Chapter 1557 - 568: Torpedo Spotted on Starboard Side (6K, Additional Update 5/5)_3

Chapter 1557: Chapter 568: Torpedo Spotted on Starboard Side (6K, Additional Update 5/5)_3

After Zhou Haoran’s reminder, Bing and Fei also caught on.

"Seems like it really is."

"Seems like the way they got hit out is exactly the same, all left front wheel hitting right rear wheel."

"The difference might be that Qin Miao talks a bit more..."

On the track, after being hit by Verstappen, Qin Miao directly unloaded for a minute on the team radio.

And the director in charge of this broadcast was ruthless, muting only Qin Miao’s swear words, while playing out everything else he said.

[Does this mean Old Man is to blame, should Qin Miao come instead?]

[Isn’t this bullying the honest man?]

[Dirty, too dirty.]

[This is Ugly Pan]

[Ugly Pan is like this]

[Qin Miao is still too clean, gotta be more aggressive on the track!]

[Qin Miao is still clean? Hasn’t he done brake tests on others before?]

[If the brake test doesn’t pass, that’s on you for being bad, but Qin Miao has never actively crashed into someone on the track!]

[Qin Miao’s driving is indeed considered clean.]

[Pan is a bit of a beast.]

[How will the FIA penalize this? Disqualify directly?]

[Impossible, at most a 5-second penalty]

[What? Such a bad behavior only gets a 5-second penalty?]

[Because when Old Man bumped Albon out in 2020, it was only a 5-second penalty.]

...

As online uproar raged, the race on track reached its 62nd lap.

After a good discussion, the FIA finally issued the penalty decision for the collision between Verstappen and Qin Miao.

After all, on one hand, Mercedes was applying immense pressure, while Red Bull was pleading fiercely.

It’s really tough for the FIA,

Even though in the 2020 Hamilton and Albon collision, the FIA gave Hamilton a 5-second penalty.

But when Qin Miao returned to the track from the buffer zone, Verstappen had already pulled away by 6 seconds.

If based on previous penalty standards, it’s no different for the FIA from not penalizing Verstappen at all.

Then Mercedes and Qin Miao’s fans definitely won’t be satisfied.

The heck, can’t you see Verstappen’s speed? Just a five-second penalty?

Meanwhile, the FIA also considered the huge market behind Qin Miao, and after comprehensive consideration, finally gave Verstappen a 10-second penalty.

But after all, Verstappen wouldn’t pit again, so this 10-second penalty will be added to his total time.

At this moment, the gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen is 9.2 seconds...

Although it looks like Qin Miao still has a chance, in reality, Qin Miao himself feels the victory slipped away the moment he got hit.

Without his restraint, Verstappen can be 0.5 seconds per lap faster, pulling out a 10-second gap isn’t too hard for Verstappen.

And after all, he’s using an old set of hard tires, which inevitably suffers from some speed loss regardless of how durable they are.

Plus, Verstappen is racing at home, with his familiarity with the Red Bull Ring circuit, honestly, even with a 10-second penalty on Verstappen, Qin Miao doesn’t know how to win.

And indeed this was the case.

Finally, on Lap 71, Verstappen crossed the finish line under the checkered flag amid the overwhelming cheers of Red Bull fans, driving the RB19.

With Verstappen crossing the finish line were also the fireworks lit beside the track and the orange smoke canisters ignited by Red Bull fans.

Twelve seconds after Verstappen crossed the finish line, Qin Miao also crossed it, taking second place.

Compared to the abundant floral celebrations on the track for Verstappen’s crossing, things were quite subdued for Qin Miao.

Accompanying Qin Miao across the line was Zhou Guanyu, who had just been lapped by Qin Miao.

Even though the race ended right after crossing the finish line, Qin Miao was still fuming inside.

Frankie and Toto knew by this time that Qin Miao’s mind wouldn’t be too calm, so they comforted Qin Miao over the team radio as soon as he crossed the finish line.

To prevent Qin Miao from making any extreme actions on the track in the ensuing process.

"Qin Miao, you’ve already run really well today, we’ll discuss the rest later. Now enjoy your victory on track, we’ll wait for you on the podium."

"Today’s race couldn’t have been better executed by you, we are all proud of you, bring the car back now."

Hearing Toto’s words, Qin Miao felt somewhat comforted, but still didn’t feel like talking.

But knowing that the team radio after the race would be broadcasted, Qin Miao forced himself to say, "Okay."

Amid the orange smoke bombs lit on site, Qin Miao did a parade lap and brought his car back to the pit.

Meanwhile, Verstappen had just parked his car.

Seeing the rear end of the Red Bull car, Qin Miao was filled with rage and really felt an urge to swerve and ram into the back of Verstappen’s car for a moment.

But during the time spent on the parade lap, Qin Miao’s adrenaline levels dropped a bit, and his mind was clearer than when driving at high speed on the track.

So Qin Miao didn’t make that irrational move.

He parked his car in the second position space, and rather than going for the weighing immediately, he went to check his car’s right rear wheel.