How did I become an F1 driver?

However, there were no unexpected situations in the subsequent process.

A normal opening, introducing the achievements of FIA throughout the year, and which new people have joined the FIA ​​family.

In the beginning, some insignificant small awards were given out, such as karting awards. Even at the low-level formula awards ceremony, Qin Miao was invited as the guest of honor to present the awards.

After all, when the world champion awards the prize to a young driver, it carries a certain flavor of inheritance and is a good omen.

The awards for F1 were not given out until the very end.

After all, F1 is the most profitable sport among all the FIA ​​sports.

Of course the cash cow needs to appear last.

The opening scene was similar to last year, with a 5-minute short video.

However, the editing techniques of the video are consistent with the FIA's traditional techniques, that is, inexplicable flashbacks and meaningless cuts.

In short, you can just watch the FIA's video clips at this stage for fun; you can't get any useful information out of them.

Of course, the protagonist of this short video is Qin Miao. The two-time world champion has ample status at this time.

Toto, who was beside Qin Miao, was watching the video on the big screen with great interest, but Qin Miao didn't care about it. He just kept eating with his head down under the blue light from the dining table.

Although Daiying is a food desert, the meal tonight tasted good. Qin Miao couldn't help but eat a few more bites.

Toto looked at Qin Miao, who was eating with his head down beside him, and sighed inwardly.

Qin Miao is indeed a good driver in every way: humble, gentle, strong, and even stronger inside.

But it just lacks the vigor and enthusiasm that young people should have.

Sometimes Toto felt that Qin Miao was too transparent in his life. He was a bit like Kimi, who knew exactly what he wanted and what he didn't want, and then followed through on his inner thoughts.

However, when the video on the stage was about to end, Toto reminded Qin Miao: "You will go on stage to receive the award later, so clean up. I don't want to see you with vegetable leaves in your mouth when you go on stage to receive the award and give a speech."

After listening to this, Qin Miao nodded, wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin beside him, and shaved his teeth with a toothpick.

After Qin Miao was almost ready, Leclerc, who ranked third in the driver's standings this year, came onto the stage at the invitation of the host.

To be honest, Leclerc is still as handsome as ever today. Wearing a black suit with a Ferrari prancing horse logo on his chest, he further highlights his identity and temperament.

It feels like Le Laosi and Ferrari are in a state of mutual achievement at this time.

Oh no.

Lao Si got the third place in the driver's annual championship this year, so this year's Le Lao Si has evolved into Le Lao San.

After Leclerc took the trophy handed over by the hostess on the stage, he shook hands and hugged FIA President Ben Sulayem, and then the two took a photo together in the middle of the stage.

After receiving the trophy, Leclerc was ready to step down directly, but was stopped by Ben Sulayem.

Leclerc had no choice but to stay on the stage.

After Leclerc, who was in third place, came on stage, Verstappen, who was in second place, also stepped onto the podium after being introduced by the host.

Also in a suit and tie.

However, when Pan Zi went on stage to receive the award and stood next to Leclerc, the huge difference in their appearance was clearly visible.

After receiving the trophy, the two stood side by side to be "interrogated" by Ben Sulayem.

In fact, it’s just the interview that happens every time an awards ceremony is held.

These were two fairly routine questions, and after that the two drivers walked off the stage with their trophies.

After the two drivers stepped down, Toto looked at Qin Miao and asked with some concern, "Is there anything missing?"

Qin Miao patted his chest confidently: "It won't go wrong."

While chatting, the host had already invited F1 CEO Domenicali to come on stage.

When the other party came out, he was holding the team championship trophy in his hand.

The trophy is covered with the logos of the team champions over the years.

Apart from Ferrari, the most eye-catching one is Lotus, and the top circle is all Mercedes-Benz's black three-pointed star. However, this year's black three-pointed star will not be continued and will be replaced by the Red Bull logo.

After Domenicali was in place, the host invited Christian Horner, the team leader of today's constructors' championship, to the stage.

Before going on stage, Horner stood up and straightened his clothes, then strode towards the spotlight amid the applause of the audience.

When Horner came on stage, almost everyone in the audience applauded him, but that didn't include Toto Wolff.

Because Toto Wolff will probably never forget what Horner said at a team manager meeting during the period when Mercedes' car was underperforming this season: "Change your fucking car!"

Even because Horner is British, he spoke these words with ups and downs, and Toto himself thought it sounded quite touching.

Of course, that period was indeed the most difficult time for the Mercedes team in the 2022 season, and Toto's anxiety was visible to the naked eye.

But that thing has passed, so I won’t go into details here.

When Horner came on stage, Toto turned around and said to Qin Miao beside him: "Horner is already on stage, it's your turn next. Now it's time to go backstage and get ready."

Qin Miao nodded.

After all, he is a world champion, so his appearance must be dignified.

This year, the FIA ​​arranged for Qin Miao to appear in the show as he walked out from the backstage with his racing car.

So Qin Miao got up and went backstage.

And I saw my own W13B in the background.

Of course, this must be a real car. It is the car that Qin Miao was driving on the track a few weeks ago. It was just shipped from the Brackley factory this afternoon. At the same time, his chief technician Reyes is now guarding next to the car.

After all, it is a real Mercedes car, so we must be on guard against other racing teams coming to measure the data of the car, and also be on guard against some guests coming to the party.

Qin Miao walked over and shook hands with Reyes with a smile. After their hands were shaken together, Qin Miao subconsciously wanted to pull the other person over for a hug.

This is also a habit Qin Miao has developed in the past three years in the paddock.

However, the other party stopped Qin Miao.

"You're going to go on stage later. If we do this, your clothes will get wrinkled, which won't look good. The world champion must be in the best condition to take away your world championship trophy. After all, this championship trophy also has a part of us. You will be glorious, and we will also have face."

Hearing what the other party said, Qin Miao simply changed the way he shook hands with the other party. After shaking hands with the other party solemnly, Qin Miao said: "Since you said so, forget it, but I still want to thank everyone for their strong support over the past year and for giving me a racing car that has not had any mechanical problems."

Reyes was rather amused by Qin Miao's serious expression.

He reached out and patted the back of Qin Miao's hand: "Our logistics are like this, we just need to complete our job, but you need to consider a lot on the track."

Qin Miao's mouth twitched.

At this time, the official FIA staff in charge of tonight's awards ceremony also began to gesture to Qin Miao, indicating that he was about to go on stage.

The five people responsible for pushing the car tonight came to Qin Miao's racing car and got ready.

After all, tonight is a party, and the FIA ​​cannot let Qin Miao drive on stage. Although the current F1 cars use V6 engines, the sound is much less pleasant than that of V8V12, but the noise caused by engine startup is no less than that of V8V12 engines.

So the FIA ​​finally chose to push the car onto the stage by manpower.

As Horner walked down the stage with this year's constructors' championship trophy, Qin Miao walked out from backstage in a suit and tie at the host's introduction. He waved to the audience who greeted him with a friendly smile on his face.

Qin Miao's chariot in the back was like a sleeping giant, slowly following behind Qin Miao.

The champion driver and the champion car made their way to the center of the stage.

After standing still, Qin Miao shook hands with the two hosts, and then gently hugged Ben Sulayem and Domenicali.

At this time, Qin Miao's car had already stopped in the center of the stage.

Like last year, there was still a disc that could rotate 360 ​​degrees in the center of the stage this year, so after Qin Miao parked his car, the disc's motor turned Qin Miao's car 360 degrees on the spot.

After the movement on the disc stopped, Qin Miao also stood next to his racing car. Ben Sulayem personally presented Qin Miao with the driver's championship trophy that Qin Miao was very familiar with.

The feel of holding it is still so good.

After receiving the trophy, Qin Miao reached out and shook hands with Ben Sulayem, then lowered his head and looked carefully at his trophy.

I saw my signature in a familiar place, and behind that signature there was another signature of my own, the two signatures connected together.

In front of his two signatures are the signatures of his teammate Hamilton.

However, he only glanced at these group chats, and his main focus was still on his two signatures.

After seeing what he wanted to see, Qin Miao withdrew his gaze from the trophy, and then looked at the audience below and raised the trophy in his hand high.

The audience applauded loudly for the double champion. The person who was responsible for interviewing Qin Miao today was Ben Sulayem.

Qin Miao and the other party could only be said to know each other, but they did not have much in common.

On the one hand, Ben Sulayem is the president of the FIA ​​after all, and he is definitely in charge of more than just F1, but also WRC, endurance racing, FE and so on.

His time in the F1 paddock is destined not to be long.

But this person often holds meetings with drivers before some races, so Qin Miao is not a stranger to him.

To put it in a more detailed analogy, the relationship between Ben Sulayem and Qin Miao is like that of classmates you knew when you were in school but didn't talk much to.

"Qin Miao, you deserve this championship trophy. You and your team deserve it!" Ben Sulayem said as he handed the trophy to Qin Miao.

Qin Miao took the microphone from Ben Sulayem, put it to his lips and said, "This year was actually a difficult year. Our performance was not very good after entering the ground effect era. My team and I even thought that we had lost the possibility of competing for the world championship with the team this year. But I believe everyone has seen that with the team's unanimous persistence and hard work, the team came from behind and regained our previous competitiveness in the middle of the season. I really thank everyone in the team for all the hard work and sweat they have put in over the past year."

"So this championship trophy in my hand not only belongs to me, but also to everyone in the team."

There was another round of thunderous applause from the audience.

After all, this was not a post-match interview, but just an interview during the award ceremony, so not many questions were asked.

The answer is just a brief one.

After asking Qin Miao questions, the host pulled Horner back up from the stage. The world champion, the team champion, the president of the FIA ​​and the CEO of F1 took a group photo on the stage.

This marks the end of the FIA ​​year-end celebration for the 2022 season.

Next is dinner time. Everyone can eat and drink at their seats. Of course, if you don’t want to eat or drink, you can just leave because the highlight of the day is over.

After Qin Miao came down, Toto took Qin Miao's championship trophy.

Although it was not the first time he had seen it, Toto still took Qin Miao's world championship trophy in his hands and looked at it carefully.

In fact, Toto was a racer for a period of time before.

However, people's physiques and talents cannot be generalized. In the fields of finance and management, Toto may be at the world's top level and a rare top talent.

But when it comes to driving a racing car, Toto can only be considered mediocre compared to Qin Miao and Hamilton.

So in the end Toto gave up becoming a driver and instead became a team leader and financial tycoon.

But after all, he had such an experience in his life, so looking at the trophy of the world champion of drivers, Toto was somewhat envious.

However, Toto was already at an age where he knew his destiny, so he was just a little envious and didn't have any other thoughts. After watching for a while, he returned the trophy to Qin Miao.

Today's award ceremony may be a little regrettable for the Mercedes-Benz team, but it is absolutely perfect for Qin Miao personally.

On the other hand, in addition to the top three drivers in 2022, another F1 driver also stepped onto the podium at the awards ceremony today.

This person is Zhou Guanyu, and the award he won is the Best Newcomer Award.

Of course, no one else can win this award except Zhou Guanyu.

After all, throughout the 2022 season, there was only one new driver, Zhou Guanyu, in the F1 paddock.

However, even if there are really many new drivers joining the F1 family during this period, given Zhou Guanyu's performance in the first year of his career, and the fact that the Arrow team was the only team that was not overweight at the beginning of this season, it is highly likely that he will win this award.

All in all, Zhou Guanyu deserves this award.

After the award ceremony, everyone naturally ate and drank on the spot.

However, after Qin Miao received his championship trophy, he said hello to Toto and left.

After all, Qin Miao has been abroad for such a long time since the holiday, and what Qin Miao wants to do most now is to go home.

Normally, after the FIA ​​awards ceremony, Qin Miao actually has to go back to the team's headquarters to learn about the car development ideas for next season, and then have a meeting. He may have to work for a few more days before he can take a vacation.

But he is a world champion after all, and Qin Miao doesn’t want to be lazy. It’s just that there is a pregnant woman at home and he hasn’t been home for a long time, so he wants to go back and spend time with his family.

So after talking to Toto, the other party also agreed to Qin Miao's request for leave.

Let Qin Miao take a holiday early.

So after leaving the award ceremony, Qin Miao went straight to the airport without even picking up his luggage, and flew back to China with his cell phone and his world championship trophy.

Although the world championship trophy needs to be returned to the FIA ​​before the end of each year, after winning the world championship, the trophy can still be kept in your hands for a period of time, of course, provided that the trophy is not damaged.

Of course, after winning the driver's championship, it is impossible for him to leave you with nothing to commemorate the victory.

Although the FIA ​​will recycle the driver's world championship trophy, it will recast a trophy that belongs only to the driver who won the world championship that year as a commemoration.

Because Qin Miao set out at night, he basically slept all the way, so he was not too tired after returning to China.

After the plane landed, Qin Miao's vacation officially began.

Of course, Qin Miao didn't plan to go out for a month after returning home, so he gave his crew members a long vacation, and he called an online taxi to return home.

When Qin Miao got home, the sky was already completely bright and it was around 8:30 in the morning.

This time when he returned home, Qin Miao was not worried about the problem of not being able to open the door like the last time he returned home.

The last time he went home he got the key to the house.

After returning home and opening the door and standing at the door, Qin Miao did not remind his family members that he wanted to give them a surprise.

So Qin Miao didn't even bring his luggage in, he just left it at the door.
In his hand he was holding a box specially designed by the FIA ​​to hold the world championship trophy.

After entering the door, Qin Miao was stunned because a black and white dog head suddenly appeared at the door.

Although Qin Miao had never raised a dog, he knew many dog ​​breeds. If he was not mistaken, the dog that appeared at his doorstep should be a Border Collie.

It's the kind of dog that is recognized as very smart.

After all, there is a saying that describes it: Border Collie is Border Collie, and a dog is a dog.

Judging from its size, the dog is not very old and its fur is not very long, but Qin Miao doesn't have a dog after all, so he has no way of knowing how old the dog is this year.

And when he saw the other party looking at him curiously, Qin Miao knew that his plan to sneak back home and give his family a surprise was about to be exposed, because in Qin Miao's impression, the dog would definitely bark when it saw a stranger.

However, what surprised Qin Miao more than seeing the dog was that the dog did not bark after seeing him, but kept looking at him with its head tilted at the door.

When Qin Miao approached, he saw the dog still wagging its tail slowly at him.

After looking carefully, there was no rope around the dog's neck, but it just sat there without moving, staring at Qin Miao.

After Qin Miao climbed the steps to the door, the dog came over and sniffed Qin Miao's trouser legs.

To be honest, Qin Miao was still a little worried that the dog would suddenly bite him. After all, from the time it met him until now, the dog had not behaved like a normal dog.

However, Qin Miao still went up with gritted teeth. After all, he couldn't let the fans know that the two-time champion and the youngest world champion in F1 history was afraid to enter the house for fear of being bitten by a dog?

It’s not a big deal if fans and car lovers know about it. Many female fans may even praise themselves for being cute.

But if Leclerc, Zhou Guanyu and those other beasts knew about this, they would laugh at Qin Miao for the entire season and would bring it up whenever they met.

But what happened next caught Qin Miao off guard. It was not that the dog suddenly jumped up and interrupted Qin Miao's achievement of being uninjured, but after smelling the scent on Qin Miao, the dog became excited.

After standing up, it began to constantly pull at Qin Miao's trouser legs with its front paws, then excitedly circled around Qin Miao while wagging its tail.

It is not difficult to see that this dog probably knows himself, or something else, otherwise it would not be so excited.

He looked at the dog with some surprise, but Qin Miao did not squat down to see the details.

After all, Qin Miao was holding something in his hands at the moment, and it was impossible for him to put the trophy down to pet the dog, so Qin Miao ignored the dog for the time being, and used his fingerprint to swipe open the door of his house.

After entering, Qin Miao found that there was no one in the living room, so he placed the trophy on the coffee table in the living room.

At this time, the dog also followed in. It seemed as if the dog had not seen Qin Miao for a long time. It just stuck to Qin Miao's legs and followed Qin Miao wherever he went.

After squatting down and stroking the dog's smooth hair twice, the dog began to lick Qin Miao's hand and lay down in front of Qin Miao with its belly exposed.

The noise in the living room finally attracted the attention of Qin Miao's father-in-law, who had just got up.

After coming out of the room and seeing Qin Miao, the father-in-law was a little surprised and stunned for a moment, then he smiled and said: "Sanshui? When did you come back? You are so mean, you didn't even tell us in advance when you came back. We were all at home watching your award ceremony yesterday."

"Dad." Qin Miao also called out, then stood up and said, "I came back after the award ceremony. I left on the spot because I wanted to give you a surprise."

"Is the journey not tiring? You've also been working hard overseas for almost a year, so it's good for you to come back and rest. Have you had breakfast? If not, I'll make you some."

"I was fine on the way back. I slept all the way back on the plane." Qin Miao nodded and replied, "I also had breakfast before the plane landed. Don't worry about me. By the way, where did this dog come from?"

PS. Dads, it’s the last day of the month, please give me all your monthly tickets, please.

ps.2 The update for noon was sent ahead of schedule... (End of this chapter)