The following Sainz was not really on Qin Miao's radar, as it was an undisputed fact that his lap times were not as fast as Qin Miao's who was on soft tires.
However, Qin Miao's attention was drawn to Verstappen's position.
Calculating, Leclerc was now 1.2 seconds ahead of Verstappen, already outside Verstappen's DRS zone.
But before this, Leclerc had always been within Verstappen's DRS zone.
Qin Miao was looking to see if he could win the championship in this race.
However, after overtaking Leclerc, Qin Miao's skills would go into cooldown.
By then, his only strategy against Verstappen would be to use the car's speed to overtake him from behind normally.
But this season, the Mercedes car's performance was clearly not on par with Ferrari and Red Bull.
Qin Miao's appearance in this position was still reliant on his remarkable tire management skills.
So, to overtake Verstappen, it would be quite challenging on the track and could only rely on an undercut.
