CHAPTER 526: CHAPTER 229: THE HOSPITABLE BRITISH

Worth mentioning is that the director knows how to stir things up. After the final results of the qualifying race were out, the director immediately pointed the camera at the Mercedes team’s P room, focusing directly on Toto Wolff.

At this time, Toto was wearing a mask, so everyone couldn’t see his expression, but from the way Toto had one arm crossed and the other rubbing his forehead, it was clear that he was not as calm as he appeared.

Damn, what you fear really comes true.

With Qin Miao’s results out, Hamilton must be keeping an eye on Qin Miao now.

Let’s hope nothing unexpected happens in tomorrow’s sprint qualifying race...

Slowly swaying back to the starting grid on the track, roughly stopping the car at the entrance where the pit lane meets the track.

Cars at Silverstone are usually inspected here.

After Qin Miao parked the car, the stands by the track erupted vaguely into sparse applause, showing that these British people were clearly unsatisfied with Qin Miao’s victory over Hamilton.

However, Qin Miao didn’t mind and smiled while waving to the Chinese spectators who braved the danger to watch the race live before he jumped out of the car.

Since Qin Miao finished earlier, Hamilton and Verstappen hadn’t returned yet, so Qin Miao went to weigh in first.

After completing the weighing task, he turned around and high-fived each of his team’s technicians in celebration.

Finally, he gave Reyes and Barber a warm hug.

As for Qimeng, she also wanted to come, but Qin Miao restrained her to watch the broadcast in the motorhome citing the paddock’s danger.

Bing, seeing Qin Miao so happy, also sighed, "Qin Miao’s ability in the long distance and both offensive and defensive aspects is indeed impeccable. His defensive ability is especially top-notch. Both domestic and foreign social media have noted that Qin Miao’s offensive and defensive prowess surpasses even his teammate Hamilton, which is no small feat, but Qin Miao’s single-lap speed has long been criticized.

After all, compared to his former teammate Bottas, Qin Miao’s single-lap speed is indeed a bit slow.

However, if you have to say it, these two are fundamentally incomparable.

Aside from that, it’s really not easy to see Qin Miao defeat Hamilton in qualifying today."

"Yes, truly happy for Qin Miao."

...

After a simple celebration, Hamilton and Verstappen also returned.

Qin Miao smiled as he approached to greet Hamilton and Verstappen.

It was normal while shaking hands with Verstappen, but when it came to Hamilton, he directly gave Qin Miao a hug.

Actually, before greeting Hamilton, Qin Miao was prepared for Hamilton ignoring him, considering he had taken first place at Hamilton’s home track.

But the seven-time champion’s magnanimity exceeded Qin Miao’s expectations.

"Congratulations, Qin Miao, you did well in this race, enjoy your victory."

"Uh... thank you, Lewis," Qin Miao, surprised, simply responded with a smile.

Afterward, Qin Miao took off his helmet, fixed his appearance, covered his hair drenched in sweat with a cap, drank a little water, and went for the post-race interview.

"Congratulations, Qin Miao, your flawless performance earned you your first career pole position. How do you feel now?"

Qin Miao still had a smile on his face while listening to the question, looking very approachable, "Honestly, I still feel like I’m dreaming; I finally did it.

But what allowed me to accomplish all this was the support from the team, as the new components developed by the team gave me enough confidence, and during that last flying lap, I had a particularly good feeling, everything followed naturally like a sound progression.

And I feel there might be some other reasons beyond that.

I participated in the 2019 Silverstone Grand Prix, but as a fan. I even bought a 1:1 sized pole position tire at Silverstone, and it’s still at my home in Brackley. I think that tire can now retire with honor."

...

Qin Miao’s interview quickly ended, and after it ended, he also had a wave of interaction with the on-site audience.

Despite slapping them in the face, Qin Miao achieved first place through his own strength. Most of the time, foreigners are quite practical; when your strength is weak, they show off in front of you, but once you surpass their strength, no one wags their tail more eagerly than they do.

So, it was as if that incident was solely in Qin Miao’s imagination, as when Qin Miao interacted with the on-site audience, they enthusiastically responded to his greetings.

Soon enough, Hamilton and Verstappen also finished their interviews. Following the FIA staff, Qin Miao headed to the repair zone entrance, where a scaled-down red Pirelli tire was placed at the side.

Qin Miao awkwardly signed his name on this tire with a white marker pen and, after showing it off to the audience, took this tire to the FIA meeting room for the drivers’ post-race meeting.

Ultimately, the qualifying results are as follows:

1: Qin Miao

2: Hamilton

3: Verstappen

4: Leclerc

5: Perez

6: Norris