3. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Part II)
Draw a dragon at the end of the straight, fight for a hand out of the corner, and then deliberately take the outside line to put Verstappen a little past. But when passing T7, Liu Hongyu had an inside advantage and overtook it again.
Because of the faster cornering speed, Liu Hongyu did not choose to slow down and eat DRS dividends, he directly increased the power output to try to maintain the gap between the two, and Verstappen also directly started to attack.
At the end of the straight, Verstappen chose to dangle a shot, driving the car to the outside and then suddenly going inside, but Liu Hongyu was not fooled. He stayed on the race line and passed T9.
Heading into the final small straight, Verstappen chose to take the risk and go straight into the T11, but the right front wheel locked up slightly. So Liu Hongyu regained the second place and slightly widened the gap between the two.
After passing S3 and getting to the starting straight, Liu Hongyu just started to accelerate James's voice again.
"Great job. You made his lap four or five seconds slower than usual, and it went on. If you feel that the tires can't hold up, make a pit stop and we'll change the soft tires for you. ”
For the next few laps, Liu Hongyu continued to block Verstappen and even literally pulled out a pit stop window for Hamilton. On lap 28, Hamilton pitted for white tires and exited in front of Liu Hongyu.
After a final lap, Liu Hongyu chose to pit for soft tires. He finished in eighth place with Aston Martin Vettel and Alfa Romeo Raikkonen in front of him.
After crazy overtaking, Liu Hongyu chased to fourth. On lap 37, Liu Hongyu overtook Pérez on the big straight, and then doubled his lead with a DRS ferrule for the Williams duo.
Three laps later, Liu Hongyu had just chased Verstappen within three seconds of Williams spinning, and Russell suddenly lost power and hit the wall, showing a virtual safety car.
Two laps later, Matthew lifted the car away and gave the green flag. As soon as the game restarted, Liu Hongyu accelerated when the sixth child overtook Verstappen, who had just finished changing to neutral tires, and at this time, Pérez behind him came out on soft tires and came out in third place.
At high speed, Liu Hongyu directly allowed Hamilton to overtake and then began to defend Verstappen.
On lap 42, Liu Hongyu locked up in T1 and cut the corner directly, and Verstappen was just overtaken by him at this time. So he had no choice but to let Verstappen go. But this one makes P2 not to bring back. After all, he had to make a final pit stop after two laps.
Two laps later, Liu pitted for his last set of soft tyres. Lined up behind Pérez at the exit. But at this time, Pérez was already at a level that no one could beat. Liu Hongyu's crazy attempts to overtake have not been overtaken, and... This set of tires is not wear-resistant! Ten turns, it suddenly became granular.
And then... The turning point of the game came at all
Williams driver Nicholas Latifi spun straight to the wall on lap 53 and didn't hesitate to show the physical safety car. Verstappen in front of Liu Hongyu received instructions from the team to pit immediately.
"Jamws it's Vallteri. I've had an accident with my tire, wait a minute to get into a replacement. Also, why not call Lewis to make a pit stop? Verstappen still has new soft tyres, and the dozen seconds he has pulled out now plus the time Verstappen has lost in his pit stop are still enough for him to make his last pit stop. ”
"Vallteri, we'll think about it. Now let's focus on the game. "Do you think a race restart with a set of hardty, which is basically worn out, can you prevent the new soft tyres?" Tonight is the final battle crown. They won't necessarily let the safety car run out! ”
Liu Hongyu, who knew the result, was a little anxious, but he couldn't tell the result...
"Vallteri, pit stop for the next lap. We completed a two-car pit stop. ”“Copy,understood.”
Hearing this, Liu Hongyu's hanging heart suddenly let go. Thankfully, the team pitted Hamilton and was likely to be ahead of Verstappen when he left the pit stop, and he was able to overtake on the straights even if he wasn't.
After all, after being overtaken in the original game, if it weren't for the tires, the old Hamilton would still have a chance to go outside and overtake.
After the pit stop, Hamilton, who had been switched to new soft tyres, was right in front of Verstappen. And Liu Hongyu was in third place after leaving the station. The fourth is a familiar beautiful boy - the Ferrari driver "Le Shiro" Leclerc (forced fourth) who chose one stop in this race, and the fifth is Pérez who stopped in the second stop.
"Looks like... The decision of the tournament is still the same as the original..."
A few laps later, when Liu Hongyu drove past the place where Latifi had hit the wall just now, and found that the debris was almost cleaned up, but Marcy's doge thing had not yet returned to the back of the team according to the rules and restarted the momentum of the race, Liu Hongyu thought to himself.
Sure enough, at the end of lap 57, some of the lapped cars were brought back to the back of the line, but only between Hamilton and Verstappen.
Seeing this, Wolff, the leader of the Mercedes team, also hurriedly began to protest, after all, he was still afraid that Verstappen would risk one of them to die together, after all, if the two of them didn't score points, he would be the champion of the year.
Coming to S3, the safety car has already made a pit stop. Hamilton, on the other hand, was still pressing, and Verstappen to his right was also a frequent probing.
A few corners before entering the starting straight, Hamilton began to pick up speed. In T1 Verstappen sprinted straight inside but Hamilton came out of the corner far better than Verstappen. So before heading into successive high-speed corners, Verstappen was still about half a car behind Hamilton.
After the high-speed corner, it was T5 and Verstappen was still on the inside, but Hamilton couldn't choose to close the door at this point, otherwise he would be penalized.
Hamilton was forced to go to the outside and his speed out of the corner was affected a bit. Verstappen overtook him, while Hamilton followed closely.
At the end, Hamilton went straight to the outside to overtake Verstappen, and in the next successive corners, Hamilton occupied the inside of T7, and Verstappen had no chance to overtake at all.
On the straights, Mercedes' engine advantage came out, and Verstappen was not as fast as Hamilton even if he sucked Hamilton's wake.
After a U-turn and into the final small straight, Verstappen tried to take the outside line to overtake, after all, it was difficult for the next S3 to overtake. But Hamilton's pace was so terrifying that Verstappen could only follow him.
"Then, the game is basically over..."Liu Hongyu thought to himself.
Liu Hongyu, who was a war correspondent in the back, didn't have to worry about Ferrari catching up behind, after all, Lekou had to keep an eye on Pérez and his engine advantage was greater. So his third can still be easily saved.
In S3, Verstappen tried to overtake a few times at the end, but he just couldn't get past it. So we could only watch Hamilton keep the lead.
The checkered flag is waved and car No. 44 crosses the finish line.
The first eight-time champion in the history of F1 is officially born! The first black driver in F1 history to complete five consecutive Mercedes-Benz titles and be crowned eight crowns!
When Liu Hongyu crossed the line by himself, Liu Hongyu suddenly found that he could no longer control Bottas's body, and the car seemed to start automatically.
Then, Liu Hongyu's eyes went dark and he lost consciousness.