How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 491 - 218: New Car

Afterward, the official presented the trophies to the three people on the podium.

Qin Miao sincerely offered his congratulations and applause to Perez and Vettel.

Then it was time to celebrate. Qin Miao smiled and held the wine bottle, shaking it vigorously for a while before starting to spray it at Perez, then Vettel and Allison.

Sharing it equally, so to speak.

The others weren’t to be outdone either, and before long, Qin Miao’s racing suit was soaked.

The four of them fooled around for a while and finally took a group photo on the champion’s podium.

Afterward, they each took their things and went down the stairs.

At the same time, the director also showed the rankings and scores for this race.

1: Qin Miao +25

2: Perez +18

3: Vettel +15

4: Gasly +12

5: Leclerc +10

6: Norris +8

7: Alonso +6

8: Tsunoda +4

9: Sainz +2

10: Ricardo +1

The last ten scored no points, so they are not shown here.

Meanwhile, after this race, the driver standings are as follows:

1: Qin Miao 102

2: Hamilton 100

3: Verstappen 90

4: Perez 62

5: Norris 58

6: Leclerc 52

7: Sainz 33

8: Gasly 26

9: Ricardo 25

10: Vettel 23

11: O’Kang 11

12: Alonso 12 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

13: Stroll 7

14: Tsunoda 6

15: Kimi 1

The changes in rankings for others won’t be elaborated here, let’s focus on Qin Miao.

After this race, he reached the top of the leaderboard by 2 points over his teammate Hamilton.

Once again, he made countless history.

For example, he is the first Chinese driver to lead the F1 leaderboard and also the first driver to lead the leaderboard in his rookie season.

In short, everything Qin Miao does now seems to break records.

Unlike the frequent changes in driver rankings, the team rankings have remained almost unchanged.

1: Mercedes: 202

2: Red Bull: 152

3: Ferrari: 87

4: McLaren: 83

5: Aston Martin: 30

6: Alpine: 23

7: Alpha Tauri: 29

8: Alfa Romeo: 1

Only Alpine dropped one position while Martin gained one position.

Haas and Williams still haven’t scored any points.

After going downstairs, Qin Miao naturally celebrated with his team members.

After a hearty celebration, Qin Miao reluctantly returned to the team house to change into a fresh set of clothes.

After coming out, Qin Miao had to face work again: post-race interviews, press conferences, sponsor activities, online fan meetings.

These various tasks completely filled Qin Miao’s schedule.

By the time Qin Miao’s face was stiff from smiling and he extricated himself from the tedious work, it was already past 7 PM local time.

And that wasn’t the end, to celebrate Qin Miao’s hard-earned championship, Mercedes organized a party after the race, which most of the staff would attend if they had time.

Qin Miao, as the champion winner, of course, was one of them.

However, when Qin Miao arrived, he found he wasn’t the last to arrive; Hamilton came even later than him.

During the meal, Qin Miao sat at a table with Hamilton and Toto.

Others sat wherever they wanted, based on their friendships.

But honestly, if it was the old Qin Miao in this environment, thinking about today’s race scenario, he might have felt awkward sitting next to Hamilton.

At that time, Qin Miao would surely have thought about whether overtaking Hamilton in the standings would ruin their relationship, making it hard for him in the team.

But now Qin Miao had matured, and even sitting next to Hamilton, he could eat and drink with ease.

Hamilton being overtaken in points wasn’t because of Qin Miao crashing into him, so it naturally had nothing to do with him; he would do what he needed to do.

He could even chat idly with the two of them.

Toto acted as if this meal was just an ordinary gathering; at the table, they talked about their families, friends, and hobbies, never touching upon work matters.

One noteworthy thing was that Hamilton drank a bit too much wine today; even though wine isn’t that strong, Hamilton was drinking it like water.

So it wasn’t long before Hamilton opened up, as if he’d forgotten about his mistakes on the track, and started talking to Qin Miao about the sixteen girlfriends he had over the years.

Toto listened with genuine interest, and Qin Miao wasn’t about to dampen his teammate’s mood, especially since he was curious about what it was like to date 14 different types of women.

Since ancient times, the one eternal topic among men is women.

After Hamilton finished discussing his girlfriends’ various figures and curves, he took a sip of red wine, suddenly turned to Qin Miao, and asked, "Qin Miao, how long have you been with your girlfriend?"

Qin Miao was slightly taken aback, thinking just a moment ago you were talking about sizes and softness, and now you’re suddenly talking about me and Qimeng?

Despite the surprise, Qin Miao thought for a moment and honestly replied, "We’ve been together for almost two years now.

Though my girlfriend and I have known each other since middle school, so the timeline can stretch a bit longer."

Hamilton leaned back in his chair and, not without envy, said, "That’s so nice. I really envy the kind of relationship you and Qimeng have."