Throughout the entire turn, the cars basically maintained the same driving angle and turning radius, so the centrifugal force remained largely constant, and the cars kept their speed as close as possible to the maximum limit for that angle.
If the racing line was changed during this process, then either the steering angle had to be increased to shorten the turning radius, which required reducing speed. Otherwise, not only would the driver endure a greater centrifugal load, there would also be a risk of rolling over!
Or the steering angle could be reduced to increase the turning radius, but that would lengthen the distance through the turn. Moreover, since this method of cornering had already increased the turning radius to its maximum, increasing it further would send the car beyond the boundaries of the track and off the circuit!
With Russell already occupying the optimal racing line through the corner, it was nearly impossible for Young Carlos Sainz to overtake him, whether on the outside or the inside!
Young Carlos Sainz indeed did not attempt an overtake in the corner. However, although the two followed nearly identical lines through the turn, Young Carlos Sainz did not need to stay on guard against the car behind him trying to pass, as Russell did. With nothing held back, he was faster than Russell, and the gap between the two cars rapidly closed as they rounded the corner!
By the time the two cars cut out from the inside line, Young Carlos Sainz's front wing was less than twenty centimeters from Russell's rear end—and was still closing in!
Just as Russell's red Ferrari continued drifting outward along its original arc and the two cars were about to collide from behind, Young Carlos Sainz suddenly jerked the steering wheel to the right once more