How did I become an F1 driver?

Chapter 585 569: FIA: I kill everyone!

However, Qin Miao has been working in the paddock for so long that his basic expression management ability is still good.

So even though Qin Miao felt a little speechless at this time, he still concealed it well.

"That's true. There were many unexpected accidents on the track, and the final result of the race did not meet our expectations." "But so far, all we can do is to review the game after the race and see if there is anything we can improve on."

This is a standard formulaic answer. There is nothing special about it, but it is not wrong either.

"We saw that you made a mistake and ran off the track in T1. Can you tell us what happened exactly?"

Qin Miao sighed: "To be honest, I don't know exactly what happened at that time, but I personally feel that I was blown by the wind."

"Blown by the wind?" The host was obviously surprised.

After all, the host in charge of the interview today was not Coulthard, who had been a driver, so he naturally didn't know how disgusting it was to be blown by a gust of wind on the track.

Qin Miao explained: "My car was at its limit at the time, but I felt I could have braked. But for some reason, a gust of wind suddenly came from behind my car and I couldn't brake."

"I can only say that I was a little unlucky in today's game."

"Now I just hope my luck in the second half of the season won't be like today's game."

……

After the interview, Qin Miao tidied up a bit and went upstairs to the rest area to wait for the award.

When Qin Miao came up, he saw Leclerc standing in front of the screen in the small dark room with his hands on his hips, watching the replay of the game.

Qin Miao also glanced at the screen when he walked over to change his hat and drink water.

At this time, the scene playing was the one of Qin Miao and Leclerc fighting on the track.

Qin Miao didn't sit down either, but stood beside Leclerc and watched the scene with him.

After seeing Qin Miao surpass Leclerc on the track, Leclerc turned his head and said to Qin Miao beside him: "You are so damn good at seizing opportunities. If you hadn't interfered, I would definitely have surpassed Verstappen on the track."

Qin Miao sneered: "Without my interference, you can't overtake him. I don't know how fast his car is."

Leclerc nodded: "Okay, even if I can't beat Verstappen, if there is no safety car on the starting straight, you will definitely not be my opponent."

Qin Miao didn't refute at this time.

After all, the horsepower of a Ferrari racing car is indeed a bit terrifying.

At that time, Leclerc still had his own DRS, and he was not sure how much battery was left in the opponent's ERS. Anyway, Qin Miao's own car battery had only single digits left.

"It's still uncertain who will win in this kind of situation, and this is a competition. It has already happened, and no amount of discussion will change the final outcome of the matter." Qin Miao subconsciously said toughly.

I don’t know why, but Qin Miao and his friends are accustomed to being stubborn.

"Like you got knocked out by Verstappen, right?"

Qin Miao:?
"Damn you! Die!"

……

After the two of them played around for a while, they both quieted down, and Qin Miao returned to his seat and sat down.

Leclerc didn't try to persuade Qin Miao.

Leclerc really has nothing to say now. Should he ask Qin Miao to be more generous?

That's impossible. It's not Qin Miao's responsibility that he lost the championship in the sub-station.

Should Qin Miao take revenge?
It's even more impossible. Leclerc knows Qin Miao and he is not that kind of person.

So after sitting down, Leclerc said nothing, and just watched the broadcast screen in the small dark room with Qin Miao.

Unfortunately, the broadcast screen in the small dark room soon started playing the collision between Qin Miao and Verstappen on the track.

At this time, Verstappen had finished his post-race interview and walked up from below.

I just happened to see this scene being replayed on the broadcast screen.

After seeing this scene, Pan Zi pretended nothing had happened and went to his seat, then started packing his things.

Qin Miao and Leclerc exchanged glances, but Leclerc gently shook his head at Qin Miao.

Although Leclerc didn't know what Qin Miao wanted to do, under the current circumstances, it would be better not to do anything shameful, after all, there were many cameras staring at this place.

Qin Miao actually had no intention of causing any trouble. The look he gave Leclerc actually meant: Look, this is the guy who bumped into me, and now he looks like nothing happened, how hateful.

After Verstappen came over, Qin Miao and Leclerc had little communication.

With Verstappen on the scene, a dull performance was almost inevitable.

Qin Miao was relatively calm, at least he didn't throw his hat at Verstappen when he came over.

Afterwards, as the drivers on the podium finished their preparations, three drivers went up to the podium to receive their awards.

I won’t go into details about the process of going on stage and receiving the trophy, but it is worth mentioning that when the champagne was sprayed, Qin Miao rarely raised the champagne and took a big sip.

After drinking it, Qin Miao smacked his lips. The taste was actually quite good, with a fruity aroma.

It tastes pretty much like Coke.

After all, it is filled with a lot of carbon dioxide.

After the celebration, there is normally a group photo process.

But after celebrating, Qin Miao didn't even bother to look at Verstappen. He took his champagne and trophy and left the podium directly in the confused gazes of Leclerc, Verstappen and Verstappen's track engineer.

The camera that was originally fixed on the podium suddenly switched to Qin Miao as if it saw something explosive, and then watched Qin Miao leave.

"After the game, we watched Qin Miao's performance in the post-match interview. We thought Qin Miao could remain calm after encountering such a thing, but now it seems that Qin Miao is still very angry." Brother Bing said with emotion.

However, as a fan of Qin Miao, he would naturally be biased when commenting on his country's only F1 world champion.

Brother Fei said: "You can't blame Qin Miao for this. He was the one who suffered a loss on the track. It's normal for him to be angry at this time."

"And even if we take a step back, Qin Miao is only 22 years old now. It is understandable and forgivable that a young person sometimes does things in a clumsy way."

"That's right. I just hope that this incident won't affect Qin Miao's performance in the game. But I feel that based on my understanding of Qin Miao, after encountering this kind of thing, Qin Miao may be more careful and guard against these things in the future." Zhou Haoran said.

"Yes, next we can look forward to what kind of brilliant performance Qin Miao can have when he returns to his home ground in England in a week." Brother Bing concluded.

...On the track, after watching Qin Miao leave early, the live broadcast returned to Verstappen and Leclerc.

After waiting for the group photo on the field to end, the director also gave the rankings and scores of the drivers in this race.

P1: Verstappen +26 (fastest lap)
P2: Qin Miao +18
P3: Leclerc +15
P4: Perez +12
P5: Hamilton +10
P6: Sainz +8
P7: Norris +6
P8: Alonso +4
P9: Gasly +2
P10: Stroll +1
Of course, this is not the final score, because many drivers on the track violated the rules by running off the track.

Originally, the FIA ​​did not investigate the matter further. After all, there were too many drivers and laps on the conflicting tracks, and it would be too time-consuming and laborious to check them one by one.

But the FIA ​​received a report from Aston Martin and there was nothing they could do.

Someone mentioned that the FIA, as the regulatory body of F1, must do something.

Therefore, the FIA ​​immediately inspected the process of the race after the race. For this purpose, they reviewed all the telemetry images of the race and made their own judgment.

They will not let any of the people who need to be punished go.

Finally, after several hours of hard work, the FIA ​​gave the final result.

There were 83 violations of track limits during the race, with a total of 8 drivers receiving 12 penalties.

Among them, Kakuta was penalized 5 seconds. (What a bad luck!)

Sainz, Hamilton, Gasly, Albon and Russell were penalized 10 seconds.

De Vries was penalized 15 seconds and Ocon was penalized 30 seconds.

After seeing Ocon being penalized 30 seconds, the person who must be the happiest must be the boss of Aston Martin.

It is even possible that Aston Martin's application to the FIA ​​for review was instructed by the boss.

Of course, this is rather unofficial history.

In fact, the penalties imposed on drivers outside the points zone don’t matter much to them. No matter how many seconds the penalty is, no points will be credited to them. Even if you are penalized to the end of the team, there will be no difference between you and the driver who finishes 11th on the points table.

However, the drivers in the points zone will find it quite painful to face this penalty.

First of all, Gasly is the least miserable. It cannot be said that he is not miserable, but it is just not as miserable as others.

Gasly originally finished 9th in this race and should have scored two points, but because of the 10-second penalty, Gasly was relegated to 10th place.

The two points were cut in half to one.

Although his points income was cut in half, he actually suffered the smallest loss.

Among the drivers in the front row, Hamilton and Sainz both received a 10-second penalty, so the relative penalties between the two offset each other, and the old man was still above Sainz.

But you have to know that these two people have a 10-second penalty.

So after receiving this time penalty, Hamilton and Sainz were directly penalized two places and moved back behind Alonso.

This may also be the reason why Aston Martin insisted on having the FIA ​​review the race.

It may even be the main reason.

So the actual ranking and scores of the top 10 in this game are as follows

P1: Verstappen +26 (fastest lap)
P2: Qin Miao +18
P3: Leclerc +15
P4: Perez +12
P5: Norris +10
P6: Alonso +8
P7: Hamilton +6
P8: Sainz +4
P9: Stroll +2
P10: Gasly +1
In today's match, Pan Zi's performance is needless to say. It is very impressive and needs no further explanation.

It was indeed a pity for Qin Miao, if he hadn't made that mistake... Strictly speaking, it couldn't be called a mistake. Qin Miao could only be considered unlucky as he encountered this evil wind inexplicably.

And Pan Zi also gave Qin Miao another stab on the track, so it was already very good that Qin Miao could get second place at the end of the race.

At least Pan Zi didn't force me to withdraw from the competition.

Leclerc...

In fact, with Ferrari's performance, the possibility of getting a podium at the Red Bull Ring is very low. Ferrari is not only ahead of Mercedes but also Red Bull. Under the pressure of these two big mountains, Ferrari wants to get a podium, unless Mercedes and Ferrari make mistakes...

Unfortunately, it was because of the opportunity given by Mercedes that Leclerc got the podium.

Hamilton was really too polite.

One penalty and one post-race penalty, totaling fifteen seconds of penalty, the old man was equivalent to carrying Leclerc directly onto the podium.

As for Perez who was fourth.

In today's game, Lao Pei finally pulled his head out from under the guillotine of Red Bull.

Perez started 15th today and finished fourth.

Red Bull could find no fault with Perez's performance.

Perez's health naturally recovered to above the kill line.

Speaking of the kill line, former Red Bull and current Lynk & Co driver De Vries is not as lucky as Perez.

Signing De Vries was a decision made by Red Bull, not Lynk & Co...

In fact, this is not entirely correct, because the signing of De Vries was also instructed by Red Bull, and it can be regarded as Red Bull's consistent promotion on the spot.

After all, De Vries fully demonstrated his strength and talent in a substitute match, and coupled with his status as a Red Bull youth player, he will naturally be promoted.

This is Red Bull's youth training system. As long as you seize the opportunities given to you by Red Bull and demonstrate your abilities, Red Bull will give you the opportunity to move forward.

This is also the excellence of Red Bull. When they see talented young drivers, they are really willing to give them opportunities.

But after de Vries really entered F1, he was not as good as when he was a substitute.

Lynk & Co was also quite dissatisfied with De Vries' performance on the track.

He even suffered a crushing defeat in the competition with his teammate Yuki Kanoda. Whether in the main race or qualifying, he rarely defeated his teammates.

Although Lynk & Co has recruited many domestic technical personnel, there are also two or three people in the management team who came from China.

But after all, the overall team is still the same as that of Red Bull, and it has brought many habits of the Red Bull team.

So after internal discussion, Link used the killing move on De Vries.

After the Austrian Grand Prix, Red Bull released a statement.

De Vries will become the reserve driver and test driver of the Lynk & Co team, and the person who will replace De Vries is Australian Ricciardo.

(End of this chapter)