Almighty Athlete Chapter 254: Still pole position

Zhang Guan scored 1 minute 33 seconds 778, he was the first driver to run within 1 minute 34 seconds. The second place is Webber of the Red Bull team. His score is 1 minute 34 seconds 222. The gap between them is actually a little more than 0.4 seconds, but people who prefer integers still count this gap as 0.5 seconds.

In the qualifying of f1, there are occasions when the two drivers only differ by 0.001 seconds. Generally, two drivers who are adjacent to each other are within 0.01 seconds or 0.02 seconds. It is a relatively large gap, and 0.5 seconds is obviously an insurmountable gap.

"Zhang Guan is fast! This is the second quarter of qualifying. All cars use soft tires and light load oil. The fastest qualifying in the second quarter means that it is the fastest one. Racing! The gap of 0.5 seconds can't be exceeded!"

"It seems that our previous judgments were wrong. Even at the Sepang circuit, Chinese power still has absolute dominance! Maybe Zhang Guan will win the pole position of tomorrow's race!"

"Maybe? I think it is certain. After all, there is a gap of up to 0.5 seconds. I think that even if Zhang Guan adds more than a dozen liters of gasoline, you can get the first."

"Yes, this large gap, Zhang Guan can indeed add a lot of gasoline, they will have a huge advantage in strategic choice."

In people’s voices, the second quarter ended. Both of McLaren's cars were eliminated, and it seems that the "door of perjury" did affect McLaren's overall situation. Williams team and BMW Sauber team also have one car each eliminated. The Toyota and Red Bull teams were very eye-catching in the second quarter. Their four-volume cars occupied the second to fifth places. Two world champions, Ferrari's Raikkonen and Renault's Alonso, ranked ninth and tenth.

After a few minutes, qualifying for the third quarter also began.

The Zhang Guan qualifying in the second quarter was nearly 0.5 seconds faster than the second place, which made him very confident, and the car also added more laps of fuel.

A series of high-speed bends at Sepang Circuit is a test of the downforce of the car, and the double diffuser is obviously good at providing a good downforce for the car. The better the downforce, the more able to maintain the entry and exit corners speed. From this point of view, it is impossible for Ferrari without the double diffuser to get the top few.

Red Bull, Toyota and China Power have successively ran within 1 minute and second, and have continuously improved their respective results, but Ferrari has not even touched the edge of 1 minute and second. The situation is very similar to the previous stop. Ferrari and McLaren are out of the race again in Sepang.

The Toyota team’s Tru rate ran into 1 minute, 35 seconds and 50 seconds. He was the unlucky egg who was penalized 25 seconds after passing Hamilton in the last stop. After the Toyota team’s complaint, International Motors The federation supplied him with another 25 seconds and canceled Hamilton's result, which led Trulli to replace Hamilton and rank third in the drivers' standings.

Perhaps for this reason, Trulli today is very excited, constantly refreshing his fastest lap.

1 minute 35 seconds 431, 1 minute 35 seconds 352, 1 minute 35 seconds 339, three consecutive laps, Trulli runs faster and faster, and after him, no one can break the 1 minute 35 seconds 50 level .

"Did Toyota Trulli get pole position?"

Just when people started to have this idea, Zhang Guan replaced a new set of soft tires and ran out of the maintenance area.

"Look, look, Zhang Guan is out, it’s a soft tire, it should be a brand new set of soft tires!"

"Now it seems that there is a chance to surpass Toyota, only Zhang Guan."

"The game has not reached the final moment, the outcome is undecided."

The last two minutes have passed on the track. Zhang Guan also started its last lap, and Toyota's Trulli was about a third of a lap behind him.

At this time, the countdown has ended, but the cars still on the track have already passed the end point, which means that they still have valid results in this lap.

"Vettel, 1 minute 35 seconds 518! Good result. But because he continued to drive after the last race accident, he was considered to be a dangerous driver and had to go back 10 places!"

"Toyota's Glock... 690 in 1 minute 35 seconds!"

"Barrichello... 1 minute 35 seconds 651! Very good, but still no more than Toyota's Trulli."

Barrichello, the teammate of Zhang Guan, added more fuel than Zhang Guan. He changed the gearbox during Friday's practice. According to the regulations, the gearbox was replaced by the fifth position, so he chose a tactic with a relatively large amount of fuel.

"Next depends on the Zhang Guan! Okay, the second counting period is almost 0.1 seconds faster than Trulli in the previous lap, and it is hopeful to exceed Trulli!"

Each track is divided into three sections and time sections. Timing in each section can clearly show where the driver is running faster and where it is running slower.

Turns 12 and 13 are both high-speed turns, and turn 14 is a corner of about 70 degrees, after turning 14 and entering the second longest straight on the track .

The Toyota team also uses the modified diffuser, so their downforce in the corners is also great, and they don’t lose to the Chinese power car. But on the straight, Toyota's racing engine is obviously not as good as Mercedes-Benz's racing engine, so on the straight, the Chinese power car is obviously faster.

"1 minute 35 seconds 061! The Zhang Guan score has been infinitely close to the 1 minute 35 seconds mark! Toyota Trulli has the last lap, we can see whether Trulli can exceed him!"

People's focus is on Trulli, who is still struggling for pole position, and he has the last lap.

However, the technicians of the Toyota team looked relaxed in the maintenance area. This is not because Trulli has the opportunity to hit the pole position, but because of the current Trulli's performance, there is no hope of hitting the pole position.

1 minute 35 seconds 273, this is Trulli's final result, more than 0.2 seconds slower than Zhang Guan.

In fact, Trulli was passing the second stage timing point ~IndoMTL.com~ was almost 0.15 seconds slower than Zhang Guan, and there was a big one in the third counting period of Sepang circuit. Straight, it is well known that Toyota's engine performance on the straight is far inferior to Mercedes-Benz's engine, so in the third period, Toyota will only slow down more.

Although they failed to get the pole position, the Toyota team has begun to celebrate, and the team’s technicians even started to clap and hug each other to celebrate, which can be ranked second, which exceeded their expectations.

Another point is that Vettel in the third place and Barrichello in the fourth place will have to go back in the race tomorrow, and the fifth place happens to be the Glock of the Toyota team, which means that Tomorrow's race, Toyota will start in the second and third positions, which is certainly worth celebrating.

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The commentator shouted involuntarily: "Crazy, it's crazy! Zhang Guan got pole position in two consecutive stations, he was 0.2 seconds faster than the second place Trulli, the advantage is huge! The team can get pole positions in their first two races in a row, but China Power has done it! And we know that Sepang is a circuit that is not easy to overtake. It is very likely that the Zhang Guan pole position will be the final Champion, two consecutive championships have begun to beckon to Zhang Guan." (To be continued.)