But Hamilton seized this tiny, insignificant flaw in Qin Miao's driving, utilizing the slipstream and the subsequent DRS, ultimately overtaking Qin Miao on the outside line of the main straight.
After witnessing this scene, the crowd at the venue erupted into frenzied cheers, just like when Hamilton overtook Verstappen.
Watching the departing Hamilton, Qin Miao sighed helplessly, started to decelerate to cool down the car, and began recharging the car as well.
Despite there being two laps left to the end of the race, Verstappen had closed the gap to just two seconds behind Qin Miao while Qin Miao and Hamilton were battling.
Another piece of bad news was that Qin Miao's tires had already gone over the cliff, and the tire grip was beginning to drop rapidly.
Without any surprises, whether Qin Miao can defend against Verstappen's attack in these last two laps would decide if Qin Miao can maintain his second place and secure the team championship.
But Verstappen was also at a loss for words.
Red Bull faced quite a few issues in this race. Compared to rcedes, Red Bull's biggest problem was in their setup.
Moreover, Red Bull had invested more of their developnt budget into the ground-effect cars for next season, so unlike rcedes, they didn't bring a significant upgrade that was crucial for vehicle performance improvent in this race.
Therefore, it was clear that Verstappen's speed was sowhat slow.
Also, after hearing Hamilton discussing the two-stop strategy with his track engineer, the team called Verstappen back to the pits earlier, aning Verstappen's tires had done three more laps than Hamilton's.
Verstappen had also battled with Hamilton on the track for so many laps, so by now, Verstappen's tires couldn't hold up anymore.
Taking advantage of the ti when Qin Miao and Hamilton were fighting, closing the gap to within two seconds behind was about the limit of what Verstappen could do.
Therefore, in the last two laps, all Verstappen could do was follow within 1.5 seconds behind Qin Miao, applying pressure.
Attempting to force Qin Miao into making mistakes.
But Qin Miao ultimately withstood the pressure from Verstappen, steadily controlling his car, completing the last two laps.
In the end, amidst the carnival of the Brazilian audience, the celebration of the rcedes team, and the cheers of the rcedes fans, the Brazilian Grand Prix ca to an end.
Hamilton and Qin Miao crossed the line one after the other, bringing it ho in first and second places.
A yellow and red board with a "P" on it extended from the barrier of the rcedes team's command post.
It read, Hamilton P1, Qin Miao P2.
This act carried a bit of a boastful tone—see, this is rcedes! These are the rcedes drivers!
After Hamilton and Qin Miao crossed the finish line, rcedes secured the team championship ahead of the rest of the season, marking the eighth team championship for rcedes, tying McLaren's record of eight titles.
At the sa ti, this was also the second ti since 2018 that rcedes clinched the team championship early at the Brazilian GP.
All of this was thanks to the outstanding performance of rookie driver Qin Miao this season, comparable to that of a number one driver.
"Lewis, we are the team world champions! That's it! Well done! You drove an incredible race!" After crossing the line, amid fireworks on both sides of the track, Hamilton's track engineer praised him over the team radio.
"Hahaha! Let's gooooo! Thank you all, without your efforts, we couldn't have achieved such a great accomplishnt. This championship belongs to everyone at rcedes!"
On the other side, Frankie was the first to congratulate Qin Miao: "Qin Miao! We are the champions! Champions! We're the fucking champions! You did a great job in this race! You did so fucking well!"
However, compared to Hamilton's battle-hardened track engineer, Frankie, who joined F1 with Qin Miao, was clearly so excited that he was almost incoherent.
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