Many people, after seeing this scene, felt a sense of nostalgia, like the waves of the Yangtze River pushing forward relentlessly.

But in reality, it was just Hamilton having bad luck in yesterday's qualifying race.

"MAX, Qin Miao is 17.5 seconds behind you. If we pit now, you'll inevitably fall behind Qin Miao. We need you to start protecting your tires, stay on track as long as possible." This is the TR from the Red Bull team.

"Qin Miao, Verstappen is 17.5 seconds ahead of you. According to our calculations, as soon as he pits, he will fall behind you, so for a long time, you don't need to worry about being blocked by cars in front.

Our current speed is at least one second faster per lap than Sainz and Norris, and now you have a 6-second gap with them. Hold on for a few more laps, our advantage will become greater and greater." This is the TR from the Mercedes team.

What the team didn't say is that Qin Miao is in a state of gradually closing in on Verstappen.

But this news is actually of no use to Qin Miao, because the moment he pits, this momentum will immediately stop.

However, this news is good for Verstappen because as Qin Miao gets closer to Verstappen, the gap behind Qin Miao becomes larger, and the pit window for Verstappen becomes bigger.

Just like Hamilton won't voluntarily sacrifice his position to let Qin Miao overtake, Qin Miao can't intentionally slow down to suppress Verstappen to create opportunities for Hamilton.

On lap 42, Qin Miao has already run a scary 45 laps on a set of soft tires, and while these tires haven't reached the cliff point yet, the speed has decreased noticeably, but he's still faster than Verstappen and faster than other drivers who have switched to hard tires.

The gap between Qin Miao and Verstappen is now 15.2 seconds.

And after this lap, Red Bull finally called Verstappen back because the gap behind Qin Miao was big enough.

Pit stop, 2.1 seconds to change to hard tires, and out.

Red Bull's operation was smooth and fluid, not exactly fast, but also not slow, and for Verstappen's position, even if the team arranged a three-second tire change, it wouldn't affect the final ranking of the race.

On lap 43, Qin Miao, seeing Verstappen on hard tires 8.7 seconds behind him, curiously asked in the team's TR: "How much longer do I have to run? I feel like the tires are almost at the cliff point."

"Two more laps, hang in there for two more laps and then we'll pit." Frankie gave the final deadline.

However, what Qin Miao didn't know is that the three commentators from home, hearing their TR, were about to go crazy with joy because from the meaning of Qin Miao's words, it wasn't hard to deduce that at this time, Qin Miao's tires hadn't even reached the cliff point yet.

These are soft tires, and Qin Miao basically hasn't conserved the tires, the lines were very extreme.

Moreover, the Mercedes car is known for its high downforce, and because the engine is quite powerful, it's fast, summed up in four words: "strong force."

Playing like this with Mercedes isn't without a price. The price is that the tire degradation is faster than the tires of other teams' cars because the car's downforce is heavy, and that loads the tires heavily. When the load is high, the temperature tends to rise, and when the temperature is high, the tires granulize.

But Qin Miao seemed to directly ignore the characteristics of the Mercedes car, running aggressively, yet the tires still had enough grip.

How could such a powerful Qin Miao not make the three commentators feel delighted?

On lap 44, Qin Miao finally chose to pit. He was the last driver to complete a pit stop on the field, and this pit window was quite late.

Anyway, there are only 34 laps left in the race, and after pitting, Qin Miao naturally switched to a set of medium tires.

If it weren't against the rules, Frankie would have wanted to put Qin Miao on a set of soft tires again, since Qin Miao running soft tires as medium tires wasn't rare.

There was no problem parking, and the tire mechanics didn't drop the ball at the critical moment. Tire change time was 1.8 seconds, and after coming out, he landed just behind Sainz and ahead of Norris.

If it weren't for Qin Miao saying his tires had reached the cliff point and couldn't hold out any longer, Frankie would have wanted Qin Miao to stay out a bit, pass Sainz first, and then pit.

But there's no choice; running a set of soft tires for 46 laps and still having grip is already extraordinary. If he continued, Pirelli would suspect there was a problem with their tire formula.

After coming out and finding himself in third place, Qin Miao didn't know how to express the sense of delight.

The commentators who had been following Qin Miao closely saw his position after coming out and couldn't help but smile from ear to ear.

"Hahahaha, Qin Miao is in third, absolutely brilliant!" Fei laughed heartily.

Bing nodded repeatedly: "Mercedes' strategy was excellent, and Qin Miao's tire conservation ability was crucial."

Brother Ran used data to marvel: "Didn't expect Qin Miao's tire conservation ability in a Mercedes to be so terrifying."

"Starting twelfth, and the race hasn't even passed two-thirds, Qin Miao has chased up to third place. The most crucial thing is that this track is Monaco!

This kid Qin Miao is truly a prodigy. It is foreseeable that Qin Miao's achievements in the future will be limitless!"

On the track, Qin Miao naturally didn't know the commentators were giving him high praise.

After arriving in front of Norris, Qin Miao happily said in the TR: "Well done, everyone."

After that, Qin Miao started running his own rhythm, and at this moment, Qin Miao directly used his skills, putting some pressure on Sainz.

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