Chapter 1381 - 519: Tricycle Takes the Championship (Part 2)

Chapter 1381: Chapter 519: Tricycle Takes the Championship (Part 2)

Landed, ensured the car had no issues, the engine didn’t stall.

Ignoring whether the car’s internal piping had been dislodged from the impact, immediately shifted gears, hit the accelerator, and sped up to catch Qin Miao’s car, which was already at T13.

Losing to a three-wheeled Mercedes once is enough, a second time is not wanted!!!

On the racetrack, the director even didn’t know which driver should be given more screen time for a moment.

On one side was a classic scene recreation, on the other was a spontaneous take-off that all spectators loved.

Such a delightful dilemma!

Of course, the director mainly focused the camera on Qin Miao.

After all, it’s rare to witness the recreation of a classic scene.

At this time, Qin Miao on the track was doing his utmost to control his car.

Considering that Qin Miao’s car was missing a tire.

If the tire’s tread was completely gone, the car might actually handle a bit better.

Despite the steering deviation, in this state, the car’s drift would be consistent, always skewing towards a particular angle in one direction.

But now, Qin Miao’s burst tire tread was hanging within the tire’s inner rim.

In such circumstances, sometimes Qin Miao’s car’s right tire would suddenly regain traction, the tire tread lifelessly rolling a few turns forward.

Then without warning, it’d become unhappy again, the tread locking up at some point, losing what little traction there was on the right, and increasing drag instead.

So Qin Miao had to steer more towards the left to maintain car balance during driving.

Hence, during the entire process, Qin Miao’s nerves were on high alert, constantly monitoring the status of his right front tire and making timely steering adjustments.

Through the live broadcast perspective, it was visibly evident that Qin Miao’s car would intermittently skew.

Nonetheless, a double champion is still a double-champion. Despite the wild bull-like nature of the car underneath him, Qin Miao still managed to control it without losing too much speed, able to drive normally.

Meanwhile, not just the commentators from Five-Star Sports, but anyone providing commentary for today’s race was nearly going insane.

Behind the track, after Verstappen began chasing, his speed indeed was swift.

But Verstappen quickly spotted something particularly noteworthy.

That was, Qin Miao’s speed was even faster than he expected.

The collision had clearly caused some issues with Verstappen’s car.

Not just the compromised stability in turns due to damage, but also the car’s acceleration was becoming sluggish.

Clearly, after that crash, there were internal issues with Verstappen’s car that he hadn’t realized yet.

Although the RB19 was now like a ticking time bomb waiting to explode on the track, for now, Verstappen’s RB19 hadn’t gone flat, which was the best news for him.

On the racetrack, everyone was focused on Qin Miao and Verstappen.

Everyone awaited eagerly to see who would cross the finish line first.

In these moments, whether fans of Qin Miao or Verstappen, everyone was clenching their fists with sweaty palms.

On the track, both were giving their all, sprinting towards that final finish line.

After all, Qin Miao had the initiative, and when he passed T14, Verstappen was just at the midway between T13 and T14’s straight.

As Qin Miao accelerated past T15, Verstappen had only reached T14’s braking point.

Seeing Verstappen getting closer and closer, Qin Miao didn’t care about his right front tire anymore.

After clearing T15, he aligned his car, floored the pedal, the W14 veering to the right, but with Qin Miao counter-steering left, he maintained control and the car started madly accelerating.

The only good news was, as Qin Miao accelerated, the burst tire started spinning due to immense ground friction.

The overall car stability improved, as did its consistency.

Though the car’s vibration grew more intense, understanding F1 suspensions, which ensure better grip and road feel, they’re always set hard...

Today’s final result was favorable for Qin Miao and Mercedes.

Ultimately, amid Verstappen’s slightly desperate gaze and the hopeful eyes of Mercedes and Red Bull team staff,

Qin Miao led Verstappen by a car length crossing the finish line first.

Watching Qin Miao cross, Verstappen, extremely frustrated, slammed his steering wheel.

Just that little bit more!

Fuck!

On Qin Miao’s side, passing the finish line, he swung his fist and shouted, "Awesome!"

Though he finally beat Verstappen, Qin Miao indeed broke into a cold sweat.

Especially during the last stretch with the three-wheeled car flooring the pedal, that was the tensest moment for Qin Miao as the W14 was prone to loss of control.

But luckily, this victory wasn’t snatched away by Verstappen; his skill prevailed in the end.

However, once crossed over, Qin Miao could review his track collision with Verstappen.

After a brief mental recap, Qin Miao concluded accurately.

The collision was just an ordinary track accident.

Both he and Verstappen were responsible.

Probably FIA wouldn’t penalize them.

Realizing this, Qin Miao breathed out in relief.

Because the battle with Verstappen and the unforeseen incident during the last timed sector on track allowed Hamilton, who was initially 19 seconds behind, to close in to 6 seconds when they crossed the line.

If FIA suddenly imposed penalties then,

both would likely face a 10-second penalty.

With no surprise, the fiercely contested championship could have been gifted to Hamilton.

And indeed, things turned as Qin Miao expected.

FIA indicated after Qin Miao and Verstappen crossed the finish that their incident wouldn’t be investigated, it was merely a typical race incident.

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Meanwhile, Five-Star Sports commentators finally breathed out upon confirming Qin Miao was the winner of the race.

Even though the three weren’t personally taking part like Qin Miao, fans tend to empathize with the drivers.

Naturally, they felt tense like Qin Miao.

After Qin Miao emerged victoriously and took the day’s championship, they exhaled with adrenaline and dopamine keeping their hearts restless.

"Let’s congratulate Qin Miao on winning the 2023 season opening Bahrain Grand Prix."

"Not easy, this race was tough for Qin Miao and Mercedes."

"But Qin Miao held up under pressure, still the familiar taste, starting from fourth, bringing home the championship."

"Is the fastest lap Qin Miao’s?"

"No, it’s Gasly’s; Qin Miao ran mostly protecting his tires, impossible for the fastest lap."

"And congratulations to Zhou Guanyu finishing ninth; a shame he couldn’t challenge teammate Bottas due to team orders, spending most of the time defending against Albon. Yet seeing two Chinese drivers scoring is certainly delightful."

[Celebrating]

[Qin Miao awesome]

[Xiaozhou awesome too]

[Pan’s race today was fairly clean]

[Guess why Pan and Qin Miao’s duel was clean today?]

[Clean? If Pan tried dirty with Sanshui, Sanshui might crash the race / sarcasm]

[True, Pan likes giving the choice to rivals, either you yield or we crash together.

Old Man: Fine, you go first.

Sanshui: ? Then let’s die together!]

[Haha, Pan behaved after being rammed by Sanshui once.]