CHAPTER 522: CHAPTER 228: DEFYING THE HIERARCHY

And Qin Miao? His speed was the same as his last flying lap in Q2. He could secure his own position, but compared to the top two drivers, he was a bit far behind.

1:26:634, ranked third.

It could be said that whether it was the audience, Hamilton, Red Bull, or Mercedes, everyone believed that Q3 was the stage for Hamilton and Verstappen, unrelated to other drivers.

And in such a situation, while Qin Miao was resting and refueling in the team’s garage and changing tires, he silently opened his system and pulled up his attribute interface in the system.

[Host Name: Qin Miao

Age: 19

Overall Rating: 91.5

Stamina: 99

Mentality: 94

Stability: 97

Qualifying Ability: 91

Start Ability: 87

Race Long-Distance: 93

Tire Management: 80

Rain Combat Ability: 82

Attack Ability: 92

Defense Ability: 100]

Qin Miao glanced at his backpack again.

[Free Attribute Points: 4]

Qin Miao took a deep breath. After having the system for so long, he only managed to accumulate 4 Free Attribute Points. Honestly, he was reluctant to spend them all on Qualifying Ability, but thinking of the rewards from the system and the consistent teachings of the British audience on-site.

Qin Miao’s gaze sharpened.

He allocated all his Free Attribute Points to his Qualifying Ability.

The hell with it!

[Host Name: Qin Miao

Age: 19

Overall Rating: 91.5→91.9 (+0.4)

Stamina: 99

Mentality: 94

Stability: 97

Qualifying Ability: 91→95 (+4)

Start Ability: 87

Race Long-Distance: 93

Tire Management: 80

Rain Combat Ability: 82

Attack Ability: 92

Defense Ability: 100]

If the previous Qin Miao had such a significant improvement, the influx of knowledge from the system would have made him scream on the spot.

But now it’s different. Qin Miao’s physical condition has improved greatly, so after adding this point, his mind just filled with some details and techniques he didn’t really know before.

After quickly digesting them, Qin Miao confirmed that these additional techniques could definitely enhance his qualifying lap speed by about 0.3 seconds.

In this way, the gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton in qualifying would be virtually gone.

As for the original gap of more than 0.5 seconds between Qin Miao and Hamilton, even if you subtract this 0.3 seconds, there would still be 0.2 seconds, right? How could it be completely gone?

But what if this 0.3 seconds was intentionally slowed down by Qin Miao?

Just like in all previous qualifying sessions, when did Qin Miao ever really exert himself before the last lap in Q3?

So according to Qin Miao’s own estimate, his speed in the last flying lap of Q3 would not be slower than Hamilton’s.

But whether he could surpass his teammate to get the first in qualifying depended on the performance of the two drivers on the track.

Reyes confirmed the track conditions and, at Qin Miao’s request, let him out with new soft tires three minutes before the end of Q3.

At this time, Qin Miao was the first to come out for Q3’s final flying lap.

Actually, it was a bit risky to come out at this time because there was a great probability of encountering slow cars. If blocked, the result of Qin Miao’s last flying lap in Q3 would be worthless.

But after all, Qin Miao is a driver, and to some extent, he has the right to make his own decisions.

And after Qin Miao went out, Toto furrowed his brows while constantly reviewing all the data of Qin Miao’s race today. He always felt that something was off about Qin Miao, but Qin Miao’s performance was no different from his previous qualifying sessions. Yet, Toto just sensed something was wrong.

On the track, after Qin Miao went out, he protected his tires as much as possible while warming them up. Finally, he crossed the finish line with a minute and a half left before Q3 stopped the clock and started his last flying lap.

At this time, other drivers had also come out of the pits and were starting their warm-up laps on the track.

However, since there was only Qin Miao’s car on the track running a flying lap at the moment, all the drivers who could enter Q3 were basically paying attention to Qin Miao’s movements, so no car blocking situation disrupted Qin Miao’s last flying lap.

After entering T16, Qin Miao entered qualifying mode.

Qin Miao handled the exits of T17 and T18 very well, and his speed while exiting was at least 5 km/h faster than his last flying lap in Q3.

Then he went full throttle past the finish line, officially starting the last flying lap of Q3.

T1 went full throttle, but since Silverstone is a high-speed track, even the slightest steering wheel disturbance can affect the car’s speed at its limit.

So even though T1 was a full throttle corner, the steering wheel turns while entering and exiting the corner needed to be as smooth as possible, which would help the car maintain its speed without having too much tire grip taken away by turning. This could give the car more advantages in acceleration.

It’s worth mentioning that, although this place might seem plain and unremarkable, the lateral G-force can reach 4G while turning.

T2 is the same cornering method as T1, and then they go to T3.

After exiting T2, they go full throttle to the far left of T3. At this point, the outer side of Qin Miao’s rear wheels was basically pressing against the white line on the left side of the track.

He started braking as he entered the curb, shifting down to fourth gear to enter the corner with speed because the corner was relatively long.

At the apex, Qin Miao took quite a bit of the curb, coming very close to hitting the red sausage curb, which would have bounced Qin Miao up.