He also knew how important the current position was to Qin Miao.
However, as a track engineer, Frankie also knew he wasn't just a cheerleader for Qin Miao, so he reminded Qin Miao, "Verstappen still has your DRS, try to maintain your current position."
Frankie wasn't wrong; Verstappen did indeed have the DRS from Qin Miao's car at this time.
After all, before Qin Miao passed the DRS detection line, Verstappen realized he had neglected Qin Miao behind him and began accelerating his own car.
But because of that slowdown, by the time Qin Miao, Hamilton, and Verstappen all reached the start-finish straight, the time gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen behind him was still quite large, a full 1.2 seconds.
In the following race, despite Verstappen's all-out pursuit of Qin Miao and releasing as much ERS as possible, the time gap between them was still too large. Even with the help of DRS and ERS, Verstappen couldn't catch up to Qin Miao.
