As for whether Qin Miao’s defense is suspected of ’painting the dragon’?
You must be joking! Qin Miao got here by drafting behind Sainz all the way. The position ahead was voluntarily yielded by Sainz, and Qin Miao hardly moved the steering wheel. How could it be suspected of ’painting the dragon’?
Besides, what Qin Miao did was just a normal early turn-in, nothing wrong with that!
Even before Qin Miao overtook Sainz, right after the first lap of the race, the comntators at Five-Star Sports were already thoroughly excited because they could clearly feel Qin Miao’s outstanding speed in this race.
Seeing that Qin Miao started attacking Sainz even before the DRS was activated, naturally, they were both joyful and thrilled. When Qin Miao completed the overtake, all three comntators had smiles on their faces.
"This is Qin Miao, this is indeed Qin Miao!"
"Stable, calm, with unparalleled judgnt."
"To the onlooker, it seems as if Sainz willingly let Qin Miao take the position, but it’s all about the details and maneuvers here."
"It seems rcedes’ upgrades this week have had a noticeable effect. It’s uncertain if Qin Miao might further advance on the podium in this race."
After overtaking Sainz, Qin Miao received a ssage from Frankie through the team radio: "Nice overtake, Qin Miao. You’re now 2.54 seconds behind Leclerc."
"Not far, just watch ," Qin Miao replied confidently.
What Qin Miao didn’t know while sitting in his car was that when he overtook Sainz, the Dutch fans supporting Verstappen fell collectively silent, as if chickens with their necks wrung.
They sensed sothing unusual in Qin Miao’s performance during this race.
This week, rcedes Team’s speed seed unexpectedly fast.
After shaking off Sainz’s defense, Qin Miao began chasing down Leclerc ahead at a rate of 0.4 seconds per lap.
By the 5th lap, Qin Miao had reached the DRS zone behind Leclerc.
However, Qin Miao did not launch an imdiate attack but instead stayed in Leclerc’s DRS zone for 2 laps, beginning his assault on Leclerc only on the 7th lap.
anwhile, Hamilton, chasing from behind, had also closed in on Sainz and was starting to attack Sainz.
Interestingly, during this period, rcedes team manager Toto announced in a British interview: "At this mont, both drivers in the team are extrely talented, and this presents a dilemma for the team, hence we have not designated clear first and second drivers."
This statent is not quite identical to, but closely mirrors the announcent made by Binotto at the start of the Ferrari season.
Coincidentally, the four drivers from both teams were nearly in identical positions, launching attacks at each other.
The process by which Qin Miao overtook Leclerc was not complicated, as Qin Miao followed Leclerc for two laps, applying constant pressure.
Of course, Leclerc was conserving his ERS to defend against Qin Miao’s attack.
After two laps, Qin Miao’s ERS charge reached 60%, more than enough to overtake Leclerc.
Leclerc’s charge, however, had run dry.
Honestly, Qin Miao truly felt that having a faster car than the one ahead was exceedingly pleasant.
When your car is faster, you have countless ways to overtake on the track.
If your car isn’t fast enough, you have to patiently wait for DRS.
Finally, during the transition between the 7th and 8th laps.
Qin Miao used the sa strategy and overtaking thod as he did with Sainz, drafting behind Leclerc after the curve, entering the DRS zone with DRS and ERS activated.
With triple acceleration, even carrying 95KG of fuel, Qin Miao clocked 327 km/h at the end of the straight after overtaking Leclerc.
Mind you, due to track conditions, all teams were using high-downforce setups here.
Even in qualifying with low fuel, Verstappen, who secured pole position, only managed a top speed of 307 km/h. Qin Miao’s speed was a full 20 km/h faster than Verstappen’s Red Bull.
Naturally, after this lap, Qin Miao achieved the fastest lap on the track.
However, unlike Qin Miao’s simple and effortless advancent to second place.
His teammate Hamilton, trailing behind, found himself entangled with Sainz, almost as if he were stuck in a quagmire.
But truthfully, this was purely because Hamilton’s choice of dium tires at the start ant his car had slower cornering speed and less traction than Sainz ahead, preventing him from getting enough distance in the DRS zone to attempt an overtake on Sainz.
Qin Miao simply took a mont to understand Hamilton’s situation and then refocused his attention. After overtaking Leclerc to reach second place, he set his sights on Verstappen ahead.
After the start of the race, the pleasing thing for Qin Miao was realizing that his speed wasn’t as slow as he imagined before the event; by pushing a little harder, he could maintain a gap of less than 2 seconds with Verstappen.
Moreover, as the race reached the 10th lap, Verstappen’s car tires began uncontrollably degrading, while Qin Miao started narrowing his ti gap with Verstappen by 0.1 seconds per lap.
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