Lap 16, Qin Miao, who had been pushing with maximum effort, finally felt that his car's tires were starting to wear down, with a noticeable lack of grip in the corners.
This rate of degradation was somewhat beyond Qin Miao's expectations, but for the tires to last this many laps before degrading, it was a decent lifespan.
Fortunately, Qin Miao wasn't racing at a qualifying pace, leaving room for maneuver out of the corners, so despite some understeer at T1, he managed to slightly trail-brake and just lightly grazed the rear-right tire against the barrier, slightly nicking an advertisement board—there was no other collision.
However, Qin Miao was clearly aware that because he hadn't conserved the tires, his soft tires had hit the cliff point, and their grip was rapidly declining.
So Qin Miao said over the TR: "The tires are nearly done, I want to pit."
