How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 168 Chapter 166: The End of Bahrain (6K, plus 2627)

Qin Miao actually thought about trying to defend Verstappen again, and then see if he could snatch the runner-up from Verstappen.

However, considering the state of his tires, the advantage of Red Bull's Honda engine in the straight line, and the characteristics of the track in Bahrain, Qin Miao finally gave up this unrealistic idea.

After all, no matter how Verstappen is stronger than himself, and there are still [-] laps before the end of the race, because Qin Miao defended Verstappen twice, the tire consumption has already exceeded Qin Miao's pre-match Consumption prediction, so after weighing it, Qin Miao did not continue to suppress Verstappen.

After Qin Miao completed his three-lap defensive task, in the DRS area between T10 and T11, Verstappen was let go just like Hamilton was let go.

At this point in the race, the competition for the podium in the opening race of F1 has come to an end.

Even if Verstappen's set of hard tires can last, no matter how fast he is, it is impossible for him to chase Hamilton for 13 seconds with 24 laps left in the race.

Qin Miao couldn't do it even if Hamilton encountered a slow car blocking him for a second every lap.

But even so, after breaking free from Qin Miao's shackles, Verstappen still pursued Hamilton at full speed.

For this point, Verstappen is more commendable than Qin Miao. Qin Miao usually does not do it when he finds out that something cannot be done. As long as the game does not really come to an end, Verstappen will not give up fighting for it. The hope of the last champion.

It's not that there is anything wrong with Qin Miao's attitude towards life, it can only be said that the two grew up in different environments, which created completely different ways of doing things for these two racing geniuses.

Unless there is a safety car in the next race, the final top three in this race will be like this.

We all know that the safety car is only a small probability event, and if there is a safety car, it depends on Hamilton's position.

If Hamilton's position is good enough, he can take advantage of the situation and change tires after the safety car comes out.

And if Hamilton's position is not good enough, Qin Miao can also pit. It is worth mentioning that Qin Miao has a new set of soft tires at the end. If Qin Miao pits, he may not be able to try to win the Bahrain Grand Prix throne.

Of course, in the end, there were no variables in the second half of the game.

……

"Qin Miao's task has been completed. After defending for three laps, Verstappen's hope of winning this race is gone."

"That's right, in these 24 laps no matter how I think Verstappen can't catch up."

"Qin Miao once again gave us a huge surprise. I never thought that such a talented driver would appear in our country one day."

"The talent is amazing. The key is that while Qin Miao is talented, he is also appreciated by noble people. Look at Ferrari's ranking now. If Qin Miao really only entered Ferrari, his performance in the first race would definitely not be so good."

"That's actually because of Qin Miao's own strength. His performance in F2 attracted Toto's attention and gave him the opportunity to enter Mercedes."

"That's true. In short, we who are commentators this season will be blessed."

"Ahem, neutral! We are professional commentators, and we cannot favor a certain driver during the commentary."

……

In the subsequent games, the director only gave Verstappen a shot from time to time to see where he was chasing him, but most of the shots were still given to the battle of the mid-range group.

On the 53rd lap, 3 laps before the end of the race, Hamilton's doubtful voice sounded in the TR: "Where is Verstappen? Why didn't I see him? Did he under cut me?"

In fact, the team did not tell Hamilton that Qin Miao helped Hamilton block Verstappen for 8 laps, although after talking about it, Hamilton may be in a better state because of the reduced pressure.

However, it is not ruled out that because Hamilton has no pressure on his body, the breath he has been carrying in his heart has dissipated, causing him to make more serious mistakes on the track.

Although the possibility of the above situation is very small, the team did not tell Hamilton the news for the sake of insurance, allowing him to maintain a normal mind and the pressure within his acceptable range, and run the entire game in this state.

But now it is not long before the end of the race. Since Hamilton asked, the team told Hamilton exactly what happened next: "Qin Miao helped you block Verstappen for 8 laps, and now he is in the 15 seconds behind you."

Hamilton paused when he received the news suddenly, and then said in disbelief: "Wow, it seems that he also has a share of my champion in this competition. Where is Qin Miao now?"

"Qin Miao is 31.2 away from you, and is currently ranked P3."

"receive."

After saying this, the old man's original grudge against Qin Miao's replacement of Bottas' position disappeared immediately.

The old man and Bottas cooperated happily mainly because Bottas would not threaten the status of the old man's team. Qin Miao joined Mercedes with the highest winning streak in F2. It is inevitable that the old man will have some murmurs when he sees such a menacing attack .

But after the game, the old man found that Qin Miao's personal ability was indeed not as good as his own, and he also helped him defend Verstappen for so long during the game, which was considered to have given him the championship.

For a teammate like Qin Miao who can help him win the championship, Hamilton will naturally not have any other extra thoughts.

……

In the end, the Bahrain Grand Prix, the opening match of the F12021 season, ended under Hamilton's lonely crossing line. Qin Miao finally took the second start and came back third, setting countless records.

These include the first Chinese/Asian driver to be on the podium in F1, the first Chinese/Asian driver to win the third place in the first F1 Grand Prix, and the first time to win No. 1 achievements of Chinese drivers.

To be honest, as the first Chinese driver to enter F1, Qin Miao may have broken a record he didn't care much about farting in the paddock now.

At the same time, after Qin Miao crossed the finish line, he was on the hot search lists of major domestic social platforms.

Hamilton finished third in the first game of his career. Now let's look at his achievements: seven championships.

And now Qin Miao also won the third place in the first game of his career, so there is no need to repeat how bright Qin Miao's future will be at this time.

"Good job, Qin Miao! You are P3, and you won P1 when you entered F3 for the first time!" Franky's excited voice resounded through Qin Miao's TR.

After the race, Qin Miao, who was a little tired, raised her mouth involuntarily at this time, watching the fireworks blooming in the night sky of Bahrain, and the team staff who were lying on the edge of the guardrail cheering for her when she finally crossed the line. Qin Miao's heart was filled with an inexplicable emotion at the moment, and she was very satisfied.

This feeling is like a person who has been hungry for a long time suddenly eats a big meal, or a traveler who has been lost in the desert for a long time suddenly drinks sweet spring water to quench his thirst.

It's really cool from the dull hair on the top of the head to the tip of the toenail.

"Let's go! HOOOOO! Hahaha, awesome!"

Even though Qin Miao is usually a little socially afraid and autistic, Qin Miao was a little too excited to be able to get No.1 in the F3 race for the first time.

After crossing the line, Qin Miao made some unexplained venting sounds while driving forward for a while. After passing T3, Qin Miao saw another Mercedes moving slowly on the track. Seeing this Mercedes In an instant, Qin Miao knew what Hamilton wanted to do.

Then he kicked the accelerator and came to Hamilton.

After seeing Qin Miao approaching, Hamilton also started to accelerate, and the two Mercedes began to parade side by side while doing the back lap.

At the end of the game, when Qin Miao and Hamilton were side by side for the back lap, praises for Qin Miao on the domestic Internet were also overwhelming.

[After this game, the old man should give Qin Miao a knock, right? 】

[It’s not that exaggerated. Although Qin Miao’s defense is crucial, it’s not impossible for Hamilton to win the championship.]

[Hey, Toto has found a treasure! 】

[Why are you so patronizing to watch Qin Miao's performance?Didn't you realize that Qin Miao won the third place on the F1 field for the first time? 】

【Fuck! 】

[A podium on the F1 field for the first time? 】

[Like his teammate Hamilton, Qin Miao also entered F1 for the first time and won the third place]

……

On the other side, Toto also celebrated with other Mercedes staff in the P room.

The director switched the camera to Toto in a timely manner, capturing the celebration scenes of the Mercedes team staff clearly.

After watching Mei Ben's celebration, the director did not switch to Red Bull, but gave the camera to Binotto.

This is the third time the director has switched the camera to Ferrari after Qin Miao's outstanding performance. No one will believe him if he said that he didn't do it on purpose.

Now Qin Miao is a big mouth that belongs to Ferrari alone. As long as he behaves well, not even too good, as long as he performs better than Sainz, then Qin Miao, this big mouth, will be slapped in the face. Ferrari's face.

【Too much! 】

[Summary of Xiao Qin's performance in this game: three cuts and two defenses]

【The director is too naughty】

【I still can’t figure out why Ferrari doesn’t want Qin Miao】

【clown】

【Take it on the spot】

……

Then amidst the fireworks, Qin Miao and Hamilton entered the pit lane one after the other.

Verstappen had already stopped at his P2 position, and Hamilton and Qin Miao stopped at P1 and P3 amidst applause.

After parking the car, Qin Miao removed the steering wheel from his racing car agitatedly. Now he can no longer face all this calmly like when he won the F2 championship. Although his performance in this race That's just the third.

But Qin Miao felt a completely different pressure from F2 here. With pressure and challenges, Qin Miao became more motivated.

After taking off his equipment and getting out of the car, Qin Miao suddenly felt his waist tighten, and finally he was lifted off the ground and was picked up by someone.

Looking down, he found Hamilton's purple helmet. The guy happily hugged himself and turned around twice.

Hamilton put Qin Miao down after two rounds, and then the two held hands together and hugged each other.

After the hug, Hamilton still patted Qin Miao on the shoulder and said: "Well done, Qin! You did a good job, thank you for your defense."

"Your performance is also very good, Lewis." Qin Miao also responded with a smile.

After celebrating with Qin Miao, Hamilton turned and rushed to his crew members.

A winter's hard work, all problems, contradictions, and complaints, all disappeared in this instant, leaving only the celebration and joy after winning.

After Hamilton left, Qin Miao turned around and put her steering wheel back into the car, and the director sensibly switched the camera from Hamilton who was celebrating to Qin Miao.

Although Qin Miao cannot be said to have made great contributions to Mei Ben's good results in this competition, he also played an extremely important role in it.

There is nothing wrong with giving him some shots at this time.

After putting her steering wheel in place, Qin Miao trotted all the way to the team staff who were celebrating. Qin Miao started directly in the posture of a high jumper, then accelerated two steps and threw her whole body into the air. He smashed towards his crew members and track engineers.

And they didn't hide, they caught Qin Miao with a smile, while celebrating, they patted Qin Miao's body wherever they could, and wanted to express their excitement to Qin Miao at the moment.

After a brief celebration, Qin Miao was let down by them, and Hamilton also walked over to hug and high-five Qin Miao's crew members.

Although they are not in the same team, everyone works for the same team after all, and Qin Miao also took advantage of the opportunity to go to Hamilton's team members at this time, and was dragged by Hamilton's physical trainer Angela to take a photo Mutually.

After the celebration, Qin Miao and Hamilton went to the weighing. When they came to the FIA ​​official responsible for recording the weight of the drivers, Verstappen just got off the scale.

Hamilton stopped him, and the two shook hands and bumped their chests lightly, and complimented each other a few words.

Then came Qin Miao.

"Prevention was good. When I saw your taillights after the second stop, my head got big." Although it was a bit regretful that this game did not achieve the results he wanted, Verstappen still drove after meeting Qin Miao. Made a joke.

"Thanks, your offense also puts me under a lot of pressure."

After a brief greeting and a few words of courtesy, Qin Miao went to weigh, while the old man turned around and put his steering wheel back on the racing car. The racing car would be pulled over for inspection later on. If the steering wheel was not installed properly If not, the steering wheel may fall off during transportation.

After weighing, Qin Miao went to pick up the equipment and wait for the interview.

But on the road, Qin Miao was suddenly stopped by Leclerc.

Leclerc came over with a smile and gave Qin Miao a hug: "Nice!"

A line of half-baked Chinese taught by Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu was used by Leclerc at this time. Qin Miao couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it, but Qin Miao and Leclerc didn't have so many polite words: "That's not true, you don't. See who I am?"

Seeing Qin Miao's arrogant appearance in front of him, Leclerc could only smile helplessly and shook his head. There is no way that Qin Miao's performance in today's game is really good, there is no doubt about it.

Since he wants to pretend to be aggressive, he can only let him pretend.

After some more banter between the two friends, they parted ways.

After the race, as drivers, they still have a lot of work to do. At this time, a few words of congratulations are enough, and it would be inappropriate to talk more.

Qin Miao turned around and came to her preparation area, took off her helmet, took a drink of water to rehydrate, and wiped off her sweat with a new towel.

After getting ready, Qin Miao put on a red hat with the Mercedes logo on it.

Then go to the interview seat for an interview.

"Qin Miao, your defense against Verstappen today is really eye-catching. It's incredible to have such a performance for the first time on the field. We noticed that you not only help your teammates defend Verstappen ran a full 38 laps on the hard tyres, which is an unbelievable number, and we are all curious how you did it?"

Qin Miao put her hands on her hips, and after thinking for a while, she replied: "This is mainly due to the hard work of the team's technicians. During the practice session, they found the most suitable tuning for me. The car is very comfortable to drive and can be more efficient. It is beneficial for me to play to my strengths, that is, the management of tires, and finally I can have such a good result."

"Okay, Qin, he also said in the interview with Verstappen just now, your defense is amazing, your suppression is strong, and you can always block the most critical positions, which makes him very uncomfortable. He treats you very well. Is it difficult for you to defend Verstappen?"

Qin Miao replied without hesitation: "Of course, Verstappen is a very strong opponent. Every time I defend him, I feel a lot of pressure in my heart. His offense is very sharp, and he is always hard to guard against. His line is precise. And fierce, I have to pay more energy to defend his attack, and even failed to block the opponent a few times.

But fortunately, I finally completed the task assigned to me by the team. This result is satisfactory for the team and me. "

"Okay, thank you for coming to accept the interview, and finally congratulations on winning the third place in today's game, enjoy it."

Qin Miao smiled, "Thank you."

After the interview, Qin Miao turned around and went to the preparation room behind the podium. Qin Miao will go up from here to receive the award later.

After arriving in the preparation room, Qin Miao had already seen Hamilton sitting there.

After seeing Qin Miao approaching, Hamilton asked curiously, "Qin Miao, what happened next?"

Qin Miao didn't wonder why Hamilton didn't know the order given to him by the team. Since Hamilton asked, Qin Miao said: "About 17 laps, Verstappen pitted, and when he came out, he fell on me. After I received the order from the team, I defended him for 5 laps, and then he fell behind me again when he came out of the second stop. This time, I only defended him for [-] laps considering that the tires had deteriorated a bit.”

Hamilton looked at Qin Miao in surprise after hearing what he said. He really didn't expect Qin Miao to be so strong in defense.

Sakhir was able to defend Verstappen for so many laps on a track where overtaking is easy.

You must know that Verstappen is not easy to guard against.

Thinking of this, Hamilton couldn't help giving Qin Miao a high look. Why didn't he discover that Qin Miao had this talent before?

And while the two were chatting and waiting for the awards ceremony to start, the director gave the final ranking of today's game and the points obtained.

P1: Hamilton +25
P2: Verstappen +19
P3: Qin Miao +15
P4: Norris +12
P5: Perez +10
P6: Leclerc +8
P7: Ricardo +6
P8: Sainz +4
P9: Kakuda +2
P10: Stroll +1
It is a pity for Mercedes that the fastest lap of the race was taken away by Red Bull.

After resting in the preparation room for a while, Qin Miao walked out of the lounge under the introduction of the live host and walked onto the first podium of his career.

After Qin Miao stood up, Verstappen was the second to come on stage, followed by Hamilton.

Then came the engineers from Hamilton. After everyone came up, Qin Miao took off his hat and listened to the two British national anthems, and then began to receive awards and celebrate.

A Middle Eastern man wearing a white turban, a large gold chain around his neck, and a black robe handed out trophies to Qin Miao and the others.

The appearance of the top three trophies in the Bahrain Grand Prix is ​​exactly the same, the only difference is that Qin Miao's trophy is smaller, 2 sizes smaller than Hamilton's and 1 size smaller than Verstappen's.

After winning the trophy, he remembered the song commonly used for award presentations. Qin Miao poured half of his own champagne on Hamilton's head, and also poured a lot of wine on Verstappen.

And Hamilton was not polite to Qin Miao. Half of the large bottle of champagne was used on Qin Miao, and the other half was sprinkled on his track engineer.

After a brief celebration, Hamilton took Qin Miao, Verstappen and his track engineer to stand on the stage for a final celebration, and posed for the reporters in the audience to take a few pictures. This is the end of the podium stage.

After Qin Miao returned to the backstage, she took her own things and went back to the P room of the team.

When he returned to room P, Toto wanted to hug Qin Miao with a smile all over his face, to celebrate Qin Miao's excellent performance in today's game.

But Qin Miao shot a cold arrow suddenly, shaking the champagne in his hand suddenly, and then a stream of white water flew out of the wine bottle in Qin Miao's hand and shot at Toto's body.

And Toto had no choice but to raise his hand to block the jet of champagne from Qin Miao's hand.

After playing around for a while, Qin Miao handed the little champagne left in his hands to his team members. This victory was not only for Qin Miao himself, but also for his team members to help him. earned, so the joy of victory should be shared with them.

"Good job kid." Toto, wearing wet clothes, patted Qin Miao's shoulder very hard.

Qin Miao smiled and said, "It's just a trivial matter, but then again, Toto, what about my prize money for this competition?"

"Of course, the $16 bonus will not lose you a single point, and your performance on the field today has also been recognized by the board of directors."

Qin Miao was puzzled, talking about the bonus, why did it get involved in the board of directors?
Seeing Qin Miao's doubts, Toto explained: "It means that your position is basically stable. As long as you don't make any big mistakes in the subsequent races, you will be able to secure the position of Mercedes No. 2 driver this season. "

(End of this chapter)