[{"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-736":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},1719178,2195,"Chapter 736 305: Working Up a Sweat, Toto","how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-chapter-736",736,"\u003Cp>This time, Verstappen had an unusual start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The virtual safety car was just cancelled, and Verstappen immediately began to accelerate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This move was so sudden that Qin Miao didn't even react at first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, by the time Qin Miao also started to speed up, he had been left 1.7 seconds behind Verstappen ahead of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perez and Hamilton behind him were also pulled over 1.5 seconds away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the 17th lap, DRS was enabled, and after it was activated, the gap between Perez and Hamilton, originally 0.9 seconds, shrunk to 0.4 seconds after a long straight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lap 18, at the same spot, Hamilton began to truly launch an attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Hamilton's terrifying closing rate, Perez decisively switched to the inside line for defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Hamilton was too fast, and like Qin Miao, despite being on the outside, his late braking led to a better speed and angle entering the corner compared to Perez.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then everyone saw Hamilton overtake Perez from the outside, moving into third place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Hamilton's first genuine attack on Perez, and the first strike was successful, easily securing Perez's position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After overtaking Perez, the driver ahead of Hamilton was Qin Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite knowing that Hamilton would eventually catch up in this race, seeing his car in the rearview mirror, Qin Miao couldn't help but feel a bit of discomfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could this old dog Hamilton be so fast?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Qin Miao didn't know was that other drivers often had similar complaints when they saw him in their mirrors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After inwardly complaining, Qin Miao started to feel a bit concerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Miao was confident that once Hamilton was behind him, he could defend against Hamilton for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But during the time Hamilton was chasing drivers ahead, through Frankie, Qin Miao learned that Hamilton's lap speed was actually faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Qin Miao worries that once Hamilton is behind him, the team might issue orders for him to let Hamilton pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Qin Miao knew such a team order would be the right choice, knowing he might win the championship this season, he was unwilling to give up his position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the team did not give him any such instruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither did Hamilton put pressure on the team through team radio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, when Hamilton got behind Qin Miao, he seemed eager to challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aren't you, Qin Miao, known as a genius? A master defender, tire management god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these titles, Hamilton also felt the pressure Qin Miao brought him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Hamilton's eyes, there was now an opportunity to sweep away all this pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That opportunity was to beat his teammate Qin Miao on the track.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The logic is simple: no matter how strong or talented a teammate is, once you beat him, his strengths and talents just become your backdrop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the Interlagos track is conducive for overtaking, and Hamilton's car had a new internal combustion engine, so he wasn't worried about Qin Miao's defensive skills hindering his overtaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hamilton had been disgruntled as Qin Miao and Verstappen had been leading in the drivers' standings, and now was a perfect chance to prove he was still at his peak by overtaking his teammate. I am a seven-time champion, not someone a rookie can casually outmaneuver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the 22nd lap, after passing the second DRS zone, Hamilton entered the DRS zone behind his teammate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two then reached T11, and with both having run 22 laps on their tires, a clear difference emerged exiting T11.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Miao, at the front, had a clearly faster exit speed than Hamilton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But being fast on the exit was useless because, over time, down the straight, Hamilton used Qin Miao's slipstream to gradually close in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the starting straight, Hamilton, with DRS activated, was drawing closer to Qin Miao after passing T15, using his slipstream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Miao followed his heart's desire; since it wasn't yet a braking point, Qin Miao could execute defensive maneuvers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Hamilton behind him, Qin Miao moved to the inside line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Hamilton naturally kept closely behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Qin Miao then moved onto the racing line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two weaved twice in this manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet with each maneuver, the distance between them decreased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, before they reached the T1 braking point, Qin Miao chose to block Hamilton's optimal path on the inside line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both simultaneously opted to brake late, having missed the braking point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was here that the difference in individual abilities during braking was evident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to his position on the track, Qin Miao had less grip than Hamilton, and the T1 at Interlagos is a downhill left turn, causing the car's right front wheel to bear less load than the left front wheel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While braking, because Qin Miao had to constantly watch Hamilton, his braking force might only have been 100 grams more.\u003C\u002Fp>",802,"2026-06-06T15:23:16.014Z",1,"novelbin.me","d3affb4364a61934c84fad3a307b4e3dad6357c22128611f2fb44c78293c5bc8","how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-chapter-737","how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-chapter-735",1086,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhow-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-cover.jpg"]