The key is that there's still one lap to go before DRS opens, and at this moment, Sainz is lurking menacingly behind Qin Miao.
However, Qin Miao didn't struggle in his position for long.
After exiting Turn 11 on Lap 2 and crossing the finish line into Lap 3, the terrifying engine of Sainz's Ferrari closed the gap to 0.3 seconds behind Qin Miao, even before reaching the DRS activation point. Sainz was already making a move on Qin Miao's inside line.
Qin Miao didn't even have time to perform any defensive maneuver.
Halfway through the DRS zone, Sainz completed the overtake on the outside line over Qin Miao.
At that moment, the DRS even just barely opened, and since Qin Miao and Sainz had passed the DRS detection point before T11, Sainz overtook Qin Miao without using DRS.
