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Chapter 652 Another Rain Fight (1620)

In previous years, the Shanghai Grand Prix of Formula One would be held in October, but this year it was moved to April for the first time. The reason why it was moved to April is also because of the economic crisis.

Formula One racing, as the most expensive sport in the world, is obviously the most severely affected by the economic crisis. In order to cope with the economic crisis, some teams began to reduce their personnel and reduce costs. Formula 1 game.

After last year's Chinese Grand Prix, the F1 Teams Association (FOM) approached the organizers about the possibility of moving the 2009 race to April. In this way, several adjacent races can be brought together to save the team's expenses. Therefore, the order of the first three races of this year's Formula 1 race is Australia, Malaysia and China. From south to north, the planes bring the cars and personnel over, which saves a lot of expenses for the team.

Moreover, moving the game forward to April can also avoid the Shanghai Tennis Masters in October, which can avoid the diversion of spectators. You must know that since the Shanghai Tennis Masters was held, the tickets for the F1 competition have been getting worse every year. The 200,000 spectators are simply not satisfied, and the organizers are also losing money every year.

In this year's competition, because of the existence of Zhang Guan, the Chinese Grand Prix has become the race with the best ticket sales. The Formula 1 race has also changed its decline for many years and played a turnaround.

It's just that the weather is not good, the competition in China was rescheduled to April for the first time, and there was heavy rain.

During yesterday's qualifying, the sun was still shining brightly, but today's main race, it was raining heavily, and looking at the dark clouds in the sky, it was obvious that there was no intention of stopping. The weather forecast issued by the race also confirmed that At this point, there will be continuous rain today.

The spectators were still enthusiastic, every stand was full of people, they came in the rain, and all they got was to watch Zhang Guan's game.

The main stand has a roof, so the situation will be better, and the two auxiliary stands in the east and west also have huge round parasols, which can have some effect, but the spectators in the temporary stands will not be treated so well, they can only wear In a raincoat or umbrella, sit on a wet chair and cheer for the riders you support.

Red Bull Racing's Newey looked up at the sky, letting the rain hit his thin cheeks, his deep eyes exuded a color of worry.

What Newey is worried about is not the car or the driver of Red Bull Racing. He is still very confident in the car he designed, and the level of the two drivers in the team is very good. What worries Newey is Zhang Guan.

"It's raining. I didn't expect that after the Malaysia Grand Prix, there will be another rain fight. Two consecutive rain fights. Will this be a variable for this game?" Newey looked into the distance while thinking The garage of China Power.

In the last match in Malaysia, Zhang Guan's strength in rain battles shocked Newey. Whether it is the choice of braking point or the angle of cornering, Zhang Guan has shown superb strength. Although the race only lasted more than 30 laps, and the real rain period is about ten laps, Newey looked back. During the video recording, it can be felt that Zhang Guan's strength in the rain battle is definitely higher than that of Vettel, and it can even be said to surpass the two-time world champion Alonso.

Newey knows very well that there are too many variables in the rain battle. Maybe a slip will ruin the whole race, and the most stable weapon in the rain battle is technology. The variables in the battle are minimized.

In addition to Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, BMW Sauber and other teams did not dare to underestimate Zhang Guan's ability in the rain.

Perhaps the only one who is elated is Force India's Omi. At this time, Omi is still immersed in the joy of yesterday. Zhang Guan started last, which brought Omi a continuous good mood, because the two cars of Force India were in 18th and 19th place respectively. It happened to be in front of Zhang Guan.

So Omi set a new goal for the two drivers of his team, which is to stop Zhang Guan.

"We only got the last two in qualifying. In this race, our car is obviously not very competitive, so I don't ask the two to win points, but I hope that the two You can stop Zhang Guan!" Omi said, stretched out a finger, and then said: "One lap is 10,000 US dollars! If you can stop Zhang Guan once, I will reward you with 10,000 US dollars, and two laps will give you $10,000. It is 20,000 US dollars, and so on, if you can successfully block Zhang Guan for 56 laps, you will have an additional 560,000 bonus."

As soon as they heard the money, the two Force India drivers immediately felt full of motivation.

The current Force India drivers are Fisichella and Sutil.

Fisichella is a veteran, he is only one year younger than Barrichello, and he is 36 years old this year, so he is the second-oldest driver in this year's Formula One after Barrichello. Fisichella's peak era was mainly spent in the Renault team, and assisted Alonso to win two consecutive championships, but now he also hopes to get a pension contract. So he joined a new team like Force India. Force India also needs this kind of driver. Although they are a bit older, they are still young and capable, and the salary is not high. More than ten years of racing experience can also help the team quickly integrate into the sport of Formula One. middle.

For a driver with a mixed pension contract like Fisichella, ranking and ease are no longer important, money is what he needs most, so when he heard a bonus of 10,000 US dollars for one lap, Fisichella couldn't help but cast his eyes. Light.

And Force India Sutil is a driver with a sponsor. Sutil is a German with some strength, but compared with his compatriots Vettel and Rosberg, he is not a little bit worse, but Sutil's sponsors are very powerful, starting from Sutil's F3 era Since then, he has generously sponsored Sutil. Until he joined F1, he also came with a sponsorship contract behind his back.

Many car fans remember Sutil more as the bar fight in 2011. Sutil and Hamilton clashed with the boss of the Renault team when they were drinking the bar together, and stabbed the Renault team with a broken wine bottle boss. From this point of view, this Sutil is not a good baby.

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Ross Brown looked at the rain outside expressionlessly, wondering what he was thinking.

Next to it, an engineer hurried over and said, "Just now the race will announce that due to the heavy rain, the race will start under the guidance of the safety car."

"Start off under the guidance of the safety car!" Ross Brown raised his head and looked at the racing car that had just been pushed out of the garage.

"This is good news for us, maybe Zhang Guan can really win the bet!"

Chapter 16 Is there anything? Is there any monthly pass? If there is no monthly ticket, there must be a recommendation ticket, right?