How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 712 - 297: Orange Torpedo

"Oh my god! Qin Miao's car has stopped right on the track!"

"Ricardo, what are you doing!"

"Is Qin Miao's car okay? Can it still move?"

After the shock and astonishment passed, the three commentators, just like the audience watching the live broadcast, felt their hearts tighten.

However, seeing that Qin Miao's car wasn't severely damaged, and all the other drivers had passed him, Qin Miao started moving again.

Seeing this, both the commentators and the audience breathed a slight sigh of relief, then began to lament.

The overtaking difficulty at the Rodriguez Brothers Circuit isn't too high, and although Qin Miao didn't start off spectacularly in this race, Verstappen's late braking move gained him two positions instantly.

But in the eyes of the three Five-Star Sports commentators and Qin Miao's fans, Qin Miao has the ability to turn the impossible into possible.

So they were confidently believing that Qin Miao still had a chance to win the race before he crashed.

However, for Qin Miao to showcase his strength, he needs a suitable environment.

But Ricardo's torpedo dashed everyone's hopes.

It's like Ricardo gave Qin Miao a free engine replacement.

As we mentioned earlier, for drivers, the most serious accident isn't a crash but a misstep like a spin at the start, which temporarily halts their return to the track.

After all, if a car crash renders the car completely immobile, it's just an early finish to the race for the driver.

And since the car is completely wrecked, there's no more expectation for the race, and they can clock out after the post-race interview. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

But a starting phase error is different.

This moment brings a sweeping wave of shock and regret, as the driver watches competitors zoom past on either side, obliterating all their qualifying efforts.

If lucky, the mistake won't drop too many positions, but Qin Miao was facing backwards, and the whole car stopped on the track.

In this state, Qin Miao could only watch as the drivers who were behind him in the qualifying stage passed by one by one on either side.

Before they fully overtook him, Qin Miao simply couldn't move, because if he tried to restart the car and turn back onto the track, he would inevitably block other drivers.

This could easily cause a secondary accident.

So Qin Miao could only sit, swearing, in the car, waiting for all other drivers to pass before flooring it, spinning in place, and returning to his normal racing line.

"What the *f happened, who hit me? Is my car okay?"

After Qin Miao rejoined the track, he was already in last place.

With no pressure from drivers behind, Qin Miao could naturally rev up and vent in the team TR.

"Hold on, let's look at the replay..." Frankie's voice chimed in after Qin Miao's complaints: "But I just checked various car data, and there seems to be no problem. The engine and transmission are working fine, so you don't need to worry for now. If there's any instability with the car, we'll notify you immediately."

Qin Miao didn't respond; he was both angry and helpless.

At this moment, he really felt like cursing.

After a while, Toto noticed Qin Miao's silence and started worrying that the young man might lose control of his emotions and act irrationally on the track.

Working with Qin Miao for almost a year, Toto kind of understood this talented Chinese driver's personality.

Since he lost his position, Qin Miao would definitely want to give his all to reclaim it, and in doing so, he would adopt an even more serious attitude than in the last US Grand Prix to surpass the drivers in front.

However, racing aggressively with an aggressive mindset can easily result in track accidents.

There's an old Chinese saying, 'Haste makes waste.'

The more anxious you are about something, the less likely it is to succeed.

In Qin Miao's current state, the most likely scenario is he sees an opportunity, but it's not a great one.

Under normal circumstances, Qin Miao would surely try, but if the opponent defends hard, Qin Miao would slow down a bit, wait for a better chance, and then make a move.

Yet in his current state, Qin Miao might just force his way through regardless.

Even if he can't overtake, he'll still try hard.

The consequence could be missing the braking point and shooting off the track, or colliding with the defending driver.

It's basically hard to gain anything good from this.

So Toto advised, "Qin Miao, what's done is done. Venting won't help now.

Calm down, continue the race, and try to minimize your loss of points. We all believe with your capability, you can definitely minimize the damages from this accident."

Hearing Toto's words, Qin Miao smirked.

Toto made it sound easy, but he had fallen straight to the back of the pack, and even chasing hard, finishing fourth would be a miracle.