388:Hamilton will always be my big brother (Part II) (6K, plus 12/15)
However, just when everyone thought that Mei Ben's trailer tactics failed to execute this time, there was an unexpected scene on the field that everyone expected.
Hamilton missed the braking point directly in front of Qin Miao.
Qin Miao had already reached the braking point and began to slow down, and he was still running forward.
It was clear that Hamilton had missed the brake point directly.
The sudden accident caught Qin Miao a little off guard, but muscle memory didn't make him miss the braking point of T1.
There was no time to stunned Qin Miao, after Qin Miao braked, just like the almost perfect flight lap of his Q2, he turned right into the corner, and did not interfere with his driving rhythm because of Hamilton's strange behavior.
And the next scene that moved everyone appeared, Hamilton went directly to the left after braking at night, and rushed into the buffer zone on the left side of the track, while Qin Miao drove to the right of the track.
At this moment, the two Mercedes cars separated from each other's parallel lines, one left and one right.
And this is not the end, because Hamilton braked very late and turned late in order not to block Qin Miao from entering the corner, so that when he turned left to drive towards the buffer zone, his right front nose directly hit the parapet.
The good news is that Hamilton is already slow when the right front nose makes contact with each other.
Therefore, the front nose wing was only knocked out of a little crack, and the outer end plate was knocked off, and it did not cause more damage.
Don't look at the front nose of the F1 car during the race, like a consumable, it shatters into a large piece when touched.
But it's actually very hard, after all, it's all carbon fiber construction.
The reason why a large piece is shattered as soon as it hits is mainly because the Formula 1 car itself has too much kinetic energy, and the broadcast pictures are shot with telephoto lenses, so the audience does not seem to have such a strong sense of speed.
But in fact, the energy generated by each collision is extremely terrifying.
"Hamilton! He gave Qin Miao the past in a way that none of us thought of at the extreme moment! After Brother Bing saw this, his mood was like a roller coaster, experiencing a period of ups and downs.
Toto felt even more prostration after seeing this, I specially asked you to help pull the wake, you don't need to pull such a limit.
And if the collision just caused the front nose to be broken, the $600,000 would be gone.
Despite the availability of spare parts for the nose wing, the Mercedes team's budget for this season is also quite stretched due to the introduction of the budget cap.
For a moment, Toto Wolf even began to wonder if his decision to ask Hamilton to help Qin Miao pull the wake was correct.
However, Qin Miao's performance next proved to Toto that it was all worth it.
Qin Miao couldn't see Hamilton after he plunged into the buffer zone on the left side of the track, but Qin Miao was also slightly stunned for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure and passed T1 smoothly.
Old man, no matter whether my results in this flying circle have achieved the results I want, but if you are willing to wake up for your brother like this, then you will always be my big brother!
Hamilton, who stopped in the buffer zone, did not immediately turn around or flick his tail on the spot and put his car back on the track, but waited on the track for a while, and soon Hamilton's voice rang out in the team's TR: "Don't let me down." ”
After hearing Hamilton's words, Toto took the job of Hamilton's track engineer straight away, telling Hamilton in the team's TR: "I'm sure he won't, and he has never let us down. ”
His gaze returned to Qin Miao.
At this time, Qin Miao's heart did not have too many emotional fluctuations because Hamilton did that kind of thing for himself.
In every next corner, Qin Miao knew that he had to pass the same limit as the fastest flying lap in Q2.
It wasn't just for himself, it was for the team, and it was for Hamilton's late brakes that he had just almost crashed on.
Full throttle all the way uphill, and during the climbing process, Qin Miao took the shortest line of the track, full throttle passed T2, rubbed the billboard on the left side of T3 to slow down and brake into the corner.
Qin Miao's approach was still so precise, like a top-notch surgeon performing a surgical operation.
Because she ate too much at the corner, Qin Miao wiped off a little of the T4's green Rolex foam billboard and used the T4's shoulder to go downhill to the second time segment.
T5 bending center because there is a drainage ditch, so Qin Miao is not so ruthless, otherwise it is easy to really go to the wall, but it is also stuck in an extreme position, using the camber angle on the inside of the track to exert more mechanical grip on the car, when cornering, the distance gap between Qin Miao's right front wheel and the outside wall may be only one centimeter.
All the way to T6, this place was not too difficult for F1 cars in the past, because the wheelbase of F1 cars at that time was generally shorter and the corners were more flexible.
But the 2022 season is a long one, and cornering around this corner is a real test of the drivers' skill and the angle of entry into the corner.
It's just that Qin Miao is Qin Miao after all, and she is still silky when she passes this corner.
However, considering the coherence of the T7 next, Qin Miao did not eat the shoulder of the road here, and the car was placed in the center of the track after the corner.
T8 Qin Miao didn't eat much of the shoulder, because this shoulder was too high, and it was easy for the car to fly out if he ate too much, and it was still a downhill slope.
Even compared to the perfect flight circle in Q2, Qin Miao ate a little less.
It can also be regarded as adding a layer of insurance to yourself, so as not to let yourself live up to Hamilton and open up that wake for yourself.
However, after arriving at the right-angle bend of T9, Qin Miao's shoulder is more extreme, just a position where he can eat the shoulder of the road, but he will not eat the high shoulder.
The car rubbed the left side of the parapet to get out of the corner, and even a slight spark could be clearly seen, but it was only a very slight touch, and there was no trace or sound of collision, and it would not affect the overall balance of Qin Miao's car.
The full throttle passed through Monte Carlo's most famous tunnel, and the light at the exit position did not cause any impact on Qin Miao, because Qin Miao had already run muscle memory on this track.
And to put it bluntly, as long as Qin Miao is allowed to run a little slower, he can run a lap on this track with his eyes closed.
T10 brake area Qin Miao still only eats a little bit of the shoulder, this is also a high shoulder, eat too much The aerodynamic balance of the car will be affected, Qin Miao eats this shoulder to the extent that a little more will destroy the aerodynamic balance, and eat a little less The angle of entering the bend is not wide enough.
T10 has nothing to say, Qin Miao has practiced countless times in the team simulator to go out of corners here.
In addition, Qin Miao's bending angle was well found, so it was still a perfect bend, and the distance between the front wheel and the parapet was less than 1 cm.
T11 can't eat the yellow shoulder, and Qin Miao just happened to be stuck in this extreme position.
Out of the corner, I still went out by grazing the parapet, and this time the distance between the tires and the parapet was definitely less than 0.5 cm.
If Qin Miao's tires were alive, seeing Qin Miao give it blood pressure like this, he would definitely burst the tire on the spot to show Qin Miao.
All the way through the T12, entering the Monaco circuit is the most test of the driver's adaptability, and it is also the most famous time period.
At this time, Qin Miao is only purple in the first time period, and the second time period is just green, but Qin Miao's overall speed is still 0.08 seconds faster than Leclerc, and whether this game can challenge Leclerc's pole position depends on Qin Miao's performance in the third time period.
After arriving at T15, Qin Miao's side was still under too much pressure, and he entered the corner a little early, and the outer wall of the tire on the right front wheel rubbed against the wall slightly.
Fortunately, the collision was very light, and the car only had a slight shaking, which did not destroy the overall balance of Qin Miao's car.
It's also a tribute to Leclerc last year.
This was followed by a limit through the T16 and then through the T17, one of the few full-throttle corners in Monte Carlo, to reach the T18.
Out of the bend and into the bend Qin Miao is still so limit, leaving no room for himself to make mistakes.
All the way to the T18 at full throttle.
The brake point braked, the bend pressed the shoulder, and the bend rubbed the wall to the limit, but Qin Miao didn't even correct it after the bend, and the bend was very smooth, and then the DRS was turned on, and the full fuel went straight to the finish line.
After crossing the line, Qin Miao brushed purple in the last time segment!
Grade 1: 11.267.
That's 0.109 seconds faster than Leclerc.
Qin Miao's ranking on the left side of the broadcast screen also took advantage of the trend to the first place.
Now Qin Miao is temporarily ranked first, but after seeing that his results are faster than Leclerc, Qin Miao also breathed a sigh of relief, no matter what, with the help of Hamilton, he once again broke through the limit in the qualifying stage.
At the same time, Hamilton, who had returned to the team's P room to recuperate, had just been pushed into the P room.
I happened to see Qin Miao's three time sections, which were purple, green and purple.
Despite wearing helmets, the team staff could not see Hamilton's expression, but Hamilton had a smile on his face.
"That's right."
Although there are still four minutes before the end of Q3, this is already the fastest lap of Qin Miao's qualifying session.
Qin Miao has been squeezed dry, the kind that has not a drop left.
When he returned to the field, Qin Miao replied in the TR of the team: "This is all I have." ”
Frankie replied, "Roger, a perfect flying circle, we're so proud of you, come back now." ”
"Roger."
After responding, Qin Miao started her own return circle.
At the same time, the three commentators on the side of Five Star Sports have been completely comfortable.
Not only because Qin Miao's last flight lap ran extremely beautifully, but also because after Qin Miao ran this flight lap, the director directly did not give the other drivers who were on the track ready to run out of the lap shots, but fixed the camera on the street sign after Qin Miao drove over.
At this time, what they saw was the scratch marks on the Rolex billboard in the center of the T4 bend, which was scratched by the car when Qin Miao passed by.
And soon the on-site director gave Qin Miao's slow-motion playback of the flying circle.
Basically, in every corner, Qin Miao brushed the parapet wall of the track at an extremely extreme position and angle, like a dancer dancing on the tip of a knife.
But it was such an almost impossible dance to complete, but Qin Miao completed it seamlessly.
As a professional commentator who has been immersed in the racing industry for so many years, after seeing Qin Miao's flying circle, the commentators of Five Star Sports also have to marvel at Qin Miao's terrifying control over racing cars.
Toto didn't show any joy after seeing Qin Miao's achievement, and when the camera came to him, he just pursed his lips and leaned on his position with his hands on his chest, his expression looked very calm.
It's as if you're in control.
In fact, Toto's heart is not as calm as he appears on the surface.
When Qin Miao found him, he actually believed that Qin Miao could improve his performance a little more after getting the wake of his teammates, but he never thought that Qin Miao's results could be so much faster, and he directly rushed to the top of the rankings.
Qin Miao really brought him surprises and surprises again and again, to be honest, if Qin Miao could get a speed of 0.2 seconds from some strange aspects and angles, Toto would not be surprised.
However, looking at Qin Miao's slow-motion replay of this flying circle, Toto still had some trepidations, after all, if Qin Miao made a mistake on the track, then the team would definitely need to invest an extra amount of money to repair the car.
In this age of budget caps, this extra expense will definitely make it difficult for the team for a while.
But fortunately, Qin Miao's flying circle did not disappoint Toto.
After this flight lap was finished, Qin Miao returned directly to the P room of the team.
Qin Miao knew that this flying lap was already the best flying lap that he could run in Q3, and no matter how much his performance improved, it might only be about a few tenths of a second.
And only if Hamilton gets to pull his wake again.
However, after parking in the team's P room, Qin Miao did not get out of the car, but asked in the team's TR: "Do you need my help to pull a wake for Hamilton?" I'm not going to run for the last flight lap, there's plenty of time at all. ”
Frankie didn't feel much surprised after hearing Qin Miao's words, and after thinking about it, he turned his head and asked the track engineer in Hamilton next to him.
Soon the news reached Hamilton.
However, what is surprising is that Hamilton did not want Qin Miao to help him pull the tail.
After all, the wake effect of the Monte Carlo circuit is really bad, and the effect of pulling the wake of the car behind is not particularly good.
At the same time, everyone was running out of the ring during the last period, and the timing was not very good.
Moreover, he had taken a certain risk by helping Qin Miao pull the wake so extreme just now, and he felt that there was no need to let Qin Miao take the same risk.
Knowing that Hamilton refused, Qin Miao didn't force it, so he simply got out of the car directly.
However, after getting out of the car, Qin Miao still came to Hamilton's car, shook hands with Hamilton, and sincerely thanked Hamilton: "Lewis, thank you, thank you." ”
"You're welcome, and you did a great lap." Hamilton smiled and stretched out his other hand to pat the back of Qin Miao's hand, his eyes full of encouragement.
Before leaving, Qin Miao also said hello to Angela, Hamilton's physical trainer.
However, Qin Miao did not go to the FIA to weigh it for the first time, but went to his car first and looked at his car to see if there was any damage.
After all, I also know that I run to the limit, and the parapet in many places is strictly speaking a collision with the car.
The most obvious thing on the car is actually the right front nose wing end plate of the car, because there are obvious scratches on it.
Although the advertising plate of Rolex is made of foam, under the huge kinetic energy and speed, even carbon fiber will inevitably have scratches.
The good news is that there is no structural damage to Qin Miao's car, even if there are scratches, just polish it.
After making sure that his car was fine, in the surprise of the three commentators of Five Star Sports, Qin Miao walked straight to the FIA weighing area.
However, after many sunspots saw Qin Miao's actions, they were immediately unhappy and began to criticize Qin Miao on the Internet.
After all, they have all won the world championship, and after receiving more attention, it is inevitable that there will be black fans who don't like Qin Miao.
When they just won the championship, these people didn't dare to jump out to be demons because of Qin Miao's momentum, but this season's Meiben's car is not good, and the black fans know that their opportunity has come.
But Qin Miao's performance has been better than Hamilton since she came to the new season, so these sunspots can't find an entry point.
Now they finally have this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of them.
The qualifying race is not over, so I got off the car and weighed it, but I will be crazy for you.
While the fans were partying on the Internet, Leclerc and Verstappen on the track also started the last flight lap of their qualifying session.
Next, a bad scene appeared in the hearts of all Mei Ben and Qin Miao fans, Leclerc directly brushed purple in the first time segment of the last flight lap of Q3.
Although the speed is only 0.009 seconds faster than Qin Miao, it also shows that Leclerc's state in this game is amazing.
Leclerc then drove smoothly to the second time segment.
Just when they sighed in the P room of the Meiben team, they all felt that Qin Miao's pole position was about to flash away like a meteor in the sky, and the black fans shouted even more happily.
T8 out of the corner, Pérez, who was closely behind Leclerc, made a mistake out of the corner, drifted directly into the corner, and hit the wall with his butt.
Although it hit the cushion and did not damage the left rear suspension of the Pérez car, the carbon fiber rear wing at the rear was completely shattered.
Sainz, who was running the last flight lap behind Pérez, was too late to brake after seeing Pérez stop on the track, and the place where Pérez crashed was also a blind spot, so after the corner, Sainz tried to save himself, but it was still too late, a brake drift, and the left rear wheel hit Pérez's right front wheel, breaking the suspension of Pérez's right front wheel.
The two cars directly blocked the entrance of the entire track to the tunnel, one after the other.
Verstappen in the rear had no choice but to stop at the T8 corner.
The tracks are blocked, and red flags are inevitable.
This sudden accident caught everyone off guard, and then a burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted in the P room of the Meiben team, who was still watching the broadcast screen with some apprehension.
And the sunspots, who were still partying just now, also shut up.
Because at this time, there is only half a minute left before Q3 stops.
If there is a red flag at this time, it means that the qualifying round is over.
No one can come out in half a minute to run the warm-up lap and start their flight lap.
At this time, this accident was not the only one on the track, on the other side of the T5 corner, Alonso missed the braking point, and the brake locked and hit the parapet directly.
Alonso's left front suspension was also broken by the collision.
Therefore, except for Norris, who came out to run the first flight lap in Q3, the other drivers in the Q3 standings at this time are all the results of their first flight lap in Q3.
Eventually, Q3 ended with this dramatic scene.
In the end, Qin Miao won the pole position with a score of 1:11.267.
The final standings for Q3 and the starting order for tomorrow's top 10 are as follows:
1: Qin Miao
2: Leclerc
3: Sainz
4: Pérez
5: Verstappen
6: Norris
7: Hamilton
8: Alonso
9: Sebastian Vettel
10: Ocon
Everyone in the Meiben team, who was already ready to collect the car, could only re-install the old set of soft tires for Qin Miao's car at this time, and then pushed Qin Miao's car to the post-race interview area from the P room of the Meiben team.
Luckily, the FIA's post-race interview area is right next door to the Mercedes team's P room, so pushing the car over was not a hassle.
And because Sainz, who was in third place, was blocked in T8, the car was also damaged.
Therefore, in the post-game interview stage, only Qin Miao and Leclerc were able to be interviewed.
Although Leclerc only finished second in qualifying, this was Leclerc's home stadium after all, so the cheers from the crowd did not come down during the whole process of walking to the interview area.
Even Qin Miao got a lot of cheers here.
On the one hand, all fans around the world now know that Qin Miao lives in Monaco, and it is also a well-known fact that Qin Miao and Leclerc have a good relationship.
Therefore, the local people in Monaco also have a filter to look at their own people when they look at Qin Miao.
Even many of the local spectators who came to watch the game had seen Qin Miao on the streets of Monaco, so they were familiar with him.
waved his hand to the audience, and Qin Miao also came to the interview position with a strong sense of unreality.
At this time, Hamilton had just parked his car and was ready to weigh it.
At the time of the interview, Qin Miao happened to see Hamilton.
As if he had a sense, Hamilton also glanced at Qin Miao here.
The two made a brief eye contact, but were quickly overwhelmed by the surging crowd of people at the scene.
After qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix, spectators in the VIP stands of each team were able to walk up to the track.
So there are a lot of people on the track at this time.
After retracting his gaze, Leclerc just walked in front of Qin Miao.
(End of chapter)