How Did I Become an F1 Driver?

Chapter 1162 - 439: Qin Miao’s Protégé

However, when Qin Miao was preparing to overtake Zhou Guanyu on the inside line, Qin Miao flipped Zhou Guanyu the middle finger through his cockpit.With Qin Miao’s understanding of Zhou Guanyu, he must be looking at him through the rearview mirror at this moment. With his eyesight, he could definitely see the kind greetings and good wishes sent to him.

After overtaking Zhou Guanyu, Qin Miao’s overtaking rhythm gradually couldn’t keep up with Sainz ahead.

Sometimes you have to admit, Binotto may not be a good team leader, and there might be some decisions and ideas that seem extremely foolish and infuriating.

But undeniably, as an engineer, the engine developed by Binotto is indeed the fastest in the paddock.

"Damn, it’s really fast." Watching the increasing time gap with the Ferrari, Qin Miao couldn’t help but sigh.

On lap 11, after passing Zhou Guanyu, Qin Miao also passed De Vries at the T1 braking point on the same lap.

This dude was even trying to defend a bit when Qin Miao attacked, preparing to take the inside line.

Qin Miao also understands the opponent, the opportunity to defend against a world champion is indeed hard to come by. If the positions were swapped, Qin Miao would definitely defend his position against the following car even if it doesn’t benefit him at all and only excessively wears out his tires.

But Qin Miao directly feinted on the outside, making a move that made the opponent think he was going to take the outside and go cross-line, then briefly stuck to the car’s rear, in the opponent’s blind spot.

A smooth combo move directly pushed De Vries to the outside, allowing Qin Miao to hold onto the inside line without having to consider crossing at the braking point, keeping the suspense of this position until T3.

After overtaking De Vries, Qin Miao moved up to eighth place, with Alonso ahead within the DRS zone.

This is also why it became increasingly difficult for Qin Miao to overtake from behind.

Because the DRS train up ahead had already started.

Now there are two groups of drivers ahead.

The first group is the leading championship fight group composed of Verstappen and Leclerc.

At this moment, Verstappen had already closed in to within 1.5 seconds behind Leclerc, constantly putting pressure on Leclerc, ready to seize Leclerc’s position at any moment.

Apart from them, Ricardo, in third place, led the second group’s train.

Behind Ricardo were numerous drivers including Gasly, Norris, Sainz, Alonso, Qin Miao, De Vries, Hamilton, and Zhou Guanyu.

Everyone had the DRS from the car in front, and except for Sainz, Qin Miao, and Hamilton, who clearly didn’t belong to the earth group, all other drivers were stuck in this position, unable to move at all.

As for where Perez went?

On lap 8, Red Bull’s strategy team found that Perez’s overtaking efficiency and speed on the track couldn’t compare to the two Mercedes and Ferraris, so after consideration, Red Bull’s strategy team called Perez back to the pit to switch to the hard tire, letting him run a super long stint in the clean air at the back of the track.

Although this pit stop might be slightly early, Perez secured himself a clear 16 seconds of clean air.

Even though this move would cost Perez a chance at the podium in this race, doing so would allow Perez to maximize the advantage of the Red Bull car, at least securing a decent amount of points.