The Williams team uses Bridgestone all-rain tires, which can drain dozens of liters of water in a second thanks to their unique tread structure. In order to increase the function of removing rainwater from the ground, the diameter of this set of tires is 1.5 centimeters wider than that of dry tires.

As the cars pit and change their tires on the track, Xavier accelerated directly and quickly approached faster than when there was no rain!

Seeing this scene, the on-site commentator exclaimed: "God, Javier is crazy!"

No wonder he was surprised, Xavier's rain tyre had already run six full laps on dry ground at high speed. The ultra-soft rubber used in rain tires is not wear-resistant, and if you look at it according to the normal rhythm, the tires have long been seriously worn and completely lost their significance as rain tires.

You know, all the value of the rain tire is on the drainage pattern. Without the geometric pattern that doesn't provide good road drainage in the pouring rain, the tires would be meaningless.

In fact, in the game just now, the commentator complained about the rain tire tactics of the Williams team from a very professional point of view.

In his words, "the tires will be completely patterned after five laps, and if the Williams team does hit the shit and it rains within the set, the tires will be completely useless because they don't have the pattern, and the car has to make a pit stop." However, according to the current rules, they can only compete in heavy rain on semi-wet tyres against cars that have been replaced with new all-rain blue tyres, which will undoubtedly put themselves in a rather awkward situation!"

At this time, some senior fans in the stands also booed and shouted.

Almost everyone familiar with F1 knows that in such a situation, Javier's catch-up momentum is undoubtedly the end of the crossbow. Immediately, he would have to make a pit stop because the road was heavily waterlogged and the tires with missing patterns could not continue to drive at high speeds in the rain.

As a result, the No. 1 Williams team neither gained a speed advantage by starting the race with all-wet tyres, nor did it take advantage of the heavy rain.

In the pit lane of the Swiss French team, Godfrey looked at Javier on the track and shrugged helplessly. He made a gesture to the team manager next to him, Essens, who said he "didn't understand what the other party was doing" and said, "I really don't understand, the Williams team is in the wrong place." ”

However, Essens did not give him a sympathetic response, but watched the real-time video of Williams No. 1 car accelerating in the heavy rain to overtake the cars that were still holding up with slick tires and waiting to pit for tire changes.

The old man, who had been in F1 for more than ten years, keenly noticed that the four tires of the No. 1 car of the Wei team seemed to be worn out...... It's not as serious as you think!

His conjecture turned out.

Just when everyone thought that Javier would not last long, Javier's lap times were all rising!

It only took him one lap to reach fifth place in the overall rankings.

In F1, the pit stop to change tires is very fast, and the average team can control the time to change tires to two to three seconds. But that's not to say that pitting is just a waste of those three seconds.

The car goes from high speed to low speed, then pit stop to change tires, and then to pit stop and merge, this set of procedures will waste at least ten seconds of advantage.

And the more serious problem is the cadence of the drivers.

Although the teams had been prepared for a long time, the heavy rain still made it difficult for some drivers to adapt.

The speed of the whole track slowed down.

It was this gap that Xavier directly entered the top five, and successfully got rid of the No. 2 car in the Europa League and entered the top three!

At this time, Hamilton was already complaining.

He had just changed his tires, and the car was still carrying a pair of orange dry tires. As things stand, he should have made a pit stop right away. But first, it was not yet time to enter the pit, and he was unwilling to come at this time!

If you pit at this time, then the advantages that have been accumulated before will be lost.

However, with a set of bald tires on the track where the road was already quite waterlogged, he already felt deeply powerless. The car seemed to have an idea of its own, and began to snake around the track as the speed of the car changed.

The straights were better, but with each turn, Hamilton felt like he was driving a tank full of powder kegs, in danger of detonating himself at any moment.

And at this moment, there was an engine buzz behind him that the rain could not hide, and through the rearview mirror, he saw that the source of the sound was none other than the Wei Team No. 1 that he had been obsessed with!

Javier!

"Lewis, I need you to slow down!" came the voice of the technical guide in the helmet with anxiety. The S-bend at the finish line is ahead, and even if the car is only traveling at 170 km/h at this time, there is still a high chance of skidding due to the grip of the slick tires.

Looking at the menacing Javier behind him, Hamilton gritted his teeth fiercely and released the accelerator.

Under the rain and wind resistance, he didn't even need to press the brakes, and the speed of the car quickly slowed down.

Hamilton, who had led the entire race, could only watch as Xavier raced past him, splitting the stagnant water on the road like a sword.

At the moment when the two cars were staggered, Hamilton was surprised to find that although the tires of the No. 1 car of the Wei team were worn to a certain extent, they did not seem to be damaged at all!

In other words, although the all-rain tires are worn out, they are still working!

It was at this point that Hamilton figured out that with the lubrication and cooling effect of the rain, Harvey's all-wet tyre wear would be reduced to an outrageous level.

In other words, if God gives face and the rain continues, then Javier can almost run ten laps with this set of all-rain tires that have been affected by the effect, but can still be effective!

Hamilton's pupils tightened when he thought that he and many of the teams had already pitted twice, and that Team No. 1 had saved two pit stops with this set of all-rain tyres.

At this moment, in his mind, a guy with a big head appeared that he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Fernando!"

His exclamation was hidden in the helmet.

Williams Racing in the pit lane.

Li Fanyu and Alonso, who sat side by side on the small bench, looked at Xavier who was constantly speeding in the rain and overtaking and rushing towards the first impact. High-five each other and smile at each other.