193 Pole position

Red explained Massa's actions in an excited tone, and the pursuit of fearlessness and the challenge of the limit on the track is all about.

Massa's courage in choosing to take pole position in such a hostile environment must be recognized, regardless of the outcome.

"Mentor, Massa is about to sprint, I don't know if it will pose a threat to Yifeijun's pole position."

Yamamoto Ukyo asked Korsel a little worriedly, Massa's strength in the last stop was in his eyes, and no one dared to underestimate his outburst.

"If Massa's strength is pushed to the limit, it can break the current fastest lap of 1:46.928. But alas, he chose the wrong time, I don't believe he can fly faster! ”

If Zhang Yifei heard this passage, it is estimated that he would have to be relieved, after all, Cosell, an old man, has never praised himself positively, especially this kind of strength recognition.

"It's true that now is not a good time."

Yamamoto Youkyo thought about it rationally, there was already a strong wind outside, and under the wind tunnel effect inside the boulevard, the wind would only be more exaggerated, and the most basic operations would be affected, how could it be possible to surpass Zhang Yifei's lap time

After one lap, Massa's lap time was 1:47.622, not to mention surpassing Zhang Yifei's fastest lap, and even the track distance was not broken, even slower than his own fastest lap before.

Massa was informed of his lap time by the car radio, and with the last two laps left in the race, he was running out of time.

"Massa, give up the risky move, the tire grip is no longer enough, and if you fight the limit like this, there is a high chance that you will lose control in the boulevard."

The team strategist warned Massa that the lap time of the previous lap had already shown that he could not run at the top speed in his current form.

Even if Massa is running hard this lap, it is impossible to be faster than Zhang Yifei, on the contrary, the risk of track accidents will increase sharply.

A lot of times it's too much, and Massa has to recognize the reality!

Hearing the warning, Massa did not reply, but gritted his teeth.

No one is worse off than himself on the last lap of the boulevard, when he turns at high speed, the car is shaking and the braking force is dropping.

After the violent driving of the previous lap, the situation on this lap will only get worse, and it can even be said that it will continue to be worse.

But the problem is that now there are only two laps left before the end of the race, and if Massa doesn't fight, there is no hope of pole position.

To fight or not to fight, these two choices are in front of Massa. There was no time for hesitation, Massa directly pressed the accelerator pedal to the end, and his body movements had already helped him make a choice.

On the long straight, Massa once again overtook several slowing rivals and slammed into the boulevard at high speed.

"In the last two laps, it seems that Massa has not given up, he still wants to sprint to the fastest lap to get pole position."

"In this state of track, whether he can succeed or not, I don't know, and no one knows, just watch Massa's final hurricane."

Red praised Massa in a heroic tone, after all, he still did not choose to give up in this kind of track environment, showing the spirit of a driver.

"Massa, come on!"

"Let's take pole position again and score a hat-trick!"

"Massa, the Brazilian spirit needs you to pass on and become the next Senna!"

"This is the victory that a driver deserves, and he deserves to be the best racer in this race!"

The audience in the audience also stood up excitedly to cheer for Massa, and his audience and fans were the biggest, but even if they were the biggest, they still did not give up in the disadvantage, which won the favor of the vast majority of people.

Inside the boulevard, Massa made corners as fast as he could, trying to catch up with any tenths of a second difference.

But at the same time, he also felt that the control of the car was becoming more and more difficult, and even the wind affected the inability to accurately align the line.

Soon in front of him, the einfahrt bend of the boulevard appeared. This is a low-speed corner, requiring a speed of 110 km/h in second gear, and then accelerating at the throttle after exiting the corner.

Massa applied the brakes at this point, but instead of dropping to 110 km/h in second gear, he stayed at 130 km/h in third gear. This is not only for faster cornering, but also to save a shift time after a corner, and to gain a slight time advantage.

But he soon realized that something was wrong, and that the speed of the corner was already close to the limit of the Einfahrt corner.

To push this limit, cornering routes have to be more extreme, and tyre grip needs to be at peak to push the limit.

Now, after half an hour of wear, the soft tyres have passed the peak of grip set by the tire, and they are also accompanied by strong winds on the track, which affects the handling even more.

So Massa felt the car start to swing and skid, and even understeered, and rushed uncontrollably towards the gravel buffer.

Faced with this situation that was close to getting out of control, Massa had no choice but to brake hard in the hope of saving it. But it is very possible, his heavy brake became the last straw that broke the camel's back, because the tire of the racing car directly burst!

That's right, another rider had a flat tire at Hockenheim.

It can be said that compared with Zhang Yifei, the drivers competing on the same stage today have been very lucky, and there have been no unlucky people with punctures except for mechanical failures and operation errors.

The main reason is that the race time is held at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and there is no blazing sun exposure at noon, so the temperature difference on the track is relatively not so exaggerated.

Then there was the change in the weather, which became cloudy after the race, and the temperature of the track was even higher due to the increase in wind. The combination of these factors makes today's drivers lucky enough not to feel the characteristic temperature difference of the Hockenheimring circuit.

However, this does not mean that the risk is completely eliminated, and the tires are seriously worn at the end of the race, and the tire wall is much thinner than that of new tires, and the knock resistance is naturally worse.

If you run the last two laps safely, there is basically no big problem, but Massa wants to challenge the limit and fails, and in addition to the heavy braking, the pressure on the tires doubles, and the result is a puncture!

Compared with the previous Zhang Yifei who only had a puncture before entering the corner, Massa was better in the corner this time, and the car was out of control caused by the puncture, causing the whole car to roll directly.

First the air kit, then the fiberglass body, these fragile car parts were directly torn apart by the huge force during the tumbling process, and even the engine of the Renault car fell off due to the impact with the road.

A camera at the tree-lined bend captured the scene and broadcast it on the big screen on the track.

"Oh my God, Massa's car is out of control!"

"God willing, I hope he is safe and sound."

"He's working too hard, he shouldn't be challenging for the fastest lap in this situation, is it going to be goodbye to the most promising drivers in this class?"

There were various voices in the audience, but most of them were blessings and prayers for Massa.

After all, unlike Madu's malicious collision before, Massa caused a track accident to challenge the limit, which is more worthy of the audience's respect.

The safety car of the Renault racing team was dispatched again, and the medical team rushed to the tree-lined track to treat Massa as soon as possible.

You must know that even if the completion rate is low in this era, it is still very rare for a junior formula race to have two tragic track accidents in a row. If something serious happens to Massa, it will cast a shadow over the rest of the race, and even the FIA will ask about the safety of the race.

The medical team arrived at the accident area, which can now be described as a mess, but the basic framework of Massa's car remained intact, and Renault's broadcast reporters also focused their cameras on the car, ready to record the rescue.

The paramedics got out of the ambulance and rushed to the side of the car to check on Massa's condition.

Even better than expected, Massa was not unconscious and was conscious enough to answer questions from the medical staff. Even when the paramedics unfastened the six-point seat belt, Massa was able to climb out of the cockpit on his own!

Seeing this scene, the audience burst into cheers, at least for the time being, Massa should not be in danger of life.

Although Massa's car rolled over, compared to Zhang Yifei's puncture of more than 200 km/h at the time, his speed when cornering was less than 130 km/h, and when the car lost control, he slammed on the brakes.

Although this foot brake became the main reason for Massa's puncture, it also allowed him to reduce his speed from 130 km/h, and with the terrifying braking ability of formula cars, the speed of the car has been reduced to less than 70 km/h when the car actually rolls.

The effect of the driver's full armament came out at this time, with the racing bucket seat, the six-point seat belt and the roll cage of the vehicle, and the protection system of the heavy protection system, Massa was not seriously injured.

However, there are various car parts and debris on the track, and there is no time for a lap or two, so don't want to clean it up.

In order to avoid danger to other cars, and with less than two laps left in the race, the yellow warning flag on the track changed to a red stop flag.

The red pause flag on the track means that the other drivers are back in the pits, where they are standby. As for whether or not to resume the competition, or when, it will be necessary to wait for the decision of the tournament team.

However, there is another exception, which is that the red flag is shown after more than 75% of the race, which means that the game ends early. Obviously, the progress of the qualifying session has exceeded 75%, and the appearance of the red timeout flag at this time is equivalent to announcing the end of the competition.

At the same time, on the big screen on the track, the fastest lap rankings of the drivers' qualifying began to appear.

At the top of the list was No. 13 driver Zhang Yifei, who took pole position at Hockenheimring with the fastest lap of 1:46.928 and broke the course record.

"Now that the final result of qualifying has appeared on the big screen, the Chinese driver Fei took pole position with the fastest lap of 1:46.928 and broke the record for the fastest Formula Junior at the Hockenheimring."

"There is also a commendable point that the flying track record has brought into the era of 1 minute and 46 seconds, which will undoubtedly be a record-worthy day for Formula Renault, and the Chinese driver Fei has not only set the record, but also made the history of Asian drivers."

"This is the nearly 30th anniversary of the Renault Series, and Fei is the first Asian driver to take pole position, so let's congratulate the talented driver with the warmest applause and cheers!"