How did I become an F1 driver?

"This is Qin Miao's second year in the F1 paddock. In two years, he has won two world championships, and these results were achieved despite the team's poor start."

"He is only 21 years old. It is hard to imagine how much energy this young Chinese driver can unleash in the paddock in the future, and whether he can achieve the same achievements as legendary drivers like Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton. But what we can be sure of is that China has a driver who can truly dominate an era! And he still has a lot of room for growth."

"We still don't know why Ferrari would sign Sainz when they had a top driver who was already a great player in F2. We also don't know why Ferrari didn't put him in Haas or Arrow for a year, but kept him in the dark."

"We don't know why Toto didn't send Qin Miao to Williams like Russell did after he took a fancy to him, but directly promoted him to Mercedes, and let Qin Miao replace Bottas in the team when Bottas' contract still had one year left."

"But what we can be sure of is that from last year's Abu Dhabi and this year's Brazil, Qin Miao proved himself to all those who had doubted him at the beginning. His performance on the field was worthy of Toto's attention and also proved Ferrari's mistakes! He deserves everything Mercedes has done for him, and has also given Mercedes the reward they want most!"

“Finally, let us once again congratulate Qin Miao for winning the 2022 Formula One World Championship!”

"Two championships in two years, this young man from China is still writing his own legendary story on the court!"

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After crossing the finish line, Qin Miao didn't know why, but he no longer felt the excitement he had when he won the championship last year. He felt like there was a volcano in his heart that finally erupted after being suppressed for a whole season.

Now, Qin Miao inexplicably felt a sense of relief after crossing the finish line, but this feeling came and went quickly, and the remaining feeling was like the sweet aftertaste of tea, which lasted for a long time.

All the efforts and sweat I put in on the track throughout the entire season are so glittering at this moment, as if they were coated with a layer of gold.

All the hard work I put in during this process has become shining and meaningful because of this world championship.

However, Qin Miao did not stay in this wonderful state for too long. Almost immediately after crossing the finish line, Franky's excited voice came from Qin Miao's team TR. It was not known whether he touched any button. The team TR had a lot of noise and his voice was a little distorted, but it sounded like heavenly music to Qin Miao's ears: "Qin Miao! Champion! We are champions again! We are always champions! You are the world champion again!"

"Hahahaha, Let's goooo!" Qin Miao also happily responded to Franky's excitement among the team TR.

Then, Toto, Elliott and other Mercedes executives congratulated Qin Miao on his achievements on the track today through the team TR.

Qin Miao naturally responded with a smile one by one. After all, without their help, he would not have been able to achieve his current success.

Of course, Qin Miao is most grateful to Toto. After all, if it weren't for him, he might have just proven his strength in a team like Williams or Haas Arrow.

To put it bluntly, if it weren't for Toto, Qin Miao might not have been able to escape the fate of wasting several years on the F1 track.

On the other side of the ocean, after Qin Miao crossed the finish line, the growing number of car fans in China were completely shocked.

All social media platforms are full of discussions about Qin Miao's second world championship, and Qin Miao is also on the search list of major social platforms.

Even Bilibili, the video platform where Qin Miao often appeared and interacted with fans, experienced obvious lags because of Qin Miao's victory.

At times like this, Tuan Tuan, who loves to join in the fun, would come out in person to congratulate Qin Miao on his achievements in the competition today.

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But now, everyone's attention is focused on the track, because Qin Miao is going to draw donuts after winning the world championship.

Although he only got second place in this race, after the race, the organizers still gave Qin Miao the right to return to the track and draw donuts on the starting straight.

This opportunity is rare, and basically only the annual world champion or retired world champion has the right to draw donuts on the track.

So even though Qin Miao was not someone who particularly liked to show off in public, but preferred to do so secretly and invisibly, he could not refuse such an opportunity.

So under the watchful eyes of everyone present, Qin Miao drove the car to the starting straight and then started drawing donuts on the starting straight.

Qin Miao's donuts were very methodical. The car was always in a stable circling state, and it looked like it was drifting in a small range within a fixed circle.

However, although Qin Miao's way of drawing circles is amazing, many drift drivers exclaimed that he is invincible after seeing it.

But soon, the white smoke created by the friction between Qin Miao's racing tires and the ground completely covered Qin Miao's position.

On the other side, Hamilton and Verstappen parked their cars in the podium area at the entrance of the maintenance area.

After getting off the car, Hamilton looked to his right and saw that the second place sign in the race was empty. He had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Shouldn't I be so stubborn? It would be great if Qin Miao could give me the position...

Looking back, I saw that after Verstappen won the race, he did not celebrate with his team staff. Instead, he stood next to the car, with his hands on his hips, looking at the white smoke rising from the track in the distance.

As drivers, they knew that the white smoke was produced by excessive friction between the tires and the ground. In short, it was the white smoke that rose when Qin Miao was drawing donuts.

Sighing, Hamilton did not stare at the direction where Qin Miao was for a long time like Verstappen, but instead lowered his head to install the steering wheel and headrest of his car. Then he went to find the team staff who had already swarmed to the side of the track, and then started celebrating.

After all, Hamilton has won seven world championships and has also missed the world championship before, so Hamilton must be more accepting of this feeling of loneliness.

Naturally, he can accept the current result faster than Verstappen and regain his composure faster.

Qin Miao did not celebrate for too long on the track. After doing more than a dozen donuts and feeling a little dizzy, Qin Miao stopped his car. Then, while waving to the audience, he parked his car at the junction between the track and the maintenance area.

The reason why Qin Miao did not drive the car back to the maintenance area after a detour was mainly because he was worried that his racing car did not have enough oil.

After all, the FIA ​​has regulations that the fuel weight of the car cannot be lower than a limit during the post-race inspection and must be checked after the race.

However, in order to reduce the weight of the car as much as possible, almost all teams will strictly control the amount of fuel in the car. After a Grand Prix weekend, the remaining fuel in the car is only enough for the driver to drive the car back to the maintenance lane.

So now Qin Miao doesn’t dare to drive his car around the track and then come back.

And the team was obviously well prepared. When Qin Miao was drawing donuts, Reyes and his team were waiting for him at the entrance where the maintenance area and the track meet. After Qin Miao parked his car, Reyes and his team lifted up Qin Miao's car with a jack, and then stuffed two boards with pulleys under the car.

After making sure the board was fixed in place, Reyes and his team released the jack and pushed Qin Miao's car to the post-race podium area.

It took three minutes for Qin Miao to be placed in the second position that belonged to him.

I don’t know why, but after seeing this second place, many viewers inexplicably felt that this second place was somewhat compatible with Qin Miao’s second world championship title.

At this time, Verstappen and Hamilton had already gotten out of the car to celebrate and wiped their sweat, and were waiting for Qin Miao to come over before starting the post-race interview.

Qin Miao unbuckled his seat belt only after the car was lowered.

After this process, Reyes helped Qin Miao remove his headrest and reached into Qin Miao's cockpit.

Qin Miao smiled and shook hands with Reyes, while Reyes smiled and patted Qin Miao's helmet: "Congratulations, world champion, double champion."

Qin Miao did not take credit for himself, and said with a smile: "It is also thanks to you. Without your help, I would not have won this world championship. You know, I have not retired due to car failure this season."

Reyes also laughed: "Is it possible that your own driving habits are very good, and the overall wear of the car is actually always in a very stable and controllable situation?"

"You two stop bragging and let Qin Miao come over to celebrate." Toto, who was standing by, saw the two people holding hands and not letting go. He became anxious and shouted in the crowd of Mercedes-Benz team.

Qin Miao and Reyes smiled at each other.

Actually, Toto had some important work to deal with in Austria today, but after all, Qin Miao had a great chance of winning the world championship one game in advance in this match today. Naturally, Toto would not miss the scene of Qin Miao, whom he had discovered, winning the championship.

However, beneath the appearance of joy, Toto began to feel a little worried.

On the one hand, Chinese capital has entered the market with great force.

Although there has been no movement since Geely announced its plan to enter the F1 paddock in the first half of the season and began to have frequent contact with Aston Martin, the news about Geely in the paddock has also decreased significantly.

But Toto, as a senior executive in the paddock, knew clearly that Geely's disappearance did not mean it had given up on entering the field. Even the initial fanfare was not caused by Geely itself, but by old Stroll.

It has disappeared now because the talks between Geely and Aston Martin broke down.

Stroll Sr. was not planning to sell the team, and Geely did not want to give up the opportunity to enter F1, so Geely turned to Red Bull.

They want to buy the Toro Rosso team.

After all, the current Toro Rosso is a burden to the Red Bull Group. With two Red Bull teams, even if Toro Rosso makes losses every year, it will not get very good results.

However, for the Red Bull Racing team, the existence of the Little Red Bull Racing team does make things a lot easier for it. After all, the existence of the Little Red Bull Racing team can, on the one hand, help the Big Red Bull team train drivers, and on the other hand, it can also reduce budget expenditures through data interoperability.

More money can be squeezed out to invest in R&D and design.

But because of this, the Red Bull Racing team is often singled out by other teams in the paddock to complain to the FIA ​​about unfairness.

After all, in the entire F1 paddock, only the Red Bull team has a satellite team. Other teams operate independently and are at most engine suppliers for other teams, so the data they can obtain is very limited.

However, under such circumstances, there should be some changes next season, because Geely seems to have almost reached an agreement with Red Bull, and the news is expected to be announced during the winter break after the end of this season.

Having been in the F1 paddock for so many years, Toto knows very well how attractive a hometown team is to an F1 driver.

In addition to Geely, Ferrari has also begun to take interest in Qin Miao. It can even be said that Ferrari has a strong interest in Qin Miao.

Putting aside Qin Miao's relationship with some of Ferrari's insects, Qin Miao is, after all, a graduate of Ferrari's youth training academy.

Qin Miao definitely has a sense of belonging to Ferrari, and Ferrari fans are also familiar with Qin Miao.

On the other hand, Ferrari is famous for its love of bringing in world champions.

The last and most important point is that Ferrari is a century-old brand and too many drivers have had a dream of becoming a Ferrari driver since childhood.

And now Qin Miao is still holding that three-year contract. After this season is over, Qin Miao will only run on the track for one more year next year, and his contract will expire.

But Qin Miao had no intention of continuing to discuss contract issues with the team.

Just when Toto was worried about Qin Miao's contract issue, someone suddenly hugged him.

Toto also came back to his senses from his own world because of the interference from the outside world.

When Toto came to his senses, he saw a white helmet in front of him, covered with beautiful fragments of blue and white porcelain.

In an instant, Toto remembered that he was still on the track, and the helmet in front of him belonged to Qin Miao.

After all, the two-time world champion is sometimes notoriously lazy and nostalgic. Qin Miao used this helmet for the entire season and only changed to a special edition helmet once during the year, at the Japanese station.

Many fans joked that this helmet probably saved Qin Miao's life.

Therefore, many car fans can easily tell which Mercedes driver they are watching by looking at the driver's helmet when they see the Mercedes car.

PS, fuck Bravi, fuck Sobo, fuck the tire changer, it's really a green Ferrari, right? (End of this chapter)