patted Qin Miao's shoulder very hard, Leclerc Pi said with a smile: "You force, why did you run so fast in that lap?" ”

It can be seen that he is familiar with him, but Leclerc is still quite unhappy with the fact that Qin Miao grabbed his pole position in the qualifying stage.

Qin Miao spread her hands innocently: "What does this have to do with me?" I'm going to blame you for Pérez and Red Bull. ”

Leclerc said confidently: "Now there is only you in front of me, and the fact is that you are in front of me, who do I blame if I don't blame you?" ”

"That's no way, buddy is too strong, if you want to blame, you can only blame yourself for not running the limit enough in the first flight lap of Q3."

"You're special, who can run like you, Q3 is so desperate in the first flight lap? If there really is an accident, won't the whole game be ruined? ”

"Then I don't care, if you have the ability, you have to learn from me."

"Okay, you're awesome." Leclerc could only say that Qin Miao's things couldn't be learned by himself.

……

Because Qin Miao sorted out her appearance in the P room of the team in advance, Qin Miao went to be interviewed earlier than Leclerc in the post-race interview stage.

"Congratulations to you Qin Miao, the last flight lap in this qualifying race is amazing, but I believe what is more curious is the wake that Hamilton pulled for you in that flying circle, is there any arrangement within the Mercedes team?"

It's not a good question to ask at this point, because the post-race interviews are basically compliments on the drivers who took pole position and second and third place, and asked them to talk about how they felt about the race.

After all, normal drivers are quite tired after running a qualifying race, and it is indeed a bit embarrassing for them to use their brains to think about whether the questions they are answering are inappropriate.

However, this problem is somewhat thorny, which may affect the harmony within the Mercedes team.

However, after being mixed in the paddock for so long, Qin Miao's emotional intelligence may still not be particularly high, but Qin Miao has practiced it in terms of talking to people and talking nonsense.

Moreover, Qin Miao's terrifying physical fitness did not make him feel too tired at this moment.

So Qin Miao thought for a moment and said: "Thank you Hamilton for helping me, without him, I would never have been able to brush such a fast flying circle, and it can be said that I can run such a flying circle with half of his credit." ”

Qin Miao's answer stood out as an evasion of the important and trivial, answering the question, but the answer was not the question asked by the host, and what he said was all from his heart, he was really grateful to Hamilton for helping him pull the wake.

The host didn't dwell too much on this issue, and then asked: "Your last flight lap is just right whether it is the right time to take the line through the corner or enter the corner, but you must know that it is your first flight lap of Q3, if that flight lap does not run well, or there is a mistake and the car is damaged, you will have to start in tenth position in the main race tomorrow."

I don't doubt your attacking ability, after all, you had a miracle at Monaco last season, but this season Mercedes didn't do as well as it should, so you can't afford to fight for the podium after you make a mistake? ”

Faced with this question, Qin Miao was silent for a while, and then said: "Actually, I didn't think about this until the last flying lap started, the flying lap in Q2 was already the limit speed that I could achieve in this race, and I was thinking about how to get a little more speed from other places, so that I could rank higher in the qualifying race."

So there is this tactic.

And in the end I didn't make a mistake, I didn't disappoint my team and my fans, and most importantly, I'm standing here now, aren't I? ”

"Indeed, it was a perfect lap." The moderator also had to nod in agreement.

"Last question, tomorrow you're going to start from pole position, have you thought about any strategy? Is it possible to give us another brilliant defense at the Monte Carlo circuit? ”

"Honestly...... I didn't think I'd be able to take pole position in qualifying, but I'm sure the team will be able to give me a detailed plan tonight. ”

"Okay, thank you for coming and congratulations on qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix."

"Thank you."

After the interview, Leclerc waited for a while, and after Leclerc's interview ended, Qin Miao received his Pirelli tires from pole position in qualifying.

After these processes were completed, Qin Miao went back to the team.

Although today's game has come to an end, Qin Miao's work today does not end here.

In addition to the post-match meeting, Qin Miao also had an interview with domestic media.

But it's not that formal.

The person who came over to interview Qin Miao this time was the commentator of Five Star Sports: Zhou Haoran.

Obviously, Brother Ran came to watch the game this time by taking advantage of his work, and by the way, he interviewed Qin Miao and the drivers or team leaders of other teams in the paddock.

Normally, at this time, Qin Miao leaves the paddock after the meeting, but today is different, after all, he knew Zhou Haoran, and he had a good chat when he was in the game, and now he is half of his home field, so Qin Miao readily agreed to Zhou Haoran's interview, and also invited Brother Ran to have a meal together.

However, it is not in the paddock, after all, the team P room is still a little crowded, and the paddock of the Monte Carlo circuit is not too big, although there is a place to eat, and the taste is okay, but it will be a big trouble to appear in those places as Qin Miao.

It is not responsible for myself, but also for the local staff in Monaco.

So Qin Miao completed the interview with Zhou Haoran in the Mexican-style restaurant downstairs of her home.

The questions asked by Zhou Haoran in this interview have nothing to do with the paddock, but more mainly in life, after all, because of Qin Miao's work, the time when he appears in the public eye is either racing in a car or playing games in the live broadcast room, everyone is very curious about what Qin Miao likes to do in his daily life.

Therefore, this interview does not need Qin Miao to use her brain, racking her brains to think about whether it will be inappropriate for her to answer like this, the atmosphere of the interview is very relaxed, and the two are talking and laughing.

After the interview, Qin Miao even took Zhou Haoran to his house for two turns.

Introduce (show off) the trophy wall in his home to Zhou Haoran.

After Zhou Haoran's interview ended, Qin Miao drove him back to the hotel.

Nothing was said all night, and the next day, Sunday, was the day of the start of the Monaco race.

The only thing worth mentioning in the pre-game parade stage is that Hamilton, who is usually alone at this time, has an extra Qin Miao by his side today.

The two chatted about something while greeting the fans at the scene, and it seemed that the conversation was quite intense.

There were even times when Qin Miao would make two gestures to certain positions on the edge of the track.

If you get closer, you can hear that they are exchanging ways to pass some corners in qualifying.

For example, when the car parading before the race passed by T4, Qin Miao pointed to the billboard at the center of the T4 bend and said to Hamilton: "I wiped this place yesterday mainly because I deliberately touched the billboard when I walked the track on Thursday, and I knew that there was at least a margin of about two centimeters in it, so I could enter the corner a little earlier in this place, and even if I wiped it, it would not have any impact on the balance of the car." ”

"Where's the bend position? Where are the brake points? ”

"This ......" Qin Miao scratched her head, and after thinking carefully for a while, she said helplessly: "I don't know." ”

But in the face of Qin Miao's perfunctory answer, Hamilton nodded.

After chatting with Qin Miao all the way, Hamilton could see that Qin Miao was completely a stream-of-consciousness player, and when to enter the corner and where the braking point was completely depended on the feeling at the time.

But don't say it, Qin Miao's feeling is sometimes so rebellious.

Because his feelings are always right, and he is often the right choice.

……

Qin Miao is still in a good mood today, after all, the weather forecast says that the possibility of rain today is very low, and she started from pole position.

With the nature of the Monte Carlo circuit, it is not difficult for me to get everyone to drive the train behind me honestly.

After the pre-race rider parade, Qin Miao returned to the team and completed all the preparations before the start of the race.

Originally, everything was in order, and even until Qin Miao changed his equipment, came to the track and sat in his own car, everything was so orderly.

But Qin Miao waited in the car for about two minutes, and the originally sunny sky suddenly began to have dark clouds, and a drop of rain also fell on the goggles of his helmet when Qin Miao was unprepared.

Qin Miao was stunned for a moment, and then a sense of foreboding suddenly appeared in his heart.

Looking left and right, the sunlight had begun to fade, but there was no notice from Frankie or anything else from the team's TR.

Qin Miao asked in the team TR with a try-it-go mentality: "Is it going to rain?" ”

Frankie's voice sounded quickly, and the music in Qin Miao's ears automatically became much smaller after Frankie's voice sounded.

"Well, there is no hint in the weather forecast......" After saying this, Frankie's voice suddenly stopped, he should have looked at the weather map while answering Qin Miao's question, but it was obvious that he saw something, so he stopped halfway through the words.

After a pause, Frankie's voice sounded in Qin Miao's TR again: "Qin Miao, bad news, there is now a rain cloud forming on the seaside, which is drifting towards the track, it is expected that the rain will gradually increase in the next 15 minutes, but it should leave soon." ”

Qin Miao was inexplicably a little irritable, with such a good chance to win the championship, why did it rain.

As time went on, the rain became heavier, so many team technicians also began to transport semi-wet or full wet tires from the team's P room to the track to change the cars.

Just when Qin Miao watched with some annoyance as all the technicians of the team were in a mess, holding the tires and running around.

Franky's voice came again: "Qin Miao, tell you a good news that is not too good, the FIA has notified that the departure will be delayed by 16 minutes, and the rain may stop at that time, in addition, I will tell you as soon as there is any news." ”

"Okay."

After finishing speaking, the raindrops were already getting bigger and bigger, and Reyes stuffed an umbrella into Qin Miao's hand.

This sudden rain not only caught Qin Miao off guard, but also made Reyes and his technicians a little scrambling.

At this time, there was no time for them to go to the P room of the team to get a rainproof shed to set up on Qin Miao's car, so they could only give Qin Miao an umbrella and let him hold it up by himself so as not to let the cockpit get into the water.

Qin Miao is not a hypocritical person, after taking the umbrella, he opened it by himself and put it in the middle of his steering wheel and the single shell.

Now the only good news for Qin Miao is that after the rain, the originally hot environment on the track has become cooler, but it is a little humid.

However, Qin Miao was still a little uneasy, and asked Frankie about the weather in the next period of time in the team TR.

Frankie's side naturally tried his best to answer Qin Miao's doubts.

At the same time, Reyes and the others also brought in all-wet tires from the team's P room.

This is because if you start in the rain, it is mandatory for all cars to start on all wet tyres.

After waiting for another two minutes, Barber hurriedly came to Qin Miao with a brand new helmet.

As we all know, F1 drivers have a film on their helmet goggles, and the main function of this film is that F1 drivers' goggles do not need to be wiped by hand after they are dirty, and they can restore the clarity of their vision in front of them by removing a layer of film.

However, the goggle film in the sunny state has a completely different function and light transmittance and hydrophobicity than the goggle film in the rainy day.

At this time, it may be less than 10 minutes before the start of the game, and such a little time coupled with the rainy environment is naturally not enough for Qin Miao to change a layer of film, so the team directly changed Qin Miao to a new helmet that has been pasted with a rainy day film.

In the end, the good news that Qin Miao was expecting did not appear, and after 16 minutes, the race was about to start, and it was still raining on the track.

Now for Qin Miao, the only good news is that the distance from the starting position of the Monte Carlo track to T1 is not too long, as long as he starts not particularly badly, then he will stick to the inside line before entering T1, and be tougher when he comes out of the corner, which is very likely to keep his starting position.

Even on rainy days, it's easier to defend yourself against the back car.

The only doubt now is that Qin Miao knows that her lap speed on a rainy day is not as fast as dry, and the possibility of being cut by the car behind on the track is extremely high.

The start was made with a safety car.

But the safety car didn't just take a lap, because as the rain got heavier, the conditions on the track got worse and worse.

So the FIA decided to have the safety car take the remaining 20 cars on the track as far as possible on all wet tires and drain as much water as possible before starting the race.

After all, the drainage capacity of the all-rain tires is extremely strong, and this season, because it is the era of ground effect, after the high-speed airflow of the venturi channel blows out of the rear diffuser, the overall airflow is in an upward trend.

As a result, the mist raised by cars in the era of ground effects was greater than that of cars in the hybrid era.

After all, not only do racing cars have tires, but also floor-effect floors that are also raising water mist.

The good news is that in the first rain battle of the ground effect era, Qin Miao does not need to follow the car in front of him to eat exhaust.

The mist raised by the car in front of him will not affect Qin Miao's race.

As for Leclerc behind Qin Miao...... After Qin Miao's speed reached 70 kilometers per hour, there was a white expanse in front of him, and he couldn't see anything.

After three laps of the safety car, the rain on the track did not stop, and even the FIA found that not only did it not stop, but it was getting heavier and heavier.

After three laps, the 21 cars did not leave many traces on the track, so the FIA directly showed the red flag.

The game is suspended.

Therefore, Qin Miao could only follow the safety car back to room P in the maintenance area.

Because Qin Miao started from pole position, he was at the front of the line, and the parking position was at the exit of the pit lane.

After Qin Miao parked the car, she didn't continue to stay in the car and wait for the team staff to come over to deliver the umbrella, after all, the P room of the Meiben team was at the entrance of the maintenance area, and her car was parked at the exit of the maintenance area.

Because the pit area of the Monte Carlo circuit is not very long, the section from Qin Miao's position to the middle of the P room of the Meiben team is not long, but at this time, almost all the technicians of the team are walking around in the pit lane lane, carrying things, and busily carrying the maintenance equipment of the car.

Therefore, Qin Miao didn't feel that he could wait for his crew members in a short period of time.

I simply climbed out of the car and prepared to find a place to hide from the rain.

After Qin Miao got out of the car, he saw Leclerc behind him also get out of the car, but the two just nodded to each other and said hello and didn't get together to talk about anything.

Although both of them are walking in the direction of the team's P room, it is now during the race, and it is not appropriate for the two to communicate at this time.

However, when Qin Miao walked towards the P room of the convoy, he happened to see Hamilton and Angela who helped Hamilton hold an umbrella.

Qin Miao also didn't bother them, but after taking two steps, he found that the rain was getting heavier again, so he simply didn't leave, and stayed directly at the door of the P room of the Martin team and waited for Barber and them to come.

Aston Martin Racing and Mercedes and Qin Miao are also somewhat related.

After all, Mercedes has a stake in Aston Martin, Geely also has it, and the Martin team still uses the engine of the Mercedes team, although the Martin team is also a manufacturer team, but no one will contradict you when you joke about Martin as the second team of the Mercedes team.

Because of this, Qin Miao stayed here, and the people from the Martin team would not come to drive him away or anything, and even a staff member came over and asked Qin Miao if he needed a stool.

However, Qin Miao rejected his kindness, because after a while, Barber trotted to find Qin Miao with an umbrella.

Then the two returned to the P room of the Mercedes team together.

There was no explanation at all when the rain would stop, so after returning to the team's P room, Qin Miao took off most of the equipment on his body.

Even the racing suit was taken off.

After taking off the racing suit, although the inner lining of Qin Miao's racing suit was black, it could still be clearly seen that except for the part under the helmet, the rest of Qin Miao's racing suit had been completely wet by the rain.

This is also inevitable, after all, the driver's racing suit is only fireproof, not waterproof.

Not to mention the fact that it rained so heavily in Monaco today.

Qin Miao also walked back a long way in the rain.

Of course, Qin Miao didn't feel any discomfort about this feeling of wearing wet clothes, after all, the inner lining on the driver's body hadn't been done much during the race.

Either it rains and gets wet, or the fire retardant lining gets wet due to sweat on the body of the hot race, and even if it is not a hot race, sometimes the rider will sweat due to excessive tension, causing the fire retardant lining to get wet.

The fact that the clothes on his body were wet during the race was not only Qin Miao, but also other riders were used to it.

And during the game, everyone was engrossed, and no one cared if their clothes were wet or not.

But the good news is that this kind of clothes are all quick-drying fabrics, and after returning to the team's P room and taking off the racing clothes outside, it was only five or six minutes later, and the water stains on Qin Miao's body had already begun to dry up.

From the suspension of the race to the start of the game, Qin Miao waited in the P room of the team for half an hour.

At this time, Qin Miao's clothes were completely dry, and the rain on the track began to gradually lighten, and after seeing this, Qin Miao knew that the race was about to restart.

Therefore, Qin Miao packed up his equipment, and after making sure that it was correct, he returned to his racing car.

Although the rain had stopped at this time, there were still water stains left over from the rain just now, and there were even puddles in many places.

It will definitely affect the start and lap times of the drivers after a while.

Although the rain has now stopped, all the drivers will still be on all-wet tyres when the race is about to start.

This time the start was again led by a safety car.

However, after this start, the number of laps led by the safety car will be counted as the laps already run in the race.

Next, all the drivers were led by a safety car for two laps.

Before lap 2, the safety roof light went off, signaling that he was ready to pit at the end of the lap.

The competition will also officially start at this time.

After two laps, there was no obvious line on the track, but it was clear that the drivers had a lot to do elsewhere.

At least there are no obvious puddles anymore.

And because it was a rolling start, Qin Miao felt a lot less pressure, and during the period before coming to T18, Qin Miao had been trying his best to grind the tires and heat up the tires.

Then Qin Miao began to accelerate out of the corner after getting out of T19.

The rolling start is not about the driver's own reflexes, but on the reflexes of the riders behind them.

Leclerc's reaction at the start this time was quite good, not much slower than Qin Miao.

Although Leclerc tried to use the advantage of the racing engine to catch up with Qin Miao on the straights, the Monte Carlo circuit had a short starting straight.

All Leclerc could do was tap Qin Miao's outside line, and probably the front nose wing reached the position parallel to Qin Miao's right rear wheel.

This is already the limit of what Leclerc can do, and then he was naturally stuck by Qin Miao on the inside line, and Leclerc, who tried to get stuck in Qin Miao's left rear and entered the corner with Qin Miao, was almost squeezed directly into the wall by Qin Miao.

So after coming out of T1, Leclerc was honest, and kept following Qin Miao, waiting for the track to dry, waiting for DRS to open, and waiting for Qin Miao's mistake. (End of chapter)