Chapter 272: Another Rain Battle (16/20)

In previous years, the Formula 1 race in Shanghai would be held in October, but this year it was moved to April for the first time. The reason why the www.biquge.info was moved to April is also due to the economic crisis.

Formula 1 as the world's most money-burning sport, is obviously the most affected by the economic crisis, in order to cope with the economic crisis, some teams began to reduce personnel, reduce costs, and such as Honda, directly sold the team out of Formula 1.

Following last year's Chinese Grand Prix, the F1 Constructors' Association (FOM) asked organisers about the possibility of moving the 2009 race to April. This makes it possible to bring together several adjacent races and save money for the team. Therefore, the first three stops of this year's Formula 1 race are Australia, Malaysia and China, and the team has saved a lot of money by plane from south to north with cars and personnel.

And bringing the tournament forward to April can also avoid the Shanghai Masters in October, which can avoid the diversion of spectators. You must know that since the Shanghai Tennis Masters was held, the tickets for F1 matches have been worse every year, the 200,000 spectator seats have not been satisfied at all, and the organizers have lost money every year.

In this year's race, because of the existence of Zhang Guan, the Chinese Grand Prix has become the best-selling race, and the Formula 1 event has also changed its decline for many years and fought a turnaround.

It's just that the weather is not beautiful, and the competition in China was changed to April for the first time, and it encountered heavy rain.

In yesterday's qualifying session, the sun was still shining, but today's race, it was heavy rain, and looking at the dark clouds in the sky, it was obvious that there was no intention to stop, and the weather forecast released by the race also confirmed this, and there will be continuous rain today.

The crowd was still enthusiastic, and every stand was full of people, who braved the rain to watch Zhang Guan's game.

The main grandstand is covered and the situation is better, and the east and west side stands also have huge round parasols, which can also have some effect, but the spectators in the temporary stands are not so well treated, and they can only sit on wet chairs in raincoats or umbrellas to cheer on the drivers they support.

Red Bull Racing's Neuvy looked up at the sky, letting the rain hit his emaciated cheeks, and his deep eyes radiated a tinge of apprehension.

Nuvey's concern is not about the Red Bull Racing car or the driver, he is still confident in the car he designs, and both drivers in the team are very good. What worries Nuvey is Zhang Guan.

"It's raining, I didn't expect that after the Malaysian station, there will be another rain battle, two rain battles in a row, will this be a variable in this game?" Nuvey thought as he looked at the garage of the Chinese power in the distance.

In the last match in Malaysia, Zhang Guan's rain battle strength led Nuwei to shock. Whether it is the choice of braking point or the angle of cornering, Zhang Guan has shown super-first-class strength, although the race has only been carried out for more than 30 laps, and the real rain period is about 10 laps, but when Nuvey looks back at the video, he can feel that Zhang Guan's rain battle strength is definitely above Vettel, and it can even be said that he has surpassed the two-time world champion Alonso.

Nuvey knows that there are so many variables in the rain that a slippage can bury an entire race, and the most stable weapon in the rain is technology, and the better the skill of the driver, the easier it is to minimize the variables in the rain battle.

In addition to Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, BMW Sauber and other teams did not dare to underestimate Zhang Guan's strength in the rain battle.

Perhaps the only person in the mood was Omi of the Indian Power team. At this time, Omi was still immersed in the joy of yesterday, and Zhang Guan's start in last place brought Omi a continuous good mood, because the two cars of Force India were in 18th and 19th place, just in front of Zhang Guan.

So Omi set a new goal for the two drivers of his team, which was to stop Zhang Guan.

"We only finished in the last two places in qualifying, and our cars are obviously not too competitive in this race, so I don't ask for two of them to earn points, but I hope they can stop Zhang!" Omi said, holding out a finger and saying, "Ten thousand dollars a circle!" If you can block Zhang Guan for one lap, I will reward you with $10,000, two laps for $20,000, and so on, if you can successfully block Zhang Guan for 56 laps, there will be an additional 560,000 dollars. ”

As soon as they heard that there was money, the two drivers of Force India immediately felt full of energy.

The two drivers of the current Indian Power are Fisichella and Suthier.

Fisichella is a veteran, he is only a year younger than Barrichello, and he is already 36 years old this year, so he is the second oldest driver in this year's Formula 1 after Barrichello. Fisichella spent his prime years with Renault and Alonso, who won two consecutive titles, and now he is hoping to get a pension contract. So he joined the new fleet of the Indian Force. Force India also needs this kind of driver, although he is a little older, he is still young, the salary is not high, and more than ten years of racing experience can also help the team quickly integrate into the sport of Formula 1.

For a driver like Fisicella with a mixed pension contract, the ranking and ease are no longer important, and money is what he needs most, so when he hears the prize money of $10,000 a lap, Fisichella can't help but have his eyes shining.

And the Indian Power Suthir is a rider with a sponsor. Suthir is a German and has some strength, but compared to his compatriots Vettel and Rosberg, it is not half a point, but Sutil's sponsors are very powerful, and Sutil has generously sponsored Sutil since his F3 days. Until he joined F1, he also came with a sponsor contract.

Many fans remember Sutil more of a 2011 bar brawl when Sutil and Hamilton clashed with the Renault boss and stabbed the Renault boss with a broken bottle. From this point of view, this Suthir is not a good baby.

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Ross Brown stared blankly at the rain outside, not knowing what to think.

Next to him, an engineer hurriedly walked over and said, "The news of the race has just been announced, due to the heavy rain, the race will be led by a safety car." ”

"Get out of the car under the guidance of the safety car!" Ross Brown looked up at the car that had just been pushed out of the garage.

"This is good news for us, maybe Zhang Guan can really win the bet!" (To be continued.) )