How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 219 Chapter 217: Flowers and Applause (6K, plus update 619)

After Hamilton's mistake, the situation on the field gradually became clear.

In the end, Qin Miao stabilized his position and was the first to cross the line amidst the cheers of countless people.

Followed closely by Red Bull driver Perez, followed by Vettel, Gasly, Leclerc and Norris who performed absolutely perfectly in today's game.

Although Hamilton shivered at the end of the game and pulled his crotch, fortunately Mercedes still had Qin Miao as a guarantee.

So when Qin Miao finally crossed the line, you could still see the Mercedes team staff cheering Qin Miao on the wall on the side of the P room in the pit area.

Crossing the line this time is Qin Miao's second F2 race championship this season, and also his second career race championship.

Naturally, Qin Miao had no reason not to celebrate with his colleagues, so when driving through the main straight, Qin Miao smiled and slowed down and approached the pit area on the left side of the car.

During this period, Qin Miao did not forget to extend his hand to greet them.

Qin Miao even saw Toto hanging on the guardrail in the crowd.

After driving by, Qin Miao immediately heard his system prompt.

[Mission: Touch the Peak (Completed)]

[Task requirement: Win the championship at the Baku circuit]

[Reward: free attribute point*1, team free attribute point*1, golden lottery*1, lottery points equal to the points obtained (+25)]

[Quest: King of Baku (Failed)]

[Task Requirement: Become the best driver voted by the audience in this game]

[Reward: Rain Fighting Ability +1]

[Mission: The Temptation of Tires (Failed)]

[Task requirement: Obtain pole position in qualifying]

[Reward: Random attribute points +2]
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Although it was a pity that the last two tasks were not completed. Among them, the task of King of Baku, Qin Miao, had enough possibility to complete it, but in the end, Hamilton's mistake made Vettel finally get on the podium. .

A weak person completing a very difficult thing will always attract the attention and interest of the general public more than a strong person completing a very difficult thing.

For a weakling to accomplish this is a weakling, unbelievable, unbelievable thing.

It is only natural that the strong man has accomplished this, and it should be so.

Seeing Vettel finally stand on the podium under the blockage of the two major teams, it felt a bit like reading those cool novels, so the audience voted for Vettel. It’s not that it’s incomprehensible. Qin Miao’s loss to Vettel in this aspect can be regarded as a fair loss.

But Qin Miao didn't care too much about it, as long as the main task was completed.

The reward will be sent as soon as the system task is completed.

However, after Qin Miao used all the lottery points and obtained many small gifts, he put away everything else and waited for the arrival of the big wave.

Now Qin Miao's allocable free attribute points have reached 5 points, and the team's free attribute points have reached 2 points. There are 6 golden draws and 6 purple draws. The goal of the golden tenth company is getting closer and closer.

After Qin Miao crossed the line, there was naturally another wave of congratulations and congratulations among TR.

However, the director was not in a hurry to play out these voices, but showed the camera to Mercedes' team P room.

I saw that the atmosphere in Mercedes' P room was a little strange at this time.

Some engineers smiled very happily and hugged each other happily and excitedly, while the engineers on the other side were silent.

The camera soon switched to Toto's face, who had returned to the team's P room.

At this time, Toto was still wearing a mask, and no one could see the expression on his face clearly, but at this time, Toto had his hands folded on his chest, leaning on his position so leisurely, looking inscrutable.

"Toto Wolff." After seeing Toto appearing in the camera, Feige explained to some new viewers who didn't know much about F1 but had just gotten into F1 because of Qin Miao's amazing performance on the field. : "This is the main decision-maker who pulled Qin Miao from Ferrari to the Mercedes team, and he is also the team leader of the Mercedes team."

"Yes, even though Hamilton has retired, there is still Qin Miao who can guarantee the bottom line. Looking at the way Toto is sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, you can tell that he is still very comfortable at the moment." Brother Bing also said with a smile.

"Of course, Qin Miao is holding down the team points, and Red Bull's points cannot catch up. On the driver's side, both Hamilton and Verstappen have no points, so their rankings will not change." Fei Ge Said: "I would be happy if it were me."

"I really didn't see that Qin Miao performed so well in street races before." At this time, Zhou Haoran looked at the data of the recent games and suddenly looked up and said: "The two street races that Qin Miao participated in, After the game, without exception, all of them ranked more than five places.

Qin Miao's performance on those normal tracks can only be said to be good, and it is definitely not as amazing as his performance on the streets. "

Zhou Haoran's words instantly awakened the other two commentators, and the three of them began to chat in depth on this issue.

The words were divided. Qin Miao had already brought his car back to the maintenance area during this time.

In the process of returning, the tournament also gave out some information related to the competition.

First of all, the driver who got the fastest lap in this game was Verstappen, but since he did not finish in the top 10, the points for his fastest lap will not fall into his hands, but it will not If it falls into the hands of others, this point will be eliminated.

FIA burst into tears.

Because if you get points, at the end of the season, drivers will have to pay the FIA ​​according to the points they got this year.

Qin Miao didn't have any worries in this regard, because Meiben said in the contract that Meiben would pay Qin Miao the money.

In addition, Vettel was elected the best driver of the game with one percent more votes than Qin Miao.

No one has any objection to this result. After everyone knows it, they can only sincerely wish and congratulate Vettel, and feel that this award is well deserved on his head.

But when Qin Miao drove his car back to the podium, there were only two cars here.

A Mercedes and a Martin.

Perez's Red Bull did not show up at this time mainly because his car was almost out of gas. In order to pass the car inspection, the team directly pressed him at the exit of the pit area after crossing the line. He was currently sitting in the medical vehicle. Rushing towards the entrance to the maintenance area.

After Qin Miao parked the car behind the sign representing the championship, he felt a little complicated and agitated in his heart while sitting in the car.

Now Qin Miao is very excited, happy and happy.

Even happier than when he won his first career title at Imola.

After all, Qin Miao's first career championship was suspected of being deliberately leaked by Hamilton. Discussions about Qin Miao's championship on the Internet have always been raging, and it has only recently subsided a little.

But this time it was different. Although Qin Miao always had Hamilton behind him, helping him put pressure on Perez so that he could not attack him with Verstappen.

But Qin Miao's ability to come to this position and stay in this position for so long proves Qin Miao's own strength.

Although the final winner retired because of Verstappen's crash, as mentioned before, why was it that out of the [-] drivers on the field, only Qin Miao could pick up the champion's wallet after Verstappen crashed?
That's not because Qin Miao's own strength is enough.

So in this game, not only Qin Miao, but everyone knows that this game is a game for Qin Miao to prove his strength. Qin Miao used his hard power to win this championship from other drivers.

Soon Qin Miao got out of his racing car.

After pressing the steering wheel of the car back, Qin Miao rushed directly towards Reyes and the others.

This time Qin Miao didn't lose himself. Qin Miao forgot which race it was. Anyway, Reyes mentioned that Qin Miao kicked someone more than once when he lost himself. So this time Qin Miao opened his arms like other drivers. Arm rushed towards Reyes and the others, and then immersed himself in the crowd.

Reyes and the others were also smiling. After Qin Miao came over, Reyes hugged Qin Miao tightly. The other technicians were unable to hug Qin Miao like Reyes because of limited angles and positions, so, More often than not, he continued to slap Qin Miao on the back to vent his inner emotions.

After a good celebration, Qin Miao was let go by them.

At this time, Qin Miao still had a smile on his face: "I said, I will not let you down."

Reyes, including the rest of Qin Miao's crew, immediately felt that the fatigue on his body had been wiped away after hearing Qin Miao's words. All the overtime work and hard work were worth it at this time.

Patting Qin Miao's shoulder, Reyes said nothing, but everything was unspoken.

After celebrating with other colleagues who came to the paddock, Qin Miao walked out of the crowd of the team.

And if Mercedes is happy here, then Red Bull on the other side is happy while everyone's hearts are cast a shadow.

Not only because Red Bull's number one driver Verstappen retired from the race in this game, they only got a second place in the end, but also because Qin Miao showed everyone in this game that he has terrifying talent. , and the combat power is also extremely terrifying.

The most important thing is that from observations during this period, although the two drivers of Mercedes-Benz have a large age gap, they have a good relationship, and it is unlikely that the two drivers in the team will fight within the team.

I believe that in the near future, Qin Miao will become one of the biggest stumbling blocks for Verstappen and Red Bull to win the championship.

But Aston Martin, which ranks third, doesn't have so many worries.

This is their first podium since entering F1 as a manufacturer team, and now everyone in the team is in a state of carnival.

I believe that the Martin Racing Team will have a warm and grand celebration after receiving the award.

Everyone happily hugged Vettel and cheered. For a while, the momentum was even louder than Red Bull and Mercedes. Those who didn't know thought they were the champions.

However, it is never easy to break through from 0 to 1, and others have no intention of blaming them.

Many people are even genuinely happy for them.

After the celebration, Qin Miao walked to Perez, shook hands with the Mexican, and then gave him a hug. "Congratulations to Qin Miao. You were so fast today. It was very difficult for me to follow you." Perez congratulated Qin Miao after they separated.

In today's game, as Perez said, Qin Miao's long-distance speed was extremely fast. Whether it was offense or defense, Qin Miao showed a very high level.

However, many problems were exposed in the Mercedes car during the competition, the most serious one of which was that the resistance of the Mercedes car was too great on the high-speed track.

As strong as Hamilton, it was difficult for him to cross the line when facing the Red Bull driver Perez in front of him.

After being cheated by the team, Hamilton fell into despair late in the race.

However, these issues need to be dealt with by the team after the game and are inconsistent with the current atmosphere.

"Your performance today was also great. No matter how fast I was, I never really got rid of you." Qin Miao responded to Perez's compliment.

Qin Miao exchanged a few words with Perez and then turned around to find Vettel.

But while walking on the road, Qin Miao was stopped by a red figure.

"Congratulations." Leclerc came to Qin Miao and gave him a hug.

"Hahaha, are you awesome?" Facing his friends, Qin Miao was not so reserved. The excitement and joy after winning the championship were all written on his face.

"Awesome." Leclerc also sincerely sent blessings to his friend.

Afterwards, Leclerc and Qin Miao went to Vettel's side together.

Qin Miao was out of normal co-worker etiquette and had to go over and say hello to Vettel after the race.

And Leclerc is because he is Vettel's former teammate, and he happened to come over now. His former teammate has achieved good results, so he naturally needs to congratulate him.

After a few people celebrated again, the first session ended.

At this time, the director accidentally showed the camera to Hamilton.

At this time, Hamilton was still sitting in his car and did not get out of the car for a long time.

At this time, Hamilton was extremely upset. He felt that all the cheers and noises from the outside world were far away from him, and he was the only one sitting alone in the cockpit of the racing car.

In fact, there was only one person in the paddock who could empathize with Hamilton at this time, and that was Verstappen, who crashed and retired from the race.

But if you have to compare Hamilton and Verstappen, the person who feels the most uncomfortable is actually Hamilton.

Both of them lost the possibility of winning the championship.

But Verstappen committed a non-combat crime. He burst a tire while running. This was not Verstappen's problem. He was able to vent all his inner dissatisfaction on Pirelli.

But Hamilton was different. He rushed off the track entirely because he accidentally touched the button and had problems with his operation. No matter how uncomfortable he was, the only person he could blame was himself.

The end of the game caused by these two states, the final results and feelings are also different.

So now Hamilton is in deep self-blame. If he hadn't been wearing a helmet now, Hamilton would have wanted to slap two big mouths on his face.

However, the FIA ​​had to conduct a car inspection after all, so Hamilton didn't stay in the car for too long. After calming down for a while, he got out of the car.

The three riders on the other side will also start to be interviewed at this time.

The first person to be interviewed was Vettel.

When Vettel was being interviewed, Qin Miao had already completed the weigh-in and was drinking water while waiting for Vettel's interview to end.

At this time, you can see from the background of Vettel that Hamilton arrived belatedly and passed by the billboard behind Vettel.

Qin Miao also knew what his teammates were going through on the field today, so he walked over after seeing his teammates looking a little lonely.

"Lewis."

When Hamilton saw Qin Miao coming over, his expression didn't change much, but he didn't take off the helmet on his head at this time, so he didn't need to make any expression.

"Qin Miao, you performed great today." Although the old man was really feeling uncomfortable, he still squeezed out a word of congratulations to his teammates.

However, Qin Miao didn't come to the old man to listen to his compliments, but Qin Miao didn't know how to persuade others, so he just said: "Look on the bright side, Verstappen didn't get any points like you."

Looking at Qin Miao's somewhat clumsy way of comforting him, Hamilton paused, then reached out and patted Qin Miao's shoulder and said: "I know, thank you Qin Miao, now you should enjoy your victory." ."

After saying that, the old man took his equipment to the FIA ​​officials to weigh it.

After Qin Miao finished chatting with Hamilton, it was Perez’s turn to interview.

In today's game, Perez has stabilized his position, and after 6 games, Perez is completely familiar with the Red Bull car, and is no longer unable to protect his teammates like he was in the previous games. Stappen supported it, leaving Verstappen alone to deal with the two Mercedes.

Mercedes also knows this. I believe it will be more difficult for the two Mercedes drivers to restrict Red Bull in the future.

However, whether it is the commentary of the game, the audience, or the FIA, they all like to see it, because only in this way can the game be more enjoyable.

After Perez's interview ended, it was Qin Miao's turn.

After all, he just met his teammates who didn't score a point due to low-level mistakes, so Qin Miao didn't look particularly happy at this time, just a faint smile.

There will definitely be carnivals after the game, but it is indeed inappropriate to have fun directly on this occasion.

"Qin Miao, congratulations on another championship. Isn't this competition difficult?"

If Qin Miao had encountered such a problem in the past, he would probably say that it was just like that, he just needed to run as hard as he could.

But after being scolded several times by press officer Alyssa, Qin Miao also learned to be honest.

“Yes, this race is very difficult, overtaking is difficult, braking is also difficult, especially in the last period, if you want to overtake Verstappen and keep up with him, you need to put in 100% effort to do this... "

In short, when facing reporters' questions, answer them as low-key as possible, and express how difficult it is to express yourself and how difficult it is to complete these operations.

The most obvious benefit of doing this is that if Qin Miao doesn't run well in the next race, no one will blame Qin Miao, and it can also accumulate popularity to a certain extent.

"You had a great fight with Verstappen today, but at the end we saw that you slowed down and let Verstappen pass. What happened at that time?"

Qin Miao thought for a while before replying: "I encountered a tire wear problem at the time. I came out with medium tires after the stop. At that time, the team told me that if I got into another fight with Verstappen, I might also It's going to blow out, so I just slow down and start protecting the tire."

"This is your second career championship. Do you think you will win another championship this season? How many times specifically?"

Qin Miao shook his head: "To be honest, I don't know.

But naturally the more times the better, and I will try my best to win the championship. "

After that, Qin Miao's interview ended.

When I turned around, I saw Chief Technology Officer James Allison wearing a white Mercedes shirt.

After seeing the other party coming, Qin Miao knew that he was the one going up with him to receive the award today.

After saying hello, Qin Miao took him upstairs to receive the award.

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On the podium, the first person to come out was Vettel, followed by Perez and James Allison. Finally, a huge animated photo of Qin Miao, along with his name and national flag, appeared on the screen behind the podium.

Amid the cheers of the audience below, Qin Miao walked out of the backstage with a smile wearing a Pirelli championship hat.

After seeing this scene, Brother Fei sighed with emotion: "Qin Miao, for a 19-year-old young man, it's hard to imagine that he has reached this position now."

Brother Bing couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "When I first learned that F2 had a domestic driver other than Zhou Guanyu, I thought that Qin Miao was young and talented anyway, so I would study with Zhou Guanyu in F2 for a few more years, practice his skills, and then return to F1. Impact F[-].

But I never expected that Qin Miao was not an ordinary driver at that time. He jumped from F2 to F1 in one year, and he did not have any acclimatization after coming to F1. He amazed everyone in the first game.

Are the golden scales just a thing in the pond? They transform into dragons when the storm strikes! "

While they were talking, Qin Miao also took his place amidst the host's introduction.

Then Qin Miao took off the hat on his head and stood quietly waiting for the familiar melody to sound.

Since coming to run a competition abroad, Qin Miao's favorite part is the playing of the national anthem.

Because in this session, no matter what your thoughts are or what your political stance is, as long as I, Qin Miao, win the championship, you have to stand in the audience, take off my hat, and listen to our country's national anthem honestly.

Soon the melody of the national anthem sounded, and Qin Miao sang as usual:
"Arise, you who will not be slaves..."

After the national anthem ended, local Azerbaijani officials came over to present the awards.

When the official handed the trophy to Qin Miao, all the Mercedes staff in the audience started to cheer "oh oh oh".

Qin Miao also understood what they meant. He held the cylindrical shape with both hands, a bit like lowering the trophy in the Canton Tower, and then suddenly raised the trophy high.

Reyes and the others in the audience also laughed and cheered.

(End of this chapter)