Chapter 1395 - 525: W14 Unleashed (6K, Extra Update 8/14)_2

Chapter 1395: Chapter 525: W14 Unleashed (6K, Extra Update 8/14)_2

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When Hamilton returned to the team’s P room, he naturally saw the notebook Qin Miao had given him.

After opening it and looking at the Chinese characters on the notebook, Old Man shook his head helplessly and then skillfully took out his phone to start a one-on-one translation.

Actually, Old Man could have taken a picture of the text in the notebook and sent it to someone who understands Chinese to help translate it. Even if he didn’t want to owe favors, he could hire an outsourcing company.

But strictly speaking, the contents Qin Miao wrote in this notebook for Hamilton involved Mercedes’ commercial secrets.

If leaked, it could likely be used by other teams.

Qin Miao was idling, waiting for the race to start, while Hamilton was doing last-minute studying, making the time pass relatively quickly.

You can’t really say whose choice at this time was good or bad, just that each has their strengths.

Soon, it was the time before the start of the race.

Wearing a black racing suit, Qin Miao went to the team’s P room, and after completing the handover, drove his car onto the track. After running a lap, he parked his car in the third position.

At this moment, in front of Qin Miao was Perez, and to his left was Alonso.

Honestly, if Mercedes’ car hasn’t regained its competitive edge this season, then Brother Tou is the driver everyone is most focused on besides Verstappen.

After all, this is the old tree blossoming in the F1 arena.

This scene is even rarer than seeing new talent emerging in the F1 arena.

But anyway, today this race proves Brother Tou’s strength by starting fourth.

At the start phase, Qin Miao was using medium tires.

Jeddah Circuit doesn’t actually consume much tire wear, and the mainstream pit stop strategy is one-stop.

Most likely yellow-white one-stop, less likely red-white one-stop.

But Qin Miao is adopting a yellow-red one-stop strategy today.

A pit stop strategy filled with Qin Miao’s personal characteristics.

The reason for choosing to start with medium tires was considering that the car’s weight would decrease in the later stages of the race, improving the durability of the soft tires. Plus, with Qin Miao’s tire preservation ability, this pit stop strategy choice is acceptable for him.

Mainly worried about Verstappen catching up and exerting force in the later stages.

With a brand-new set of soft tires, in case Verstappen catches up, it would be much easier for Qin Miao to defend.

Moreover, with Qin Miao’s abilities, this pit stop strategy choice would allow him to continue driving normally without deliberately conserving tires.

Therefore, at the starting phase, Qin Miao, along with the front-row starters Perez and Alonso, was using medium tires, while Hamilton started with white tires.

For Mercedes fans, the two drivers adopting completely different tire strategies at the start is already a very common thing.

After all, the characteristics of these two drivers are indeed somewhat too distinctive.

After all the race preparations were completed, Qin Miao did a stretch beside his car, did a simple physical activity, and then sat into the race car.

The next period, Qin Miao opened his starting simulation program on his steering wheel.

This thing is just for reference and can’t fully reflect all the processes of the starting phase.

At best, it measures reaction.

It was somewhat of a diversion.

Today’s race start was quite important for Qin Miao because the first corner after the Jeddah start was a right-angle left turn; starting third puts him on the outside line, which is disadvantageous, but Perez is in the same situation.

If, after the start, he could catch Perez’s mistake or something similar and take the lead early, he estimates he could shake off Perez before DRS opens.

This would greatly reduce the trouble during the duel with Perez.

Of course, this is just Qin Miao’s expectation before the race starts because nobody can predict exactly what will happen in an F1 race.

As time progressed, most of the team’s staff began to leave the track.

The warm-up lap began.

After the warm-up lap ended, Qin Miao precisely parked his car at the starting grid position according to the reference object beside the track he found earlier.

Too much results in a penalty, too little is a disadvantage.

However, looking at Qin Miao’s car from a rear perspective, you can clearly see that when his car was properly parked, the car body was somewhat diagonal.

The front was more inclined towards the inner side of the track, which is the inside line of T1.

This is also considered a regular starting method for F1 drivers.

When parking, position the car’s nose towards the desired direction, so you don’t waste the car’s traction turning after the start.

The acceleration after the start can naturally be faster, but the downside is both the driver behind and in front of you can roughly guess your intentions after the start, allowing them to prepare in advance.

But Qin Miao doesn’t mind; after all, his starting ability has always been among the top in the paddock, even if he doesn’t gain much advantage during the start, he likely won’t suffer either.

This is the confidence of a two-time champion.

As the last driver, Norris, parked his car at the starting grid, the medical chase car stayed in place at the back.

Five red lights began to illuminate one by one.

Qin Miao pre-pressed the clutch button on the steering wheel, stared intently at the indicator light above, and lightly pressed the gas pedal, maintaining the engine speed at 8000 RPM.