6. Dream start, Liu's locomotive
"P7... It seems a bit difficult to score points based on this result alone, after all, McLaren is not a good defender..."
At night, Liu Hongyu was looking at the night scene outside the window while thinking about tomorrow's race.
"There was not enough downforce at the rear of the car and the speed on the straights was average. Q2 is still a little understeer after flying laps... Is the disadvantage of the new team's lack of R&D experience still coming out..."Thinking of the terrifying lap times run by the three teams in the front row in Q3, even though Grant has packed the ticket and said that these problems are not difficult to solve, Liu Hongyu is still a little panicked (the first few are directly faster by about 0.3 seconds, and the worst Russell is also 0.197 faster, which is very big)
“So I'm loving you more than last forever. Funny how all dreams come true…”
The familiar ringtone rang, Liu Hongyu didn't need to look to know who it was, took out his mobile phone and pressed it casually, turned on the hands-free, and sat at the table ready to play a game.
"What's the matter, my good sister who sinks fish and geese, is as beautiful as a fairy?" "Less sycophancy, how is it today?" Lin Xi's voice came from the phone
"Seventh, it's beyond expectations, but don't you even look at it now?" Liu Hongyu said.
"No, then again, if you kid didn't have to run to be a race car driver, do you think I'd be so busy? It's not an ordinary job. ”
"Come on, don't you just go to South Korea to talk about cooperation, how can you not do it, don't think I don't know what you used to do, tell me how many albums you bought." Liu Hongyu doesn't have to guess to know why his sister, who is a fan of the Kpop girl group, went to South Korea this time.
"I really can't hide it from you kid, I bought a lot. But your sister and I have seen a lot of beauties here, but it's a pity that someone doesn't have this eye, and what the hell is your ringtone, and I've been chasing aespa recently? ”
Lin Xi is very familiar with Liu Hongyu's phone ringtone, after all, when aespa sang "Dreams Come True", she directly entered the pit vertically.
"I don't chase it, I just think the song is good." "Come on, last time which stinky boy stared at the face of Miyawaki Sakura without blinking his eyes when he watched the direct shot? Don't pretend to be my SP brother. ”
Hearing this, Liu Hongyu directly put his mobile phone aside and concentrated on playing games, without thinking that his old sister was going to start picking up his black history again.
"Stinky boy, are you still listening?" "What are you doing?" "Come on tomorrow, Mom and Dad are ready to watch your game live, rest early." After speaking, Lin Xi hung up the phone.
"I hope so... I don't want to be like Verstappen and be hit by the shards of other people's cars..."
On the second day, the pre-race riders parade.
"Relax, that's how we came back then, we're no longer surprised by these scenes." Kimi patted the shoulder of a socially phobic teenager surnamed Liu, who was sitting in a classic car and didn't say a word, and said.
"Well, I'm mainly worried about the downforce of the car and the power unit, let's see if they can handle it."
“Radio Check.” As the team mechanics prepared the warm-up laps, Liu Hongyu tested TR by the way, otherwise he could be the next Bottas. (Bottas directly transformed into an electronic music 77 in TR)
"It's clear, Louis. Grant said in TR. “Copy.”
At the same time, Marcus opened his notebook in front of the car to inform Liu Hongyu of today's tactics.
"It's really the world's first-class yellow and white one-stop Grand Prix..."Looking at the white paper in front of the car indicating the race strategy, Liu Hongyu couldn't help but complain in his heart.
After the warm-up lap, Liu Hongyu stopped on the grid and waited for the race to start.
At the same time, three poisonous milk professionals in the studio of Five Star Sports are also commenting on the game.
Five red lights turn on and go off in turn, and the 2022 F1 Australian Grand Prix season officially begins.
Liu Hongyu's start was quite good, while the Mercedes duo in front of him was average, Hamilton was fortunately only overtaken by Pérez, and Russell was directly possessed by Bottas, and the start was quite faint.
After the start, Leclerc in the front row went straight to the train. Liu Hongyu, who was in the back, was not in a hurry when he saw this, and followed the few cars waiting in front behind Hamilton to widen the gap with the cars behind.
On the third lap, DRS was allowed. In T1, although Liu Hongyu successfully overtook Hamilton with a late brake on the inside, Hamilton was obviously better than Liu Hongyu in the next T2 corner, and Liu Hongyu was overtaken by Hamilton again.
On the straight, both of them have DRS, and Liu Hongyu obviously felt that he was thrown off a little by Hamilton on this straight.
"Is this the championship team... Interesting."
Hamilton tried to make a move on Pérez in front of him on the big straight, but now Red Bull was much faster on the straight than Mercedes, so Hamilton didn't have much of a chance.
Because Pérez blocked the track at T9, Hamilton had no choice but to follow Pérez and prepare to start on the straight. Seeing this, Liu Hongyu hurriedly followed.
After the T10, the three cars began to accelerate. Hamilton opened the DRS to try to overtake Pérez from the inside. Seeing this, Pérez moved slightly to the right to block Hamilton's line.
At this point, a car suddenly overtook Hamilton and Pérez to their left.
"Beautiful! Liu Hongyu took advantage of the two cars in front of him to fight and directly overtook them on the outside! Let's see how Pérez and Hamilton will fight back! In the five-star sports studio, Ye Fei, the "Fei Ge" in the poisonous milk trio, explained.
"Great pass. Keep your position, now you're 1.2 seconds behind Sainz in third, and then there's no DRS."
Pérez braked directly late in T11 and rushed into the inside line, Liu Hongyu expected this and directly stepped on the brake one step earlier to spell out the corner with Pérez. Seeing this, Pérez had no choice but to let Liu Hongyu go over and wait until the starting straight. Hamilton behind him also became the sixth child, and directly followed Liu Hongyu to overtake Pérez.
Because Sainz in front of him slipped slightly out of the corner, Liu Hongyu ate Sainz's DRS again, and he could try to defend against the two Mars rovers behind him on the straight.
On the starting straight, Pérez and Hamilton chose to do it at the same time, and directly gave Liu Hongyu a two-bread sandwich cheese. Liu Hongyu was not in a hurry when he saw this, and braked early after turning off DRS in advance, and directly spelled out the corner, the two obviously did not expect this, and both chose to brake late.
So after passing T2, Liu Hongyu easily surpassed the two. What's more, there is still a continuous DRS area in front, and Liu Hongyu pulled the two people behind him on the straight by about 0.2.
In the next few laps, because of the terrifying performance of Ferrari, Liu Hongyu could no longer catch up with Sainz's DRS zone, so he had to slow down and drive the train here.
Liu Hongyu: "Liu's locomotive, you deserve it!" ”
On lap 10, a red race car suddenly crashed into the parapet wall, and for a moment debris flew all over the track.
"Oh! Sainz is retired! It's so good now! Maybe Liu Hongyu can really get on the podium! "Brother Bing" in the poisonous milk trio, Li Bing said.
"Don't say that, it's still early. At present, Xiao Liu's racing performance and racing experience are not as good as Hamilton and Pérez's behind. Let's see how Pagani's tactics followed. ”
Zhou Haoran, the last "Brother Ran" in the trio, also hurriedly came out and said. The remaining two also nodded slightly after hearing this.
Zhou Haoran didn't want to kill Liu Hongyu's intentions, they could naturally hear it, and it was okay to occasionally boast or make a bold prediction, after all, who doesn't want to see their children win glory for themselves outside? But if it's like this every day, the next Liu Xiang will come out.