"Zhang, you're such a genius!" Ross Brown had a financial statement in his hand and continued: "The sponsorship plan you came up with to lower the sponsorship fee and increase the prize money for the championship is amazing!" Although the sponsorship fee we received was much lower than expected, the extra prize money we received in the last race has completely exceeded the lost sponsorship fee. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"It seems that there should be no problem with the fleet's operating expenses in the near future!" Zhang Guan said.

"There is no problem with the basic operating expenses, but the research and development is still not enough, and now the teams are working their own double-layer diffusers, it is foreseeable that our advantage will become smaller and smaller, and I don't know how long the advantage of our car will be maintained, so if we want to maintain one, we must invest more money in research and development." Ross Brown spoke.

"Has the main R&D direction been determined? Developing a new aerodynamic kit? Zhang Guan asked.

"Nope! The development of the aerodynamic kit had to be based on wind tunnel experiments, which have been restricted by the rules of the season, so I am not going to develop a new aerodynamic kit. I want to speed up the development of a kinetic energy recovery system. I hope that our cars will be fitted with a kinetic energy recovery system as soon as possible, preferably before the Italian race. That's an extra 20 horsepower, after all, and it's an advantage to run a high-speed track like Monza. Ross Brown began.

Historically, after Ross Brown acquired the Honda team, he did not use the kinetic energy recovery system throughout the season, mainly because of the lack of money for research and development. So in the first half of the season, Brown had a crushing advantage with a double-layer diffuser, and in the second half of the season, when other teams developed double-layer diffusers, Brown became a docile sheep.

Now, the team has more money and Zhang Guan's ability to attract money is also stronger, so Ross Brown will naturally choose to invest money in the research and development of new technologies.

Motorsport is a bottomless pit of money, and even if your team has taken first place and has a crushing advantage, there are still a lot of areas that can help you spend your money.

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Immediately after the end of the China Grand Prix, all the teams rushed to Bahrain to prepare for the Bahrain Grand Prix on April 26.

The Bahrain circuit is a high-speed circuit with only 12 corners in total, with a lot of mid-to-high-speed corners, as well as four longer straights. The track is also a track built in the desert, and if you look at it from the sky, you will see that it is surrounded by a yellow desert.

For spectators, this track is also a very boring track, the characteristics of the track are not clear enough, the technical requirements for the drivers are not high, as long as the car is fast enough, there is a great chance to overtake the opponent. And the track is not dangerous enough to have a very intense accident, so the possibility of an uncertain event is also very small.

It is almost impossible for a game in Bahrain to have a rain fight. In Bahrain this season, the temperature can reach 30 degrees, and the track temperature will exceed 40 degrees, so the tires of the cars can be in the best condition relatively quickly.

The heat is the biggest difficulty for riders, and at the same time there is another difficulty for riders to face, which is wind.

The Bahrain circuit is built in the middle of the desert and there is no shelter around, which means that there will be crosswinds.

Crosswinds are dangerous for high-speed cars, especially vans, buses, and canvas vans, which are dangerous due to their high center and large side area. Therefore, the highway has a separation zone, which is to prevent lateral crosswinds.

Grip-oriented cars like Formula 1 naturally don't get blown over by the wind, but crosswinds can have an impact on the car's aerodynamics, which can be both beneficial and detrimental.

And for the Chinese Power car, it is actually very suitable for this track, Mercedes-Benz engine performance is not inferior to Ferrari on high-speed tracks, and the double-layer diffuser can also help the car in corners.

Friday's practice session was uneventful, with teams tuning their cars, with the only news being that Toyota Racing used their kinetic energy recovery system for this race, becoming the first team in the Diffuser Gang to install a kinetic energy recovery system.

By the time qualifying started on Saturday afternoon, the air temperature in Bahrain had reached 38 degrees Celsius, and the track temperature was as high as 51 degrees Celsius, which made many drivers feel a little uncomfortable. Sitting in a 38-degree high position, sitting in a small racing space, and wearing a racing suit and helmet, it was obviously an ordeal.

In the first practice session, Zhang Guan quickly completed a timed lap and immediately drove the car back to the garage, his helmet and racing suit made him not feel the coolness of the wind at all, but the 38-degree heat was a real thing.

1:32.978, this is Zhang Guan's time in the first qualifying session, and this time is also ranked fourth among all drivers, which is enough for him to successfully advance to the second qualifying session.

In the second qualifying session, Zhang Guan also returned to the pit lane with only two punches, and his time was 1:32.822, which was enough to ensure that he would advance.

Compared with the previous races, Zhang Guan's qualifying results have obviously dropped significantly, in the previous qualifying rounds, Zhang Guan could get a lead of more than 0.5 seconds every time, and today Zhang Guan did not get the first place in the first two quarters.

Of course, this is also related to the climate, and the weather here even gave Zhang Guan an urge to abandon the race.

By the end of the two qualifying sessions, the temperature had risen to 40 degrees Celsius.

In the third quarter of qualifying, Zhang Guan set the fastest lap three times in a row, and he even ran the fastest lap under 1 minute and 34 seconds. However, on the final lap, Zhang Guan's time was surpassed by two cars of the Toyota team in succession. Among them, Toyota's Trulli time is 1:33.431, another driver of Toyota team Glock is 1:33.712, and Zhang Guan is third with 1:33.995.

This is also the second time that Zhang Guan did not get pole position after retiring from the qualifying round in the last race.

Toyota Racing took pole position for the second time after the 2005 Japan Grand Prix and the first time in the team's history that the front row started.

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel started in fourth, McLaren's Hamilton in fifth, with Zhang Guan's team-mate Barrichello in sixth, followed by Renault's Marcos Alonso and Ferrari's Massa.

After climbing out of the car, Zhang Guan ran directly to the air vent of the air conditioner, while Ross Brown walked over quickly.

"Trulli's time was 1:33.431, which is more than 0.5 seconds faster than me, how did he run so fast? Is that the effect of that kinetic energy recovery system so great? Zhang Guan asked as he headed towards the air conditioning outlet.

"It shouldn't be the effect of the kinetic energy recovery system, they are definitely ultra-light oil-carrying systems. I think they should start on the super soft tyres for tomorrow's race, and then in about 10 laps, they will pit and change the tyres! Ross Brown replied. (To be continued.) )