On lap 12, Sainz passed Norris in front of him to move into fifth, ahead of Gasly.

At the same time, Sebastian Vettel had no choice but to retire from the race at the side of the track due to a ERS failure in the car, and a virtual safety car was dispatched.

It wasn't actually a proper pit stop window, so there were no drivers who chose to pit at this point in time to change tyres.

On lap 20, the pit stop window for most of the drivers was around lap 20, so the drivers began to pit and change tires one after another, and the three DRS trains on the track also disbanded at this time.

Qin Miao's set of neutral tires had a pit stop window on lap 35, so now Qin Miao can still run comfortably on the track for a while.

And after the driver in front of Qin Miao pit and changed tires, there was no other car in front of him, and with more than 6 seconds of clean air, Qin Miao could run his lap speed on the track.

On lap 30, Sainz, who was also on neutral tires with Qin Miao, finally couldn't hold on to the track, and in order to prevent being cut by Qin Miao behind him, Sainz pitted and switched to soft tires.

Sainz pitted for soft tyres and came out 1.4 seconds behind Pérez, who was still on the same hard tyres.

It was clear that Pérez had completed the under cut for Sainz.

I still remember that when Pérez pitted at that time, Pérez had a time gap of 4 seconds faster than Sainz, which shows that Pérez's ability to protect tires and speed are indeed terrifying.

A long stint gave himself a time advantage of 5.4 seconds.

However, Ferrari didn't feel much pressure or nervousness, as Pérez was on old hard tyres and Sainz was on new soft tyres.

On lap 31, Pérez was given seconds by Sainz, who was on new soft tyres.

Even the overtaking position is not in T1, but in T2.

This has nothing to do with the engine output of the car, it is the embodiment of pure tire grip.

Finally on lap 36, Qin Miao, who had run an extra lap on the track, chose to pit and change tires.

Although Qin Miao ran 36 laps on the track on a set of neutral tires, Qin Miao still ran three green laps in the last unreserved lap before making a pit stop.

This scene saw Zhou Haoran, the commentator of Five-Star Sports, stunned.

After all, he is the only one of the three commentators who spends most of his time staring at these data.

"Qin Miao actually brushed three more sections of green just now."

Brother Bing, who was watching Qin Miao enter the station, subconsciously said: "With Qin Miao's ability and speed, isn't it normal for him to brush the three-stage rate on the track?" ”

Zhou Haoran added: "He brushed it out with that set of neutral tires that have been on the track for 36 laps......"

Brother Bing: ......

Phineas: ......

"Although we know that Qin Miao's tire protection ability is excellent, and Qin Miao's reputation as a tire protection master is also widely spread among domestic car fans, sometimes I can't help but wonder if Pirelli is really like the rumors say, the tire formula for Qin Miao has been specially adjusted."

……

Qin Miao's set of neutral tires, which had run 36 laps, was finally removed and replaced with a new set of soft tires.

At this time, there are 17 laps left before the end of the race, and with Qin Miao's ability to protect tires, he will use this set of soft tires to maintain a very respectable speed to run the whole race.

The tyre change time was 2.4 seconds, and the team spent most of the time training the crew in addition to the development of the car, and the tyre change aspect has also been significantly strengthened.

After coming out of the pit area, Qin Miao was just stuck in the middle of Sainz and Pérez.

And in the DRS zone behind Perez is Qin Miao's teammate Hamilton.

The standings of the drivers in front of them at this point are as follows:

1: Verstappen

2: Leclerc

3: Sainz

4: Qin Miao

5: Pérez

6: Hamilton

7: Ricardo

8: Norris

9: Gasly

10: De Vries

Of course, although it seems that Qin Miao still has a chance to chase Verstappen and Leclerc in this game, provided that Qin Miao surpasses Sainz.

But in fact, Qin Miao only has the possibility of competing with Sainz for the podium in this game.

Because the time gap between Verstappen and Leclerc at this time is close to 20 seconds.

Sainz and Leclerc also had a 20-second gap between him at this time.

Therefore, Qin Miao in this race is only touching the podium at most, unless the two forced racing engines in front of him burst on the spot, otherwise Qin Miao will have no possibility to go further.

But if you want to say that it is a Ferrari engine, there may be a possibility of a cylinder burst on the spot, but in the second half of 2022, Honda has significantly improved the performance of the engine in terms of stability, and since the beginning of the second half of the season, Honda's engine has not had stability problems in the main race stage.

On lap 46, there were still 7 laps left until the end of the race.

Qin Miao chased into the DRS area behind Sainz.

Before this, Qin Miao also tried to attack Sainz in front of him, but in today's race, Ferrari's car was indeed faster than Mercedes.

Moreover, Sainz used the same pit stop strategy as Qin Miao, which did weaken Qin Miao's ability in protecting tires a lot.

So at this time, Qin Miao could only barely follow behind Sainz.

Of course, the situation will gradually improve as the game progresses.

As the race progresses, Sainz's soft tyres will inevitably wear out more.

Qin Miao can try to use his advantage in tire protection to attack Sainz in the late game.

And at this time, it was the time when Qin Miao could make a move on Sainz.

The broadcast camera of the scene didn't look at Verstappen in front of him, and stared at Sainz and Qin Miao.

After all, everyone knew that the two of them were going to fight later.

However, the battle between Qin Miao and Sainz did not start in the end.

On lap 47, there was an accident on the track, and the accident quickly turned into a yellow flag, which in turn turned into a safety car.

On lap 47, Ricciardo, who was seventh, retired on the turf in the second time session due to an oil leak.

Because there was no Matthew entrance to the place where Ricciardo retired, and in order to avoid secondary damage to the car caused by the flames, Ricardo directly turned off the car, and it was impossible to move the car to the entrance of Matthew and then retire.

So after a short period of consideration, the race team dispatched a safety car.

With a safety car on the track, the lost time to make a pit stop was reduced from 25 seconds to 12 seconds.

So a large number of drivers choose to pit for tyre changes at this time.

The time lost during this time is minimal, and with a very light car, lap times can be greatly improved by switching to new soft tyres or soft tyres that have only been run one or two laps in qualifying.

But there was no Qin Miao among the drivers who were ready to change the tires.

Although Qin Miao still has a new reserve of soft tires at this time, Qin Miao feels that there are still 6 laps before the end of the race anyway, and the 12 seconds lost in the pit stop are not so fragrant in front of the 6 lap time.

As for the race being squeezed together under the action of a safety car? What happens after I restart?

Qin Miao looked at Zhou Guanyu, who was trapped by himself in the rearview mirror, and was silent.

And when the safety car came out, it didn't get stuck in front of Verstappen, but in front of Sainz.

In Qin Miao's judgment, if the safety car wants to restart, it must be untied from the slow car, and the starting position of all subsequent drivers must be straightened out.

This process involves at least 5 laps of the track.

At that time, there were only two laps left until the end of the race.

Although Qin Miao's speed in today's race was not as fast as the team imagined, he looked a little pitiful, weak and helpless under the terrifying engine of the Ferrari team.

But Qin Miao is still confident that she can use her set of soft tires, which are still in good condition, to guard the rear car for two laps.

And in this game, Qin Miao started from the nineteenth at the end of the team and chased the current fourth, Qin Miao's performance in today's game was impeccable.

If the bet is correct, then Qin Miao's position may be two places, directly ripping off the two Ferrari drivers in front of him, going from fourth to second, and earning eight more points.

If the bet is lost, it is nothing more than the loss of the fourth to fifth two points.

It is even possible that the teammates behind you have not been able to break through their own defenses, and they may not have to lose a single point.

Although Qin Miao doesn't like to gamble, Qin Miao has no reason to refuse this low-risk and high-return choice.

Qin Miao's secret crossing of Chen Cang this time was mainly aimed at the two Ferrari drivers, at this time Leclerc was 10 seconds away from Qin Miao, and Sainz was 1.4 seconds in Qin Miao's face.

After the two of them entered the maintenance area, they would fall behind Qin Miao when they came out.

Although the safety car will clear the time gap between Qin Miao and Leclerc during this period, Qin Miao has two position advantages.

As for Verstappen.......

Although the time gap between Verstappen and Leclerc at this time was not as large as in the middle of the game, there was also a time gap of 16 seconds.

With such a large time gap, Verstappen would not have lost any place even if he had been sent to a four-second pit stop by the team.

On the other hand, as soon as the race gave the safety car, Frankie told Qin Miao in the team TR: "Get out of the safety car, now there is a 7-second time gap between you and Hamilton, we will choose to pit with two cars, repeat, and pit with two cars." ”

Qin Miao replied, "Received." ”

Although Qin Miao didn't plan to pit for tire changes, he still replied to the team in the team's TR.

The main thing is that Qin Miao thinks that if he tells the team at this time that he is not ready to pit and wants to cut the two Ferrari drivers in front of him, they may be on guard.

Even learning their own tactics is also not pitting.

In order to avoid this from happening, let's let the team staff be confused for a while.

Finally, after the car formation came back to the entrance of the pit area, Qin Miao saw that Leclerc had made a pit stop, and Sainz in front of him was about to pit stop.

And Qin Miao also followed Sainz when Sainz pitted, so it seemed that Qin Miao also wanted to pit with Sainz.

On the side of the pit area, the staff of the Mercedes team were even more ready to go, taking out the tires of Qin Miao and Hamilton and placing them in their most convenient positions, ready to take them at any time.

It seems that the Meiben team is ready to make a two-car pit stop.

It's just that Qin Miao, who was still following Sainz well, suddenly turned left in front of the white line at the entrance of the pit lane, and continued to stay on the track, leaving Sainz alone to drive towards the inside of the pit lane.

This scene not only stunned the Ferrari team staff who had been staring at Qin Miao's car, but also made the staff of the Mercedes team, who were already ready to go, a little overwhelmed for a while, looking at Qin Miao's tires in their hands, and then at Hamilton's tires next to them, their heads were full of question marks for a while.

But with the order of the person in charge of the tire changer, everyone abandoned the chaotic emotions in their minds, put down Qin Miao's tires, and picked up Hamilton's tires.

Now that Qin Miao did not pit for tire change, it is an established fact, and if Qin Miao's tires are still held at this time, there may be a situation where after Hamilton came in, the team staff accidentally loaded Qin Miao's tires on Hamilton's car.

Although Qin Miao's soft tyre is brand new, Hamilton's soft tyre is the one that ran a flying lap in qualifying.

However, the internal configuration of the wheel hub and the position of the dynamic balance iron plate of the two tires are different, and if they are installed incorrectly, the car is extremely prone to safety accidents on the track.

After Frankie found out that something was wrong, he also asked Qin Miao about the situation in the team TR for the first time: "Qin Miao, what's wrong?" Did you miss the repair entrance? ”

Qin Miao was not driving at high speed at this time, but followed the safety car in front of him, and from time to time to see if the other party's top light was off, and whether he could exceed it to untie it.

So Qin Miao also had time to answer Frankie's question.

"I feel like my tyres are in good shape, so I want to try to finish the race without pitting on the track, so the team should have a plan for that, right?"

Frankie was obviously stunned for a moment after hearing Qin Miao's words, and only after a while did he say, "The team does have a plan for this...... It could even be said that this is the plan that the team thinks is the best fit for the current situation at the course, after all, we all know your ability to keep your tyres.

It's just that we took into account that if we had told you in advance, the two Ferrari drivers would have the possibility of not pitting, especially since Sainz is still so close to you.

So after weighing it, I finally chose to let you pit stop, but I didn't expect you to think of this tactic yourself......

But in any case, at this point, there is nothing that can be changed. ”

At this point, Frankie paused for a moment before saying, "By the way, the team strategy team wants me to tell you:." ”

The last two words, Frankie, are spoken in Chinese.

As for why Mei Ben's gang is becoming more and more proficient in Chinese, this point is not too much to say.

Mei Ben's side was naturally beaming after Qin Miao stole the chicken, while the Ferrari on the other side was stupid.

Ferrari:???

Yes?

No, buddy.

Can you still play like this?

Ferrari's strategy team looked at Leclerc, who had fallen to third, and Sainz, who had fallen to fourth, and cried without tears.

And there are a lot of laps between these two drivers.

It looks like the position is even more backward.

However, at this point, Ferrari can only tell the two drivers of the team through the team TR: after the restart of the race, try not to have any infighting, and first find a way to take Qin Miao's old 6 position back to the team.

After all, Monza is Ferrari's home stadium, leading the whole race, not to mention taking a second place, after all, Verstappen is really fast in this race, but in this way he only ended up getting a third, and the Ferrari fans on the scene will definitely not be satisfied.

Although Binotto's face didn't have any overly rich expression when the camera cut, Binotto's heart was already in a mess at this point.

And on the field, Leclerc, who had just come out of the pit lane, looked at Qin Miao, who appeared in front of him, and was a little speechless, this is really six!

This will allow you to pick up the leak!

But you wait for me, and after the game restarts, you see if I play or not, you'll be finished.

Although there are still 5 laps left before the end of the race, which does not seem to be much, Leclerc is confident that he will regain his position from Qin Miao in the remaining 5 laps.

Ferrari is also thinking like this, and even Binotto is already ready in his heart, once the race restarts, he will tell Sainz directly in the team TR, so that he should not put pressure on Leclerc, so that Leclerc can attack Qin Miao without distraction.

However, to the surprise of all the drivers, spectators and team staff, the Italian Grand Prix did not restart after this safety car, but was directly carried by the safety car to complete the remaining six laps.

As for the reason, it's simple, previously mentioned.

That is, the safety car was stuck in front of Qin Miao.

Therefore, the safety car not only needs to untie the slow car, but also needs to untie Qin Miao, the second-ranked driver, and all the cars behind him.

In other words, Zhou Guanyu, who was lapped by Qin Miao, even needed to be unwrapped twice on the track before he could return to his original position, not to mention the drivers behind Zhou Guanyu.

On the track, five laps is not enough time for all drivers to complete this series of maneuvers.

So in the end all the drivers ended the race with a safety car.

Qin Miao also won the runner-up in this race because of that whimsical pit stop strategy.

Starting from the nineteenth and finishing the second in the end, Qin Miao in this game directly rose 18 places.

It is no surprise that although today's race was a bit anticlimactic and disappointing many spectators, after the end of this race, Qin Miao still won the honor of the best driver voted by the audience.

In second place was Williams and Mercedes team reserve driver, De Vries.

Despite today's race, De Vries was impressive, taking home a point for Williams in 10th place in his first F1 race.

But compared with De Vries, Qin Miao's pursuit from 19th to second is indeed more visually impactful.

"Qin Miao, although the game was a little flat at the end, I still want to congratulate you on getting P2 and Hamilton P4." As usual, Frankie congratulated Qin Miao through the team TR after each race.

“Let's go'!” Qin Miao also said happily in the team TR: "I thought there would be a fierce battle in the later stages of the game, to be honest, I was quite looking forward to having an offensive and defensive battle with Charles, but it's a pity." ”

"There's going to be a chance."

After finishing speaking, Qin Miao suddenly reacted: "Why is Lewis P4?" What about Carlos? ”

"Uh...... Ferrari, you know, there are always a bit of surprises when it comes to two cars. ”

Qin Miao was stunned for a moment, and then smiled with relief: "Understood." ”

On the other side, after Frankie finished speaking, Toto also congratulated Qin Miao in the team TR: "Congratulations, Qin Miao."

It's a personal win for you, the decisions are beautiful, but some of them aren't very good for our hearts. ”

Toto also made a rare joke.

"Hahaha, that's the price of victory, and I'm sure you're loving the little thrill."

"Of course!"

……

At the end of the race, although many Ferrari fans were booing the FIA officials, the Red Bull Racing staff, who won the race, were quite happy with the result.

One by one, they screamed in celebration and then rushed to the guardrail at the entrance to the pit lane, waiting for Verstappen's triumphant return.

After Qin Miao parked his car in the second position, Leclerc, who had returned to the pit lane before Qin Miao, came over angrily.

Qin Miao installed the steering wheel of her racing car and jumped off the car, watching Leclerc spread her hands innocently.

Leclerc was just a little puzzled, and didn't really think that Qin Miao was a thief and stole a runner-up from his own hands.

After all, no one expected that at the end of the race, the safety car would be brought out directly.

"What the hell did you think at the time?" Leclerc came over and hugged Qin Miao and asked curiously.

After Qin Miao let go of Leclerc, he took off his gloves and said: "You may not believe it, I actually wanted to come to you and have a good fight with you, so that you can feel my defensive intensity in reality, but it's a pity that the FIA and Melander didn't give me this opportunity." ”

"Hmm...... I hope it's better never to have such an opportunity. Leclerc couldn't help but recall the dozen or so battles he had with Qin Miao on the racing simulator that almost exploded.

Qin Miao also nodded in agreement: "Indeed, only a Ferrari that appears in the rearview mirror is a good Ferrari." ”

Leclerc: "*&%&......"

After the meeting and joke, Qin Miao did not avoid this question, and said bluntly: "I found that the time gap between you and me was 12 seconds during the safety car, and at the same time, my soft tires were in good condition, so I wanted to try it."

Taking a step back, there were only five laps left before the end of the race, and even if I hadn't kept you both on the track, I would have just been back to where I was. ”

Leclerc nodded thoughtfully, and then couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I really don't understand how you guys have brains, and you still have the leisure to think about this in such an extreme environment." ”

"Is it possible that you are too stupid?"

“F**k you!”

(End of chapter)