Chapter 967 379: Miami Finale (6K, Extra Release 7/15)

Even though the commentators at Five-Star Sports were delighted to witness the current scene, deep down they felt that after overtaking Perez, Qin Miao would likely have to spend the next ten laps focused on defending against Perez from behind.

After all, while they hoped Qin Miao would achieve a good result in this race, what was happening now was already the limit of their imagination. As for attacking Ferrari? That idea hadn't even crossed their minds.

Then on the long straight of the 47th lap, in the DRS zone, under the stunned gazes of the three commentators from Five-Star Sports, Qin Miao caught up to the DRS zone behind Sainz.

"What? With the soft tires on, Qin Miao is actually so much faster than Sainz?"

This time, Qin Miao couldn't use his skills. After overtaking Perez, Qin Miao's skills had already entered cooldown. However, Qin Miao had a feeling that Sainz ahead was also in a sweaty state.

Because Sainz hadn't chosen to pit for new tires during the safety car period.

The hard tires on Sainz's car naturally couldn't compare to Qin Miao's new soft tires in terms of grip.

Moreover, after one lap, Sainz realized that this guy Qin Miao... seemed faster than him!

The only good news for Sainz now was that the DRS wasn't open.

He still had a chance to rely on the car's performance to shake off Qin Miao during this period.

And Qin Miao knew that overtaking Sainz was quite difficult at the moment.

Moreover, if he tried to attack Sainz now, the struggle between himself and Sainz would inevitably allow Verstappen and Leclerc to pull further ahead.

Even though Qin Miao didn't think he could achieve more after overtaking Sainz.

But Qin Miao still wanted to keep a little hope for himself.

In life, Qin Miao often seemed thoughtless, even frequently forgetting to bring things, needing Qimeng to remind him, but on the racetrack, Qin Miao always thought ahead.

If the time taken to overtake Sainz wasn't as much as he imagined, could he use this advantage to attack Leclerc?

So during this time, Qin Miao kept putting pressure on Sainz, though he hadn't made any real attacking moves, allowing Sainz to keep up with his teammate Leclerc at a decent speed.

On the 49th lap in T3, Qin Miao finally received the message that DRS was enabled.

"The hunting time has begun."

Qin Miao's mouth slightly curved, but unlike this vibrant smile, his eyes were full of murder intent.

At the T16 exit position of the 49th lap, Sainz had already tried his best in the exit, and after entering the straight, Sainz immediately opened his car's ERS, pushing full throttle to prevent Qin Miao from catching up.

However, the gap in tire performance was just too large.

This time, Sainz was really driving at the limit of what these tires could handle. If he pushed the accelerator a millimeter more, the rear wheels might start to slip.

At this moment, Sainz was almost at the point of having to get out and push himself, but Qin Miao was just 0.8 seconds behind in the DRS detection zone.

After entering the DRS zone, Qin Miao naturally opened the car's DRS.

Of course, the performance gap was apparent here, despite having Sainz's slipstream ahead and his own DRS.

But even in this DRS zone, Qin Miao didn't have the chance to overtake Sainz.

However, when Qin Miao reached the T17 braking point, the time gap between him and Sainz had already reduced to 0.2 seconds.

This was a time gap that allowed Qin Miao to easily find an opportunity to attack Sainz ahead.

At this point, the director knew nothing else mattered. What the audience wanted to see was whether Qin Miao could take this podium spot from Sainz.

Thus, the camera was locked on Qin Miao.

However, Sainz was still quite capable. Even though Qin Miao was tightly on him at T17 and T18, Sainz didn't commit any errors here.

Qin Miao was in no hurry. His soft tires had absolute advantages in the corners, and with five laps remaining, he had plenty of opportunities.

At the long DRS zone detection point of the 50th lap, the time gap between Qin Miao and Sainz was even smaller, only 0.6 seconds.

After the corner exit, Sainz began to feel nervous.

Because earlier, in trying to shake off Qin Miao behind, Sainz hadn't conserved the electric power of his car at all.

But clearly, judging by the current time gap between Qin Miao and Sainz, Sainz's attempts were in vain.

Meanwhile, Qin Miao had been steadily narrowing the time gap with Sainz, mostly relying on the cornering speed provided by the soft tires.

Qin Miao hadn't really used much of his car's electric power.

So at this moment after exiting the straight, Qin Miao's ERS battery still had 90% of its power left, while Sainz only had 10% remaining.

After exiting the corner with full force, Qin Miao turned on his car's full-output ERS mode, the car instantly gaining an extra 20 horsepower compared to normal.

Even though Sainz attempted a dragon maneuver and tried to forcefully hold his position on the inside line when facing Qin Miao's attack.

But Qin Miao's soft tire speed was just too fast.

Coupled with the backing of ERS and DRS.

So all of Sainz's maneuvers were in vain, and Qin Miao simply completed the overtake on the outside line, using speed to devour him.