How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 633 - 272: Verstappen’s Overwhelming Fortune (6K, Extra Update 14/16)_4

Ferrari could only helplessly tell Leclerc: "Stay focused, the race isn't over yet."

Leclerc...

I've lost my nickname of "Si," how am I supposed to stay focused?

Lap 53, this somewhat unfortunate race for Qin Miao finally came to an end with Verstappen crossing the finish line.

Without the conditions at Spa, Qin Miao's three consecutive wins were also ended, and this was already Hamilton's tenth race this season without reaching the champions podium.

Even though Hamilton still ranked second on the leaderboard after this race, things haven't been going smoothly for the seven-time champion recently.

As Qin Miao parked the car in the inspection zone after the race ended, he was still a bit frustrated, because if not for that accident, although Qin Miao wasn't 100% confident to guarantee a championship, at least he had the chance to get a podium finish.

But now, he only got fourth place, just one step away from the podium, yet that step seems like a chasm.

Maybe in the car, Qin Miao thought about losing his podium because of a team's staff mistake, feeling a belly full of anger inside.

But after getting out of the car and calming down for a while, his adrenaline level dropped, and Qin Miao's mind also cooled down.

Once calm, Qin Miao was able to empathize with the team's staff.

After all, everyone is ordinary, anyone can make mistakes.

No one can guarantee themselves to never make any mistakes in work or life, just try to avoid them next time.

Besides, his loss isn't particularly huge; he still remains in a leading position on the leaderboard.

However, after Qin Miao completed the post-race weighing and went to accept the post-race interview, many journalists responsible for the interviews wanted to speak with Qin Miao.

Because of that mistake in the pit stop, the journalists had prepared numerous questions for Qin Miao.

But Qin Miao's press officer ignored others, found a reporter with a good relationship with Mercedes who wouldn't ask questions that would strain Qin Miao's relationship with the team, and then Qin Miao started his post-race interview.

However, due to the relationship between the reporter and Mercedes and the focus of Qin Miao's race mostly centered on the pit stop tire change mistake.

So, the post-race questions weren't very interesting, just routine ones.

After completing the post-race interview, Qin Miao's work for the day was over.

But returning to the team's P room to pack up and prepare to take Qimeng away, Reyes still found Qin Miao.

Qin Miao knew what Reyes wanted to say to him, and at this time Qin Miao had already let go of the team's mistake, so he patted Reyes on the shoulder to comfort him: "Reyes, I know, everyone makes mistakes sometimes, so I don't blame you. It's all over now, don't let it weigh on you."

"I know, but I still want to say sorry to you; after all, because of our mistake at work, you lost the chance to win the championship.

But I promise, this kind of thing will only happen this once, and we'll be more careful and diligent in the future." Despite saying this, Qin Miao could still see a certain sense of guilt in Reyes' expression.

Sometimes Qin Miao was really a bit helpless with such situations.

Obviously, just as he said, he genuinely didn't care about what just happened, he was sincere.

But the other side feels you're just putting on a brave face, that you're still angry, wanting to make up to you.