Next up, there were no position changes between the leading drivers, even with the DRS open, Qin Miao could only hover 1.4 seconds behind Hamilton.
It was almost the same for Verstappen, as he could only stay behind Qin Miao, also failing to enter Qin Miao's DRS zone.
Honestly, Qin Miao felt that Hamilton was relying on the fact that this track was difficult to overtake on, holding back both him and Verstappen.
As for Leclerc, who was in fourth place by the fifth lap and 3 seconds behind Verstappen in front of him...
It could only be said that the Mercedes and Red Bull cars were too fast.
On the 9th lap, the time gap between the top three drivers remained unchanged, with the time gap between Leclerc and Verstappen having reached 5 seconds.
At this point, Qin Miao was already considering whether he should pit later and switch to a set of soft tires after pitting.
