Almighty Athlete Chapter 255: Rain battle

"The weather forecast says that there will be rain tomorrow. You must prepare for the rain." Ross Brown looked at the satellite cloud image on his computer, frowning, apparently considering the pit stop strategy for tomorrow's game.

"After all, it’s Malaysia. It’s weird not to rain. The key is when it starts to rain. If it happens to be raining at the beginning of the race, then the rain tires will start. This has a great impact on our strategy. The most terrible thing is that it rains twice during the period of a race, and drivers have to pit in frequently to change tires." Barrichello said.

The Zhang Guan was silent, and he was caught in his memories.

For this Malaysian Grand Prix, Zhang Guan is impressed, because this time the race only ran halfway because the heavy rain was forced to be interrupted. This is rare in the Formula One race, and often only in the next This happens only during heavy rain.

The general light rain or moderate rain does not affect the car to participate in the race. Sometimes the heavy rain can barely run. Unless the rain is really heavy, the driver’s sight is completely blocked, which will interrupt game. And this kind of situation may not happen once every one or two years, so once it appears, it will inevitably make people remember.

And let Zhang Guan remember this Malaysian Grand Prix is ​​not only because the heavy rain was forced to interrupt this point, but also the strange situation of 0.5 points.

According to the Formula One rules, if the race is stopped halfway, the driver has not run 75% of the full race. The points will be calculated according to the rankings two laps before the end of the race, but the points will be halved; 75% of the whole game, you will get all points.

Taking Malaysia as an example, a total of 56 laps will be run, and 75% of the schedule will be 42 laps. If the driver has not reached the 42nd lap when the race is stopped, then all drivers will get half of the points. The first place has 10 points and 5 points, the second place has 8 points and 4 points, and the third place has 6 points and 3 points. But in the fourth place, 5 points became 2.5 points; in the sixth place, 3 points became 1.5 points; in the eighth place, 1 point became 0.5 points. So this is a wonderful score of 0.5 points.

If the game is forced to be suspended, it will happen once every two or three years, then the situation of 0.5 points may not happen every ten years. It is precisely because of this, Zhang Guan will have an impression of this Malaysian game.

"I remember this race was suspended due to heavy rain, and there was still a score of 0.5 points. It looks like tomorrow's game, there will really be a rain fight."

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Toyota team.

"Because Vettel and Barrichello are both fined, we will start in the second and third places tomorrow! However, the head office in Japan just called, and they hope that we will not be satisfied with this and compete for the championship! "Technical Director Gascoigne said.

"Mr. Director, I am afraid it is difficult to compete for the first place. We are indeed not as good as China Force in speed. We improved the diffuser, and China Force also improved the diffuser, although we are not too disadvantaged in high-speed corners But on the straights, our engine is not as good as China's power. Mercedes-Benz's engine responds to high-speed circuits, not losing to Ferrari." Driver Trulli said.

"I understand what you said, the overall performance of our car is indeed not as good as China Power, but don’t forget, here is Malaysia, and I have received the latest weather forecast, there will be rain tomorrow, you know this What does it mean?" Gascoigne asked.

"Rain battle?" Trulli replied.

"Yes, rain battle!" Gascoigne looked excited: "I don't deny that Zhang Guan has first-class racing driving skills, but he is just a new driver after all, he must not be good at rain battle! And this is us Chance. We just have to follow Zhang Guan, wait for rain, and wait for him to make mistakes, so that we have a chance to get the first!"

Formula 1 rain battle and dry land can be said to be two completely different races. If Formula 1 racing is a game for the brave, then Formula 1 rain fighting is a test of the wisdom of a group of brave men And experience.

In the rain battle, drivers need better driving skills, more accurate on-the-spot judgment, and even more incomparable rich experience. These are indispensable. For a new driver, driving skills can be compensated by talents, and judgment on the spot can also rely on luck. The only experience is the accumulation of time.

Because of this, it is an indisputable fact that new drivers are not good at rain. As a new driver who has just started racing, Zhang Guan is also considered by people to be not good at rain.

At Red Bull Racing, Vettel was also given high hopes.

"If it rains, I will definitely be able to get on the podium and even win the championship! I'm a little worried now that it won't rain tomorrow!" Vettel's confident expression.

It is well known that Vettel is good at rain battles. He won the first Formula One championship in his life. As a result, he is extremely confident in the battle of rain.

Some teams and drivers who start more lately expect that it will rain tomorrow. Their starting position is relatively backward. If they run normally, there is no chance of it, so they will look forward to the rain. Bring a turnaround.

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In the afternoon of April 5, the 2009 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix entered the competition for the official competition on Sunday.

The weather forecast says that there will be rain today, and in fact it is also true. At around 10 am local time, a heavy rain fell around the Sepang circuit.

The game started at two o'clock in the afternoon, four hours have passed since the heavy rain not long ago. The temperature in Malaysia ~ IndoMTL.com ~ four hours is enough to allow the water on the track to evaporate a lot, but at this time there are still sections of the track that are very slippery.

"I have good news and bad news, which one do you listen to first?" An engineer asked Zhang Guan.

"Then talk about the good news first!" Zhang Guan said.

"The good news is that it rained a few hours ago, and the current room temperature is 30 degrees Celsius. This is already a very comfortable temperature for the Malaysian Grand Prix. I remember that the Malaysian station was held in summer a few years ago. At that time, the high temperature of 40 degrees can often be reached at 2 pm," the engineer said.

"What about the bad news?" Zhang Guan asked.

"The bad news is that the news was just released at the game, and it will rain in half an hour." The engineer said.

Zhang Guan looked at the horizon. In the distance, it turned out to be a dark cloud. The rain seemed to be inevitable, and it seemed that the rain was not small. It was just to see when the rain would start.

"The tire warmer is about to start. Good luck!" The engineer patted the shoulder of Zhang Guan and stepped aside. (To be continued.)