Coming out of T17, he was only slightly slower than Hamilton, who had temporarily changed his exit line.
So when both of them entered T18 one after the other, the time gap between them was only around 0.8 seconds.
Then they entered the main straight and began to accelerate with full force.
Unexpectedly, as everyone noticed, after Qin Miao's mistake and getting overtaken by Hamilton, not only did he not fall behind quickly, but he began to gradually close in on Hamilton.
After passing T1, he used the slipstream to reach within 0.5 seconds behind Hamilton.
Having passed T1, Qin Miao successfully opened his car's DRS.
With both slipstream and DRS in play, Qin Miao's speed was at least 15 kilometers per hour faster than Hamilton.
Upon realizing Qin Miao's mistake, Hamilton sensed something was off.
