How Did I Become an F1 Driver?

Honestly, now that a driver from the Mercedes team has retired, even Toto can hardly accept it, not to mention the current situation where these two are entangled, it’s very likely both of them might retire due to an accident.

The main reason Toto is so tense is that the Mercedes team’s budget cap for this season is already depleted, and both drivers are using the W13B. With the budget cap reached, the team hasn’t prepared any spare parts for the W13B.

If a car on the track indeed sustains damage, or even more serious accidents occur, then the driver will likely have to switch to driving the W13 to finish the entire 2022 season.

This news is an extremely painful situation for both the drivers and the team.

Once the drivers are inside the car, they can be carefree, do whatever they want, and focus on the tussle on the track and the battle for position.

But not Toto, as the team leader he has too many things he needs to be responsible for and focus on.

Luckily, the final result of this race did not develop in the direction Toto dreaded, so Toto had the rare opportunity to jump the gun and congratulate Qin Miao immediately after Qin Miao crossed the finish line.

Seeing both cars return intact, he was indeed a bit emotional.

"Haha, Let’s fucking go’!"

Qin Miao also cheered aloud in the team TR.

"Really thank you all, the car is awesome, you guys tuned a car that was extremely comfortable to drive, thank you very much."

Although this race ran less than half, at least both Qin Miao and Hamilton achieved the results they wanted, didn’t they?

Especially Qin Miao, with another stage win under his belt, his chances of defending the world championship this season are even higher.

"Let’s congratulate Qin Miao! Winner of the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix!" After Qin Miao crossed the finish line, the Five-Star Sports studio was just as jubilant as they had been countless times before when Qin Miao won a Grand Prix stage.

The three commentators even stood up from their seats to applaud Qin Miao’s performance on the track today.

"Despite the fact that today’s race was paused for quite a while due to the heavy rain, it can’t be denied, this race was still incredibly exciting, especially in the latter part, the duel between Hamilton and Qin Miao was truly enjoyable!"

However, after witnessing Qin Miao’s finish, the three commentators at Five-Star Sports explained the situation to the audience before directly clocking out.

The reason Five-Star Sports commentators were so eager to conclude the broadcast was because the time for this Japanese Grand Prix had significantly exceeded the originally scheduled time limit set by the TV station.

After all, the Japanese Grand Prix lasted close to 4 hours, leaving many viewers waiting to watch soccer and other sports events with nothing to watch.

But many F1 viewers became furious when the podium ceremony and post-race interviews went missing and the broadcast abruptly ended, and they started cursing at the Five-Star Sports official channel.

Damn... *%*!

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On the other hand, after congratulating Qin Miao, Toto naturally went to congratulate Hamilton as well, after all, regardless of anything, Hamilton’s performance in this race was also remarkable as he managed to finish second, although it’s a shame not taking the stage win, but the seven-time champion’s form is showing signs of revival, give Hamilton a few more races to familiarize himself with the current W13B, and... this season might just be over...

Cough cough, just kidding, anyway, Hamilton will definitely regain his competitive edge in the latter part of the season, and at least he will be able to safeguard the team championship for Mercedes.

After the parade lap concluded, Qin Miao parked his car in the pit lane.

After getting off, he naturally sprinted to the team’s staff to celebrate; it’s a time to indulge a little.

Toto and the others were naturally very happy as well, after a season of ups and downs, the Mercedes team finally regained its competitive power towards the end of the season, and once again proved its strength and foundation with a one-two finish.

While Qin Miao was celebrating with the team’s crew, the live director also gave the camera to the tires of Mercedes team’s two drivers’ cars.

After such a long race, the tread on the surface of the tires of both drivers was completely worn off, and now both of their intermediate tires are essentially slicks.

This is why Qin Miao and Hamilton both felt the track was slippery towards the latter part of the race.

After celebrating with the team staff for a while, Hamilton arrived belatedly.

After parking the car properly, Hamilton got off the car, Qin Miao quickly came up to the Old Man for a hug, however, Qin Miao didn’t mention the offense-defense occurrence just now, at this moment, as a victor, it wouldn’t be appropriate to say anything, plus this is the second time this season that Qin Miao has steadily beaten his teammate Hamilton to claim a stage win.

Instead, the Old Man said, "Today’s race was well run, especially the pressure you provided me, it was intense."

Qin Miao smiled, "Thank you."

Then he greeted Verstappen who finished third, and Qin Miao went to take his interview.

When Qin Miao stood before the host for the post-race interview, the Japanese fans once again gave Qin Miao almost frenzied cheers and applause.

Qin Miao, who was initially quite calm and composed, seemed a bit bewildered after hearing the cheers from Japanese fans.