao.
And Qin Miao also took advantage of the situation to come to the second, and Perez was in the DRS area behind Qin Miao.
But Qin Miao didn't panic at all, and opened the ERS directly, and soon threw Perez behind him out of the DRS area.
Then the audience saw that Perez also began to accelerate the pursuit of Qin Miao.
Hamilton behind Pérez and the DRS train were also decompressed by the departure of the locomotive and driver.
However, interestingly, after decompression, Hamilton also began to gradually be thrown away by Pérez.
In the next few laps, Qin Miao relied on the advantage of her neutral tires to gradually shake off Perez in various corners, and then Perez shortened the gap with Qin Miao in the straight.
And Qin Miao is very accurate in controlling the position of himself and Pérez, Qin Miao often lets Pérez's front wheel chase his rear wheel position at the braking point, and then uses his line right to squeeze Pérez's exit line.
So much so that Pérez's rhythm out of the corner will always be disrupted by Qin Miao, and after the corner, Qin Miao can always reopen the time gap of at least 0.6 seconds in Pérez.
In the whole game in the next game, Qin Miao basically didn't do anything else, and he used all the methods and theories about defense in his mind on Pérez.
Defend Pérez from being stunned.
The current audience is all excited, and every time Qin Miao successfully defends Pérez's attack, the scene will erupt in a warm cheer and applause.
And the commentators of Five Star Sports also watched it, and their faces were full of excitement during the whole process.
Of course, the happiest are the official F1 and the sponsors of Mercedes and Red Bull Racing.
Because of the last dozen laps, 85% of the director's shots are on Qin Miao and Perez.
Also because of the attack on Qin Miao, Pérez's hard tires have always been in a high temperature state, so his tires wear out a lot, and when there are still 3 laps before the end of the race, Pérez's tires finally can't hold up.
Perez could only end his attack on Qin Miao unwillingly and aggrievedly.
However, after Pérez took the initiative to slow down, the TR he communicated with the team was also released: "How the hell did he do it? Neutral tires can't last so long! ”
Pérez's track engineer could only reluctantly reply: "Maybe that's why he won the Drivers' Championship in his first season of his career." ”
In the end, Qin Miao crossed the line with a score of 25 seconds slower than Leclerc and 2 seconds faster than Pérez.
Frankie and the others also appeared very excitedly next to the parapet, cheering loudly in celebration at Qin Miao who was crossing the line.
Qin Miao was also very excited at this time, and raised her right hand high, making a gesture.
"Although Mei Ben has encountered a lot of difficulties this season, we can see that Qin Miao's strength in this race is still so strong, and his mentality has not been affected in any way because of the team's poor performance this season, and his direct lock of Pérez for 15 laps is the best proof." Seeing Qin Miao, who crossed the finish line as the second place, Brother Bing and others from Five Star Sports were also sincerely happy and proud of Qin Miao.
This is the child of our country going out!
"Well done Qin Miao! Well done! Frankie was also the first to send congratulations.
For a time, there was thunderous applause in the P room of the Meiben team.
"Hahaha, I'm not awesome?" Qin Miao was also very happy.
"Awesome!" French answered Qin Miao's questions in Chinese very proficiently.
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Don't look at the dozen laps Qin Miao locked Perez to look very easy, but Qin Miao's pressure is still quite high.
On the one hand, relying on the tires saved by the DRS train in the early stage, on the other hand, Perez's car sucked the heat from Qin Miao's car for a long time, and the power of the engine was not particularly strong, and finally and most importantly, Qin Miao's control of Pérez's position and a little luck.
These advantages were accumulated little by little, and finally Qin Miao brutally defended Perez for 15 laps.
When he ran back to the circle, Qin Miao directly accelerated to Leclerc's side.
Two friends, a Ferrari and a Mercedes, paraded after the race in such a grand manner.
It is worth mentioning that after Qin Miao came to Leclerc's side, Leclerc also gave Qin Miao a thumbs up.
Qin Miao didn't mention the nickname Le Lao Si that Qin Miao gave herself, Leclerc still admired Qin Miao's racing talent, especially Qin Miao's defensive talent, Leclerc was even more ashamed of himself.
Most of the F1 drivers' defense is a normal soldier to block, but Qin Miao is different from these drivers, Qin Miao's defensive style is outstanding for a sophisticated calculation.
When will the next corner start to defend, Qin Miao may have planned it in the last time session.
This kind of long-term layout of the defensive method, basically every time he reviews Qin Miao's defensive video, Leclerc will be shocked.
Leclerc wondered countless times, how did Qin Miao manage to concentrate on the race while still having the brain to think about the next corner, how he should defend the car behind him, and at the same time always maintain his speed and position on the track?
This doubt surrounded Leclerc's mind for a long time, and he also asked Qin Miao why.
Qin Miao's explanation is very general: instinct, as if she was born to do this.
Meanwhile, another Chinese driver, Zhou Guanyu, scored again in ninth place.
At least in the first three races of the season, Zhou Guanyu proved his ability to the Arrow team, and if there were no problems with the team, Zhou Guanyu could have scored points in the last race.
At least in terms of current performance, Zhou Guanyu's position as a driver is secure.
Qin Miao and Leclerc came to the podium area of the pit area one after another.
After getting out of the car, Qin Miao also saw Perez get out of the car.
The Mexican took the initiative to come over and shake hands with Qin Miao and hug him: "It is undeniable that your defense is crazy in this game, congratulations." ”
In the face of Perez's generosity, Qin Miao also said with a smile: "In fact, I have always been under a lot of pressure during this process. ”
Saying that, Qin Miao took off his helmet and sweat-absorbing and fireproof hood, handed it to Perez and said, "Look, the hood is wet." ”
(End of chapter)