After the driver parade, the team has begun to push the car out of the pit area and transport it towards the track.
After the parade, Qin Miao and Hamilton went to the Mercedes team home to change into racing suits, and then rushed to the track.
After completing all pre-race activities and preparations on the track, Qin Miao came to his starting position.
Come to the track, put on your equipment, and get in the car.
Qin Miao started in the twelfth position today, starting on the outside of the track.
But the advantage of the Monte Carlo track is here. This track is not like other tracks. The grip on the inside of the track is not as good as on the outside.
Because this is a road, the grip of the track is sufficient no matter where it is.
However, there are still some disadvantages in starting from this position, that is, the route into T1 is basically blocked by the cars on the inside.
If the car on the inside refuses to give way, Qin Miao will have a hard time entering the corner.
Of course, if Qin Miao starts well enough, he will have the opportunity to change his destiny.
After making sure that his racing car was in good condition, Qin Miao fastened his seat belt, fixed the headrest, and started the steering wheel program.
After the steering wheel was warmed up, Qin Miao closed his eyes to calm down the turbulent emotions in his heart, and then reached out and gently patted the steering wheel of his racing car three times.
With good buff, Qin Miao no longer has any worries.
And just when Qin Miao closed her eyes and rested her mind, waiting for the game to start, a voice suddenly came from the TR.
"Radio test, can Qin Miao hear it?"
"Radio test, the sound is very clear." Qin Miao replied.
After confirming that the radio communication was normal, French continued: "I have good news to tell you that Leclerc has retired from the race. The explanation given by Ferrari is that there is a problem with the drive shaft of Leclerc's left rear wheel and the car cannot drive normally. "
Qin Miao was naturally happy when he heard the news. After all, this news meant that he had one less opponent on the field and moved up one spot in the rankings. But then Qin Miao became a little confused. How could Ferrari be left behind? Is there something wrong with the rear wheel? Even if it was because of yesterday's crash, wasn't the place where he crashed the car was the suspension of the left front wheel?
So Qin Miao asked in confusion: "Why is this happening?"
Frankie didn't know the specific reason, but when he thought that the other party was Ferrari, it wasn't that strange: "It's Ferrari after all."
Qin Miao nodded after hearing this: "Yes, Ferrari always has some weird problems."
The chat between Qin Miao and Franchi could also be heard by other teams in TR, but it was only heard by the team's TR staff who were responsible for listening to other teams' TR. People like Binotto and Toto could not hear it. .
They only learned the information about other teams after being relayed by these people.
The people at Ferrari twitched their mouths after hearing what Qin Miao and Franky said, but they couldn't say anything to refute.
Because this is Ferrari.
Of course, even though Leclerc was canceled again in the Monaco race, the starting positions of other drivers will not change, it is just that the position that originally belonged to Leclerc was vacated.
In addition to making people at Ferrari feel a little uncomfortable, this news also made someone who even had a conflict of interest with Ferrari feel uncomfortable when they found out.
This man is Toto Wolff.
Because if Qin Miao had not been punished, Qin Miao would have started first in this game.
With Qin Miao's defensive ability and tire protection ability coupled with the track characteristics of Monaco, as long as there are no problems with the team's pit stop strategy, he can prevent Verstappen from doubting his life in this game.
Another championship will fall on Qin Miao's head.
Unfortunately, there is no if.
Soon, the preparation time before the race was over, and the staff of each team pulled their belongings and left the field. Only the staff responsible for tire temperature remained on the track.
Qin Miao also opened his eyes and adjusted his breathing.
It is worth mentioning that after Qin Miao opened his eyes, he discovered that a bright five-star red flag was hanging down from a residential building in front of him to his right.
Although Qin Miao's vision was blocked by the flip-flops of his racing car and he could not see the other person, Qin Miao knew that even though he was thousands of miles apart, there were still people supporting him.
Although he didn't know why, after seeing this bright five-star red flag, Qin Miao felt obviously more confident and confident.
Soon, as time passed, all the staff on site withdrew, leaving only 19 cars on the track.
As two green lights came on on the track, Verstappen's car in front started, followed by Sainz Norris.
Qin Miao followed Aokang.
At the end of the tire warm-up lap, Qin Miao also encountered a small traffic jam.
The drivers in front are trying to slow down their cars as much as possible, hoping to cool down the tires of the cars ahead more thoroughly.
Qin Miao also knew this little trick, so he grinded on the track for a while before entering his grid position, constantly burning tires to overheat his tires.
With the last two Haas in place, the countdown to the Monaco Grand Prix has officially begun.
Five red lights lit up one after another.
Qin Miao's racing steering wheel had a small upgrade in Monaco, which was to modify the clutch triggering method.
Change pressed hair to loose hair.
That is to say, after Qin Miao presses the clutch button, the clutch will not jam the engine's transmission shaft to provide power to the tires. Instead, it will provide power after Qin Miao presses the clutch and then releases the clutch button.
Although this starting method is a bit counter-intuitive, after testing by the team, this starting method is about 0.05 seconds faster on average than pressing the start.
The only difficulty that needs to be overcome is for the riders to change their starting habits.
What F1 drivers lack most is perseverance, so this upgrade is not a big problem.
Qin Miao is also familiar with this operation method in Brackley's factory.
Amid the roar of 19 F1 racing engines, five red lights came on and off.
"The five red lights go out! The game begins!"
Qin Miao didn't know how the front group started, but he felt that his start was absolutely superb. He could clearly see that Ricciardo in front of him on the right started half a beat slower than himself, and O'Connell in front of him also obviously started. The ground is being pursued by myself.
Because he started from the rear, the distance from Qin Miao to T1 was quite far.
So from the start to T1, Qin Miao had enough time to try to surpass these two cars.
Ocon started slightly faster than Ricciardo, so there was a gap between the two cars that was big enough for one car to fit in.
Qin Miao naturally knew that O'Connell would never give up his position to him so easily, so when he saw the gap, he jumped in directly.
Qin Miao naturally knew that O'Connell would never give up his position to him so easily, so when he saw the gap, he jumped in directly.
Fortunately, Ricciardo had enough racing experience to know that he started slowly, and Qin Miao jumped in again.
If he didn't give way, it would definitely cause a big accident, so after seeing Qin Miao come in, although Ricardo did not slow down, he still moved slightly inward to give Qin Miao a wider space. of turning space.
And Qin Miao also successfully moved up to a position and came to the inside by relying on the start.
O'Connell discovered that Qin Miao had come to the inside, and his relative speed was faster than his own. He would definitely not let Qin Miao pass him so comfortably.
Moreover, Giovinazzi in front of Qin Miao also had a relatively average start. There was no space between him and O'Connell for Qin Miao to get in.
Therefore, Qin Miao had no choice but to relax the accelerator. Whether he can surpass O'Connell next depends on how the next two drivers handle T1.
If Qin Miao's operation is good enough, then he can start directly from two positions and enter the points area.
Qin Miao kept his eyes fixed on O'Connell, observing Giovinazzi in front of him out of the corner of his eye.
Soon O'Connell and Qin Miao came to the T1 braking area side by side.
Qin Miao adjusted his brake ratio forward by 2% and stared at O'Connell.
If T1 wants to have the right to enter the corner, Qin Miao must be in front of O'Connell when entering the turn. To achieve this, Qin Miao not only relies on the braking performance of the car, but also relies on braking later than O'Connell.
Qin Miao just waited until O'Connell started braking before stepping on the brakes.
If this was not a corner with brakes, Qin Miao deliberately adjusted his brake weight forward by 2% before braking, greatly improving the braking efficiency. If he braked late, he would have hit the front. Giovinazzi.
But the fact is that Qin Miao did not hit Giovinazzi in front, and successfully passed Ocon before entering the corner with half the front wing advantage, and gained the line rights.
If it were another track with a buffer zone, Qin Miao would definitely not mind blocking O'Connell's entry route and squeezing him out of the track.
But this is Monte Carlo and the buffer zone doesn't exist.
Therefore, Qin Miao still left a certain amount of space for O'Connell, but this space was not enough for O'Connell to forcefully insert himself from the outside. He could only ensure that he did not lose position by applying the gas later when exiting the corner.
And Qin Miao also accomplished the feat of overtaking two people from the start.
However, at this time, the director focused all his attention on the competition between the three drivers in the front row. The camera was not focused on Qin Miao, and the ranking on the left was not shown. No one except the audience knew that Qin Miao had overtaken him at the start. Two people.
After that, the Monte Carlo circuit straightened all the cars.
Until entering T8, there are no cars still side by side on the track.
When Verstappen, who was ranked first, came to T18, the Monaco on-site director released the ranking of the driver on the left.
Verstappen was first, followed by Sainz and Norris.
If there were no accidents on the track, the game would have ended, and the top three would definitely be the above three.
This is F1's Monaco Grand Prix.
Behind these three are: Gasly, Hamilton, Vettel, Perez, Giovinazzi, Qin Miao, Ocon, Stroll, Kimi, Ricciardo, Alonso, Russell , Latifi, Mick, Mazepin.
Obviously, Ricciardo's poor start cost him more than one spot. After this game, I believe he will not have a good time in the McLaren team.
Except for Qin Miao, the rankings of others did not change much.
"Huh?! Qin Miao started two places!" As the rankings appeared, the three commentators saw that Qin Miao's ranking had changed significantly.
"Qin Miao, now ninth, has reached the points area!" Brother Bing was also very surprised.
Brother Ran said with a bit of hatred: "What's going on with the director, replay it! How can we not replay it when there is such an amazing overtaking at the start of Monaco?"
The other two commentators also nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, this director is so unprofessional."
【Qin Miao! 】
【It has to be you】
[Holy shit, is this Ferrari’s abandoned son? 】
[What is Ferrari's abandoned son? Qin Miao left Ferrari on his own initiative. It can only be said that Qin Miao had the foresight to jump out of the Ferrari quagmire early. 】
[I’m really impressed by this director in Monaco. He can’t cut the camera, can’t catch overtaking cars, and can’t play the replay. I think you’d better stop being a director and find a factory to drive screws as soon as possible]
[Director pay attention to the timing of entering the factory]
The grumpy old guys in Tieba saw the director's actions and started scolding him on the spot.
After Qin Miao completed two overtakings and stabilized his position, French's voice also came from the TR: "Well done! What a great overtaking."
Toto and Mercedes team staff couldn't help but clapped happily after seeing Qin Miao's overtaking.
And Qin Miao also breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, these two overtakings were very dangerous, and Qin Miao forced himself to do it. If he made a mistake, he would either crash and need to stop to change things, or he would directly retire from the race.
But it's better now. Qin Miao got the position he wanted and there was no damage to the car.
Halfway through the second lap, amid the scoldings of the commentators and the audience, the director finally released the first-person perspective of Qin Miao's initial stage.
The three commentators naturally praised him greatly after seeing it. After all, Qin Miao's detailed operation and courage in starting this time were both top-notch.
If you were to replace an ordinary F1 driver with an opportunity, he might not be as bold as Qin Miao to forcefully exploit those gaps.
Even if they really have the courage, their operations may not be as meticulous as Qin Miao's.
However, after Qin Miao's overtaking, the game fell into a dull situation. After all, it is really difficult to overtake in this season's car.
The wind-breaking wing that Qin Miao sat on can indeed provide a lot of downforce to the car, but at the same time, the airflow discharged through the wind-breaking wing is all turbulent.
These turbulences will destroy the aerodynamic effect of the car behind to a certain extent, and the downforce of the car behind will be reduced accordingly.
The DRS area of the Monaco track is too short. Unless the driver in front makes a mistake, it is really difficult to overtake.
Qin Miao is encountering such a problem now.
Giovinazzi in front was really unhappy, and Qin Miao didn't save his tires, but he just couldn't catch up with him in a short time.
It was not until the fifth lap that Qin Miao discovered that Giovinazzi had made a small mistake after exiting the corner in T19, and the car's line after exiting the corner was not full.
After seeing this, Qin Miao's eyes lit up. The opportunity came. The ERS, which had been useless until now, began to output at full power, and the DRS was turned on at the same time.
(End of chapter)
