How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 488 - 217: Flowers and Applause

FIA is crying.

Because if you earn points, at the end of the season, drivers have to pay the FIA according to the points they’ve earned this year.

Qin Miao, however, doesn’t have this concern, because in the contract, Mercedes said that they would pay these costs for Qin Miao.

Additionally, Vettel was voted the best driver of the race with a one percent higher vote than Qin Miao.

No one had any objections to this result. After everyone found out, they only sincerely wished and congratulated Vettel and felt that this award was well-deserved.

However, when Qin Miao drove back to the podium, only two cars were there.

One Mercedes and one Martin.

Perez and his Red Bull didn’t appear at this time mainly because his car was almost out of fuel. To pass the car inspection, the team stopped him at the pit lane exit right after crossing the line. He’s currently sitting in the medical car, heading towards the pit lane entrance.

After Qin Miao parked the car behind the sign indicating the champion, he was in a complex and stirring emotional state inside the car.

Qin Miao was very excited, very happy, very thrilled.

Even happier than when he won his first career championship in Imola.

After all, Qin Miao’s first career win was suspected of being an intentional deliberate ease by Hamilton, and discussions around that win were rampant online until recently when it finally calmed down a bit.

But this time is different. Although Hamilton has always been supporting Qin Miao from behind, helping him to pressure Perez so that he couldn’t team up with Verstappen against him.

But the fact that Qin Miao could reach this position and stay there for so long proves Qin Miao’s own strong abilities.

Even though the final victory was due to Verstappen crashing out, as mentioned before, why out of the nineteen drivers on the track, only Qin Miao could seize the opportunity for this championship after Verstappen crashed?

Isn’t it because Qin Miao’s own strength is sufficient?

So in this race, not only Qin Miao, everyone knows that this race was a proof of Qin Miao’s own strength, and this championship was fought out of the hands of other drivers with Qin Miao’s own ability.

Very quickly, Qin Miao climbed out from his car.

After pressing the steering wheel back into place, Qin Miao immediately rushed toward Reyes and the others.

This time, Qin Miao didn’t lose himself. He had forgotten which race it was, but Reyes had mentioned before that when Qin Miao lost himself, he had kicked someone more than once, so this time, Qin Miao opened his arms wide like the other drivers and rushed toward Reyes and the others, and then plunged directly into the crowd.

Reyes and the others were laughing, and when Qin Miao came over, Reyes hugged Qin Miao tightly. Other technicians, due to limited angles and positions, couldn’t hug Qin Miao like Reyes, so more of them just kept patting Qin Miao’s back to vent their emotions.

After a good celebration, they finally let Qin Miao go.

At this time, Qin Miao still had a smile on his face: "I told you, I wouldn’t let you down."

Reyes, including the rest of Qin Miao’s crew, after hearing Qin Miao’s words, they immediately felt their fatigue vanish, and all their hard work and overtime were worth it.

Patting Qin Miao’s shoulder, Reyes didn’t say anything, but everything was understood tacitly.

After celebrating with other colleagues at the trackside, Qin Miao emerged from the crowd of team members.

If Mercedes was celebrating joyfully, on the other hand, Red Bull, despite being happy, all had a shadow cast over their hearts.

Not only because their number one driver Verstappen retired from this race, and they only secured a second place, but also because Qin Miao, in this race, demonstrated his terrifying talent, and his combat power was extremely impressive.

The most crucial point is that from observing this period, although there is a large age gap between the two Mercedes drivers, their relationship is good, and it’s unlikely for conflicts to occur within their team.

It’s believed that in the near future, Qin Miao will become one of the biggest obstacles in Verstappen and Red Bull’s path to the championship.

However, Aston Martin, who came in third, wasn’t troubled as much.

This was their first podium finish since entering F1 as a manufacturer team, and the whole team was in a state of celebration.

It’s believed that after the awards ceremony, Martin Team will have a warm and grand celebration.

Everyone was happily cheering around Vettel, and for a moment, the scene seemed even bigger than Red Bull and Mercedes, as if they were the champions.

Breaking through from 0 to 1 is never easy, and no one else had any intention of blaming them.

Many people were sincerely happy for them.

After the celebrations, Qin Miao went to Perez, shook hands with the Mexican, and then gave him a hug.

"Congratulations Qin Miao, you were too fast today. I found it incredibly difficult to even stay behind you," Perez congratulated Qin Miao after they parted.

Today’s race was exactly as Perez described, Qin Miao’s long-distance speed was incredibly fast, demonstrating a high level of skill in both offense and defense.