[{"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-775":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},1718978,2195,"Chapter 775 315: Saudi Qualifying","how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-chapter-775",775,"\u003Cp>Q2, Qin Miao and Hamilton both switched to medium tires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In tomorrow's race, Qin Miao and Hamilton are both planning to start on medium tires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apart from them, the Red Bull team shares the same strategy, with Verstappen and Perez also opting for medium tires in Q2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of Q2, Hamilton led with a time of 1:27.750.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hamilton's time on the medium tires was faster than Qin Miao's flying lap in Q1 with soft tires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drivers eliminated in Q2 were: Ricardo, Kimi, Alonso, Russell, and Sainz.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Q3 stage, there were fewer cars on track, eliminating issues with traffic and encountering slow cars during flying laps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the start of Q3, Qin Miao noticed that the car had a problem with tire warming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since it was completely dark, the lack of sunlight caused the track temperature to drop rapidly. After Q1 and Q2, any daytime warmth left on the track had completely dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So just in the warm-up lap, Qin Miao clearly felt that his tires had almost no grip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To avoid tire issues due to insufficient temperature during the flying lap, Qin Miao ran an extra flying lap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's worth mentioning that Qin Miao's teammate, Hamilton, did not do the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Qin Miao was completing his warm-up lap, he heard Frankie's voice through the team radio: \"Hamilton made a mistake due to insufficient tire temperature, do you want to do an extra warm-up... oh, I didn't notice just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, doing an extra warm-up lap is correct.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the slip caused by cold tires, Hamilton's flying lap was naturally wasted, while Qin Miao's lap, despite some traffic issues due to the extra warm-up lap, was still decent, with a time of 1:28.123.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That temporarily put him in second place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief rest at the team's pit stop, Hamilton came out first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he didn't take any chances and ran two warm-up laps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After completing the final flying lap, Hamilton showed his full potential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His post-lap time was 1:27.511, putting him in first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half a minute later, Qin Miao also completed his final flying lap of the race, with a time of 1:27.612.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was quite good, although for Qin Miao, this lap was his all-out effort, using all his strength, so he was content with securing second place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the top three contenders for the championship, only Verstappen hadn't produced an effective lap yet, and his first flying lap only placed him third, behind Qin Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing how formidable Qin Miao's defending skills are, Verstappen was very aware that on a track like Jeddah, where overtaking is difficult, failing to secure a good position in qualifying would be awkward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, all hopes would hinge on his start in Sunday's main race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If his start goes poorly and he ends up behind Qin Miao, then this race, and even the season's driver championship, would likely slip out of his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made the final flying lap crucial for Verstappen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, with 20 seconds left before the timer stopped in Q3, Verstappen crossed the line for his final flying lap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Verstappen's final flying lap officially commenced.\u003C\u002Fp>",525,"2026-06-06T15:23:16.179Z",1,"novelbin.me","5ef96bdaf63eb574da28e9c27cebcbd41e914e574386737626cc8e00998df272","how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-chapter-612","how-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-chapter-611",1086,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhow-did-i-become-an-f1-driver-cover.jpg"]