Zhang Guan's time was 1 minute 33 seconds 778. He was the first driver to run within 1 minute 34 seconds. The second place is Red Bull Racing's Webber, whose time is 1 minute 34 seconds 222. The gap between them is actually a little more than 0.4 seconds, but people who prefer round numbers still count this gap as 0.5 seconds.
In F1 qualifying, it often happens that the difference between two drivers is only 0.001 seconds. Generally, a difference of 0.01 or 0.02 seconds between two adjacent drivers is considered normal, and a difference of more than 0.1 seconds is considered relatively large. The gap is huge, and 0.5 seconds is obviously an insurmountable gap.
"Zhang Guan is so fast! This is the second session of qualifying. All cars are running on soft tires and light fuel loads. The fastest qualifying session in the second session means it is the fastest car! The gap of 0.5 seconds is insurmountable!"
"It seems that our previous judgments were all wrong. Even at the Sepang circuit, China still has absolute dominance! Maybe Zhang Guan will win the pole position for tomorrow's race!"
"Maybe? I think it is for sure. After all, there is a gap of 0.5 seconds. I think even if Zhang Guanduo adds more than ten liters of gasoline, he can still get the first place."
"Yes, with this huge gap, Zhang Guan can indeed add a lot more gasoline. They will have a huge advantage in strategic selection."
Amid people's discussion, the second quarter of the game also ended. Both McLaren cars were eliminated, and it seems that the "perjury scandal" did affect McLaren's overall situation. Williams Racing and BMW Sauber also had one car each eliminated. Toyota Racing and Red Bull Racing were very eye-catching in the second quarter, with their four-volume cars occupying second to fifth positions. Two world champions, Raikkonen of Ferrari and Alonso of Renault, ranked ninth and tenth.
A few minutes later, the third qualifying session also began.
Zhang Guan was nearly 0.5 seconds faster than the second place in the second qualifying session, which gave him great confidence and allowed him to add several more laps of fuel to his car.
The series of high-speed corners at the Sepang circuit test the downforce of the car, and the double-layer diffuser is obviously very good at providing good downforce for the car. The better the downforce, the faster it can maintain the speed of entering and exiting the corners. From this point of view, it is impossible for Ferrari without a double-layer diffuser to get the top spot.
Red Bull, Toyota and Force China have already run within 1 minute and 36 seconds one after another, and are constantly improving their respective results, but Ferrari can't even get close to the edge of 1 minute and 36 seconds. The situation was extremely similar to the previous one. The two giants, Ferrari and McLaren, once again exited early at the Sepang Circuit.
Toyota's Trully ran within 1:35.50 first. He was the unlucky guy who was penalized 25 seconds for overtaking Hamilton in the previous race. After the Toyota team appealed, the FIA again He was given 25 seconds and Hamilton's result was canceled, which allowed Trulli to replace Hamilton in third place in the driver's standings.
Perhaps because of this reason, Trulli seemed very excited today, constantly setting new fastest lap times.
1 minute 35 seconds 431, 1 minute 35 seconds 352, 1 minute 35 seconds 339. For three consecutive laps, Trulli ran faster and faster. After him, no one could break through the 1 minute 35 seconds 50 barrier.
“Is Toyota’s Trulli going to take the pole position?”
Just when people started to have this idea, Zhang Guan put on a brand new set of soft tires and ran out of the pit area.
"Look, Zhang Guan has come out. It's a soft tire. It should be a brand new set of soft tires!"
"Now it seems that the only one with a chance to surpass Toyota is Zhang Guan."
"The game has not yet reached the final moment, and the outcome is still undecided."
On the track, it was already the last two minutes. Zhang Guan also started his last timed lap, while Toyota's Trulli was about a third of a lap behind him.
At this time, the countdown has ended, but the cars still on the track have already passed the finishing point, which means that their lap is still a valid result.
"Vettel, 1 minute 35 seconds 518! A good result. However, because he continued driving after the accident in the previous race, he was considered to be driving dangerously and had to start 10 places back!"
"Toyota's Glock... 1 minute 35 seconds 690!"
"Barrichello... 1 minute 35 seconds 651! Very good, but still not better than Toyota's Trulli."
Zhang Guan’s teammate Barrichello added more fuel than Zhang Guan. He changed the gearbox during Friday's practice. According to regulations, changing the gearbox during the race requires moving five places on the grid, so he chose a tactic with a relatively large amount of fuel.
"The next step is to see Zhang Guan's performance! Okay, the second time period is already 0.1 seconds faster than Trulli's in the previous lap. I hope to surpass Trulli!"
Each track is divided into three time periods. The split timing of each time period can clearly show where the driver runs faster and where the driver runs slower.
Turns 12 and 13 are both high-speed turns, while Turn 14 is an approximately 70-degree corner. After Turn 14, it enters the second longest straight on the track.
The Toyota team also uses a modified diffuser, so their downforce in corners is also great and is not inferior to the cars of Force China. But on the straight, Toyota's racing engine is obviously not as good as Mercedes-Benz's racing engine, so on the straight, China Force's racing car is obviously faster.
"1 minute 35 seconds 061! Zhang Guan's time is already infinitely close to the 1 minute 35 seconds mark! Toyota's Trulli still has one last timed lap, let's see if Trulli can surpass him!"
People's focus is once again on Trulli, who is still fighting for the pole position and has one last timed lap.
However, in the pit area, the Toyota team's technicians seemed very relaxed. This was not because Trulli had a chance to hit the pole position, but because Trulli's current results gave him no hope of hitting the pole position.
1 minute 35 seconds 273, this was Trulli’s final result, more than 0.2 seconds slower than Zhang Guan.
In fact, when Trulli passed the timing point of the second stage, he was almost 0.15 seconds slower than Zhang Guan. There is a big straight in the third stage of the Sepang circuit. As we all know, Toyota's engine The performance on the straights is far inferior to that of Mercedes-Benz's engine, so by the third time period, Toyota will only be slower.
Although they failed to get the pole position, the Toyota team had already begun to celebrate. The team's technicians even started clapping and hugging each other to celebrate that they could be ranked second on the grid, which completely exceeded their expectations.
Another point is that Vettel in third place and Barrichello in fourth place will both start backward in tomorrow's race, and fifth place happens to be Toyota's Glock, which means that tomorrow's race , Toyota will start in the second and third positions, which is certainly worthy of Toyota's celebration.
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The commentator couldn't help shouting: "Crazy, so crazy! Zhang Guan won the pole position for two consecutive races. He was 0.2 seconds faster than Trulli, who was second. The advantage was huge! There has never been a new team, He could get the pole position in his first two races, but Force China did it! And we know that the Sepang circuit is a track where overtaking is not easy. Starting from the pole position, it is very likely to get the final victory. Champion, two consecutive championships have begun to beckon Zhang Guan.”
I have something to do tonight, so I’ll just finish one chapter today, and I’ll make up for it next week. Thanks to Zhili*Zhijie, Tmf456, Swz Don’t forget, xsf9800, Beibei’s dad, Dawang sent me to read the book, Shaomai ONE, home in Inner Mongolia, qwe tail number 6123 for the reward.
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