[{"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-483":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},1718675,2195,"Chapter 483 - 215: Dutch National Team","how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-chapter-483",483,"\u003Cp>At this moment, Qin Miao suddenly realized a problem: he had been pushing too hard, and the tire wear was indeed beyond expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team must have already known this, but they didn’t tell Qin Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Miao could roughly guess the reason, after all, TR is shared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So all Qin Miao could do at this moment was to remain calm, but his speed was noticeably starting to drop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the two, Perez was defending Hamilton with great difficulty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this race, Mercedes had two different rear wings: one with high downforce and one with low downforce. Both Qin Miao and Hamilton opted for the low downforce rear wing but set the angle higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, Hamilton behind Perez was struggling to keep up, let alone find an opportunity to overtake Perez.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the race settled into a calm state, after receiving the bad news, Qin Miao naturally couldn’t widen the gap with Verstappen as he wished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, on the 39th lap, on the second lap after opening the DRS, Qin Miao was overtaken by Verstappen on the straight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Miao, having been overtaken, didn’t exhibit any resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no choice; the tires couldn’t hold up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as they reached the 40th lap, the rankings at the front changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current ranking is as follows:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1: Verstappen\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2: Qin Miao\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3: Perez\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4: Hamilton\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>5: Vettel\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Qin Miao’s long-distance pace was good, and Perez needed to fend off Hamilton’s fierce attacks from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If at this time Perez sped up to chase down Qin Miao and started attacking, Perez’s speed would inevitably slow down, giving Hamilton an opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Hamilton indeed seized the opportunity to overtake, it would be a loss not worth the gain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Perez didn’t act rashly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, the rhythm at the front stabilized, and for the next period, there were no dramatic changes in position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was conserving their tires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the 44th lap, Mazepin once again achieved being a second slower than his teammate on this track.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the 46th lap, Qin Miao was already 2 seconds behind Verstappen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The director, seeing that there was no battle between Qin Miao and Verstappen, switched the camera away from them and focused on Perez and Hamilton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the relative peace between the two drivers in front, there was always a tense atmosphere between these two, with Hamilton occasionally feigning moves to tussle with Perez.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, they never truly went head-to-head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as these two came out of T19, the broadcast abruptly cut to an aerial shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the opposite side of the pit lane entrance, a Red Bull car that had been running well suddenly crashed head-on into the right-side barrier on the track, skidding for tens of meters before coming to a stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three commentators were taken aback and exclaimed, \"Ah?! Verstappen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s happening?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A blowout?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Qin Miao! Be careful!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Verstappen is a professional racer, and the Red Bull car had been running stably for so many laps. It couldn’t be a mechanical failure or any other cause, so the only possibility for Verstappen to crash into the wall at this moment was a tire blowout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And indeed, this was the case. From the first-person perspective of the driver closest to Verstappen, Qin Miao, Verstappen was still fine after T19.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as he approached the pit exit, Verstappen’s left rear tire suddenly deflated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the loss of grip and support from the left rear tire, the balance of Verstappen’s car was instantly disrupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Verstappen, truly one of the top drivers, immediately tried to counter-steer to save the car after realizing something was wrong with the car’s stance. But on a race car traveling over 300 km\u002Fh, no amount of effort could change the outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Verstappen managed to keep the car relatively stable for about a second, during which time he attempted to regain control three times, but ultimately the car spun out of control and crashed into the right-side barrier of the track.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the car slid forward for dozens of meters, sending debris flying everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Miao even saw the entire front wing of Verstappen’s car fly off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the same footage the director replayed to the audience half a minute later. Qin Miao’s performance in this race aside, he surely qualified as a battlefield reporter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Qin Miao was not far from Verstappen, just over two seconds away,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when he noticed Verstappen’s car starting to fishtail, Qin Miao changed lanes to the dirty side of the track.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when Verstappen crashed, only a few tiny fragments and dust blew towards Qin Miao, posing no threat to Qin Miao’s car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Verstappen’s crash indeed gave Qin Miao a shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to Verstappen’s crash, a yellow flag quickly appeared on track.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And soon, the yellow flag turned into a safety car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the car stopped, Verstappen immediately started venting in the TR: \"The tire! ****! *****! ****, ***!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The director didn’t focus on Qin Miao or the other drivers at this moment, instead zeroing in on Red Bull’s pit and Verstappen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After venting via TR, Verstappen angrily threw away his steering wheel and then climbed out of the car.\u003C\u002Fp>",861,"2026-06-06T15:23:01.431Z",1,"novelbin.me","1ec275007c68892e28bfa4ea98a2ed4bcf0ebb78c2818f673d9949f47dc0393d","how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-chapter-484","how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-chapter-482",1086,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhow-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-cover.jpg"]