Moreover, in those two laps Qin Miao had already completed his task, he gained Hamilton a full three seconds of time.
The distance between Qin Miao and Hamilton is now 5.197 seconds, and after Verstappen overtook Qin Miao in the next lap, Verstappen's distance to Hamilton was at least 5.9 seconds.
For Mercedes and Hamilton, this is definitely great news.
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The starting straight of the 40th lap, Qin Miao faced Verstappen's attack again. Although Qin Miao still made defensive moves, the range of movement was small, just taking the defensive line to the inside, without more actions.
Verstappen didn't push to the limit with the slipstream this time, steadily overtaking Qin Miao from the outside.
Clearly, that collision served as a wake-up call for him.
Qin Miao returned to his familiar third position again.
Meanwhile, race control issued a notice that the collision between Qin Miao and Verstappen would be investigated.
Upon receiving this news, Toto immediately made a call.
