Qin Miao felt that she could keep her position by taking advantage of the time advantage gained by making one less stop.

"Are you sure you don't want to change the tire? Verstappen was ready to pit for soft tyres. Frankie looked back at the Red Bull Racing tyre changers in the Red Bull Racing P room, and the old soft tyres they were holding on to after two laps in qualifying.

Qin Miao actually struggled a little in his heart when he heard Frankie say this, but this struggle only lasted for a moment.

"Trust me, I feel like I can hold all of Verstappen's attacks." This is the confidence that 100 points of defensive ability brings to Qin Miao, plus the speed gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen on the track in today's game is not as exaggerated as before the summer break, even if Verstappen uses soft tires in the late game, Qin Miao is confident that he will lock Verstappen on the track.

In the end, Verstappen pit for a tire change, and Qin Miao stayed outside, so after Verstappen came out of the tire change, he fell to the position of Qin Miao for 10 seconds.

However, Red Bull's strategy team is also quite satisfied with this pit stop strategy, because of the virtual safety car, Verstappen's soft tire consumption will not be as serious as they imagined, and with Verstappen's strength, this set of soft tires is not too big a problem to catch up with Qin Miao and run the whole race at the same time.

However, unlike his teammate Qin Miao's extreme self-confidence, Hamilton in this race still chose to make a pit stop to change tires during the virtual safety car.

After all, he doesn't have Qin Miao's ability to protect tires, and if everyone pits and changes tires during the virtual safety car, your best choice is to pit and change tires like them.

Because of the offset between the pit stop and the pit stop, you don't make any money compared to other drivers, but you don't lose anything.

On lap 50, the race resumed.

Qin Miao began to take the lead.

On lap 51, all the Mercedes fans sweated for Qin Miao on the field, because after one lap, Verstappen chased Qin Miao for 0.8 seconds.

In other words, as long as 12 laps, Verstappen can catch up behind Qin Miao.

On lap 55, Verstappen had already chased behind Qin Miao for 4.9 seconds.

Verstappen pursued faster than anyone could have imagined.

After seeing this time gap, everyone could expect that when Verstappen chased behind Qin Miao, there would definitely be more than 10 laps before the end of the race.

Presumably, with the speed that Verstappen is showing now, it is not too much trouble to catch up in the late stage of the game and complete the overtaking of Qin Miao.

But then all Red Bull fans frowned, and a scene of myocardial infarction of Dutch fans appeared.

Halfway through lap 55, Bottas slowed down as he passed the pit straight, and by the time he reached T1, the car's momentum had completely gone.

By the time the camera passed, Bottas' car had stopped at the inside entrance of T1.

Bottas parked just a wall away from the exit from the pits, and what stood out from that place was that there was no shop in front of the village, unlike where Yuki Tsunoda parked, next to the Matthew entrance to quickly withdraw from the track.

Bottas' car breaks down at this position and there is sure to be a physical safety car on the track.

At this time, it was only 9 laps since the appearance of the virtual safety car.

And the drivers in the front row who are likely to compete for the championship are basically in the virtual safety car just now, choosing to pit for tyre changes.

There was only one person who didn't make a pit stop......

This person is Qin Miao.

"Bottas! Bottas is retired! Safety car! Retirement from this position must be out of the safety car! Qin Miao has made a lot of money, he hasn't entered the station yet! After Brother Bing saw the current scene, the smile on his face was completely uncontrollable.

Originally, Brother Bing was quite worried about today's game, because they could also see that Qin Miao's speed in this game was not bad, but Qin Miao's rhythm on the track was not as good as Verstappen's, and they were also worried that Qin Miao would not be able to get a good result today.

Just now, I saw that Qin Miao did not pit for a tire change during the virtual safety car.

Although he knew what Qin Miao's intention was not to enter the pit stop at that time, watching Verstappen getting closer and closer to Qin Miao, the three commentators of Five Star Sports also became more and more nervous, and the more they watched, the more worried they became.

And the smaller the time gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen, the more tense they became.

Then, Bottas came to the rescue.

Bottas, who suddenly stopped on the track, was undoubtedly Qin Miao's biggest savior in this race.

And Brother Bing had just finished saying his words, and Zhou Haoran immediately added: "According to the rules of the FIA, the location where Bottas parked is in the pit area, so there will be a safety car with all the drivers through the pit lane at that time, and now the space in front of Qin Miao is enough, and he can complete a pit stop and change tires in a very short time!" ”

[This is really Qin Shi Huang touching the electric door and winning the hemp]

[Bottas: Toto...... This is my last ripple.]

[I never thought that one day Arrow's car retirement would make me so happy]

[Big brother! 】

[Bottas repays the grievance with virtue]

[Just because you withdrew this time, 77 You will always be my big brother! ] 】

[Being in Aluo, the heart is in Meiben! ] 】

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Although several commentators of Five Star Sports did not immediately give a reminder of the safety car after saying this, yellow flags appeared at the same time in the first and third timing sections on the track.

And as the race came to lap 56, a physical safety car was dispatched.

Qin Miao and Verstappen both entered the pit lane as soon as possible and replaced them with new soft tires.

As for what Zhou Haoran said, the safety car will take the drivers through the pit lane......

The team expected this to happen, but it was still the same problem, the drivers' positions were pressed together by the safety car.

At that time, if Qin Miao followed the safety car outside for one more lap, and when the safety car led the drivers around the track to pass through a pit lane and let Matthew on the scene remove Bottas's car, the car formation would be pressed together.

Under such a premise, Qin Miao may lose more than one or two positions if she pits for tire changes, and may even be saddled with the name of unsafe release.

A 5-second penalty is a relatively light one.

Moreover, at this time, there was no slow train between Qin Miao and Verstappen, and there was not even a buffer, so it was naturally impossible for Qin Miao to wait until then to change tires.

So Qin Miao and Verstappen made pit stops one after the other to change tires.

Qin Miao replaced himself with new soft tires, while Verstappen still replaced himself with an old set of soft tires because he didn't have new soft tires to use.

And because of Qin Miao's existence, this is Verstappen's third pit stop to change tires.

In short, this sudden safety car can be regarded as decompressing Qin Miao, and Qin Miao was also replaced with a new set of soft tires.

However, after all, both of them made a pit stop to change tires, and the previous virtual safety car caused the gap between the driver behind and the two to be narrowed, so when the two came out of the pits, they were overtaken by Hamilton.

Qin Miao fell to second, and Verstappen fell to third.

When he saw two Mercedes in front of him, Verstappen's eyes couldn't help jumping, and he suddenly had an extremely ominous premonition.

And Qin Miao and Hamilton suddenly thought of a tactic at the same time.

DRS Train!

The safety car lasted until lap 60 and Bottas' car was more difficult to clean up than expected.

It took four laps from the time Bottas's car stayed on the track to the time Bottas's car was cleared and the safety car was lifted.

At this time, there are still 12 laps before the end of the game, and Qin Miao's tires are a brand new soft tire, which also shows that Qin Miao can use his own set of soft tires unscrupulously in the next 12 laps without any savings.

However, I believe that most of the durability of Qin Miao's soft tires will be used to defend Verstappen behind him.

Before the race restarted, the team connected Qin Miao and Hamilton's team TR.

Although the two drivers' team TRs communicate separately during the race, the communication between the two drivers is actually connected, but this function is rarely used.

And today is the best time to use this feature.

When Hamilton was about to start after waiting for the safety car to be withdrawn, he informed Qin Miao in the TR of the team: "3.2.1, go!"

The two Mercedes stepped on the accelerator at the same time to accelerate, and started at the same time with the tacit understanding that they could go to the Pacific Rim to drive the mecha, and instantly opened the Red Bull Racing section behind them.

In fact, Red Bull immediately monitored the team TR of the two Mercedes drivers, but they could only hold on, and there was no way to convey the communication between the two Mercedes drivers to Verstappen in the first place.

In an instant, Mercedes' two cars opened up Verstappen's 0.5-second time gap.

The main Verstappen didn't expect the position of the two Mercedes to be so tricky, and the synchronization rate of the two was particularly high.

Hamilton and Qin Miao suddenly began to accelerate at the DRS detection point on T13.

However, Verstappen was just a little surprised, and after so many laps in the safety car, the power of Verstappen's DRS was already sufficient.

In addition, during this time, Verstappen was already in a state of full concentration, even if it was not like Qin Miao's immediate reaction, but after Verstappen reacted, he could keep up with the speed of the two Meiben.

At the same time, the Red Bull has had very little air resistance this season and is arguably the fastest car in the entire paddock in terms of straight acceleration and straight tail speed.

As a result, despite the fact that Red Bull Racing lost the lead on the track, it was thrown out of the DRS zone after a near start.

But Red Bull fought hard in the late stage, and on the 62nd lap, Verstappen chased into the DRS area behind Qin Miao.

Without even waiting for the race to open the DRS, after T13 came out of the corner, Verstappen came to a position where he could threaten Qin Miao.

Qin Miao naturally noticed Verstappen's movements.

However, Qin Miao was not in a hurry, although Qin Miao was blocked by his teammate Hamilton, Qin Miao, who was not much slower than Verstappen in lap speed, did not maintain the time gap between himself and Verstappen.

But Seon lost his horse, and he didn't know if it was a blessing.

In Qin Miao's opinion, teammate Hamilton is his best defensive prop at this time.

On the other hand, after Verstappen came out of the T13 corner to T14, there was only a 0.4 second time gap between him and Qin Miao, and everyone could see that under such a time gap, Verstappen would definitely be able to attack Qin Miao.

Even people who know a little bit about racing know that Verstappen's attack on Qin Miao may not be able to hold it.

Therefore, the Dutch audience at the scene all broke out into a warm and excited cheer, and they all began to expect Verstappen to surpass Qin Miao.

On the track, Qin Miao was not affected by the cheers on the scene in the slightest.

After adjusting the brake settings of the car in T1, Qin Miao made sure that Hamilton would not change his position casually, and then began to pay all his attention to the Verstappen car behind him.

After Qin Miao got out of T14, he guarded the inside line of the track.

Although the inside line of the big straight will be dirtier than the normal lane because there are not many cars passing by here, there will be tire rubber, dust, or other very small debris.

The presence of these things affects the car's grip transmission, which in turn affects the car's acceleration.

But Qin Miao still ran here, and at this time, it was obviously more important to hold his position than to accelerate.

Although the big straight of the Zandvoort circuit was spacious enough, Qin Miao did not give Verstappen any space and opportunity to forcibly insert his inner line, Verstappen dared to insert his inner line, and Qin Miao dared to draw a dragon.

So although Verstappen knew that forming a side by side with Qin Miao from the outside would be locked on the track by Qin Miao and Hamilton.

But Verstappen also knew that he still had a chance to live, as long as his acceleration was fast enough and the corners were precise and fast enough, it was possible to break out of the blockade of the two Mercedes before Qin Miao and Hamilton teamed up to close their doors.

Of course, Verstappen was born with such an idea, mainly because the performance of Mercedes was not good this season, and Qin Miao did not put too much pressure on him, so that Verstappen forgot the suppressive power that Qin Miao brought him last season, and the feeling of powerlessness in the face of Qin Miao's defense.

In the end, Verstappen pulled the outside line and slowly accelerated to overtake Qin Miao.

After Qin Miao saw Verstappen on his outside line, he was overjoyed, and he didn't stick to the outside line, he leaned a little closer to the lane and squeezed next to Verstappen.

"Verstappen has taken the lead from the outside, to be honest, I don't think Verstappen's choice is too good, how does Qin Miao deal with Verstappen? It's closed! Qin Miao closed Verstappen's door, and the two Mercedes gave Verstappen's car a chance to catch a turtle in an urn. ”

As the commentary said, on the track, Verstappen originally thought that because Qin Miao was not accelerating fast enough on the inside, he could take this opportunity to pass through the gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton.

If you do it right, you'll be on the inside of the track before the braking point in T1.

It is possible to stage a double kill for the Mercedes team directly on the track.

But Verstappen never expected that Hamilton in front of him would slow down! Slowed down! Fucking slow down!

There's no competitive spirit at all!

Because of this, Verstappen was locked together by Qin Miao and Hamilton.

A Mercedes race car in front of it blocked all the lines for overtaking on the outside, and if you overtook you, you had to go to the grass on the outside.

Qin Miao, who was on the inside, very insidiously stuck his left front wheel in the position of Verstappen's right rear wheel, as if holding a dagger to Verstappen's throat.

"Here you go! You're going to hit me! As long as you dare to hit me, I will dare you to take off on the spot! ”

PS. Today the company is still busy, and only four thousand were written. (End of chapter)

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