Five red lights lit up one after another amidst the beeping sounds of the live speakers.
The five red lights went out instantly after they came on, and the F2 British Grand Prix race began.
The engines of the 20 F2 cars on the field began to roar crazily. Almost in the blink of an eye, the F2 cars that were originally sitting in a row began to twitch or defend. Even Qin Miao's good eyesight was a little dazzled for a while.
However, a pink F2 car soon attracted the attention of most people at the scene, because after the lights went out, all the cars had started, and the drivers used their best to complete all the starting procedures. , I hope to get a few more rankings in the initial stage.
But only this pink racing car remained motionless among the traffic.
Qin Miao's attention was naturally attracted by this pink racing car.
So much so that Zhou Guanyu fainted at the start, and he ignored the fact that his teammates passed him in just the T1 corner.
But that was it, because after the first two cars passed Turn 1, the race committee showed a yellow flag.
At the same time, Qin Miao, who was in the stands of the P room, clearly saw that the right front wheel brake disc of this car, which should be the F2 team affiliated to Racing Point, was on fire directly.
Several Matthews rushed onto the track in a hurry under the yellow flag, and after a brief discussion, they pushed the car back.
At the same time, another Matthew rushed over with a fire extinguisher and put out the fire.
It just so happens that behind the grid of this car is an exit between the maintenance area of the Silverstone Circuit and the track. During the preparations for the race, the team will push its car out of this gap and park it on the grid.
So Matthews took advantage of the situation and pushed the F2 car back to the pit area through this exit.
In about a minute, the yellow flag changed to green and the game continued.
When Qin Miao recovered from all this and looked at the big screen broadcasting the competition, she was shocked to find that Zhou Guanyu, who started from the pole position, had dropped to second place.
And it was his teammates who snatched the first position from Zhou Guanyu.
However, Qin Miao hadn't watched for long before the yellow flag was sent out again.
When the director's camera cut away, Qin Miao found a blue F2 car parked on a side road on the track. It seemed that there must be something wrong with the car and it was forced to retire.
The camera was shown for about five or six seconds, and the on-site director showed the camera to the pink F2 car that had just started and failed to start.
Because the car successfully ignited after a simple overhaul, it was now starting from the maintenance area and driving onto the track.
But if nothing else goes wrong, today's race for this person will be over here, and the rest of the race will be just training. As for rankings and points, don't worry about it.
In just three laps, F2 completed three tasks for Qin Miao, who was watching it for the first time.
Qin Miao was dazzled by the intensity of this life, and he called him a good guy in his heart.
Qin Miao also lamented Zhou Guanyu's misfortune in his heart.
Because the weather in the UK during today's race was not particularly good. Although it did not rain heavily, there were very light showers in parts of the track.
This also resulted in the race not allowing drivers to turn on DRS in the first five laps.
In the first few laps, Zhou Guanyu could still stay within one second behind his teammate.
But without the support of DRS, and because his teammate was faster than Zhou Guanyu, the gap between the two cars gradually widened.
Latifi, who was behind, was also quickly approaching Zhou Guanyu.
The race soon reached the seventh lap, which was also the second lap after the pit window opened. Zhou Guanyu and Latifi behind him pitted at the same time to change tires.
Qin Miao, who was above the P room, watched helplessly as Zhou Guanyu's team engineer finished changing the tire and put the car down, but it took a while before it started to drive out of the maintenance area.
However, Latifi, who was originally lined up behind him, performed a set of tire changing movements smoothly, and after landing, he gave the gas and left without any delay.
So Qin Miao watched helplessly as Latifi overtook Zhou Guanyu in the pit area.
This scene made Qin Miao's blood pressure rise inexplicably.
Thinking about it from his perspective, if this incident had happened to Qin Miao, he would probably have started greeting the parents of the person responsible on the spot.
It's too frustrating to lose your position like this.
Of course, the premise is that it was not Qin Miao's fault that caused this mistake.
And just when it was time to change a tire, something happened again. A car stalled and retired from the race in the pit area.
This is also convenient for the team. They don’t have to wait for Matthew to bring the car back. They can just take it back to the garage to check and wait for the next sprint race. Compared with the drivers of other teams, they have to take at least twenty laps less detours.
This car retired from the race in the pit lane, so no yellow flag was triggered on the track.
In addition, the showers on the track stopped and the track was dry after running a few laps, so the race finally opened DRS.
Although Zhou Guanyu was in the seventh position at this time, most of the drivers in front of him were drivers who had not pitted before. After they all pitted, Zhou Guanyu was still in the third position.
In addition, there is good news for Zhou Guanyu, that is, after surpassing Zhou Guanyu, Latifi has begun to attack the teammates in front of Zhou Guanyu.
If the two players in front continue to attack and defend each other, the situation on the court will undoubtedly be beneficial to Zhou Guanyu.
In the T7 position on the ninth lap, Latifi completed the overtake of Zhou Guanyu's teammate.
This was mainly because Latifi put too much pressure on her. Zhou Guanyu's teammate locked the left front wheel when braking before entering the corner, resulting in incorrect timing and speed of entering the corner. Then Latifi leaned against the intersection line. Easily complete the transcendence.
Zhou Guanyu had been following the two cars. He didn't catch up for some reason, but just watched from behind.
Needless to say, after seeing this, Qin Miao has clearly felt the difference between F2 and F1.
Since the performance of F2 cars is basically the same, there will be more fights between F2 drivers and drivers and more wheel-to-wheel opportunities than F1.
In particular, the competition for first and second place in F2 is much more intense than in F1.
After all, after the current F1 starts, the two Mercedes cars drive out at the lead, and then throw their opponents out of the DRS area in a short period of time, and start running at their own pace. After a grand prix is over, basically every Mercedes car will It can throw off the opponent for at least fifteen seconds.
On the twelfth lap, Zhou Guanyu's teammate relied on DRS to overtake Latifi on the straight, and gradually widened the distance between him and Latifi in the next two laps.
After seeing this, Qin Miao's anger for Zhou Guanyu dissipated, because judging from the situation on the court, Zhou Guanyu's teammates would no longer have any chance of fighting with Latifi.
Zhou Guanyu himself was slower than them. Now the two people in front of him started to lap normally again, so Zhou Guanyu had no chance.
If nothing else goes wrong, Zhou Guanyu will probably bring home P3 in today’s game.
And not long after, something unexpected happened.
Zhou Guanyu was caught up by Latifi's teammate Sergio on the twentieth lap, nine laps from the end of the race.
Sergio then launched an attack on Zhou Guanyu.
Qin Miao couldn't help but feel relieved again.
Qin Miao already felt a loss for Zhou Guanyu when he fell from P1 to third, but it would be a big loss if he couldn't keep the podium.
Fortunately, Zhou Guanyu still held on to his position, and on the 23rd lap, he opened the distance between the two cars to one second, making it impossible for the opponent to use DRS.
At this time, there are still six laps to go before the end of the game. If nothing else, the final result of this game is just fixed.
The first is Giotto, the second is Latifi, and the third is Guanyu Zhou.
The final result was just as Qin Miao predicted at this time. The gap between the top three had been widened. Moreover, the three of them at this time were only thinking about keeping their podium positions and did not do anything else. What kind of attack action does it take?
In the end, Zhou Guanyu started from the pole position and took home P3. The player who got the fastest lap in the race was Sergio, who was ranked fourth.
The engineers of Zhou Guanyu's team also came to the podium and waved to the drivers on the field to celebrate, just like the staff of the F1 team.
It is worth mentioning that in the last lap of T16, Ma Zeping, who was lying in eighth place, was pouted by the driver behind him. This also caused Mazeping, who was originally in eighth place, to be pouted directly.
To be honest, it's a bit miserable.
After the game, the top three F2 drivers also drove their cars to the entrance of the pit area.
This place is today’s podium.
As a VIP, Qin Miao had the privilege of going over to join in the fun when the drivers were celebrating. Qin Miao was not prepared to give up this opportunity. When the 28th lap was completed, he had already started running under the P room. In other words, he was driving behind the three F2 cars. Caught up before coming back.
When Qin Miao arrived at the entrance of the maintenance area, FIA staff had already put up a fence at the entrance, and the standing signs for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd rankings had been placed at the entrance.
There were also many team staff gathered around, and they were all eagerly waiting for their riders to return.
Unlike the huge crowds after the F1 race, after the F2 qualifying race, the place was very empty. There were only a few VIP spectators with tags, team staff and workers wearing FIA white vests carrying cameras. Personnel present.
There is nothing that can be done about this. Although F2 has more fights and more accidents and accidents than F1, F2 is only F2 after all, and its attention will never be comparable to F1.
But it doesn't matter. On the contrary, it's a good thing for Qin Miao that there are few people here. He doesn't have to spend so much effort to squeeze into the crowd.
We arrived at the guardrail easily.
Soon the three drivers drove their cars back. After parking their cars, Giotto, who won the first place, stood on his car and celebrated happily for a while.
Zhou Guanyu was not so excited. After all, he fell from pole position to P3, and he would inevitably feel a little disappointed.
However, when Zhou Guanyu got out of the car and celebrated with the team members, he was surprised to find Qin Miao.
When they met in the gym in the morning, Zhou Guanyu just thought that Qin Miao would be watching from the stands, but he didn't expect that he would actually come here.
This is only his first year in contact with F2, and he is actually not very familiar with most of the drivers.
Even with his teammates, Zhou Guanyu and the other party can only be regarded as acquaintances.
Coupled with Zhou Guanyu's nationality, he has been discriminated against in Europe.
Just like now, after Zhou Guanyu finished third, the only ones who sincerely congratulated him were his team staff.
But he never expected that in such an unaccompanied state, someone would come over to congratulate him.
So Zhou Guanyu was very happy after seeing Qin Miao.
After shaking each other's right hands, the two hugged. Qin Miao patted the other person's back and said, "My performance was very good today, but it's a pity that I didn't keep my position."
After hearing what the other party said, the smile on Zhou Guanyu's face suddenly froze.
"If you can't speak, you don't have to." Zhou Guanyu's tone was full of resentment.
Qin Miao just laughed and fooled him, and Zhou Guanyu didn't care.
They had to be interviewed later to accept the award, so the two of them just chatted for a few words and then separated.
Qin Miao simply found a comfortable seat under the podium, planning to go back after watching Zhou Guanyu's award ceremony.
While listening to the national anthem, Qin Miao couldn't help but start imagining...
Is it possible that one day our own country's national anthem will be heard on the F2 podium?
After the national anthem was played, the official organizers of Silverstone and other leaders began to distribute trophies to the F2 drivers.
Then came the much-loved champagne session, where the racing suits of the three drivers were all soaked with alcohol.
The No. 1 Giotto's face was full of the high spirits of a young man, and the audience in the audience gave him a faint smile. He had a feeling that as long as you become famous in your field, everyone you meet will be a good person. visual sense.
The other two people almost gave Qin Miao the same feeling.
After seeing the three people on the stage who were beaming with joy, to be honest, Qin Miao was a little envious.
After all, what driver doesn’t aspire to stand on the podium one day?
A seed was planted in Qin Miao's heart at this moment.
"I wonder when I can drive F2..."
After sighing with emotion, Qin Miao applauded Zhou Guanyu again when he stood on the podium and looked at him, then waved to him and turned back.
Zhou Guanyu watched this friend he had just met leave, and then turned his attention to work.
Next, Zhou Guanyu and the others went back to change into a racing suit and compete in another race, which was the F2 sprint race. However, Qin Miao didn't have much interest in this race.
The rules of the sprint race are relatively simple. The grid starts according to the ranking order after the end of the race. It is a race that does not require pit stops for tire changes, but the top 8 need to start in reverse order.
This means that Giotto, who finished first in the race, started eighth in the sprint stage, Latifi, who finished second, started seventh, and Zhou Guanyu, who finished third, started sixth.
The sprint race is bound to be a fierce wheel-to-wheel battle, but Qin Miao's interest in the game has dropped very low at this time, and he has an impulse in his heart.
That is, instead of saving up ten purple lottery draws, he will directly use the three purple lottery draws he has left at this time.
Since the purple lottery can draw an FIA driver's license, the purple lottery is also very likely to result in a trial training spot for an F2 team, or even bolder, a direct driver contract for an F2 team.
But Qin Miao didn't know for sure. He only knew that the purple lottery would definitely give good things, but he couldn't be sure what the purple lottery would give. Qin Miao was even a little worried that the purple lottery would give him a supercar in Taiwan. of.
(End of chapter)
