The red flag means that the race is over, and all cars must return to the grid to wait. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The safety car flashed its lights and stopped at the front of the starting area, while all the cars behind it stopped. Braving the heavy rain, the team's maintenance engineer rushed out as soon as possible, propped up an umbrella, and put it on the head of the car.

According to the rules, there will be a first 10 minutes of waiting for the tournament officer to assess the weather conditions and whether the game will be restarted. If the race ends there, the final race standings will be determined by the penultimate lap before the red flag is presented.

As the minutes ticked by, the drivers, the pit technicians and the spectators alike became anxious, wondering if the race would go on. But Zhang Guan's heart was peaceful, he leaned back on the cockpit back seat, opened the goggles of his helmet, and began to close his eyes to recuperate. And above his head, the maintenance engineer held an umbrella for him, and there was a person next to him with an electric fan facing him to relieve the heat and cool him down.

"As I remember, this fight ended in the end!" Zhang Guan thought silently in his heart. If it weren't for the fact that the cockpit wasn't very comfortable, he would have even wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to get some sleep.

With only 33 laps to go, the race has not yet reached 75% of the 42 laps, and if the race is completed now, the points earned by all drivers will be halved.

Drivers and spectators can't wait indefinitely. No one knows when this rain will stop, no one knows when this rain will be lighter, and it may even be lighter, and after the restart of the game, there will be a bigger rain again.

The first 10 minutes passed, and there was still no official answer on whether to continue the game, and people began to wait for the second 10 minutes, followed by the third 10 minutes.

The third 10-minute wait finally came to fruition, and the rain was still unabated, and the time was no longer allowed to run until lap 42, and the race director finally announced that the Malaysian Grand Prix was over. The drivers' positions will be calculated based on the results of the first two laps of the red flag.

Zhang Guan undoubtedly won the first place, but the points were halved and only 5 points were obtained. Zhang Guan's teammate Barrichello finished second with four points, and the China Power team once again took the top two.

Barrichello climbed out of the car and was the first to go up and hug Zhang, at which point he could not hide the excitement on his face.

In Barrichello's opinion, his runner-up was like he had picked it up for nothing, and if he had just chosen to make a pit stop for a tyre, he would have fallen to fifth place, and at that time he would definitely not have a chance to win the podium, and it was precisely because of Zhang's suggestion that Barrichello held on to a few laps on the rain tyres, which gave him the advantage of one less pit stop and helped him get to the podium.

Luckily for Barrichello, the game was stopped early due to heavy rain.

With Barrichello's current fuel level, he simply won't be able to complete the next 20 laps, and if the race doesn't stop, he will definitely have to make a pit stop to refuel, so he will still be delayed for some time and maybe be squeezed off the podium. And it was precisely because of the early termination of the race that the drivers' positions were fixed, allowing Barrichello to pick up a runner-up.

For a 37-year-old veteran like Barrichello, it's good to get a pension contract, and in fact he is also looking for a pension contract, and now he can finish on the podium in two consecutive stops, and he is also a runner-up, which is definitely an unexpected surprise. It's like an over-the-top star player in the NBA, who suddenly entered the competitive industry of MVP when he was mixing with the basic salary of a veteran, and that feeling of surprise has gone beyond the results themselves.

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For many spectators, it is a pity that the game was terminated early, and if they bought a ticket for the whole game but only watched half of the game, if the audience is of poor quality, I am afraid that they will have to shout for a refund. Fortunately, the fans are not bad people, and they can pay a few hundred dollars for a ticket to an F1 match, at least in Malaysia.

And the final result of the game is also acceptable to the audience. There are many Chinese in Malaysia, and the majority of the Chinese still support Zhang Guan. It's just that Ferrari fans are doomed to disappointment, and in this race, Ferrari once again scored nothing.

Heavy rain was a hassle for the award ceremony. Because the podium of Formula 1 races is built on a high place, if the spectators have an umbrella, they will not be able to see the podium, and if they do not have an umbrella, they will be drenched in soup.

According to the tradition of the award ceremony, the staff of the winning team will stand in front of the podium, closest to the driver, when the driver opens the champagne and sprays it to the spectators, the team staff can enjoy the aroma of champagne for the first time, for them, the moment of being sprayed with champagne is a reward for them, it is a thank you for their efforts.

A car, a driver, behind this is a whole team of countless days and nights of hard work, the people behind these drivers, not as dazzling as the drivers, not as impressive as the drivers, but they are indispensable to every team, they are the people who deserve the glory of the championship the most.

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"The Chinese forces were still very good in this game, but what I noticed more was the strategy they used." On the TV screen, a former professional race car driver is talking, and he is making post-race comments about the race.

"Is there any difference in the strategy of Chinese power? Could you please explain this to us in detail? The host said immediately.

"Even though the race was only a little over halfway through, there were some drivers who had already made it to four stops, and I noticed that the two cars from Force China had only made one stop. I think anyone who knows motorsport knows how much time there is between three pit stops. The former professional racer paused, then said: "In my opinion, the only pit stop for the Chinese Power team to change to rain tires should be a regular pit stop, because it was raining at that time, and the car could not run on dry tires, but then Ross Brown's choice was the key to the victory of Chinese Power." ”

"Are you saying that after the track is dry, the two cars of China Power are still running on rain tires?" The moderator asked.

"Yes, Ross Brown is a master of strategy. He chose the right race strategy and kept the two cars on the track for an extra four or five laps, and it was these four or five laps that kept them waiting for the final heavy rain. The retired racer's eyes lit up with a look of adoration.

At the festival, Ross Brown is a legend of the game, and it's no surprise that drivers adore him. And of course he didn't know that not making a pit stop to change tires was actually Zhang Guan's decision.

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"Yawn......" Rose Brown sneezed.

"Looks like someone is talking about you." Zhang Guan said with a smile.

"It was raining on the podium just now, and I need to drink more water when I go back." Rose-Brown continued: "An old man like me is not as strong as you young people. Even God is on your side. ”

"God is on my side too?" Zhang Guan asked inexplicably.

"yes!" Ross Brown pointed to the sky and continued, "You can bet on things like rain, but isn't God on your side?" (To be continued.) )