Almighty Athlete Chapter 290: The fangs of “Red Devil”

Zhang Guan did not pay any attention to domestic affairs (love qíng). The so-called soldiers came to cover up the water, and he never intended to bow his head to the evil forces. At this time Zhang Guan is preparing for the next race in Spain.

During the Formula One season, two races will be held in Spain, Spain and Europe. The Spanish race will be held on the Catalunya circuit, and the European race will be on The circuit of Valencia, both circuits are famous European circuits.

The Spanish race held on May 8 (Sun rì) will be held at the Catalunya Circuit, one of the most famous circuits in the world and known as the most perfect in the world Track. Every year the Formula 1 pre-match test drive will come here, such as this winter test, the location is at the Catalunya circuit.

In terms of difficulty, the Catalonia circuit is arguably the most difficult and demanding of all F1 circuits, with almost any challenge in modern racing. The driver has to cope with three U-shaped bends, several quick bends, and some grades, especially the bends before sprinting straight. In the future, the design concepts of many new circuits will come from the Catalan circuit, such as the Shanghai International Circuit, and the design will draw on the Catalan circuit.

And in previous races, the Catalonia circuit also has a big feature. The car that can win the championship here is often the best car of the season, such as Williams in 1992. Racing cars, Benetton cars in 1995, McLaren cars in 1998 and 1999, Ferrari cars from 2001 to 2004, Renault in 2006 and so on, their drivers won the world championship of the year.

Of all the teams this year, China Force’s cars are undoubtedly the best performers, but for now, China Force’s cars are the most competitive. Also relatively large.

The Catalunya track is undoubtedly the most familiar track for all teams, not only because this is one of the winter test tracks, but also the team’s new car test, often choose Here, so the team has the most complete data for the tuning of the Catalan circuit. On other circuits, the team needs to find out the most suitable tuning of the car through the practice. In the Catalonia circuit, the team only needs to look at the records of previous years to find a (Set tào) The most suitable adjustment program.

In many race tracks, every year, some fine-tuning will be done according to the car and the rules (e.g. qíng), such as adjusting the curvature of the curve, adjusting the length of the straight, etc., but the Catalan circuit But this is not the case. This is like a template for the track, and almost no changes are made. The team and the driver are familiar with this and can cope with it.

This is F1's first stop after returning to the European base camp. Most teams have upgraded their cars at this stop. Among them, the biggest upgrade is Ferrari. They not only installed a double diffuser, but also launched a completely upgraded version of the car. The entire aerodynamic layout of the car has been adjusted.

At this time, less than a month after the International Automobile Federation announced that the double-layer diffuser was in compliance, Ferrari has already produced a new set of aerodynamic racing cars. They have to say that their research and development capabilities are indeed very good. powerful.

On Friday’s practice session, the drivers ushered in another good weather. After the rain battle between the Malaysian station and the Chinese station, and the coolness of the Bahrain station, a good weather is extremely precious to the driver. The temperature of 24 degrees Celsius and the temperature of the track of 36 degrees Celsius, compared with Bahrain, is like a paradise.

And the drivers are also constantly running on the track. Except for the two cars that have encountered mechanical failures, almost all other cars are running according to the way of wearing a set of tào tires. There are many people in the 34th and 5th laps, and there are many people over the 40th lap. This is basically equivalent to running three-quarters of the race.

This is the Catalunya circuit, the team is already familiar with how to configure the car on this track, so there is no need for the car to make more pit stops, and the saved pit time is used by the drivers. Off the track.

Ferrari's performance in the practice on Friday and Saturday is very strong. The new aerodynamics (set tào) pieces have given them a lot of help. The Red Bull team who performed very well in the first few stations, in the practice The performance is very general. But everyone knows that practice is not a race, and drivers can't play as hard as the race.

Qualifying on Saturday afternoon, it is time for the car and the drivers to really take the lead.

In the first quarter, Force India’s two cars were out first, and surprisingly, the two giants, Ferrari and McLaren, each also had a car to stop the first round. It's their No. 1 driver Raikkonen.

Last year at the Spanish Grand Prix, Räikkönen won the championship and set a record for the fastest lap, perhaps because of this. Too confident, he only ran three laps and returned to the garage. In the end, he was eliminated. This is a Ferrari strategic mistake.

And another giant McLaren is really uncompetitive in this race~IndoMTL.com~ Their No. 2 driver was eliminated in the first quarter, and No. 1 driver defending champion Hamilton, also Stop the second quarter. It seems that their newly upgraded aerodynamic (set tào) pieces have no effect.

As recognized before the race, the winner of the Catalan circuit may not be the best driver, but his car must be the best car. After the third quarter of qualifying, The results of the drivers confirm this point.

Two Chinese forces, two Red Bulls and the remaining Ferrari, floated into the early 1 minute and 21 seconds, and the remaining five cars have the fastest distance of 1 minute 21 seconds and 0.2 seconds The above gap is obviously the gap in the car.

In the last three consecutive races, Red Bull Racing is the main opponent of Chinese power, and Vettel has competed with Zhang Guan for two consecutive championships. As for Ferrari, although a car retired due to strategic mistakes, the effect of upgrading their new car is also reflected, and the results are not inferior to Red Bull and Chinese forces.

In the end, Zhang Guan still got a pole position for the Chinese power. He led Red Bull’s Vettel by 0.2 seconds. The third place was won by Barrichello. The fourth place was Ferrari’s Massa. Barrichello is only 0.008 seconds apart.

"This is the fifth race of this year! Ferrari's car almost got the top three. It seems that Ferrari has already started to sound the horn of the counterattack!" Ross Brown said in his eyes. Stocks are concerned. As Ferrari's once "big three", Ross Brown was afraid of Ferrari to be underestimated.

Now, the main competitor of China Power is not just the Red Bull team. A more terrible enemy has begun to rise. The "Red Devil" Ferrari in the racing world has finally revealed his gritty fangs. (To be continued.)