How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 482 - 214: Pairs

It was just an almost perfect cornering, with extreme throttle and ERS energy release after exiting the curve.

Finally, amid the cheers of the three Five-Star Sports commentators, Qin Miao overtook four-fifths of Verstappen’s car length before the braking point at T3.

Just like how Verstappen overtook Qin Miao, Qin Miao also relied on his absolute speed advantage to enter the corner before Verstappen, even though Verstappen braked later, thus gaining the right to the line.

In a situation where he has the line right, Qin Miao doesn’t joke around with you.

He directly compressed Verstappen’s line, which is commonly known as blocking.

Of course, Qin Miao couldn’t block too aggressively; otherwise, Verstappen might just crash into him.

So when Qin Miao blocked, he still left Verstappen 1.5 car widths of cornering space, ensuring Verstappen’s cornering wouldn’t be too comfortable.

After being overtaken by Qin Miao, Verstappen, clearly anxious, braked late into the corner, and upon finding that Qin Miao didn’t leave him much space, even locked his front wheels for a moment.

And because of the front wheel lockup, Verstappen lost the grip on his front wheels entirely.

At this moment, Qin Miao had already entered the corner.

By the time Verstappen approached Qin Miao, he had regained grip and smoothly entered the corner.

But there was still a brief moment of understeer.

Verstappen’s front wing, much like when Qin Miao was just drafting behind Verstappen, dangerously skimmed past the rear diffuser of the car in front.

Regardless, Qin Miao ultimately completed the overtake at T3.

"Beautiful!"

"Awesome!"

"Sanshui is amazing!"

"Aoo, aoo, aoo."

"The baby is crying again." 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

"Go change the diaper, I still want to watch the race."

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This is at Qin Miao’s hometown, and just before nine o’clock, the small plaza that neighbors usually use to cool off is packed with people. They’ve all brought their small stools from home to sit on the open space and look up at the race displayed by the projector.

Those seated there are either neighbors or friends who watched Qin Miao grow up or grew up with him.

After Qin Miao overtook Verstappen, everyone smiled and clapped for him, with the children being the most excited.

Now, every race weekend evening, watching Qin Miao’s race has become a regular program for the neighborhood, much like watching the evening news.

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Even though after being blocked by Qin Miao, Verstappen complained over the team radio, saying things like: "Can Qin Miao drive? He didn’t leave any space for me, he blocked me. Go complain to FIA."

But it’s clear that there was nothing wrong with Qin Miao’s overtaking and defense this time.

After being overtaken by Qin Miao, Verstappen’s rhythm was completely thrown off.

After exiting the corner, he was even nearly overtaken by his own teammate, Perez, but fortunately, it was only the first lap after the safety car came off, so everyone’s ERS charge was still sufficient, allowing him to take the inside line at T4 before Perez.

Next, Qin Miao needed to go all out to pull away enough before DRS was enabled.

Verstappen’s one lockup put huge pressure on the tires, but after being overtaken by Qin Miao, he couldn’t stand that feeling.

He stopped preserving his tires and began to quickly chase down Qin Miao, in short, got heated.

But Verstappen was quickly called off by the team.

It’s a fact that Qin Miao is strong at managing his tires, but after pitting and chasing Verstappen for several laps, attacking and defending, Qin Miao’s tire condition is certainly not as good as before. Thus, Red Bull believed that Qin Miao’s tires would have a significant degradation towards the end of the race, so they didn’t let Verstappen rush.

All drivers know the ultimate goal of this race.

After being reminded by the team, Verstappen stopped getting heated and began to conserve his tires and run the race at his own pace.