After changing the tires, Liu Hongyu directly began to push forward with all his strength for more than a dozen laps, so as not to be too far away by the car in front of him.

After trapping Stroll, who was starting to slow down for some reason, for a second lap, Liu Hongyu noticed Matthew on the sidelines waving the yellow flag.

"It looks like there's something wrong with Stroll's power unit." Marcus looked at Stroll's lap times displayed on the screen on the P-wall, and deduced that there was something wrong with Stroll's power unit.

Taking advantage of this, Pagani chose to let Liu Hongyu enter the pit lane to change into soft tires to make a last-ditch effort, betting that after the virtual safety car was upgraded to a physical safety car, the safety car would last longer.

As it turned out, Pagani was right. Since Stroll's car hit the wall before it came to a complete stop, scattering a little debris on the side of the track, and the attention of Matthew on the sidelines was mainly on his green tractor, the time to clean up the accident scene was naturally a little longer, and the safety car took six laps before the safety roof light went out and let the lap car start to untie the ring.

"That's right! It depends on whether that kid's tire management ability can support him, and he rushes to the top few..."

Seeing Liu Hongyu, who was in eighth place after leaving the station on the screen, Pavard said to Marcus on the side.

"Not necessarily..."

After hearing Pavard's words, Marcus only shook his head. Once the ground effect was returned to the car, the soft tyres wore out quickly, and the luck was almost three laps before the lap time dropped. In Austria, as long as Liu wants to move up the position, he will inevitably have to fight his main rivals in front of him - Kimi, Russell, Vettel and Norris (who are ranked fourth to seventh from front to back).

In the process of fighting with opponents, it is needless to say how serious the tire wear will be, and Liu Hongyu's tire management ability has been tested for the first time this season. What's more, Alonso, who is behind him on new neutral tyres, will definitely try to attack him. So this time, Liu Hongyu can be said to be unsuccessful and became a benevolent.

The safety roof lights went off and the race resumed on lap 58. Leclerc, who was in first place on the old medium tyres, started to accelerate after pressing the car to interfere with the rhythm of Verstappen and Hamilton on the new medium tyres, and the race was back in green flag.

Liu Hongyu, who was behind, seized the disadvantage of Norris's poor starting rhythm, and directly took a cross line and easily passed Norris. Coming to the big straights, although Aston Martin is now using the same Mercedes engine that has been upgraded and no longer pulls across the straights, the Pagani car is still more aerodynamically efficient on the straights, and it didn't take long for Liu Hongyu to start wheel-to-wheel with Vettel.

Before entering Turn 2, Vettel suddenly released the accelerator and stepped on the brakes, and Liu Hongyu, who was focused on the Aston Martin, did not choose the brake point and had a slight lock, and Vettel also knew that he had made the right bet and took a cross line to overtake Liu Hongyu and return to sixth place.

"Wonderful wheel-to-wheel showdown! As a four-time world champion, Vettel won this psychological game with Louis by relying on his stronger mental quality! ”

At this time, Croft also saw that Vettel deliberately chose to brake early, trying to rely on a higher exit corner to pass Liu Hongyu to hold his position.

"Is this a four-time world champion... The tractors that come out of the center of the earth can be driven into the earth group..."

After being blocked by Vettel several corners in a row, Liu Hongyu took the outside line on the starting straight, but Vettel drew a dragon in advance to block the line to defend him, which affected his rhythm out of the corner. So Liu Hongyu didn't have any particularly good opportunities after the corner.

"Don't worry, he's 1.2 seconds behind Russell." Marcus said. The implication is naturally to let Liu Hongyu keep the tire, wait until the use of DRS is allowed on the big straight, and then rely on the tail speed advantage to surpass the past.

On lap 60, Liu Hongyu relied on his DRS advantage to quickly erode the gap between him and Vettel on the starting straight. 0.7 seconds, 0.4 seconds, 0.2 seconds...

On the second big straight, Liu Hongyu turned on the DRS and went directly to the inside line, relying on the faster tail speed advantage to surpass Vettel and rise to sixth place.

Although Sebastian Vettel wanted to overtake Liu Hongyu on the big straight after passing Turn 4, Vettel's car still didn't have enough speed to overtake Liu Hongyu before the corner. Pagani and Aston Martin are only half a pound or two in the corner, so Vettel has no good chance to overtake.

"Push, push, Russell is 1.4 seconds in front of you." Marcus motioned for Liu Hongyu to start pushing forward.

On lap 63, Liu Hongyu caught up with Russell in the corner. At this time, he was being dragged by Kimi in front of him, and he couldn't overtake it.

'He's a bit unclean defensively.

Russell complained in TR. After all, Kimi drove a Pagani with worse corners to block the more comprehensive Mercedes W13, and it was inevitable that there would be some dirty movements to prevent the car behind.

"There are a few people who can drive in F1 without a little dirty action... It's just that most of them have a degree and won't hurt anyone. ”

Hearing Russell's grumbling, Marcus muttered to himself at the P-wall.

At the beginning of the 65th lap, Kimi, who had received instructions from the team, began to accelerate. Russell also realized that Pagani wanted Liu Hongyu in the back to have enough space to attack him, so he let the engine start running at full power and start defending. But bar...

Since Liu Hongyu tried his best to protect the tires in the first few laps, this set of soft tires still has about 60 to 70 percent of the life of the tires for him to attack and defend. So he chose to take advantage of the tyres and chose a later braking point to overtake Russell and move up to fifth.

After leaving the corner, Liu Hongyu also quickly opened the gap with Russell and began to pursue Kimi, plus he also has a DRS advantage, Russell has nothing to do with him.

"Want to try tracking down Charles (referring to Leclerc)? He's dropping lap times very badly now. Marcus asked.

"Let Kimi give me a place? Ask him first. Anyway, if you can't catch up, just return it. Liu Hongyu said half-jokingly. At this point, Kimi really won't necessarily give him this position. After all, Russell behind him is about to chase after him.

After Turn 4, Kimi's No. 6 car suddenly slowed down on the straight, and Liu Hongyu took advantage of the situation to overtake him.

"Remember that gentleman's agreement. Speed it up. Kimi has enough fuel for him to keep up with you. Marcus said.

But... After a few laps in the flying lap, Liu's soft tires began to fade, and the gap between him and Leclerc remained at about 1.2 seconds.

"Tell the old man to come along, I can't hold it anymore. Let's see if we can help him brush the fastest lap. Liu Hongyu said to Marcus.

At the end of the 70th lap, Liu Hongyu, who deliberately stored power, was already followed by Kimi.

"There's no need to rush over, that kid is waking you." Marcus took over Kimi's TR and said.

"This kid is pretty smart... Knowing that my tires are still going to hold up is going to let me try Lewis's fastest lap...," Kimi muttered to himself.

After helping Kimi pull the wake on the big straight to increase the tail speed of the straight, Liu Hongyu took the inside line and loosened the throttle on the third big straight to let Kimi pass. After all, in the next corner, Kimi will definitely suffer if he eats the dirty air flow of the car in front of him.

After giving Liu Hongyu next to him a thumbs up, Kimi also stepped on the brakes and entered the continuous corner.

"Not bad, Kimi adds P4 to the fastest lap in the whole game, you P5. It was a success. Marcus also told him about the results of the game after Liu Hongyu crossed the line.

"Help me bring that kid from GP2 over, I want to pet the dog." After Liu Hongyu entered the maintenance area, he asked Marcus to call someone to pull his little Shiba Inu over for a while.