After two laps in the flying lap, Liu chose to start saving some power in preparation for the next fight with Verstappen. If you can go over, it's best to go over, but if you can't, you can also choose to let him pit early and change into new tires to try undercut Verstappen.

"In the DRS zone, push a few more times." Marcus reminded that Liu Hongyu had already chased after Verstappen for less than a second at this time.

On the big straight, Liu Hongyu, who had already seen the rear of Verstappen's car, chose to increase the power output and began to pursue Verstappen.

On lap five, Liu Hongyu had already chased behind Verstappen.

At the end of the straight, Liu chose to stick to Verstappen and cross two corners. Tried to overtake Verstappen at Turn 3 but was a little bit less pace and couldn't get past it.

After continuous corners, Liu Hongyu went directly to the inner line in the uphill section before the big straight and braked late to try to pass. The result is in the past, but the speed after his own exit from the corner is also average, but fortunately there is DRS, and he can keep side by side with Verstappen.

At this time, Pagani's insistence on using high-resistance and high-downforce tuning has the advantage of coming. In clean air, Liu Hongyu's tail speed after turning on DRS is still faster than Verstappen next to him.

At the end of the straight, Liu Hongyu stepped on the brakes a little earlier in exchange for better speed out of the corner, and by the way, he glanced in the rearview mirror and found that Verstappen chose to follow him and slowly look for opportunities.

"It's a bit difficult," Liu Hongyu muttered.

The hearts of everyone in the Pagani team are hanging in their throats, they all know that this year's Red Bull straight speed is too terrifying, Liu Hongyu is still because of the advantage of car tuning and DRS to take a slight lead, if Liu Hongyu does not have DRS on the starting straight, then Verstappen is estimated to start leading again.

After the high-speed corner, Liu Hongyu deliberately sold a flaw before entering the continuous corner, stepped on the brake earlier and walked the cross line, and at the same time gave way to Verstappen?

Verstappen thanked him and rushed straight over, and Liu Hongyu, who took the cross line, also came out of the corner quite well. He took the outside line and wanted to eat Verstappen raw, but after all, the Spanish track was not Zandvoort in the Netherlands, and he couldn't open the DRS in the final corner, and the speed was still a bit insufficient, so he could only exit the corner side by side with Verstappen.

On the big straight, because the PG-01's overall performance was slightly better, the front wing of Liu Hongyu's car gradually began to lead Verstappen after the corner.

Liu Hongyu hurriedly adjusted the engine mode to start full power output, and turned on DRS on the big straight and ate Verstappen raw.

"Very clean overtaking, now it's up to Verstappen to respond to him."

After a few laps of the battle, Verstappen chose to slow down a little and start saving the tyre due to a strategic problem.

“Box in this lap.”

After two desperate putts, Grant motioned for Liu Hongyu to pit stop.

On lap 13, Liu Hongyu was called into a pit stop to change to new tires.

"Neutral tires..."

Seeing that the tire changer brought out the yellow neutral tires instead of the red soft tires that he originally said, Liu Hongyu's hanging heart finally let go, after all, the wear rate of this year's soft tires is really metaphysical, fast and slow. The old soft tires that Liu Hongyu used at the beginning of the Q2 were used when the engine was hot, so there was not much wear and tear. And if the team uses soft tires for Liu Hongyu at this time, maybe he will come in again after seven or eight laps.

After 2.2 seconds of normal play, Liu Hongyu stepped on the accelerator and left the pit area, just in 12th place at this time, in front of the train lineup led by Leclerc and Kimi, who were struggling in the DRS train formation after the crash after falling down the ranks.

Grant hurriedly reminded: "The tires are newer than everyone in front, so you don't have to hesitate." ”

After following a circle. Most of the cars in the train lineup made a pit stop, and Liu Hongyu watched the advantage of the new tires after warming up the tires on the starting straight, and Leclerc rose to 7th place

"It's time to start putting, Kimi will pit on the next lap and he'll let you go." "Help me thank him, how much is the difference between me and Verstappen?" "It's 20.8 seconds, and it's still shrinking. His tires were starting to fail. ”

After pulling Liu Hongyu for a while to brush the fastest lap, Kimi chose to pit for a neutral tyre.

After two laps of acceleration, Marcus said in TR that Verstappen and the others had their cars pitted. On the way out, Hamilton and Verstappen were just stuck behind Liu Hongyu.

"Three cars to fight again?" Liu Hongyu saw the Red Bull and Silver Arrow in the rearview mirror and chose to change the mode and prepare to start defending, after all, the power of his car was not much at this time, and it was better to rely on the kinetic energy recovery system to store more power.

After a few corners, the tire temperature of the two people equipped with neutral tires gradually came up, and Liu Hongyu relied on the temperature advantage to shake off the two for two or three seconds and did not choose to continue pushing, and directly began to protect the tires.

After following for a while, Verstappen turned on the DRS on the straight and tried to get his hands dirty, but the difference was still a bit too big and he had to wait.

A few corners later, Verstappen was already behind him due to Liu's deliberate slowdown, and Hamilton was eager to try after him.

On the Grand Straight, Verstappen tried to get his hands on the outside, but Liu Hongyu drew a dragon to block him. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Hamilton also attacked, and at the end of the straight he braked too late. Verstappen also had to eat coptis dumbly - there was no bitterness to say.

After following a few corners, Liu Hongyu chose to run through the last few corners normally, but the consequences...

On the big straight, Hamilton, who has DRS, directly ate it raw, and Verstappen also stuck on the inside.

But at the end of the straight, Liu Hongyu overtook Verstappen after a late brake jam, and then stepped on the accelerator and began to chase Hamilton in front of him.

After chasing a few corners, Liu Hongyu relied on stronger cornering speed to chase Hamilton behind him for about 0.9 seconds.

On the big straight, Liu Hongyu turned on the DRS and went outside to try to overtake Hamilton, but at this time Hamilton had already chosen to let the engine run at full power, but Liu Hongyu did not, so Liu Hongyu was still a little worse and failed to overtake the past.

After following a few corners, Liu Hongyu stepped on the brakes and walked the crossing line earlier before entering the continuous corners composed of turns 14 and 15, and overtook them in the last 16 corners by relying on better exit speed and line.

On the big straight, when Liu Hongyu relied on the DRS advantage to open the gap with Hamilton, Hamilton was also attacked by Verstappen behind him, and Liu Hongyu was able to catch his breath for a while.

After a while, Liu Hongyu received instructions from the team and motioned for him to finish grinding this set of neutral tires. Liu Hongyu, who received the order, seemed to be an arrow off the string, and directly began to accelerate out of the fastest lap of the race at that time.

On lap 42, Liu Hongyu pitted for soft tyres, and at the same time, he just got stuck in front of Hamilton after leaving the pit stop, and successfully completed the overcut against Hamilton.