Almighty Athlete Chapter 241: Strategy choice

The audience at the scene was full of exclamation. Everyone thought Barrichello's results were fast enough, but Zhang Guan was faster than Barrichello by almost 0.1 seconds.

And more importantly, as the result of the first qualifying session, the China Power car took the top two again.

Zhang Guan has drove the car back to the maintenance area, and the other cars still fighting on the track have never been able to run within 1 minute and 25 seconds.

After one minute and one second, Ferrari’s car also returned to the maintenance area. Although they were not able to obtain the top two, their results were enough to enter the third quarter of qualifying, so there is no need to continue to wait. Consume physical energy outside.

Several unsatisfactory drivers continue to brush their fastest laps on the track, but they have no threat to the two Chinese forces.

"It seems that in the second quarter of the practice session, the China Power Team once again took the top two!"

"Yes, in this case, the driver who is still running on the track is obviously unable to enter within 1 minute and 25 seconds."

"I didn’t expect that a new team not only took the top two in the first quarter practice session, but also took the top two in the second quarter practice session, and only they could run for 1 minute and 25 seconds. Within, it looks like their car is really fast!"

"Not just racing, did you just see Zhang Guan driving? That technology is also first-rate! Especially the kind of cornering technology, the average driver definitely does not have such a great skill."

"The new team of new drivers can have such a strong strength, it seems that this year's f1 will change."

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Qualifying for the second quarter is over. Surprisingly, McLaren, as a big team, underperformed and was eliminated. The two teams Red Bull and Toyota performed well and successfully entered the third round of qualifying.

The qualifying session in the third quarter was only 10 minutes, and the drivers still had to compete for the fastest speed. The two fastest people could get the first row of the race tomorrow.

The starting position of the Formula 1 race is arranged in a diagonal zigzag, the first place is at the front, the second place is behind the first place; the third place is directly behind the first place, and it is also The second place is diagonally behind; the fourth place is directly behind the second place... and so on, so when the car starts, the first two drivers are completely empty in front of them, they don’t have to worry about being blocked by the front car, and the first place The advantage is that the position is forward and you can turn into the first curve one step earlier.

In addition, the rules also stipulate that in the third quarter qualifying, the car should be added with gasoline for the race tomorrow. This rule also makes it impossible for the car to run with light oil, otherwise there will be no oil at the beginning of the race tomorrow. Only how much oil is added is a question worth considering.

Less fuel is added, the car is lighter, the speed is faster, you can get better results in the third quarter qualifying, the starting position tomorrow will be more advanced, but the consequences That is, there will be less oil in the race tomorrow, and you need to go to the service station to refuel earlier. Conversely, the more you cheer, the qualifying results will definitely be worse, but tomorrow's main race can come later to the maintenance station to cheer, and you can run two more laps on the track.

It takes a lot of time to refuel the car when entering the station. The speed limit of the car in the maintenance area is 80-100 kilometers (different for each track), which means that others run for two or three hundred kilometers outside and go to refuel The car can only run 80 kilometers. At the same time, the refueling process also takes time. Starting from entering the maintenance area, the cumulative time of one refueling will be more than 20 seconds. For the driver, one lap on the track can run out of tenths of a second. 20 seconds do not know how many laps to run to get back, and as long as one more stop, it is a waste.

So in this case, the game where Schumacher still won the championship after four pit stops was hailed as a classic. Everyone is pitted once or twice, and Schumacher's four pit stops are equivalent to allowing others to win for at least thirty or forty seconds, but it is indeed a classic.

How much fuel to add to the team is like a very complicated multiple choice question. But this is just one of the multiple choice questions, the other multiple choice question is the choice of tires.

The rules require that the third quarter qualifying tire is also the tire used for the start of the official race the next day, which makes the team have to consider the problem of tire wear. If the tires wear out too much during qualifying, the tires may not be able to hold in the next day's race. Imagine that someone else's tire can run 15 laps, and you can only run 10 laps, which requires you to pit in five laps in advance, and 20 seconds will be gone.

If the team wants to change the tires before the race, they can only change the tires that have been used in the qualifying race. . Of course, it's another matter to rain. Rainy tires must be used for safety on rainy days.

The above rules are actually only valid for cars that qualify for the third quarter. The cars that were eliminated before are only ineligible to participate in the third quarter qualifying, but they are still eligible to refuel and change tires before the end of the qualifying. The effect is equivalent to they participated in the third quarter qualifying, but not in the race Debut. They can fill up with fuel and change to a new tire for the day's race. Although the car will be heavier at the starting stage and slower, it can be fueled one less time and earn 20 seconds.

Therefore, there will be the first start in the race, but eventually boarded the podium. Don’t think this is a magical thing. Perhaps he will enter the station once or twice less than others.

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In the maintenance area, Zhang Guan is discussing with Ross Brown the next fueling and tire strategy.

"In the third quarter of qualifying, super soft tires are definitely used. We want to fight for pole position. We need super soft tires to increase the speed! The key is how much oil we need to add~IndoMTL.com~We want Considering that other teams are likely to be light oil to compete for a starting position in the front row." Ross Brown said.

"If we are also light oil, we can definitely get the first row. From the second round, we have an advantage of close to 0.5 seconds. I suggest that we still add a medium amount of oil." Zhang Guan said to the microphone .

Ross-Thought for a while: "This year's super soft tire wears more severely than we think. The super soft tire will run into 11 or 2 laps and there will be more serious granulation, and the medium oil amount can run almost 17 Eight laps, but I am worried that the super soft tires can’t hold that many laps. At that time, I would be forced to enter the station ahead of time, and the advantage of Zhongyou will not be reflected."

"I will put on a neutral tire in a while, I will run a lap, and then come back immediately, so that I can replace this set of neutral tires tomorrow! We start with a neutral tire, as long as the weather tomorrow is not very good Hot, it should be able to support more than fifteen circles." Zhang Guan said.

"Yes, but you have to make sure you get the pole position. If you have a car in front and it happens that they are using super soft tires, overtaking will be more troublesome." Rose Brown said.

"No problem, I believe that the departure in the front row must belong to us!" (To be continued.)