How Did I Become an F1 Driver?

Chapter 1152 - 435: Home Victory

After this race, Qin Miao further solidified his position at the top of the driver standings and moved one step closer to the drivers’ championship for the 2022 season!"Fei remarked with a touch of sentiment: "It wasn’t easy, winning this station race was really not easy for Qin Miao."

Zhou Haoran nodded in agreement and said: "Indeed it’s not easy, but Qin Miao has never let us down. The most impressive part of today’s race was Qin Miao’s two defensive maneuvers against Verstappen in the later stages, using Hamilton’s car as a blockade, which were truly textbook-level defensive operations.

I think after this race, many drivers will surely take the recordings and study them repeatedly."

Fei nodded: "Indeed, this is Qin Miao, the acknowledged defensive master both on and off the track. It’s just a pity that the Mercedes team couldn’t bring both cars home in first and second."

Bing smiled and said: "Actually, winning in such a race, Toto should already be very satisfied. On one hand, this is Verstappen’s home ground, and on the other hand, today’s race performance by both Mercedes drivers clearly proved the significant upgrades brought by the Mercedes team in this Grand Prix."

After the comments from Five-Star Sports commentators, Qin Miao’s team radio echoed with a familiar voice: "P1! Qin Miao, we are P1! Well done! Beautiful defense, precise and elegant, just like dancing.

To be honest Qin Miao, I will never get tired of your defenses on the track."

"Hahaha! Let’s fucking go!" Qin Miao uncharacteristically cursed over the team radio.

This race victory was indeed quite satisfying for Qin Miao.

Especially with the early "greetings" from the Dutch audience, those foul words made the taste of this race exceptionally sweet to Qin Miao.

Heading back, Toto also praised Qin Miao over the team radio.

"Congratulations Qin Miao, a beautiful fight, an epic defensive performance, we are all proud of you."

"Thank you Toto, but I feel this race victory also belongs to Lewis, without his help I really might not have kept this position, Max’s speed was truly too fast this race."

"Of course, today’s race, the performance from both of you on the track was clear for us all to see. These three weeks will be tough, now bring the car back safely, it’s time to enjoy the fruits of your victory."

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Here are the final race standings and points from today’s race.

P1: Qin Miao +26 (fastest lap)

P2: Verstappen +18

P3: Hamilton +14

P4: Leclerc +12

P5: Sainz +10

P6: Perez +8

P7: Alonso +6

P8: Norris +4

P9: O’Kang +2

P10: Stroll +1

There isn’t much to overly elaborate on Qin Miao’s performance in this race; the consistently excellent starting speed and reactions, good long-distance pace, coupled with Qin Miao’s uniquely extraordinary defense and tire preservation ability.

Finally, with a little bit of luck, Qin Miao managed to secure this hard-earned race victory.

To be honest, Verstappen was somewhat unfortunate in this race, his speed during the race phase indeed reached championship level.

If it weren’t for Bottas’ safety car providing Qin Miao a breather, regardless of Qin Miao’s extraordinary tire preservation ability, Verstappen could very likely have won the race.

However, obviously, Verstappen was slightly less lucky than Qin Miao in his home ground race.

At least compared to last year’s Dutch Grand Prix, Verstappen improved his position from third to second.

It’s worth mentioning that since Qin Miao joined F1, the Dutch Zandvoort track seems to have become a haven for Qin Miao, as he has won the station race every time he competes here. This is already the second station race victory Qin Miao has achieved at Zandvoort.

Of course, it might also be because this is only Qin Miao’s second year in F1, with too few seasons to refer to and study, which makes Qin Miao appear especially suited to this track.