It was all to seize that fleeting opportunity.
But honestly, Qin Miao was still hoping for the chance to return to the pits in the final phase of Q2 and switch to a set of soft tires for a flying lap.
Unfortunately, by the end of Q2, Qin Miao never got that opportunity.
Ultimately, everyone completed Q2 on intermediate tires.
Qin Miao advanced to Q3 with a final Q2 position of fourth.
After Q2 ended, when Qin Miao got out of the car to stretch, Toto came over to praise Qin Miao's speed of progress.
The drivers eliminated in Q2 were: Vettel, Gasly, Tsunoda, Latifi, and Leclerc.
Latifi aside, Leclerc was penalized and would start from the back, so he treated Q1 as a practice session, ran for over ten minutes, collected enough data, and didn't come out in Q2 like Verstappen.
During Q3 preparations, the director meaningfully gave a long shot while thick clouds over the horizon cleared, and golden sunlight illuminated half the sky in the distance.
