How did I become an F1 driver?

Not only did he fail to hold on to the pole position he had started from, he slipped two places instead. The only consolation for Verstappen now is that this was just a sprint race, and even if he won the sprint race it would only net him 8 points, so he wouldn't lose too many points.

The points from those mid-season grand prix wins are still supporting Verstappen.

But when he thought of this just now, Verstappen thought of the main race.

Verstappen felt a little irritable when he thought about starting from sixth place in the race.

There is actually nothing much to say about the last flying lap of Q3, it was just Verstappen's own mistake, but the first flying lap of Q3 is something that Verstappen now feels sick when he thinks back on it.

Is Perez's track engineer a pig? He didn't even remind him?

……

After being overtaken by Leclerc, Qin Miao regained his senses.

Anyway, even if he tried hard to overtake Leclerc, he could only get one more point in this race.

Instead, he has to take the risk of Verstappen attacking him from behind while he is fighting with Leclerc.

It would have been fine if Verstappen hadn't stolen the chicken, but if Verstappen had really stolen the chicken, it would have been a complete loss.

So Qin Miao chose to play it safe at this stage.

The other drivers had similar ideas at this stage.

Drivers in the points zone feel that there is no need to fight to the death with the driver in front for the sake of a point. It is not worth it to cause damage to the car. It is enough for them to just get the points.

The drivers outside the points zone have similar ideas to those inside. There is no need to cause damage to the car and unnecessary losses for one or two points. Just use neutral tires and finish the race honestly.

This is also the disadvantage of the sprint race, the excitement cannot be as good as the main race.

The race ended with the drivers in a relatively peaceful state of mind.

The only bright spot might be that Qin Miao and Verstappen were fighting at the start, while Leclerc benefited from the conflict between the two.

Finally, after the race, the drivers' rankings and scores are as follows:

P1: Leclerc +8
P2: Qin Miao +7
P3: Verstappen +6
P4: Hamilton +5
P5: Norris +4
P6: Perez +3
P7: Sainz +2
P8: Gasly +1
After the race, when Qin Miao saw Leclerc in the post-race interview area, he had just parked his car.

When both men got out of their cars and finished celebrating their meeting again, Leclerc, who had won the sprint race, stopped pretending.

We are all smart people and know when to show off and when it is better to keep a low profile.

In the sprint qualifying stage, although Leclerc beat Qin Miao by almost the same speed, only a few millimeters, this was indeed a reflection of strength. Leclerc used his strength to defeat Qin Miao on the track.

In the face of the indisputable speed advantage, it was normal for Leclerc to jump on Qin Miao's face, and Qin Miao couldn't even refute it.

But now, Qin Miao did not take action against Leclerc in the sprint race, purely because there was no need to take action in the sprint race.

The benefits of taking action at this stage are not proportional to the effort put in.

So strictly speaking, Qin Miao gave up the sprint race championship to Leclerc on his own initiative.

This is how championships are won, so Leclerc naturally had no reason or confidence to jump in front of Qin Miao.

Instead, Qin Miao smiled and said to Leclerc: "You ran well. It would be a waste of your talent if you don't play CSGO with your ability to seize opportunities."

Leclerc smiled, hugged Qin Miao and said, "That's not the case. It's just that you give me a chance and a little bit of luck."

Qin Miao shrugged: "This opportunity was not given by me, but by Verstappen. If you want to thank someone, you should thank him."

After saying this, Leclerc stopped being stubborn and went to complete the post-race procedures with a smile.

Qin Miao turned around and greeted Pan Zi, and then completed the award ceremony for the sprint race.

It is worth mentioning that although the sprint race was not very exciting, the American fans at the scene still had great enthusiasm for the three drivers.

During the interview and award ceremony, the fans at the scene gave huge cheers.

All I can say is that the current US market has great potential for development.

Qin Miao didn't attend many business activities during this Grand Prix weekend.

Well... Qin Miao basically doesn't participate in commercial activities, such as those drivers' signing events. Qin Miao has been in the F1 paddock for almost three years and has only been there once.

Therefore, Qin Miao's financial income during the Grand Prix weekend is less than that of other drivers.

His only source of income for this Grand Prix weekend is the share of the team's peripheral sales during this Grand Prix weekend, as well as the share of the sales of some associated products.

Of course, it is also because with the development of the times, computers have been introduced into more aspects of life.

So in just Saturday, Qin Miao got the data on how much money he had earned in the past two days.

A total of more than 90 US dollars.

It's only the first two days of a Grand Prix weekend, and the number of people coming to watch the race is not as many as on Sunday.

And this is only what can be counted. Apart from that, there are many other shares that are not included.

What is an annual income of one million, a monthly income of one million.

My buddy makes millions a day.

……

Time passed and soon it was Sunday, the day of the main competition.

Although the magpie species does not exist in the United States, Qin Miao did hear the call of a magpie when he got out of bed on Sunday.

Although Qin Miao is a very determined materialist fighter, for some reason, Qin Miao feels that luck will be on his side in today's game.

After arriving at the paddock, Qin Miao's work processes went smoothly today.

Of course, during the preparation phase before this season's Grand Prix weekend, Qin Miao rarely encountered any unexpected situations.

The staff of Qin Miao's crew can be said to be the ones who work the least overtime during the Grand Prix among all the crews in the entire paddock.

I didn't get much overtime throughout the entire season.

Therefore, if there were people in the Mercedes-Benz team who were reluctant to see Qin Miao leave, Qin Miao's crew would be the most reluctant group.

After all, who knows whether Russell has the same incredible adaptability and stability as Qin Miao, or whether he will have a collision in qualifying before the start of the race.

The crew members of Ferrari's Sainz were overjoyed.

Although Sainz is not as prone to pushing himself to the limit and making mistakes in qualifying as Leclerc, Sainz is at least a normal person and will always make mistakes.

Since Qin Miao entered the paddock, the number of accidents caused by himself on the track can be counted on one hand.

Moreover, most of them are just rolling but not crashing. Even if they are crashed, it is just a matter of replacing the front nose or suspension, and no major repairs are required.

Who wouldn’t want to join the team of such a worry-free driver?

After all, who doesn’t like to serve someone who has less work to do, doesn’t need frequent car repairs, and basically doesn’t have to work overtime?
Although the people at Ferrari don’t know yet that Qin Miao is not only a driver, but also their direct leader, he can fire anyone if they don’t perform up to standard.

During the main competition, after completing the pre-match inspection, Qin Miao turned around and hugged his wife, then went to Toto and touched his daughter's little face.

That’s right, now little Muchu has become the executive deputy team leader of Mercedes-Benz. His words are effective and he can even directly order Toto to feed him with a bottle.

The position continued until Qin Miao left Mercedes-Benz.

As for other more complicated instructions... we have to wait until this girl can speak.

Now little Muchu sits directly on Toto's lap and looks at the data with Toto, although the little guy basically doesn't look at the screen in front of him, but keeps looking left and right.

But the little girl didn't make any noise or trouble. She just sat on Toto's lap and looked very well behaved.

After completing all pre-race preparations, Qin Miao went to the track.

This track causes quite severe wear and tear on racing tires, so the other drivers basically stopped twice.

But Qin Miao was unshakable as he stopped playing Huang Baiyi.

In fact, Qin Miao also considered two stops. After all, Verstappen started very late in this race, and he just needed to lock on the opponent.

It doesn't matter if we get fewer points in this game.

But after some consideration, Qin Miao finally decided to stop playing Huang Baiyi.

After all, the main race is not like the sprint race which only has 8 points.

The 1-point gap between the first and second place is still quite tempting.

After all, Qin Miao also wanted to try his best to gain some tolerance.

And no matter what, Verstappen started this race from 6th place, and it will take a long time for him to catch up.

And it’s okay if you don’t fight hard in the sprint race, after all, the effort you put in and the rewards you get are indeed not proportional, but it’s unacceptable if you don’t fight hard in the main race.

The most important thing is that the driver now ranked ahead of Qin Miao is named Leclerc.

To be honest, Qin Miao really has no reason to be afraid of Leclerc.

On the track, after all the preparations were completed, Qin Miao got into the car and waited for the race to begin.

Interestingly, Qin Miao started second in the sprint stage and was second in the race.

If I get second place again at the end of this race...

Qin Miao didn't even dare to imagine what kind of stupid nickname domestic car fans would give him.

After thinking about this, Qin Miao couldn't help but recall the nicknames given to him by domestic car fans.

He used to be called Qin Lao Er, but because it didn't sound good, and Qin Miao's performance in F1 was indeed very good, this nickname did not match Qin Miao's achievements in the F1 arena, so gradually the name became the second brother.

But Qin Miao really doesn't like this nickname of his.

……

Soon, Sunday's main race began.

After the start, the driver in front was replaced by the fourth one.

Therefore, Qin Miao's reaction and acceleration advantages at the starting stage were fully utilized without any interference.

At this time, Leclerc's reaction to Qin Miao's start was not as intense as Verstappen's yesterday. After discovering that Qin Miao's start was particularly good, Leclerc, although a little annoyed, did not defend Qin Miao too seriously on the track.

He just gave his inside position to Qin Miao reluctantly and let Qin Miao pass.

And Qin Miao also returned the favor at this time.

After all, it was impossible for the defensive master not to see that Leclerc was blatantly giving him a break.

So while overtaking Leclerc from the inside, Qin Miao also quietly helped Leclerc block Hamilton, who was also eyeing Leclerc's position on the inside of the track.

Seeing that these two people have cooperated so well even before they became teammates, the old man really wanted to say some dirty words at this time.

However, considering that he is also a Mercedes driver, and Qin Miao's movements are indeed concealed, which is basically not noticeable to the person involved, it is indeed inappropriate to say such words without any reason, so the word starting with F was stuck in Hamilton's mouth before he even said it.

After Qin Miao took the lead, he felt that what he needed to do in this race was simple. He just had to wait for Verstappen to catch up with him and then withstand Verstappen's attack.

At this time, Qin Miao also encountered a small problem, that is, Leclerc's single lap speed behind him was quite good, and he was always stuck in the DRS area behind him.

This really surprised Qin Miao, because there was no threat from Verstappen behind him, so Qin Miao did not think about providing DRS to Leclerc.

Qin Miao would not tolerate any friendship with Leclerc on the track, and he never thought about giving Leclerc DRS.

But Qin Miao was just doing normal lap times, and Leclerc actually caught up with him.

Of course, if you think about it a little, you will know that this is not impossible. After all, Ferrari's racing performance has obviously recovered recently.

What really surprised Qin Miao was that the old man couldn't keep up with Leclerc's racing pace.

He was being gradually left behind by himself and Leclerc.

As for Qin Miao's main competitor Verstappen... Qin Miao is actually quite curious about his current position, but his steering wheel can only show the positions of two drivers in front and behind him, a total of five drivers.

Pan Zi started sixth in today's race, and even though his starting rhythm was better, he moved up one position.

Now he is only ranked fifth at most. Naturally, Qin Miao cannot see Pan Zi's specific position from the steering wheel of his racing car at this time.

Then, that was how Qin Miao's game today ended.

Because for Qin Miao, the remaining time would be just boring cruising on the track until the end of the race.

After his tire advantage over Leclerc and the old man became apparent, Qin Miao no longer saw other drivers in his rearview mirror.

Of course, this doesn’t count when you’re overtaking a slower car.

Although it didn't really matter whether Qin Miao looked at the rearview mirror or not after he had circled them, if Qin Miao knew there was someone behind him, he would habitually look back when entering a turn.

This is mainly done to prevent being hit by the vehicle behind you braking late or being torpedoed directly.

After all, we can learn from history.

I remember when Pan Zi was trying to catch Ocon's slow car in the Brazilian Grand Prix, Ocon didn't let Pan Zi go and directly pushed Pan Zi off the track.

After the game, there was a classic scene of Pan Zi pushing O'Connell in the weigh-in area.

Although Qin Miao has never encountered such a situation on the track, these are small details taught to Qin Miao by the old man and summarized by Qin Miao himself, which can minimize the occurrence of some accidents that you don't want to see on the track.

So in the later stages of the race, Qin Miao on the track was:

Oh, that's a car.

Oh, another car passed.

……

Which car is this?
How long until the game ends?

To be honest...it's a bit boring.

Qin Miao finished the race in such a calm, even somewhat indifferent state of mind.

After crossing the finish line, Qin Miao smacked his lips with a sense of unsatisfaction.

If it was the old Qin Miao, he would probably shout out "It's not fun!" when he encountered this kind of competition.

But now Qin Miao has experienced the miserable time when he was suppressed by Verstappen at the beginning of the season.

Qin Miao deeply understood how hard it was to win such an easy victory.

So after the game, all Qin Miao was left with was regret.

It is estimated that we will rarely encounter such games in the remaining half of the season.

The United States Grand Prix is ​​followed by the Mexican Grand Prix.

It is a plateau track and the race with the highest altitude on the F1 calendar.

I just don't know if I can have such a comfortable experience as today's race on this track again.

Qin Miao completed a Grand Prix weekend without any trouble on the track.

Finally, he started from second place and won the championship.

After the race, the rankings of the drivers who crossed the finish line were as follows:

P1: Qin Miao

P2: Hamilton

P3: Max Verstappen

P4: Norris
P5: Sainz
P6: Perez
P7: Leclerc

P8: Gasly
P9: Stroll

P10: Tsunoda (fastest lap)
Of course, this is just the finishing position, not the score.

The reason for this ranking is that there were two unlucky people on the track in this race.

During the post-race vehicle inspection, the FIA ​​discovered that the wooden boards at the bottom of the old man and the fourth car were severely worn, exceeding the FIA's maximum wear limit.

So in the end both of them were disqualified from the game.

Leclerc is a little bit better since his ranking in this race was not high anyway, but the old man is a bit miserable, although he was not as bad as the McLaren driver who was told that his results were cancelled halfway through the interview.

But he didn’t feel happy for long as he received a notice that his podium was gone.

Therefore, after this game, the actual ranking and scores are as follows:
P1: Qin Miao +25
P2: Verstappen +18
P3: Norris +15
P4: Sainz +12
P5: Perez +10
P6: Gasly +8
P7: Stroll +6
P8: Kakuda +5 (fastest lap)
P9: Russell +2
P10: Albon +1
There is nothing much to say about Qin Miao's performance in today's game. He led the entire game from start to finish, and the word "fast" ran through the entire process.

Pan Zi was unlucky throughout the entire Grand Prix, but after the weekend, he finally got lucky for a while.

I originally thought that I would finish third in this race, but to my delight, I actually got second place for nothing.

It is a windfall.

Moreover, Kakuta also took Qin Miao's fastest lap, preventing Qin Miao from further narrowing the time gap between them.

For Verstappen, this is like Qin Shihuang touching the accelerator, he is numb to winning.

Norris was also very happy when he knew he was on the podium.

After all, any driver would be happy to get a podium for free, except Qin Miao and Verstappen.

As for Sainz.

Although Sainz finished better than his teammate Leclerc, in the original track ranking, Sainz was completely beaten by his teammate Leclerc in the early stages of the race.

The reason why Sainz was ahead of Leclerc when the race finally finished.

This was because Leclerc consumed too much tire stock behind Qin Miao in the early stages of the race. After reaching the cliff point, Leclerc's lap speed dropped significantly and rapidly.

After all, Ferrari has encountered a lot of trouble in tire management this season, and the tire consumption rate has far exceeded the team's expectations, so the later the race is, the slower the Ferrari car is.

This was especially true for Leclerc in this race.

So in the middle and late stages of the race, Leclerc's speed dropped so much that he was caught up by his teammate Sainz.

Ferrari doesn't know what to think either.

Leclerc and Sainz swapped positions on the track.

This convoy instruction is actually somewhat confusing.

Because even if you let Leclerc go to the back, Sainz would hardly pose a threat to Norris in front of Leclerc in the later stages of the race.

If Sainz had been behind Leclerc as a cushion, perhaps Ferrari could have scored more points.

But perhaps Ferrari had its own considerations. All in all, the two did exchange their positions on the track.

After Leclerc was overtaken by Sainz, his lap time continued to decline, so much so that he couldn't even keep up with Perez behind him.

So if we ignore Leclerc's final retirement, Ferrari's team instructions at the time were to reduce the number of team points Ferrari earned in this race.

Of course, the fact is that no matter where Leclerc finished, he would have been disqualified due to excessive floor wear.

However, it is not ruled out that Ferrari knew early on that it had set the ride height of Leclerc's chassis too low, and the wear of the wooden board would definitely exceed the limit.

Of course, the specific situation is unknown to outsiders.

At the same time, Yuki Kakuta set the fastest lap for Qin Miao and took a point from Qin Miao.

This was still a bit uncomfortable for Qin Miao.

Damn, now you’re called Lynk & Co, not Red Bull.

It would be fine if you didn't help me, but why the hell did you disgust me like this?
As for domestic car fans, their feelings are the same as Qin Miao's. They also don't understand why Lynk & Co did this.

After all, most of the domestic car fans watch Qin Miao's races and like Qin Miao. When watching the races, they naturally put themselves in Qin Miao's perspective to look at what is happening on the field.

As a result, the official Weibo account of Lynk & Co F1 team was immediately criticized thousands of times.

But if you calm down and think about it, put yourself in the Lynk & Co team's shoes and look at this point again.

Then everything Lynk & Co does is reasonable. (End of this chapter)