Qiu Meng was not reminded, and the alarm clock she set did not even ring.
Qin Miao, who had been lying on the sofa in the lounge with her eyes closed and her breathing steady as if she had fallen asleep, suddenly opened her eyes.
After getting up, Qin Miao started to wear racing clothes.
After putting on the equipment, Qin Miao moved his limbs on the spot. After making sure there was nothing uncomfortable, he opened the door to his lounge.
When Qin Miao went out, he accidentally bumped into Hamilton who was also going out.
The two didn't speak after they met, and strangely, there wasn't even a sense of tension between the two.
Hamilton even took the initiative to nod and smile at Qin Miao.
Qin Miao also smiled at Hamilton, but like Hamilton, Qin Miao didn't say much. He smiled, turned around after saying hello, and went to the team's P room downstairs.
Barber, who was sitting on a rest chair at the door of the team home chatting with his colleagues, saw Qin Miao coming out, and quickly put on his backpack and followed Qin Miao.
It was already past five o'clock in the afternoon in Abu Dhabi, the sun was about to set, and the air temperature and track temperature had also dropped significantly, but at least the body felt comfortable.
And because Abu Dhabi is located on the coast of the Persian Gulf, the air humidity at this time is considered pleasant.
"The temperature at night is 25°C, the track temperature is 30°C, the air humidity is 54%, and there is a slight southeast wind." Barber went to the team's P room with Qin Miao and said to Qin Miao: "According to the predictions of the strategy team, The track temperature in Q1 should be around 27°C, and both Q2 and Q3 should be around 25°C.”
Along the way, Barber told Qin Miao about the track conditions during the qualifying stage.
Although Qin Miao was walking looking ahead, he remembered every word that Barber said in his heart.
Soon, the two came to the P room of the motorcade one after another.
At this time, Qiu Meng got up from the lounge of the team home and started walking to the P room of the team.
After receiving the pre-race car inspection form handed over by Reyes, Qin Miao confirmed the data and requirements on the form, and then checked the items on the form one by one in his car. Only after making sure that there were no problems, Qin Miao checked the form on the form. Sign, and now the pre-match inspection is complete.
After that, Qin Miao wore noise-cancelling headphones, a sweat-absorbent hood, and a helmet as usual. Then he turned over and entered the cockpit of the racing car. Then he put on his gloves and checked the TR and drinking water system.
After confirming that there was no problem, Qin Miao began to observe the current situation on the track through the two screens behind his flip-flops.
The things displayed on Qin Miao's two screens are all customized by Qin Miao.
The screen on the right shows the live broadcast screen of the live director at this time.
In addition to displaying your own tire selection for this race, the screen on the left also displays the tire reserves of other drivers and the current fastest lap time.
However, because qualifying has not yet started, the column showing the speed of other drivers is still blank.
In addition to these data, there are many functions on this display, which can even be customized and can be controlled by Qin Miao using his own steering wheel.
After waiting in the car for almost ten minutes, Franky's voice came from Qin Miao's team TR: "Qualifying has begun."
After Franky finished saying this, Qin Miao turned his head and glanced at Toto, who was sitting behind him on his right.
From Toto's angle, Qin Miao could just see half of his face through the rearview mirror of his racing car.
Qin Miao was not kept waiting for too long. As other drivers drove out of the team's P room one after another during the qualifying stage, Qin Miao and the others also heard Toto's voice: "Okay, let's do it. Come on, let’s go!”
After hearing this, Reyes immediately began to direct Qin Miao.
Hamilton's chief technician also released Hamilton.
After driving on the track, Qin Miao started his tire warm-up lap.
It is worth mentioning that due to the introduction of new upgraded components, not only was Hamilton's tire heating problem solved too slowly, Qin Miao also had to do a lot less warming up during the tire warm-up lap.
The most direct effect is that after running the warm-up lap before the qualifying flight lap, Qin Miao's soft tire wear should normally be around 4%.
But with the new parts, Qin Miao's tire wear was only 3% after running the tire warm-up lap.
Although it is only 1% less than normal, it is reflected in the lap time. This 1% tire can at least make Qin Miao's qualifying lap 0.1 seconds faster.
In the sport of racing, there is no need to elaborate too much on what a 0.1-second increase in speed means, right?
This 0.1 second time difference can sometimes easily determine the winner and runner-up.
In the first flying lap of Q1, Qin Miao ran quite smoothly.
I felt good in the afternoon. Although Qin Miao felt that the grip of his car was not as strong as in the practice session due to the lower temperature of the track, after this lap, Qin Miao still ranked first in Q1. 1:23.000, a particularly precise number.
After completing this lap, it has become inevitable for Qin Miao to enter Q2 in this race.
As for Five Star Sports, the three commentators have been a little worried since the beginning of this game week.
The reason is not difficult to guess. After all, Mercedes-Benz announced on Thursday that Qin Miao had replaced the engine power system with a new one on Friday because of hidden dangers in the car's engine power system.
The FIA naturally gave Qin Miao a penalty of ten places at the start of the race.
This can be regarded as adding some uncertainties to this game that should have no suspense.
Although the three commentators from Five Star Sports understood and agreed with Mercedes-Benz's approach, they could not help but feel worried knowing that Qin Miao had to accept such a penalty in the starting stage.
In addition to worrying about Qin Miao encountering too many drivers in the race, they were also worried that Qin Miao's mentality would be affected by this penalty.
After all, no matter what, Qin Miao's journey has been too smooth, and Qin Miao is still young, only 20 years old.
Although sometimes Qin Miao's performance on the field is too outrageous, both commentators and fans will subconsciously think of Qin Miao as an experienced driver.
But putting aside these stereotypes and the filter brought by Qin Miao's strength, in the eyes of the five-star sports commentators, Qin Miao is even younger than their children.
When looking at their juniors, the elders will feel a little uneasy and worried, which is the truest reflection of their inner emotions at this time.
However, judging from Qin Miao’s results in the first lap of the Q1 stage, their worries were obviously unnecessary.
After the first lap of Q1, fans online became optimistic.
[Haha, let me just say that Qin Miao was fishing hard during the qualifying time before this season. Now that it is the last game, the sense of urgency has increased. Let’s see if Qin Miao still dares to fish.]
【quick! 】
[Qin Miao’s single lap speed is really not bad, right? 】
[I don’t have many requirements for Qin Miao in this game, just top three in qualifying]
[Come on Qin Miao, I want to see your name on the Weibo headlines tomorrow. 】
[The quick-acting Jiuxin Pill I just bought, it seems I won’t be able to use it in this qualifying match]
[Upstairs, don’t be too happy, maybe Qin Miao will pull a big one for you sometime]
[Ever since I started watching F1 because of Qin Miao, I have never stopped taking Suxiao Jiuxin Pills. I even heard that the drugstore downstairs from my house has opened a branch]
…
Qin Miao's result did not last long.
In the middle of Q1, there was a brief red flag on the track. After the race restarted, when Qin Miao returned to the track, he was still using an old set of soft tires, so naturally he couldn't pick up the speed.
On the same flying lap, Hamilton improved Q1's fastest lap time to 1:22.845.
Hamilton also used this result to enter Q2 in first place, while Qin Miao was second.
The drivers eliminated in Q1 were as follows: Latifi, Russell, Kimi, Mick Schumacher and Mazepin.
All five of them are old acquaintances.
Vettel narrowly advanced to Q2 in 15th place.
In Q2, just when the two Red Bull drivers and Hamilton were using medium tires to run the results, when Qin Miao came out, the car was equipped with a set of soft tires.
It is not difficult to guess what Qin Miao wants to do at this time.
I just want to use this set of soft tires to gain an advantage at the beginning of the race after the start of the race, so that it will be easier for me to chase Hamilton and Verstappen.
And because the tires with the fastest lap times in Q2 need to be used at the start of the race, there is something to be said for Q2.
Qin Miao will not push the soft tires to the limit in Q2. Instead, he will control his speed as close to the closing line of Q3 as possible.
In this way, Qin Miao can advance to Q3, and after one flying lap, the wear of the soft tires will not be too serious, and he can have stronger grip performance in the main race.
For Qin Miao, who has been challenging the strength of his team's staff and fans throughout the season, it is not difficult to protect the tires he needs for the race in qualifying.
So we can see that in the first flying lap of Q2, Qin Miao’s score came to 1:23.400 after running.
It was much slower than Q1, but this result successfully pushed Qin Miao's ranking to fourth.
In fact, this result has already passed the Q2 cut-off line budgeted by the team, but it was very extreme, and it was only an extra 0.1 seconds.
So after Frankie saw Qin Miao's results, when Qin Miao returned to the P room of the team, he asked with some concern: "Qin Miao, I don't think this ranking is safe. Do we need to run again?" Once? We have enough soft tire reserves anyway."
Qin Miao didn't feel confident at this time, but he just felt that this result was enough for him to advance.
But when Frankie reminded him, Qin Miao also felt that the possibility of advancement with this result was worrying.
Now that Franky mentioned it, and all the technicians on his team were hesitant to speak, and even Toto was frowning at his results, Qin Miao thought for a while, and finally Still heeding Franky's suggestion, he went up and ran a flying circle again.
After completing this flying lap, Qin Miao's performance did improve, and his lap time reached 1:23.200.
It is 0.2 seconds faster than the first flight lap and 0.3 seconds faster than the estimated Q3 closing line.
Although the improvement is not much, everyone who pays attention to Qin Miao also knows that Qin Miao is deliberately protecting his tires.
But with an improvement of 0.2 seconds, Qin Miao can safely enter Q3.
Sure enough, after the last lap of Q2, the closing line of Q3 came to 1:23.460.
In fact, Qin Miao's first flying lap result was just enough for Qin Miao to pass the Q3 closing line at low altitude in 10th place.
But now that we have achieved this result, there is no point in thinking about it so much.
Moreover, after running this result, Qin Miao's tire consumption was not much faster than the first flying lap of Q2.
The drivers ultimately eliminated in Q2 were: Alonso, Gasly, Stroll, Giovinazzi, and Vettel.
Qin Miao advanced to Q3 in sixth place.
[Suxiao Jiuxin Pill, where did I just put it? 】
【Come again, come again】
[This familiar feeling of obstruction is the feeling of cerebral infarction! 】
[Brother, can’t we run well? 】
[Qin Miao’s race was really inspiring, but this qualifying race... I can only say that it didn’t calm me down]
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It is worth mentioning that in the Q3 stage, after Verstappen ran an effective lap on the medium tire, when he returned to the field, he was too fast and had a very rare tire lock when cornering.
Tire lock-up is not a trivial matter for a racing car at any time, not to mention that Verstappen is still using a set of medium tires that need to be used for starting during the race.
If he continues to use this set of old tires to race on the track, then Verstappen will not have to do anything else in this race. He will just wait to be overtaken by the car behind him at the start.
And even though Verstappen still had new medium tires in reserve at this time, Verstappen had no way to guarantee that his last flying lap before the end of Q2 would be faster than his first flying lap.
If something goes wrong while running this flying lap, then Verstappen will not only have to start with a set of scrapped medium tires during the race, but will also waste a new set of medium tires.
So after some comprehensive consideration, Red Bull finally decided to let Verstappen use a new set of soft tires to run an effective flying lap.
Verstappen did not have as many ideas as Qin Miao, and he did not have as much experience in hiding strength as Qin Miao, so Verstappen ran at full strength in this lap. After the last lap, the score came to 1:22.800. Won first place in Q2 directly.
After a short rest, the game soon came to Q3.
At the beginning of Q3, Qin Miao gave Hamilton and Verstappen a wave of intensity. After the first flying lap, he quickly reached 1:22.555, directly ranking first.
After finishing the race, Verstappen and Hamilton's lap times were only 22.9 and 22.7.
But when the time came to the last flying lap of Q3, Verstappen and Hamilton began to exert their strength.
Qin Miao used all his strength to run a flying circle from the beginning.
These two people are on the first flying lap at the beginning of Q1, so they need to run an effective single lap first and then come out with their results.
On the last flying lap, Verstappen was 1:22.109 and Hamilton was 1:22.480.
Qin Miao was caught in the middle again. After the last flying lap, he scored 1:22.321, ranking second.
However, Qin Miao's starting position in the race was twelfth because he needed to be punished ten places from the starting position during the race.
That is, in front of Stroll and behind Gasly. (End of chapter)
