As a unique format of the Formula Championship, qualifying is designed to facilitate a fairer second day of points racing, and the ranking of each driver's results on the day of qualifying will become the starting order of the second day's race.

Schumacher's "pole position" means first place in qualifying, that is, the driver who takes pole position in qualifying will be the first driver to start the next day.

That's why so many drivers want to take pole position in qualifying.

Qualifying lasts for an hour and each car is allowed a maximum of 12 laps, during which the drivers try to run the best lap possible, with each driver's best time being used as the final standing.

In the 2005 and previous F1 seasons, qualifying was a lap system, with each driver running a lap on the track on Saturday to determine the starting position of the race, which means that in this system, only one driver will be on the track for each qualifying session.

After 2005, the FIA changed the qualifying format, and the lap system was replaced by a new three-stage elimination system, the most important feature of which is that many cars can be tested together at the same time.

Qualifying under this new rule will be even more exciting. There will be more cars on the track at the same time in each stage of qualifying, and there will be more overtaking scenes, which is undoubtedly the most popular thing for fans. Of course, the team's strategy will become even more important.

The three stages of the three-stage knockout stage are two 15-minute stages and a final 20-minute stage, with a five-minute interval between each stage, just enough for an hour of qualifying.

The first stage is from 2 p.m. to 2:15 p.m., and all cars can be raced on the track, with drivers able to choose any time of the stage and there is no limit to the number of laps they can run.

At the end of this stage, the five slowest cars (only laps completed before the end of the stage are counted) will not be able to participate in the remaining races of the qualifying stage, they will be placed in the bottom five of the next day's points grid, and the remaining 15 cars will be cleared for the second stage of qualifying elimination.

Stage 2 and Stage 3 are the same as Stage 1, with the 11th to 15th places in the points grid and the top 10 and final pole positions respectively, and the drivers can choose the number of laps they want to complete.

In addition to this, it is important to note in qualifying that during the first two 15-minute stages, the car can use any fuel load, and that drivers who are eliminated in these two stages can refuel before the start of the race.

However, the top 10 riders had to go into the final 20 minutes of the race with the amount of fuel they planned to use in the race. The drivers are weighed before leaving the pits, and the fuel consumed during these 20 minutes can be replenished at the end of the race.

Also, during qualifying, if a driver is deemed to have made unnecessary stops on the track, or hindered the actions of other drivers, his timer will be cancelled.

In addition, there is a limit to the number of tires that can be used in each qualifying and points race, and each driver can use no more than 7 sets of dry tires, 4 sets of rain tires and 3 sets of rain tires in the qualifying and points races. Each set of tires includes two front tires and two rear tires, and all of them should be the same size.

With so many format requirements, the Formula 1 Championship is more exciting than any other motor racing event, and the teams need to put in a lot of energy.

"Leave the racing to us, you just have to play well on the field, and the next qualifying and race will definitely let you drive a car in the best condition. Jonathan promised.

Since Schumacher has such ambitions, the entire team will fully support him.

"Then please. Schumacher said again.

After the first day of free practice, the strategy teams of each team also took the time to analyze the best race strategy for the next qualifying and points races based on the information obtained today.

McLaren and Ferrari, in particular, could have a better points result as Barrichello and Hakkinen were close to each other, and whoever had the better strategy could have achieved better results.

On the side of the Tianming team, under Jonathan's arrangement, in view of all the information obtained today, the work of the team was improved separately.

"Tomorrow morning's newspaper will definitely be full of negative reports about you, and I hope you will be mentally prepared by then. In Schumacher's room, Zhou Jingming was talking to him.

Looking at today's two free practice sessions, Schumacher's performance can only be described by the word "failure" in the eyes of outsiders, because since he left the Benetton team, Schumacher has never achieved such a bad result in the practice session, even if Schumacher himself thinks it doesn't matter, those reporters will definitely criticize him and take the opportunity to hype.

"Rest assured, chairman, before joining the Tianming team, I was ready for a season without results, of course, this was the worst plan I had at the time, before I knew about our car. The reports of these reporters will not affect me, although there are some secondary two, but I feel that the victory will be mine. ”

Schumacher said with a smile. The mentality is much better than Zhou Jingming imagined.

Zhou Jingming breathed a sigh of relief, "If you can think like this, I will be much more relieved." I was afraid that you would be hit. ”

"How is it, do you have confidence in tomorrow's qualifying?" After a pause, Zhou Jingming continued to ask.

"I can't say I'm going to get pole position, but it's definitely better than today's practice session, at least the top five. Schumacher replied earnestly.

"From what I observed on the field today, Scuderia Ferrari must have revamped the performance of the car, otherwise Barrichello would not have performed as well as he did today with last year's car......

From his own point of view, Schumacher analyzed several teams that performed well one by one, and it can be seen that Schumacher's ability to read the game is definitely the top of the best.

"In addition to the racing factor, in terms of the driver's ability, I think whether it is Barrichello or Hakkinen, it is not much different from last year, of course, this is just my personal opinion, the final result, it depends on the performance on the field. ”

"I am sure that you will disappoint those who look down on you, remember the promise we made. Zhou Jingming said seriously.

"I'll give you a Drivers' Championship. ”

"I gave you back a constructors' championship. ”

The two men said almost in unison.

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