How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 850 - 340: FIA Year-End Awards Ceremony

[Not afraid of gaining weight?] 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

[I don't know, but so far Mercedes hasn't said that Qin Miao's training was delayed or his racing speed affected due to weight issues.]

[Look how hungry this kid is.]

[Poor Sanshui, come back home soon, you can have your fill at my place.]

[To the person upstairs, your abacus beads are hitting my face.]

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Because of Qin Miao, many video platforms in China recognized the influence F1 has gained due to him, so they started negotiations with FIA early on.

And of course, FIA is also keen to open up the Chinese market like the NBA, but the entry barrier for racing is a bit too high, so FIA hasn't made much progress in the Chinese market.

Qin Miao's appearance presented an opportunity for FIA, so they basically didn't plan to charge for F1 broadcasting rights, aiming to open up the Chinese market first.

So at this time, many platforms in China can watch F1 races, and naturally, they can also watch FIA's award ceremony.

In short, the camera on-site let go of Qin Miao after he finished the thumbs-up gesture and returned to the host.

After that, Qin Miao didn't dare to lose focus.

Getting caught eating when the other drivers went on stage to receive their awards for the first time could be explained as Qin Miao forgetting to have dinner, being too hungry, and needing a little something to fill his stomach.

But if you're caught eating again after being caught once, it's indefensible.

The initial part of the ceremony wasn't any award; it was about bringing some young drivers responsible for presenting and delivering trophies today onto the stage.

These kids are also indeed drivers, and today they are here mainly to deliver trophies to other FIA event champions.

There should be some sense of succession in this.

Today you give them awards; tomorrow others will give you awards.

This serves as an encouragement to them.

Only after this did the official award segment begin.

The first to come on stage were the rally drivers.

Over twenty drivers from fifteen rally categories went on stage with their trophies.

Actually, after this segment, Qin Miao was standing with arms crossed, looking at the stage, but his eyes had already wandered off.

Thus, Qin Miao directly missed most of the lower-tier formula awards segment.

It wasn't until F2 that Qin Miao snapped back to attention.

Because in this segment, Zhou Guanyu and his UNI-Virtuosi Racing Team leader went on stage to accept awards.

Afterward, the host even conducted a short interview with Zhou Guanyu, asking about his prospects for entering F1 next season.

Zhou Guanyu's response was quite formulaic and very simple.

Seated below the stage, Qin Miao even felt like this was a script FIA had Zhou Guanyu memorize before going on, and he just recited it on stage.

After all, this awards ceremony actually has time constraints, and each segment has a specified duration.

Quickly, Zhou Guanyu's award segment concluded.

Then, Qin Miao was called away by the FIA staff.

Qin Miao actually had a task, too.

As an F1 world champion, he needed to present an award to the world champion of the lowest-tier karting competition.

A top formula racing world champion driver presenting an award to the world champion of the lowest-tier karting event is also a form of succession.

So, Qin Miao followed the FIA staff to the backstage.

Lucky for him, after the F2 award segment ended, there was a unicycle performance, so Qin Miao still had ample time.

Once Qin Miao reached the backstage, the FIA staff immediately briefed him on the upcoming process.

After listening, Qin Miao nodded, indicating he had memorized it, and then it was on to the award segment.