Chapter 242: Pole Position Starter
The track was a bit empty, and not all of the remaining 10 cars were on the track. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info some riders are waiting for a better time, while others want to see what strategies others are using.
What people didn't expect was that the two cars of China Power, which came out relatively late in the first and second quarters of qualifying, took the lead out of the pit lane.
"Neutral tires? Both of the Chinese Power's cars are on medium tires. "The camera gave a shot of the tires of both cars.
In order to reflect the green and environmental protection of this year's Formula 1 race, a lot of work has been done on the tires, and the softer set of tires in each race will be painted with a green line, while the harder set of tires will not. For example, in Australia, there are super soft and medium tyres, and the super soft tyres will have a green line on them, while the medium tyres will not, so you can tell what tyre the driver is using at a glance.
The two China Power cars followed one after the other, followed by a timed lap and then re-entered the pit lane, which took almost five minutes. And the two also successfully became the top two.
"The car of the Chinese power is really fast, and the Ferrari is almost two seconds slower."
"It seems that only Sebastian Vettel of the Red Bull Racing Team can barely keep up with the Chinese power, but even so, the Red Bull is worse than the Chinese power!"
People whispered. At this point, the cars are back in the pits, starting to change the tyres and refueling, and then get ready to go out for the final time lap.
In the 10-minute third quarter, excluding the warm-up laps, a maximum of five to six full timing laps can be run, and if you add in the time it takes to go back to the pits to change the platform and the time it takes to be blocked by the slow car in front, it is considered good that a car can run three full timing laps. When the car came out of the pits for the second time, there was basically only enough time for the driver to run one time lap.
Scuderia Ferrari.
Technical director Dale's face was extremely gloomy, Ferrari's performance today was not satisfactory, not only the two Chinese power cars ran in front, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, BMW Sauber's Kubica and Williams Racing's Rosberg, the results were all above Ferrari.
"Gotta get a shot! Load light oil and change to a new set of super soft tires! Dale commanded
However, it wasn't just Dell that made the choice, as the other teams also switched to a new set of supersoft tyres and were ready to fight for the final lap.
According to the rules, as long as you can start your own lap before the end of the countdown to the end of the race, the lap is valid. So a lot of cars like to get out of the pit lane in the last three minutes, first run a warm-up lap, then a time lap, if the time lap is not satisfactory or is blocked by a slow car, just cross the finish line before the countdown is over, you can get a new time lap.
So with just over three minutes left in the race, the cars walked out of the pits, and the roar of the engines made the whole track feel like an early morning wet market.
"Do you think China's power will still take the top two? Will Zhang Guan still be the first? ”
"The possibility is very high, after all, in the first two practice matches, China's strength is the first."
"I think it depends on the team's strategy, and now they are using super soft tires, so it depends on whether there is a team that chooses light gas."
"The cars in the third qualifying session should not have too much fuel, not so much light gas, but to see if there is a one-time pit stop strategy for the cars to choose heavy fuel."
"Ferrari is going to cross the line! It was Massa, 1:27.033, a result that was not even as good as the last time of Chinese Power. Although he can run one more lap, I don't think he can surpass the Chinese power. ”
"Toyota's Trulli, 1:27.127, is also relatively average. And the countdown to the third quarter is over"
"Chinese Power, Barrichello, 1:26.505! First! China's power has won the first place again! ”
"Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing, he is perhaps the only driver who can threaten China's power...... Hey, 1:26.830, 0.3 seconds slower than Barrichello. It looks like the pole position has been attributed to the Chinese power. ”
"Wait a minute, there's Zhang Guan! See if he can outrun Barrichello? ”
On the track, Zhang Guan had already turned the last corner, and then started sprinting with all his might.
"1:25.998, Zhang Guan actually ran into 1 minute and 26 seconds! 0.5 seconds faster than his teammate Barrichello! Two cars with the same team, the gap is so big, the key is that Barrichello's speed is not slow! Could it be that Zhang Guan only added a small amount of oil? ”
In the third qualifying session, the car will be fueled for tomorrow's race, so the car will be heavier and slower than the first two quarters, and the difference between the two cars of the same team is more than 0.5 seconds, which can only be explained by the difference in fuel consumption.
However, at this time, in the Chinese power team, Ross Brown looked at the 0.5-second gap and was surprised. Because Ross Brown knows that Zhang Guan and Barrichello's fuel strategy is the same, which means that the fuel volume of the two people's cars is basically the same.
With the same fuel load and the same tires, the difference of 0.5 seconds can be regarded as a two-level driving technique.
At this time, Barrichello's voice rang in Ross Brown's headphones: "How's our boss running?" ”
Ross Blancon knew that Barrichello was actually asking if he had taken pole position, because Barrichello also knew that the only one who could surpass him on the entire track was Zhang Guan.
Every driver wants to qualify pole position, and Barrichello is no different, but his partner is the owner of the team, so he can't be too obvious.
Ross Brown hesitated, but finally said, "Zhang Guan ran under 1 minute and 26 seconds. ”
"What? Isn't that 0.5 seconds faster than me? Barrichello said in surprise, and then he asked, "What about our strategy for tomorrow's game?" ”
"The strategy remains the same, it's still the same." Ross Brown knew that Barrichello had misunderstood the light fuel added to Zhang Guan's car, so he explained: "Rubens, you and Zhang Guan have the same amount of fuel, so in tomorrow's race, our strategy will not change!" ”
"The same amount of oil?" Barrichello's mouth grew slightly.
"The same car, the same amount of oil, the same tires, I'm so much slower than Zhang Guan! But I'm already faster than the other drivers! Barrichello took a deep breath: "It's not because I'm slow, it's because he's too fast!" ”
…… (To be continued.) )