Almighty Athlete Chapter 237: Qualifying
The practice session on Friday morning is a total of 90 minutes, but no car will choose to run the full course. The average driver will control the number of laps to about 20 laps according to the actual situation. Pen@fun@ge W. UE. There are several reasons for this.
First of all, tire consumption is a problem. The tires of Formula One cars are very worn. According to different tire types, a set of tires can support ten to twenty laps. The rules require that there are only eight sets of a car in a race Dry tires can be used. If you wear the tires in practice, you will not have to use them in the race.
Second drivers also have to protect the engine. The rules stipulate that a car can only use eight engines a season, so the engine is one less one. This season’s seventeen races, it is just the first. In the practice session of the station, the car engine can not be worn out too much.
Finally, the driver must maintain physical strength to prepare for the race the day after tomorrow. Motorsport is actually a very physical exercise, especially Formula One. Formula 1 cars do not have an electronic power assist system, so many operations are completed by the driver’s power, and the driver has to withstand several times the acceleration of gravity when turning the car. Under normal circumstances, after a race, each driver will be dehydrated by several pounds, which is the same as the dehydration of intense sports.
For the above reasons, Zhang Guan was called back to the repair room. Ross Brown adjusted the car according to the data returned by the sensors on the car, and then let Zhang Guan go up three or four laps, and then returned to the repair. Time, began to adjust the car.
Adjusting the car to the best condition is the most important task of each team in the practice game, and it is also a must-do. Considering the different characteristics of each track, some tracks are fast and some have many bends. Every race, the car will have a new adjustment.
The 90-minute practice session in the morning ended quickly. When Zhang Guan walked off the field, it walked to the rest area with Barrichello.
"Hi, Zhang Guan! This is Vettel!" Vettel of Red Bull Racing came over.
"Hello, Zhang Guan, this is Rosberg." Rosberg of the Williams team also greeted Zhang Guan.
This is change, or a kind of recognition. Before that, the drivers may not regard Zhang Guan as their peers, and some of them even thought that the Zhang Guan super driver’s license was bought for money, but today’s practice session obviously changed the drivers’ views. The strength of Zhang Guan has been recognized by everyone and recognized by peers.
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On Friday morning’s practice session, Williams’ team performed more brilliantly. Williams’ two drivers, Rosberg and Nakajima, took the top two. The performance of the China Force team is higher in the middle. Ferrari is still at the top of the big team, but McLaren's performance is not satisfactory.
On Friday afternoon, the Williams team was still eye-catching. Rosberg took the first place again. The status of the Red Bull team and the Toyota team has rebounded, and McLaren is still in a downturn.
On Saturday morning, the teams started to put on super soft tires to practice, which made the drivers' performance greatly improved. In the practice competition on Saturday morning, some drivers ran into 1 minute 26 seconds Within.
The Zhang Guan's performance in these three practice matches can be regarded as tepid. He didn't hit the top laps, but he didn't fall behind, almost all in the upper middle position.
Zhang Guan feels that he is a new driver. The first race should be low-key, and after all, there is no need to compete for the first practice session, but in fact, his performance has shocked everyone.
It is normal for a driver who has just entered Formula One to finish bottom in the first race. For example, the Swiss driver Buimi, who is also a newcomer to this year's f1, has the lowest score in the practice session on Friday. This is the ranking that a newcomer should have.
However, after a brief surprise, people still focused on big-name teams like Ferrari and McLaren. Chasing big cards is a relatively common phenomenon in sports. For example, Real Madrid in football and Lakers in basketball. Even if their results are average, they can still get a lot of media attention.
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In the afternoon of March 28th, Albert Park Circuit welcomed a large number of spectators, and the qualifying for the f1 Australian Grand Prix is about to start.
It is impossible for a race car to be like a track and field sprint. Everyone starts in a row together. Not to mention, just from the track width is not allowed. Moreover, it is not easy to overtake in motorsport. The people who start in the front are undoubtedly more advantageous, so whoever is in front will need a qualifying match to compare.
The qualifying ratio is the fastest lap. The rules of the Formula One qualifying competition have changed constantly in these years. In the previous qualifying competition, each driver wheeled up to run the lap. Starting from the front, the International Automobile Federation later found that this kind of running method was too boring, and it was not interesting for a car to circle around itself, so it carried out reforms.
The current qualifying competition is divided into three sections, and the elimination system is implemented. After the maintenance area is opened, all cars can come out to run laps. It is enough to run as many laps within the specified time. After the qualifying, the drivers will be ranked according to the fastest results of the drivers. That is to say, if you are fast enough, you can get the first place by running a chronograph lap, but if the speed is not enough, it may be the last one to run ten laps.
And the fact is the same. In previous races, teams like Ferrari have the fastest cars and the fastest racers, so they often only finish one lap because of their speed. Fast enough, you can get the first place by running once. But for some small teams, they will keep running on the track non-stop, hoping to get better luck and get a better starting position.
The time for a quarterly qualifying session is 20 minutes, and the final score of the top 16 can be promoted to the second quarter. There are only 20 cars participating this year, so in fact the first quarter qualifying will actually only eliminate four people.
"I think that at the level of our car, we can use neutral tires to run the first qualifying session, so that we can save a set of soft tires." Ross Brown's voice sounded from the headphones.
"You are the commander, we listen to you." Zhang Guan said.
The maintenance technician replaced the car with a neutral tire, but did not get the heat shield on the tire. Because racing tires need to reach a certain temperature to have the best grip, the insulation cover can prevent the racing tires from cooling down.
“The maintenance channel is open. I’m ready to go out following my instructions. We need to find a better time to avoid being blocked by other cars.” Rose Brown said.
A dozen or twenty cars are running on the track at the same time. Everyone wants to run the fastest lap. However, the car has fast and slow, and often the fast car is blocked by the slow car. For example, if the car in front is ready to go back to the maintenance area, the speed will definitely be slower to avoid wearing out the tires, and if there is a car behind that is sprinting the fastest lap, the results will inevitably be affected.
Therefore, the timing of the car is very important for qualifying. The timing is good, there is no local train ahead, you can run a lap more smoothly; the timing is not good, there is one or even a few local trains ahead, and your performance will definitely be greatly affected.
Finally~IndoMTL.com~Ross-Brown spotted an opportunity, he said to the intercom: "It is now, go out now!"
The maintenance engineer quickly pushed out the car and removed the tire insulation cover. Zhang Guan stepped on the accelerator and drove onto the main road of the maintenance channel, and at the same time, the camera lens was also aligned with Zhang Guan.
"It is a neutral tire! Zhang Guan actually uses a neutral tire to compete! I thought he would use a super soft tire!"
"Why does he use a neutral tire? Is he so confident that he can enter the second round with a neutral tire?"
"Neutral tires are a lot slower than super soft tires. A new team did not choose super soft tires to fight in the first qualifying session, but chose neutral tires! The Chinese's ideas are also unique enough!"
In the distance, Omi looked at the scene, and the corner of his mouth slightly raised.
"Who do you think you are, Ferrari or McLaren? With a neutral tire, you want to enter the second round? Arrogance!"
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