How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 107 - 85: Poisonous Milk_2

Not long after, the director’s main camera focused on Vettel in third and Verstappen in fourth.

Because these two cars were about to start battling.

And at this moment, in a certain live broadcast room, three hosts were happily commentating on the race.

Due to the earlier exchange between Leclerc and Verstappen, Zhu Yu on the front lines.

So host Fei opened his mouth and said, "This maneuver must be as exciting as Leclerc’s, otherwise it would be disappointing."

The other two commentators laughed and agreed.

Then, before they could finish talking, in the 38th lap at T15, Verstappen used DRS and slipstream on the outside line before entering T15 to overtake Vettel with pure speed.

Then a famous commentator said, "Vettel should counter-attack!"

Just as his words fell, Vettel, following Verstappen, locked his front wheels after the braking point and smoked up a cloud.

Due to the loss of grip from the wheel lock-up, Vettel’s deceleration efficiency plummeted, propelling Verstappen ahead of him into the air.

For a moment, on the track, in the pit lane, and in the broadcast rooms, commentators from all countries were stunned.

Because of different stances, everyone’s reactions varied.

Some were gloating, some were holding their heads in disbelief, and some were banging tables angrily; all sorts of reactions.

Qin Miao, due to his affiliations, felt a bit more connected to Ferrari, so when he saw Vettel crash into Verstappen, he too held his head, showing a stunned expression.

"This is Vettel’s counter-attack!"

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Despite the chaos on the track, Vettel’s torpedo move also led to gasps from the crowd around the circuit.

But the good news was that even though both cars went off into the gravel, neither got stuck. They eventually returned to the track to continue the race, so the safety car wasn’t deployed.

However, Vettel’s crash initiated a chain reaction.

The third and fourth positions he and Verstappen held were definitely lost, with Leclerc and Gasly overtaking them being inevitable.

Even when Vettel yielded his position back to Verstappen, he was ultimately penalized with a ten-second time penalty.

Such punishment is considered the harshest within the race.

Yet because of the flat spots from the locked wheels and the damaged front wing, Vettel returned to the pit to replace his wing, emerging as a lapped car.

Hence the ten-second penalty against him seemed rather insignificant.

After that, there weren’t many highlights in the race except for Leclerc asking, "Where’s Hamilton?" in the team radio during lap 49, causing some laughter.

The reason for this question was Leclerc spotted a Mercedes car 5.6 seconds ahead but only saw one Mercedes car.

So he wondered if Hamilton had encountered trouble and lost his position, prompting the question.

Then the team ruthlessly replied, "Hamilton is 26 seconds ahead of you."

It seemed a bit heartless.

Of course, this was just a small interlude. Except for Vettel’s torpedo moment, no major incidents occurred during the latter part of the race.

The British Grand Prix ultimately concluded with all Haas cars retiring, one Alfa Romeo retired, totaling three retirements, and seventeen cars finishing.

Amidst the cheers from the crowd, the host winner was Hamilton, marking his sixth consecutive British Grand Prix victory at home.

Most remarkably, he set the fastest lap on his final circuit with a 32-lap-old white tire, earning a point.

P2 was secured by Bottas, also driving a Mercedes.

Bottas did nothing wrong in this race; his defense against Hamilton was airtight at the start.

Perhaps the intention of the British came into play, when he changed tires after entering the pit, the safety car conveniently appeared.

This incident was a major reason costing him the chance to compete with Hamilton for the British Grand Prix win.

P3 was claimed by Leclerc, who was let down twice by the team.

Frankly, after watching this Grand Prix, Qin Miao thought firing everyone from Ferrari’s strategy team wouldn’t be unjust.

Sprinkling some rice on the command table—chickens could come up with better strategies than them.

Anyhow, despite some bumps along the way, Leclerc relied on his strong skills and a bit of luck to secure P3.

Afterward, Hamilton took a leisurely lap celebration at home, while the other two cars had already reached the podium below before him.

It’s interesting.

Qin Miao’s friend Zhou Guanyu in F2 secured third here after the race.

While in F1, Leclerc, whom Qin Miao also somewhat knew, finished third in the main race.

His thoughts drifted, Qin Miao touched his nose, wondering if this was really his doing.

During post-race interviews, Qin Miao didn’t bring Qimeng along for the hubbub, especially since the F1 podium phase had far more people around than the F2.

Qin Miao rather wishes to be that person surrounded and celebrated in the center like a star.

Qin Miao feels that one day, he will become one of those standing on the podium.

The award ceremony followed the usual catwalk; once concluded, the video broadcast ended.

In actuality, the F1 race was the main dish of the British Grand Prix, but a large banquet can’t only have a main dish—there’s dessert afterward, as well as drinks and fruit.

Qin Miao and Qimeng originally intended to skip these, but Ferrari arranged for all their VIP clients to participate using a sightseeing car.

For instance, the twenty-plus VIPs accompanying them were first taken to Ferrari’s mobile suite after the race to witness the staff’s post-race summary.

Although Leclerc finished P3, the person responsible for the summary wasn’t showing a good face to the employees below.

They then watched driver interviews and received autographs from two drivers along with a series of small gifts, nicely packaged by Ferrari.

Afterward, a dinner party took place at the hotel VIPs were staying at, attended by the team manager Bi and the two drivers.

However, unlike traditional European high-end gatherings, this dinner was very down-to-earth with no pianist, no suit-and-tie servers—more like a casual party with friends, where everyone was eating, drinking, and chatting freely.

Following the dinner, there was a concert prepared by Ferrari for VIPs.

But it was too classy for Qin Miao and Qimeng, so they returned to their hotel instead.

In the elevator, a tired Qimeng leaned against Qin Miao.

"We said we’d return home after the Grand Prix, but we didn’t account for needing to go to Italy," Qin Miao sighed helplessly.

Leaning her head on Qin Miao’s shoulder, Qimeng looked up, "Honey."

Qin Miao looked down, "Hm?"

"I checked earlier, our visa is a tourist visa, which means we can’t go to Maranello directly."

"Seems like it..." Qin Miao scratched his head, "So what do we do?"

Qimeng replied, "We need to get something called a Schengen visa, which allows travel to most EU countries once obtained. But after applying, we’ll need to wait a week for approval.

Tomorrow we’ll clear out and book another hotel downtown, then apply. I’ve checked the process, so leave it to me."

Qin Miao sighed, "Right now, without you, I feel like a useless person—I can’t do anything."

Qimeng smiled without saying anything.

The plan was to turn you into someone who only knows how to drive and play, useless in everything else, so that you wouldn’t be able to leave me?

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