For the next stretch of the race, there was little change in the top six positions. The following two timed sectors did not offer good overtaking opportunities, and the improving track conditions meant no drivers made errors by running onto wet patches.
On lap 48, after completing this lap, the DRS was activated by the race officials. However, this lap's DRS had little impact on the top ten drivers, because by the time DRS was enabled, they had already passed the DRS detection point, and the Imola circuit only has one DRS detection point. So this lap was pretty much unchanged.
But Leclerc noticed something unusual—Qin Miao in front of him was running the race at a tire-conserving pace, and his use of ERS was very short.
Based on Leclerc's race experience, he could immediately tell that Qin Miao was recharging his battery.
The most crucial point was that Leclerc's lap time was still about 0.3 seconds faster than Qin Miao's, but he couldn't overtake...
