How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 830 - 334: The Youngest World Champion in F1 History

Actually, at this moment, Zhou Haoran still feels a bit uncomfortable, because the commentary style of Five-Star Sports is not like CCTV or other formal provincial TV stations, which require the commentators to remain relatively neutral during their work process.

Five-Star Sports' commentary is quite relaxed, with an atmosphere similar to a few friends sitting in a small bar watching and chatting about the game.

So as a result, Zhou Haoran also has his favorite racer, and that is Hamilton.

In fact, it's not just Zhou Haoran; the other two commentators also have their favorite racers, but during commentary, they do not show as much clear preference for their favorite racer as Zhou Haoran does.

And by the end of the 20th season, knowing that next season Qin Miao would be joining Mercedes, Zhou Haoran was very happy, because the only domestic F1 driver would be teaming up with his favorite racer, which means he could focus on the Mercedes team during the races without any hesitation.

Moreover, most of the Five-Star Sports audience are domestic racing fans, so during the commentary, speaking more favorably about Qin Miao would also boost his own popularity significantly.

However, as the season gradually progressed, Zhou Haoran found that the points situation among the racers on the field had some unexpected changes, and this new driver Qin Miao's performance was unexpectedly good, surprisingly good!

Innate racing talent?

Then until now, Zhou Haoran has watched helplessly as the points gap between Hamilton and Qin Miao gradually narrowed, and now Qin Miao even directly defeated Hamilton to win the 2021 F1 World Championship.

For a moment, Zhou Haoran even felt a bit dazed.

"No, before this season started, or even before last week's Saudi Grand Prix finished, I wasn't quite willing to believe that Qin Miao could reach this position.

It's not that I don't believe in Qin Miao's strength, I just feel that Qin Miao's current performance far exceeds my intuitive understanding of the racing industry. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

The years of experience I've gained from watching and commentating on races don't apply to Qin Miao at all." Zhou Haoran clearly expressed his view, but he didn't forget to cover himself either.

After all, before he won the championship, Qin Miao was already deified among domestic racing fans or within the racing community.

Among Qin Miao's fans, domestic fans show the highest level of tolerance and loyalty towards Qin Miao.

Some domestic fans even declared that as long as Qin Miao doesn't break the law, they would forgive him even if he relieved himself anywhere.

Therefore, when discussing issues related to Qin Miao, Zhou Haoran knows he needs to be careful with his words.

"I can only say that to all of us domestic racing fans, Qin Miao's presence feels like a dream that isn't real, but I think all domestic fans feel the same as I do, hoping that this dream doesn't end, hoping it can continue forever."

...

While Five-Star Sports was having a chat, the award ceremony on the other side was also about to begin.

A row of Middle Eastern tycoons wearing white robes stood beside the podium. With the host's introduction, Verstappen first walked out from the channel behind the podium.

By this time, Verstappen had already adjusted his mood. Although Verstappen was still feeling uncomfortable, feeling like he had wasted a year, he had already regained his calm expression.

As Verstappen took his position amid the cheering of the on-site audience, the host began to introduce Qin Miao.

"Let's welcome the 2021 Formula One World Champion, the king from the East! The youngest ever F1 World Champion: Qin Miao!"

It is worth mentioning that, as the host said at the scene, Qin Miao indeed broke the record for the youngest ever F1 World Champion in history and significantly lowered the age limit.

The previous youngest world champion was Sebastian Vettel, who won the championship in 2010 at 23 years and 133 days old.

And Qin Miao?

20 years and 261 days.

Three years faster than Vettel!

With the host's introduction, which made Qin Miao feel a bit embarrassed, he walked onto the second step of the podium with a smile, draped in the national flag, amid the audience's applause.

Although Qin Miao felt a bit awkward upon hearing the host's introduction, having been in F1 for so long, Qin Miao had already developed the skill of being internally turbulent yet outwardly composed.

So Qin Miao stepped onto his spot on the podium with a smile.

Finally, the host announced Lewis Hamilton's name and invited him up.

At the same time, Toto Wolff, the team leader of Mercedes, also joined Hamilton on stage.

Normally, Toto wouldn't come here to receive the award. For one thing, when celebrating later, Toto might inevitably end up soaked in drinks, which would be a blow to his image. Unlike Red Bull's black team uniforms that wouldn't show when wet, Mercedes' white team uniforms would cling to the skin completely when drenched.

Visually, it would basically look like he wasn't wearing anything.

On the other hand, Toto feels that since he is after all a shareholder of the team, this kind of entertainment and celebration should be left to enjoy by the engineers under him or some key members representing the team.