Almighty Athlete Chapter 295: Just count it
Omi stared far away from the garage of China Power, with a smug smile on his face.
"Now Zhang Guan must be very angry! I really hope you go to the track to vent, and then hit a car and break an arm or leg, it will be perfect!" Omi A vicious expression appeared on his face.
The Monte Carlo circuit is a street race. Not only is the circuit narrow, but there is almost no buffer. In other circuits, if the car rushes out of the buffer zone, at the Monte Carlo circuit, the car rushes out of the runway, which means directly hitting the wall.
Of course, Omi very much hopes that Zhang Guan will hit the wall. If he is seriously injured because of this, it would be better. So he has been quietly looking at the China Power Team, hoping to see Zhang Guan, hoping to appreciate the Zhang Guan angry expression.
The time for the practice session has finally arrived. Ferrari, McLaren, Red Bull and other teams have successively stepped out of the garage, and two of the Chinese forces have also opened the track.
"Zhang Guan is out!" People's eyes focused on him.
"I guess Zhang Guan must be in a bad mood right now!"
"Why? On this track, his car has an advantage."
"Don’t you read the newspaper?"
In the voice of the public, Zhang Guan finished his first lap. 1 minute, 18 seconds, 113, which is a relatively slow result. Immediately after the second lap, Zhang Guan ran within 1 minute and 18 seconds, and then two consecutive laps, Zhang Guan's results were outside 1 minute and 17 seconds.
Compared with other drivers, they have repeatedly refreshed their best results. The top ten drivers have achieved results within 1 minute and 15 seconds, which is much faster than Zhang Guan.
After fifteen or six laps, Zhang Guan finally ran out with a score of 1 minute, 16 seconds and 817, and then he returned to the garage, and this result was only ranked 15th among all drivers.
In the command room of the Force India team, Omi danced excitedly.
"Hahaha, my strategy is effective, deliberately spreading the scandal of Sharapova, really affected the Zhang Guan! Yes, tell this thing to my father." Omi thought of this, quickly dialed his father Phone, he is ready to invite credit.
"Father, you must have read today's news! Sharapova's news, yes, I did it. I am planning to influence the Zhang Guan mentality in this way! And I succeeded. In the third practice session that just ended, Zhang Guan was only ranked 15th. He must have been greatly affected. In this race, Zhang Guan must not win the championship, maybe he can’t even get points!"
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"Zhang Guan's speed seems to be a lot slower than usual today, and his score can be some distance away from the 1 minute 16 second mark."
"With his current results, I don't know if I can qualify for the third quarter. Maybe this time Zhang Guan will stop the second quarter of the qualifying?"
"I don’t know if Zhang Guan was affected by off-court factors. He seems to have no game at all. Maybe he will really encounter Waterloo today!"
"Overtaking at Monte Carlo is very difficult, so qualifying is also important. If Zhang Guan is still in this state during the qualifying in the afternoon, I am afraid that the six consecutive championships are really hopeless!"
People are talking, the time for lunch has passed quickly, and the drivers are back on the track, waiting for the qualifying to begin.
Qualifying on the Monte Carlo circuit is the most important of all f1 races, because the Monte Carlo circuit is not easy to overtake, and if you can get a favorable starting position, there is great hope to win the championship.
All the qualifying in the afternoon also attracted more attention than usual.
Although Omi caused trouble for Zhang Guan, it didn’t help the performance of Force India team. The Force India did not use a double diffuser, so the result was still at the bottom.
Only Zhang Guan, ran a score of 1 minute, 15 seconds and 745, which is regarded as a relatively midstream level in the first quarter, ranking twelfth. From this result, the state of Zhang Guan seems to be still not restore.
After a five-minute break, the second qualifying session begins.
"Just now Zhang Guan ranked only twelfth in the first quarter qualifying, that is, in the second quarter qualifying, Zhang Guan is likely to be eliminated!" Omi stared proudly at the game Tao, did not feel frustrated at all because of the exit of Force India.
The channel in the maintenance area opened, and Zhang Guan ran out first.
"Zhang Guan is the first one to come out, it is rare! It is because he is not confident in himself today, so he wants to run a result as soon as possible? It must be like this!" Omi flashed the idea in his mind. .
At the same time, Ferrari, who was about to leave the car, was stopped by the team leader Domenicali.
"Wait a minute, don't get out of the car, let Zhang Guan run for a while, and then we will go out." Domenechali said.
"Sir, there is only one Zhang Guan car on the track, which is a good time to go out." An engineer said.
"Don’t hurry, wait, at least don’t get too close to Zhang Guan. His condition today is obviously greatly affected. The Monte Carlo circuit is already narrow. It doesn’t matter if he crashes by himself. We are in trouble! This is the second quarter qualifying, there is no need to fight so hard."
The other teams have the same plan. After the Zhang Guan car passed the first time, other cars began to appear on the track. All cars hope to be far away from Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan can get a comparison. Clean track.
After a lap of warm tires, the Zhang Guan quickly entered its own chronograph lap. At this time, other cars were either far behind him or very far in front of him. Everyone tried to avoid Zhang Guan, apparently worried that if Zhang Guan had an accident, it would be involved.
Soon, Zhang Guan finished the first chronograph lap with a score of 1 minute, 15 seconds and 577, which is a lot better than the first qualifying session. But this result was quickly refreshed by the cars behind.
"Come back and replace with a brand new set of soft tires." Ross Brown's voice sounded from the Zhang Guan's headphones, and then Zhang Guan returned to the repair area, and the repair technician changed the tires.
"You play back, but don't do it badly, the speed will be faster, this result is very likely not to qualify for the third quarter." Rose Brown then commanded.
"Okay, get it, I'll speed it up a little bit after I go out." After the Zhang Guan finished, I walked onto the track again.
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"Who is the Chinese force that just came out of the repair station in front of me? Is it Barrichello or Zhang Guan?" Vettel asked, pointing at the radio.
"It's Zhang Guan! He's a warm tire lap now, don't be so close to him! Either you just give up this lap and come in for a new set of tires, or you will hurry up and overtake him as soon as possible!" The headset sounded The voice of the convoy.
Vettel hesitated for two seconds and replied: "I'll stop in and change my tires!"
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Zhang Guan once again won a time lap, and this time, his score was 1 minute 15 seconds 016. Although he still did not run within 1 minute 15 seconds, this result should be able to rank in the top ten and enter the Section 3.
"At the end of the second quarter, Zhang Guan ranked seventh. Compared with the previous few games, Zhang Guan's performance has dropped a lot! And another driver of China Power, Barrichello, took 1 The score of 14 minutes and 771 is ranked second. It seems that this is not the problem of the Zhang Guan car, but his status is really average today. It is difficult to overtake at the Monte Carlo circuit, if Zhang Guan can not win in the qualifying To the top three, I am afraid that it is difficult to win the championship in this race, and it is difficult to get six consecutive championships." The dismissal said with some regret.
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The championship in the second quarter qualifying is not a Chinese power, nor a Red Bull, but a Ferrari. Ferrari's Raikkonen won the first place in the second quarter qualifying with a 0.1 second advantage.
Raikkonen was the world champion of f1 last season. The technology is also the sharpest among drivers. It’s just that this year’s Ferrari is not very powerful. Since the last stop of Ferrari’s update, Raikkonen The results have also clearly picked up.
"Kimi (Räikkönen), good job, qualifying in the second quarter, you are the fastest car! In the next third qualifying, we hope to win pole position." Leader Domenicali's voice came from the headphones.
"What about Zhang Guan? How is his grade?" Raikkonen asked.
"His game today is very poor, and even entering the third quarter qualifying is very reluctant, I think we can not worry about him, our main competitors will be Barrichello and Witt Well, in the third quarter qualifying session, we are ready to lightly load the oil and hit the pole position!" Domenechali then said: "This is the Monte Carlo circuit after all, it is the most difficult overtaking circuit, take Under the pole position, it is very likely to lead the way to the end!"
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Red Bull Racing, Vettel is also discussing with the team’s strategic group.
"We are now facing a good news and a bad news. The good news is that Zhang Guan is not in good condition, we have one big enemy; but the bad news is that Ferrari has recovered and their team’s Raikkonen is better than We were almost 0.3 seconds faster! Raikkonen was already a very strong driver, and now Ferrari is recovering. The pole position at the Monte Carlo circuit is too important. Once Ferrari gets the pole position, we are afraid that Difficult to overtake~IndoMTL.com~strategic engineer said.
"Let’s use light-loaded oil! Should the amount of oil be around 20 laps?" Vettel said immediately.
"Even if you are using light-loaded oil, you have to run hard. I think Ferrari and China Power will also use light-loaded oil!" the strategy engineer reminded.
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"The amount of fuel we prepared for you is probably only enough for you to run 18 to 20 laps." Ross Brown said to Zhang Guan: "This is an ultra-light fuel. I guess other teams will definitely choose. The same strategy."
The vast majority of f1 circuits have a lap of more than 5 kilometers, and the whole race can be ended after more than 50 laps. However, the lap of Monte Carlo is only 3.34 kilometers, and the race has to run 78 laps. Therefore, the fuel volume of 18 laps is less than one-fourth of the total fuel volume.
"I understand that this is the Monte Carlo circuit after all, it is difficult to overtake here, pole position is indeed too important." Zhang Guan then said: "Let Barrichello go harder. Take the top two! (To be continued.)
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