Almighty Athlete Chapter 286: Continue to burn money

"Zhang, you are a genius!" Ross Brown was holding a financial statement, and then said: "The sponsorship plan that you came up with that lowers the sponsorship fee and raises the championship bonus is absolutely amazing. ！Although the sponsorship fee we received is much lower than expected, the bonus we received in the last race has completely exceeded the lost sponsorship fee."

"It seems that the team's recent operating expenses should be no problem!" Zhang Guan said.

"The basic operating expenses are no problem, but the research and development aspects are still not enough. Now all teams are working hard to study their own double-layer diffusers. It is foreseeable that our advantages will become smaller and smaller. I don’t know when the advantage of our car will be maintained, so if we want to keep one, we must invest more money in research and development.” Ross Brown said.

"Is the main R&D direction determined? Develop new aerodynamic (set tào) parts?" Zhang Guan asked.

"No! The research and development of aerodynamic (set tào) parts must be based on the wind tunnel experiment. The rules of this season have restricted the wind tunnel experiment, so I am not going to develop new aeronautics. Set of tào) pieces. I want to speed up the development of the kinetic energy recovery system. I hope that our car can be installed with the kinetic energy recovery system as soon as possible, preferably before the Italian station. After all, it is an additional 20 horsepower to run the Monza race This high-speed track is very advantageous." Ross Brown said.

Historically, after the acquisition of the Honda team by Ross Brown, the kinetic energy recovery system has not been used throughout the season, mainly because there is no money for research and development. Therefore, in the first half of the season, the Brown team achieved a crushing advantage with double-layer diffusers. In the second half of the season, after the double-layer diffusers of other teams were also developed, the Brown team became A docile sheep.

Now that the team’s funds are more generous and the Zhang Guan’s ability to absorb gold is stronger, Ross Brown will of course choose to invest the money in the development of new technologies.

The sport of racing is indeed a bottomless hole that burns money. Even if your team has already won the first place and already has a crushing advantage, there are still a lot of areas that can help you Spend money.

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After the China race, all teams immediately rushed to Bahrain to prepare for the Bahrain Grand Prix on April 26 (Sunday).

The Bahrain circuit is a high-speed circuit with a total of only 12 bends, and there are more medium and high-speed bends, as well as four longer straights. This track is also a track built in the desert. If you look at it from the sky, you will find that it is all surrounded by a yellow desert.

For the audience, this track is also a very boring track. The characteristics of the track are not clear enough. The technical requirements for the driver are not high. As long as the car is fast enough, there is a great chance to surpass the opponent. . Moreover, the track is not dangerous enough, and there will be no severe accidents, so the possibility of uncertain parts is also very small.

It is almost impossible for the game of Bahrain to be rainy. In Bahrain this season, the temperature can reach 30 degrees, the track temperature will also exceed 40 degrees, and the tires of the car can enter the best state relatively quickly.

High temperature is the biggest difficulty faced by drivers. At the same time, drivers have to face another difficulty, that is, wind.

The Bahrain track is built in the desert and there are no shelters around, which means that there will be crosswinds.

Crosswind is a certain danger to high-speed cars, especially vans such as vans, buses, and canvas vans. Due to the high center and large side area, they will be offset by the crosswind. The direction of travel is dangerous. Therefore, highways have isolation zones to prevent lateral winds.

The Formula One racing car that pursues grip is naturally not overturned by the wind, but the crosswind will affect the aerodynamics of the car. This effect may be beneficial or harmful.

For Chinese power cars, it is actually very suitable for this track. Mercedes-Benz’s engine performance is not inferior to Ferrari on high-speed circuits, and double-layer diffusers can also give the car a corner. provide help.

The practice session on Friday was very dull, and the teams were also debugging their cars. The only news is that the Toyota team enabled their kinetic energy recovery system in this race. They became the "diffusers" "The first fleet to install a kinetic energy recovery system.

Before qualifying on Saturday afternoon, the air temperature in Bahrain has reached 38 degrees Celsius, and the track temperature is as high as 51 degrees Celsius, which makes many drivers feel uncomfortable. A 38-degree high position, sitting in a small racing space, and wearing a racing suit and helmet, this is obviously a kind of suffering.

In the first practice session, Zhang Guan quickly ran a time lap, and immediately drove the car back to the garage. The helmet and racing suit made him feel the coolness of the wind, but it was 38 degrees. High temperature is a real thing (qingqíng).

1 minute 32 seconds 978, this is the result of Zhang Guan in the first quarter of qualifying, and this result is also ranked fourth in all drivers, enough to allow him to successfully advance to the second quarter of qualifying .

In the second quarter of qualifying, Zhang Guan also returned to the maintenance area after only two punches. His score was 1 minute, 32 seconds and 822, which was enough to guarantee his promotion.

Compared with the previous stations, the qualifying performance of Zhang Guan has obviously dropped significantly. In the previous qualifying, Zhang Guan can get a lead of more than 0.5 seconds each time, and today Zhang Guan is in the top two No first place in the festival.

Of course, this is also related to the climate. The weather here even gives Zhang Guan an urge to abandon the game.

After the two quarters qualifying, the temperature has risen to 40 degrees Celsius.

In the third quarter qualifying, Zhang Guan refreshed the fastest lap three times in a row. He even ran the fastest lap within 1 minute 34 seconds. But in the final lap, the results of Zhang Guan were surpassed by two cars of Toyota team. Among them, the Toyota team's Trulli score is 1 minute 33 seconds 431, and another Toyota team driver Glock's score is 1 minute 33 seconds~IndoMTL.com~Zhang Guan ranked third with 1 minute 33 seconds 995.

This is also Zhang Guan failed to get pole position again after retiring from the previous qualifying round.

The Toyota team won the pole position of the race again after the station in 2005 (日rì), and it was also the first time in the team's history that the first row started.

The fourth place is Red Bull’s Vettel, fifth place is McLaren Hamilton, Zhang Guan teammate Barrichello is sixth, followed by Renault’s Alonso and Ferrari’s Massa .

After climbing out of the car, Zhang Guan ran directly to the air outlet of the air conditioner, and Ross Brown walked over quickly.

"Trulli's score is 1 minute 33 seconds 431, which is more than 0.5 seconds faster than me. How did he run so fast? Is that kinetic energy recovery system so effective?" Zhang Guan headed towards the air conditioner Asked the tuyere.

"It should not be the effect of the kinetic energy recovery system, they must be ultra-light fuel. I think they should start with ultra-soft tires in tomorrow's race, and then they will stop in the tires around 10 laps. Come on!" Rose Brown answered. (To be continued~^~)