Qualifying continued, and without the crown, the battle for pole position seemed to be in suspense again, and the drivers on the track were working harder and harder, hoping to take pole position. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

And the Chinese Power team did not give up hope, although Zhang Guan retired, but they also have a Barrichello, Barrichello was also a fierce player back then, and was able to fight for 16 consecutive years in the brutal sport of Formula 1, which is enough to show that he has the strength of a first-class driver, and his experience is more suitable than other drivers can match. He's also had double-digit qualifying pole positions in his career, as well as seven race wins, so no one would be surprised if Barrichello took pole position.

At this time, Barrichello also understood the current situation of the team, so he stepped up his horsepower in the hope of regaining the pole position for the team.

The old powerhouse Ferrari returned to the garage early, although their car did not cancel the kinetic energy recovery system, but still had no hope of competing for pole position, for Ferrari, continuing to appear in the third quarter of qualifying has lost its meaning, but it is better to go back to the garage earlier to adjust the car.

Barrichello couldn't pull off a miracle in the end, losing 0.03 seconds to Red Bull's Webber. Red Bull's car is indeed well suited to such a comprehensive circuit, and Webber is also in first place for the time being.

With the countdown to the third quarter now over and the cars still making their final sprints, it's time to say "one lap to the winner".

"Am I number one now?" Webb asked the convoy over the radio.

"Yes. You're in first place for the time being, but there are still a few cars behind you that are completing the final timing lap. ”

"Including Vettel?" Webb then asked.

"Yes." The convoy replied.

Webber didn't say anything more, he felt that if there was anyone on the track who could be faster than him, it would be his teammate Sebastian Vettel. Both of them drove the same car, and in terms of driving skills, future four-time champion Sebastian Vettel was clearly superior to Webb.

The next moment, Webb's headset really heard the prompt sound of the team: "Tell you bad news, someone is faster than you, you are overtaken, you are now in second place." ”

"Is it Vettel?" Webb asked immediately.

"No, it's Alonso!" The convoy replied.

"Alonso? Renault suddenly so fast. Webb's voice was filled with surprise.

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A few years ago, Renault was also a giant in Formula 1, having competed with Schumacher's Ferrari. Alonso drove the blue Renault car and sniped Schumacher for two consecutive years, shattering Schumacher's dream of an eighth crown twice in a row, and Alonso won two consecutive championships, becoming the only driver who could beat Schumacher head-on.

In recent years, Renault's cars have become less and less impressive, and they have dropped out of the top teams. But Alonso is the man who can beat Schumacher, even in a broken car.

In China, Alonso's car did away with the kinetic energy recovery system and was fitted with a double-layer diffuser with a transition plate, which was flown in from Europe overnight after the International Racing Association declared compliance. In the previous practice, Alonso's car did not perform well, which also led many people to think that Renault's double-layer diffuser was a failed product.

But now it looks like the opposite happened, with Alonso overtaking Webb in 1:36.381 to take the top spot. Renault's car doesn't have the best speed, but Alonso's technology makes up for a lot of speed shortcomings.

However, behind Alonso, there is another person who also has world-class skills, and that is the future four-time champion Sebastian Vettel. And Vettel also has a faster car.

Just seconds after Alonso set the fastest lap, Vettel also crossed the finish line with a time of 1:36.184, 0.2 seconds faster than Alonso, and Vettel certainly did not allow him to take pole position at this stage.

The top three cars were Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing, Alonso of Renault and Webber of Red Bull Racing, all of which are worth mentioning using Renault engines, which are clearly a good fit for the track. Barrichello was fourth, followed by Toyota's Trulli and Williams' Rosberg.

As for Zhang Guan, although the result given by the race will be 10th, everyone knows that Zhang Guan will definitely start in last place tomorrow.

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Qualifying is over, and in the entire pit lane, only the car room of the Chinese Power Team is still busy, they have to change the engine of Zhang Guan's car, and the work is the same as the work of reassembling the car. After the engine has been replaced, the car has to be tuned, which of course can only be done in the garage and not on the road.

According to the rules of the race, the other cars have been mothballed, at this time, if you want to debug or replace parts, you have to bear the penalty of starting backwards, Formula 1 is very clear for this kind of punishment, such as replacing the transmission to start five places back, changing the engine to start ten places back, debugging the car to start in the pit area, etc.

Zhang Guan is already the last to start, so even if it is a new car, it is the last to start, and the team simply replaced all the parts that can be replaced with a new set.

In the back office, Zhang Guan and Ross Brown are discussing tomorrow's strategy.

"The initial cause of the engine burst has been identified, and it is caused by excessive temperature. We looked at the data in the practice session, and your engine had a situation where the engine temperature was too high during practice, but the temperature dropped quickly at that time, so I didn't pay much attention to it, but I didn't expect it to end up being a big mistake. Ross Brown began.

"The engine didn't actually run a lot of mileage, and we finished the race in Australia and only half of it in Malaysia, so it shouldn't be a problem now." Team Technical Director Jander continued: "Our original strategy was to wait until after the race in China to change the engine, and some of the other teams even planned to finish Bahrain with the first engine. ”

Gendel took out a report and continued: "I compared the data of the engine temperature of Zhang Guan in the previous competition, and at the same time compared the engine that Barry switched horizontally, and then compared the data of the previous four test engines, from the data, the data of the engine that burst the cylinder was slightly abnormal, so our technical team preliminarily determined that the cause of the engine burst was the quality defect of this engine, which should be a separate case." ”

Ross Brown nodded: "Send the relevant data to Mercedes-Benz." They may be more anxious than we are to know why. ”

After Ross Brown finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Guan, and then said: "Tomorrow, you will be the last to start, and we will have to use a one-stop heavy fuel strategy when we drive." ”

Zhang Guan thought about it, but shook his head. He said, "Fill up the gas for me!" (To be continued.) )