Chapter 1079 - 412: Urging Marriage? Urging for Kids! (6K, Still Owe 1/2 Update)

Despite the increase in haters, no matter how much they criticize, when you cut through, the inside might not be dark; it might be pink, right?

After the post-race interview ended, Qin Miao went to the preparation area behind the podium.

At this time, Leclerc and Verstappen were both resting in their seats, waiting for the award ceremony to begin.

Qin Miao sat down heavily in his seat, and Leclerc handed Qin Miao his water without thinking.

Qin Miao took it and drank a sip, then asked, "Why did your approach rate slow down in the last 5 laps? I thought you’d finish within 1-1.7 seconds behind me."

Leclerc shook his head helplessly and said, "The car encountered mechanical failure again during the race, with the throttle stuck at 20% and wouldn’t decrease. Even if I released the throttle pedal, it stayed the same.

You know, under such conditions, it’s impossible to perform at the car’s and tires’ limit speeds entering and exiting corners."

Qin Miao wanted to shake his head and marvel at Ferrari’s impressive stability.

But considering that even in the drivers’ rest time after the race, TV cameras were still on them, Qin Miao controlled his urge and just patted Leclerc’s shoulder jokingly said, "Don’t lose heart, even if your car hadn’t had this problem, you still couldn’t catch up to me."

"Shut up!" Leclerc cursed in dissatisfaction. Although he knew Qin Miao was right, Qin Miao’s direct taunt still annoyed Leclerc a bit.

Verstappen, who had been eating melon seeds on the side, couldn’t help but laugh.

No matter whether it was last season or this one, Verstappen hated Qin Miao on the track intensely, wanting to eat his flesh, drink his blood, draw his tendons, and crush his bones.

But off the track, Verstappen actually liked Qin Miao’s personality.

"How’s Sainz’s condition? When I passed Sainz’s car, I saw it was ablaze quite ferociously." After laughing, Verstappen asked Leclerc.

Qin Miao also curiously looked at Leclerc, as he had seen the flames from Sainz’s car then. Honestly, the fire from Sainz was quite large, with half the side box burned up.

With such a big fire, Qin Miao thought it must be due to a fuel leak, and the spread of the fire was unusually fast.

"He’s okay, not even burned, but this race won’t be perfect for him." Leclerc scratched his head and said.

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After some banter, the official in charge of the Austria Grand Prix came to inform the three drivers that the podium was ready, and the team’s staff and on-site audience were present, so they could go up for the award ceremony.

The three then put down their water bottles, donned the Pirelli champion caps, and headed toward the podium together.

"Alright, the post-race podium ceremony has begun, and the winner of the Austria Grand Prix is our Chinese driver Qin Miao!"

It’s worth mentioning that the design of the post-race podium at the Austria Grand Prix is quite special; unlike the previous regular podiums where all three drivers stand on the same podium but at different heights.

This time, the champion podium is an independent platform, higher than the second and third places by at least 1 meter.

Clearly, this was prepared by the Austrian organizers for Verstappen alone, given the excellent performance of Verstappen this season.

Additionally, since it’s the home ground of Red Bull, they felt that with Verstappen’s capabilities, he might be quite familiar with this track.

However, they didn’t expect that Leclerc and Verstappen fought fiercely on the track, yet neither was the ultimate champion, but Qin Miao instead.

In the end, this is how the world is; carefully planned preparations often lead to surprises.

Not everything can go as planned.

When Qin Miao came out of the resting room backstage, he still had a cheeky grin, but when the national anthem played, his expression immediately became serious.

He took off his hat and placed it behind him.

The commentators at Five-Star Sports also paused their discussions, and everyone remained silent.

Once the national anthem ended, Qin Miao’s expression softened, and applause resonated on-site.

Qin Miao put his hat back on and then received his championship trophy.

It was, after all, Qin Miao’s first time winning the championship trophy at the Red Bull Ring circuit in an F1 race.

Last season, the Red Bull cars were too fast on the Red Bull Ring circuit, and the Mercedes car characteristics weren’t suitable for the high-speed corners of this track.

The previous season’s W12 had to brake at the T7, T8, T9 corners to pass, whereas this season, it basically doesn’t require braking, just a lift-off to easily navigate the corners.

The only advantage that season was the straight-line speed, exceptionally fast.

Qin Miao also admitted that Red Bull indeed has unique insights in aerodynamics design.

Once the three drivers and team representatives received their trophies, naturally, it was time for the post-race champagne spraying ceremony, beloved by all.

As the saying goes, with great power comes foolishness.

During the celebration, Qin Miao shook the champagne fiercely twice and, standing on the high platform, started a wild attack from above on Leclerc, Verstappen, and Elliott.