How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 478 482: The Unlucky Guys
"Qin Miao, congratulations, we are the champions again! Really, I am proud of you!" Toto came back to his senses and patted Qin Miao's back hard. At this moment, all the nervousness and irritability were thrown behind Toto's mind.

"Thank you, Toto. Although I can't remember how many times I have said this to you, I still want to say thank you for taking a liking to me." Qin Miao said with a smile.

"No, it's not me who's attracted to you, it's you. The brilliance you show attracts me." Toto also responded with a smile: "Okay, now go and enjoy your victory, world champion!"

……

After celebrating with the team staff, Qin Miao left their arms.

After coming to Hamilton and Verstappen, Qin Miao hugged them both.

Naturally, both of them congratulated Qin Miao on winning the world championship.

Although these three people want to kill each other on the track, they still do the necessary superficial work outside the track, and many drivers do have good relationships in private.

After greeting the two, they went to accept post-match interviews, while Qin Miao began to dress himself up.

After weighing himself, taking off his helmet, wiping his sweat, and putting on the 2022 world champion's cap, Qin Miao walked to Hamilton amid the thunderous cheers of Brazilian fans at the scene.

Hamilton tilted his head to look at Qin Miao, who was wearing the world champion hat, and nodded and said, "Congratulations, kid, you have done a great job this season."

After saying this, Hamilton said with some emotion: "I never thought that the kid who seemed a little timid when he came to visit my house and found everything new to him would become a two-time world champion now."

Qin Miao put his hands on his hips and thought carefully, then said uncertainly: "Lewis, I remember when you invited me to your house, I didn't act very timid, right?"

Hamilton:…

Is this the right time to be fussing about this? And don't you have any idea of ​​what you were like at that time?

The most outrageous thing is that after you won the world championship, you were not excited at all. Instead, you even had the leisure to think about what kind of performance you had when you first came to visit your home?
Hamilton turned his head and looked at Qin Miao speechlessly, then said, "Maybe I remembered it wrong..."

Today you are the world champion, everything you say is right.

After the interview with the champion was over, Hamilton didn't say hello to Qin Miao and went straight to be interviewed.

After all, the old man only got third place in today's race. He became the seven-time champion serving as a foil to the two young drivers and didn't have much to talk about at this time.

After smiling and thanking the audience who came to the scene to support him, he briefly answered a few questions asked by reporters. All Hamilton's work for the day was finished.

As Hamilton and Verstappen finished their post-race interviews, the audience also knew that the last person to come up for an interview was Qin Miao, so there was extremely warm cheers at the scene.

Amid the cheers of the audience, Qin Miao walked up to the host of today's post-match interview, waving and smiling.

"Wow, look at you, a freshly crowned world champion." The host teased after Qin Miao stood in front of him.

Hearing the host say this, the audience cheered even louder.

Qin Miao smiled.

"How do you feel now? You have won two world championships in the second year of your professional career. Qin Miao, you have not only become the youngest world champion in history, but also the youngest double champion."

Qin Miao shrugged: "It feels great. At this moment, I feel that all my efforts this year are worth it. The team and my family have also given me a lot of support. Of course, the most important thing is my fans. Without their support, I would not be able to get to where I am today."

Qin Miao paused for a moment, then waved to the audience and said, "Thank you, everyone! Thank you..."

The cheers from the audience went up another notch.

At this moment, Qin Miao was like the conductor of an orchestra. With a slight wave of his baton, the passion and cheers of the audience became louder.

Because the cheers from the audience were so loud, the host waited until the noise died down before asking the second question: "Although you successfully defended your title today, you didn't win the Grand Prix. Do you feel a little disappointed? Do you think this Grand Prix weekend wasn't perfect?"

Qin Miao shook his head: "No, of course not, Verstappen's performance in today's race was great, and I sincerely congratulate him on winning the championship in today's race.

But it turned out that luck was not on our side, and the team and I chose to accept that.

And if I put the Grand Prix title against the world title, I would definitely choose the world title.”

Finally, the host asked a relatively insignificant question about offense and defense on the track. Qin Miao's answer was as appropriate as always, but the highlight was that it was a diplomatic answer.

After all, Qin Miao grew up in an F1 environment like a big team like Mercedes-Benz, and there are always people to give instructions and supervision during post-race interviews. Qin Miao has no habit of doing anything weird in this regard.

After the post-race interview, Qin Miao walked up to the post-race rest area on the podium of the Interlagos Circuit of the Brazilian Grand Prix wearing his helmet and hat amid the cheers of the audience.

Watching Qin Miao walking away amid cheers, the three commentators from Five Star Sports, who had regained a little composure, returned to their seats.

Looking at Qin Miao's back, Bing Ge couldn't help but sigh: "I remember it was in 19, when I learned through Weibo that F2 had a new Chinese driver. At that time, I didn't even pay much attention to Qin Miao. I mainly watched Zhou Guanyu in F2 competitions, but Qin Miao completely conquered me on the first day of the competition, and then I couldn't stop.

After all, it is really a happy thing to see drivers from your own country competing with those young talented drivers on the track and seeing that drivers from your own country can easily create a time gap of more than 0.4 seconds per lap.

I felt from the beginning that Qin Miao was an absolute genius and it was only a matter of time before he entered F1.”

At this point, Bing Ge let out a long sigh: "But I never thought that Qin Miao would enter F1 for two years and win two world championships. The second world championship was won when the competitiveness of the Mercedes team declined significantly. It was only then that I realized that I had been underestimating Qin Miao since I met him."

Brother Fei advised, "It can't be helped. After all, before Qin Miao showed up, could you imagine that one day an F1 driver would appear in China, and that this driver would show a natural talent as soon as he appeared. In his first year in the F1 arena, he could fight back and forth with those top drivers. Many drivers hated his defensive ability. Who do you think would believe such a thing?"

……

On the track, after Qin Miao returned to the team's P room, he saw his teammates and Verstappen watching the replay on the screen in the lounge.

Qin Miao also leaned over to take a look, and it was exactly the accident between Leclerc and Norris. Looking at Leclerc, Qin Miao sighed, thinking that Lao Si was really unlucky to have encountered such an accident.

Although Leclerc is indeed handsome and talented, he is a genius in selecting teams and has great luck.

Shaking his head, Qin Miao went to tidy himself up.

Then, at the reminder of the on-site staff, Qin Miao came to a separate room, which contained a single sofa covered with a red velvet carpet.

The edge of the sofa is embroidered with gold.

Obviously, this is the seat that the driver can only sit in after winning the World Championship every season.

Under the guidance of the staff, Qin Miao put on his own championship hat and sat in his own seat.

To be honest, the feeling of sitting on this sofa is not much different from last season.

And this place is just a symbol.

Sit for a while, take a video and a few photos, watch the playback prepared for you on the right screen, and this post-match session is over.

Soon Qin Miao came out of the room and stepped onto the post-race podium with Hamilton and others.

The next step is naturally the award ceremony after the game.

When Qin Miao came out of the lounge at the back, he saw that the area below the podium was already packed with spectators, who were jumping and dancing to celebrate for Qin Miao and looked really happy.

Qin Miao also waved to them when he walked to the second podium.

Soon, Verstappen, the first driver of today's race, walked out from the backstage.

Although Verstappen had his signature smile on his face at this time, Qin Miao had a strong feeling that Verstappen was still very lost in his heart.

However, Qin Miao did not pay too much attention to Pan Zi's condition, because the organizer soon started the post-match process.

The Dutch national anthem soon sounded at the scene.

To be honest, Qin Miao had never felt that the Dutch national anthem sounded so beautiful and familiar at any Grand Prix.

After the national anthem, Qin Miao and his team received their trophies one by one.

Because the Brazilian Grand Prix is ​​sponsored by Heineken, the trophy after the race is in the shape of a Heineken star.

Naturally, the local Brazilian senior officials came to present the awards. After receiving their trophies, it was time to spray champagne and celebrate.

At this time, the four people on the podium were clearly divided into two factions.

On one side, Mercedes drivers Qin Miao and Hamilton were celebrating together, while on the other side, Verstappen and his track engineer were celebrating together.

After the celebration, the other three all left the scene. After all, Qin Miao was the world champion today, so after the celebration, there was still a post-match interview specially prepared for Qin Miao that he needed to participate in.

That is the exclusive interview with the world champion after the game. The person being interviewed remains the same, but the location of the interview has changed to above the podium.

The questions asked in this interview were more about Qin Miao's own plans for the future and his outlook for the next season. Qin Miao's answers were still as conventional as ever, but there was a lot more emotion in the content of his answers.

After the post-match interview, Qin Miao thanked the audience who came to watch the game, and the game was over.

When Qin Miao was about to leave, no one knew who took the lead, but soon someone started shouting Qin Miao's name, and the shouting was with a clear rhythm.

And this shouting seemed to be contagious, and soon all the audience at the scene began to shout Qin Miao's name in a very rhythmic manner.

After all, Qin Miao has been in the paddock for so long that even many foreign audiences can call out his Chinese name accurately without any obvious accent.

So the shouts from the audience did not seem that abrupt.

At this moment, Qin Miao was really grateful to the Brazilian fans for their support, but at the same time, Qin Miao was also looking forward to the Chinese Grand Prix.

Unfortunately, the FIA ​​has now confirmed that the Chinese Grand Prix will be cancelled next season.

But the good news is that due to the absence of the Chinese Grand Prix, there is a one-month window between April and May.

The FIA ​​urgently moved the Azerbaijan Grand Prix forward by one week, and only then was the one-month window in the middle of April reduced to three weeks.

And what a coincidence is that period is most likely Qiu Meng's due date, so Qin Miao can go home to accompany his wife to give birth.

But no matter what, the race has come to this point, and the Brazilian Grand Prix has come to an end. Both Qin Miao and the Mercedes team got the results they wanted.

After the race, the director also gave the drivers' rankings and scores as usual.

P1: Verstappen +26 (fastest lap)
P2: Qin Miao +18
P3: Hamilton +15
P4: Sainz +12
P5: Leclerc +10
P6: Alonso +8
P7: Perez +6
P8: O'Connell +4
P9: Bottas +2
P10: Stroll +1
It is worth mentioning that Zhou Guanyu caught up to 11th place from the back of the track in the later stage of today's race, but after he caught up to 11th place, the remaining time and race lap time were not enough for Zhou Guanyu to continue attacking Stroll in front of him on the track.

Qin Miao sometimes has the feeling that Zhou Guanyu is a weakened copy of Leclerc. The difference is that Zhou Guanyu does not have the opportunity to enter Ferrari. The similarity is that these two people are sometimes equally unlucky and are often buried in the pit dug by the team and cannot get out.

While Verstappen won the race, he also set the fastest lap on soft tires in the later stages of the race. However, despite this, the points for Verstappen's fastest lap seemed somewhat dispensable at this time.

This point will not play any role in the final determination of the world championship, but will instead require Verstappen to pay more money to the FIA.

(End of this chapter)