Chapter 966 378: Counterattack

Qin Miao immediately reacted as well. Perez made a mistake coming out of the corner; he gave too much throttle, and the rear wheels slipped!

After a brief moment of astonishment, Qin Miao felt a burst of joy.

After Qin Miao executed his skills over Perez, he knew Perez would definitely make some forced errors on the track. He just didn't expect Perez's mistake to come so soon.

The race had just restarted, and he made a mistake.

Because of this, Qin Miao was tightly tailing Perez's car through turns T18 and T19.

After exiting the corner and reaching the long starting straight, Qin Miao was eager to press the gas pedal right into the back diffuser of Perez's car, with the car's ERS fully unleashed.

Meanwhile, Perez's pressure value also skyrocketed. After exiting T19 and reaching the starting straight, Perez's pressure value had already reached [74%].

Even though this straight isn't particularly long, Qin Miao still used the exit speed advantage of his tires and the slipstream he caught along half the straight to dive into Perez's inside line.

Seeing the Mercedes appearing in the right mirror of his car, Perez's extremely tense heart even relaxed for a moment.

But it was only for a moment. After that, Perez felt more of a sense of helplessness and exhaustion.

So far, he's been racing in F1 for 11 years. Although he's not the top driver, nor the most talented, he can still be considered one of the evergreen figures in the F1 paddock.

But looking at his teammate Verstappen, and then at Mercedes's Qin Miao and Ferrari's Leclerc,

At that moment, Perez deeply realized that the gap in talent between people can sometimes be greater than that between people and dogs.

Qin Miao had already seized Perez's inside line, so even though Perez tried to squeeze Qin Miao towards the dirty side of the track, Qin Miao wasn't competing for the championship this season. He had nothing to lose.

Although Perez squeezed him to the edge of the right side of the track, Qin Miao wasn't willing to yield here.

Subsequently, with a late brake on the inside line at T1, Qin Miao skillfully and precisely blocked Perez's best exit line.

And after exiting T1, amidst the overwhelming cheers of the live audience, Qin Miao completed the overtake on Perez.

"Nice!" In the Mercedes team garage, cheers echoed throughout.

After the Mercedes cars lost competitiveness, Toto, who rarely received broadcast footage, was now on screen again, clenching his right fist with a shout of "Nice."

The camera zoomed out to a wide angle, revealing the team's staff all cheering and celebrating Qin Miao's overtake.

However, the American Grand Prix broadcast team was about to stir up trouble.

After showing the reaction in the Mercedes team garage, the camera switched directly to the face of Horner sitting on the Red Bull pit wall.

At this moment, Horner didn't show much anger on his face, remaining relatively calm.

However, from this shot, it was clear that Marco, sitting next to Horner in a white shirt, was shaking his head, clearly dissatisfied with Perez's mistake.

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"Qin Miao! He made it! He capitalized on Perez's rare mistake!" On the Five-Star Sports side, due to a five-minute delay with the live feed, the commentators saw what happened on the track five minutes later.

But that didn't stop them from getting excited and jumping out of their seats after seeing Qin Miao overtake Perez.

They couldn't remember how many times they've leapt out of their seats in excitement while watching Qin Miao race, but it certainly wouldn't be the last time.