The audience at the scene was amazed again, everyone thought that Barrichello's time was fast enough, but Zhang Guan was nearly 0.1 seconds faster than Barrichello. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And more importantly, as with the result of the first qualifying session, the cars of China Power took the top two again.

Zhang Guan had already driven the car back to the pits, but the other cars that were still struggling on the track were no longer able to run under 1 minute and 25 seconds.

As the clock ticked by, the Ferrari cars were back in the pits, and although they didn't finish in the top two, they were good enough to qualify for the third session, so there was no need to stay outside and burn their energy.

A few underwhelming drivers continued to brush their fastest laps on the track, but they were no longer a threat to the two cars of the Chinese power.

"It looks like in the second practice session, the Chinese Power Team once again won the top two!"

"That's right, in this situation, the drivers who are still running on the track obviously don't have the ability to get under 1 minute and 25 seconds."

"I really didn't expect a new team to not only win the first two places in the first practice session, but also the top two in the second practice session, and only they can run under 1 minute and 25 seconds, it looks like their car is really fast!"

"It's not just the car, didn't you see Zhang Guan's driving just now? The technology is top-notch, too! Especially the technique of cornering, the average driver definitely doesn't have such a great skill. ”

"With such a strong level of strength for a new team driver, it looks like this year's F1 is going to change."

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The second qualifying session was over, and it was a surprise that McLaren, as a big team, did not perform well and was eliminated. The Red Bull and Toyota teams performed well and successfully qualified for the third round of qualifying.

With only 10 minutes to go in Q3, the drivers still have to compete for the fastest speeds, with the fastest two men securing the front row for tomorrow's race.

The starting position of the Formula 1 race is arranged in an oblique Z-shape, with the first place at the front and the second place diagonally behind the first place; The third place is directly behind the first place, and at the same time the second place is diagonally behind; Fourth place is directly behind second place...... And so on, so the first two drivers start with a completely empty front, so they don't have to worry about being blocked by the car in front, while the advantage of first place is that they are positioned at the front and can turn into the first corner earlier.

In addition, the rules also stipulate that in the third qualifying session, the car will be charged with gasoline for tomorrow's race. This rule also makes it impossible for the car to race with light oil, otherwise there will be no fuel at the beginning of the race tomorrow. Only how much oil to add is a very interesting question.

With less fuel, the car will be lighter and faster, so you can get a better result in the third qualifying session, and you will start more forward tomorrow, but the consequence is that there will be less fuel in the race tomorrow, and you need to go to the pit earlier to refuel. On the other hand, if you add more fuel, you will definitely have a worse qualifying result, but tomorrow's race will be later in the pit and you will be able to run two more laps on the track.

The speed limit for cars in the pit lane is 80-100 kilometers (different for each track), which means that others can run two or three hundred kilometers outside, while cars that go to refuel can only run 80 kilometers. At the same time, the process of refueling also takes time, and it takes more than 20 seconds to accumulate a pit stop from the time you enter the pit lane. For drivers, it takes a lap on the track to run a few tenths of a second, 20 seconds to run no matter how many laps to run back, and just one more pit stop is a waste.

So in this case, the race in which Schumacher still won the championship after four pit stops was hailed as a classic. While everyone else makes one pit stop or two pit stops, Schumacher's four pit stops is a classic for everyone else to win at least thirty or forty seconds.

How much to refuel is like a complicated choice question for the team. But this is only one of the multiple-choice questions, and the other multiple-choice question is the choice of tires.

The rules require that the tires used for the third qualifying session are also the tires used at the start of the official race the next day, which makes it necessary for the team to consider the problem of tire wear. If the tires wear out too much during qualifying, the tires may not hold up in advance during the second race. Imagine someone else's tires can run 15 laps and you can only run 10 laps, so you have to pit five laps early and lose 20 seconds.

If the team wants to change the tires before the race, they can only change the tires that have been used in the qualifying race, that is, when it comes to the main race, they will have to use a set of second-hand tires, and there is no way to use new tires. Of course, rain is another matter, and in order to be safe on rainy days, you must use rain tires.

In fact, these rules only apply to cars entering Q3. Cars that were eliminated just weren't eligible for Q3, but they were still eligible to refuel and change tyres before the end of qualifying, which meant they were in Q3 but didn't make their way to the race. They can fill up their tank and get on new tires for tomorrow's race, and although the car will be heavier and slower at the start, they can save 20 seconds of refueling.

So there will be a race that will be the first on the grid and end up on the podium, don't think it's amazing, maybe he will go one or even two fewer stops than others.

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In the pits, Zhang Guanzheng and Ross Brown discussed the next refueling and tyre strategy.

"In the third quarter, the super soft tyres are definitely going to be used, we have to fight for pole position, we need super soft tyres to increase the speed! The key is how much oil we need to add. We have to take into account that other teams are likely to race with light fuel to compete for a place on the front row. Ross Brown began.

"If we were also light gas, we would have been able to get the front row and from the second round we had an advantage of almost 0.5 seconds. I recommend that we still add a medium amount of oil. Zhang Guan said into the microphone.

Ross thought for a moment: "The wear of the super-soft tires this year is worse than we imagined, and the super-soft tires will have more serious granulation after eleven or two laps, and the medium fuel can run about seventeen or eighteen laps, but I am worried that the super-soft tires will not be able to hold so many laps, and then they will be forced to pit ahead of schedule, and the advantage of medium fuel will not be reflected." ”

"I'll go for a lap and come back right away so I can change the used medium tyres tomorrow! We started on medium tyres, and as long as it's not very hot tomorrow, we should be able to hold out for more than 15 laps. Zhang Guan said.

"Yes, but you have to make sure you get pole position. If you have a car ahead of you and they happen to be on supersoft tyres, overtaking can be a bit of a hassle. Ross Brown began.

"No problem, I'm sure the front row will definitely belong to us!" (To be continued.) )