Chapter 1427 - 536: Twists and Turns
But only such geniuses could be tricked by Verstappen using such a method, after all, ordinary people simply wouldn’t be able to react.
And after being set up by Verstappen, Qin Miao was not as angry as when he saw the red flag on the track.
When the red flag appeared, Qin Miao was already mentally prepared that he might not win the championship in this race today.
Being jolted by Verstappen at the start and completely losing hope was unexpected but somewhat expected.
After all, for top drivers, defending is always easier than attacking, especially with this season’s ground-effect cars being large and heavy.
At the same time, Qin Miao quickly realized that Verstappen’s car disappearing from his view wasn’t because he braked early; he likely just eased off the accelerator.
But at that moment, he had to focus on the braking point sign and also keep an eye on Verstappen’s car status, so he simply didn’t have the extra eyes to look at his left rearview mirror, thus Pan’s vision was indeed perfectly aligned this time.
And just as Qin Miao was lamenting behind Verstappen, a yellow flag appeared on the track again.
Moreover, this yellow flag didn’t switch to a safety car but directly changed into a red flag.
Qin Miao: ...???
After the initial shock, Qin Miao, who had no thoughts about winning the Australian Grand Prix championship, suddenly realized there was another red flag! The race will restart again, and he has another chance to attack Verstappen at the start! Damn, I have a set of brand new soft tires to use!
This is truly like finding a bright spot in a seemingly dead end!
Not only Qin Miao, but even the Five-Star Sports commentators, who were lamenting Qin Miao’s missed chance at the championship today, suddenly realized.
At this moment, they couldn’t care less about the series of crashes on the track that caused the red flag, and directly exclaimed: "Another red flag! Qin Miao! Qin Miao has another chance to attack Verstappen!"
On the other side, Verstappen, who had been silently admiring Qin Miao, couldn’t hold it anymore.
Why is it so hard to get a Grand Prix championship this season?
Is it ever going to end?
Thinking that he has to face another attack from Qin Miao, Verstappen felt a bit crushed, damn it, the position he worked so hard to defend!
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After the surprise, Qin Miao finally had the time to ask Frankie: "What just happened? Why was there another red flag?"
Frankie simply explained the situation on the track to Qin Miao.
After the start, the battle between Qin Miao and Verstappen was intense, but both maintained necessary restraint, though both wanted to take each other out with a hard hit, causing the other to retire immediately.
But both knew that if they both retired, the one benefiting would be Hamilton, something neither wanted to see.
But the drivers behind didn’t have many scruples during their battles.
After the start, Alonso switched to the outside line, and Gasly behind Alonso planned to insert into Alonso’s inside line, planning to make a move with late braking.
However, Gasly misjudged because Alonso’s timing to enter the corner was much earlier than Gasly expected, so to avoid colliding with Alonso, Gasly had to brake early, causing a cloud of dust as he narrowly missed Alonso’s rear.
𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
But this wasn’t the end.
Because all F1 drivers know that the most efficient braking method is to straighten the steering wheel and use all four tires’ traction for deceleration.
So Gasly did this while dodging Alonso.
But the key was, at the same time, Perez entered Gasly’s outside line.