Qin Miao can accept losing to anyone, even losing to Mazepin, Qin Miao can graciously accept his own defeat.

However, facing Sainz, Qin Miao absolutely cannot concede.

After all, the reason he didn't have a car to drive at Ferrari back then was because of Sainz's arrival, although Sainz might be innocent.

But with different positions comes a different perspective on issues.

From Qin Miao's perspective, to fiercely slap Ferrari in the face, he must suppress Sainz throughout the year, winning every race without losing.

Qin Miao was using medium tires at this moment, racing 0.5 seconds faster per lap than Sainz, and Sainz was 6 seconds ahead, meaning under normal conditions, Qin Miao would catch up in twelve laps, with 22 laps remaining until the end of the race.

Given Qin Miao's blazing hot state today, plus his skills, it's really possible he could overtake Sainz in this race within these 22 laps.

Although the Monaco circuit's director hired local staff, with very low professionalism, they didn't need to think much about who should be focused on at such a moment.

Since Qin Miao came up behind Sainz and started chasing him, the director didn't give Verstappen even a single shot; the camera was firmly focused on Qin Miao's car.

Of course, occasionally showing some Ferrari shots, the director on site may lack professionalism, but certainly not the ability to stir things up.

In the footage of Qin Miao and Sainz, occasional cuts to Binotto were made.

The audience saw Binotto's expression, a mixture of comfort and worry, comically conflicted.

On lap 49, Qin Miao caught up to Sainz at 3 seconds behind.

While the average saw a 0.5-second gain per lap, that was data when Qin Miao's tires hadn't warmed up; now, with tires at optimal temperature, he was closing in on Sainz faster.

Sainz initially felt major pressure upon realizing Qin Miao was behind him, given they seemed naturally at odds.

When Sainz first joined Ferrari, he didn't care about Qin Miao, an unknown rookie, and chose to ignore him.

After all, back then, no matter how well someone did in F2, it's not F1, and whether Qin Miao would be as dominant in F1 as in F2 was a big question mark.

But with Qin Miao joining Mercedes and performing better and better, Sainz realized he was wrong, and Ferrari felt embarrassed.

It was like the protagonist in a feel-good story, with every podium finish from Qin Miao being a slap across the face of a short-sighted predecessor.

This season, Qin Miao had already slapped Ferrari with several big blows.

More and more people began critiquing Sainz in Ferrari's comments section.

The opinions seemed quite absurd to Sainz.

[All of this was caused by Sainz. If Sainz hadn't joined, Qin Miao would have become a Ferrari driver, bringing his talents there, and Ferrari wouldn't be in fourth place on the leaderboard after four races.]

[Sainz drove away Qin Miao, resulting in Ferrari's current failure.]

...

Honestly, at this moment, Sainz still felt somewhat unconvinced by Qin Miao.

You, Qin Miao, are only better than me because you're driving a Mercedes while I'm in a lousy Ferrari.

What's the big deal about bullying someone with a better car? Let's see if you can overtake me if we're in the same car.

Despite thinking this way, facing the ever-shrinking gap due to Qin Miao, Sainz was under tremendous pressure, now compounded by Qin Miao's skill effects.

So by lap 55, when Qin Miao entered Sainz's 0.9-second DRS zone, Sainz was somewhat stunned to see his pressure level at 50%.

With such high pressure on the opponent right now, Qin Miao didn't need to do much, and in this position, there wasn't much he could do but consistently pressure Sainz at possible overtaking spots.

Qin Miao stayed behind Sainz, conserving his tires while applying pressure, waiting for Sainz to make a mistake under pressure.

And he waited for 7 laps, until lap 62.

Seeing the pressure level reach 80%, but with Sainz maintaining a stable driving style and having no defensive moves, merely blocking all overtaking lines by just driving normally, Qin Miao fell into contemplation.

Is my skill failing, or does Sainz have robust mentality like Verstappen? If it's a system problem, is there any after-sales service?

What Qin Miao didn't know was that Sainz was extremely tense due to Qin Miao's constant pressure; his underwear was soaked with sweat, and the 1.5 liters of water was long gone, with the in-car temperature high, he was feeling very uncomfortable, almost having the illusion that the world was against him.

But, after all, as a driver from a racing family, Sainz's race experience was well-founded; despite the massive pressure from Qin Miao and the unfriendly environment, Sainz managed to steady his mind and hands without making any mistakes.

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