CHAPTER 567: CHAPTER 245: HENGELO CONCLUDES (6K, EXTRA 3/16)

"Qin Miao! Crossed the finish line!" Bing shouted excitedly.

"Congratulations, Qin Miao! Qin Miao has achieved the first double championship victory for a Chinese driver in the F1 professional arena! Once again, making history!" Fei clapped in celebration.

Finally, Zhou Haoran summarized, "This is already Qin Miao’s fourth Grand Prix win this season, which is one more than his teammate Hamilton."

Furthermore, after Qin Miao encountered unexpected car damage, he remained calm and composed, executed a flawless undercut strategy, overtaking countless drivers. Qin Miao’s performance in this race was undoubtedly legendary!"

As Zhou Haoran finished speaking, the broadcast switched to a first-person view inside Qin Miao’s helmet.

At this moment, Qin Miao had already crossed the finish line, lifting his visor to scratch his brow with his finger inside the helmet.

Meanwhile, a chat interface appeared on the right, showing Qin Miao’s communication with his team.

"Awesome, Qin Miao! P1! We are P1!" Frankie’s excited, slightly broken voice echoed in Qin Miao’s ears.

Qin Miao was also excited. This race was no easy feat; it was entirely thanks to other drivers giving him the chance that this victory landed in his pocket without too much struggle. Without this, Qin Miao might have found himself in Hamilton’s situation, not even reaching the podium.

"Damn! Woohoo!" Qin Miao shouted a couple of meaningless exclamations over the radio, venting his inner emotions.

After a simple cool-down lap, Qin Miao parked his car back in the pit lane.

During this process, the entire Alpine team embraced in celebration. Although it’s a pity the ultimate victory wasn’t theirs, bringing home second place was their best result this season.

Simultaneously, Aston Martin was also celebrating wildly, as Vettel’s result was the best of their season.

In contrast, on the Mercedes side, although there were smiles all around, one could see that, compared to Alpine and Aston Martin, there wasn’t much excitement on the faces of the championship team staff. Instead, there was a confidence that it was expected.

After Qin Miao parked his car at his podium position, the on-site photographers immediately began capturing Qin Miao’s celebration. While Qin Miao was celebrating with his team staff, the photographers shifted their focus to the damaged rear diffuser of Qin Miao’s car.

The message was clear.

Look, even with this damaged car, Qin Miao still won the race.

While Qin Miao was celebrating with his team, on the other side, Alonso and O’Kang embraced each other tightly.

Although O’Kang didn’t maintain the championship position in the end, coming in second was a very commendable result. Moreover, without Alonso’s prolonged defense against Hamilton, O’Kang might not even have kept second place, perhaps ending up with only a third.

To a certain extent, Qin Miao also had Alonso to thank for defending against Hamilton’s attacks for those ten laps.

Without Alonso, Qin Miao’s hold on the number one position wouldn’t have been as secure.

Therefore, it was understandable for the two to embrace in celebration at this moment.

After a brief celebration with his team, Qin Miao approached Alonso and O’Kang to greet them.

When Qin Miao approached them, it wasn’t due to Alonso’s long defense against Hamilton; he simply came over to congratulate O’Kang on his hard-earned result.

Meanwhile, the voting for the race’s most popular driver by the audience also came out, with Alonso undoubtedly voted as the audience’s favorite at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

But to be fair, Alonso’s performance truly deserved this award, as not everyone can defend against Hamilton, who has better tires and a superior car.

Although Alonso took advantage of Hengelo’s challenging overtaking conditions, without excellent defense skills, those drivers Qin Miao overtook in Monaco would be a testament.

To defend against top-ranked drivers like Hamilton for so long, it required the perfect conditions of timing, geography, and human elements.

After greeting Alonso and O’Kang, Qin Miao also shook hands with Vettel to congratulate him.

Then, Qin Miao turned and went for the weigh-in.

The last race before the summer break came to an end, and although Qin Miao’s first half of the season wasn’t flawless, it certainly exceeded everyone’s expectations, including Qin Miao’s own.

For a rookie driver in their first year, even with the support of a Mercedes car, achieving such results was truly remarkable.

After a brief pause, Qin Miao brushed his hair back, put on his team cap, and headed for the post-race interview.

"Qin Miao, you’ve once again demonstrated your incredible attacking skills to us today. On a challenging track for overtaking, you fought tooth and nail to achieve an unexpected great result. Like in Monaco, you’ve overtaken so many cars and climbed so many positions on a notoriously difficult course. How did you manage to do it?" the post-race interviewer asked.