The command center of the China Force fleet.
"Rosberg, who just finished second, also passed the timing point. We now have an advantage of 18.133 seconds." The engineer said.
Ross Brawn nodded silently and said: "Pay attention to their lap time on the next lap. I need to know how much slower Zhang Guan lapped Rosberg. The advantage of 18.133 seconds, I don't know how many laps it can last. I hope I hope I can hold on until the heavy rain ends! If the heavy rain ends earlier and I change to dry tires as soon as possible, I might be able to overtake the result.”
Like others, Ross Brown also believes that Zhang Guan is not good at fighting in the rain. A new driver with almost no competition experience, even if he has shown extremely high driving skills, does not mean that he has strong ability in rain fighting.
Rain races and dry races are two completely different race modes, and drivers have different control methods on straights and corners. During a rain battle, there will be different braking points when entering a corner from a straight, different entry and exit angles, and sometimes even different gears. It may be agreed that in dry conditions fourth gear is required, but when it rains only third gear is enough.
What's more important is that in the Formula One race, the track at each stop is different, each track has its own characteristics, and the track is even changed every year. In this case, experience becomes a particularly important point in rain battles. Sometimes, if you slip out of a certain corner more times, you will naturally know how to negotiate the corner.
Zhang Guan has no racing experience. This is something Ross Brown knows, so Ross Brown has been mentally prepared. After changing to wet tires, Zhang Guan will be overtaken by other drivers.
More than a minute later, Zhang Guan and Rosberg passed the finishing point one after another.
"How's it going? How much time difference is there in one lap?" Brown asked.
"About 0.9 seconds." The engineer answered a time.
Ross Brown frowned and calculated: "One lap is 0.9 seconds slower. Let's calculate it based on 1 second. According to this, the 18-second gap can still last 18 laps, which can almost last until the next time." stand.
"If it's still raining by then, it looks like we have to think of some ways on the pit stop strategy." Ross Brown said to himself.
The engineer next to him seemed to have heard Ross Brawn's words. He coughed dryly and reminded: "Mr. Brown, I'm very sorry. I didn't make it clear just now. I meant Rosberg, who was second in Zhang Guanbi." It’s 0.9 seconds faster, not Rosberg’s 0.9 seconds faster than Zhang Guan!”
"What are you talking about? Is Zhang Guan faster than Rosberg? And it's still 0.9 seconds?" Ross Brawn's eyes widened in surprise.
"Before, Rosberg was 18.133 seconds behind us, and when he passed the finish line again just now, Rosberg was 19.041 seconds behind us!" The engineer paused, and then said: "And if there are no accidents, Zhang Guanshang will The lap was probably the fastest of any driver.”
Ross Brown's head was a little short-circuited. Everything in front of him was completely different from what he expected. Zhang Guan was not slower than others, but faster than others. It can be said that he once again gave Brown a big surprise.
"This is contrary to common sense. Zhang Guan has no experience in driving a racing car. Others may still be confused about this, but I can definitely confirm it. He can't be proficient in rain battles!" Ross Brown frowned inexplicably, and then He ordered: "Call me the live video of the live game."
A few minutes later, Ross-Tribe looked shocked again.
"A beautiful choice. The timing of braking is just right, just enough to maintain the speed entering the corner, and the direction control. He still takes advantage of the understeer of the car, but it is just enough to maintain the speed out of the corner!"
"Mr. Brown, that lap just now seemed to be the fastest again." The engineer next to him said, staring at the screen.
"Zhang Guan is the fastest again! This is the fifth consecutive lap like this! This kind of strength in rain battles can be said to dominate the game! Since Schumacher retired, there are still people who can perform well in rain battles. Such a strong dominance is incredible! It’s incredible!” Ross Brown took a long breath and put on a satisfied smile on his face.
"It looks like we will really win two consecutive championships!"
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In the Ferrari team's command center, Schumacher looked at Zhang Guan on the screen and felt lost for a while.
"Schumi, Schumi?" team leader Domenechali called several times before Schumacher came back to his senses.
"What's wrong? Schumi, are you feeling unwell? Do you have a cold?" Domenecalli asked.
"No, I just feel that Zhang Guan's driving style is a bit familiar. Watching this game is like watching my game video replay..." Schumacher replied.
"Hahaha, it seems that the humid weather in Malaysia has really affected you and caused you to have illusions." Domenechali smiled and pointed at the fooled Zhang Guan on the screen and said: "You and him have the same The only difference is that you are all red racing cars."
"Oh, it's really like this. It's probably too hot." Schumacher said.
"Schumi, I suggest you go get a cold drink. There is ice cream flown from Europe in the freezer behind our fleet. The vanilla and strawberry flavors are both very good. I suggest you try it." Domeneca Lee pointed to the garage behind.
"Okay, I'll try it out later." Schumacher nodded and glanced outside.
"Huh? The rain seems to have become lighter." Schumacher looked up at the sky, and the dark clouds had become much thinner.
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The heavy rain in Malaysia came and went quickly. It started to rain on the 20th lap, and by the 27th lap, the heavy rain had basically stopped.
As a track for Formula One competitions, the drainage system is absolutely top-notch in the world, and there is basically very little water on the track. And rain tires also have strong drainage properties, and the patterns on them can bring water to the outside.
Cars basically run along a certain trajectory on the track. Nearly twenty cars pass by in one lap. The heat energy generated by the friction between the tires and the ground is enough to quickly evaporate the water, so by the 28th lap, it is clear that I saw two dry marks on the wet road.
The road surface was dry, and the rain tires became a liability. Compared with the soft tires, there was a gap of nearly two seconds per lap. This loss was unacceptable to the team. So some teams chose to stop for refueling, and they changed from wet tires to hard tires.
Although a tire change will lose about 11 or 2 seconds, after changing to dry tires, one lap can be faster by two seconds. It only takes six or seven laps to make up for the time lost in tire change. There are now 28 laps left before the end of the race. With the performance of the hard tires, we can definitely last until the end of the race, so this tire change is equivalent to preparing to run to the end in one breath.
This is obviously a very reasonable choice. For drivers, sooner or later they have to pit to change the set of rain tires. Instead of pitting late, it is better to pit early to change tires, and instead run on dry tires more often. , you can waste less time.
Zhang Guan, who was in the lead, had already reached lap 29. At this time, cars behind him all chose to pit for tire changes, and the voice of the team's strategic engineer also sounded in Zhang Guan's headset.
"The rain has stopped. The heavy rain in Malaysia really comes and goes quickly! You are ready to pit and change tires! We will change to a set of hard tires and prepare to run to the end of the race in one breath." The strategy engineer shouted said the intercom.
"Pit stop? How many laps is it now?" Zhang Guan asked.
"Lap 29, after you leave the station, it will be the thirtieth lap." the strategy engineer replied.
Zhang Guan suddenly frowned.
"No, I shouldn't have come in!"
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