After the time was almost up, Qin Miao washed her face with ice water, and then got up and went to the dressing room to change her clothes.

When Qin Miao appeared in the broadcast camera of the scene, he was standing with Hamilton in the P room of the team and chatting about something.

Judging from the demeanor of the two, they chatted quite seriously.

Maybe many fans who saw this scene didn't have any feelings about this picture, in their impression, Qin Miao and Hamilton have always had a good relationship.

Even because of this, there are many people in the country who are fans of Hamilton.

It's also a love house and a black house.

But after some insiders saw this, they were a little stunned.

There were rumors in the paddock before that the relationship between Qin Miao and Hamilton had been reconciled, but they didn't believe it at the time.

After all, you, Qin Miao, took a drivers' championship from Hamilton's hands.

Although this kind of hatred is not as serious as the hatred of killing his father, it is not an exaggeration to say that he hates it to the bone.

But now that I look at it, it seems to be true!

……

Normally, in the pre-race preparation stage, the drivers are usually busy in their own positions, so it is naturally impossible for the two of them to get together like this.

In fact, Qin Miao and Hamilton really talked about racing tuning.

Because after qualifying, as long as you make a valid result, then your car settings cannot be modified, otherwise your qualifying results will be cancelled.

At this time, if you communicate with each other about the information you have summarized in the practice stage, it can be regarded as the last temporary cramming.

However, with the reminder of the track engineers of the two drivers, Qin Miao rarely shook hands with Hamilton: "The race went well. ”

Once back in their cars, qualifying was almost underway.

On the first flight lap of Q1, Qin Miao's lap time was very good: 1:30.511.

This result can basically guarantee Q2.

Therefore, Qin Miao did not continue to use the new soft tires in the next race, but used the soft tires used in the practice stage to do the lap time.

On the other hand, after adjusting his driving style, Hamilton's speed immediately increased.

Obviously, Hamilton some time ago entered a misunderstanding, and after being guided by Qin Miao to another path, his original competitiveness immediately returned.

Although Hamilton was a bit scrambled in his first lap of Q1, he showed signs of skidding on the rear wheel in the middle of the corner and rushed off the track, resulting in the invalidation of his first lap of Q1.

However, Hamilton's second lap of Q1 almost got used to his way of flying, and he immediately regained his form.

With a score of 1:30.388, he beat Qin Miao to advance to Q2.

Q1 of this qualifying session was not as unexpected as the last one in Italy.

The only thing that made domestic fans feel a little uncomfortable was that Zhou Guanyu's last flight lap encountered a traffic jam at the T17 position.

Everyone wants to wait for the car in front to run a certain distance, and then run a clean flight lap with no car interference in front.

But the key is that there are many drivers who have this idea, so much so that by the time Zhou Guanyu's flight circle reached this point, there were already three or four cars blocked in front of him.

Because of this, there were white chess pieces on the track, and Zhou Guanyu had to let go of his flying circle, which had obviously good results.

Although there is enough time left for Zhou Guanyu to cross the finish line again to run a flying lap, the soft tires on his car are already a set of soft tires that have run a flying lap, and the grip is definitely not as good as before.

Although Zhou Guanyu learned a lot from Qin Miao, Qin Miao's housekeeping skills and fetal protection ability, Zhou Guanyu really couldn't learn it.

Qin Miao couldn't teach even if he wanted to.

So on the second lap, Zhou Guanyu's speed was much worse than before.

In desperation, Zhou Guanyu, an old unlucky guy, was finally eliminated in Q1.

In the end, the drivers who were eliminated in Q1 were: Magnussen, Zhou Guanyu, Russell, Albon, and Ocon.

Ocon was in this position because he found a car glitch during qualifying, so much so that he spent the entire Q1 qualifying session in the team's P room, and he failed to run a valid lap for the entire qualifying session.

In the Q2 stage, Qin Miao and Hamilton were both fast drivers.

The two ran a very good result in the first time section of Q2, and in the process of Q2, the only thing worth mentioning is that after Q2 ended, after Qin Miao and Hamilton both successfully advanced, Qin Miao was called to the FIA's car inspection area for inspection.

Qin Miao remembered that the last time she was called over to check was last season.

However, the people in FIA also have a B number, and Qin Miao called Qin Miao in after running the last flight lap in Q2, so in the end, Qin Miao successfully advanced to Q2.

The drivers who were eliminated in Q2 were: Gasly, Alonso, Vettel, Ricciardo, Mick.

After the race, the broadcaster gave Qin Miao and Hamilton a comparison chart of the lap times, which is roughly to compare which driver of the same team will be slightly faster in which corner.

As you can clearly see from the pictures, the lap line diagrams of the two drivers almost coincide.

Soon, the time came to Q3.

Qin Miao, who has always been stable in his driving style on weekdays, made a rare mistake in the first flight lap of Q3.

In the T4T5T6 three corners that are a bit similar to silverstone, Qin Miao cut a little more when he cut the corner, so that the left rear wheel had a very short suspension due to the height difference, although soon Qin Miao's car fell back to the ground, but after Qin Miao landed, the left rear wheel of the car still lost its grip because of the speed.

Fortunately, Qin Miao's reaction was quick, and he fought back as soon as possible to save the car, and did not let his car suffer more significant losses.

However, Qin Miao's flying circle is a waste.

But despite this, Qin Miao's mentality was not affected much.

This mistake was mainly due to Qin Miao's discovery of the fastest lap in Q2, and Hamilton was slightly faster than himself in the first time period, so Qin Miao wanted to see if he could squeeze some more speed in the first time period.

It's just that the result now is obvious, Qin Miao's extraction failed.

However, in the last flight lap of Q3, Qin Miao regained his speed, but Qin Miao didn't dare to try a more aggressive route in the last flight lap, as for the reason, it has already been talked about earlier.

In the end, Qin Miao's score was 1:29.655.

He qualified for Q3 with a time of 0.05 seconds slower than his teammate Hamilton.

The final Q1 rider standings are as follows:

1: Leclerc

2: Sainz

3: Verstappen

4: Pérez

5: Bottas

6: Hamilton

7: Qin Miao

8: Tsunoda

9: Norris

10: Stroll

It is worth mentioning that neither Qin Miao nor Hamilton ran Bottas in qualifying, and even the fastest Hamilton was 0.2 seconds slower than Bottas.

The Mercedes team has also studied the Arrow team recently, after all, the performance of the Arrow team has been very good since entering the era of ground effects.

It's just that after some research, Mei Ben found that the aerodynamic layout of the Arrow team is really nothing to praise.

The main reason why they've really gotten strong this season is that their cars this season are less important than the bare minimum.

As a result, Arrow Racing can install counterweights on the car to adjust the car's center of gravity on different tracks.

And today Mercedes let Bottas step on his head, which can only be said that at Miami Speedway, Arrow's car is lighter and indeed more advantageous.

After all, apart from a gearbox, the weight of the car and the engine of the car can be considered one of the best in the paddock.

However, the Mercedes team also believes in the long-distance speed of their cars in the main race stage, so they are satisfied with the results of the two drivers.

After qualifying, Qin Miao was even a little used to the feeling that she would not appear in the podium area for an interview after the race.

Sometimes Qin Miao also had to sigh at the terrifying adaptability of human beings.

And now seeing Bottas's results, many domestic fans also feel a little pity, if Zhou Guanyu did not encounter traffic conditions in the last flight lap, he may also be able to enter Q3.

After all, Bottas qualified 0.2 seconds faster than both Mercedes drivers.

And the first few races of the season have proven that Zhou Guanyu is not much worse than his teammate Bottas.

At that time, domestic fans will be able to see the two Chinese drivers starting in the same row.

After returning to the team home, Qin Miao went to take a bath for a while, and even when Qin Miao returned from qualifying, the ice in the ice bucket he used had not completely melted.

However, to Qin Miao's surprise, he had only been in the ice bucket for about 5 minutes, and Barber hadn't even had time to bring over a new bucket of ice cubes, but Hamilton came.

Of course, the old man didn't come to take a bath, although the old man would soak for a while after the game, but he still paid more attention to his image, and he wouldn't do these things in public under normal circumstances.

He came here because he was filming a vlog inside the paddock for American fans this season.

The main purpose is to visit the home of the Mercedes team this season and the situation in the team P room.

Of course, this is also in the United States, although Qin Miao is influential here, he is not as big as Hamilton.

If the Grand Prix is held in China, it is estimated that Qin Miao will be the one who does this job.

It is even possible that Qin Miao is even busier than Hamilton, and his feet are slightly tactful without touching the ground.

At that time, whether it is the FIA or the domestic organizer or the team, fans will definitely hope that Qin Miao will show his face more.

Although the popularity of F1 is very high, there are not many domestic fan groups.

But because of Qin Miao's existence, the number of domestic F1 fans has skyrocketed, and Qin Miao's commercial value has also risen with the surge in domestic fan groups.

As a result, there will be more marketing activities.

Of course, the current domestic situation is still not optimistic, and Qin Miao doesn't know if the 2023 Chinese Grand Prix can be held smoothly.

But that's all off topic.

At this time, Qin Miao looked at Hamilton a little confused, followed by a photographer walking in.

At this time, Qin Miao was just wearing a pair of swimming trunks.

"Hi, Qin Miao." Hamilton also smiled and said hello to Qin Miao, who was full of confusion after seeing the photographer.

After saying hello, Hamilton turned his head and explained to the photographer in a serious manner: "Miami is a hot track, and the temperature inside the car's monocoque can reach more than 50 degrees during the race, so we usually use this method to lower the core temperature and relax the muscles before and after the race. ”

After Hamilton finished speaking, the camera focused on Qin Miao.

Although Qin Miao has no worries about this, after all, he is a man, and Qin Miao does not have much fat reserves on his body, and the muscles in a relaxed state are not ugly and angular.

But being stared at so directly, Qin Miao was also a little embarrassed.

Of course, Hamilton was also measured, and gave Qin Miao a few seconds of footage before leaving.

It's just that Qin Miao is still a little confused, this bastard doesn't seem to have my consent!

After the hiccup, the time quickly came to Sunday.

Sunday's pre-race parade was unlike anything we've ever done before.

The main difference is that this is the US Grand Prix, after all, and the free media group is here mainly to attract fans to explore the F1 market.

Naturally, it is not possible to have the drivers parade in classic cars in the pre-race parade stage.

It's a show that only Europeans like to watch.

So in the pre-race parade, the cars that the drivers sat in turned into modern supercars of their respective brands, and the one that stood out was handsome.

Ferrari, McLaren and Aston Martin are fine, and Mercedes also has an AMG GT for this type of convertible.

But teams like Arrow, Haas, and Williams don't have their own supercars.

Arrow does have it, but it's already a classic car, and it's obviously not suitable for this occasion.

So Arrow's driver was in a Ferrari, Haas was in a Mercedes, and Williams was also a Mercedes.

It still seems more or less abstract.

Of course, the most abstract is the drivers of the Red Bull series, they don't have so many concerns, some ride Rolls-Royce, some ride Pagani, and what stands out is what kind of car is good to ride.

However, there is one rule that is the same as before, that is, these cars are not from the team, but some local fans apply for their own applications, and after passing the application, they can drive their own cars to the park with the drivers.

After the parade ended, the owner of the car carrying Qin Miao also took a photo with Qin Miao enthusiastically, and then took out a pen from the front trunk of the co-pilot.

Qin Miao was also familiar with all this, and signed his name on the side of the trunk of his AMG GT convertible with a pen.

Signing in this position will not affect the overall appearance of the car, and it is not easy to destroy the signature after an accident.

After the vignette, Qin Miao and the rest of the team's staff began to prepare before the race.

Unlike the qualifying stage, this time Toto came to Room P and took the command position himself.

Normally, Pirelli would have given a prediction of the team's pit stop strategy before the start of the race.

The same is true for Pirelli today, with the pit stop strategy given being two two-stop strategies.

They are yellow, white, white, yellow, white and yellow.

It wasn't really worth mentioning, but when the image disappeared, Pirelli came up with another pit stop strategy.

Even Pirelli made it clear that this was for Qin Miao.

As soon as the yellow and white stopped, the yellow tyres had a pit stop on lap 24, followed by the white tyres running all the laps behind.

After seeing this, the three commentators of Five Star Sports smiled.

"It seems that Qin Miao's ability to protect the tire has been recognized by Pirelli." Phineas said.

Brother Bing jokingly said: "It's not okay if you don't approve it, when the other drivers are struggling, Qin Miao alone rarely complains about the wear of his tires in the team TR." ”

"Pirelli's side should have also been conquered by Qin Miao's somewhat unreasonable ability to protect the fetus." Zhou Haoran said: "Now I have started to make my own jokes." ”

Qin Miao naturally didn't know that he was now in the limelight in the broadcast screen.

"That's the course conditions today, pay special attention to the three corners of T4T5T6, you have good speed in the other timing sections of this race weekend, and you only made mistakes in these three corners, so don't try to drive too aggressively in this race."

Qin Miao nodded.

You can run a little bit more aggressively in practice and qualifying, because there's room for mistakes.

Even if you accidentally make a mistake, the car crashes and you have time to repair the car, and the big deal is the main race stage, starting from the back of the team.

However, the main stage is still to seek stability, and the most important thing is to bring back the points steadily.

"That's pretty much it." Reyes put away the notebook in his hand, and then stretched out his left hand to Qin Miao.

“May the Force be with you.“

(May the Force be with you)

Qin Miao was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly, and reached out to shake Reyes.

However, Qin Miao still couldn't help but say: "If you really want to say this kind of thing, express it in our country's language, you can say: I wish you good luck and prosperity." ”

"Got it, I'll go back and practice and try to say it to you without an accent before the next competition." Reyes also made a joke.

Then Qin Miao high-fived the staff of his car group one by one, and they quickly withdrew from the track.

After Qin Miao cleaned up her emotions, the tire warming circle had already begun.

After the warm-up lap was over and all the drivers were parked in their positions, the medical vehicle was in place and the green flag was waved at the rear.

Five red lights began to light up one by one.

The red light goes out.

"Game on!"

At the initial stage, Qin Miao's speed was very fast.

And Hamilton in front of Qin Miao's right was also fast.

From the start, the two Mercedes drivers began to close the gap between themselves and Bottas in front of them at a rapid pace.

Although there are many straights in the Miami Grand Prix, the straights here are not really long.

So although Qin Miao and Hamilton were both faster than Bottas in front, neither of them found a chance to overtake Bottas in front of them in T1.

Even Hamilton was locked on the right front wheel when entering the corner because of the closing of the door by Pérez in front of him.

Therefore, when he came out of the corner, Qin Miao naturally overtook his teammates from the outside.

Tsunoda, who was unaffected at the rear, could have used the opportunity to overtake Hamilton after Hamilton's mistake.

But because of Qin Miao's blocking, Tsunoda did not get to the next ranking.

And Hamilton has also regained his rhythm in this very short period of time.

Even he secretly raised his hand in the direction of Qin Miao's car, after all, if Qin Miao hadn't deliberately blocked the meaning of Kakuda, Hamilton's mistake this time might have been the loss of two places.

On the driver's side, Verstappen and Red Bull's cars both showed strong performance in the race phase.

At the start, Verstappen was faster than Sainz in front of him, and in T1, Verstappen overtook Sainz on the outside thanks to the car's better aerodynamics.

In fact, in T2, Sainz still has a positional advantage, and he can force Verstappen out of the track in T1.

After all, the rules allow him to do so.

But Sainz relented a little and let Verstappen go.

After all, he retired directly at the start of the last game, so Sainz naturally didn't dare to run so aggressively in this game, and everything was still based on being able to start smoothly and start this game.

After all, if he rushes out again, Ferrari and Ferrari fans will start to doubt his ingredients.

In the end, it was inevitable that he would fall to third.

So far, among the top ten drivers, only Verstappen and Qin Miao have taken a position.

Then the race went into cruising mode.

Everyone is waiting for DRS to turn on.

What Qin Miao had to do now was to keep up with Bottas in front.

It's just that Qin Miao has a bit of a headache that the acceleration of the rear section of the Meiben W13 can't keep up with the Alfa Romeo in front.

Although Qin Miao could easily run over Bottas in front of him in the corner, on the straight, Qin Miao would always be thrown away.

A year ago, Qin Miao never imagined that Mercedes, which is famous for its high engine horsepower, would not be able to catch up with an Arrow on the straight this season.

However, as the race came to lap three, DRS turned on.

Qin Miao, who had been in front of Bottas for less than 1 second, began to attack Bottas.

And on lap four, between T16 and T17, the DRS area of the extra-long straight easily overtook Bottas.

In fact, Bottas also tried to defend Qin Miao, but Bottas himself was not a driver with good defensive ability.

During the Meiben period, his offensive and defensive abilities were not very prominent, and now he has been replaced by a Luo, facing Qin Miao, a guy who can be called a monster at both offensive and defensive ends.

Naturally, he was like a child who had no power to restrain the chicken, and was easily handled by Qin Miao.

After surpassing Bottas, Qin Miao came to fifth.

After seeing Qin Miao surpass Bottas to fifth, the commentators of Five Star Sports were happy and also felt a trace of regret.

Because in terms of Qin Miao's current position and Meiben's competitiveness this season: "I feel that Qin Miao can only chase fifth at most in this game, and there is a high probability of finishing fifth." Fei Ge said such a sentence without a head.

The other two commentators of Five-Star Sports were stunned after hearing Feige's words.

Then the two began to echo as if they had thought of something: "The competitiveness of Meiben racing this season is really not very good, and I also think that Qin Miao has a high probability of finishing the race in this ranking." ”

"Although I don't want to believe it, it seems that Qin Miao's game is over." (End of chapter)