How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 318 321: “Comparatively” wealthy fans

, But this game still needs to be celebrated.

Because this is not only a victory for Qin Miao, but also the fruit of the hard work of everyone else in the team.

Even if Qin Miao is under great pressure at the moment and is not in the mood to celebrate, he still has to think about the rest of the team.

At least this victory will be a motivation for next week's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. At least this week, everyone at the Mercedes team will be relaxed.

After the game, Qin Miao got out of the car happily.

Qin Miao, who usually doesn't celebrate much after getting off the car, stood on his car and cheered to the audience who came to support him and other team members.

Although the audience could not see Qin Miao's expression at this time due to the helmet, they could tell from Qin Miao's raised hands and slightly trembling body that Qin Miao was still very excited at this moment.

After getting out of the car, Qin Miao naturally smiled and rushed towards Franky and the others. This game was completely Qin Miao's personal heroic victory. He held back in the early stage and waited for the opportunity.

Then when that critical opportunity appears, seize it firmly, and then turn this opportunity into the fruit of your victory.

Although there was also help from the team, most of the credit should really go to Qin Miao's shoulders.

"Let us congratulate Qin Miao! In such a chaotic and somewhat broken game, he used his wisdom and calm mind to seize a fleeting opportunity, and finally took advantage of this opportunity to gain victory. The final victory!" When Qin Miao celebrated, Brother Bing and the others were also sincerely happy for Qin Miao's victory in this game.

"Qin Miao's game vividly explains what it means to compete with the snipe and the clam for the fisherman to gain."

"Actually, I think what is truly commendable about Qin Miao in this game is his ability to seize the opportunity.

At that time, the opportunity really passed by in a flash. If the reaction was slower, it would not be possible to achieve such a good result now. "

The three commentators also expressed their opinions on Qin Miao's performance in this game after the game.

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After celebrating with Franky and the others for a while, Qin Miao saw Toto and Elliott Allison, the senior leaders of the Mercedes team, also coming over.

Qin Miao was already ready to leave, but when he saw them, he stopped and said hello with a smile.

"Well done Qin Miao!" Although he knew that Qin Miao must have heard countless people say this to him during this period, Toto still praised Qin Miao in person.

"Thank you, boss." Qin Miao was not modest in any way. Strictly speaking, this game was Qin Miao's one-man show.

The last overtaking was completely a reflection of Qin Miao's personal ability.

You may not be able to react as fast as Qin Miao if you were another driver, let alone seize such an opportunity.

After saying hello to several other big guys in the team, Qin Miao was ready to be interviewed.

On the way to the weigh-in, Hamilton also came back.

At this time, Hamilton's expression was a bit complicated after seeing Qin Miao on the field.

However, because Hamilton was wearing a helmet at this time, Qin Miao was not able to see Hamilton's expression at this time from the helmet's goggles.

Before the start of this season, Hamilton took it for granted that Qin Miao was likely to be his future successor, but while he was still running Mercedes, Qin Miao could not make any mistakes whatsoever.

At that time, Hamilton had such confidence and the strength to say these words.

But now standing in front of Qin Miao and recalling what he had said, Hamilton felt a sense of absurdity.

The fledgling Chinese driver now has one foot on the finish line of the 2021 Drivers' Championship. With just one step forward, Qin Miao can win the driver's championship that all drivers dream of.

How can this person be so strong?

However, when Qin Miao walked up to him and took the initiative to greet him, Hamilton still forced a smile.

After the two fist bumped each other, Hamilton said: "A good game."

"Haha, thank you Lewis, your performance in today's game was also very impressive."

Facing Qin Miao's compliment, Hamilton didn't say anything.

The harmony between the two is actually limited to being on camera now, and now they basically have no communication in private.

After a brief chat, Hamilton turned to Angela and other Mercedes team staff to celebrate.

Although this result in this game is very dissatisfying to Hamilton.

But after winning, you have to celebrate, even if it's not for yourself, it's for other team members who have worked hard for you.

Soon, the post-game interview session came.

Because Qin Miao completed the weighing first, Qin Miao was the first person to be interviewed.

"It was an eye-catching race, and the last overtaking was a stroke of genius. Qin Miao, you must have been waiting for that opportunity for a long time, right?"

Qin Miao adjusted his hat, and used this action to digest the host's question before replying: "Yes, this process is not easy, and it is even a bit torturous for me, but fortunately I can endure it." After all the suffering during the waiting period, I am satisfied with the final result.”

"Okay, after this race is over, you have once again opened up the time gap between Hamilton and Verstappen. Do you think the end of this race will make your next race easier?"

Qin Miao shook his head and replied: "It's impossible. Every F1 Grand Prix is ​​a challenge. No one can predict what will happen on the field until the real result is determined."

"Okay, last question. We noticed that your speed dropped significantly in the latter part of the race. Can you tell us what happened at that time? Did the car encounter any trouble?"

After talking about this, Qin Miao thought about the scene just now, and she was actually sweating a little behind her back. After all, if her battery had failed half a circle earlier, the championship would not have been in her hands.

"Yes, there must be some problems with the battery of the car. I was running the race entirely on the power of the internal combustion engine, so you can obviously see that my speed dropped seriously in the later stages of the race, but this is a big problem for me. The good news is that at least I have eliminated an issue in advance that could have a critical impact on my results at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix."

"Okay, thank you very much. This is the end of our interview. Finally, congratulations on winning this race. I sincerely hope you can defend your first career driver championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. "

Qin Miao smiled and nodded and said to the host: "Thank you very much."

After finishing speaking, Qin Miao waved to the audience who came to support him, and then walked into the preparation room of the podium stage amidst cheers.

The next people to be interviewed were Hamilton and Verstappen. It can be seen that the two drivers were not very interested in the interview and were angry inside.

At least in Verstappen's view, Qin Miao stole this championship from him.

Therefore, when being interviewed, Verstappen's words also contained some resentment towards Qin Miao. It's just that Qin Miao can no longer hear what Verstappen said in the interview, and even if Qin Miao hears it, he won't have much emotional fluctuations. After all, it's like what Verstappen was thinking on the field. That way.

F1 only looks at the final result, not the process.

Soon, the post-race interview session between the two drivers ended, and everyone on the Mercedes team gathered under the podium.

This game may be a little uncomfortable for Hamilton. After all, he lost the race championship that he had easily won due to an oversight in this game, and even directly affected the direction of the driver's championship this season, but this game is for Mercedes-Benz. It is indeed a hearty victory.

The two drivers took it back one by one. No matter who it was, they all had happy smiles on their faces at this time, at least on the surface.

Soon, Verstappen appeared on the stage under the introduction of the host, followed by Hamilton, and finally Qin Miao, who put on the Pirelli championship hat.

At the same time, Frankie, who was already much thinner than when he first came to Mercedes-Benz, also made it to the podium.

In fact, Franky has not actively lost weight, and he is naturally prone to obesity. In Europe, he basically eats high-calorie foods, so gaining weight is natural for him.

He lost weight purely because after joining the F1 team, his workload increased sharply and the pressure was huge.

Although the team has a nutritionist who helps team members regulate their diet, Franky still lost weight under the tremendous work pressure.

Although he is a little tired, Frankie is quite satisfied with his current body and shape.

After all four people stood on the podium, the next step was to play the national anthem.

Qin Miao took off his hat as usual and sang the national song together with the melody he had heard since childhood.

Soon, the national anthem ended and it was time for the awards ceremony.

It seems that the person in charge of awarding awards is not handed out by local celebrities or government officials like those previous grand prix competitions. It seems that the people in charge of awarding awards are several princes of the Saudi royal family.

I heard that they came to attend the award ceremony simply because they are fans of Qin Miao.

As for whether it is true, Qin Miao doesn't know.

It was normal for the two drivers, Verstappen and Hamilton, to receive the awards, but when Qin Miao arrived, three white turbans were responsible for awarding awards. One handed Qin Miao the trophy, and the other handed Qin Miao a woven olive branch. The garlands were made, and one even handed the champagne directly to Qin Miao.

When these three people handed Qin Miao something or gave Qin Miao an award, they shook hands with Qin Miao for more than 5 seconds.

Qin Miao had a strong feeling that these three people might have rushed up to present the award just to shake hands with him.

Of course, Qin Miao was not sure about the authenticity of his guess.

But no matter what, Qin Miao got the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix championship trophy.

After the awards are over, it is reasonable to say that the drivers spray champagne to celebrate.

But Verstappen did not participate in this session, and went down with the unopened champagne and the third-place trophy.

However, Qin Miao and Hamilton French, the three Mercedes-Benz runners, celebrated a little on the stage.

Then Qin Miao and the others left the podium with their belongings.

After Qin Miao and the others went down, the director gave the rankings and scores of the drivers in this race as usual.

1: Qin Miao +25

2: Hamilton +18

3: Verstappen +16 (fastest lap)

4: O'Connell +12

5: Ricardo +10

6: Gasly +8

7: Leclerc +6

8: Sainz +4

9: Giovinus +2

10: Norris +1

11: Stroll

12: Latifi

13: Alonso

14: Yuki Tsunoda

15: Kimi

16: Vettel (retired)

17: Perez (retired)

18: Ma Zeping (retired)

19: Russell (retired)

20: Mick Schumacher (retired)

The fastest lap of this race was still won by Verstappen.

It's just that this season has reached this point, and this one point for the fastest lap seems to be a drop in the bucket at this time, and it is difficult to play a decisive role anymore.

At the same time, after the drivers' points and scores were given, the director also took the opportunity to give the drivers' total points in the standings after the game.

1: Qin Miao 376

2: Hamilton 363 (+6→+13)

3: Verstappen 354 (+13→+22)

4: Perez 174

5: Leclerc 161

6: Norris 131

7: Sainz 123

8: Ricardo 101

9: Gasly 78

10: Alonso 65

11: O'Connell 60

12: Vettel 49

13: Stroll 26

14: Tsunoda 14

15: Russell 10

16: Kimi7

17: Latifi 3

18: Gio Venus 2

After the game ended, the points gap between Qin Miao and Hamilton behind him increased from 6 points to 13 points.

In other words, if Hamilton still has expectations for this year's driver's championship, he must win the race in the next Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

And while winning the championship, Qin Miao also had to finish outside the top three.

Are the conditions for winning the championship harsh enough?

Then look at Verstappen.

If Verstappen wants to reverse the two Mercedes drivers in the next race and win the championship in one fell swoop.

Then in addition to winning the championship in the last race, he also had to let Qin Miao finish the race outside of eighth place, or retire directly.

In short, you can't score more than 3 points.

Verstappen's winning conditions are much more demanding than Hamilton's.

In addition to the competition between these three drivers for the championship.

There is a new face in the overall driver standings.

Giovinazzi finished the race in eighth place, so he gained two valuable points for the Alfa Romeo Racing Team.

Although there is no way for Arrow Racing to surpass Williams Racing in the standings, it is always good to gain points.

Since then, apart from the two Haas drivers, 18 drivers in the paddock have scored points.

In other words, unless there is a breakthrough in the last Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Haas will really have nothing to gain this season. The two drivers ran the entire season without getting a single point. Now it looks like It still sounds a bit desolate.

PS. Sorry, there are only four thousand today...

(End of this chapter)