Chapter Twenty-Three: A Bird?
This is the first time in my life to watch a F1 car live, and I used to watch it on TV, but I just think these mechanics are super amazing.
It only takes about six seconds to get the pit stop, refuel, and change the tires, which is just too tall.
Stops are still allowed, and when the FIA bans ban on mid-route refueling, it will be even shorter, as if the Williams team set a record of 1.98 seconds for a tyre change, which is really amazing.
Each tire requires three manipulators to be responsible, and the speed is not professionally practiced, it is difficult to achieve that tacit understanding, and the speed and passion of F1 is a race against time, that is to say, it takes a little less time to pit stops, and there is a better chance of winning.
Before qualifying had even begun, everything was in a state of commissioning, and the numerous pits stations were more like a hodgepodge of press conferences.
Batches of media came to shoot, and there will be celebrities who like racing to come and support the team and driver to take a group photo, which is all eye-catching commercial packaging.
"That seems to be Chinese, right?" Lee Yun-hee stabbed Chen Bo beside him, and glanced at the pit lane of the rival Ferrari team. "Would you like to come over and say hello?"
"Yes, I know him, but he doesn't know me."
The Chinese over there are indeed very well-known, Malaysian movie star Yang Ziqiong, the girlfriend of Scuderia Ferrari general manager Jean Todd.
As soon as I heard that the name was "Jean", it was the same as the Dutch surname "Fan", and it was designated as a Frenchman, unless he emigrated.
But after thinking about it, it is not easy for F1 to have Chinese or even Asians in a race, regardless of whether it is an opponent or because of the factor of Chinese blood, it is still impossible to lose grace.
So I took Lee Yun-hee with me, we are also people with girlfriends, we can't be compared to this bad old man.
"Hi Michelle, nice to meet you." Chen Bo walked over and greeted directly, her Chinese level is indeed limited, or use English, everyone can understand.
"I'm sorry, you are." Yang Ziqiong saw that the person who came was wearing a jacket in a McLaren racing suit, and there was a very cool toad mirror hanging on the bridge of his nose, of course, he didn't know who it was.
"Chen Bo, Vincent Chen!" After taking off his sunglasses, he said, if you haven't even heard of me, don't just mess around in Hollywood.
"Ahh Yang Ziqiong covered her mouth and exclaimed, I don't know if it's really like that or if it's deliberately acted.
"Oh, oh, oh!" The old man on the side also noticed his little girlfriend's expression at the moment, and his expression was even more exaggerated. "McLaren's new boss, we're old rivals, and although you're young, I'm experienced!"
Well, this old man is quite aggressive, and you have a lot of experience as a bird? No, it should be a bird that can still be used? Uncle, you're sixty years old.
"This is my girlfriend, Yoon-hee. Came to meet this grandfather and sister. Chen Bo was not polite at all, and teased their age difference by the way. Then he said, "Instead of fighting, let's take a good look at this year's waste horse, Michael can get on the podium even if I lose." ”
"You ......" The old man has already blown his beard and stared speechless, it is really a generation of talents, generation after generation, generation after generation, don't you know how to respect the old and love the young?
"Don't care, my dear. He is this kind of character, even the president in the United States has to be soft, have you forgotten what happened in Paris two days ago? "Yang Ziqiong is obviously not very strange to this Chinese compatriot, who doesn't know Angelina in Hollywood? Who doesn't know Angelina's rich boyfriend?
Even if you don't even know this, you must have heard about the deposed Richard Gere and Sharon Stone, right? What's more, now he is no longer a spectator, and he is also influencing Hollywood with his strength.
Does Rotten Tomatoes know? Separate awards are given to the most creative directors and actors.
Being awarded by them means recognition from professional film critics.
Hulu.com knows? The partner of the eight major production companies, if you annoy him and sue the film company in one sentence, you don't need you, after all, people are really interested in the relationship, and they represent a lot of financial resources.
Even if you have a negative celebrity, if you want to do public relations on the Internet, you can't avoid the search engine company that occupies the second place in the market.
Therefore, Chen Bo is much more difficult to provoke than ordinary rich people, although he does not run the media, but he is more powerful than the voice of the media, and it is only a few seconds to make your scandal known to the world.
There are too many legends about him on the rivers and lakes.
"Deflated, huh? That old man is not easy to mess with. Daniels smirked when they returned.
"Ron, you're wrong. When has he ever suffered someone else's loss, Todd is about to be blown up! Lee Yoon-hee, who witnessed the whole process, showed off with his eyebrows, which also made Daniels secretly praise.
As the time approached, 10 teams and 20 drivers began to prepare for the official qualifying session. The maintenance station also cleaned up the irrelevant personnel, and it was impossible to watch the game face-to-face, so Chen Bo went to the stands not far away under the leadership of Lee Yunxi to enjoy the specific game situation, and at the same time, he was also forcibly popularized a wave of relevant knowledge points.
Daniels also watched a live broadcast of the pit lane when he wanted to communicate with the drivers, with a lot of cameras on the car, staring at various key parts, and real-time data being transmitted to his computer for the drivers to refer to.
F1 is the most expensive sport to understand, but it is also the most high-tech sport, aerodynamic research and development is sky-high investment, coupled with a variety of new materials, new technology testing of course gathered the world's best automotive engineers.
Drivers are the best among billions, and there are only about 100 F1 driver's licenses, but only 20 drivers can stand on the race. Each team also has an alternate test driver!
There are so many things to focus on as a driver, and driving skills alone are just the most basic of them. The tire temperature is generally 80-135 degrees to play the best working condition. It's too high, it's not good, it's too low.
The optimal working temperature of ceramic brake pads is 400 degrees, and it is easy to wear out more than 650 degrees. The optimal temperature of the engine is 107.3 degrees, above 110.6 degrees is overheating, at 113.9 degrees it will reduce the life by half, and then it will blow the cylinder.
These values have to be controlled by the driver, and the neck is subjected to 4 G units of gravity when cornering, if the average person has already twisted and broken it many times. But the rider's neck can easily crush walnuts, and his body has to bear more than 5 times the weight of himself, and he is dehydrated by 3.5-4 kg after a race.
Such a driver has evolved to the level of a little monster, so it is no wonder that the high salary of more than 10 million is often more than 10 million, and Schumacher's annual salary has now reached 35 million euros, which is only paid by the Ferrari team, and does not include endorsement fees.
The qualifying race officially kicked off in the beautiful weather with a thousand calls.
The FIA's pumping organisation is constantly changing the rules, and the current qualifying session is relatively simple, with a total duration of one hour. Each car can run up to 12 laps, with the fastest lap being the valid time to determine the starting order for the next day's race.
Even though there are many corners in Monaco, they still can't stop the roar of the engine and the roar of the formula cars, and there are no straight sprints and acceleration and wonderful moments of cornering.
Teams like Jordan, Minardi and Red Bull started first, with a time of around 1 minute and 19 seconds, which can only be described as bad words compared to other drivers.
Ferrari's Barrichello started the first game, running a lap of 1 minute 16.128 seconds, which can only be described as acceptable. To maintain the front pole position, you need to reach the top three within 1 minute and 15 seconds.
This year's Ferrari is like last year's McLaren, and the situation is frequent. The technical problems of the car itself limited the driver's performance, but despite this, the debut of Schumacher was still the most popular.
No one has watched a few F1 races, but they all know that there is a supercar driver in the world named Michael Schumacher.
The fiery red whirlwind flew like a bolt of lightning, but it was noticeably a little sluggish at the corner, and the fastest lap was only 16.184 seconds, which was not as good as his teammate Barrichello.
This year's strongest show was the French Renault team, with No. 2 driver Fisichella running 1 minute 14.758 seconds to temporarily top the rankings.
Not to be outdone, McLaren's Montoya was not to be outdone, with a lap time of 1:14.858 to ensure McLaren had a good pole position. A good pole position leads to good points, which is crucial to the current state of the team.
However, Williams' Webb went further to 1 minute 14.584 seconds, which also made the team's assistant Lee Yun-hee feel extremely anxious, and he sweated for Raikkonen, who was the last to play, and almost scratched Chen Bo's arm.
"It's not raining today, that kid won't be too bad." Chen Bo comforted, "Alonso hasn't run yet." ”
"I'm afraid of him, if you are sandwiched by two Renault drivers, it will not be easy to win the championship."
"With me in the formation, don't forget that I am the hand of God!"
Renault's leading driver, currently the top driver in the standings, and former three-time winner Alonso started in penultimate position. Every detail was handled very well, and he beat Webb to get the fastest lap with 1 point 14.125.
Seeing this, regardless of whether it was the spectators, the reporters and the team in the stadium, they basically decided that this would be the first pole position. Even Schumacher's peak was not as fast as Alonso's, and improving by 0.001 seconds is a huge challenge.
Raikkonen drove the MP420 to the starting point and began his journey with everyone watching.
From the beginning of the car began to soar wildly, very in line with this kid's habits, even if the corner does not slow down, which of course has higher requirements for engine temperature, higher test.
Changing the white-and-black style of previous years, the orange-and-red formula car was whizzing past, and even Chen Bo, who was sitting in the stands, felt the adrenaline increasing. Hurry, really TMD fast, this kid is crazy.
Every corner is perfect, and no blemishes are felt.
As the forewing crossed the finish line, his final result was also given on the electronic bulletin board, 1 minute 13.644 seconds! Nearly half a second time improved! Monaco set a new record!!
(End of chapter)