At this moment, Qin Miao's tires began to uncontrollably deteriorate, and naturally, the tire condition of Sainz ahead of Qin Miao was the same.
In fact, because Sainz was using medium tires, his deterioration was more severe than Qin Miao's, so Qin Miao could slowly but steadily shorten the time gap with Sainz.
The team noticed that Qin Miao's lap times were starting to drop, so on the team radio, they asked, "Qin Miao, how are the tires doing?"
"I think they're still alright."
"Okay, please continue to maintain."
This exchange seemed like an ordinary communication between a driver and a race engineer, but in reality, the team was asking if Qin Miao was ready to pit and change tires.
And Qin Miao refused.
Mercedes also knew about Qin Miao's tire-saving ability, so they believed Qin Miao's words.
They also guessed Qin Miao's strategy, thinking that he might pit on lap 51 to switch directly to soft tires for the race.
