Soon, the race reached the fifth lap.
At this time, the DRS had been activated by the race committee, and Qin Miao spent the previous laps recharging his nearly depleted battery after the start.
By the fifth lap, Qin Miao finally closed in to 0.5 seconds behind Russell, with his battery charged up to 70%.
Next was the hunting moment.
At turns T16, 17, and 18, Qin Miao stuck closely behind Russell's car, trying not to let him pull away.
After exiting T18 and passing the DRS detection point, Qin Miao was 0.6 seconds behind Russell.
Then came turn T19.
In T19, Russell was on the defensive line.
It was evident that although there was no point conflict between Russell and Qin Miao, and there was a significant performance gap between their cars, Russell was very keen on defending Qin Miao.
The reason was naturally not hard to guess.
Since Russell was already on the defensive line, Qin Miao did not launch an attack recklessly.
Instead, he took the normal racing line.
