When Schumacher appeared on the stage, Zhou Jingming also smiled at him and waved his hand lightly, signaling that he did not need to be nervous, and Schumacher also smiled at him.

"Brother-in-law, how long do you think Schumacher can run this time, and can he take the first place?" He Yingxun asked with a smile.

In the period just now, Zhou Jingming has simply given them a science popularization of the various rules of F1 competition.

"It doesn't matter if you can win the first place or not, anyway, the practice match itself is used to find problems and find feelings, and the actual ranking is not very meaningful. Zhou Jingming replied with a smile.

"It's always best to be the first place, and it's also good for increasing confidence. Zhao Ke on the side also said.

"I believe in Schumacher and I believe in our cars. Wang Yuanchao also said with a smile.

Schumacher's appearance also aroused heated discussions among the audience.

"Look, Schumacher is finally on the scene. ”

"I don't know how far he can go this year, the good Ferrari team is not going, he has to go to the Tianming team. ”

"Who knows? Maybe the Tianming convoy will work a miracle!"

"I look at the suspension, after all, the Tianming team participated in the first year of competition, how about the performance of the car"

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Although the audience discussion said that Schumacher did not hear clearly, judging from the expressions of these people, Schumacher could roughly guess seven, seven, eight or eight, but Schumacher did not care, but sat directly in his own car.

"Is it finally on the scene?" Hakkinen said softly as he looked at Schumacher sitting in the car, while McLaren engineers were recalibrating the car based on Hakkinen's feedback.

Not only Hakkinen, Barrichello and other racing drivers, were attracted by Schumacher's debut, Schumacher's transfer at that time, once caused a sensation in the entire car world, these competitors also want to see how Schumacher's first practice match after the transfer will perform.

Although Barrichello and others also know that the result of the practice match is not very important, everyone has a competitive spirit, and if they can win the first place, why not fight for it?

As Schumacher started the car, the crowd stared nervously at the track, and the TM2000 car roared like an orange lightning bolt.

Schumacher is no stranger to this car, and from his years of racing experience, the performance of the TM2000 is definitely the best one he has ever seen.

Of course, Schumacher's best performance is based on the fact that all the parameters of the car have been adjusted to the most suitable state, after all, the timing unit of the F1 championship is accurate to the thousandth of a second, and any parameter that is even the slightest unreasonable will have an impact on the final result.

It's not the first time Schumacher has raced at Albert Park, and he knows all too much about the conditions on the track, so it's no surprise to drive.

The first practice session was over quickly, and under everyone's attention, Schumacher stepped out of the car and took off his helmet, and the staff on site also announced Schumacher's time trial time for the first time: 1:27.765!

Temporarily ranked first-to-last!

With the announcement of Schumacher's results, the audience at the scene also became excited again.

"It took 1 minute and 27 seconds, it's a shame!"

"The penultimate place in the practice session is probably the first time Schumacher has run such a poor result!"

"I wanted to see Schumacher continue to compete with Hakkinen for the championship, but now it seems that if he maintains this form, there is no hope. ”

"It's just the first practice session, so why take it so seriously, how do you know if Schumacher is going to run better?"

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"1 minute 27 seconds? Although the first time trial can only be used as a warm-up, this result is inevitably too slow. Hakkinen muttered.

If you want to get a good result on the Albert Park circuit, you can only run 1 minute and 24 seconds, and those who exceed 1 minute and 26 seconds are basically out of the championship.

The other racing drivers were also very surprised by Schumacher's performance, and even He Yingxun couldn't sit still.

"What's the situation, brother-in-law, Schumacher is now the penultimate one?" He Yingxun asked with a surprised expression.

"Shouldn't we, whether it's a car or a driver, we can't be so much worse than them, right?" Wang Yuanchao said in disbelief.

Schumacher was two seconds slower than Hakkinen, with a total of 57 laps in the race, which is a lot slower.

"What's the hurry, don't you see that Schumacher himself is not in a hurry? The emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is in a hurry. Zhou Jingming pulled the two people to sit down on the left and right, and said angrily.

At this time, Schumacher was not affected by the results of this time trial at all, but was very calm, and reported his requirements to the team's engineers.

"The stiffness of the suspension is raised by one notch. ”

"The tire pressure is increased by about 50 again. ”

"Also, I think the brake vents could be a little bigger. ”

Everything on an F1 car, from the steering wheel to the engine, from the angle of the fixed wing to the angle of the wheels, from the ground clearance to the drag coefficient, is all adjustable. After a few laps at a time, the driver returns to the pits to communicate with his engineer to compare the problems found with the data printed out with telemetry, who then adjusts the car.

Weather conditions vary depending on the car's adjustments, and in rainy days, the car requires more grip and traction, so the team will use the softest suspension setup, the largest front and rear wing angles, and the use of rain tyres. In addition, in order to reduce air resistance, small brake vents and engine cooling vents are used.

Correspondingly, if it is a sunny day, because the weather is dry, you need to reduce the angle of the front and rear wings, and choose a stiffer suspension setting and higher tire pressure according to the characteristics of the track, and at the same time choose a large size brake ventilation pipe to improve the brake cooling effect, and the corresponding engine cooling ventilation pipe will also choose a large size.

The weather in Melbourne at this time was sunny and although the team had initially adjusted accordingly, the more precise parameters still required the drivers to make adjustments after completing a lap on the track.

"What else needs to be adjusted?" Jonathan asked, looking at Schumacher and continuing.

Schumacher shook his head, "I don't know for the time being, but we have to finish the second lap before we make a decision." ”

"Well, you don't have to worry too much about what other people think, it's just a practice match. Jonathan comforted.

Schumacher just nodded lightly and said no more.

While the Tianming team was busy adjusting the car, the rest of the drivers also completed the first lap of the time trial one after another, and Hakkinen had even completed the second lap.

If you only count the first lap, Schumacher finished in 20th place out of all 24 drivers with a time of 1 minute and 27 seconds, fourth from the bottom!

Fei Xiaotian, who participated in the competition for the first time, was only one place lower than Schumacher.

Judging from such results, Schumacher's debut at the Tianming team was not a success.

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