The driver in front of Qin Miao had changed to Verstappen, and at this moment, Verstappen was only 3.4 seconds away from Qin Miao.
Meanwhile, Hamilton caught up with Perez on lap 20 as well.
It's worth mentioning that the timing of Hamilton catching up to Perez was very poor for Perez, as Hamilton caught up with him right after T5.
It's well-known that after T5 comes the longest straight on the Yas Marina Circuit, and there's DRS assistance on this straight.
Most of the audience already had images in their minds of what would happen next.
And indeed, that was the case. Hamilton directly used the ERS and DRS of his car to forcefully overtake Perez on the outside line.
However, just as everyone on the Red Bull side thought the sky was about to collapse, Perez activated his hidden backup energy.
