All-round Athlete

Chapter 622: Pole position starting

The track seemed a bit empty, and not all of the remaining 10 cars appeared on the track. Some drivers are waiting for a better moment, while others want to see what strategies the others are using.

What people didn't expect was that the two cars of China Power, which came out relatively late in the first and second qualifying sessions, were the first to walk out of the pit lane.

"Medium tires? The two vehicles of PowerChina use medium tires." The camera gave a shot of the tires of the two vehicles.

In this year's Formula One race, in order to reflect the green and environmental protection, a lot of effort has been made on the tires. In each race, the softer set of tires will be painted with a green line, while the harder set Tires don't. For example, the supersoft tire and the medium tire are used in the Australian race. There will be a green line on the supersoft tire, but no medium tire, so it only takes one glance to tell what tire the driver is using.

The two China Force cars went one behind the other. After the tire warm-up lap, there was a timing lap, and then they entered the maintenance area again. The whole process took about five minutes. And the two also successfully became the top two.

"China Power's racing car is really fast, and the Ferrari is nearly two seconds behind."

"It seems that only Vettel of the Red Bull Racing Team can barely keep up with the Chinese power, but even so, Red Bull is still worse than the Chinese power!"

People started talking quietly. At this time, the cars returned to the maintenance area one after another, began to change tires and refuel, and then prepared to run the last timed lap.

In the 10 minutes of the third quarter, excluding the tire warm-up lap, there are at most five to six complete timing laps. If you count the time spent returning to the pit station to refuel and the time blocked by the slow car in front, a racing car can Running three full timed laps is not bad. When the car came out of the pit lane for the second time, there was basically only enough time for the driver to run a timed lap.

Ferrari.

The technical director Dell's face was extremely gloomy. Ferrari's performance today was not satisfactory. Not only were the two Chinese cars running ahead, Red Bull's Vettel, BMW Sauber's Kubica and Williams The team's Rosberg, the results are even above the Ferrari.

"It's time to fight! Load light fuel and change to a new set of supersoft tires!" Dale directed

However, Dell was not the only one who made this choice. Other teams also put on a new set of supersoft tires, and everyone was ready to fight for the last lap.

According to the rules, as long as you can start your own timing lap before the countdown to the end of the game, the timing lap is valid. Therefore, many racing cars like to go out of the pit lane in the last three minutes or so, first run a warm-up lap, and then run a timing lap. If the timing lap is not satisfactory or encounters a slow car blocking, they only need to rush forward at the end of the countdown After passing the finish line, you can get a new timing lap.

So when there were more than three minutes left in the race, the cars came out of the maintenance area one after another, and the roar of the engines made the whole track as noisy as a vegetable market in the early morning.

"Do you think China's power will still take the top two? Will Zhang Guan still be the first?"

"The possibility is very high. After all, in the first two practice matches, the Chinese powers were number one."

"I think it depends on the team's strategy. Now they are using supersoft tires. It depends on whether any team chooses light fuel."

"The cars in the third qualifying session should not be fueled too much. Instead of light fuel, let's see if there is a one-stop strategy for the car to use heavy fuel."

"Ferrari is about to cross the line! It's Massa, 1:27.033. This time is not even as good as China Power's last time. Although he can run another lap, I don't think he can surpass China Power."

"Toyota's Trulli, 1 minute 27 seconds 127, is relatively average. And the countdown to the third quarter is over"

"China Power, Barrichello, 1 minute 26 seconds 505! First! China Power won the first place again!"

"Vettel of the Red Bull Racing Team, he may be the only driver who can threaten the Chinese power... hey, 1:26.830, 0.3 seconds slower than Barrichello. It seems that the pole position has already belonged to the Chinese power."

"Wait a minute, there's Zhang Guan! Let's see if he can beat Barrichello?"

On the track, Zhang Guan had already turned the last corner, and then started to sprint with all his strength.

"1 minute 25 seconds 998, Zhang Guan actually ran within 1 minute 26 seconds! He was 0.5 seconds faster than his teammate Barrichello! There is such a big gap between the two cars of the same team. The key is Barrichello's The speed is not slow! Could it be that Zhang Guan only added a little fuel?"

In the third quarter of qualifying, the car will use fuel for tomorrow’s race, so the car will be heavier and slower than the previous two quarters. There is a gap of more than 0.5 seconds between the two cars of the same team, and only the amount of fuel can be used. Different to explain.

However, in the China Force team at this time, Ross Brown looked at the gap of 0.5 seconds with a look of surprise. Because Ross Brown knows that Zhang Guan and Barrichello have the same fuel quantity strategy, that is to say, the fuel quantity of their cars is basically the same.

The same fuel capacity, the same tires, but ran a gap of 0.5 seconds, which can be regarded as two levels of driving skills.

At this time, Barrichello's voice sounded in Rose Brown's earphones: "How is our boss running?"

Ross Brawn knew that Barrichello was actually asking if he had won the pole position, because Barrichello also knew that only Zhang Guan could surpass him on the entire track.

Every driver wants to get pole position in qualifying, and so does Barrichello, but his partner is the team owner, so he can't be too obvious.

Ross Brown hesitated, and finally said: "Zhang Guan ran within 1 minute and 26 seconds."

"What? Isn't that 0.5 seconds faster than me?" Barrichello said in surprise, and then he asked: "Then our strategy for tomorrow's game?"

"The strategy remains the same, it's still the same as before." Ross Brown knew that Barrichello misunderstood the light fuel used in Zhang Guan's car, so he explained: "Rubens, you and Zhang Guan have the same amount of fuel. Yes, so in tomorrow's game, our strategy will remain the same!"

"The amount of oil is the same?" Barrichello opened his mouth slightly.

"The same car, the same fuel volume, and the same tires, I am so much slower than Zhang Guan! But I am already faster than other drivers!" Barrichello took a deep breath: "This is not Because I am slow, but because he is too fast!"

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