Qiu Meng knew that she could not express any dissatisfaction with the Mercedes team in front of the live cameras. She was destined to have countless pairs of eyes observing her when she stayed in the paddock, so she could only look back with some worry at the moment. Xiang Qin Miao.
Qiu Meng has known Qin Miao for many years and knows that although Qin Miao looks like a fisherman, he is very stubborn in some principled matters. Qiu Meng suddenly received this unfair news for Qin Miao. Qiu Meng was worried about Qin Miao. I can't control myself and do something irrational.
Any young and energetic young man may not be able to bear this kind of anger. He clearly has the opportunity to compete for the championship but cannot fight for it. Instead, he has to pay for his teammates' mistakes.
So after looking at Qin Miao worriedly, Qiu Meng grabbed Qin Miao's arm.
However, Qin Miao's reaction was beyond Qiu Meng's expectation. After receiving the news, Qin Miao seemed very calm. After thinking about it, he asked French: "Hamilton is confident that he can catch up with Vesta within 18 laps." Pan?"
Franky was also a little surprised by Qin Miao's calmness, but after hearing the other party's question, he just spread his hands helplessly: "I don't know, I was just called over by Toto to deliver a message."
Qin Miao smacked her mouth and subconsciously looked in the direction of Hamilton.
At this time, Hamilton was ranked sixth, not far from Qin Miao, and from Qin Miao's angle, he could just see the old man standing next to his car with his arms folded, thinking about something.
Qin Miao thought for a while, patted Qiu Meng's shoulder to reassure her, and then said to Franky, "Wait for me for a while."
After saying that, Qin Miao walked directly in the direction of Hamilton.
Only Qiu Meng and Franky were left looking at each other.
Qin Miao came all the way to Hamilton, and at this time Hamilton also noticed Qin Miao walking towards him.
Although he was a little annoyed at the mistake he made in T7 when he was too impatient, Hamilton still had fighting spirit in his heart. After all, with the help of the red flag, he did not have to worry about tire problems in the next race, and his speed was greatly reduced. The distance between yourself and the group ahead.
So after seeing Qin Miao coming over, Hamilton had no obvious negative emotions. He smiled and greeted Qin Miao first: "Qin! Is everything okay?"
Qin Miao walked up to Hamilton, shook hands with him and gave him a brief hug before replying: "It's okay, it's you. The car is not seriously damaged, right?"
Hamilton shrugged: "The car is currently in good condition, and the damage is only to the front wing. After replacing it, there will be no problem."
Qin Miao nodded, then covered his mouth and said: "If I help you block Leclerc and the car behind Leclerc, is it possible for you to catch up with Verstappen in the next sixteen laps of the race? ?”
After hearing this, Hamilton looked at Qin Miao in surprise. From his eyes and actions, Qin Miao could see substantial surprise and astonishment.
"Toto just asked Franky to tell me that they need me to help you stop Leclerc and the others." Qin Miao explained the origin of his statement.
After hearing Qin Miao's explanation, Hamilton frowned and thought for a moment, then he saw him holding Qin Miao's shoulders, covering his mouth with one hand like Qin Miao, and said: "Qin, you know, sometimes the upper class The decision I made is not because I have an opinion against you and wants to suppress you, but it is the best choice made for the overall benefit under specific conditions.
Our perspective at this time is limited, and there is no way to give an objective evaluation of the strategic team's tactical choices.
But no matter what, I made a mistake in this game. I think this is the end of my game. You should not have to pay for the mistakes I made.
So relax, you don’t need to do anything for me. After the game restarts, all you need to do is bite Verstappen and attack for your first race championship.
I will explain to Toto after the game and I will help you with any questions. "
It's not that Hamilton lacks wins, nor has he ever won. His desire to win is just instinctive. He wants to create a more perfect career and record.
A record that has never been recorded before or since.
But this does not mean that he can suck the blood of his teammates with peace of mind.
Listening to Hamilton's relief and assurance, Qin Miao's eyes flickered for a while, and then nodded: "Okay, I understand.
But I still want to ask you, if I really do this, can you catch up? "
"No, this is not a question of whether I can catch up. You have to know that I have ruined this game. What you have to do now is not to wipe my butt for me, but to complete your game..."
When Hamilton wanted to continue saying something, Angela reminded them both: "The meeting has been notified and the game is about to restart. I think it is better to wait until the game is over to talk about anything. Now you should go back to I got my own racing car."
Angela's words interrupted what Hamilton was about to say next, but Qin Miao did not move her steps and looked at Hamilton firmly and stubbornly.
Hamilton looked at Qin Miao's eyes and finally said: "I don't know, but I will always try to pursue forward."
After getting the answer he wanted, Qin Miao nodded, shook hands and hugged Hamilton, then nodded slightly to Angela, turned around and trotted towards his car.
When they came to Qiu Meng's side, Franky did not leave at this time. Both of them looked at Qin Miao, both curious about what he had just talked to Hamilton about.
Qiu Meng was worried, while Franky was a little uneasy.
Qin Miao smiled and took off his coat and put it in Qiu Meng's hand. He turned to Franky and said, "Tell Toto that I will try my best to complete the tasks he assigned."
After saying that, Qin Miao didn't care about the wonderful expressions on the two people's faces after hearing his answer. He picked up his helmet and sweat-absorbent mask and put on the equipment.
Back in his racing car again.
Looking at Qin Miao, Qiu Meng was still a little worried. She was afraid that Qin Miao might be holding back a breath of resentment. It was very dangerous to drive on the track with such emotions. She didn't know what Toto was thinking about acting like this at this time. fleet instructions.
Frankie breathed a sigh of relief. After all, coming to inform Qin Miao of the news was really offending. He was afraid that Qin Miao would disobey his orders and end up making everyone angry.
Not only Franky and Qiu Meng, but also the Mercedes executives who basically knew that Toto had given this order were all confused. Why would Toto do such things?
It's true that Qin Miao is Mercedes' No. 2 driver, but with Qin Miao's talent, everyone can see that Toto is training Qin Miao as the prince of Mercedes-Benz, but why did he suddenly win this game? Is Qin Miao acting like a messenger?
Toto didn't explain anything, but still folded his arms and sat leisurely in his seat, waiting for the game to start.
There are about 5 minutes left before the race restarts. The race will untie all the lapped cars, while Qin Miao and the others continue to wait in the pit area for instructions from the race.
More than two minutes after the lapped car was released, the race committee informed Qin Miao that they followed the safety car and drove out of the pit area normally.
After receiving the notice of the race, Qin Miao's crew members removed all the equipment and released Qin Miao.
In front of Qin Miao is Verstappen, behind him are Leclerc, Sainz, Norris, and then Hamilton.
After running a lap under the guidance of the safety car, the untied cars returned to their respective positions and started to warm up their tires behind the car formation.
As Qin Miao expected, the six cars in front all changed to soft tires after the red flag passed.
Only the midstream group at the rear still uses medium tires, but no one uses hard tires.
At the end of the forty-seventh lap, the safety car's roof lights went out and he entered the pits.
Verstappen began to swing left and right to heat up the tires, and Qin Miao also followed suit.
At this time, Qin Miao had made up his mind to block two Ferraris for Hamilton behind him.
Regardless of the team's instructions and the objective factors of his feud with Ferrari, Qin Miao was indeed touched by Hamilton's words.
And Qin Miao really doesn't feel that his own strength is enough to catch up with Verstappen ahead. Although he is very strong, there is still a certain gap between him and Verstappen.
Although it is a bit embarrassing to be timid before fighting, Qin Miao has a relatively clear understanding of his current abilities. If he can't run, he can't run. There is nothing unspeakable about this.
He couldn't outrun others, so he just went back to practice after the game.
Anyway, the best he can do is compete with Verstappen for a while after the start, and then there is a high probability that Verstappen will gradually pull away, and then he will enter cruising mode and run the entire race.
Since there is a high probability that there will be nothing to do in the subsequent games, it is better to help Hamilton.
If you treat me with my heart, I will treat you with my heart.
Soon, the car formation passed T18. Qin Miao didn't even pay much attention to Verstappen in front of him at this time, but only cast a little peripheral vision on him.
Most of Qin Miao's attention was on his rearview mirror.
It doesn't matter to Qin Miao whether Verstappen can distance himself after the start, but you Leclerc must not overtake me after the start.
However, while Qin Miao was observing Leclerc, he also deliberately used his car to block Leclerc and Sainz behind Leclerc from seeing the Verstappen car ahead.
At this moment, the track is not completely dry. Although the normal driving lane is enough for two F1 cars to pass side by side, it is still relatively easy for Qin Miao to block the view of the driver behind.
Verstappen did not start accelerating immediately after exiting the corner. Instead, he pressed the car slightly, and after two seconds, he suddenly started to accelerate.
Verstappen's operation was to get stuck in the rear car and come out of T18. He would be very nervous and highly concentrated. However, after exiting the corner, he found that the car in front did not start. He breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed a little. There was a momentary difference.
And what about Qin Miao? He was very relaxed, so he was not too nervous. After Verstappen started, he naturally followed Verstappen's movements and started to accelerate. Because it was a dynamic start, and Qin Miao's tires before the race It was fully heated up, so Qin Miao's tire temperature was ideal at this time, and Qin Miao reached 80% of the accelerator stroke with one kick.
And after the car's gear reached 3rd gear, he stepped on the accelerator directly.
Although Qin Miao is now focusing most of his attention on what's behind him, his instinct to start allowed Qin Miao to subconsciously keep up with the pace of Verstappen ahead.
And Qin Miao discovered that why the hell did he get sucked into Verstappen's wake? !
Although Qin Miao's ERS was also opened, Qin Miao's approach to Verstappen was much faster than Qin Miao expected.
There is really no other reason for this situation. It is purely because Qin Miao seemed to be carefree in starting this time.
If you carefully look at the starting timelines of Qin Miao and Verstappen, you will find that Qin Miao was actually 0.07 faster than Verstappen when he gave the gas. This is completely a pre-judged start. You say he grabbed the start. No problem running.
So much so that at the center of T1 and T2, Qin Miao was already 0.2 seconds behind Verstappen, and Qin Miao had a speed advantage of at least 12 kilometers per hour over Verstappen.
Verstappen originally started with timing. Although he was not so extreme when applying the accelerator at the start in order to avoid the rear wheel slipping, and stepped on the accelerator a little more conservatively, these operations still had an impact on his speed after the start. Relatively small.
But Verstappen couldn't figure out how the Mercedes behind him bit him in the back of the butt.
Although Qin Miao's task at this time was to help his teammate behind him to press the car, he was finally able to catch up with Verstappen. Qin Miao could not care about helping his teammate to press the car for a short period of time. He would try again after passing Verstappen. The effect of pressing the car is the same.
After catching up and reaching a gap of 0.2 seconds, Qin Miao naturally appeared on the line for the first time.
After discovering that Qin Miao was approaching quickly, Verstappen had already entered the defensive mode. When Qin Miao tapped the inside line, he merged inward to guard Qin Miao's line.
Qin Miao noticed that Verstappen was squeezing in and turned right, trying to find a way out from the right. At this time, the time gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen came to 0.1 seconds.
Because he did not enter the braking zone, Verstappen discovered that Qin Miao changed his lane and then changed to the outside lane, blocking Qin Miao's route.
Qin Miao could only change the line and go to the inside. At this time, the distance between the two cars had reached 0.05 seconds. Basically, Qin Miao's front nose and Verstappen's rear diffuser were overlapping. .
Verstappen naturally showed up again at this time to compress Qin Miao's route.
However, Qin Miao had already pulled behind Verstappen after changing lanes twice in succession. Verstappen could not really squeeze Qin Miao out on the straight.
So in the end, Verstappen just pushed Qin Miao to the edge of the track, but still left a certain amount of track space for Qin Miao.
However, there was still some water on the edge of the track at this time, so Qin Miao's speed dropped to a certain extent. However, Qin Miao's speed was not too slow compared to Verstappen, so this little speed loss was not serious.
And Verstappen has been suppressing Qin Miao's route, just like Qin Miao defending Leclerc, directly blocking his corner entry angle, preventing Qin Miao from walking on the normal driving lane, thus entering T2. Qin Miao's speed will inevitably be greatly affected.
ps. There are only 4,000 today…
(End of chapter)
