Despite the decreasing speed difference between Verstappen and Qin Miao over these last few laps, there's only 0.4 seconds left to push Qin Miao out of the five-second penalty zone.
Verstappen breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this.
At the end of lap 65, the time gap between them was 5.2 seconds.
Verstappen successfully drove Qin Miao out of his DRS zone from behind.
At this moment, he was the true champion.
Now, all Verstappen needed to do was maintain his current speed and cross the finish line in the final lap.
Meanwhile, on Qin Miao's side, he was looking at his car's 66% ERS battery level and a 0.2-second time gap.
He gritted his teeth.
He directly adjusted his car's ERS to qualifying mode.
Although Qin Miao knew that there wouldn't likely be any surprises in today's race, he was still prepared to gamble in the final lap.
