Finally, after 8 more laps, on the 70th lap, when Sainz's pressure reached 97%, Qin Miao finally caught Sainz's mistake.
At that time, Sainz wanted to slightly widen the distance between himself and Qin Miao behind him. After all, just taking a glance at the rear-view mirror and seeing a Mercedes almost stuck to your car from behind is quite a creepy feeling.
So, after narrowly scraping past the T15 apex barrier, Sainz got slightly ahead of himself by accelerating a bit too early due to tension, which resulted in understeering that made it impossible for the car to straighten going into T16.
Noticing this instantly, Sainz held up against the pressure tailing from Qin Miao behind him and executed an extreme heavy braking that managed to reduce his speed without locking the tires, but this heavy brake meant Sainz couldn't steer anymore, ultimately causing Sainz's front wing to scrape the curb and lift off the ground.
