Chapter 1384 - 521: The Clown

Chapter 1384: Chapter 521: The Clown

But although he was caught off guard by the host’s questions, Qin Miao has been seasoned within the paddock for quite a while now.

He has made significant gains in experience all around, and it’s the same when it comes to handling reporters’ questions.

So Qin Miao’s answer was flawless: "Actually, that’s not really the case. This season, our car’s performance has made great progress compared to last season. Compared to the W13, we’ve improved our lap time by over a second on the Sakhir circuit."

"It’s just unexpected that Red Bull’s car performance was even stronger than we imagined, to the point that for a moment, we didn’t even know where such a big time gap with Red Bull came from." Qin Miao scratched his head and chuckled wryly.

"But thankfully, the final race results made everyone satisfied."

After hearing Qin Miao’s answer, the host didn’t continue with any tricky questions, and the subsequent ones were fairly straightforward.

Asking Qin Miao about the cause of the accident.

Qin Miao stated matter-of-factly: "It was just a regular track incident, nothing worth delving into."

Then there was a question about driving insights on the three-wheel car, to which Qin Miao jokingly said: "I feel like my hand is about to be shaken off."

After answering the remaining two questions, Qin Miao went backstage to prepare for the award ceremony.

And today, representing the Mercedes team at the award ceremony was Qin Miao’s track engineer, Frankie.

Once back in the lounge, Qin Miao sat down, drinking water to adjust his breathing while looking up at the screen in the room.

At that moment, the screen was playing the replay of his accident with Verstappen.

Not long after Qin Miao sat down, Hamilton finished his interview and came into the lounge.

After catching Qin Miao’s gaze, Hamilton also focused his attention on the screen.

Then Hamilton just happened to see the moment when Verstappen’s car was sent flying by Qin Miao, and it was from the first-person perspective of Qin Miao’s car.

Honestly, at that moment, Hamilton didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

After all, both the current Qin Miao and Verstappen are considered Hamilton’s main competitors to some extent.

But Hamilton’s emotions were quite mixed at the moment. He wanted Verstappen to suppress Qin Miao on the track yet didn’t want Verstappen to be too strong.

However, as a teammate of Qin Miao, Hamilton also knew that if Verstappen isn’t strong enough, he can’t suppress Qin Miao on the track at all.

Hamilton even felt that Qin Miao’s talent might not be beneath his own.

No matter what though, seeing this accident made Hamilton shake his head and sigh.

Perhaps in the entire paddock, only Hamilton knows how difficult it is to bring back a three-wheeled F1 car.

For this reason, Hamilton was worried about Qin Miao completely replacing him in the Mercedes team, but he also greatly admired Qin Miao’s personal abilities.

After watching for two minutes, Verstappen came up too.

Originally, Qin Miao and Hamilton would chat about some race-related matters in the lounge, but after Verstappen came in, Qin Miao didn’t want to talk anymore.

And Verstappen didn’t have anything to say to Qin Miao either, so neither of them said anything now.

Seeing the tense atmosphere with the two of them in the same room, Hamilton didn’t know what to say either.

Strictly speaking, Hamilton’s relationship with these two isn’t particularly good.

So while waiting for the podium to be ready, the room was exceptionally quiet.

Everyone was silently doing their own thing.

Soon, with a reminder from the track organizer staff, Hamilton put on his hat and went to the podium for the awards.

Then it was Verstappen and Qin Miao.

Arriving at the top step of the podium, looking at the dense crowd below.

Even though this has already been an unknown number of times during Qin Miao’s career, standing at this position, Qin Miao still felt a bit of excitement looking at the fans below.

After all, it’s hard to imagine that everyone you can see is your supporter. They’re willing to spend a lot of money to watch your race. If you raised your arm, quite a few of them might be willing to rebel alongside you.

Ahem, just joking.

In any case, after Qin Miao settled into position, he took off his hat, placed his hands behind his back, and his expression gradually calmed down.

Because next was the national anthem segment.

Silently singing along with the melody, after finishing the national anthem, Qin Miao’s expression gradually relaxed and softened, and he put on a smile again.

Next came receiving his championship trophy.

What is a characteristic of Bahrain?

People who aren’t familiar with F1 might not know much about this place, or may have never even heard of it.

But this country is a neighbor of Saudi Arabia, situated between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, it’s a small island nation.

Because of its special geographical location, like many Middle Eastern countries, this country is quite wealthy.

It doesn’t lack natural gas, nor does it lack oil, and certainly doesn’t lack money.

The reason it’s not well-known is because its big brother next door, Saudi Arabia, is far too famous.

Plus, the territory of the Kingdom of Bahrain is indeed small compared to Saudi Arabia.

But nobody wants to remain forever in the shadows.

Bahrain’s government’s PR department head certainly has some skills.