CHAPTER 542: CHAPTER 235: THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX CONCLUDES

Amidst the overwhelming cheers from the British audience at the scene, Hamilton, who was blocked by Leclerc for the entire race, finally broke free from Leclerc’s shackles to reach second place.

But Hamilton wasn’t happy. Although he couldn’t see any other cars ahead, he clearly knew that Qin Miao was still in front of him, and his teammate was a full 10 seconds behind.

With only two laps left until the end of the race, honestly, this gap made Hamilton feel a bit desperate.

Inside, there was also a mix of anger and powerlessness.

Anger at his performance at the start of the race, and powerlessness at not being able to catch up to Qin Miao.

Though Qin Miao’s speed on his soft tires, which had been running for fifteen laps, was not as fast as Hamilton’s, the gap wasn’t like when Hamilton was chasing Leclerc, gaining one second per lap.

Even if Hamilton could indeed gain one second per lap on Qin Miao now, he couldn’t close a 10-second gap in the next two laps.

Knowing the situation, some began to think, is there a possibility... for Qin Miao to voluntarily give up his position to Hamilton?

Don’t joke, if it were Bottas instead of Qin Miao, considering Hamilton’s championship, the team might actually give Bottas team orders to let Hamilton through.

But not Qin Miao; this guy earned his position completely by himself.

Although he seemed to be blocking Hamilton, as long as Qin Miao didn’t admit it, anyone else would just see it as a mistake.

So even though Hamilton hinted in his team radio: "How far is Qin from me? Do I still have a chance to surpass him?"

The team clearly understood Hamilton’s implication, but they didn’t comply with his wishes: "Qin Miao is 9.64 seconds ahead, sorry Lewis, I’m afraid we can only get second place this race."

In the end, Hamilton could only reluctantly reply: "Alright..."

After overtaking Leclerc, the audience and commentators shifted their focus from these two to Qin Miao.

After all, Qin Miao’s performance today might not have been as dazzling as Hamilton’s, nor as resilient as Leclerc’s, but his performance this week was definitely stable, and he was the eventual winner of the race.

This British Grand Prix was satisfactory for the Mercedes team, after all, they finished one-two.

Qin Miao was very pleased; he completed his career’s first Pole to win, winning the qualifying race, the sprint, and the main race, completing most of the system tasks.

Only the British audience and Hamilton were not so satisfied.

Actually, Hamilton was okay; he was slow from the start, and couldn’t go after Qin Miao later due to being tangled up with Leclerc for so long.

Yet being defeated by a rookie does leave the seven-time champion feeling somewhat uncomfortable.

Apart from that, Hamilton had no other negative emotions about this race.

But British fans were quite upset; who would be happy to see their country’s driver finishing second on home ground?

However, at this point, the situation was mostly settled, and there was no use getting anxious.

In the final two laps, Qin Miao also felt his tires couldn’t hold up; Silverstone isn’t very friendly to soft tires, and even with Qin Miao’s impressive tire management abilities, the tires hit the cliff point on the last lap.

When Qin Miao crossed the finish line, Hamilton was right behind him, within five seconds.

Luckily, Qin Miao had built enough of a lead earlier; otherwise, Hamilton might have pulled off a comeback.

Honestly, Qin Miao had a feeling that the team called him into the pits early for a tire change perhaps to reach the cliff point on the soft tires sooner, giving Hamilton a chance from behind.

Whatever the team’s intention was, the final stage of the race was uneventful for Qin Miao, and he smoothly completed it.

Ultimately, with Frankie’s congratulations and the enthusiastic cheers of the not-so-numerous Chinese fans at the scene, in the collective congratulations of the three Five-Star Sports commentators, Qin Miao and Hamilton crossed Silverstone’s finish line one after the other.

Crossing the line, Qin Miao let out a long breath.

It may seem like Qin Miao was just lonely leading at the front, with few capable of threatening his position throughout the race.

Only Qin Miao himself knew the immense pressure he carried in this main race.

After all, Qin Miao was going to snatch Hamilton’s home race victory, not a simple task, with the opponent being a seven-time champion, and both cars being similarly capable.

Though Qin Miao never said it nor showed it, he was indeed bothered by his system tasks these past few days.

Always in a state of anxiety, afraid someone would pass him during the main race, causing him to fail his tasks.

Having something constantly weighing on your mind is truly unpleasant.

Especially with racing, a profession that requires absolute focus from the driver.