Qin Miao actually thought about trying to defend Verstappen again, and then see if he could snatch a runner-up from Verstappen.

It's just that considering the state of his tires at this time, the advantage of Red Bull's Honda engine in a straight line, and the characteristics of the track in Bahrain, Qin Miao finally gave up this unrealistic idea.

After all, no matter how you say that Verstappen's strength is stronger than herself, and at this time, there are still twelve laps before the end of the game, Qin Miao has defended Verstappen twice, and the tire consumption has exceeded Qin Miao's pre-game consumption prediction, so after weighing it, Qin Miao did not continue to suppress Verstappen.

After Qin Miao completed his three-lap defensive task, he released Verstappen in the DRS area between T10 and T11 just like he had put Hamilton in the past.

At this point, the podium battle for the opening F1 race has come to an end.

No matter how fast Verstappen's hard tyres were, no matter how fast he was, he couldn't have chased Hamilton for 24 seconds with 13 laps remaining.

Qin Miao, even if Hamilton encountered a slow car every lap, he couldn't stop him for a second.

But despite this, after breaking free from Qin Miao's shackles, Verstappen still pursued Hamilton with full horsepower.

This Verstappen is more commendable than Qin Miao, Qin Miao generally doesn't do it after he finds that he can't do anything, and Verstappen will not give up the hope of competing for the final championship as long as the game does not really come to an end.

It's not that there is anything wrong with Qin Miao's attitude towards life, it can only be said that the two grew up in different environments, which created a completely different way of doing things for these two racing geniuses.

Unless there is a safety car, the final top three in this race will be like this.

We all know that a safety car is only a small probability event, and if there is a safety car, it depends on Hamilton's position.

If Hamilton is in good enough position, he can pit for tyres as soon as the safety car comes out.

It is worth mentioning that Qin Miao has a new set of soft tyres at the end, and if Qin Miao pit it late, he may not be able to try to get his hands on the Bahrain Grand Prix championship.

Of course, in the end, the second half of the game was not a change.

……

"Qin Miao's task is complete, and after these three laps, Verstappen's hope of winning the championship in this race is gone."

"That's right, Verstappen can't catch up with him in the last 24 laps."

"Qin Miao once again gave us a huge surprise, I never thought that one day there would be such a talented driver in our country."

"The talent is amazing, the key is that Qin Miao is talented and appreciated by nobles, you look at the ranking of Ferrari now, if Qin Miao really just entered Ferrari, his performance in the first game would definitely not be so good."

"That's actually because Qin Miao has his own strength, and his performance in F2 attracted Toto's attention to give him a chance to enter Meiben."

"That's right, anyway, blessed are those of us who are commentators this season."

"Ahem, neutrality! We are professional commentators, and we can't be biased in favor of one driver when commenting. ”

……

In the following games, the director only gave Verstappen a shot from time to time to see where he was chasing, but most of the shot was still given to the battle of the midstream group.

On lap 53, three laps to go, Hamilton's voice rang out in the TR: "Where's Verstappen?" Why didn't I see him? Did he cut me down? ”

In fact, Qin Miao helped Hamilton block Verstappen's 8 laps, and the team did not tell Hamilton, although after saying this, Hamilton may be in better shape because of the reduced pressure.

However, it is not ruled out that Hamilton has no pressure on his body, and the breath that he has been holding on to his heart has dissipated, causing him to make serious mistakes on the track.

Although the chances of this happening were slim, the team didn't tell Hamilton the news just to be on the safe side, keeping him calm and under pressure that he could afford to run the race in this way.

But now it's not long before the end of the race, and now that Hamilton asked, the team told Hamilton what happened next: "Qin Miao helped you block Verstappen for 8 laps, and now he is 15 seconds behind you." ”

Hamilton suddenly received the news and paused, and then said with some incredulity: "Wow, it seems that he also has a share of my championship in this game, where is Qin Miao now?" ”

"Qin Miao is 31.2 away from Ling, and is currently ranked in P3."

"Roger."

After saying this, the old man's original heart for Qin Miao's rejection of Bottas's position suddenly disappeared.

The main reason for the happy cooperation between the old man and Bottas is that Bottas will not threaten the status of the old man's team, Qin Miao joined Meiben with the highest F2 winning streak, so menacing, it is inevitable that the old man will mutter something in his heart when he sees it.

But after this game, the old man found that Qin Miao's personal ability was indeed inferior to his own, and he also helped himself defend Verstappen for so long in the game, which was regarded as a guarantee of this championship in his hands.

For a teammate like Qin Miao who can help him win the championship, Hamilton naturally no longer has other superfluous ideas.

……

In the end, the opening race of the F12021 season, the Bahrain Grand Prix, ended under Hamilton's lonely line, and Qin Miao finally came back from the second and third starts, setting countless records.

These include the first Chinese/Asian driver to finish on the podium in F1, the first Chinese/Asian driver to finish third in their first F1 Grand Prix, and the first Chinese driver to finish second in an F1 qualifying session.

Seriously, as the first Chinese driver to enter F1, Qin Miao may have broken the record he didn't care much about when he farted in the paddock now.

At the same time, after Qin Miao crossed the finish line, he appeared on the hot search list of major social platforms in China.

Hamilton finished third in his first race of his career, and now take a look at his achievement: a seven-time title.

And now Qin Miao also won the 3rd place in the first game of his career, so how bright Qin Miao's future will be at this time I don't need to go into too much detail.

"Well done, Qin Miao! You're P3 and you got P3 your first time in F1! Frankie's excited voice resounded in Qin Miao's TR.

After the race was over, the corners of Qin Miao's mouth, who was a little tired, involuntarily rose slightly at this time, looking at the fireworks blooming in the night sky of Bahrain, and the team staff who were lying on the edge of the guardrail cheering for themselves when he finally crossed the line, Qin Miao's heart was full of an inexplicable emotion at this time, and he was very satisfied.

The feeling is like a person who has been hungry for a long time suddenly eating a hearty meal, and a traveler who has been lost in the desert for a long time suddenly drinks the sweet spring water to quench his thirst.

It's really cool from the dull hair on the top of the head to the tip of the toenail cover.

“ Let's go！ HOOOOO！ Hahaha, awesome! ”

Rao is Qin Miao is usually a little socially afraid and autistic, and being able to win the third place in the first F1 race also made Qin Miao a little excited at this time.

After crossing the line, Qin Miao made some unclear venting sounds, and drove forward for a while, after passing T3, Qin Miao saw another Meiben slowly moving on the track, and the moment he saw this Meiben, Qin Miao knew what Hamilton wanted to do.

I also took the opportunity to step on the accelerator and came to Hamilton's side.

And after seeing Qin Miao coming, Hamilton also began to speed up the oil, and the two Meiben also began to parade side by side while making a return circle.

At the end of the game, when Qin Miao and Hamilton were doing the return circle side by side, the praise for Qin Miao on the domestic Internet also came to their faces.

[After this game, the old man has to give Qin Miao a knock, right? ] 】

[It's not that exaggerated, although Qin Miao's defense is critical, Hamilton is not impossible to win the championship]

[Good girl, Toto has found a treasure! ] 】

[Why are you just patronizing to watch Qin Miao's performance? ] Didn't you notice that Qin Miao won third in F1 for the first time? 】

【it!】 】

[Podium on the first F1 stage? 】

[Like his teammate Hamilton, Qin Miao also won a good third place in F1 for the first time]

……

On the other hand, Toto also celebrated with the rest of the staff in the P room.

The director switched the camera to Toto at the right time to capture the celebration of the Mercedes team staff.

After watching Meben's celebration, the director did not switch to Red Bull, but gave the camera to Binotto.

This is the third time that the director has switched the camera to Ferrari after Qin Miao's excellent performance, saying that he didn't mean it at all, no one will believe it at all.

The current Qin Miao is a big mouth that belongs to Ferrari, as long as he behaves well, he doesn't even have to behave too well, as long as he behaves better than Sainz, then Qin Miao's big mouth will be slapped Ferrari's face.

[It's too much! 】

[Summarize Xiao Qin's performance in this game: three cuts and two defenses]

[The director is too naughty]

[I still can't figure out why Ferrari doesn't want Qin Miao]

【Joker】

[Take it on the spot]

……

Later, in the fireworks full of fireworks, Qin Miao and Hamilton entered the pit lane one after the other.

Verstappen had already stopped in his P2 position first, and Hamilton and Qin Miao stopped in the P1 and P3 positions one after the other in the applause.

After parking the car, Qin Miao removed the steering wheel of his car with some excitement, and now he couldn't face all this calmly and indifferently like when he won the F2 championship, although his result in this race was only third.

But Qin Miao feels a completely different pressure from F2 here, and with pressure and challenges, Qin Miao is even more motivated.

After taking off his equipment and getting out of the car, Qin Miao suddenly felt his waist tighten, and finally the whole person was out of the ground and picked up.

When I looked down, I saw Hamilton's purple helmet, and the guy happily held himself around in two circles.

Hamilton put Qin Miao down after two turns, and then the two held hands together and hugged each other.

After the hug, Hamilton didn't forget to pat Qin Miao's shoulder and say, "Well done, Qin!" You did a great job, thank you for defending. ”

"You're doing a good job Lewis too." Qin Miao also responded with a smile.

After celebrating with Qin Miao, Hamilton turned around and galloped towards his crew.

All the problems, contradictions, and complaints of a winter's efforts vanished in this instant, leaving only the joy and joy that followed the victory.

After Hamilton left, Qin Miao turned around and plugged his steering wheel back into the car, and the director also sensibly switched the camera from Hamilton, who was celebrating, to Qin Miao.

Mei Ben got a good result in this game, although Qin Miao can't be said to be a great achievement, he also played an extremely important role in it.

It's understandable to give him some shots at this time.

After putting his steering wheel away, Qin Miao trotted all the way to the team staff who were celebrating, Qin Miao started directly in the posture of a high jumper, and then accelerated in two steps and threw his entire body into the air, smashing towards his crew members and track engineers.

And they didn't hide, they caught Qin Miao with a smile, and while celebrating, they slapped Qin Miao's body everywhere they could, and wanted to express their excitement to Qin Miao at the moment.

After briefly celebrating for a while, Qin Miao was put down by them, and Hamilton on the side also came over and hugged and high-fived Qin Miao's crew members.

Although it is not from the same car group, after all, everyone works for the same team, and Qin Miao also went to Hamilton's team members at this time, and was also taken by Hamilton's physical trainer Angela.

After the celebration, Qin Miao and Hamilton went to weigh in, and when they came to the FIA official in charge of recording the riders' weights, Verstappen also happened to get off the scales.

Hamilton stopped him, and the two shook hands and lightly bumped their chests, complimenting each other a few words.

Then there was Qin Miao.

"It's a good defense, my head was big when I saw your taillights after I stopped out." Although he regretted that he didn't get the results he wanted in this game, Verstappen still made a joke after seeing Qin Miao.

"Thank you, your offense is also putting me under a lot of pressure."

After a few simple greetings, Qin Miao weighed himself, and the old man turned around and put his steering wheel back on the car, and the car was about to be pulled over to check, if the steering wheel was not installed, it might cause the steering wheel to fall during the transportation process.

After weighing, Qin Miao went to pick up the equipment and waited for an interview.

However, when Qin Miao was on the way, he was suddenly stopped by Leclerc.

Leclerc smiled and came over and gave Qin Miao a hug: "Awesome! ”

A half-baked Chinese taught by Qin Miao and Zhou Guanyu was used by Leclerc at this time, and Qin Miao was also a little crying and laughing after hearing it, but Qin Miao was not so polite between him and Leclerc: "Then no, you don't look at who I am?" ”

Looking at Qin Miao's arrogant appearance in front of him, Leclerc could only smile helplessly and shake his head, there is no way that Qin Miao's performance in today's game is really good, there is no doubt about it.

Since he wants to pretend, he can only let him pretend.

The two friends joked a few more words with each other, and finally they separated.

After the race, they still have a lot to do as drivers, so it's okay to have a few words of congratulations, but it's a bit out of place to talk more.

Qin Miao turned around and came to his preparation area, took off his helmet, drank a sip to replenish his water, and wiped his sweat with a new towel.

After almost getting ready, Qin Miao put on a red hat with the Mei Ben logo printed on it.

After that, I went to the interview booth for an interview.

"Qin Miao, your defense of Verstappen today is really eye-catching, it is really incredible to have such a performance on the field for the first time, we noticed that in addition to helping your teammates defend Verstappen for eight laps, you also ran a full 38 laps on a set of hard tires, which is really an incredible number, we are all curious about how you did it?"

Qin Miao crossed her hands on her hips and thought for a while before replying: "This is mainly due to the efforts of the team technicians, they found the most suitable training for me during the practice session, the car is very comfortable to drive, and it can also be more conducive to me to play to my strengths, that is, the management of tires, and finally I can have such good results." ”

"Okay, Qin, he also said in the interview with Verstappen just now, your defense is amazing, the pressure is strong, you can always block the most critical positions to make him uncomfortable, he gives you a very high opinion of your defense, and is it very difficult for you to defend Verstappen?"

Qin Miao replied without thinking: "Of course, Verstappen is a very strong opponent, every time I defend him, I have a lot of pressure in my heart, his attack is very sharp, always unguardable, accurate and ferocious, I have to pay more energy to defend his attack, and there are a few times when I don't even block the opponent."

But in the end, I was able to complete the task given to me by the team, and this result is satisfactory for the team and me. ”

"Okay, thank you for coming to the interview, and finally congratulations on winning the third place in today's game, enjoy it."

Qin Miao smiled: "Thank you." ”

After the interview, Qin Miao turned around and went to the preparation room behind the podium, and Qin Miao would go up from here to receive the award later.

After arriving at the preparation room, Qin Miao had already seen that Hamilton was sitting there.

After seeing Qin Miao coming, Hamilton asked with some curiosity: "Qin Miao, what happened later?" ”

Qin Miao didn't wonder why Hamilton didn't know the instructions given to him by the team, since Hamilton asked, Qin Miao said: "About 17 laps, Verstappen pitted, and he fell behind me when he came out, I received the team's instructions and defended him for 5 laps, and then he fell behind me when he came out of the second stop, this time I took into account that the tire deterioration was a bit serious, so I only defended him for three laps." ”

Hamilton looked at him with some surprise after hearing Qin Miao's words, he really didn't expect Qin Miao to be so strong in defense.

On Sakhir's easy overtaking circuit, he was able to defend Verstappen for so many laps.

You know, this Verstappen is not easy to guard.

Thinking of this, Hamilton couldn't help but glance at Qin Miao, why hadn't he found out that Qin Miao had this talent before?

While the two were chatting and waiting for the award ceremony to begin, the director gave the final ranking of today's game and the points obtained.

P1: Hamilton +25

P2: Verstappen +19

P3: Qin Miao +15

P4: Norris +12

P5: Pérez +10

P6: Leclerc +8

P7: Ricardo +6

P8: Sainz +4

P9: Tsunoda +2

P10: Stroll +1

It was a pity for Mercedes that the fastest lap of the race was taken by Red Bull.

After resting in the preparation room for a while, Qin Miao walked out of the lounge under the introduction of the host on the scene and walked onto the first podium of her career.

After Qin Miao stood up, the second person to take the stage was Verstappen, followed by Hamilton.

Then there was Hamilton's engineer, and after everyone came up, Qin Miao took off his hat and listened to the two British national anthems, and then began to receive the award and celebrate.

A Middle Eastern man wearing a white turban, a large gold chain around his neck, and a black robe handed out trophies to Qin Miao.

The top three trophies in the Bahrain Grand Prix look exactly the same, except that Qin Miao's trophy is smaller, 2 smaller than Hamilton and 1 smaller than Verstappen.

After winning the trophy, he remembered the song commonly used to present awards, Qin Miao poured half of his champagne on Hamilton's head, and also drank a lot of wine on Verstappen.

And Hamilton was not polite to Qin Miao, half of the large bottle of champagne was used on Qin Miao's body, and the remaining half was sprinkled on his track engineer.

After a brief celebration, Hamilton pulled Qin Miao, Verstappen and his track engineer to stand on the stage for a final celebration, posed for the reporters in the audience to take a few photos, and then the podium session was over.

After Qin Miao returned to the backstage, he took his things and went back to the P room of the team first.

When he returned to room P, Toto wanted to come over and hug Qin Miao with a smile on his face to celebrate Qin Miao's excellent performance in today's game.

But Qin Miao suddenly cast a cold arrow and shook the champagne in his hand suddenly, and then a burst of white water flew out of the wine bottle in Qin Miao's hand and shot at Toto's body.

And Toto could only helplessly raise his hand to block the flow of champagne in Qin Miao's hand.

After a brief joke, Qin Miao handed the little champagne he had left in his hand to the members of his crew, this victory was not only Qin Miao's own, but also his own crew staff helped him earn it, so the joy of victory should be shared with them.

"Well done boy." Toto was wearing wet clothes, and slapped Qin Miao's shoulder very hard with one hand.

Qin Miao smiled and said, "It's just a trivial matter, but then again, Toto, what do I say about the prize money for this game?" ”

"Of course, with $160,000 in prize money, you won't lose a point, and your performance on the field today was recognized by the board of directors."

Qin Miao was puzzled, and said that what about the bonus, why did it go to the board of directors again?

Seeing that Qin Miao was a little confused, Toto explained: "It means that your position has basically been stabilized, and as long as you don't make any big mistakes in the subsequent races, you will be able to sit firmly in the position of the No. 2 driver of Meiben this season." ”

(End of chapter)