The rules of qualifying in the second session are the same as those in the first session, with the fastest lap being compared. A total of 15 cars participated in the second qualifying session, 10 of which will enter the third qualifying session, and 5 cars were eliminated, and these 5 eliminated cars will be ranked from 11th to 11th according to their results. Starting 16th on the grid.
Different from the first qualifying session, the second qualifying session only lasts 15 minutes, which is five minutes less than the first session.
If the teams in the first qualifying session were eliminated, then the teams in the middle of the pack were eliminated in the second qualifying session.
For those teams in the middle, if they want to enter the third quarter, they must work hard, use less fuel to reduce the weight of the car, and use softer tires to increase the speed. Once they do that, they can threaten those teams upstream.
In order not to be squeezed out by these mid-range teams, even top teams like Ferrari will choose the same tactics, add less fuel to reduce the weight of the car, and use softer tires to ensure that they can smoothly enter the third place. After all, with the same configuration, the racing performance of a first-class team still has advantages.
With light fuel and soft tires, the second qualifying session will also produce the best results in the entire qualifying session. On the contrary, it is the third qualifying session, because the race fuel needs to be added, the driver's performance will be worse.
When the pit lane opened, the second qualifying session officially began. Ferrari's Raikkonen took the lead, and indeed he was using super-soft tires. In his first timed lap, he ran a time of 1 minute 25 seconds 380, improving his time by 0.5 seconds.
This is the effect of the super soft tire. Compared to the medium tire, Raikkonen is indeed 0.5 seconds faster.
The next few drivers who came on the scene all easily ran within 1 minute and 25 seconds. For example, Toyota Team Trulli, who also made changes to the diffuser, ran a good time of 1 minute, 25 seconds and 265 seconds.
Red Bull Racing's Webber even ran a good time of 1 minute, 25 seconds and 241 seconds. There was a round of applause at the scene, because Webber is a local Australian driver, and some fans even started chanting "Webber is first".
But as soon as the sound came out, Kubica of the BMW Sauber Racing Team ran 1 minute 25 seconds 152 seconds. Immediately afterwards, Red Bull Racing Vettel's 1 minute 25 seconds 121 once again set the fastest lap time by 0.001 seconds.
Red Bull Racing seems to be very accustomed to this set of super-soft 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 in the top ten, they were not very safe, so they were still speeding on the track.
"Whoosh!" Barrichello passed the timer at the finish line. This was his first timed lap without any obstruction in front.
"1 minute 24 seconds 783! Barrichello ran within 1 minute 25 seconds. This is the first result today within 1 minute 25 seconds! Force China won first place again!" The commentator's voice was filled with excitement. Surprised.
At this time, the camera involuntarily switched to Zhang Guan, because at this time the director had realized that perhaps the only one who could surpass Barrichello was his teammate Zhang Guan!
It is the first time that China Force’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, every acceleration and every move of Zhang Guan. One brake, every turn.
"The braking point is perfectly chosen. When the car corners, it just touches the edge, so the speed loss is the least!"
“This cornering is extremely good, and the use of road shoulders is just right!”
"Turn to neutral side slip! He actually used this way to corner! He made full use of the steering to neutral side slip, so that when the car exits the corner, the front of the car can be aimed in the direction of the exit!"
"The route is running smoothly! This car is like a dancer, dancing gracefully on the track!"
"No wonder, no wonder he was able to surpass Ferrari by so much in the first quarter! It turns out Zhang Guan has such great driving skills."
People were amazed, especially some experts, who could see Zhang Guan's excellent driving skills and ability to predict the route at a glance.
However, in the eyes of professional drivers, Zhang Guan's driving is another story.
In Ferrari's command center, Schumacher looked shocked. His eyes widened as he looked at Zhang Guan on the track.
"Zhang Guan's car should be tuned towards understeer, which is very suitable for Princeton's tires. You see, he uses the gradually decreasing steering lock of the tires to maintain an extremely fast cornering speed. His current braking should be Decreasingly. Schumi, this is the driving technology you invented!" Ferrari technical director Dale said.
Schumacher nodded: "Not only that, you listen to his accelerator, it's a gradual refueling, he is controlling the accelerator!"
After hearing this, Dale screamed involuntarily: "You said that Zhang Guan knows how to control the accelerator, which means that he will not completely let go of the accelerator? My God, this is impossible! Since Senna's death , you are the only one in the world who knows this trick! Did you hear it wrong?"
Schumacher shook his head: "No, it's not wrong. It's because I'm the only one in the world who can use this trick that I know it's to control the throttle! If he hadn't controlled the throttle, he wouldn't have been able to control neutral so well. Sliding sideways! You can see that his corner entry speed, corner center speed and corner exit speed have almost reached the limit. This is definitely a method of controlling the throttle!"
The so-called "neutral sideslip" actually has a name that everyone is familiar with - drift! Professional riders call this neutral slip. We all know from watching some movies and TV shows that if you want to corner quickly, you will choose to drift. As the fastest racing car in the world, Formula One will naturally use this technology, but Formula One's drift is not so It's obvious, and the driver's control of tire lock is much better. Ordinary people may not be able to tell that the car is drifting. Just imagine that if there was no drift, it would not be possible to change tires two or three times in a three-hundred-kilometer race.
Drivers in Formula One will choose to brake completely with the accelerator when driving. When accelerating, they step on the accelerator to the bottom, and when they release 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 almost never fully releases the accelerator, even at the braking point at the end of the straight. This is a technique that only Schumacher can currently master.
Schumacher once had a classic race. He encountered a gearbox failure during the race. The gear was in fifth gear. The car could not be put into gear or downshifted. If other drivers had definitely retired from the race, Schumacher only used He ran dozens of laps in fifth gear and even finished second in that race. He relied on this technique of controlling the throttle. Just imagine, when others encounter a corner, they release the accelerator, apply the brakes, slow down and set up gears, but Schumacher only has a fifth gear. Others enter the corner in second and third gears, while Schumacher enters the corner in fifth gear. You can imagine the difficulty.
Because of this, Schumacher looked surprised, because he knew how difficult it was to master this kind of driving technique. Just the right braking point, extreme cornering, excellent line selection, these other excellent drivers can do it, but this ability to control the throttle is Schumacher's unique skill, especially after Senna's death, Schumacher was convinced No one can do this. But today, his unique skill actually appeared on Zhang Guan.
At this time, on the field, Zhang Guan also passed the counter at the end.
"1 minute 24 seconds 688! China Force once again ran a time of less than 1 minute 25 seconds, and Zhang Guan was first again! Zhang Guan won the first place in the second practice session!"
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