Chapter 347: Overall Champion of the Year
"Zhang Guan pitted, it took 9.5 seconds, and he was replaced with a new set of soft tyres! It looks like Schumacher will face more pressure next! The commentator paused, and then said: "Next, Schumacher will use a set of old tires that have run 18 laps to meet Zhang Guan's new tires, and I don't know if Schumacher can continue to hold his position." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
"Schumacher also pitted! It is also a new set of soft tyres, it seems that Schumacher does not want to lose the leading position, I don't know if Schumacher can grab the front of Zhang Guan when he comes out. Oh, 9.2 seconds, a very fast pit stop! ”
At the same time, the TV screen showed the GPS icons of Schumacher and Zhang's cars, and it could be seen that Schumacher had started to drive outside the pits, and Zhang Guan had turned into the end of the straight.
"Can Schumacher get stuck in front of Zhang Guan? Zhang Guan is still a long way from the exit of the pit area, Schumacher has already come out, Schumacher is still stuck in front of Zhang Guan, hey, wait, Zhang Guan is very fast, he is going to catch up! ”
Turning around Turn 1, the distance between Zhang Guan and Schumacher was significantly closer, and after Turns 2 and 3, Zhang Guan was already close behind Schumacher.
This is the difference between the tires, Zhang Guan's new tires have already run a lap, and the tires have entered the working temperature, while Schumacher has just changed to new tires, the tire temperature is insufficient, and the grip of the tires is not enough, and Zhang Guan will be forced to approach when cornering.
And Zhang Guan's pursuit ended here, in a high-speed track like Monza, the tires heated up quickly, and Schumacher's new set of tires quickly entered the golden temperature of work.
"Zhang Guan, approaching Schumacher, catch up! Hey, it's a pity, Schumacher controlled the angle very well when entering the corner, and didn't give Zhang Guan the slightest chance at all. It was a perfect defense. ”
"Zhang Guan, using the wake, caught up with Schumacher! Run neck and neck! Who is faster? Who's faster? Crucial next corner! Schumacher led the first corner, and Zhang Guan was a little closer. Schumacher is really experienced, he knows that he can't stop Zhang Guan in the previous corner, so he let Zhang Guan go hand in hand with himself, and at the same time took a step earlier to seize the next corner of the corner, really worthy of Schumacher, in the moment just now, can still make such an accurate judgment. ”
Zhang Guan launched a surpass against Schumacher again and again, and Schumacher defused Zhang Guan's attack through perfect defense again and again.
"It's so dangerous, it's a little bit, just a little bit almost overtaken by Zhang Guan, but fortunately it held the line, if the car is a little crooked, Zhang Guan will definitely be able to seize the opportunity." But then again, Zhang Guan's ability to seize opportunities is really strong. Schumacher looked in the rearview mirror with a wary expression.
On lap 26, the race began to pit ahead of cars using the one-stop tactic, and the battle between Zhang Guan and Schumacher had already entered the white-hot stage.
"Zhang Guan, still use the wake! It was also in this position just now that Zhang Guan launched a transcendence, but unfortunately he failed, can he succeed this time? Caught up, and went hand in hand again, looking into the corner, entering the corner together, Zhang Guan was ahead, out of the corner, and overtook it! Schumacher immediately overtakes! Zhang Guan kept his line, beautiful! Pretty one transcendence! On lap 26, Zhang Guan finally overtook Schumacher.
The audience let out a sigh of loss, Schumacher's popularity at Monza is not weaker than in Germany, coupled with Ferrari's double-layered aura, even Schumacher's popularity is three points stronger than in Germany.
However, Schumacher was not discouraged, this is the Monza circuit, which is an easy track to overtake, a track where the defenders have a big disadvantage and the attackers have an advantage. Moreover, with only 26 laps to run and 53 laps to finish, Schumacher still has plenty of time to overtake Zhang.
"It was overtaken! I could have held on for more than 30 laps. There was excitement in Schumacher's eyes, and he looked at the red car in front of him and decided to start a comeback immediately.
Schumacher doesn't care so much about the rankings anymore, he cares more about enjoying the game and having fun in the process. However, at Schumacher's level, it is not easy to have fun in racing. The person who can compete with him technically may not have the experience that he has, and the experienced driver may not be able to have a fast enough car.
And today, Schumacher has clearly found the pleasure he has not seen for a long time, and he feels as if he has returned to his youth, facing Senna, facing Prost, facing Hakkinen, facing Villeneuve...... At that time, he was not the king of cars, but he was full of passion at that time, and he was doing his best all the time at that time.
The next moment, Schumacher finally stepped on the accelerator, he followed closely behind Zhang Guan, ready to overtake, and then, turning the next corner, Schumacher slammed the front of the car to the side.
"Schumacher, follow closely behind Zhang Guan, overtake! It's going to be overtaken! The commentator shouted loudly, and at the same time, there was a cheer from the surrounding stands.
"It's just a temptation." Zhang Guan has made a precise judgment in his heart, if Schumacher really wants to overtake, he will not throw the front of the car out so early, he will take advantage of the wake for a while to gain more speed.
Sure enough, Schumacher was just a prob, and his real move came when he came out of the corner at the back. And Zhang Guan also saw through this, and he made a successful defense.
"It's a pity that Schumacher almost completed the overtake, but Zhang Guan still took the lead." The narrator sighed.
The two are in different positions, Schumacher's overtaking ability is obviously no worse than Zhang Guan, and Zhang Guan's defensive ability is obviously not worse than Schumacher, and a series of wonderful overtaking and defense have been launched between the two.
The battle continued until the second pit stop for a tyre change, and on lap 36, Schumacher led the pit stop in 10.03 seconds.
Zhang Guan also made a pit stop on the next lap, with a pit stop time of 10.02 seconds almost identical to Schumacher, and when he appeared from the exit of the pit lane, he managed to press in front of Schumacher and hold on to his first position.
"Zhang Guan and Schumacher both made about the same number of pits, they took about the same time to refuel, they even changed the same tyres, and they used the same strategy. Therefore, in this game, they can already exclude the external factors of tactics and strategies, and it is completely a competition of personal strength. As the commentator was talking, Zhang Guan on the track fell behind.
According to the rules, two different tyres are used in the race, both of them start on soft tyres, and the first tyre change is also on soft tyres, so this time you have to switch to hard tyres. However, the hard tyres need more time to heat up in order to get into optimal working condition. The difference between hard tires with different temperatures is greater than that of soft tires with different temperatures.
Schumacher made a pit lap earlier, which meant that his hard tires had to run one more lap, and his tire temperature was better than Zhang Guan's, so at this time on the track, he kept putting pressure on Zhang Guan, and Zhang Guan was restricted by tire performance, and his defense seemed to be stretched.
On lap 40, Schumacher sensed that his tyres were at optimum temperature, and he decided to make an attack in the high-speed corner.
High-speed corners test both the speed of the car and the grip of the tyres, and now Schumacher's tyre grip is obviously stronger. And if on the next lap, when Zhang's tires also reach the optimum operating temperature, Schumacher will lose the opportunity to force a pass in this high-speed corner.
It was arguably Schumacher's only chance to force a takeover in a high-speed corner.
Schumacher is well aware of this, he is extremely calm, whether it is the steering wheel in his hand or the accelerator under his feet, he is extremely precise control, he wants to seize this only opportunity.
"Schumacher, overtake in the corner! Will he succeed? Zhang Guan was defending, he wanted to hold the angle of the corner, oops, he still didn't hold it, Schumacher seized the opportunity, out of the corner, and overtook it! Pretty! After more than a dozen laps of trying, Schumacher once again took back the lead! ”
The spectators stood up and cheered for Schumacher's failure, and the flag of Ferrari's Prancing Horse logo in the stands was constantly waving in the air.
"The tyres are a little bit worse and the grip is not as good as Schumacher, otherwise you wouldn't have lost your position." Zhang Guan sighed lightly, but he didn't give up, with thirteen laps left in the race, and with Monza in the easy way to overtake, Zhang Guan had plenty of chances to regain the lead again in the thirteen laps.
On lap 41, Zhang Guan's tires also entered the optimal working temperature, and he did not hesitate in the slightest, and immediately approached Schumacher.
"He's here again!" Schumacher had already guessed that this would be the case, and he immediately threw himself into defence.
On lap 42, Zhang Guan failed to overtake twice.
On lap 43, Zhang Guan launched three overtakes, one of which almost succeeded.
On lap 44, Zhang Guan's attack was more intense, while Schumacher looked more and more passive.
Schumacher is still trying to defend, but his defense is different from just now, it has become sluggish, and he is not as resolute as at the beginning of the game, but his judgment is still very accurate, and he can clearly understand Zhang Guan's offensive intentions every time.
Schumacher was a little tired.
Racing is a very physically demanding sport, and many young lads may not have the stamina to finish a race, let alone Schumacher, who is already 40 years old. Since the start of the race, Schumacher and Zhang Guan have been almost in unison in the offensive and defensive battles, and this has consumed a lot of Schumacher's physical strength and energy, and now it is more than 40 laps, and near the end of the race, Schumacher finally began to feel powerless.
Before that, Schumacher supported himself with that wisp of passion in his heart, and the excitement made him forget his fatigue for a while, but now, the passion has subsided, the excitement has subsided, and the physical exhaustion has become a real feeling for him.
Time is the biggest enemy of the car king, if it was young, Schumacher may be able to hold the crown for the whole game, but now, Schumacher is no longer young.
On lap 45, Schumacher was still holding on, and he fought harder.
On lap 46, Schumacher made a dangerous defense, and if it wasn't for Zhang Guan's concession, maybe the two would have crashed together.
On lap 47, Zhang Guan made a comeback, and Schumacher's form was already in jeopardy.
Laps 48, 49, 50......
With the last three laps left before the end of the race, the battle between Zhang Guan and Schumacher continued, and Schumacher at this time was actually just holding on hard with one breath, with his current physical condition, if he was surpassed, he had no ability to overtake again.
On lap 51, Schumacher still didn't hold his position.
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"Zhang Guan, it's the end of the straight again, can Zhang Guan succeed this time? Who enters the bend first? At the same time, what about entering and exiting the bend at the same time? Zhang Guan! It was Zhang Guan who came out of the corner first! Zhang Guan surpassed Schumacher for the second time! With two laps left until the end of the race, it was almost a lore! Was it just a mistake by Schumacher? It doesn't look like it, he has no problem walking to the route, it's just that Zhang Guan grabbed a better route! ”
Disappointment once again gripped the stadium, and in the stands, people covered their mouths, and the race track looked sluggish, and the flag of the Ferrari Prancing Horse was not flying in the air.
On the track, Schumacher didn't try to overtake again, he was already tired, and the feeling of fatigue had already enveloped his whole body. He followed behind Zhang Guan, but was gradually distanced by Zhang Guan.
The Ferrari fans looked disappointed and hoped that the king could bring them a victory at Monza, but with two laps remaining, Zhang Guan snuffed out their hopes in the cradle.
While other fans were excited, it was another point-free race, with the battle between Zhang Guan and Schumacher continuing from the beginning of the race to the end of the race. Surpassing, surpassing, and surpassing, the two of them showed the world's top offensive and defensive battles, which made countless people's hearts beat faster and countless people excited.
On lap 52, the distance between the two men widened to more than 2 seconds, and in the whole race, both men had a gap of more than 2 seconds.
At this point in the game, perhaps only a sudden engine burst in Zhang Guan would save Schumacher.
A cylinder burst is a very low probability event, and many drivers may not be able to experience it once in a season. Zhang Guan had already experienced an engine burst at the beginning of the season, and probability-wise, he should not have been allowed to encounter such an unlucky accident again.
On lap 53, Zhang crossed the finish line first, and 2.866 seconds later, Schumacher crossed the finish line in second.
In the second game, Zhang Guan won again.
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Third place went to Barrichello, who was not in a good position on the grid, so the team developed a pit stop strategy for him, and it was because of the time saved in a pit stop and the car was strong enough that Barrichello managed to finish third.
Before the race, Zhang Guan led Barrichello by 45 points, and after this race, Zhang Guan's total points reached 113 points, while Barrichello's points were 64 points, and Zhang Guan led Barrichello by 49 points.
There are still four last races left in this year's F1, namely Singapore, Japan, Brazil and Abu Dhabi, and a 49-point lead means that Zhang Guan has locked up the Formula 1 championship four times ahead of schedule. (To be continued.) )