Chapter 768: This is not a dark horse, it's a lazy donkey!
Because the 24 Hours of Le Mans is carried out by substitutions without changing cars, protecting the car at all times is a top priority for the drivers. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
So even if everyone is staring at the first-round start, they will have reservations when it comes to qualifying. The first start is a nice thing, but if you damage the car because of the over-pursuit of this, it will be more than worth the loss.
What is Le Mans' criteria for winning or losing?
In 24 hours, the car with the longest mileage wins!
Fundamentally, Le Mans is a game where the remainder is king while maintaining speed.
Therefore, in the qualifying stage, there was a driver who broke the historical lap time, which directly lifted the spirits of the audience!
When Li Fanyu returned to the starting point and accepted the starting order arranged by the event team, the audience discussed;
"God, which convoy is this? How come you've never seen one before?"
"When I saw the information of the participating teams just now, it seems to be a small Chinese car factory. It's only been two years since it was founded, and this time there was only one car in the race. ”
"Hmm, it's amazing that such a car manufacturer can participate in the LMP1 group. ”
"The quality of the drivers in this team is what I didn't expect! God, I don't know if you just noticed the live broadcast of the qualifying lap, his choice of route and the way he cornered gave me the illusion that Alonso had come to Le Mans!"
"When you say that, I feel a little bit of it, and I say how can it feel familiar? Who is this driver?"
"I didn't pay attention, but when the participating teams were introduced before, it seemed that the main driver of the Zhengxin team was their chairman. ”
"Wow! This is so powerful?
"yes, it's very hardworking. This time, I thought that Mercedes-Benz and Jarrian would withdraw from the LMP1 group, and the excitement of the competition would be affected, and it would become a drama in which the Europa League dominated and competed with Nissan and Toyota for the championship. Now that there is such a quasi-dark horse, the variables are great. It's definitely going to be even more exciting!"
"Well, I'm looking forward to the performance of this team! By the way, what's this team called?"
"Faith!"
Li Fanyu would never have thought that just by driving this Jinya R for a lap, he would give the team a large wave of fans, and he was poured with the halo of a quasi-dark horse.
In fact, he was very worried about the rest of the race.
According to the rules of Le Mans, in order to guarantee the accident rate and the excitement of the game. Each driver may not drive for more than four consecutive hours, and the main driver cannot spend more than fourteen hours on the track.
Because of this rule, he needs to spend at least ten hours on the wall in the station.
Through the qualifying match just now, he felt a little different atmosphere.
Seems...... The No. 3 car of the Europa League 5.6.7 is eyeing itself.
In order to win the championship to the greatest extent and improve the winning rate, the major car manufacturers will adopt the strategy of multiple teams participating at the same time. Of the major manufacturers in the LMP1 group, except for Toyota, which has two racing cars on the 11.13, the rest are all three.
And Zhengxin, there is only one car.
If something happens, it's fucked up.
For an ultra-high-intensity endurance race like Le Mans, it's not all too common for accidents like collisions to happen. With Han Yue and Chen Chen's skills, if they were driving normally, they couldn't say how good they had achieved results, but at least they wouldn't be at the bottom.
But under the fierce confrontation, the variables are too great!
Zhengxin's team can't afford a serious accident - because the black-and-red painted Jinya R is Zhengxin's only hope for winning the championship!
With this concern, after completing the starting order, he came to the station and called Chen Chen and Han Yue to his side.
"The race will start in a while, according to the strategy we have set in advance, Han Yue, you will run for the first hour. ”
Han Yue nodded, "Don't worry, Dong Li, I will use the advantage of starting in the first round to try to maintain the leading position!"
"Nope. Li Fanyu shook his head, "The plan has changed." Don't worry too much about the position, you have to do your best to keep the car!"
Han Yue was surprised: "Huh?"
Striving for the first round of the start is something that the three of them have already booked. Han Yue took advantage of the good start of the priority start to maintain the lead position and create a favorable situation for Li Fanyu after the first pit stop.
Why is it now a car insurance?
Seeing that he didn't understand, Li Fanyu told him about the Dunlop bend just now, and the Europa League No. 7 almost forced himself out of the bend by using the Dunlop bend and the Mulsanne straight.
Although Li Fanyu did not describe the situation in detail, hearing this detail, Han Yue and Chen Chen both broke out in a cold sweat.
The Dunlop Turn is the fastest of the 13km Le Mans circuit, while the Mulsanne Grand Straight is also the fastest and most accident-prone stage.
In the event of even a slight collision on these two stages, the speed of almost 400 km/h would have caused the car to go off the track.
Although the collision avoidance level of the Jinya R is enough to cope with such a collision, so that the driver is safe and sound. But if there are really problems in these two stages, the next race will definitely not be a thought!
When the car is repaired, the competition will definitely be over, and we will talk about the ranking of the wool!
So after listening to Li Fanyu's instructions, Han Yue immediately said that she would do everything she could to keep the car intact.
After some preparation, the race started at 3 p.m. local time!
The weather was surprisingly clear, with temperatures on the track at 22 degrees Celsius. This is a great environment for both the driver and the car.
So after the start, the race entered the white-hot stage.
Set off and ignite!
However, it was under such favorable conditions that the No. 17 car of the Zhengxin Racing Team, which had been highly anticipated by some spectators, lost its leading position in less than seven laps under the strong conditions of leading the start!
And the loss is very simple, not to mention falling out of the echelon of the LMP group, even some of the more leading cars in the LMG group that started after the start have caught up with the No. 17 car of Zhengxin!
From ranking third after the start to ranking 23rd now, this strong contrast directly surprised the audience who were interested in Zhengxin Racing Team before!
"Oh my God, did the qualifying session just now use up all the luck of the Zhengxin team?
"yes, it's Fack! I just bought 200 euros and bet that the Zhengxin team will win the top three in the LMP1 group with the rhythm of a dark horse!
"Hahaha! Jerry, I'm afraid you're going to lose all your 200 euros!"
"! This damn team was like a chicken in qualifying. Who the would have thought that they would wilt immediately when they entered the main competition!
"Hey, the No. 17 car was driven by Li Fanyu, the main driver of the Zhengxin team, and now it is Han Yue, the No. 2 driver. Could it be that there is a big gap in the skill of the drivers of this team?"
"From the first to the bottom, the gap is too big!"
"It's not called a gap, it's called funny!"
While everyone was talking, the eighth round ended, and the ranking on the board was refreshed again.
After only one lap, the No. 17 car of Zhengxin dropped three more ......
Seeing this scene, the audience who bought Zhengxin at the gambling office in the viewing area just now was angry and directly tore the lottery ticket to shreds!
Just over half an hour after the start of the race, Zhengxin directly changed from a "dark horse" to a "lazy donkey who cheated his father......