How did I become an F1 driver?

After both of them completed the post-race weigh-in, Verstappen also got out of the car.

After saying hello to Pan Zi, Qin Miao briefly celebrated with his crew members.

But to be honest, neither Qin Miao nor his crew's technicians could be happy with today's result.

The only thing that can bring smiles to their faces is the bonus given by the team.

After completing this set of processes, Qin Miao was the first one to accept the post-match interview today.

The person conducting the interview today is David Kulkhard.

At the same time, when Qin Miao was being interviewed, the right side of the broadcast screen also gave the best driver of the day voted by the audience for today's race.

This honor was given to Qin Miao.

However, Qin Miao's vote share was only 2% higher than Verstappen, who came in second, so it was a narrow victory.

Maybe the fans felt that Qin Miao did not get the victory he deserved in today's race, but the fans also saw Qin Miao's efforts on the field and the blow that the two red flags brought to Qin Miao.

Whether it's out of sympathy or some strange reason, this is a consolation prize anyway.

"Qin Miao, congratulations on your second place. You were very fast in the latter part of today's race, but unfortunately you encountered two red flags during the race. So for you, today's race is still a bit of a pity, right?"

Qin Miao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's a pity that it's not that serious. After all, this is F1, anything can happen.

I don’t have much to say about today’s race. I have done everything I could. In the end, I didn’t win the championship just because I was not lucky enough. We can only choose to accept it.

After the race, we will use the spring break to improve the car and see if there is anything we can do better.”

"We noticed that you had a chance to catch up with Verstappen at the start of the second red flag, but you braked before the braking point for T1. What happened then?"

Qin Miao scratched his head. Why did this person bring up things that were not relevant?

But after thinking about it, Qin Miao answered truthfully: "At that time, I had to pay attention to the position of Verstappen's car while looking at my braking point.

During this process, Verstappen suddenly released his foot on the accelerator, and his car disappeared from my peripheral vision. I thought he was going to brake early and take my crossing line, so I braked in advance to block Verstappen's line. After Verstappen passed me, I realized that my reaction was a bit excessive, and he just released his foot on the accelerator.

So from a third-party perspective, it might have been me who braked early."

Qin Miao shrugged and said, "This is not really a mistake. I can only say that Verstappen had a good vision and fooled me. Verstappen deserves the title of champion of today's race, but he won't be able to fool me next time with this trick."

When Qin Miao said this, his expression was very calm, and his words were well-reasoned and organized.

It can be seen that Qin Miao really thinks so.

But you know what, Qin Miao really has the ability to do it.

Given the strength he has demonstrated in the paddock over the past three years, no one thinks he is bragging.

Normally, there are only two questions in the post-race interview with the runner-up driver, and Qin Miao's post-race interview ended here.

After waving to the audience who had been cheering for him, Qin Miao had finished most of his main work for the day. All he had to do next was to receive the award.

Qin Miao went upstairs and changed his hat in the lounge after the game. After that, he started watching the replay of the accident in today's game.

When the accident happened on the track, Qin Miao and other drivers were on the track, and there was no playback screen in the car, so even if they knew about the accident, they either discovered the accident after running a lap, or learned about it through the team TR. They were not clear about the whole process of the accident, and there was no time for them to learn so much.

So after the race, I had a rare free period of time and couldn't do anything else, so I naturally started watching the replay of the track accident in today's race.

When seeing Leclerc withdraw from the race, Qin Miao shook his head helplessly, feeling sad for his good friend and future teammate.

Why is this kid so unlucky?
In the past few seasons, he was at least known as Le Lao Si.

Although it doesn't sound good, at least he is consistently in the top four in every race, which makes him one of the top drivers.

But this season the fourth place was taken by Alonso.

How tragic it is!

Just as Qin Miao was silently sighing, Hamilton also came up.

After greeting each other, the two sat down and watched the replay of the game together.

When seeing the two Alpine drivers retire together, Qin Miao glanced at his teammate Hamilton next to him calmly.

The old man also noticed Qin Miao's gaze, but he didn't say anything on the topic. He just said, "This collision was too severe. Alpine's budget this year is estimated to be 1/10 used for repairing the car."

Qin Miao nodded uncertainly: "Who says it's not? Maybe this is the fate of the French team."

At this point both of them laughed.

Not long after that, Verstappen also came up.

The three of them had a brief chat in the lounge about the situation on the track for today's race. Qin Miao also asked Verstappen to confirm whether his guess was correct.

The results are naturally similar.

In order to curb Qin Miao, Verstappen came up with a lot of dirty tricks.

Qin Miao guessed that this guy still had a lot of bad things in his heart that he hadn't said out loud.

Finally, three drivers came on stage to receive their awards.

After listening to the Dutch and Austrian national anthems, today's game officially ended and we will enter a three-week spring break.

After this race, the drivers' standings are as follows:

1: Qin Miao: 68
2: Max Verstappen: 62
3: Hamilton: 45
4: Alonso: 34
5: Perez: 29
6: Sainz: 14
7: Stroll: 16
8: Leclerc: 10
9: Norris: 6
10: Ocon: 4
11: Gasly: ​​4
12: Zhou Guanyu: 4
13: Bottas: 4
14: Hulkenberg: 4
15: Piastrid: 2
Qin Miao's 13-point advantage over Verstappen became 6 points after today's race, returning to the point difference after the opening race, the Bahrain Grand Prix.

At least for Qin Miao personally, the result of today's game is barely acceptable.

The team standings are as follows:
1. Mercedes: 113
2. Red Bull: 91
3. Aston Martin: 50
4. Ferrari: 24
5. Alfa Romeo: 8
6.Alpine: 8
7. McLaren: 8
8. Haas: 4
9. Lynk & Co: 0
10. Williams: 0
After this race, the original 33-point gap between Mercedes and Red Bull was shortened to 22 points.

After all, no matter what, Perez helped the Red Bull team get 9 points in this race, which did provide a lot of help to the Red Bull team at this critical moment.

After the race, Qin Miao attended the post-race team meeting.

After that, all Qin Miao’s work for this Grand Prix weekend was finished.

Qin Miao politely declined the Lynk & Co team leader's invitation to dinner and turned down several business activities within the team. He flew back to China that day.

The reason why he is so anxious is that this month is Qiu Meng's due date. Due to work reasons, Qin Miao really cannot stay with his wife for a long time, but now that he finally has a spring vacation, Qin Miao will definitely go back to accompany his wife.

Although he did not win the Australian Grand Prix, the runner-up trophy is something that many drivers can only dream of, so this trophy can be considered a suitable gift for his daughter's birthday.

The competition ended that afternoon and Qin Miao returned to China at four in the morning of the next day.

However, Qin Miao did not rush there. He slept at home and went to the hospital at noon the next day.

Qiu Meng is now hospitalized and waiting for the reaction, so if nothing unexpected happens, Qin Miao will stay in the hospital with Qiu Meng for the next period of time.

When Qin Miao arrived at the hospital, he found that his mother and father-in-law and mother-in-law were all there.

Judging from their expressions, Qiu Meng should be in good condition recently.

After pushing open the door of the hospital, Qin Miao also saw his wife whom he hadn't seen for almost two months.

Qin Miao actually wanted to give Qiu Meng a hug, but it was not convenient for her now that she was pregnant.

After Qin Miao arrived, his father-in-law, mother-in-law and mother left on their own accord, leaving the space to Qin Miao and Qiu Meng.

As soon as her parents left, Qiu Meng's expression suddenly fell. She looked at Qin Miao with some grievance and said, "I want to drink Coke... but the doctor said I have three highs and can't eat anything sweet. My child is still noisy and kicking me when I sleep at night. I also have backache and toothache...

I still want to play games, I want to watch anime, and I want to watch Tik Tok, but they didn’t give me my phone, and they took my computer too!”

Qiu Meng felt more and more aggrieved the more she spoke, and she was just about to burst into tears.

Qin Miao was a little at a loss at first. In his memory, Qiu Meng was not a particularly fragile person.

Can the progesterone during pregnancy really change a woman's personality so much?

However, seeing his wife complaining in a wronged manner, Qin Miao, who felt guilty, didn't care why the doctor didn't come to deal with Qiu Meng's problems in the hospital. He went over and began to comfort Qiu Meng nervously.

……

For the next few days, Qin Miao mainly stayed in the hospital to accompany his wife.

However, because of Qin Miao's identity, after arriving at the hospital, Qin Miao basically rarely left Qiu Meng's ward.

Of course, Qiu Meng doesn’t actually need any material care now. As the family is not short of money, all the care given to Qiu Meng is the best.

Qin Miao's existence is more of a spiritual food for Qiu Meng.

Moreover, Qin Miao's stay with Qiu Meng during this period of time has indeed calmed his restless heart, which was a little restless because of his plan to go to Ferrari.

After all, Qin Miao is just a young man. Although he knows that he does not owe Mercedes-Benz anything, and that Mercedes-Benz should even thank him, when he thinks that he is about to leave Mercedes-Benz, which has done him a favor, Qin Miao still feels a little guilty in his spare time.

But after being with Qiu Meng, Qin Miao stopped thinking so much and his emotions stabilized.

Of course, Qin Miao did not enjoy this comfortable life for too long.

Because Zhou Guanyu also returned to China.

Qin Miao knew the news from Qiu Meng.

At that time, Qin Miao felt that even if Zhou Guanyu returned to China, given Zhou Guanyu's personality, he would probably just participate in some commercial activities in the country, perform for money, and rely on his own commercial value to make some money for his family.

But what was unexpected was that the next day after receiving the news, Qin Miao saw Zhou Guanyu wearing sunglasses and a mask, carrying a fruit gift, at the door of the ward.

"Oh, what a rare guest!" Qin Miao said in surprise as he looked at Zhou Guanyu at the door.

"Get out of here, and don't block me from seeing my goddaughter at the door!" Zhou Guanyu pushed Qin Miao away and looked into the room curiously.

A big question mark popped up in Qin Miao’s head.

"When did I agree to let my daughter be your daughter?"

"From the moment I stepped through this door!"

Qin Miao rolled his eyes impatiently, but still gave up his seat at the door.

After entering the living room of the ward, Zhou Guanyu was stunned, looked at Qin Miao and asked, "Where is Qiu Meng?"

Seeing that this was completely a hotel living room layout, and remembering the hospital he had walked into, Zhou Guanyu scratched his head and asked in confusion: "What are you doing? Is this still a hospital?" Qin Miao rolled his eyes: "Look at you, you don't look like you've seen the world."

After complaining, Qin Miao still pointed to the bedroom and said, "Over there."

"Oh." Zhou Guanyu nodded and walked over.

"Guanyu is here? You've gained a lot of weight since we last met." Qiu Meng smiled and waved to greet Zhou Guanyu after seeing him.

Zhou Guanyu was stunned for a moment after seeing Qiu Meng, and then he said: "Meng Meng, it's been a long time since we last met. You have gained a lot of weight, and now Qiu Meng, you have changed a lot. I didn't recognize you for a while."

Qiu Meng has changed a lot now compared to before, the most obvious thing is that she has gained a lot of weight.

Qiu Meng used to have a small round face, chubby and looked very cute.

There is a lot more flesh on her face now than before, but the extra flesh does not make Qiu Meng look greasy. Instead, it looks a bit like the small round face in anime.

But to be honest, Qiu Meng is still as cute as ever, and she feels much better when you pinch her than when she was not so fat.

After hearing what Zhou Guanyu said, Qiu Meng sighed helplessly: "I don't want to, but the little guy in my belly needs it, so I can only eat more."

Qin Miao stood at the door, hugging his chest and smiling, saying, "It's okay, my wife is cute no matter what."

Qiu Meng smiled sweetly at Qin Miao.

Zhou Guanyu:?

Deceived the dog to come in and kill it?

"You two are real beasts. You're an old married couple and you don't even feel sick of each other." Zhou Guanyu originally wanted to introduce the gifts he brought for Qiu Meng to them, but he felt disgusted as soon as he entered the room and directly piled the gifts next to Qiu Meng's bed.

Am I also a part of your paly?

"Why did you come here directly? According to your habit, shouldn't you be participating in various activities in the country at this time?" Qin Miao asked.

Qiu Meng also got out of bed at this time. As a pregnant woman, proper exercise is helpful for childbirth.

Zhou Guanyu shrugged and said, "I'm not really planning on attending any business events this time. The only event I'm going to attend is one that can't be made public."

Qin Miao raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

"I have to go to Hangzhou in two days."

Although Zhou Guanyu did not say it clearly, everyone was smart and did not make it public. They went to Hangzhou and then found out Zhou Guanyu's identity as a driver.

In the entire F1 paddock, only the Lynk & Co team has its headquarters in China, and that’s in Hangzhou.

So it is very likely that Zhou Guanyu returned to China this time to discuss his driver contract with the Lynk & Co team.

But to be honest, Zhou Guanyu's ability is actually in the middle of all drivers now. He has speed, is not prone to accidents, and has a huge domestic market behind him.

It can be said that Zhou Guanyu is a very cost-effective driver.

On the contrary, Lynk & Co has been in the same boat as Williams so far this season and has not scored a single point.

Although this is also because the Lynk & Co team has just acquired Toro Rosso, the internal management structure may have just been sorted out, and it is not so fast that all the operations of the team can be put on track.

But if your grades aren’t good, it’s embarrassing, right?
"Negotiation of contract with Lynk?"

Zhou Guanyu shook his head: "It can't be said to be a contract. Lynk & Co just wants to talk to me. I'm not sure what they think."

"So what do you think? Will you go to Lynk & Co or look for another job?"

Zhou Guanyu rolled his eyes and said, “Although I am now somewhat famous in the paddock and everyone recognizes my strength, I can’t compare with you.

With your strength you can go wherever you want in the paddock. After all, I am just a mid-range driver. I even feel that I may not win a race in my lifetime, so I actually have no choice. After my contract at Arrow ends in the 24th season, I will probably go to Lynk & Co.

At least in Lynk & Co, as a Chinese, I will have a place in the team until my strength shows a significant decline.

Now it just so happens that both parties are interested, so let’s get in touch.”

“That’s good, Lynk & Co is after all a Geely team, and it can be considered a factory team.

With Mr. Li's passion for racing and the increasing popularity of F1 in China, Geely will definitely increase its investment. It is even possible that Guanyu won your first Grand Prix championship with Geely's Mars rover." Qiu Meng said this after slowly sitting down next to Qin Miao.

Zhou Guanyu smiled and said, "Then I will lend you my good words."

……

Zhou Guanyu only stayed with Qin Miao for more than two hours, and then went to Zhejiang.

Although Zhou Guanyu was not in a hurry, this was a hospital after all, not a place to reminisce. As long as the intention was there, it would be enough, but it would be better not to disturb the pregnant woman's rest.

After Zhou Guanyu left, Qiu Meng looked at Qin Miao and asked, "Didn't you tell Zhou Guanyu that you were going to Ferrari next season?"

After all, she is his wife, and she has helped him a lot in the racing industry, so Qin Miao did not hide the contract issues.

However, his wife was the only one in the family who knew about it. Qin Miao didn't tell anyone else.

"No one has said anything yet, not even Leclerc, I'm thinking of finding a suitable opportunity to tell them.

Besides, the season has just started, and Verstappen and I are tied in the drivers' standings. If this news were to be released, I would definitely be criticized by Mercedes fans for my performance in the Australian Grand Prix. It would not be like what is happening now, where everyone is saying that it is not my fault that I did not win the Grand Prix this weekend, but the fault of the stupid racing organization."

"But keeping it a secret like this won't last long. The news will eventually be made public."

Qin Miao spread his hands and said: "My plan is to release this news during the summer break. By then, the trend of this season will be clear, and the points gap between me and Hamilton will be widened. I believe that even if some people in the team are dissatisfied with my decision and want to get rid of me, Hamilton will probably not be able to catch up with me in the standings in half a season.

They can’t possibly let me retire in two games in the second half of the season, right?”

Hearing Qin Miao say this, Qiu Meng reached out and rubbed Qin Miao's head: "It seems that my Qin Miao has grown up and has his own ideas."

Generally speaking, if Qiu Meng dared to do such a thing to Qin Miao, she would definitely be pressed down on the sofa or bed by Qin Miao in the next second.

But now the girl is pregnant, and Qin Miao can only let her rub his hair.

Don't dare to move, don't dare to move at all.

If Qin Miao dared to move, his mother would definitely break his legs.

……

2023年4月18号，农历2月28。

Suitable for: weddings, friends and relatives, travel, haircuts, wedding matches, engagements, business openings, planting, bed installation, pastoral care, coffining, moving coffins, consecrating, relocating graves

Taboo: moving into a new house, praying for blessings, installing doors, building stoves, raising beams, thanking the earth, fasting and offering sacrifices

5:21 am.

At this time, Qin Miao was sitting obediently on a chair outside the delivery room.

But the constantly shaking right leg proved Qin Miao's inner anxiety and restlessness at the moment.

In fact, before his mother came, Qin Miao was walking back and forth in the corridor subconsciously.

Instead of waiting outside anxiously, Qin Miao wanted to go into the delivery room to accompany Qiu Meng during the birthing process. Even the doctor suggested that Qin Miao go in and be with her.

But Qiu Meng herself disagreed.

So Qin Miao was left outside.

As my mother and my father-in-law and mother-in-law rushed to the hospital after receiving the call, Qin Miao, who had been circling in the corridor, was also pressed down on the bench.

So what if you are a world champion? If your mother looks at you at home, you still have to behave yourself and not act rashly.

To be honest, Qin Miao didn’t have a clear concept of the phrase "days passing like years" before.

Now Qin Miao has a deep understanding of this sentence.

At this time, Qin Miao and the three elders had been waiting outside the door for more than 7 hours. From o'clock in the evening to now, every hour was a torture and torment for the four of them.

Finally, I didn’t know how much time had passed, so long that Qin Miao felt he could run a full Grand Prix weekend in Spa, when the lights in the operating room went out.

The four people sitting on the bench looked up almost at the same time.

"Is Mr. Qin Miao here?" asked the female nurse who was holding a crying baby in her arms after she went out.

"I, I, I'm here." Qin Miao quickly stood up.

The other party glanced at Qin Miao.

After confirming that the person was Qin Miao, the nurse handed the baby girl in her arms to Qin Miao and took a look: "Congratulations, mother and daughter are safe, and the baby weighs exactly 7 kilograms."

Just as Qin Miao was about to reach out to hold the baby, the young nurse turned around and showed the baby to his father-in-law, mother-in-law and Qin Miao's mother.

After making sure that all four people had seen the baby, the nurse put the baby back in her arms and said to Qin Miao, "You can go in and see your wife now."

Qin Miao nodded quickly and entered the delivery room.

The young nurse held Qin Miao's daughter and placed her in a transparent incubator next to Qiu Meng's bed.

Qin Miao took a look and after making sure the child was fine, he looked at his wife.

Qiu Meng's face was covered in sweat at this time. When she saw Qin Miao coming in, she smiled somewhat reluctantly.

Just when Qin Miao thought that the girl was going to say something touching or aggrieved, the girl said, "Finally I got rid of this thing. I won't be tortured by progesterone anymore. After I finish my confinement, I will play games all night long! You are not allowed to stop me! If you dare to stop me, I will explode with you! 9 months! Do you know how I spent these 9 months!"

Qin Miao felt a little distressed when he saw Qiu Meng's appearance, but after listening to the heartless words of this girl, Qin Miao couldn't help laughing.

Then he reached out and pushed aside the bangs on his wife's forehead that were wet with sweat: "Okay! Okay! Okay! I'll accompany you then."

"By the way, I've asked you for a long time, but you never told me the child's name. What is it?" Qiu Meng suddenly asked.

Qin Miao whispered the name that he had been thinking about for a long time: "Qin Muchu."

"Hmm... this name is easy to understand, but why does it sound so much like the name of a heroine in a domineering CEO novel?"

"dislike?"

"That's not the case, it just feels a little weird, but it's not our name anyway, so let's just call it this."

As if she had heard her heartless parents so hastily decide on a name that would accompany her for the rest of her life, the baby girl lying in the incubator suddenly cried out "wa". (End of this chapter)