On lap 60, the race restarted.
At this time, Qin Miao had an 11-second gap to Leclerc behind him.
At this moment, both Leclerc and Verstappen had switched to medium tires that had completed 4 laps.
Next, they needed to catch up with Qin Miao and overtake him within the remaining 11 laps of the race.
But to the annoyance of Ferrari and Red Bull, Qin Miao's soft tires still hadn't shown a significant drop in grip, and in this lap right after exiting the pit lane, neither Leclerc nor Verstappen could catch up with Qin Miao!
Qin Miao's lap time was even 0.3 seconds faster than Leclerc's.
Not to mention Verstappen, whose lap time wasn't as quick as Leclerc's.
Of course, this was actually a tire temperature issue.
