Moreover, this was Qin Miao's lap performance during the introductory round when Qin Miao's set of soft tires hadn't yet warmed up.
If running normally, Perez had a feeling he might be completely outpaced by Qin Miao.
Next, the broadcast director on site focused solely on Qin Miao and Perez, displaying a chart comparing their lap speeds.
This allowed the audience to clearly see when Qin Miao would catch up to Perez and complete the overtake.
While Qin Miao was furiously chasing after Perez, Hamilton, who had fallen silently to the back due to an earlier collision during the start, was now right behind Bottas.
Like his teammate Qin Miao, Hamilton had completed only one pit stop aside from the start stop, relying on a set of medium tires just like Qin Miao to hold out for over forty laps.
Two laps after Qin Miao exited the pit, at lap 49, Hamilton also chose to pit and switched to soft tires.
