Soon, after completing this flying lap, Qin Miao's position rose to seventh, advancing to Q2 in a fairly average spot.
After all, it's Q1, just moving forward is enough.
The five drivers eliminated at the end of the Q1 stage were: Giovinazzi, Tsunoda, Mick Schumacher, Kimi, Mazepin.
Surprisingly, Williams made it into Q2 with both cars today.
In Q2, Qin Miao used intermediate tires, but Qin Miao used the old set of intermediate tires from Q1.
There's no choice, it's been raining these past days, and there aren't enough intermediate tires. If you want new intermediate tires for the race and Q3, you have to make do in Q2.
Qin Miao and Hamilton were the first to go out.
But just as they went out, the team's meteorological department reported that it would rain in 5 minutes, and this rain would last until the end of Q2.
After a brief discussion, the team's strategy group decided to call both Mercedes drivers back from the track.
