The track seemed a bit empty, and not all the remaining 10 cars appeared on the track. Some riders are waiting for a better time, while others want to see what strategies others are using.
What people didn't expect was that the two cars of Force China, which came out relatively late in the first and second qualifying sessions, actually walked out of the pit area first.
"Medium tires? Both Force China cars use medium tires." The camera gave a shot of the tires of the two cars.
In order to reflect greenness and environmental protection, this year's Formula One race has made special efforts on the tires. In each race, the softer set of tires will be painted with a green line, while the harder set of tires will be painted with a green line. Tires do not. For example, the Australian Grand Prix uses supersoft tires and medium tires. There will be a green line on the supersoft tires, but not on the medium tires, so you can tell which tires the driver is using at just a glance.
The two Force China cars ran one behind the other. After the warm-up lap, there was a timing lap, and then they entered the pit area again. The whole process took almost five minutes. And the two successfully became the top two.
"Force China's car is really fast. Ferrari is nearly two seconds slower."
"It seems that only Vettel of the Red Bull Racing Team can barely keep up with the Chinese force, but even so, Red Bull is still worse than the Chinese force!"
People started talking quietly. At this time, the cars returned to the pit area, started changing tires and refueling, and then prepared to come out to run the last timed lap.
In the 10 minutes of the third quarter, excluding the tire warm-up lap, there are at most five to six complete timing laps. If you also include the time spent returning to the pit to change stations for refueling and the time blocked by the slow car in front, a car can Running three full timed laps is considered good. When the car came out of the pit lane for the second time, there was basically only enough time for the driver to run a timed lap.
Scuderia Ferrari.
Technical Director Dale's face was extremely gloomy. Ferrari's performance today was not satisfactory. Not only were the two Chinese Force cars ahead, Red Bull's Vettel, BMW Sauber's Kubica and Williams The team's Rosberg's results were actually better than Ferrari's.
"We have to give it a try! Load up on light fuel and change to a new set of super-soft tires!" Dale commanded.
However, it was not just Dell who made this choice, other teams also put on a new set of super-soft tires, and everyone was ready to fight for the last lap.
According to the rules, as long as you can start your own timing lap before the countdown to the end of the game ends, the timing lap is valid. Therefore, many racing cars like to walk out of the pit lane in the last three minutes or so, first run a tire warm-up lap, and then run a timing lap. If the timing lap is not ideal or is blocked by a slow car, you only need to rush before the end of the countdown. When you pass the finish line, you get a new timing lap.
So when there were more than three minutes left in the game, the cars walked out of the pit area one after another, and the roar of the engines made the entire track as noisy as an early morning vegetable market.
"Do you think China will still take the top two spots? Will Zhang Guan still be number one?"
"The possibility is very high. After all, China ranked first in the first two practice sessions."
"I think it depends on the team's strategy. Now they are all using super-soft tires. It depends on whether any team chooses light fuel."
"The cars in the third qualifying session probably won't add too much fuel. Rather than using light fuel, it's better to see if any cars use a one-stop strategy with heavy fuel."
"Ferrari is about to cross the line! It's Felipe Massa, 1 minute 27 seconds 033. This result is even worse than the last time of Force China. Although he can still run one more lap, I don't think he can surpass Force China."
"Toyota's Trulli clocked 1 minute, 27 seconds and 127 seconds, which is relatively average. And the countdown to the third quarter has ended."
"Force China, Barrichello, 1 minute 26 seconds 505! First! Power China has won the first place again!"
"Vettel of the Red Bull Racing Team may be the only driver who can threaten the Chinese Force... Hey, 1 minute 26 seconds 830, 0.3 seconds slower than Barrichello. It seems that the pole position has belonged to the Chinese Force."
"Wait a minute, there's Zhang Guan! Let's see if he can be faster than Barrichello?"
On the track, Zhang Guan had already turned the last corner and started sprinting with all his strength.
"In 1 minute 25 seconds 998, Zhang Guan actually ran within 1 minute 26 seconds! 0.5 seconds faster than his teammate Barrichello! There is such a big gap between two cars from the same team. The key is Barrichello's The speed is not slow! Could it be that Zhang Guan only added a little fuel?"
In the third qualifying session, the car will need to add fuel for tomorrow's race, so the car will be heavier and slower than the first two sessions. There is a gap of more than 0.5 seconds between the two cars of the same team, so they can only use the amount of fuel. The difference is explained.
However, in the Force China team, Ross Brown looked at the 0.5 second gap with a look of surprise. Because Ross Brown knows that Zhang Guan and Barrichello's fuel volume strategy is the same, which means that the amount of fuel added to their cars is basically the same.
The same fuel load and the same tires, but there is a gap of 0.5 seconds. This can be regarded as two levels of driving skills.
At this time, Barrichello's voice sounded in Ross Brown's headphones: "How is our boss doing?"
Ross Brawn knew that Barrichello was actually asking if he had won the pole position, because Barrichello also knew that the only one on the entire track who could surpass him was Zhang Guan.
Every driver hopes to get the pole position in qualifying, and Barrichello does the same, but his partner is the team owner, so he can't make it too obvious.
Ross Brown hesitated and finally said: "Zhang Guan ran within 1 minute and 26 seconds."
"What? Isn't that 0.5 seconds faster than me?" Barrichello said in surprise, and then he asked: "What about our strategy for tomorrow's race?"
"The strategy remains the same. It's still the same as before." Ross Brown knew that Barrichello had misunderstood that Zhang Guan's car was filled with light oil, so he explained: "Rubens, the amount of oil between you and Zhang Guan is the same." Yes, so our strategy remains unchanged in tomorrow’s game!”
"The amount of oil is the same?" Barrichello opened his mouth slightly.
"Same car, same fuel volume, same tires, but I am so much slower than Zhang Guan! But I am obviously faster than other drivers!" Barrichello took a deep breath: "This is not Because I am slow, but because he is too fast!”
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