Chapter 1558 - 568: Torpedo Spotted on Starboard

Chapter 1558: Chapter 568: Torpedo Spotted on Starboard

After looking around, Qin Miao didn’t notice any damage, after all, when Verstappen collided with him, it was his left front tire hitting Qin Miao’s right rear tire.

It didn’t hit the car’s fender or anything like that.

After finishing the inspection and standing up, Qin Miao saw Leclerc coming over.

Today’s race winner was Verstappen, with Qin Miao taking second place, though the third should have been the Old Man’s.

But the Old Man received a five-second penalty on the track, which put him directly behind Sainz.

Subsequently, although the Old Man overtook Sainz, he wasted a lot of time on the track and then had to face Perez and Leclerc.

Then during the final pit stop, the Old Man was backstabbed by his team during the tire change, resulting in a 4.1-second change.

As a result, Hamilton, who might have made a comeback, eventually finished in fifth place.

Hamilton had too many unnecessary mistakes in this race.

So, Leclerc ended up getting a podium for free.

"I heard you had a collision with Verstappen on the track?" Leclerc asked curiously as he came in front of Qin Miao.

Given that so many people were watching, Qin Miao didn’t want to complain about Verstappen to Leclerc, so he just said, "He knocked me off the track."

Leclerc paused for a moment before saying helplessly, "Take it easy, bro. Look on the bright side, at least you got back on the track, and you’re second, aren’t you?"

Qin Miao looked at Leclerc speechlessly, "You’re second, your whole family is second."

Leclerc shrugged, "I’ll take that as a blessing."

Qin Miao: ...

"Gosh, somehow what you said makes sense."

After joking around with Leclerc for a while, Qin Miao’s mood improved a bit.

Ignoring Verstappen, who was standing awkwardly by himself after the celebration, Qin Miao, wearing his helmet, walked over to his team members to celebrate briefly.

Leaving Verstappen standing there a bit awkwardly.

Under normal circumstances, Toto wouldn’t be present in this setting, given that Qin Miao only finished second in today’s race and didn’t get the championship.

But to comfort Qin Miao, Toto unexpectedly showed up near the track when Qin Miao got second place.

After Qin Miao came over, Toto gave him a hug, patting him on the shoulder with a few words of comfort.

The scene was faithfully captured by the photographers on site.

Seeing this, no fan would blame Qin Miao for being impolite; in fact, no one would think he was wrong at all.

If you lose a championship because of someone else’s collision, and still manage to be nice to them... well, you’re impressive.

Qin Miao couldn’t do it anyway.

After having a brief celebration with his team colleagues, amidst their comforting words, Qin Miao still went back and took the initiative to shake hands with Verstappen.

Your opponent might be impolite, but Qin Miao wouldn’t be.

Afterwards, he completed the weighing and proceeded to the post-race interview segment.

The first driver to be interviewed was Leclerc, as he finished his post-race preparations relatively quickly.

Verstappen was occupied with his celebrations for quite some time, and Qin Miao was being comforted for a while, only Leclerc had a simple celebration.

After Leclerc’s interview, it was Qin Miao’s turn, followed by Verstappen.

As Qin Miao stood in front of the host, his face no longer bore the typical professional smile he wore in interviews; it was now just calm.

When Qin Miao stood in front of the host, the host said, "Qin Miao, today’s race was tough for you, wasn’t it?"

For some reason, upon hearing this, Qin Miao smiled instead.

Sometimes people chuckle helplessly when they’re speechless.

That’s exactly how Qin Miao felt at the moment.

He was truly at a loss for words.

Couldn’t you tell how tough this race was for me?