[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver":3,"chapter-how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-chapter-479":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","How Did I Become an F1 Driver?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1718671,2195,"Chapter 479 - 214: Pairs","how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-chapter-479",479,"\u003Cp>Just past the DRS detection point, Verstappen dove into Qin Miao’s inside line; after activating DRS, his speed was even more terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Halfway through the DRS zone, Verstappen overtook Qin Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this process, Qin Miao didn’t make any defensive moves because there was no need; even if he defended, he couldn’t hold it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Qin Miao was trying to maintain his speed, and the battery had relatively low charge, so when Verstappen overtook him, Qin Miao didn’t resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after entering T1, Qin Miao accelerated, aiming to catch Verstappen’s slipstream and DRS.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, under tire-saving mode, Qin Miao couldn’t follow Verstappen as easily as Hamilton could follow Perez.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, for the next segment, Qin Miao needed to use all the ERS charge to ensure he didn’t fall out of the DRS zone from Verstappen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in lap twenty-four, the team radio sounded: \"Qin Miao, pay attention to the tire temperature.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Miao, realizing he was overly aggressive in pursuit of the championship position, was jolted awake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Awakened by the team, Qin Miao took a deep breath, stopped focusing on Verstappen, and began protecting his tires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, Qin Miao gradually fell behind Verstappen until he dropped out of the DRS zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By lap twenty-seven, Verstappen widened the gap with Qin Miao to two seconds and started his own tire conservation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the race wasn’t halfway over yet, and excessive tire wear was not good news for the drivers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Miao shifted his focus from Verstappen to Perez behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, the gap between Qin Miao and Perez was 1.9 seconds, while the gap between Perez and Hamilton was 2.2 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Miao knew it would be difficult to catch Verstappen by normal means.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So now he thought about staying in this position a little longer, as he had a set of soft tires that had run only three laps in the pit, and if a safety car appeared in the middle of the race, he might have a chance to turn the tables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this idea was just a form of self-comfort born of helplessness, and even when Qin Miao’s skills were off cooldown, he didn’t target Verstappen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the gap between them was too wide, once it surpassed a certain distance, the pressure value on Verstappen wouldn’t significantly increase, even with skill boosting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, nobody could predict what would happen during the race, so he preferred saving his skills for unexpected situations rather than wasting them on Verstappen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In lap twenty-eight, after Verstappen lapped Mazepin, Qin Miao also lapped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After twenty-eight laps, this guy’s speed was a full forty seconds slower than his teammate Mick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the current race status, by the end of the race, he might be a minute slower than his teammate and could even be lapped by him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By lap thirty-one, Qin Miao was already three seconds behind Verstappen, and he had widened his gap with Perez to 2.4 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The top three drivers had found their most comfortable race rhythm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hamilton hovered 2.5 seconds behind Perez.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s how this season’s cars were; due to the presence of turbulence wings, cars found it extremely difficult to follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turbulence wings provided enough downforce while expelling chaotic airflow sideways, disrupting the aerodynamic effect and balance of the cars behind, making following very difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is also why FIA planned to change the cars to ground effect vehicles next season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ground effect vehicles removed the turbulence wings, with the floor providing primary downforce, accounting for 60% of the car’s downforce, thus significantly reducing turbulent airflow and making following easier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This digression is all about next season and not this current race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the track, honestly, Qin Miao at this point found the feeling he had during F2 racing, when the focus wasn’t on fighting cars, but on running laps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At most, he would numbly count how many Pirelli advertising boards there were on the main straight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, due to high speed, Qin Miao often hadn’t finished counting before he had already zoomed past a hundred meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right in this lap, a yellow flag suddenly appeared on the track.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Running his rhythm, Qin Miao naturally didn’t know what had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the broadcast camera cut over, it showed Stroll, who had started on hard tires and hadn’t pitted for thirty-one laps, completely shattered his front wing, both rear wheels collapsed, a plume of smoke rising behind his car, debris flying everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you looked closely, you could even see the very front of the monocoque had already been shattered a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Baku track, although much wider and faster than Monaco, was ultimately a street circuit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After such a major accident, the safety car was irrelevant; a red flag was almost certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Miao immediately received the situation from the team’s radio: \"Stroll crashed about 150 meters from the pit entry in the third sector, lots of debris, high likelihood of a red flag, drive carefully.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",827,"2026-06-06T15:23:01.431Z",1,"novelbin.me","c72d774015b7c9460fa0a1238d607312b577304cc0a65a08efdca8afd34b4b96","how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-chapter-480","how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-chapter-478",1086,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhow-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-cover.jpg"]