The two Ferrari cars were gearing up, hoping to take advantage of the start and rush to the front. The extra 80 horsepower provided by their kinetic energy recovery system is very helpful for starting.
Red Bull Racing's Vettel is also eyeing him. He has just put on a brand new set of tires, which makes him feel more confident. He can continue to put pressure on Zhang Guan in the next few laps without tire wear. question.
Four laps were run under the guidance of the safety car. During these four laps, the car was in fuel-saving mode and the tire wear was very light, so both the fuel volume and the tires had to be recalculated.
On lap 23, the safety car's dome light went out, indicating that it would return to the pit area on the next lap.
"The safety car is about to go back, and here's the opportunity! As long as we can use the wake of the car in front of us on the straight, we might be able to overtake at the end of the straight." The drivers in the back laps were holding back their energy, waiting for the safety car on the next lap. The moment of pit stop.
In the command center of the China Force Racing Team, a trace of worry appeared on Ross Brown's face involuntarily. He was still worried about Zhang Guan.
"This time it is not a static start, but a dynamic start. I don't know if Zhang Guan can handle it. The gear control of dynamic start and static start is completely different."
Lap 24. There was still a long way to go before the pit entrance, but Zhang Guan deliberately slowed down the car and put some distance between himself and the safety car.
As long as the safety car has not returned to the pit area, all cars on the track cannot overtake. Even if Zhang Guan slows down, some cars behind him cannot overtake and can only slow down.
Zhang Guan has two major advantages in doing this. It increases the distance between him and the safety car, which means he will have more room to accelerate, and it makes it easier to control the rhythm. Because Zhang Guan is the lead car, he can choose the acceleration point first when the safety car is about to return, while other cars can only wait for Zhang Guan to accelerate before choosing to follow up.
"Zhang Guan controlled the rhythm and did a great job!" Ross Brown let out a deep breath.
The safety car is getting closer and closer to the pit entrance, but Zhang Guan is getting further and further away from the safety car.
After turning around Turn 16, the safety car was already approaching the pit entrance, and at this time Zhang Guan suddenly started to accelerate.
Zhang Guan was not worried that his acceleration would exceed the safety car. There was already a certain distance between him and the safety car. When he caught up with this distance, the safety car had already entered the pit.
Vettel, who was following behind, was not stupid. He knew that Zhang Guan would definitely choose the strategy of accelerating early, but he could not predict when Zhang Guan would accelerate, and as long as the safety car was still on the track, he could not overtake. From here on To a certain extent, he is in a passive position.
Vettel focused his attention on Zhang Guan in front. When Zhang Guan accelerated, Vettel immediately chose to accelerate. The driver's reaction was quite fast. On the surface, it seemed that the two of them were accelerating almost at the same time.
However, Zhang Guan in front slowed down again, and at this time, the safety car had not yet turned towards the entrance of the pit area.
Vettel had to slow down as well. He couldn't overtake, otherwise it would be a foul. Even if he overtook, he would have to give up his position and might be punished.
However, at this moment, Zhang Guan stepped on the accelerator again, and this time, Vettel did not react as quickly as before.
"Oops, I fell into the trap!" Vettel already understood at this time that Zhang Guan's first acceleration just now was just a trick to lure the enemy. Zhang Guan forced himself to slow down by accelerating and then accelerating, while Zhang Guan took advantage of this gap. Speed up again.
Vettel's reaction was one second slower than before, but in a high-speed race like Formula One, one second is already a huge difference. Vettel was once again left behind by Zhang Guan.
However, Ferrari's two cars failed to catch up to the front. Whether it was Zhang Guan or Vettel, they were both fast enough. The Mercedes engine used by Force China was not inferior to Ferrari on the straight. The excellent aerodynamic design of Red Bull Racing also allows Ferrari to take advantage of it.
They all passed the first corner smoothly, but Renault's Piquet ran off the track at the crowning corner and fell into the gravel buffer zone.
The track temporarily returned to calm. The leader Zhang Guan once again opened the distance from the second Vettel, and then started to move forward at his own pace.
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"It's like this again!" Vettel looked at Zhang Guan in front of him. When he passed here in the last lap, there was not such a big gap between him and Zhang Guan. But when he passed the same position again in this lap, the gap between them was The gap has widened a lot, which is the same as at the beginning of the game.
"You can't catch up, you can't catch up at all! The gap between us has widened again!" The fire of hope in Vettel's heart was extinguished again. Originally he thought that the appearance of the safety car could help him, but now it seems , the safety car had no effect. Zhang Guan still ran at the front.
Vettel's original plan was to constantly put pressure on Zhang Guan during the race and force Zhang Guan to make mistakes, but to do this he had to be able to catch up with Zhang Guan first, and now, he once again fell into a lap one lap behind. second situation.
Now it seems that the safety car is not a variable at all, it just slows down the pace of the game.
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On lap 32, Ferrari's Massa took the lead in pitting for the second time for refueling. This pit stop was much slower than people expected. His last pit stop was on lap 10, which is equivalent to running another 22 laps on the track. If it weren't for the safety car that led everyone to run four laps, he would not have been able to last so many laps.
Ferrari's pit stop also kicked off the pit stops of each team, and other teams chose to pit one after another.
On lap 46, when Zhang Guan was nearly 20 seconds ahead of second-placed Vettel, he chose to stop for fuel. On the same lap, Vettel also chose to stop for fuel. At this time, there were 12 laps left before the end of the race, and the team put Zhang Guan on super-soft tires without hesitation.
After Zhang Guan came out of the pit area, he was still ranked first, and now he was using super-soft tires, which meant that his first place was unshakable.
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"The first place is secured." Ross Brown leaned back in his chair with a relieved expression on his face.
For a new team, the first race is really important. Being able to receive the award in the first race, or even win the championship, makes Ross Brown feel extremely gratified.
At this time, new changes occurred on the track.
A red Ferrari slowly parked on the side of the road.
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(End of chapter)