Just as Schumacher was waiting for the car to adjust, there was a sudden burst of enthusiastic shouts from the audience, it turned out that Hakkinen, who had just finished the second lap, surpassed the time of 1:25.398 set by Barrichello in the first lap with a time of 1:25.102 and returned to the first position!

With Hakkinen's start, Barrichello and other drivers also started their second lap of the time trial one after another.

"Okay, it's all adjusted, you go and try again, and we'll communicate if there's any problem. After all the adjustments were made, Jonathan said to Schumacher.

"Okay, then I'm going to start the second lap of the time trial. Schumacher turned around, smiled at Fei Xiaotian, and said in very broken English, "Come on!"

Then he walked to his car, and just as Schumacher was about to start the car, there was another exclamation from the audience, and the fourth McLaren driver, Kuta, actually broke the speed that team-mate Hakkinen had just set, and was in first place in 1:25.088!

Two McLaren drivers dominate the top two in the time trial!

Schumacher didn't have time to think about it, so he immediately started the car and was racing on the track again.

Soon, Schumacher's second lap time trial time was also in, 1:26.022!

Although it is a big improvement from the first lap, compared to the results of Hakkinen and several other drivers, the gap is still very large!

Standing on the sidelines, Ferrari team principal Teixeira, after seeing Schumacher's timing results in the first two laps, had a little schadenfreude, but more regret for Schumacher.

"Kane is even better than you in the time trial, Schumacher, Schumacher, why do you bother? Stay with us at Ferrari, you will be the shining star in this year's championship, it's a pity. Teixeira sighed and muttered to herself.

However, Schumacher still did not show any frustration, or the same sentence, the purpose of the free practice session itself is to find problems, only the final points race is the key, as long as the points race can run well, Schumacher does not care how bad the results of the practice and qualifying races are.

Back in the pits, Schumacher spoke to the team's engineers again and made more detailed adjustments to the car.

As the practice match deepened, the competition on the field also became anxious.

In the twentieth minute, Williams' car began to come into full swing, with the team's leading driver, Ralf Schumacher Jr., Schumacher Jr., climbing to first place with a time of 1:25.066, but Hakkinen quickly regained the top spot with a time of 1:25.052.

In the 25th minute, Barrichello came back to second place with a time of 1:25.060, which was refreshed to 1:25.058 two minutes later.

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It can be said that at this time, the track has completely become an exhibition race for McLaren's Hakkinen and Kuta, Ferrari's Barrichello and Williams' Schumacher Jr., and the first place results have been refreshed again and again.

On Schumacher's side, after many adjustments, the results have slowly changed, but the best time is only 1:25.859, ranking only 11th among the 24 riders, which is simply different from his previous record.

In the 26th minute, Hakkinen set a new personal record for the Australian practice session with a time of 1:24.876, raising his score to 1:24 and 24 for the first time, becoming the brightest star of the morning practice session!

In the end, the first practice session in Australia ended with Hakkinen's shining performance, followed by Barrichello, followed by Kuta and Schumacher Jr., and Schumacher of Tianming Racing Team also ran a time of 1:25.442 on the last lap, but the final practice race ranking was only 12th, and the top ten did not enter.

"I think Schumacher's era is coming to an end. ”

"Who said that, isn't there still a little Schumacher? I think the names of these two will be changed in the future, who is the little Schumacher, isn't it clear today's performance?"

"Schumacher is just in the ascendant, what kind of era! It's a pity, there was a chance to create an era, and now it's a self-destructive future!"

"Look at Hakkinen and Barrichello, they were originally drivers at the same level as Schumacher, but now they are really worlds apart. ”

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After the practice match, the audience at the scene couldn't help but talk while exiting the field, all the spearheads were pointed at Schumacher, after all, with his previous fame, he ran such a result, which is really not worthy of the name.

Competitive sports have always been like this, when you have good results, the audience can blow you into a god, and when you have bad results, they will scold you out of Xiang, these audiences are so realistic.

"Good work, a good start. Zhou Jingming walked to the pit lane of the Tianming team and said to Schumacher with a smile. His words were not meant to comfort Schumacher, the Tianming team participated in the F1 championship for the first time, and such a performance was remarkable.

"The performance of the car is not adjusted to the best, so I will continue to work hard in the next practice sessions. Schumacher replied with a smile. He promised Zhou Jingming that he would win the championship of this battle, then he would definitely do it!

After a short break, at one o'clock in the afternoon, the second free practice P2 officially began. Compared to P1 in the morning, P2 this afternoon is even more crucial for the team and the drivers.

The teams will test the cars over long distances with heavy fuel loads, and the drivers will test the cars at race speed for more than 40 laps. At the same time, the team engineer will evaluate whether the car is perfectly tuned based on the remote sensing data, and evaluate the life of tires of various firmnesses for the strategy team to consider when it is best to change tires.

For racers, it is important to practice driving skills and habits in P2 that save fuel and reduce tire wear. Because tires of different firmness will provide different mechanical grip, it will make the driving route different in cornering. Racers basically need to use two types of tyres for each race, so adapting to different tyres is also an important job for drivers in P2.

As environmental parameters such as midday air temperature, track surface temperature, and air humidity also changed, the engineers of each team also rechecked their cars.

Similar to the practice session in the morning, this practice session was still the venue for Hakkinen and Barrichello to compete for hegemony, but this time, Hakkinen did not have the last laugh, and Barrichello finally ranked first in the second practice session.

Schumacher, on the other hand, continued to improve, running a personal best of 1:25.320 and finishing eighth in the afternoon practice session, which is a big improvement from the morning.

"Today's two practice sessions are over, so you can go back and study the data based on Schumacher and what we measured, especially in P2 in the afternoon, and then adjust the car to get ready for tomorrow afternoon's qualifying. ”

After P2 was over, Jonathan began to lay out the team's next tasks in the pits.

"Everyone, the adjustment of the car will trouble you, although I know that it is very difficult, but tomorrow's qualifying, I still want to compete for pole position!" Schumacher immediately looked at the crowd and said seriously.

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