On the other side, Qin Miao looked at the Leclerc DNF sign popping up on his steering wheel, feeling a bit conflicted.

On one hand, Qin Miao was happy that the second place he was fighting tooth and nail for in this race could be easily taken after Leclerc's retirement.

On the other hand, this Ferrari always pulls tricks at such crucial moments, leaving Qin Miao somewhat amused and frustrated.

But on the bright side, at least Leclerc didn't have to continue enduring the over 50-degree heat like them on the track.

However, as if the people close to Qin Miao all have bad luck, just two laps after Leclerc's retirement on lap 29, Zhou Guanyu also discovered a problem with his engine.

Fuel couldn't be added effectively.

After discussing and consulting with the team through TR, it was determined that the car engine had a mechanical failure.

Ultimately, Zhou Guanyu also had no choice but to retire.

This was the second consecutive race Zhou Guanyu retired without completing, and he retired while in sixth place.

Based on the speed and stability Zhou Guanyu exhibited in this race, he was very likely to finish in sixth place.

When Qin Miao learned through TR that Zhou Guanyu had also retired, a series of question marks filled his mind.

What does it mean?

Is Zhou Guanyu really so unlucky?

Retiring from two consecutive races?

Should it be said that Zhou Guanyu and Leclerc are indeed good buddies, these two guys from the Ferrari youth training retire in pairs.

But the above statement was just a joke, retiring from one race gives Qin Miao a chance to laugh at Zhou Guanyu's luck, but retiring from two consecutive races, and both not due to his own mistakes, but because of team errors.

At this moment, Qin Miao also felt some sympathy for Zhou Guanyu, this guy is truly unlucky.

Although he felt very sorry for Leclerc and Zhou Guanyu, Qin Miao knew these matters had nothing to do with him now.

They retired, knocked off early, but he still needed to continue fighting for a podium position.

Lap 33, Qin Miao's speed remained steady.

At this point, it was actually Qin Miao's pit stop window.

The team calculated that calling Qin Miao into the pit at this moment, using two sets of soft tires for the remaining 33 laps was totally fine, and with Qin Miao's ability, he could push hard in those 33 laps.

However, after the team asked Qin Miao through TR, Qin Miao was still not ready to enter the pit.

And he said his speed could wait a little longer.

Qin Miao waited until there were 20 laps remaining in the race, which was lap 46.

At this point, making Pirelli sweat, Qin Miao's lap speed was only 0.9 seconds slower than at the beginning of the race, this speed was totally acceptable.

At this moment, there was only Verstappen behind Qin Miao, no car in front.

And Verstappen behind Qin Miao was very respectful to Qin Miao, not even thinking about overtaking, following Qin Miao at a 2-second gap, cruising with Qin Miao's speed.

Anyway, Qin Miao had yet to pit for new tires, he had to pit at some point, and when he did, there would be no more constraints in front of me.

Equivalent to me overtaking you.

Besides Verstappen behind Qin Miao, 10 seconds behind Verstappen was Perez.

If Qin Miao pits now, he would drop behind Perez and ahead of Bottas.

Without much thought, Qin Miao informed the team, "I'm ready to pit."

After receiving the message, the team immediately began preparing tires for Qin Miao.

As for the tires they prepared for Qin Miao, no doubt, pitting at this time means preparing a brand new set of soft tires.

Given Qin Miao's tire management skills, he could easily complete the remaining 19 laps on a new set of tires, and his speed wouldn't be too slow.

And Qin Miao made one last push on the track, although this last lap didn't let Qin Miao break the fastest lap record on this track, the lap speed did open up a 0.3-second gap on Perez behind.

Don't underestimate the 0.3-second gap, considering Qin Miao's tires had already run 46 laps.

And seeing Qin Miao finally pit in front of him, Verstappen inexplicably felt a sense of relief.

Finally, this jinx left.

People's situations and feelings sometimes differ, while Verstappen took a slight breath, Perez on the other side was on high alert.

Because Qin Miao rejoined the track from the pit 8 seconds behind him.

Initially, Perez held some hope that Qin Miao's speed once out of the pit wouldn't be as fast as he expected.

But after Qin Miao completed the first lap out of the pit, already feeling exhausted and drenched in sweat from the heat and exertion, Perez was sweating even more profusely.

Because Qin Miao's lap speed was 0.9 seconds faster than his.

Even though he knew this speed was brought by the soft tires, normally Perez wouldn't be too nervous seeing such speed, since soft tires don't last long on the track.

But appearing behind him was Qin Miao, this guy's tire management skill surpasses some celebrity's time management.