"Secondly, I need to thank the team for providing with a competitive car. The car’s control over tire temperature was great, which made driving less stressful. Coupled with my consistent tire managent throughout the race, the neutral tires had enough lifespan."
"That’s an incredible tire managent ability. However, after the race, we saw that your car’s right rear tire blew out. What do you think caused this blowout?"
Qin Miao thought for a mont before answering, "There are two reasons. Firstly, I had a minor collision with Verstappen during our battle, and then after 58 laps of driving, it eventually caused the tire blowout."
"Thank you, one last question: How does it feel sitting in the rcedes car?"
Qin Miao chuckled at this question, "Pretty good. It’s a pity there were fewer spectators at this race. I’m sure many will regret not being here in person."
"Alright, thank you."
Qin Miao nodded and turned to leave.
Button actually knew that what Qin Miao did would be penalized, but seeing Qin Miao’s carefree deanor, he figured the young man probably had no idea about it, so Button didn’t spoil Qin Miao’s mood at the mont.
The FIA would later present the penalties given to Qin Miao.
After Qin Miao’s interview ended, he waved to the spectators in the stands and turned to the backstage to await the podium ceremony.
Next was the interview with Verstappen and Hamilton, which Qin Miao didn’t pay much attention to.
Soon, the three drivers took the stage amidst applause from the audience and various team mbers, and representing the rcedes team to receive the award was their Chief Technical Officer, Jas Allison.
After all, this race counted as a victory for rcedes. Allowing any particular driver’s chanic or track engineer to receive the award might seem a bit biased.
The four listened to two British national anthems on the podium.
After the anthems, each driver received their respective trophy.
Then ca the familiar champagne spraying segnt.
Qin Miao didn’t even have ti to reach for the champagne in front of him before the spray and foam from Hamilton’s side ca over.
Naturally, Qin Miao wasn’t about to hold back. He picked up the champagne, plugged the top with his thumb, shook it twice, and found an angle to spray Verstappen, Hamilton, and Allison all at once.
Hamilton got special attention.
After fooling around for a while, the four clinked their glasses together.
Then Hamilton put an arm around Qin Miao’s shoulder, and the four took a group photo on the podium.
anwhile, under the sowhat exasperated comntary from the Three Five-Star Sports comntators, the final rankings and scores for this race were released:
P1: Hamilton 26 (including fastest lap after a tire change)
P2: Qin Miao 18
P3: Verstappen 14
P4: Leclerc 12
P5: Perez 10
P6: Ricardo 8
P7: Sainz 6
P8: Norris 4
P9: O’Kang 2
P10: Gasly 1
Driver’s total points and rankings are as follows:
1: Hamilton 96
2: Verstappen 65
3: Qin Miao 58
4: Leclerc 42
5: Norris 38
6: Perez 34
7: Ricardo 24
8: Sainz 19
9: O’Kang 10
10: Alonso 6
11: Stroll 5
12: Gasly 5
13: Tsunoda 2
14: Kimi 1
Although Qin Miao surpassed Verstappen in this race, his retirent in the previous Portuguese race hit his standings hard, so he remains in third place after this race.
In contrast, Norris didn’t perform well in this race, finishing eighth and earning only 4 points. anwhile, Leclerc, who was behind Norris in total points, finished fourth, earning 12 points.
Therefore, Leclerc surpassed Norris to take fourth place in total points.
It’s believed that with this ranking, Le the Fourth’s nickna is here to stay.
Post-race team standings are as follows:
1: rcedes: 154
2: Red Bull: 99
3: McLaren: 62
4: Ferrari: 61
5: Alpine: 16
6: Red Bull B-Team: 7
7: Aston Martin: 5
8: Alfa Roo: 1
Despite each team’s score increasing, the team rankings remain unchanged.
Ferrari still holds fourth place.
After receiving the awards, Qin Miao and Hamilton returned to the team together.
Handing the trophies to the rcedes team staff, Qin Miao, like Hamilton, went back to the team house to take off his racing suit and change into a rcedes short-sleeve team shirt for the post-race activities they had to attend.
The post-race activities weren’t complicated—just a fan eting, much like the pre-race one.
And during this event, Qin Miao saw the female fan he had noticed before the race again.
To be honest, she was stunning at first glance, very beautiful, yet Qin Miao definitely felt she looked familiar.
But after racking his mory, Qin Miao realized he hadn’t t many strangers, let alone won, recently. He either stayed in the gym or the team simulator, spending his other ti at ho with his girlfriend—the only ti he went out was to et Hamilton.
Qin Miao wasn’t one to dwell on such little matters. If he couldn’t figure it out, he’d leave it be.
However, during the gift distribution segnt for the fans, Qin Miao made sure to toss her a hat with his autograph in both Chinese and English. The first hat was snatched by soone else.
But it didn’t matter; Qin Miao tossed her another one, which she caught, and she smiled happily.
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