How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 697 - 292: Qin Miao Chases with DRS Like a Little Train (6K, Extra Update 12/20)

Faced with this situation, the only thing Qin Miao could think of was the crossover line.

And that's not all; when they reached the braking point, Sainz, who took the inside line, deliberately braked early.

When Qin Miao came to the outside line to prepare for the crossover line, he found that Sainz's Ferrari was still blocking the inside of the curve tightly, blocking Qin Miao's exit line for the crossover, especially since Ricardo had already begun accelerating out of the corner.

There was no way around it, so Qin Miao could only take the normal racing line.

However, because Qin Miao initially planned to take the crossover, he wasted quite a bit of time, about 0.3 seconds slower out of the corner.

It must be said that Sainz anticipated Qin Miao's intentions this time.

Qin Miao didn't expect that, even now, Sainz still had such a strong desire to defend against him.

Meanwhile, Sainz's exit was also affected due to his deliberate slowing down, but he still remained ahead of Qin Miao because he covered a shorter distance.

Then, with the advantage of having the line, Sainz started to suppress Qin Miao's exit line while exiting T11.

Qin Miao also knew that at this point the track wasn't his, so when he saw Sainz pressing over, he had no choice but to drive off the track.

As a result, when Qin Miao returned to the track, Sainz had already pulled away.

Still, Qin Miao didn't give up, opening up all three speed-enhancing modes: rich fuel mode, ERS, and DRS.

After all, when he drove off the track, he hadn't lifted the throttle, and the gap opened by Sainz was only because he had to drive on the dirty outside of the track, where grip wasn't sufficient, so his acceleration was slow.

But once back on the track, Qin Miao barely managed to catch a bit of Sainz's slipstream, with the performance of the Mercedes car as an added advantage.

Qin Miao immediately halted the increasing gap between him and Sainz.

Then started visibly shortening the time gap between himself and Sainz.

It is worth mentioning that because of the deliberate slow down to block Qin Miao's crossover line, even Ricardo had to slow down his pace, yet Sainz still got pulled away by Ricardo.

So the time gap between Sainz and Ricardo, which was originally within 1 second, widened to 1.6 seconds. Sainz could still catch Ricardo's slipstream, but the effect was very limited.

Furthermore, due to defending against Qin Miao, the electrical energy consumed couldn't be replenished at this time.

So Sainz's acceleration was much slower compared to Qin Miao.

Ultimately, at about two-thirds down the DRS straight, Qin Miao pulled ahead from the outside line, eventually using the absolute speed of the car to overtake Sainz before the braking point.

At this time, Sainz, defending from the inside, was ready to use the same old trick, preparing for a late brake to block Qin Miao's exit line.

But Qin Miao had raised his alert level regarding Sainz by now, deliberately avoiding him and waiting until Sainz, with the late brake, passed him, then executed a small crossover move.

Sainz could only helplessly watch as Qin Miao's car overtook his from behind, finally watching the charging light on the rear of Qin Miao's car with a sigh of regret.

In fact, had Sainz stuck to the normal line and relied on the assistance of Ricardo's DRS, Sainz might not have been taken by Qin Miao so quickly, but facing Qin Miao's attack, Sainz was a bit too eager.

He wanted to prove to all the Ferrari fans who doubted him that he wasn't inferior to Qin Miao.

Honestly, apart from the Ferrari seat and the cat meat thing, Qin Miao didn't really have any issues with Sainz.

Plus, the Ferrari seat incident was a long time ago, and Qin Miao isn't the kind to hold grudges, he's doing well at Mercedes.

In fact, Qin Miao's negative views and resentment towards Ferrari disappeared after he outran Leclerc and Sainz in his first Grand Prix of his career.

After all, you can't refuse someone who pushes you to a better future.

Now it seems that it's Sainz who can't let this go.

It's also possible.

Someday in the future, Sainz might indeed prove to all the Ferrari fans, as he wishes, that he is no worse than the rookie Qin Miao and that he deserves the Ferrari driver's seat.

But it won't be today!