Chapter 245: One Lap Slows Down

Zhang Guan was originally in the first place on the grid, and theoretically said that as long as he did not make any mistakes when he started, he could stand in the first position. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info especially when running smoothly through the first corner, the first position has been relatively stable.

Ross Brown breathed a sigh of relief, after all, Zhang Guan was competing for the first time, so Rose Brown was worried about Zhang Guan's start, and at the moment it seems that Zhang Guan started smoothly and took a great line, and it should be no problem to keep the first place.

But Ross Brown quickly frowned again as Barrichello made a mistake on the start. He got off to a very slow start and was overtaken by Red Bull, BMW and Ferrari in quick succession at the first corner.

"The gear has slowed down significantly!" Ross Brown shook his head helplessly, most of these mistakes were caused by a lack of concentration, which was a very low-level mistake for a veteran driver who had been fighting in Formula 1 for almost two decades.

It was the first race of the year, and the first race for the new team, and even a veteran like Barrichello felt a lot of pressure and made mistakes that shouldn't have been.

Ferrari's kinetic energy recovery system really gave them an advantage from the start. The two Ferraris, which had been ranked seventh and ninth, rushed to fourth and fifth positions respectively.

The first corner after the start is the most important corner, the vast majority of starting accidents occur in this first corner, it is common for cars to collide in order to grab the first corner, and sometimes the first corner of the start does not have an accident, but it has become a novelty.

And today, there was an accident at the first turn after the start. Australia's Red Bull Racing's Webber crashed the front fixer, BMW Sauber's Seafield rear tyre stepped on a debris and punctured, and then hit Force India's Suthier, all of which had to be returned to the pits to replace parts. The worst was McLaren's Kovalainen, whose front keel structure was damaged, which led to his outright exit from the race.

It was just the first corner, and one of the twenty cars was eliminated, and there was still a large number of cars in the pits waiting to change the wings, nose and tires......

As the leader, Zhang Guan felt the benefit of being in first place, with an empty track in front of him, and without a single car, he could run at his own pace.

In motorsports, a driver doesn't have to chase the car in front of him, doesn't have to worry about being distracted by other cars, and races at his own pace all the time, which is obviously the happiest thing.

However, behind Zhang Guan, there is one person who has always wanted to attack Zhang Guan, and that is Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing.

Sebastian Vettel is a German and Schumacher's hand-picked successor, and his resume is very similar to Schumacher's, showing extraordinary racing talent at a young age, achieving good results in Formula 1, being valued by Formula 1 teams, starting with small teams, and then moving on to big teams through his own excellent performances. Then he broke one record after another, such as the youngest driver to compete in an official race, the youngest driver to win points, the oldest pole position winner, the youngest race winner, etc., and the future Sebastian Vettel won four consecutive Formula 1 titles from 2010 to 2013, which is second only to Schumacher's five consecutive titles.

Although Vettel in 2009 has not yet won the world championship, his technology is absolutely top-notch, and the Red Bull RB5 car he drove is also the masterpiece of the design master Nevey, although there is no double-layer diffuser, no kinetic energy recovery system, and the use of Renault engine, but it can become a surpassing Ferrari with pure excellent aerodynamics.

Now Vettel is behind Zhang Guan, and his goal is obviously to surpass Zhang Guan and be in the first position.

Sebastian Vettel's driving style is very Schumacher, with excellent technique, calm and sophisticated, composure and just the right cornering skills, his overtaking is not the kind of domineering overtaking, he prefers to constantly put pressure on the opponent behind the opponent, forcing the opponent to make mistakes, and then seize the opponent's mistake to complete the overtaking.

So at this time, Vettel was like a wolf hiding in the shadows, he kept staring behind Zhang Guan, staring at his prey, wanting to inflict a fatal blow on Zhang Guan.

"My task now is to keep putting pressure on Zhang Guan and forcing him to make mistakes, as long as I can catch one of his mistakes, I can surpass the past and win the first place! It was the first Formula 1 race that Zhang Guan participated in, oh no! It should be said that it was the first racing race! He's going to be very nervous. I seemed to be very nervous at the time. Sebastian Vettel couldn't help but think of the nervousness of his first Formula 1 race.

Sebastian Vettel thought as he followed closely behind Zhang Guan as they entered the third lap, accelerated all the way through Turn 2, turned around Turn 3, and then passed the slightly more curved Turn 4 and entered the short straight again.

"Huh? The distance between us seems to be getting bigger? Sebastian Vettel was stunned as the two cars passed Turn 5 and then past Point 1.

The subtitles of the broadcast showed the difference of seconds between the cars, with a difference of 1.225 seconds between Zhang Guan and Vettel, which was a relatively normal figure on lap three. At the speed of a Formula 1 car, 1.225 is also within the range of being able to be launched, and if the difference is less than 1 second, it is a relatively good attack range for the car behind.

Corners 6, 7 and 8 are all high-speed corners, followed by a 100-degree angle between Turns 9 and 10, and then a second speed point when accelerating to Turn 11.

The speed difference between the cars was again seen in the subtitles, and the difference between Zhang Guan and Vettel became 1.557 seconds.

The car starts to accelerate, and the 13, 14, 15, and 16 are all corners that are close to right angles, but they are far away from each other, basically decelerating immediately after the big foot throttle, and then decelerating again after the big foot throttle. Once you've passed Turn 16, you can cross the finish line at full throttle. And the end point is the third speed measurement point.

At this point, the gap between Zhang Guan and Vettel became 1.858 seconds.

"Why do I think the gap between me and Zhang Guan has widened a lot?" Vettel visually measured the distance between him and Zhang Guan in front of him, and he was already aware of this.

In the middle of the curve or in the short straight, the driver is less sensitive to the distance between the cars because of the slowing down of the corner, but once it reaches the straight, the speed of the car is raised, and the distance between each other is increased, and the driver can feel the gap more intuitively.

"Am I going to be a lot slower than Zhang Guan?" Thinking of this, Vettel pressed the radio button and asked into the microphone, "How much slower did I last lap than Zhang Guan?" ”

Red Bull's command center, Nuvey looked at the numbers on the screen and hesitated, but finally said: "Last lap, we were more than 1.105 seconds slower......"

"What? A lap? I'm one second slower than Zhang Guan! Vettelton exclaimed. (To be continued.) )