Moreover, because Qin Miao had maintained a certain distance from Hamilton on the track earlier, Mercedes doing a double-car pit stop at this moment wouldn't lead to the situation where the rear car has to wait until the front car changes its tires before it can change its own.
Therefore, Qin Miao, Hamilton, Norris, and Alonso behind Norris all chose to pit and change tires at the same time.
Originally, Verstappen had done an undercut on Hamilton and Qin Miao on the track, even overtaking Qin Miao by 2 seconds, but the pit stop made him lose it all.
Because Verstappen, who had overtaken Hamilton and Qin Miao, was directly overtaken again under the control of this safety car.
In the previous race, Qin Miao and Hamilton had bad luck, but in this race, it's clear the bad luck has shifted to Verstappen.
Red Bull's strategy group was also decisive.
Everyone knew that Verstappen's set of hard tires wasn't performing as well now, and as time went on, its performance would worsen.
