Today, Qin Miao started with hard tires. Due to the characteristics of the track, many drivers plan to implement a one-stop strategy in the sprint race, so in the grid of the sprint race, drivers can also be seen using red soft tires.
Soon, the race started amidst the buzzing sound of the racing engines in standby mode.
Twenty-two cars drove out of their grid positions together, starting the warm-up lap.
After the warm-up lap, the drivers returned to their starting grid positions.
During the starting phase, Qin Miao didn't achieve as brilliant a performance as in the previous two sprint races.
After all, he wasn't using soft tires, and couldn't gain much advantage during the start phase. Although he started off quite fast, before entering Turn 1, he only managed to overtake Mazepin.