One lap was a second slower, and it was a blow to Vettel, and if every lap was like this, Vettel could have given up the idea of overtaking. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Under normal circumstances, two cars of the same size, a lap can have a difference of 0.2 seconds, which is considered a large difference, and a lap of one second difference is either a large difference between the two cars, or a driver has made a mistake.

Vettel never thought that someone could be a second faster than himself in a lap, in the last lap, although Vettel's performance was not very perfect, but there was no mistake, if only a 0.2 second or 0.3 seconds behind, it is normal, 0.5 seconds behind, Vettel can barely accept, but a lap behind a second, it is obviously beyond the range that Vettel can accept.

"Why? Why was my lap so much slower? Vettel asked, leaning into the microphone.

"The Chinese Power's car is really fast, although I don't want to admit it, but I have to admit that the double diffuser is really effective, Zhang Guan's car has a very obvious advantage in the corners, especially in some high-speed corners, his speed is obviously much faster than ours, which shows that his downforce is much better. And on the straight runway, they are not weaker than us either. After all, they use a Mercedes engine. Neville's voice rang out.

Engines from different manufacturers, of course, have different performance. For example, Ferrari has always been known for its speed, so they can dominate the high-speed track like Monza, and Mercedes' engines are not much inferior to Ferrari in terms of speed, and they are also very good on the straights. The Renault engine used by Red Bull Racing is not bad in terms of overall performance, but it is certainly inferior to Ferrari and McLaren in terms of absolute speed.

"Although China Power has a fast car, don't give up, we still have a chance!" Nuvey continued: "Although China Power also uses neutral tires, we are not short of people at the moment and their fuel capacity, maybe they are light oil, so they will be so much faster than us." Come on, keep him, and don't give up! ”

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McLaren also used a combination of light and ultra-soft tyres, so Hamilton, who started 18th, moved up to ninth place after six laps. After changing the transmission, McLaren still played to his advantage in four degrees, and Hamilton, the world champion, could not be satisfied with this position, and he had to sprint towards the podium.

But the attenuation of the super-soft tyres is really very strong, and at about 10 laps, the super-soft tyres are a little unbearable. Barrichello took advantage of the opportunity to overtake two Ferraris in a row.

Ferrari also knew they couldn't hold their tyres, so the two cars pitted on laps 11 and 12 respectively, along with Hamilton, who finished ninth, on supersoft tyres. And this time they only refueled for a relatively short period of time, which is another light fuel strategy, which means that they will definitely pit again to refuel.

Vettel followed Zhang Guan, increasingly overwhelmed. Both he and Red Bull Racing focused on the benefits of the double-layer diffuser, ignoring Zhang's own skills.

The Chinese Power's car is indeed fast, but if you look at Barrichello, the advantage of the car is not yet big enough to lap a second, but Zhang Guan's driving allows the car to maximize its level, and he still maintains a lap and a second advantage, constantly widening the gap between him and Vettel.

Of course, the Albert Park circuit has some slower corners, which requires a lot of traction and grip from the car, and the advantage of the double diffuser is more and more obvious on this track, if it is other tracks, Zhang Guan may not be able to achieve such a big advantage.

"If you can't catch up, you can't catch up at all! Our gap is getting wider and wider! Vettel was full of unwillingness, and he could only hope that Zhang Guan's car would be lightly loaded.

"Has Zhang Guan entered the station?" Vettel asked.

"No, he just passed through the entrance of the pit and didn't come in, he's still outside."

A lap later, as Vettel was about to enter the thirteenth corner, he asked again: "Did Zhang Guan make a pit stop?" ”

"Not yet, he's still running outside."

Another lap.

"Has Zhang Guan entered the station?" Vettel asked again.

Both Ferrari and McLaren were lightly oil-loaded, so they started pitting on lap 11 or 2, and it was at that time that Vettel began to ask Zhang Guan if he had made a pit stop, and he would ask every lap, but by lap 15, Zhang Guan was still on the track. At this time, Vettel had vaguely guessed that Zhang Guan might not be a light oil.

On lap 16, Vettel was no longer in charge of the circuit, and the lush woods of Albert Park were blocking the noise of the engine, but Vettel estimated that Zhang Guan should have reached the entrance to the pit lane.

He was just about to ask Zhang Guan again if he had entered the pit stop to refuel, but the sound of the team's call came from the headset.

"There's news for you." Said the team's strategic engineer.

"Did Zhang Guan make a pit stop? He's running out of gas! There was a hint of excitement in Vettel's tone.

"No, Zhang Guan just passed the pit entrance, but he didn't come in, he was already running to the end of the straight." The Strategy Engineer paused, then said, "What we want to inform you is that you are going to pit for the next lap, and you are running out of gas!" ”

"I'm going to refuel first? So Zhang Guan has more fuel than me! Vettel let out a startled voice as he looked at the track ahead of him with disbelief in his eyes. One second he was still excited that Zhang Guan had run out of gas, but the next second the team informed him that it was he who ran out of gas, and this kind of gap was really hurtful.

Sebastian Vettel's medium tyres could still last for a while, but his fuel didn't last that long, so he had to pit for fuel.

Vettel originally thought that Zhang Guan would be able to lap himself by one second because of the light fuel load, so he had been looking forward to Zhang Guan's pit stop to refuel, so that he could take advantage of his relatively light weight to run a few fastest laps and recover some results, but now it seems that his plan has completely failed, and Zhang Guan obviously has no less fuel than him.

Even if the two sides have the same amount of fuel, if Zhang Guan also pits to refuel in the next lap, the two sides will be a tie at most, and the current advantage of Zhang Guan is irreparable by Vettel.

"How so? I have less fuel, but I run slower than Zhang Guan! Vettel grumbled. (To be continued.) )