How did I become an F1 driver?

There is nothing to say about Hamilton on the other side.

The seven-time champion has unleashed all the performance of the current W13 without reservation.

Facts have proved that although the current W13 has been upgraded, and the upgrade effect is also very good, the overall speed of the car is still not as good as the Red Bull car driven by Verstappen.

Qin Miao also relied on his iconic long stinger and luck to win this game at Verstappen's home court.

Leclerc's run in this race was somewhat unremarkable. The only thing worth mentioning is that Leclerc returned to his most familiar and comfortable finishing position, fourth.

Sainz's run in this race was a bit ugly.

During the safety car period triggered by Bottas, Sainz strongly demanded that the team put him on soft tires.

It's obvious that Sainz is not satisfied with the team's current gap on the track. After all, Ferrari was still competing for the driver and team championship last season. Once the TD039 technical instructions were issued, Ferrari became the third fastest in the paddock. It's a team, and anyone who changes it will be a little bit intolerable.

At the beginning, Sainz's set of soft tires did have a certain effect on the track. He directly surpassed his teammate Leclerc and pursued Hamilton in front.

But later in the race, as Sainz's soft tires continued to wear out, Leclerc regained his position from his teammate.

At the same time, the team standings are as follows:
1: Red Bull: 449
2: Mercedes: 431
3: Ferrari: 346
4: Alpine: 119
5: McLaren: 82
6: Alfa Romeo: 64
7: Little Red Bull: 26
8: Haas: 25
9: Aston Martin: 23
10: Williams: 2
After today's game, the total number of points scored by Mercedes-Benz Racing Team is higher than that of Red Bull Racing Team.

At this point in the game, the direction and highlights of the later stages of the season have become obvious.

After the race, Qin Miao did a cooling lap and drove the car back to the pit area.

The highlights are all here.

Perez seemed to be hiding from his teammates in this game. His performance in the entire game was not very good, whether it was qualifying or the race.

After this race, the overall driver standings are as follows:

Of course, due to the weakness of the Mercedes team at the beginning of this season, although the overall performance of the two Mercedes drivers in this game was very good, there is still a certain gap between Mercedes and Red Bull in the team standings.

This season will definitely end with Mercedes and Red Bull competing for the constructors' championship.

In this game, Zhou Guanyu, as mentioned above, finished in 11th place.

Otherwise, he might still score points in today's game.

Verstappen, who plays at home, can sit on the track and run two laps after the game to say hello to the Dutch audience.

What is rare is that Stroll actually got points in this game, and he got the points by stepping on the head of goalkeeper Zhou Guanyu in the points area.

Qin Miao competes with Verstappen for the driver's championship.

To be honest, if Arrow falls from sixth to seventh this season and is overtaken by Toro Rosso, then 90% of the blame will fall on Arrow's broken gearbox.

And when Qin Miao chatted with Zhou Guanyu after the game, he also learned from Zhou Guanyu that his car had encountered gearbox problems again.

Park the car below the podium, in the No. 1 position belonging to the champion.

The pit area after the race.

1: Qin Miao.264
2: Verstappen.243
3: Perez.186
4: Leclerc.184
5: Sainz.139
6: Hamilton.124
7: Norris.68
8: O'Connell.64 2
9: Bottas.38
10: Alonso.37
11: Magnussen.19
12: Zhou Guanyu.19
13: Vettel.19
14: Gasly.17
15: Ricardo.14
16: Tsunoda.9
17: Mick.6
18: Stroll.3
19: Albon.1
20: Russell.1
As the F1 season enters the middle and late stages, the points gap between drivers on the field is also getting wider and wider.

There is no more frequent alternation of rankings between drivers on the field after a grand prix.

But obviously the second place in today's game was not enough to satisfy Verstappen. After the game, he returned directly to the pit area like Qin Miao.

It is only one step away from the points area, but compared to the retirement of his teammate Bottas, finishing one step away from the points area is not unacceptable.

Qin Miao began to disassemble the steering wheel of his racing car, unfastened his seat belt, and prepared to get out of the car.

At this time, the area around the podium seemed a little quiet. The Dutch spectators who were still making noise at the scene did not know why they did not continue to set off their iconic orange smoke bombs after the game.

Qin Miao parked his car and climbed out of the car. No audience applauded or cheered for Qin Miao, the winner of the race.

However, Qin Miao feels that the current atmosphere is quite good. After a Grand Prix, the Dutch Grand Prix was turned into a Dutch library. It is quite honorable to speak out.

Of course, the quietness of the scene is only relative.

The Chinese are famous for their love of traveling around the world.

So there was still a section where all the stands were filled with international students watching Qin Miao's game.

Now that Qin Miao stood up from the car, the grandstand area dominated by Dutch spectators was relatively quiet, but the cheers of the group were loud, and they were waving national flags and Mercedes Benz cars desperately. black flag.

Qin Miao stood in the car and celebrated fiercely. Qin Miao ran really comfortably in this race, and she was very proud.

Then Qin Miao bowed his hands in an arrogant manner towards the stands where the group of international students who came to see him were standing.

Then he jumped off the car and rushed into the crowd of Mercedes team staff.

He jumped directly into the crowd.

For a moment, even though Qin Miao was still wearing a helmet, he heard cheers and laughter around him.

I felt that many people were slapping their bodies vigorously to express their excitement at this time.

They celebrated with Toto, Elliott and French, and at this time Hamilton also ended his celebration.

The two Mercedes drivers looked at each other, smiled, and then hugged.

"Good run!" After the hug, Hamilton praised Qin Miao and patted Qin Miao's shoulder hard. Qin Miao shook his head in embarrassment and said: "There are still flaws. I should have slowed down more aggressively, otherwise it would have been you, not Verstappen, who finished second in today's race."

Hamilton didn't care, waved his hand and said: "This matter has nothing to do with you. You have done all the operations allowed within the rules. I did not close the door properly."

Hamilton remembers the process of defending Verstappen very clearly, and he also knows that the main fault for Verstappen surpassing him is actually himself.

After briefly chatting with Hamilton, Qin Miao turned his attention to what happened after the game.

Smiling and shaking hands with Verstappen.

For Qin Miao, who had made him very uncomfortable throughout today's game, Verstappen didn't have a good look towards Qin Miao at this time.

But Verstappen will not look at Qin Miao like an enemy.

Verstappen shook hands with Qin Miao calmly.

When on the track, Verstappen might have been so angry that he started cursing at Qin Miao, whom he could not surpass, because of the effect of adrenaline.

But after getting out of the car and calming down a little, he was able to maintain his basic composure when facing Qin Miao and Verstappen.

Qin Miao didn't care about Verstappen's expression. After all, if he was guarded by Verstappen for a whole game at home and lost the championship in the end, his performance might not be as good as Verstappen's.

After a brief celebration, Qin Miao packed up his things, put away his helmet and gloves, and came to the post-game interview area.

The Dutch audience at the scene still didn't have much good feelings towards Qin Miao, but at least they didn't boo Qin Miao any more.

After Qin Miao appeared in the camera, they were all quiet. Only the domestic fans and neutral fans who came from afar applauded and cheered for Qin Miao, the champion of the race.

We are all adults. Talk and curse before the game. At least until the result comes out, your reasons will still be tenable.

But now Qin Miao has won the championship. If you continue to use one reason or another to force Lai Lai in front of Qin Miao, it will appear that the brain is not fully developed and the cerebellum is not developed at all.

Because all the drivers weighed in the same area after the race at Zandvoort, Qin Miao had just finished packing up and was going to accept the post-race interview when Zhou Guanyu and Leclerc came over.

Then naturally there was a burst of congratulations and praise for Qin Miao.

After chatting with them for a while, Qin Miao went to accept the post-match interview.

"Congratulations to you, Qin Miao, for a hearty victory. You started in P5 and came back in P1. How do you feel now?"

"I am very happy. This is an impressive race. I am also very grateful to the audience for their support and encouragement. I have benefited a lot from this Grand Prix at Zandvoort." Qin Miao picked up the microphone. The Dutch audience at the scene was very angry at the first moment.

After hearing Qin Miao's words, many Dutch viewers had disgusting expressions on their faces.

Okay, okay, diss directly after the game, right?

But the Dutch audience at the scene really had nothing to refute. After all, Qin Miao was the champion of the race.

However, after having fun and having fun, Qin Miao did not forget his own business: "Of course, I know that the team and the staff in the team's R&D department are the ones I should be most grateful to. The upgrades brought by the team this week have an immediate impact. The mid- to high-speed cornering performance has been greatly improved.

Hamilton also helped me a lot on the field. Although it was a pity that he failed to hold on to the second position in the end, I think our results in this game should be enough to satisfy the team. "

"We noticed that when the virtual safety car appeared on the track, a large number of F1 drivers, including your teammate Hamilton, chose to pit for tire changes, but you still stayed on the track. Many people thought this at the time It was a wrong decision, but your choice ended up waiting for Bottas to trigger the safety car. Was this a deliberate arrangement by the Mercedes team, or was it just a coincidence?”

Qin Miao shrugged: "There is no doubt that this is a coincidence. After all, no one expected that the physical safety car would appear only 10 laps after the virtual safety car.

As for why I didn’t pit at that time, the main reason was that both the team and I wanted to run a long stop on the medium tires. We thought that the advantage brought by our opponent’s pit stop during the virtual safety car period was enough for me to persist until the end of the race. Being caught up by an opponent. "

"Okay, one last question. According to Pirelli's statistics, in today's Grand Prix, the fastest overall car is still the Red Bull Racing car. But despite this, you still won the championship of this race and ranked first in the total driver points. Diaoyutai is firmly on the list.

Do you think you can successfully defend the Drivers' Championship this late in the season with seven races left?

"Seriously, you are not the first host to ask me this question.

But my answer remains the same. It is too early to talk about this topic now. After all, this season is still very long and everything is possible. No one knows whether a team will suddenly find the key to adapt to the ground effect era in the second half of the season. Key, all we can do is strive to bring back as many points as possible for the team in every remaining grand prix this season. "

The interview was almost over here. The host smiled at Qin Miao and nodded and said, "Okay, congratulations again for winning the Dutch Grand Prix!"

Qin Miao smiled and nodded his thanks, then handed the microphone back to the assistant next to the host. After waving to the fans at the scene, he went to the podium preparation area upstairs to wait for the final stage to receive the award.

Before the start of today's game, Qin Miao felt a little prickly when listening to the Dutch national anthem at the scene, but Qin Miao never tired of listening to that song that was engraved in Qin Miao's bones, especially in foreign competitions.

The local temperature in the Netherlands was quite comfortable today, so Qin Miao didn't sweat much after the race. He casually wiped his face with a towel, then unscrewed the pure water prepared by the FIA ​​for the drivers in the lounge and drank a bottle of it.

Afterwards, Qin Miao watched the video replay of the game.

Hamilton came over after a while.

The old man has always been very strict about his own image management. He will clean up his external image before the post-game interview, so the old man does not look embarrassed at this time.

After saying hello to Hamilton, the director also happened to show the scene of Verstappen overtaking Hamilton.

Hamilton watched this scene while drinking water.

"I wasn't firm enough to close the door at that time, otherwise Max wouldn't be able to get through." After the video was played, Hamilton said with some pity.

However, Qin Miao had a different opinion after seeing this: "Not necessarily. At that time, I was not very clear about what happened behind because of my limited vision. Now I think if it was Max, he might try to push you gently to see if he can push you away."

Hamilton was stunned for a moment, and then carefully thought about what he had just seen on the screen. He also thought about Verstappen's consistent character, and then shook his head with fear and said: "I'm afraid it will be like what you said." (End of chapter)