Today's race originally had 57 laps, but because Perez stopped on the track during the warm-up lap, there was an extra warm-up lap, which counted towards the race lap total. So the race only had 56 laps, and just then a safety car was deployed, taking up another 3 laps, leaving only 53 laps for the actual race.
On lap 3, in T10, the safety car's lights went out, signaling that it would enter the pit lane at the end of the lap.
Qin Miao also started to work on warming up the tires, but after T12 decided to focus on closing the gap to Verstappen.
Because after T13 there was always the possibility that Verstappen would accelerate and restart the race.
The director switched the live broadcast camera to Qin Miao's onboard camera, as he was in second place and had the best vantage point at the restart.
Qin Miao kept his car in third gear, eyes fixed on the Red Bull ahead, waiting for Verstappen to sprint.
