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And while squeezing Qin Miao, although I also need to brake as late as Qin Miao, my entry angle is always wider than Qin Miao’s because I am on the outside line.

After seeing Hamilton’s move, Qin Miao naturally guessed his intention, but seeing the 55% of his ERS battery’s power rapidly declining at a speed visible to the naked eye, Qin Miao did not feel flustered at all.

"The two Mercedes cars are neck and neck! Qin Miao is being forced to the inside line by Hamilton, but Qin Miao’s speed is still very fast, so fast that it doesn’t seem like a Mercedes! Qin Miao completed side by side with Hamilton before the braking point at T1 and overtook half a car’s length in front of Hamilton!" Bing explained nervously.

The two quickly arrived at the braking point inside T1. Just as Hamilton thought, Qin Miao chose a braking point at least 50 meters earlier than normal on the inside line.

But Qin Miao’s acceleration down the starting straight was so fast that by the time he reached the T1 braking point, his ERS power had sharply dropped from 55% to 15%.

This 40% of ERS power gave Qin Miao a tail speed exceeding Hamilton by more than 10 kilometers per hour.

So even though Qin Miao braked earlier than Hamilton, they were still side by side entering T1 together.

However, as mentioned before, the outside line at T1 allows for a wider driving line.

So after entering T1, Hamilton’s car moved to the outside line, and the wider entry and driving line clearly created a gap of half a car’s length with Qin Miao again.

But Qin Miao still wedged the front wheel of his car into the side pod position of Hamilton’s car.

The two entered T2 together.

One could say, even if using hard tires in T1, as long as you take a suitable line, there’s no need to brake; however, T2 is an out-and-out heavy braking zone.

But at this time, Hamilton on the outside line felt a bit anxious as he looked in the rearview mirror, watching Qin Miao’s almost reckless late braking.

Seeing Qin Miao driving in such a seemingly reckless manner, Hamilton naturally refrained from turning in at the most suitable point to let Qin Miao’s car pass completely beyond him and exit the driving line before Hamilton straightened his car to accelerate into the corner.

Qin Miao’s late braking was actually within his normal range, without locking the tires, but also not allowing him to control the car at the optimal corner exit position, resulting in overshooting a bit.

So after T2, Qin Miao became the inside line for T3.

At this moment, it seemed that Qin Miao had all the advantages, but during the time Qin Miao was correcting his oversteer, Hamilton had already straightened his car and started accelerating.

"Ah! Qin Miao braked too wide! Hamilton took the crossover line; this time Qin Miao has no chance!" Bing clasped his hands over his head in frustration.

Fei also said helplessly, "Qin Miao’s braking point choice was a bit too late."

Just as the commentators finished speaking, the scene that appeared before them somewhat exceeded their years of F1 commentating knowledge.

Normally, after taking the crossover line, the trailing car would straighten up faster than the leading driver and naturally start accelerating earlier.

This attack and defense between the two Mercedes drivers could also fit into this formula; Hamilton was obviously quicker to straighten his car than Qin Miao.

But in this situation, after Qin Miao’s car was caught and gradually surpassed by Hamilton, Qin Miao’s car surprisingly took the lead before the braking point at T3, with the two Mercedes cars almost wheel to wheel entering T3 side by side.

"Qin Miao, his speed is too fast, does he still have ERS power? Qin Miao enters T3 side by side with Hamilton, now Qin Miao is on the inside line, does he have a chance?"

Under normal conditions, the combination of continuous corners at Suzuka Circuit is quite manageable, even in the rain.

But with two Mercedes cars entering the corner side by side, both of them essentially blocked the other’s optimal line.

The driving line was unusable.

So the two of them drove side by side through these five continuous corners, Hamilton himself is not weak in wet conditions, and Qin Miao’s forced attribute points allowed him to reach levels his talent couldn’t normally reach.

"Side by side into the corner! The two Mercedes drivers just went wheel to wheel through this series of combination corners! Neither Qin Miao nor Lewis Hamilton was willing to give up their position, yet under this premise, both amazingly restrained themselves and left each other enough room to exit and enter corners, this scene is just crazy!"

The English-speaking commentator almost ran out of breath seeing this scene, excitedly continuing without pause.

While the commentators from Five-Star Sports remained relatively calm, as at this point, they couldn’t think of anything to say.

Throughout this attack and defense process, both Qin Miao and Hamilton took the lead while in their own corner inside lines, but in such corners, no one gained a decisive advantage.

But the attack and defense ultimately ended with Qin Miao’s victory.