Chapter 366: Alternative Enthusiasm [Three Changes]
(Said good for the second time)
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The No. 2 car's performance caught everyone's attention.
The driver and the car were fierce and clearly took advantage of the excellent mid-to-early acceleration to take a good place, and the brothers didn't let it go – and he was about to run parallel with Cooper in second place, but finally slowed down before a high-speed corner.
The spectators were slightly disappointed, but the GP team commander breathed a sigh of relief.
If you follow An Feng's fierce character, the bend in front of him will not be well controlled, and the rear car that seizes the opportunity will definitely find time to overtake. Racing is not the same as running laps alone, and there are many more aspects of skill that need to be considered. An Feng did not act recklessly in the end.
The first half of the lap is more dense in the corners, An Feng can maintain the advantage very well, in the second half of the high-speed section, his car tuning more attention to 0-200 acceleration, some residual strength in the rear, and other cars that pay attention to the rear debugging of the car, also began to exert force.
In the end, he barely managed to hold on to the third position.
The first and second have been reversed, and the Chevrolet riders have been inconsistent, perhaps because they did not switch from the small horsepower of the WTCC to the current rhythm of more than 700 horsepower, and were overtaken by Cooper in the second half. An Feng followed Chevrolet's car closely and was also looking for opportunities, and Ford behind him was also eyeing him.
This race is very intense, due to the different debugging of the car, the switching of the electric motor, overtaking will be very frequent, and the fierce speed also puts a lot of pressure on the driver, unlike the previous touring car races, some teams of the car after special tuning, the acceleration of the brakes can reach 3 G.
This means that the standard of racing is closer to F1, and the body structure and chassis are huge examinations. On the other hand, the Maserati GT is a model that performs well, thanks to the original design, as well as the technology of the electric motor and the light weight of carbon fiber.
The fierce race continues. An Feng, who entered the state, found that familiar feeling, and the experience of hundreds of drag racing on the track played a role, through brain analysis, the feeling of every corner and every straight was reproduced, and transformed into his best state.
Kaihang has made him invincible. Now the only test is the skill of overtaking.
It's useless for you to run fast, you can't overtake, you can't control the timing, you will also be suppressed all the way, and it is unrealistic to want the race track to help wave the blue flag (the blue flag means give way to the car behind). An Feng needs to seize the opportunity just right, not overtaking, but being overtaken by the rear car, and the gains outweigh the losses.
After 20 laps, the position kept changing. An Feng once won second by releasing kinetic energy, trampling Chevrolet under his feet, but was overtaken by Ford in the highway, and then Chevrolet staged revenge, he fell behind to fourth, and then tried to catch up, after several changes. It is currently third.
Second place went to Ford's driver, and first place was still the consistent Cooper. The GP Constructors' Championship is on the lookouts.
At the end of the twentieth lap, Anfeng still had 5% of the car's electrical energy left, and the tires were too worn and needed to enter the pits. The team was ready, and he left the track and pressed the pit electronic speed limit button. The speed of the vehicle is forced to be reduced to 80 km/h required for the pit.
The car came to the GP team's pit stop and braked, and the brake discs on the front wheels of the car were burned red due to the frequent sudden braking.
By doing this, An Feng can also accumulate a little energy for KERS, which can be used for overtaking in the future.
The pit crew worked back and forth and lifted the car with a jack. The nuts of the racing tires were unscrewed by electric screws, and the tire changers followed. At the same time, the front hood of the car was opened, and the team members skillfully loosened the battery block with electric screws and installed two new batteries.
When the battery is installed, the bald tires are also installed, the nuts are screwed on, the maintenance team holding the sign gives the order for everyone to evacuate, the last screw is screwed up, the sign is raised, An Feng, who has just taken a breath, stepped on the electric door, and the car rushed out to join the race. The whole process takes 9 seconds.
With fifteen laps left and plenty of tires and batteries, he can confidently use his racing skills to secure his top three spots. Entering the pit station was carried out one after another, and the ranking also changed again, An Feng was in sixth this time, but the car in front was actually tenth, because he did not enter the pit pit.
Anfeng took a moment to overtake, completed the twenty-first lap, and after three more laps, all the cars had completed the repair and replacement work, and the standings would return to normal, with Ford in first place, Cooper in second, and Anfeng in third, Red Bull was close behind him, and Chevrolet became fifth at one point.
After so many laps in a row, every time he accelerates, decelerates or corners, he has to withstand acceleration of more than 2G, and the average speed of the whole process is maintained at about 230 kilometers per hour, and he soars to 350 on the high-speed section.
The larger the G value of the car, the higher the requirements for the driver's body, An Feng feels uncomfortable, but the discomfort will appear on every driver, the body has a sense of pressure, when accelerating must be pressed on the seat, when decelerating, the head is ready to hit the steering wheel, and the body is pulled left and right when cornering...... Repeat a dozen twists in one lap, run hundreds of times in ten laps, and dehydration is common at the end of the race, combined with the hot racing suits.
In the second half of the race, performance is more focused on the overall quality of the driver, and staying awake and in good shape at this time helps the car tremendously. Statistically, the average lap time in the first half will be slightly faster than in the second half, because everyone is tired and showing fatigue.
Only the top five are in contention, and the competition is becoming more and more intense.
This is a competition of top professional drivers, and An Feng copes with patience, if he is not a hundred times more familiar with this track, it will be difficult to adapt to frequent overtaking and being overtaken, and for a while he is even close to leaving the top five, but in the last ten laps, he refocused.
As a last resort, he had to rely on a machine brain.
After so many years of strengthening, the robot brain is now very good, helping him to complete the complex calculations and judgments, using every line and advantage to continue to bring wonderful overtaking and chasing to the audience...... Eventually, on the final lap, he held on to third place and once again performed a computer-accurate cornering technique to successfully use KERS to leave Chevrolet behind.
KERS builds up energy with every braking, and there are few opportunities to use it at the best time.
An Feng took advantage of the opportunity appropriately, and this advantage lasted until the shaking black and white checkered flag!
First place went to Cooper. Several parking spaces ahead of Anfeng.
Chevrolet almost crossed the line side by side with An Feng, but the slowed down camera showed that An Feng's car had about one more tire, which could be distinguished even by the naked eye, the second place No. 2 car! He was the most eye-catching driver of the whole race, competing for the second, third and fourth worst riders.
There was a burst of "aircraft engines" that broke through three hundred. The cars rushed over the key line. The top 10 in this race are all more technical, the top five are the top drivers duel out, and the most exciting is the battle between them, with different performance tuning to dazzle the overtaking.
The supporters in the audience stood and cheered, and the electric car race could be so exciting.
Especially An Feng's family and friend group, they know that An Feng likes racing, and he can see one or two in his museum alone, but they didn't expect his skills to be so superb, and everyone originally thought that it would be very good to be able to maintain the top ten. He directly took a runner-up and blinded everyone.
Wang Le's eyes widened: "Damn!" The top five are all top drivers, this guy is going against the sky! ”
Roger was also impressed: "It's the first time I've seen this level of success among rich car fans." ”
After Anfeng finished the race, there was no time to celebrate, so he drove the car to the check-in area to weigh it, and then got out of the car, where the members of the GP team were waiting for them. Howard was already smiling and ran over to high-five the two riders: "Well done!" Beautiful first stop show! ”
An Feng took off his helmet. Then I took off my mask and was sweating all over my face.
The teammates hurriedly brought the water up, and the dehydration of a race was at least about two kilograms, and the more than three or four kilograms, coupled with the hot environment in the car, and the drivers were still wearing sealed fireproof racing suits. The dehydration was severe, and a two-liter water vest on the suit could only solve the immediate need.
A jubilant Duke walked in: "Champions and runners-up! Come with us to the podium now to receive the honor! ”
An Feng and Cooper were taken to the podium by the field staff, and the surrounding area was already crowded with spectators and TV reporters, for the first race of electric cars, the combination of fresh and strange. caused an unexpected bustle, and was swept by the camera almost all the way.
Joanna and An Feng's group of relatives and friends had VIP privileges and also went to the scene to watch.
An Feng waved to his friends in the crowd, and was sent to the podium before he had time to speak, he was naturally smiling, as a fan, his previous wish was to have a supercar, and even more so to be able to drive a car with a racing license, and his ultimate dream was to win a ranking in the official competition.
Now it's all there, it's not a championship, but what needs is feeling, he's not a professional driver, and if Cooper can't win the championship with such hard work and talent, the world will be too cruel...... With a messy thought, An Feng took the trophy and held it high.
The top three began to raise trophies and cheer, then served champagne, opened champagne and fought with everyone...... The embarrassed drivers returned to their pits and reported to the team engineers the good and bad aspects of the race while they were still feeling good, ready to improve next time and so on.
Then there was a press release, but An Feng was not involved, and the GP team had Cooper present.
An Feng caught a bottle of high-end drink brought by Joanna, took a few sips, recovered a lot, and then returned to the team living area, took a shower, changed into a set of clothes and came out to celebrate with everyone, it is indispensable to take a group photo and take a selfie, and have a lively party tonight!
And the reporters on the scene were already busy, interviewing the team, the drivers, and the audience.
The interviews with the teams and drivers are similar to usual, while the interviews with the audience are mainly about the experience of watching the race.
Electric racing is still a new thing, and although there have been Formula E races for a few years ago, touring car racing is the first time I've seen it, and it's very performant. The spectators were divided into two groups, one was that the electric car race lost the sound of the gasoline engine and became boring.
But it's more about the sound of an airplane engine flying past an electric car.
One of them said, "This sound is cool, it belongs to the voice of the future!" ”
This sentence has been reprinted by many media outlets, and has also become the core opinion of the new batch of electric racing fans, although the roar of up to 130 decibels is gone, but under the strange transformation of Maserati, the sound of the electric motor has been raised to 100 decibels, expanding the sound effect of the aircraft engine.
There are gains and losses, according to the statistics after watching the game, 70% of the audience said that they like this clean energy event.
This has inadvertently created an alternative enthusiasm.
Belonging to the passion for more cutting-edge technology and the future, especially young people, this kind of narrow sound is also good, at least not as bad as traditional electric cars, running past you silently, you don't feel it at all...... Eventually, the event attracted more attention.
Amoeba and Maserati also succeeded. (To be continued......)