How did I become an F1 driver?

"Well done Qin Miao!" Wasser couldn't help himself at this time, and imitated Toto and inserted into Qin Miao's TR to congratulate Qin Miao.

"Hahaha, Let's go!" Qin Miao also cheered.

After surpassing Verstappen, Qin Miao finally felt relieved.

After all, Qin Miao clearly remembered what Verstappen said during the post-race interview of the last game: "This game was easier than I thought."

Simple? Is it still simple now?

Of course, the race didn’t end there, there were still some minor twists and turns on the track.

After Qin Miao overtook Verstappen, Verstappen immediately decided to pit and change to a set of old soft tires.

After all, Qin Miao was putting pressure on Verstappen in this race, so in the middle and late stages of this race, Verstappen was not cruising like he did in the previous race, but was running for his life.

There were even a few laps where he ran more extreme laps than when he was doing flying laps in qualifying.

Therefore, at this time, Qin Miao and Verstappen had a gap of 3 seconds behind Perez, who was in third place.

With this time gap, Verstappen will still be ahead of Perez after entering the pit.

Of course, even if the Red Bull team made a mistake in changing tires, Verstappen did not fall ahead of Perez after coming out of the maintenance area. At this time, the time gap between Leclerc, whose tires were excessively worn, and Perez in front was a full 7 seconds. At that time, with a slight order from the team, Perez would obediently return the position to Verstappen.

Even if Perez did not follow the team's instructions, it would not be difficult for Verstappen to overtake Perez on the track given the speed he showed after the weight of the car was reduced by switching to soft tires. The worst that could happen was that the fastest lap time would be extended from the 49th lap to the 50th lap.

After coming out of the maintenance area, Verstappen unsurprisingly set the fastest lap record over Qin Miao and took the points.

All I can say is that Red Bull and Verstappen were so calm after being overtaken by Qin Miao that it made people's scalps tingle, and even their efficiency in stopping losses was particularly high.

They didn't even think about letting Verstappen try to regain his position on track.

Finally, the race came to the 50th lap, and Qin Miao ran very casually in the last lap.

After all, Verstappen was very far away from him at this time, and all Qin Miao needed to do was to drive the car across the finish line safely.

Finally, amid the cheers of Qin Miao's crew technicians hanging on the guardrail, Qin Miao rushed across the finish line, bringing up a string of brilliant fireworks on both sides of the finish line.

The champion of the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix has been decided.

"Qin Miao, congratulations, P1! We are P1!" Franky cheered loudly among the team TR.

Qin Miao also raised his fist from the cockpit and shouted to the team TR: "For Ferrari!"

"A victory full of your personal heroism. Congratulations. I am very glad that you are now a driver of our team." Walter also spoke at this time.

"I couldn't have done this without you. The victory of this race belongs to me and everyone in the team." After being excited, Qin Miao was as humble as ever.

Of course, Qin Miao did not forget the help of the fourth driver in this game, so after the game, Qin Miao said: "Of course, I also have to thank Leclerc. Without his help, my performance in this game would not have been so good."

After a brief chat with the team, Qin Miao greeted the fans on both sides of the track while driving the car back to the center of the track and stopped.

After parking the car, Qin Miao couldn't wait to get out to celebrate.

After all, Qin Miao had been holding his breath before the game started, and now that breath has finally been released, it is normal for Qin Miao to be so excited.

While Qin Miao was celebrating, the live broadcast camera also did not forget to turn to Vassell who was waiting to celebrate on the side.

After all, judging from Qin Miao's performance in the two games before the start of the 24th season, Ferrari's decision to sign Qin Miao was the right one.

Now is naturally the time for Ferrari to review its results this season.

After celebrating in front of the fans at the scene, Qin Miao jumped off his racing car and ran in three or two steps to the Ferrari staff who had been waiting for a long time.

Then he made his classic entrance, running up, jumping and throwing himself into the crowd.

Although the people from Ferrari had never experienced a driver celebrating like this, they had seen Qin Miao celebrate in this way before, so they were quite skillful in catching Qin Miao who was flying in the air.

Then he began to slap Qin Miao's body hard to celebrate.

At this time, the director was still making things happen. After filming Qin Miao and the Ferrari staff celebrating, he directly moved the live broadcast footage to the inside of the Mercedes team's P room.

The camera was just focused on Toto Wolff.

But what was surprising was that the expression on Toto's face at this moment was not the bitter smile and shaking head that the fans expected when they saw him, nor was he as sad as if he had lost his parents, nor was he angry, and it was not even the calm expression he usually had. At this moment, Toto leaned back in his seat and smiled and applauded.

It is not difficult to see from Toto's actions as he looked at the display in front of him that this time he was applauding Qin Miao for getting a good result on the track.

All I can say is that humans are indeed more complicated than we imagined.

The director on the scene actually wanted to see Toto's dramatic expression, but he was also touched after seeing Toto's current state.

Toto's perspective did not last long, and soon the camera returned to Qin Miao who was wearing a red Ferrari racing suit.

After celebrating with the team staff, Qin Miao came to Qiu Meng.

"Am I awesome?" Qin Miao asked with a smile.

Qiu Meng smiled and replied, "Awesome! My husband is the best!"

"Hehe." Qin Miao laughed, then hugged Qiu Meng tightly.

In fact, Qin Miao wanted to make a small request at this time, such as after returning home at night...

But Qin Miao was wearing a helmet at this moment, and his voice was reduced to the greatest extent, so Qiu Meng couldn't hear what Qin Miao said.

Qin Miao simply didn't say anything.

After letting Qiu Meng go, Qin Miao went to tidy up his appearance. At this time, Verstappen had already gotten out of his car and came to the maintenance area.

After seeing the other party, Qin Miao didn't say anything. He simply shook hands and hugged the other party politely and went to weigh himself.

After completing the post-match inspection process, Qin Miao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Today's race was really difficult for Qin Miao, because before the start, although the team planned to let Qin Miao stop for the yellow and red races, Qin Miao did not have the confidence at that time that he could 100% surpass Verstappen on the track after using this pit stop strategy.

But as the game ended, everything became clear.

After drinking two sips of water to ease his emotions and saying hello to Perez who came over, Qin Miao went to accept the post-match interview after today's game.

"Qin Miao, this is your first Grand Prix title since joining Ferrari. I thought this Grand Prix title would come later, but I didn't expect to see you win it now. Congratulations."

Qin Miao picked up the microphone and smiled, thanked him, and then said: "The car provided by the team is actually very good. In addition to the team staff who arrived at the scene today, it is also inseparable from the dedication and hard work of my colleagues in the Maranello team factory. Of course, the most important thing is the support of all the Tiefu Temples."

"It is their support and dedication that allowed me to win this championship in today's game."

"So this championship belongs to me, to all my colleagues at Ferrari, and to all the fans who support me."

After waving and greeting the cheering fans at the scene, Qin Miao continued to answer questions.

"This season is the longest in the history of F1. Have you thought about what kind of results you want to achieve for Ferrari, a legendary team with such a long history?"

Qin Miao said solemnly: "I think I came to Ferrari for only one thing from beginning to end, and that is the world championship! This is also one of the main goals of Ferrari in recruiting me. I believe the team can give me a car that can compete for the championship, and I believe I will not disappoint the team's expectations of me."

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After the interview, Qin Miao actually wanted to talk to Leclerc. After all, at the start of today's race, Leclerc's behavior really caught Qin Miao off guard and made Qin Miao feel somewhat guilty.

Although Leclerc might have finished fourth in the race whether he did that or not, he did it anyway, so Qin Miao owed Leclerc a favor.

Of course, given the relationship between the two of them, personal connections have long been tangled up and can no longer be sorted out.

However, time is limited after all. Qin Miao glanced at the weighing area of ​​other drivers. After not seeing Leclerc, he decided to wait until the race was over and everything was done before going to talk to Lao Si about this matter.

Although Qin Miao had previously joked that Leclerc could take off his fourth place title, two races have been held in the 2024 season so far, and Leclerc finished fourth in both races.

I can only say that Leclerc really has a connection with the number four.

In the small dark room after the race, Qin Miao, the Grand Prix champion, did not have any communication with the two Red Bull drivers.

You even bumped into me on the track, what else can I say to you?

So Qin Miao just watched the replay of the starting stage of the game and the whole process of the young master's mistake in the small dark room, and then went on stage to receive the award.

Just as Vasseur just said to his team staff, the team representative sent by Ferrari to receive the awards after the race today is Ferrari team leader Vasseur.

Afterwards, under the explanation and introduction of the on-site host, Perez, Verstappen, Vasseur and others took the stage one by one, and finally Qin Miao.

When Qin Miao, wearing a champion hat, appeared under the podium, the entire venue was filled with cheers.

Of course, what Qin Miao heard most clearly were the cheers from the Ferrari team crowd below the podium.

After Qin Miao stood in his position, the on-site organizer began to distribute trophies for today's race to the drivers. It is worth mentioning that when the trophies were distributed, FIA President Ben Sulayem was also present.

But on second thought, Qin Miao felt that it was very reasonable. After all, Ben Sulayem was a Saudi Arabian after all, and he needed to participate in local competitions in Saudi Arabia both for official and private reasons.

As the local bigwigs presented the trophies in order of 3rd, 2nd, team, and 1st, the four people on the stage all received their own trophies, and Qin Miao undoubtedly got the biggest one.

The following process was quite pleasant to the eyes, at least for Qin Miao.

Taking off his hat, the happy expression on his face returned to seriousness, and Qin Miao began to silently wait for the melody engraved in his blood to sound.

"stand up……"

After Qin Miao finished playing the national anthem, the Mameli song, which was very familiar to all Ferrari staff, was played at the scene.

After all, after a grand prix is ​​over, when the champion driver steps onto the podium, not only the national anthem of the champion driver's country will be played, but also the national anthem of the team's country.

At this time, the Ferrari staff in the audience stood shoulder to shoulder and sang along with the melody.

Although Qin Miao had been in Italy for quite some time, he really didn't know how to sing Mameli's song. He only knew the general melody, so he just hummed along. However, this did not affect the happiness of all the Ferrari staff.

After the national anthem, it was time for the exciting champagne, er...it was time for the fermented rose sparkling water.

Qin Miao and the others picked up the bottle at their feet that looked like a red wine bottle. After shaking it for a while, white foamy liquid spurted out from the bottle mouth.

Qin Miao poured the half bottle of fermented rose sparkling water in his hand onto Wasser.

But Wasser did not dodge or evade. He shook the bottle in his hand and pointed the bottle mouth at Qin Miao.

Neither of them made things easy for the other.

What’s interesting is that Qin Miao on the stage was just smiling and interacting with Vasseur, and the foam in his hand was never aimed at the two Red Bull drivers.

This was not Qin Miao showing mercy. In foreign countries, the pronunciations of "champagne" and "champion" are similar. Therefore, in the eyes of foreigners, spraying champagne is the same as sharing one's luck of winning the championship with others, which is considered a good wish.

Although Qin Miao is a staunch materialist who does not believe in monsters and demons, and even though he knows that all this is unlikely to exist, Qin Miao still does not want to send his blessings to the two Red Bull drivers.

Finally, the competition ended with the four people cheering on the stage and the spraying of fermented rose sparkling water.

As the camera lens slowly rose, the on-site director also gave the rankings and scores of the drivers after the race:

P1: Qin Miao +25
P2: Verstappen +19 (fastest lap)
P3: Perez +15
P4: Leclerc +12
P5: Piastri +10
P6: Alonso +8
P7: Hamilton +6
P8: Russell +4
P9: Norris +2
P10: Hulkenberg +1 (end of this chapter)