I don't know why, when Qin Miao snatched the fire extinguisher in Matthew's hand at the scene and sprayed it inside the open flame point at the rear of his car, Qin Miao was very glad that at least his car didn't pick on himself during the race.

And this problem should be a hidden problem within the car, otherwise I should be able to detect something wrong before the practice session starts.

But in any case, throughout the second practice stage, Qin Miao sat next to Toto and watched Hamilton complete his test in the second practice stage.

Qin Miao's car crew opened the hood of the car and began to check the engine of the car.

As for changing the engine? There's no rush in this matter, at least one day is left anyway.

And basically, Qin Miao and Hamilton need to change the engine in the middle of the race and qualifying, so everyone is familiar with the operation of changing the engine of the car.

The problem with Qin Miao's racing car was quickly found out, and an oil pipeline was handed to Toto and Qin Miao.

Reyes said: "After the initial investigation, the problem was that the pipe was cracked, leaking a little oil and the high temperature in the engine room, so it caught fire, but because the return valve in the car stopped the flame backflow in time, the engine was not damaged, but the specific cause needs to be found after the Grand Prix." ”

Toto nodded, and then said to Hamilton's chief mechanic, who also came over to join in the fun: "After the second practice, remember to check the Hamilton engine piping problem to prevent the same situation from happening again." ”

The other party naturally nodded in agreement, and as the chief mechanic, even without Toto's reminder, he would pay attention to the piping of Hamilton's car.

Soon, the second practice ended.

After the second session, there are usually 20 minutes before the post-race interview for the drivers to rest and adjust their condition.

During this time, Hamilton directly found Qin Miao and began to tell Qin Miao about some of the problems he found on the track in the second training stage, and at the same time chatted about the corners in which the car could go a little more extreme, as well as the deterioration of the racing tires he found.

In this regard, Qin Miao naturally took out her voice recorder directly, and began to record the details that Hamilton said in her notebook while recording.

In the post-race interview stage, Qin Miao naturally praised the upgraded car, but also expressed his concern that he did not participate in the second practice and whether the third practice would be able to collect all the data.

And the Mercedes team now seems to have really opened up, the upgrade of the front nose wing and the change of the base plate are really like activating the performance of the car, and now the performance of the car has been greatly improved.

However, how much this upgrade will improve the car will depend on the results of tomorrow's qualifying.

On Saturday, at this time, Qin Miao's car had been replaced with the engine that Qin Miao would only use in the main race and qualifying stages on weekdays.

As for the old engine, it was directly abandoned by the team and used as a material engine.

Although the accident only blew a fuel pipe, the team could not guarantee that there were any hidden damage to the other lines of the engine that were not found.

In case there is another engine problem during qualifying and racing, it will be a picture that everyone in Mercedes does not want to see.

And Qin Miao's engine has been used for so long, it really should be replaced.

In the qualifying stage and the main race stage, the team is ready to directly use a new set of engines for Qin Miao.

After all, it is the home field, and the upgrade of the team this time is also in place, both the team and Qin Miao themselves naturally hope to get good results in the main race stage with such a rapid momentum.

The best is to win the championship directly at home.

Naturally, all the advantages of racing can be won in their hands.

Moreover, Qin Miao's engine has run 9 Grand Prix, and more than one-third of the race has made this engine complete his mission, and it is time to replace Qin Miao with a new engine.

In Saturday's third practice, Qin Miao reviewed the video of Hamilton's second practice yesterday.

Naturally, I got a lot of useful data, and then I tested it myself, found my own car tuning settings, and seized the time to test the fuel consumption and tire wear of the car, and the team got the data they wanted.

The next thing is to replace Qin Miao with a new set of engines and wait for the start of the qualifying race.

However, perhaps it was the British region that was unhappy that Qin Miao had overwhelmed Hamilton this season.

During the third training stage, the weather was still relatively gloomy, and the meteorological department didn't even find out how many rain clouds there were in the sky, and when the time came to qualify, it began to rain in the sky directly, and it was still heavy rain.

In this regard, although Hamilton told Qin Miao how to deal with the rain on the Silverstone track before the start of qualifying, he was still quite happy in his heart.

If there's one weakness of the youngest F1 World Champion ever on the track, it's the fear of rain.

It was as if as soon as it rained, the talent and spirituality on Qin Miao's body that was almost overflowing were like a fire, directly extinguished by the rain.

Of course, Qin Miao is the youngest world champion in history after all, and even if there is rain, his strength is higher than most of the F1 drivers in the paddock.

It's just that compared to his original terrifying talent, it seems a little weak.

Luckily, it wasn't too rainy in qualifying today, so the riders were on semi-wet tyres.

Qin Miao's side still came out of the pit lane in front of Hamilton.

In the first flight lap, Qin Miao ran relatively conservatively and did not brush up too good lap speed.

However, everyone in the Meiben team, who is looking forward to whether the team will have good results in this race, also knows that Qin Miao will run more conservatively in the rainy state, so Qin Miao just brushed a valid lap result in the first flight lap, and they also understand.

Unlike Qin Miao, who only ran 1:43.219 in the first flight lap, Hamilton directly brushed a score of 1:42.627 in the first flight lap.

However, for the drivers, the first flight lap of Q1 is basically a guaranteed lap, and this flight lap is as informative as the practice results.

Because the durability of the semi-wet tires is relatively high, the drivers do not go directly back to the team's P room after the first flight lap to rest, but run a cooling lap on the course, then run another flight lap, and then cool down and then fly, and so on, until the durability of the rain tires is completely exhausted.

And after Qin Miao's results in the second lap came out, he directly surprised everyone.

1:40.159。

Normally, after Qin Miao got a good result, he didn't bother to run the rest of the games in Q1.

But the rainy weather is different from the normal race, and the track conditions get better and better as the drivers continue to drive.

Therefore, the qualifying tactics on rainy days are to keep driving on the track while the tires still have enough grip, constantly refreshing their fastest lap times.

In the end, when Q1 was stopped, Hamilton and Qin Miao ranked second and third to advance.

The drivers eliminated in Q1 were: Russell, Magnussen, Vettel, Mick, Stroll.

After a short break, the game came to Q2.

Qin Miao and Hamilton's tactics were still the same, staying on the track for a long time to run lap times.

In the end, the two also advanced to Q3 relatively easily.

In the end, the drivers who were eliminated in Q2 were: Gasly, Bottas, Tsunoda, Ricciardo, Ocon.

That's right, Zhou Guanyu once again defeated his teammate Bottas in qualifying.

However, one thing to say, the Mercedes drivers in the last two years have not been competitive in rainy days.

Bottas is like this, and so is Qin Miao.

Q3。

At this point, the rain on the track has stopped, but there is still some water on the track, and of course, there is no rain accumulation in some of the higher places.

And Qin Miao's side was running the flight circle normally at the beginning of Q3.

Qin Miao's first flight lap was 1:42.111.

At this time, there will be doubts.

Q3: Isn't it raining at all? Why is Qin Miao's speed not as fast as in Q1 when it rains?

In fact, this involves a misunderstanding about the grip of the car.

When it rains, the track is full of water, so the drivers don't dare to get out of the corner too early or brake too early, even though the rain is raining.

But the predictability of the cars is consistent when the track is covered with rain.

Because no matter what corner you take, the grip of the car is the same, and the driver knows how to run.

But when the rain just stopped, some parts of the track were dry, but some parts were wet.

As a result, the drivers' grip on the car becomes unpredictable.

Even sometimes when you come out of a corner, you encounter this kind of track where one side is dry and the other side is not dry, and in the dry position, you can go straight out of the corner with full throttle, but there is a small puddle about 5 meters ahead.

At this time, if you press full throttle, the rear wheel will definitely slip.

For example, if the water has dried up before the braking point of a corner, you can brake if you brake, but after you brake into the corner, you find that there is water in the center of the corner.

Therefore, the unpredictability of the car in such track conditions also makes it difficult for the drivers to have fast lap times.

And Qin Miao happens to be the most unsuitable for such a track.

So compared to Leclerc Hamilton Verstappen, Qin Miao's first flight lap in Q3 was not good.

After the follow-up game, Qin Miao's speed was not too fast, so that at the end of Q3, Qin Miao was only ranked sixth.

And Hamilton was fifth.

However, although Qin Miao and Hamilton are in the same qualifying positions as the Mercedes team in the last few races, it is as if the upgrades brought by the Mercedes team in this race have no effect.

In reality, however, the time gap between Hamilton and Pérez in front of him was just 0.09 seconds.

Qin Miao's strength was also not fully exerted because of the rain in Yinshi.

Normally, with Qin Miao's performance this season, he can definitely beat Pérez in this qualifying match, and even challenge Leclerc's third.

But alas, God is not beautiful.

Qin Miao could only helplessly start the sixth car.

However, in any case, the upgrade effect of this game can still be easily seen by fans and practitioners with a little experience.

At least in terms of lap speed, Mercedes is now very small behind Red Bull and Ferrari.

Mercedes fans were even more jubilant.

The effect of Meiben's upgrade this time is so good, and now that the season is not more than halfway through, the point gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen in the drivers' standings is only two points, maybe Meiben can really give Qin Miao another competitive car this season.

Then Qin Miao successfully defended her title and won two consecutive championships.

However, just when the fans of the Mercedes team were happily dreaming, the atmosphere in the team was happy with a little melancholy.

After all, this season, everyone knows that the team has already invested most of its resources for upgrades in the next season's cars, and this upgrade in the UK may be the only major upgrade this season.

Subsequent upgrades will focus more on the car's handling and tuning window, and there may only be one upgrade in two Grand Prix races.

In short, the situation of the Mercedes team is actually not optimistic.

The drivers' standings after the final qualifying session are as follows:

1: Sainz

2: Verstappen

3: Leclerc

4: Pérez

5: Hamilton

6: Qin Miao

7: Norris

8: Zhou Guanyu

9: Alonso

10: Albon

Zhou Guanyu happens to have absolute confidence in the rain battle, and his condition is much better than Qin Miao when he is on the track.

In qualifying, they finished eighth, which was not as good as the previous race, but it was also a satisfying result for the Arrow team.

After the qualifying round, Qin Miao was naturally tortured by the reporters interviewed after the game, after all, it is not an excuse that the rain battle ability is not strong, and it is also a fact that the qualifying race did not run well.

Qin Miao had no choice but to maintain his usual attitude and stand up after being beaten.

After the race, Qin Miao also participated in an event to meet the fans at the scene, which he participated with Hamilton.

I also have a good understanding of the enthusiasm of the home audience.

After the work was over, Qin Miao went home early and fell asleep.

The next day, I woke up and had a simple workout and then went back to the paddock.

Next, Qin Miao not only has work to do, but also has a lot of activities to participate.

However, what made Qin Miao happy was that when he was about to participate in an interview in the paddock, he also met Keanu Reeves who came to watch the game today on the way.

He didn't have any assistants with him, just walked alone in the staff passage at the back of the paddock, ready to go to the VIP viewing area above Scuderia Ferrari's P room.

Qin Miao didn't notice the other party at first sight, after all, the area behind the team's P room was too crowded.

Moreover, Qin Miao had also been in the paddock for a long time, and he had already ignored all these people.

However, for Qin Miao, who started directly as soon as "Cyberpunk 2077" was released, and played directly against the game's bugs, Keanu Reeves's hair is too recognizable.

And this hairstyle is not very common for a man, so Qin Miao couldn't help but take a few more looks.

Want to see who exactly is cos Keanu Reeves in the paddock.

Then, with Qin Miao's eyesight, even if the other party was wearing sunglasses, Qin Miao recognized the other party as soon as possible.

Good guys cos themselves!

"Strong ...... Keanu! Qin Miao naturally went over to say hello with some excitement.

"Oh, Qin Miao, good morning."

Obviously, Qin Miao is now recognizable in the eyes of these star actors, especially after Qin Miao won the world championship.

As soon as he saw Qin Miao coming, Keanu Reeves recognized Qin Miao.

"Hello hello, I love your movies, and of course my favorite is Johnny Silverhand from Cyberpunk 2077."

"Haha, I heard you, you almost called me Johnny just now." Keanu responded with a smile: "And you may not believe it, I also like to watch you play, especially your defense, which can really be said to be art." ”

has been in the paddock for so long, what Qin Miao hears most often is actually the praise of others for himself, after all, who is not a genius boy anymore?

Therefore, for the praise of others, Qin Miao's ears have long heard the cocoon, and he can basically deal with it calmly and deserve it.

But in the face of Keanu Reeves's praise, Qin Miao actually felt a burst of happiness for the first time in a long time.

"Haha, I've won the award, it's just that the performance of the car is better, and I'm also stained with the team's light."

For Qin Miao's Chinese-style self-humility, Keanu seemed to be very accustomed to it, and he didn't show a surprised look.

Just as Qin Miao and Keanu were about to continue chatting for a while, Barber beside Qin Miao coughed, and then looked down at his watch.

Qin Miao's afterglow saw it, and naturally he knew that Barber was reminding himself that today's time was a bit tight, and there would be an interview with the local British media to participate in later.

Qin Miao is not a person who likes to be late and release other people's pigeons, after noticing Barber's actions, he could only helplessly say to Keanu Reeves: "Sorry Keanu, I have to go, after all, you know, the UK is the home of our team, the home field, it must be busier than other sub-races, if you can, you can come to the P room of the Meiben team to watch the game." ”

Keanu Reeves nodded understandingly, but did not agree to Qin Miao's invitation, but politely declined: "I understand, if you don't go to the Meiben team to watch the game, I'm afraid it won't work."

I came here to get an invitation from Scuderia Ferrari, but I should have time for another US Grand Prix this year, so I'm looking forward to seeing what you do. ”

Qin Miao smiled and said, "That's right, let's exchange contact information, and I'll contact you when the time comes." ”

After getting Keanu Reeves' call, the other party left in a dashing manner, and even the back was so handsome.

One thing to say, there are not many male stars that Qin Miao likes, and Keanu is definitely one.

Then Qin Miao continued his work, interviewing, interviewing on the track, and parading the drivers before the race.

After going through a set of procedures, Qin Miao got more than an hour of rest.

This time, Qin Miao didn't do anything else in the lounge, and Qin Miao's familiarity with the track of Silverstone was unparalleled.

In the system, the proficiency of Silverstone is Qin Miao's highest track, and the second is the race.

This is the confidence that the system gives Qin Miao, plus the team's car in this race did not drop the chain, Qin Miao has enough confidence to relax before the start of the race.

When the time was almost up, Qin Miao put on her racing suit and returned to the team's P room.

After saying hello to Tom Cruise in the P room of the team, that is, Tom Tom, the actor of Mission Impossible, Qin Miao went to get his equipment.

Tom is a fan of Hamilton, and coupled with his identity and nationality, it is normal for him to appear in the P room of the Mercedes team.

And unlike the average VIP of the Mercedes team, he stood next to Toto Wolf to watch the race.

However, Qin Miao was not familiar with the other party, and after saying hello, he took his equipment and went to the track.

After completing all the preparations before the race, Qin Miao returned to the car.

After testing the various systems of the car and making sure that there was no problem, Qin Miao began to wait for the start of the race.

In today's game, Qin Miao and Hamilton both used neutral tires.

It's just that when both of them use neutral tires, Qin Miao obviously has to pit later than Hamilton, and everyone knows Qin Miao's ability to protect tires.

At 3 p.m. local time, Sainz took the lead in the warm-up lap.

All the other riders followed.

After the warm-up ring was over, Qin Miao parked the car in his place.

Five red lights lit up one by one.

Five red lights go out, and the game begins!

This time, Qin Miao started quite decently, and he was not slower than the riders in front and behind.

And after Hamilton had the blessing of the home field, it was obvious that the whole person was more excited and excited than usual, and the speed of the start was particularly fast.

Tied with Pérez on the way into T1, and Silverstone's T1 was a right-hand turn and stuck on Pérez's inside line, Hamilton's side had the advantage of exiting the corner.

However, Pérez didn't start too badly, so naturally it was impossible to give up his place to Hamilton so easily.

So it can be seen that after Hamilton inserted Pérez's inside line, Pérez took advantage of his advantage of entering the corner earlier than Hamilton, and directly ate most of the corner, so that Hamilton was squeezed directly to the grass by Pérez.

Hamilton's acceleration must have taken a toll after the grass was laid, and as a result, Hamilton's position did not change positively after the start.

And Qin Miao, who was behind, started decently, did not lose his position because of a mistake in the start, and did not rely on the start to rise in any position.

The driver in the rear also got off to a good start, and Zhou Guanyu's start was also very good.

Starting eighth, he also got stuck on the inside line of driver Norris in front of him like Hamilton.

However, Zhou Guanyu's start was not as good as Hamilton's, and when he entered the inside line, he only aimed the left front wheel at Norris's right rear wheel.

The reason why he did this in T1 was more because he wanted to use Norris's car width to defend Alonso, who was clearly better than him at the start.

And Zhou Guanyu's tactics were also successfully achieved.

Alonso, who was in the middle of the corner, found that his entry line was completely blocked by two cars, and he could only reluctantly release the throttle. (End of chapter)