Omi stared at the garage of China Power from afar, with a smug smile on his face. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Zhang Guan must be very angry in his heart now! I really want you to go out on the track and have a good time venting, and then crash into the car and break an arm or leg, that's perfect! A vicious expression appeared on Omi's face.

The Monte Carlo circuit is a street race, not only because the track is relatively narrow, but also with almost no buffer zone. On other tracks, if the car goes out of the track, it is at most in the buffer zone, but at Monte Carlo, the car rushes off the track, which means that it hits the wall directly.

Of course, Omi really wanted Zhang Guan to hit the wall, and it would be better if he was seriously injured because of it, so he kept quietly looking at the China Power team, hoping to see Zhang Guan, hoping to enjoy Zhang Guan's angry expression.

When the time for practice finally came, Ferrari, McLaren, Red Bull and other teams walked out of the garage one after another, and two cars of China Power also drove onto the track.

"Zhang Guan is out!" People's eyes were invariably focused on him.

"I guess Zhang Guan must be in a bad mood right now!"

"Why? On this track, his car has an advantage. ”

"Didn't you read the newspaper?"

Amid the discussion of everyone, Zhang Guan finished his first timing lap. 1:18.113, which is a relatively slow time. Immediately after the second lap, Zhang Guan ran under 1 minute and 18 seconds, and then for two consecutive laps, Zhang Guan's time was 1 minute and 17 seconds away.

In comparison, the other drivers have repeatedly refreshed their best results, and the top 10 drivers have all scored under 1 minute and 15 seconds, which is much faster than Zhang Guan.

Fifteen or sixteen laps later, Zhang Guan finally ran a time of 1:16.817, and then he returned to the garage, which was only 15th among all the riders.

In the command room of the Indian Power team, Omi danced excitedly.

"Hahaha, my strategy worked, deliberately spread the scandal of Sharapova, and sure enough, it affected Zhang Guan! Yes, I want to tell my father about it. Thinking of this, Omi quickly dialed his father's phone, and he was ready to ask for credit.

"Father, you must have seen today's news! It's Sharapova's news, yes, I did it, and I'm going to use this way to influence Zhang Guan's mentality! And I succeeded. In the just-concluded third practice session, Zhang Guan was only ranked 15th, and he must have been greatly affected. In this competition, Zhang Guan will definitely not be able to win the championship, maybe he won't even be able to get points! ”

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"Zhang Guan's speed today seems to be a lot slower than usual, and his time is a long way from the 1 minute and 16 second mark."

"With his current results, I don't know if he will be able to make it to the third quarter of qualifying. Maybe this time Zhang Guan will stop in the second quarter of qualifying? ”

"I don't know if Zhang Guan was affected by off-field factors, he looks completely out of game, maybe he will really encounter Waterloo today!"

"At the Monte Carlo circuit, it is very difficult to overtake, so qualifying is also important, if Zhang Guan is still in this state in the afternoon qualifying, I am afraid that the six consecutive championships are really hopeless!"

Amid the chatter, lunch time quickly passed, and the drivers were back on the track, waiting for the upcoming qualifying session.

Qualifying at Monte Carlo is the most important of all races in Formula 1, as Monte Carlo is not easy to overtake, and a good position on the grid gives you a great chance of winning the race.

All the afternoon qualifying sessions also attracted more attention than usual.

Although Omi caused problems for Zhang Guan, it did not help the performance of the Indian Power team, which still did not use a double-layer diffuser, so the results were still at the bottom.

Only Zhang Guan ran a time of 1:15.745, which was considered a relatively midstream level in the first quarter, ranking twelfth.

After a five-minute break, the second qualifying session began.

"Just now, Zhang Guan was only ranked twelfth in the first quarter of qualifying, which means that in the second quarter of qualifying, Zhang Guan is likely to be eliminated!" Omi stared triumphantly at the track, not in the slightest frustrated by the Indian power's outing.

The passage to the pit lane opened, and Zhang Guan was the first to run out.

"Zhang Guan was the first to come out, it's rare! Is it because he is not confident in his self today, so he wants to run a result as soon as possible? It must be like this! The thought crossed Omi's mind.

At the same time, Ferrari, who was about to get out of the car, was stopped by the team leader Domenecali.

"Wait a minute, don't get out of the car yet, let Zhang Guan run for a while, and then we'll go out." Domenecali spoke.

"Sir, there is only one car on the track, so it's a good time to get out of the pit stop." An engineer spoke.

"Don't worry, wait, at least don't get too close to Zhang Guan, his state today is obviously greatly affected, the Monte Carlo track is already narrow, it doesn't matter if he crashes himself, don't bother us! This is the second quarter of qualifying, there is no need to fight so hard. ”

The other teams also had the same intention, and only after Zhang Guan's car passed the first timing point did the other cars start to appear on the track, all the cars hoped that Zhang Guan would be far away from Zhang Guan, and Zhang Guan would instead get a cleaner track.

After a lap of warm-up, Zhang quickly moved into his own timing lap, where the other cars were either far behind him or far in front of him. Everyone avoided Zhang Guan as much as possible, obviously worried that if Zhang Guan had an accident, he would be involved.

Soon, Zhang Guan ran the first time lap, with a time of 1:15.577, which was much better than the first qualifying session. It's just that this result was quickly refreshed by the cars behind him.

"Come back and get a new set of soft tyres." Ross Brown's voice rang out from Zhang's headphones, and Zhang returned to the pit area to get a tire change from the pit man.

"You act, don't play badly, the speed is faster, this result is very likely to not be able to enter the third quarter of qualifying." Ross-Brown then commanded.

"Okay, got it, I'll speed it up a little bit when I get out." After Zhang Guan finished speaking, he walked on the track again.

……

"Who is the Chinese power in front of me that has just come out of the pits? Is it Barrichello or Zhang Guan? Vettel asked.

"It's Zhang Guan! He's in the tire warmer now, don't get so close to him! Either you just give up the lap and come in for a new set of tyres, or you go faster and pass him as soon as possible! The sound of the convoy sounded in the headphones.

Vettel hesitated for two seconds before replying: "I'd better pit stop to change the tyre!" ”

……

Zhang Guan won a time lap again, and this time, his time was 1:15.016, although he still did not run under 1:15, but this time should be able to rank in the top 10 and enter the third quarter.

At the end of the second quarter of the game, Zhang Guan's score ranked seventh, and compared with the previous games, Zhang Guan's score has dropped greatly! And another driver of China Power, Barrichello, was in second place with a time of 1:14.771, and it seems that this is not a problem with Zhang Guan's car, but his form today is really average. Overtaking at Monte Carlo is difficult, and if Zhang Guan doesn't finish in the top three in qualifying, it will be difficult to win the race and win six in a row. The narrator said with some regret.

……

The winner of the second qualifying session was not China Power or Red Bull, but a Ferrari. Ferrari's Raikkonen finished first in the second qualifying session by 0.1 seconds.

Raikkonen was the world champion of F1 last season, and he is also the top among the drivers in terms of technology, but this year's Ferrari cars are not very good, and since the last Ferrari updated the car, Raikkonen's results have also improved significantly.

"Kimi [Raikkonen], well done, Q2 qualifying, you're the fastest car! In the next third quarter, we will hopefully fight for pole position. The voice of the team leader, Domenecali, came through the headphones.

"What about Zhang Guan? What about his grades? Raikkonen asked.

"He was in very poor form today, even the third quarter qualifying was very reluctant, I think we don't have to worry about him, our main competitors will be Barrichello and Vettel, and in the third quarter of qualifying, we are ready to lightly load fuel and hit the pole position!" Domenecali continued: "This is the Monte Carlo circuit after all, the most difficult track to overtake, and if you take pole position, you have a good chance of leading the way to the finish!" ”

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Red Bull Racing, Sebastian Vettel is also in discussions with the team's strategy group.

"We are now facing a good news and a bad news, the good news is that Zhang Guan is not in good shape, we have one less big enemy; But the bad news is that Ferrari are back in shape, and their team's Raikkonen was almost 0.3 seconds faster than us in the second quarter! Raikkonen was already a strong driver, and now Ferrari is back in form. Pole position at Monte Carlo is so important that once we get it to Ferrari, it will be very difficult for us to overtake. The strategy engineer spoke.

"Use light oil! About 20 laps of oil should be enough, right? Vettel said immediately.

"Even if you use light oil, you have to run hard, and I think Ferrari and China Power will also use light oil!" The strategy engineer reminded.

……

"We've got you probably enough fuel to run 18 to 20 laps." Ross Brown said to Zhang: "It's ultra-light fuel, and I guess other teams will choose the same strategy." ”

The vast majority of F1 tracks have a lap of more than 5 kilometers, and the whole race can be completed after more than 50 laps. However, the Monte Carlo circuit is only 3.34 kilometers in a single lap, and the race has to run 78 laps, so the fuel volume of 18 laps is less than a quarter of the fuel volume of the whole race, which can be regarded as an ultra-light fuel load.

"I realise that this is the Monte Carlo circuit after all, it's hard to overtake here, and the pole position is really important." Zhang Guan continued: "Let Barrichello work harder, this time, we will take the top two!" (To be continued.) )