All-round Athlete

Chapter 621 Strategy Selection

The audience at the scene was amazed again. Everyone thought that Barrichello's result was fast enough, but Zhang Guan was almost 0.1 seconds faster than Barrichello.

And more importantly, the same as the result of the first qualifying session, the car of China Power won the top two again.

Zhang Guan has already driven the car back to the maintenance area, but the other cars that are still struggling on the track have never been able to run within 1 minute and 25 seconds.

As the time passed, Ferrari's car also returned to the pit lane. Although they failed to get the top two, their results were enough to enter the third qualifying session, so there was no need to stay outside to consume physical strength.

Several drivers with unsatisfactory results continued to record their fastest lap times on the track, but they were no longer a threat to the two cars of China Power.

"Looks like in the second practice session, China Power Team won the top two again!"

"That's right, in the current situation, the drivers who are still running on the track obviously don't have the ability to enter within 1 minute and 25 seconds."

"Unexpectedly, a new team not only won the top two in the first practice session, but also won the top two in the second practice session, and they were the only ones who could run within 1 minute and 25 seconds. See Wake up and their cars are really fast!"

"It's not just a racing car. Haven't you seen Zhang Guan's driving just now? His skills are also top-notch! Especially the cornering skills, ordinary drivers definitely don't have such great skills."

"The new team and the new driver can have such a strong strength, it seems that this year's F1 will change."

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The second qualifying session ended, and surprisingly, as a big team, McLaren performed poorly and was eliminated. The two teams of Red Bull and Toyota performed well and successfully entered the third round of qualifying.

The third qualifying session only lasts 10 minutes, and the drivers still have to compete for the fastest speed. The two fastest drivers will get the front row of tomorrow's race.

The starting position of the Formula One race is arranged in a diagonal Z shape, the first place is at the front, the second place is diagonally behind the first place; the third place is directly behind the first place, and it is also the second place the fourth place is directly behind the second place... and so on, so when the start of the grid, the front of the front two drivers is completely open, they don't have to worry about being blocked by the car in front, while the advantage of the first place is Because the position is forward, you can turn into the first corner earlier.

In addition, the rules also stipulate that in the third quarter qualifying, the car must use gasoline for the race tomorrow. This regulation also makes it impossible for the car to start the race with light fuel, otherwise, there will be no fuel at the start of the race tomorrow. Only how much oil to add is a question worthy of attention.

With a little less fuel, the car is lighter and faster, so you can get better results in the third qualifying session, and the starting position tomorrow will be higher, but the consequence is that tomorrow will be the first race. During the race, the oil will be less, and you need to enter the pit stop earlier to refuel. On the contrary, if you refuel more, your qualifying results will definitely be worse, but tomorrow's main race can be refueled at the pit stop later, and you can run two more laps on the track.

It takes a lot of time for a racing car to stop for refueling. The speed limit of a racing car in the maintenance area is 80-100 kilometers (different for each track). Run 80 kilometers. At the same time, the process of refueling also takes time. It takes more than 20 seconds to calculate a cumulative refueling stop from entering the maintenance area. For the driver, it takes only a few tenths of a second to gain an advantage in one lap on the track, and it takes an unknown number of laps to recover in 20 seconds, and as long as one more stop is wasted, it is a waste.

So in this case, the game in which Schumacher made four pit stops and still won the championship is known as a classic. Others make one stop or two stops, but Schumacher's four stops is equivalent to giving others at least thirty or forty seconds to win, which is indeed a classic.

How much fuel to add is like a very complicated multiple-choice question for the team. But this is only one of the multiple-choice questions, and the other multiple-choice question is the choice of tires.

According to the rules, the tires used in qualifying in the third quarter are also the tires used for the official race the next day, which makes the team have to consider the problem of tire wear. If the tires wear too much in qualifying, the tires may fail early in the race the next day. Imagine that other people's tires can run 15 laps, but you can only run 10 laps, so you have to pit five laps ahead of time, and the 20 seconds are gone.

If the team wants to change the tires before the race, they can only change the tires that have been used in qualifying. That is to say, in the race, they must use a set of second-hand tires, and there is no way to use new tires. Of course, it is a different matter when it rains. For safety in rainy days, you must use rain tires.

The above rules are actually only valid for cars entering the third qualifying session. The previously eliminated cars were only ineligible for the third qualifying session, but they were still eligible to refuel and change tires before the end of the qualifying session, the effect is that they participated in the third qualifying session, but did not participate in the race. debut. They can fill up the gas and put on new tires for the race tomorrow. Although the car will be heavier at the start and the speed will be slower, they can save one refueling and gain 20 seconds of time.

Therefore, in the race, there will be people who are ranked first on the grid but end up on the podium. Don’t think this is a magical thing. Maybe he made one or even two stops less than others.

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In the maintenance area, Zhang Guanzheng and Ross Brawn discussed the next refueling and tire strategy.

"In the third qualifying session, supersoft tires must be used. We want to fight for pole position. We need supersoft tires to increase the speed! The key is how much fuel we need to add. We have to consider that other teams may I'm going to race lightly to fight for a front row grid," Ross Brown said.

"If we were also on light fuel, we would definitely be able to get the front row start. Judging from the situation in the second round, we have an advantage of nearly 0.5 seconds. I suggest that we still add medium fuel." Zhang Guan said into the microphone.

Ross - thought about it: "This year's supersoft tires wear more severely than we imagined. After running for eleven or twelve laps, the supersoft tires will show serious graining, and the medium fuel can run for about seventeen or eight laps. But I am worried that the supersoft tires will not be able to last so many laps, and they will be forced to pit early, and the advantage of the medium fuel capacity will not be reflected.”

"I'll change to medium tires in a while, I'll go for a run and come back right away, so I can replace the set of used medium tires tomorrow! We start with medium tires, as long as the weather is not very hot tomorrow, we should It can last more than fifteen laps," Zhang Guan said.

"Yes, but you have to make sure you get pole position. If you have cars in front of you and they happen to be using supersoft tires, overtaking will be more troublesome." Ross Brawn said.

"No problem, I believe the front row of the grid must belong to us!"