Chapter 1530: You Need Brains to Drive? (6K, Extra Update 14/14)_4

The finger that was ready to turn off the ERS also moved away from the ERS button, the throttle was floored, and Qin Miao felt the car bring a stronger acceleration than before, while keeping an eye on the rear-view mirror to monitor Verstappen’s car.

On the track, Verstappen, who initially had full confidence with ERS and DRS fully activated, gradually found his smile fading as time passed.

Because he discovered that even with RB19 at full power, the rate of closing in on the W14 was not as fast as he had imagined.

In fact, as they just exited the corner, the W14 noticeably pulled away from him.

But the good news was that he was still constantly closing the gap with Qin Miao.

On the other hand, Qin Miao felt a completely different sensation.

Originally, using this method to defend against Verstappen was just another form of desperate struggle for Qin Miao personally; he didn’t feel this defensive approach could contain Verstappen.

After all, RB19 not only had its own slipstream but also ERS and DRS.

The tail speed under the triple acceleration was truly extraordinary.

But now, having seen the truth on the track, Qin Miao realized that the W14’s acceleration compared to RB19 was not as slow as he imagined.

Qin Miao quickly realized: there was still a ray of hope!

You should know, when defending Verstappen on the track, the most troublesome issue for Qin Miao was his inability to parallel with Verstappen before the braking point.

Normally, before reaching the braking point, Verstappen’s car completely surpasses him.

At that time, all he could do was watch Verstappen’s car disappear into the distance with a sigh.

But now it seems there really is a possibility!

On the track, Verstappen’s car quickly pulled out on Qin Miao’s outer line.

As for the inside line… Qin Miao didn’t allow it.

Verstappen also swayed to the inside line for a moment, causing Qin Miao to move to the inside, then he pulled out on the outer line.

If he insisted on taking the inside line, Verstappen estimated that he would be blocked by Qin Miao from start to finish, eventually having to go to the outer line.

For some reason, Verstappen sometimes felt he had some kind of tacit connection with Qin Miao.

He knew when attacking Qin Miao, the inside line of the track was this defensive master’s final boundary.

You can overtake me, but not from the inside line of the track.

Back to the main point.

At this moment, the two drivers were side by side on the track, but the broadcast view always showed that Verstappen’s acceleration was faster than Qin Miao’s.

Of course, if you insist, Qin Miao wasn’t slow either.

Soon, they both reached an incredibly staggering tail speed in this DRS zone.

On Qin Miao’s side, even after the car’s weight reduced, he was still outputting ERS at full strength, with the Mercedes Benz W14 power unit fully unleashing its total advantage of 1000 horsepower.

In the acceleration aspect, it didn’t fall too far behind, and even before the braking point at T13, it still kept Qin Miao on Verstappen’s inside line.

Although at this time Qin Miao’s front wheel reached Verstappen’s engine position, Qin Miao still managed to block Verstappen’s inside line before entering T13 with an extreme late brake on the inside line.

This forced Verstappen to brake.

And successfully defended against Verstappen’s attack.

Who is Qin Miao? The acknowledged defensive master.

When Verstappen overtook Qin Miao on the track several times, it was before the braking point when his entire car had already completely overtaken him; in such cases, even with strong defensive abilities, Qin had no space to demonstrate them.

But this time Qin Miao entered Verstappen’s inside line, so the final result of this attack and defense needs no further elaboration.

Qin Miao easily defended against Verstappen.

“Damn!”

After defending against Verstappen, Qin Miao rarely swore during the race, even though he didn’t turn on the team radio when he cursed.

But honestly, this sudden feeling of surprise was truly addictive to Qin Miao.

This is why Qin Miao loves racing, because there’s always a surprise waiting for you on the track, and after completing something practically impossible, that surge of adrenaline.