Free Web NovelChapter 1189: Chapter 450: Overtake Reversed_2
Qin Miao clicked his tongue. It seems that it wasn’t that his system’s skills were ineffective, but rather the characteristics of the Marina Bay circuit restricted their performance.
But speaking of it, that’s indeed the case.
During the later stages of the race, Qin Miao felt that defending against Hamilton behind him was quite an easy task. In reality, Hamilton had an absolute speed advantage of about 0.1 to 0.15 seconds per lap after getting the W13B.
Part of the reason Qin Miao felt relaxed was due to Leclerc attacking from behind Hamilton, while another reason was the Marina Bay circuit being conducive to defense.
It seems I misunderstood Leclerc. This guy didn’t specifically train his offensive abilities against me, so we can still be good friends!
Qin Miao was very satisfied.
The three of them chatted in the lounge for a while, then went outside to receive the enthusiastic cheers from the audience and collected their awards.
Because the Mercedes team achieved a great victory today, Toto, the team boss, represented the team at the event.
It was clear that Toto was genuinely happy today; throughout the awards ceremony, his smile never faded, and he looked absolutely radiant.
Qin Miao and the others were quite familiar with the following procedures.
What surprised Qin Miao, however, was that when the national anthem was played, aside from his familiar tune, almost all fans in the audience stood up, took off their hats, either observing in silence or singing along with the anthem.
At that moment, seeing the fans in the stands rise, Qin Miao was inexplicably moved.
His fighting in F1 seemed not just for himself, but he had unintentionally created something perhaps even he wasn’t aware of.
When the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore handed over the Singapore Grand Prix championship trophy to Qin Miao, all the fans were poised.
Qin Miao understandingly lowered his trophy, then amidst the cheers of all the fans, threw his trophy high up in the air. At the same time, as if it was specially prepared by the local organizer for him, when Qin Miao’s trophy reached its peak, bright fireworks erupted on-site.
In short, this Singapore Grand Prix ended perfectly for Qin Miao. He claimed the championship, with Mercedes taking a one-two, and everyone was delighted.
After the award ceremony for this race, the rankings and scores were announced:
P1: Qin Miao +25
P2: Hamilton +18
P3: Leclerc +15 (Fastest Lap)
P4: Perez +12
P5: Sainz +10
P6: Norris +8
P7: Ricardo +6
P8: Stroll +4
P9: Verstappen +2
P10: Vettel +1
The fastest lap of today’s race went to Leclerc. Despite Ferrari not being particularly fast this weekend, during the race, Leclerc pushed hard to overtake Hamilton in front.
However, with Qin Miao blocking the way, even Leclerc could do nothing about it.
The driver standings are as follows:
1: Qin Miao.308
2: Verstappen.270
3: Leclerc.216
4: Perez.206
5: Sainz.159
6: Hamilton.154
7: Norris.82
8: O’Kang.64
9: Bottas.38
10: Alonso.37
11: Gasly.21
12: Zhou Guanyu.21
13: Ricardo.20
14: Vettel.20
15: Magelsen.19
16: Tsunoda.9
17: Stroll.7
18: Mick.6
19: Albon.1
20: Russell.1
21: De Vries.1
The team standings are as follows:
1: Mercedes: 505
2: Red Bull: 496
3: Ferrari: 395
4: Alpine: 119
5: McLaren: 106
6: Alfa Romeo: 66
7: Alpha Tauri: 30
8: Haas: 25
9: Aston Martin: 28
10: Williams: 3
After the race, the Mercedes team officially overtook Red Bull in the team standings, currently leading by 9 points.
After the race, Qin Miao, Hamilton, and Toto took their trophies back to the team’s P room.
At that time, almost everyone from the Mercedes team had put aside their work, waiting at the entrance of the team P room for the three of them to return with their trophies.
When Toto led the way, carrying the team’s trophy through the back entrance of the team P room, cheers erupted on site.
Everyone smiled and applauded.
Then naturally came a celebration. After a toast or two, all the staff of the Mercedes team gathered at the door of the P room, placing the three trophies in the center of the crowd, with Qin Miao and Hamilton standing in the middle holding their ranking signs.
Then, the scene of the Singapore Grand Prix was frozen within the smiles of all the Mercedes team staff.
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After the race, Qin Miao and Hamilton, the two drivers who reached the podium, naturally had to attend the post-race press conference.
At the conference, Qin Miao was mostly asked about the championship title of this season, while today’s race choices were considered past events by the reporters. The fact that the Mercedes team surpassed Red Bull in the team standings and Qin Miao extended his lead over Verstappen to 38 points was evidently more attractive.
As long as Qin Miao wins another race in the remaining races of this season, he stands a good chance of defending his title again this season, despite a not-so-great start for the Mercedes cars.
Meanwhile, Mercedes also holds the advantage in the team standings, and Hamilton has shown signs of a significant recovery, so the team’s championship this season might be retained by Mercedes as well.
Regarding this, Qin Miao and Hamilton mostly used standard responses to reply to reporters’ questions.
Both Hamilton and Qin Miao aren’t the type to boast, Qin Miao due to the inherent modesty of Chinese people, while Hamilton is accustomed to it.
Moreover, both have now demonstrated their capabilities on the track, making it unnecessary to prove anything through words.
After the press conference ended, the Mercedes team began packing up as the Japanese Grand Prix is next week, leaving little time.
However, Qin Miao wasn’t in a hurry to leave. Since entering the racing profession, he never lacked money, so he rarely attended events except the commercial activities of the Mercedes team. This weekend was the same.
The reason Qin Miao stayed a bit longer in Singapore was that JJ wanted to invite him and Zhou Guanyu to hang out for a day after the race.
Zhou Guanyu agreed and also accepted on behalf of Qin Miao.
Qin Miao, of course, couldn’t refuse a friend’s face, and normally, Monday was his rest day.
Originally, Qin Miao wanted to invite Guo Fan and Wu Jing out for dinner after the race.
However, after the race, Qin Miao got on the podium, and they watched Qin Miao’s celebration from below and then told Qimeng that they were leaving.
Truly, they came in haste and went in haste.
Monday morning.
JJ picked up Qin Miao at the hotel.
When Qin Miao got into the business car, besides seeing JJ, he also saw Zhou Guanyu.
"Hey, unlucky one." Qin Miao greeted Zhou Guanyu.
This was primarily teasing Zhou Guanyu for retiring from the race.
The retirement this time had nothing to do with Zhou Guanyu’s driving, and it was entirely Russell’s fault, so when Qin Miao called him unlucky, it was all in good humor among friends without any discrimination.
Zhou Guanyu didn’t react much after hearing it. He knew Qin Miao loved to rib others, and the closer you were to him, the more he’d tease you.
PS: Originally planned to add more today, but the network card broke, and I used a wireless card to get online, so there’ll be no extra updates today. I’ll try reinstalling the system, and if it works, I’ll start adding more updates tomorrow. If it doesn’t work, I’ll take the computer to a repair shop or even consider replacing the motherboard and RAM, upgrading to DDR5.
