But all of this depends on Qin Miao catching up to Norris ahead of him.
Because of the gap in vehicle performance and the obstruction from these two Red Bull cars before the race began.
Once Qin Miao overtook Stroll and Vettel pitted, Norris became the driver in front of Qin Miao, with a gap of a full 14 seconds between them.
This time gap didn't shake Qin Miao's confidence to catch up, after all, he was driving a Mercedes.
Even though the performance advantage of Mercedes over Red Bull is not as pronounced now, and on some unsuitable tracks, Mercedes sometimes can't even beat Red Bull.
But compared to McLaren, the advantage of the Mercedes cars is still apparent.
The only concern may be that after catching up, Qin Miao's tire condition might not be very good.
However, all of these things are left to the team to consider, so after thinking about it briefly, Qin Miao didn't delve into it further.
He just ran his own rhythm well.
