If the lap time is suitable, Qin Miao can save one set of soft tires.
But unfortunately, this set of soft tires is the softest C5. It ran three flying laps in practice sessions with heavy fuel and low downforce settings, and another flying lap during qualifying. This is already the limit of what this set of soft tires can achieve.
If he continues, not to mention the lap time, Qin Miao feels this set of tires might burst.
As a result, Qin Miao's first flying lap in Q2 directly fell to the last place, with a lap time 0.4 seconds slower than the second-to-last Russell.
As for Verstappen...
His performance was more than a second faster than Qin Miao's, but his flying lap was canceled because he exceeded track limits when exiting T10.
On the second flying lap, Qin Miao returned to the team's pit room and put on his second set of soft tires for the Grand Prix weekend.
Once the tires were changed, Qin Miao's performance immediately improved, jumping straight to third place.
