All-round Athlete

Chapter 620: First Again

The rules of qualifying in the second quarter are the same as those in the first quarter, and the fastest lap is compared. A total of 15 cars participated in the second qualifying session, 10 of them will enter the third qualifying session, 5 cars will be eliminated, and these 5 eliminated cars will be in the 11th to 2nd quarter according to their results. 16th on the grid.

Unlike the first qualifying session, the second qualifying session is only 15 minutes long, which is five minutes less than the first session.

If it is said that some teams that were close to the competition were eliminated in the first qualifying session, then the mid-range teams were eliminated in the second qualifying session.

As for those middle-level teams, if they want to enter the third quarter, they must fight hard, use less fuel to reduce the weight of the car, and use softer tires to increase the speed of the car. Once they do that, they can threaten those upstream teams.

In order not to be squeezed out by these mid-range teams, even a top team like Ferrari will choose the same tactic, add less fuel to reduce the weight of the car, and use softer tires to ensure that they can enter the third place smoothly. After all, with the same configuration, the racing performance of the first-class teams still has advantages.

With light oil and soft tires, the second qualifying session will also show the best result in the entire qualifying session. On the contrary, it is the third qualifying session, because the fuel used for the race will be added, and the driver's performance will be worse.

After the opening of the pit lane, the second qualifying session officially started. Ferrari's Raikkonen took the lead, and he was using supersoft tires. And he ran a time of 1:25.380 in the first timing lap, improving his own score by 0.5 seconds.

This is the effect of the supersoft tyres, compared to the medium tyres, Raikkonen is indeed 0.5 seconds faster.

Several drivers who came on stage after that easily ran within 1 minute and 25 seconds. For example, Toyota Team Trulli, who also made changes to the diffuser, ran a good result of 1 minute, 25.265 seconds.

Red Bull Racing's Webber even ran a good result of 1:25.241. There was a lot of applause at the scene, because Weber is an Australian driver, and some fans even started to shout "Weber first".

It's just that the sound just came out, and Kubica of the BMW Sauber team ran 1:25.152. Immediately afterwards, Red Bull Racing Vettel's 1:25.121 once again refreshed the fastest lap by 0.001 seconds.

Red Bull Racing seems to be very used to this set of supersoft tires, and the speed is much faster than using medium tires.

As for Zhang Guan and Barrichello, their first two timing laps were blocked by slow cars. Although their results were ranked in the top ten, they were not very safe, so they were still speeding on the track.

"Whoosh!" Barrichello rushed past the timer at the finish line, which was his first timed lap without any obstacles in front of him.

"1 minute 24 seconds 783! Barrichello ran within 1 minute 25 seconds, this is the first time under 1 minute 25 seconds today! China Power Team won the first place again!" The commentator's voice was full of surprised.

At this time, the camera involuntarily switched to Zhang Guan, because at this time the director had realized that perhaps only his teammate Zhang Guan could surpass Barrichello!

It is the first time that China Power's racing car has received such attention, and it is also the first time that Zhang Guan has received such a long shot. At this time, you can finally clearly appreciate Zhang Guan's driving, appreciate Zhang Guan's every acceleration, every time Every brake, every turn.

"The selection of the braking point is perfect. When the car is cornering, it just sticks to the edge, so that the loss of speed is the least!"

"This corner is very extreme, and the use of the shoulder is just right!"

"Neutral steering slip! He turned the corner in this way! He made full use of the neutral steering so that when the car exits the corner, the front of the car can be aimed at the direction of the exit!"

"Flying clouds and flowing water, this route is simply flowing clouds and flowing water! This car, like a dancer, is dancing on the track!"

"No wonder, no wonder he was able to surpass Ferrari so much in the first quarter! It turns out that Zhang Guan has such great driving skills."

People were amazed, especially some experts, who saw Zhang Guan's excellent driving skills and ability to predict routes at a glance.

However, in the eyes of professional drivers, Zhang Guan's driving is another situation.

In Ferrari's command center, Schumacher was shocked, his eyes widened, looking at Zhang Guan on the track.

"Zhang Guan's car tuning should be biased towards understeer, which is very suitable for Princeton's tires. You see, he uses the tires to gradually decrease the steering lock to maintain a very fast cornering speed. His current brakes should be Decreasing. Schumi, this is the driving technology you invented!" Ferrari technical director Dell said.

Schumacher nodded: "Not only that, you listen to his accelerator pedal, it's progressive refueling, he is controlling the accelerator!"

Hearing this sentence, Dale screamed involuntarily: "You said that Zhang Guan knows how to control the accelerator, which means that he will not let off the accelerator completely? My God, this is impossible! Ever since Senna passed away , you are the only one in this world who knows how to do this! Did you hear wrong?"

Schumacher shook his head: "No, no mistake, just because I am the only one in the world who can use this trick, I know it's controlling the throttle! If he didn't control the throttle, he wouldn't be able to control the neutral so well Slipping! You can see that his cornering speed, cornering speed and cornering speed have almost reached the limit, this is definitely using the method of controlling the accelerator!"

The so-called "neutral sideslip" actually has a familiar name - drift! Professional riders call this a neutral slip. We all know from watching some movies and TV shows that if we want to corner quickly, we will choose the way of drifting, and Formula One, as the fastest car in the world, will naturally use this technology, but the drifting of Formula One is not so It is obvious, and the driver's control of tire lockup is much better. Ordinary people may not be able to see that the car is drifting. Just imagine that if there is no drift, it is impossible to change the tires two or three times in a 300-kilometer race.

Drivers in Formula 1 will choose to brake with full throttle during driving. When accelerating, they step on the accelerator to the bottom, and when they loosen the accelerator at the end of the straight, they are completely relaxed. There is only one person who is not like this, and that is Schumacher. Schumacher hardly let off the gas pedal completely, even at the braking point at the end of the straight, a technique only Schumacher can master at present.

Schumacher once had a classic race. He encountered a gearbox failure during the race. The gear was in fifth gear. A fifth gear ran dozens of laps, and he also won the runner-up in that race. It was this technique of controlling the accelerator that he relied on. Just imagine, when others encounter a corner, they loosen the accelerator and step on the brakes, slow down and set up a gear, while Schumacher only has a fifth gear. Others enter the corner in second gear and third gear, and Schumacher enters the corner in fifth gear. The difficulty can be imagined.

It is precisely because of this that Schumacher will be surprised, because he knows how difficult it is to master this driving technique. Just the right braking point, extreme cornering, and excellent line selection, these other excellent drivers can do it, but the ability to control the accelerator is Schumacher's unique skill, especially after Senna's death, Schumacher is sure No one else can do it too. But today, his unique skill appeared on Zhang Guan.

At this time, Zhang Guan also crossed the finish line on the field.

"1 minute 24 seconds 688! China Power completely ran a time of less than 1 minute 25 seconds, and Zhang Guan was the first again! Zhang Guan won the first place in the second practice match!"

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