Zhang Guan originally started in the first place. Theoretically, as long as he doesn't make any mistakes when starting, he can maintain the first position. Especially when passing the first corner smoothly, the first position is already relatively stable.
Ross Brown breathed a sigh of relief. After all, it was Zhang Guan’s first time participating in the race, so Ross Brown was very worried about Zhang Guan’s start. However, it seems that Zhang Guan started smoothly and took a good route. He should hold on to the first place. There is no problem.
But Ross Brown soon frowned again because Barrichello made a mistake in his start. He started very slowly, and when entering the first corner, he was passed by Red Bull, BMW and Ferrari behind him.
"The gear has obviously been slowed down!" Ross Brawn shook his head helplessly. Most of these mistakes are caused by a lack of concentration. This is a big mistake for a veteran who has been fighting in Formula One for nearly 20 years. It's a very low-level mistake for a driver.
This was the first race of the year, and the first race of this new team. Even a veteran like Barrichello felt huge pressure and made mistakes that should not have been made.
Ferrari's kinetic energy recovery system really gave them an advantage at the start. The two Ferraris, which were originally ranked seventh and ninth, rushed to the fourth and fifth positions respectively.
The first corner after the start is the most important corner. Most accidents at the start occur in this first corner. It is common for racing cars to collide in order to grab the first corner. Sometimes There was no accident at the first corner at the start, but it became something new.
And today, as expected, an accident occurred at the first corner after the start. Australian local driver Webber of the Red Bull Racing Team crashed the front spoiler, BMW Sauber's Heyfield rear tire stepped on debris and burst, and then hit Sutil of the Force India Racing Team. These cars have to be repaired. Station replacement parts. The worst incident was McLaren's Kovalainen. The front keel structure of his car was damaged, which caused him to withdraw from the race directly.
This is just the first corner, and one of the twenty cars has been eliminated, and there are a large number of cars in the pit waiting to change the wing, nose, and tires...
As the leader, Zhang Guan felt the benefits of being ranked first. There was an empty track in front of him and there was no car. He could run at his own pace.
In motor sports, a driver does not have to chase the car in front, does not have to worry about being interfered by other cars, and can race at his own pace throughout the whole process, which is obviously the happiest thing.
However, behind Zhang Guan, there was one person who always wanted to attack Zhang Guan, and that was Red Bull Racing's Vettel.
Vettel is a German and Schumacher's appointed successor, and his resume is very similar to Schumacher's. He showed extraordinary racing talent at a young age and gained a good reputation in low-level formulas. Achievements are valued by Formula One teams. He first started with a small team and then entered a large team through his excellent performance. Then he set records one after another, such as the youngest driver to participate in an official race, the youngest driver to score points, the youngest pole sitter, the youngest race winner, etc. In the future, Vettel will be even more successful. Won four consecutive Formula One championships from 2010 to 2013, which is second only to car king Schumacher's five consecutive championships.
Although Vettel has not won the world championship in 2009, his technology is definitely top-notch, and the Red Bull RB5 car he drives is also the masterpiece of design master Newey, although it does not have a double-layer diffuser and no kinetic energy recovery system. , also uses Renault's engine, but it can surpass Ferrari purely by relying on excellent aerodynamics.
Vettel is now ranked behind Zhang Guan, and his goal is obviously to surpass Zhang Guan and be in the first position.
Vettel's driving style is very similar to Schumacher's, with excellent skills, calmness and sophistication, composure, and just the right cornering skills. His overtaking is not a domineering overtaking. He prefers to constantly put pressure on his opponents from behind. Force your opponent to make mistakes, and then seize their mistakes to surpass you.
So at this time, Vettel was like a wolf hiding in the dark. He had been staring behind Zhang Guan, staring at his prey, hoping to inflict a fatal blow to Zhang Guan.
"My task now is to constantly put pressure on Zhang Guan and force him to make mistakes. As long as I can catch one of his mistakes, I can surpass the past and get first place! This is the first level one competition that Zhang Guan has participated in. A formula car race, oh, no! It should be said to be the first car race! He will be very nervous. I seemed to be very nervous back then." Vettel couldn't help but think of his first time participating in Formula One. That tense situation of racing.
Vettel was thinking as he followed Zhang Guan closely. At this time, they had entered the third lap. After passing Turn 2, they accelerated all the way, turned Turn 3, and then passed Turn 4, which has a slightly larger arc. Turn and enter the short straight again.
"Huh? The distance between us seems to have increased?" Vettel was stunned, and the two cars passed Turn 5 one after another, and then passed Speed Check Point 1.
The subtitles of the broadcast showed the number of seconds difference between the cars. There was a gap of 1.225 seconds between Zhang Guan and Vettel, which was considered a relatively normal number in the third lap. At the speed of a Formula One car, 1.225 is considered to be within the range that can initiate overtaking, and if the difference is within 1 second, it is a relatively good attack range for the car behind.
Turns 6, 7, and 8 are all high-speed turns, and then Turns 9 and 10 are almost 100-degree corners. When you accelerate to Turn 11, you will encounter the second speed measurement point.
The speed difference between the cars once again appeared on the broadcast subtitles. The gap between Zhang Guan and Vettel became 1.557 seconds.
The car started to accelerate. The four corners 13, 14, 15, and 16 were all close to right angles, but they were far away from each other. Basically, they would slow down immediately after applying the accelerator, and then decelerate again after applying the accelerator. After passing Turn 16, you can go full throttle and cross the finish line. The end point is the third speed measurement point.
At this time, the gap between Zhang Guan and Vettel became 1.858 seconds.
"Why do I feel that the gap between me and Zhang Guan has widened a lot?" Vettel visually measured the distance to Zhang Guan ahead, and he had already noticed this.
In curves or short straights, because the cars have to slow down through the corners, the drivers are less sensitive to the distance between the cars. However, once they reach the straights, the speed of the cars increases and the distance between them increases. At this time, the drivers You can feel the difference more intuitively.
"Am I much slower than Zhang Guan?" Vettel thought of this, pressed the radio button, and asked into the microphone: "How much slower was I than Zhang Guan in the last lap?"
In the Red Bull command center, Newey looked at the numbers on the screen and hesitated for a moment, then finally said: "On the last lap, we were more than 1.105 seconds slower..."
"What? One lap? I was one second slower than Zhang Guan!" Witt suddenly screamed.
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