How did I become an F1 driver?

"Received Qin Miao's complaint. We will discuss it here." Franky replied after receiving Qin Miao's complaint.

The team has already given the answer, so Qin Miao naturally can't continue to make trouble and insist on this matter.

Besides, it wasn't like he couldn't overtake Hamilton after being blocked by him once, so Qin Miao continued to focus his attention back on the track.

As time goes by, the condition of Qin Miao's tires will definitely be better than the old man's. By then, it will be easy to defeat the old man by relying on things like wake flow and DRS, although it may not be easy.

However, on the 48th lap, just as Qin Miao had pulled his battery power to 80% and was preparing to try to attack Wuhan on this lap, Franky's voice suddenly came from the TR of the team: "Qin Miao, I just received a message from the FIA. Hamilton was penalized 5 seconds for squeezing you out of the track..."

Qin Miao:...?
Qin Miao was totally unprepared and was a little bit incredulous when he suddenly heard Franky's words.

At this moment, Qin Miao really perfectly interpreted the sentence: "Why did you lie down when I haven't even used any strength yet?"

Qin Miao had just prepared the car when the old man was given a 5-second penalty. Now he didn't even have to run...

After holding it in for a long time, Qin Miao managed to say: "Wow, ok."

Thinking back to the attack and defense between me and Hamilton just now, although I was pushed off the track by Hamilton, to be honest, although that attack and defense was the old man's responsibility, a direct penalty of five seconds was indeed a bit heavy.

However, the FIA ​​announcement has come out, and this matter is also beneficial to Qin Miao himself, so Qin Miao didn't waste any words.

What Qin Miao needs to do next is very simple. He doesn't need to do anything on the track. He just needs to finish the race within 5 seconds behind Hamilton.

But Qin Miao, who suddenly received this news, always felt a little uncomfortable.

This feeling is like an old smoker who doesn't light up a cigarette after dinner, a CS player who doesn't press F to check after cutting out the knife, or an APEX player who doesn't slide while traveling. It's very counterintuitive and makes you feel uncomfortable.

So after Qin Miao held it in for a round, he finally attacked the old man on the 49th round.

Hamilton also knew that he had a 5-second penalty. With Qin Miao's speed, there was no way he could leave Qin Miao behind by 5 seconds with two laps left.

So when faced with Qin Miao's attack again, the old man just struggled symbolically, and then gave his position to Qin Miao.

It was a bit like when Hamilton attacked Qin Miao and Qin Miao half-pushed and half-let Hamilton go.

Although he had surpassed Hamilton on the track according to his innermost true thoughts, Qin Miao still felt a little uncomfortable when he saw the old man being surpassed by him like a dead fish without any resistance.

However, since he had already overtaken, it was impossible for Qin Miao to let Hamilton pass and then overtake again.

And compared to worrying about this on the track, there was something else that made Qin Miao happier.

On lap 61, after passing T11, the Ferrari fans at the Monza circuit started cheering.

As Qin Miao appeared at the starting point of the starting straight, the scene soon became filled with joy.

The fans in the stands even started to wave human waves beside the track when Qin Miao crossed the finish line.

When Qin Miao crossed the finish line, the scene erupted in extremely enthusiastic cheers.

It can be seen that the Iron Buddha Temples present have a very high degree of recognition for Qin Miao.

Hamilton followed closely behind and crossed the finish line in second place.

In the 2023 Monza Grand Prix, Mercedes team took home a first-two.

Qin Miao also completed his second Pole to win in the 2023 season in Monza.

Coincidentally, Qin Miao got his first Pole to win of this season at Silverstone. Although Mercedes is a German brand, the Mercedes team is headquartered in the UK, so Silverstone can be considered half of Mercedes' home ground.

The second Pole to win was pretty much the same.

Qin Miao will join Ferrari next year, so the Iron Buddha Temple gate at the scene has a special feeling for Qin Miao, which can be regarded as half of Qin Miao's home court.

When Qin Miao brought the car back to the maintenance area, the post-race podium was already ready.

After parking the car behind the champion's stand, Qin Miao took off the steering wheel and got out. While he was standing on the car and cheering, the Ferrari fans at the scene also did not hesitate to give their applause and cheers.

Vasseur is already packing up the team's things. After all, Sainz, the best performing of the two Ferrari drivers in today's race, only got fourth place and didn't even touch the edge of the podium.

Why are you still staying on the track instead of packing up and getting ready to go home?
However, when cleaning up, Vasseur suddenly heard the cheers of the fans at the scene. He suddenly felt a little dazed, because this kind of cheers usually only came from the fans at the scene after Ferrari got good results.

On second thought, the person who won the race today was Qin Miao, so everything made sense.

After thinking it all through, Wasser suddenly laughed.

Toto, it's true that Qin Miao, whom you discovered, is very strong. He also had the possibility of competing with Verstappen for the world championship this season, but unfortunately, he will be mine next season!

When Wasser's deputy saw that Wasser suddenly smiled, he asked curiously, "What's wrong, boss?"

Wasser shook his head: "Nothing, just thinking of something happy."

……

After getting off the car, Qin Miao first celebrated with Franky and the others, then was pulled over by Toto and slapped hard on the helmet. After celebrating for a while, he was let go by them.

After landing, Qin Miao turned around and hugged the old man who came over.

"Actually, you could have been more serious when defending me in the last few laps." After the hug, Qin Miao said this to Hamilton while taking off his gloves.

The old man smiled indifferently: "Actually, the result is the same. If I were two years younger, I might do what you said and cross the line in front of you even if I had to take a five-second penalty. But I'm 38 now, and we both know that it's not right to do so."

Qin Miao let out a sigh of relief after hearing the old man's explanation.

But because the noise on the scene was indeed a bit too noisy, many drivers drove their cars to the vehicle inspection area in the maintenance area. Their ears were filled with the explosion sound of the racing car engine at idling without a muffler.

So the old man didn't hear it. After a brief chat with Hamilton, Qin Miao nodded to the old man, and the matter was over.

In fact, after the race, when the old man ran back to the track, he reviewed his fight with Qin Miao on the track. Sitting in the car with his adrenaline slowly fading, the old man suddenly realized that he had lost his composure when facing Qin Miao and his mind was somewhat dizzy.

For some reason, all these years of experience seemed to disappear when facing Qin Miao's attack.

No wonder Verstappen and those drivers who faced Qin Miao's attacks said in interviews that Qin Miao was a bit evil and had too strong a presence in their rearview mirrors. When facing his attack or defense, they always felt great psychological pressure.

Hamilton felt that when facing Qin Miao's attack or defending Qin Miao, there seemed to be a voice in his heart telling him that he could not surpass him and he could not defend against him.

After a brief celebration, it was time for the post-match interviews.

Qin Miao also knew why the Tiefu Temple fans at the scene were so enthusiastic about him, so during the post-match interview, Qin Miao returned the favor. During the interview, Qin Miao spent at least 20 seconds to thank the Tiefu Temple fans at the scene for their support.

The director naturally turned the camera to the Iron Buddha Temple in the stands at this time, and the Iron Buddha Temple also cheered Qin Miao even more enthusiastically.

Of course, most of the directors on the scene just watch the funeral, no matter how big it is.

They know how to broadcast the video in a way that will get the most comments.

So after the shots of Tiefu Temple were given to them, the camera turned to Toto on Mercedes-Benz's side.

It seems that Toto didn't mind the interaction between his beloved disciple and Ferrari fans, and he still watched with a smile on his face.

But in the eyes of Mercedes fans, Toto's smile is somewhat bitter.

"Hahaha, this director is so funny." Brother Bing couldn't help but laugh after seeing this scene: "Toto looks like the girl he worked so hard to raise is being taken advantage of by a pig."

"There's nothing we can do about it. We worked so hard to discover a driver, gave him resources and preferential treatment, but he was poached right after he trained him. No one would feel good about it." Brother Fei also has a racing team, but it's a simulator team. However, he can still empathize with Toto to some extent.

"In fact, Mercedes, Ferrari, and Qin Miao are all right in leaving the team.

This was just a normal business activity. For Qin Miao, he fulfilled his dream of becoming a Ferrari driver, and Ferrari got its championship puzzle. As for Mercedes-Benz... Although they lost Qin Miao, Qin Miao left behind three driver world championships and two team world championships before he left. Qin Miao also lived up to Toto's cultivation and appreciation of him.

It’s just that in this transaction, Mercedes-Benz’s paper strength suffered a greater loss.”

……

Next, I went through the process of going on stage to receive the award.

Although there were no Ferrari drivers on stage to receive awards in today's race, Qin Miao was there. And even if Qin Miao was not there, after the drivers' interviews were over and they were about to go on stage to receive awards and the track was open, the fans at the Monza scene would swarm onto the track and unfurl the Ferrari flag on the track.

It is worth mentioning that the Ferrari fans at the scene gave Qin Miao a lot of face.

During the national anthem, everyone was very quiet when Qin Miao sang the anthem. Although there was some noise, at least most people could hear the anthem.

But when the national anthem of the team's country was played, all the fans at the scene sang the Italian Mameli song together.

The German national anthem was drowned out by the singing of the fans at the scene.

After this race, the drivers' rankings and scores are as follows:
P1: Qin Miao +26 (fastest lap)
P2: Hamilton +18
P3: Verstappen +15
P4: Perez +12
P5: Sainz +10
P6: Leclerc +8
P7: Albon +6
P8: Norris +4
P9: Alonso +2
P10: Ye Yifei +1
There is no need to elaborate on Qin Miao's performance in this race. The W14 is particularly well adapted to the Monza circuit. Coupled with Qin Miao's own ability to protect the tire, it is only natural for him to win the championship in this race and get the fastest lap of the entire race.

The two Red Bull drivers finished third and fourth respectively.

It was a rare race for Perez not to drag his teammate down in the constructors' standings, but the problem was that this race was won by Red Bull's biggest rival.

It seemed that Perez's performance was a little late at this time.

I won’t go into details about the following players. The only one worth mentioning is that Ye Yifei, the substitute player, scored a point in the second game of his career.

In the later stages of the race, after overtaking Russell, Ye Yifei lingered behind Bottas for a long time, and finally overtook Bottas on the starting straight on lap 59.

It's not that Bottas made any mistakes. As the former second driver of Mercedes, Bottas is actually first-class in terms of stability and racing experience.

The reason why he was overtaken by Ye Yifei on the track was that Sauber discovered through telemetry data that the engine of Bottas' car was overheated. In order to prevent Bottas from having the engine explode on the track, Sauber let Bottas release the accelerator and glide at the end of the straight on the track.

Let's say it together: Groove Sauber! Fuck Sauber! Fuck Bravi!
Ye Yifei's point is indeed valuable, and he got it when his teammate Yuki Kakuta retired from the competition just after the start of the game.

At the same time, because Ye Yifei got points, and he is a Ferrari endurance racing driver, after the race, in the on-site fan voting session, Ye Yifei got the second highest vote rate.

First? Of course it was Qin Miao.

Although you, Ye Yifei, are Ferrari's employees now, and Qin Miao has to wait until next year, but in the eyes of Ferrari's Iron Buddha Temple, the weight of F1 racing is still the highest among all the competitions Ferrari participates in.

After the race, Qin Miao also pulled Ye Yifei into his small group of drivers.

However, after the game, Ye Yifei looked at the group named [A Group of Old People (6)] and the corners of his mouth twitched.

PS: The 6 in () is actually the number of people in the group, and the group is called a group of old people.

In fact, normally speaking, it’s hard to say how strong those who can enter this group are, but they are guaranteed to be F1 drivers.

Ye Yifei, who is currently using the F1 experience card, should not appear in this group at this time.

But he was an endurance racer who had hardly driven an F1 car, but he was able to keep up with the pace of his teammate Tsunoda in the first race and score points in the second race.

This terrifying learning ability, coupled with his identity as a Chinese driver, takes into account Lynk & Co's desire for Chinese drivers.

It is basically a foregone conclusion that he will join Lynk & Co next season, so Leclerc and Norris didn't say anything when they saw Qin Miao pull Ye Yifei into the group.

Just welcome Ye Yifei in the group.

PS. Dads, it’s the end of the month, please give me some monthly tickets (end of this chapter)