After getting used to the track and running style in the practice session, Liu Hongyu Liu Hongyu ushered in his first qualifying session.

After Q1 started, the team was in no hurry to let the drivers out for lap times. Team leader Grant Harris asked Liu Hongyu to rehydrate at the end, and finally told him some things to pay attention to.

2 minutes after starting the table, Liu Hongyu left the P room to make a circle.

"Louis, there's a lot of room on the track now for flight laps, and you can start doing lap times when the tires are warm." Team engineer Marcus Damelo said in TR.

"Copy. Do you need me to execute the tactics after a few laps?" Liu Hongyu asked. After all, the tactic of pulling the wake to increase the lap time is still relatively common.

After the tire temperature came up, Liu Hongyu directly ran a lap time of 1.19.931, which was still enough to qualify for Q2. After a few more laps to get the lap time to 1.19.502, the team gave the order.

"Kimi is not far behind you, execute Plan A." “Copy understood.”

After slowing down and waiting for Kimi to catch up, Liu Hongyu rose to sixth gear on the starting straight to ensure his speed while waking Kimi.

After half a lap, Liu Hongyu let Kimi overtake him on the small straight, and he finally ran a lap back to the P room to replenish water.

Due to the red flag caused by the pull guide on the wall, Q1 ended a few minutes late. The drivers who did not make it to Q2 were Aston Martin's Sebastian Vettel, Haas' Magnussen and Schumacher Jr., Red Bull's Tsunoda, Aston Martin's 'Teen' Stroll and Williams' Albon and Latifi.

"Aston Martin is still the green tractor," Liu Hongyu thought to himself when he saw the results.

After Q2 started the clock, Kimi and Liu Hongyu drove out to do lap times.

A few laps later, when Kimi drove to the limit and set a time of 19.330, Liu Hongyu, who was not far behind him, received instructions from the team.

"Louis, it's Markus. Now start raising lap times, do Plan B" "Received. ”

It's still a familiar straight road, but this time the two people who pulled the wake reversed. After a lap, Liu Hongyu ran an 18.711 to brush Ricardo from the top 10 and basically kept Q3.

"Louis, now pit and go back to room P."

When Liu Hongyu made a final lap and tried to increase the lap time to no avail, the team signaled Liu Hongyu to enter the pit stop, and by the way, he changed to new tires to prepare for Q3.

A few minutes later, Q2 ended. The eliminated drivers were Kimi, McLaren's Ricciardo, Alfa Romeo's Bottas, Red Bull Gasly and Bottas' team-mate Zhou Guanyu.

"It seems that the current limit of PG-01 is around the edge of Q3... I hope the B version that comes out during the summer break can be a little competitive. Liu Hongyu thought to himself that his debut in Q3 was completely unexpected, but it is estimated that the final ranking will not be too good.

Starting from Q3, Liu Hongyu chose to go out for a lap after the cars of other teams pressed the racing line more obviously.

"Louis, go all out for the next few laps. We don't need this set of tires for the race, so we don't have to worry about tire wear. Engineer Marcus said on his way out of the circle.

After hearing this, Liu Hongyu didn't bother to care if the tire would have an accident. As soon as the tires enter the operating temperature, the flying lap begins.

After passing the T14, Liu Hongyu directly upshifted and began to do flight circles. Liu Hongyu chose the limit line to go directly through T1 in sixth gear, and after full throttle passed T2, the straight road was opened and DRS was upgraded to eighth gear.

After slightly reducing the speed and passing T3, he chose to turn in five gears in successive corners, and almost came out of the white line on four wheels.

"Be careful and try not to damage the car too much." "Copy, I'll do my best."

But bar... said that he tried his best to drive conservatively but still chose to route the line to the limit, and S1 directly brushed purple and threw off his previous score of 0.2 seconds is the best proof.

After the high-speed corner, Liu Hongyu directly increased the power output and entered the big straight.

"Damn, this dolphin jump is really uncomfortable..."Liu Hongyu complained in his heart. At the end of the straight, when the tail speed reached more than 340 kilometers, the dolphin jump of the car was a bit serious.

After entering S3, Liu Hongyu chose to walk the line normally, after all, if he rushed out of the track, no matter how good his results were, it would be useless.

Through T14, Liu Hongyu came to the starting straight. Turn on DRS to start acceleration.

"Okay, Louis.Good lap time, 1m18.583s, try to increase the lap time if the rules allow for the next few laps, be careful." Marcus said.

In the next few laps, Liu Hongyu also tried to reduce the lap time. But it's either that the four rounds out of the white line are not well controlled, or the lap speed is not enough. The final result was fixed at 1.18.583 on the grid in seventh place in qualifying. In front of him are two Ferrari drivers, Leclerc and Sainz, Red Bull's Verstappen, Hamilton, Serenz Pérez and Russell Russell, who just joined Mercedes-Benz this year. Behind him are McLaren Norris and Alpine, the duo of Alonso and Ocon.

"Good job." On the way to a meeting to discuss the car after leaving the car, Kimi and Liu Hongyu high-fived and said.

"What do you think of the downforce of the car, I think it's a little weird when I corner." Liu Hongyu asked.

"I don't feel like the downforce is very strong and the high downforce cars dominate on this track in Melbourne. Also, you kid aren't afraid of centrifugal force when cornering at high speed, right? It's better to be careful in the future, if you don't control the corner well, it will be invalid directly..."Kimi looked at Liu Hongyu's neck and felt a little... Well... It's weird, after all, Liu Hongyu's muscles are compared to other drivers, and they can be said to be playing big knives in front of Guan Gong.

"Not to mention, it's a little." Liu Hongyu said, after all, the G value is estimated to be about 5 when passing the high-speed corner, which will be somewhat uncomfortable. And he also felt a few bruises on his body from the seat belt.

However, these things are already commonplace for F1 drivers, and it is good to get used to them.