On the track, Toyota's Trulli was already closing in on Barrichello.
"Okay, I've caught up. He's still using full-weather tires. These tires are much slower than me. On the next straight, I can use the later braking point to overtake him! Overtake Barricie first. Luo, and then catch up with Zhang Guan, maybe I will have a chance to win the championship!"
Trulli was arranging his own script in his mind, and was ready to follow the script step by step, but at this moment, the drop of water falling on his helmet visor gave him an ominous feeling.
"Is there water? Is it raining again? No, it must have dripped from the sponsor billboard when I passed by it just now. The heavy rain just stopped, how could it start raining again!"
The next second, countless raindrops fell from the sky. Trulli could even see the raindrops hitting the front nose frame of the car, and then quickly turned into countless smaller water droplets.
"What? Is it really raining?" Trulli's originally passionate heart suddenly fell to the bottom.
In front of Trulli is Barrichello, who is already feeling full of pressure.
"It's really a disadvantage to run on dry roads with all rain tires. In the blink of an eye, Trulli has caught up. If I run at this speed, I won't be able to hold on to this straight. If I had known this, I should have entered just now." I'm changing tires at the station, if I enter the station now, will it be too late?" Barrichello thought with some regret.
However, the next moment, he also saw countless raindrops falling from the sky.
"It's raining! It's really raining! Am I right?" Barrichello looked at the road ahead. Almost in the blink of an eye, the previously dry road became wet again.
"It really rained! Great! We won the bet!" Barrichello let out a sigh of relief, knowing that his second place was saved.
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Ferrari team leader Domenechali looked at the Force China team not far away and happened to see the relieved smile on Ross Brawn's face.
"This old fox was indeed betting on rain! And he succeeded in betting." Domenecalli sighed. He knew that Ferrari failed again in this race.
"Ding ring ring ring..." In the control room, the phone rang. The staff picked up the phone, chatted for a few words, and then came to Domenecalli's side.
"Team leader, we just received the latest weather forecast information from the meteorological analyst. According to the satellite cloud image, there will be a heavy rain soon!" the staff member said.
"Nonsense, I only need to look at the sky outside to know this information! There is no need to look at any bullshit satellite cloud images." Domenecalli said angrily.
But then, he calmed down and asked, "Did the weather analyst say how long this heavy rain will last? Will it be another shower and stop soon?"
"Weather analysts say that from the current point of view, it will not stop within an hour." The staff member said.
Domenecalli let out a long sigh, looked at the water on the road under his feet, and said, "Okay, let's inform our two drivers to come back and change to full rain tires!"
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Hamilton spun, Vettel spun, Alonso spun... The sudden heavy rain caused those drivers who had put on dry tires to complain and curse. However, they had to run back to the pits as quickly as possible and put on rain tires again.
Those riders who switched to dry tires earlier could still barely accept this unexpected incident, because they had already run four or five laps on dry tires and bought some time. The most unlucky ones were those drivers who had just put on dry tires and had only run one lap on dry tires. Now the tires were just getting hot. The sudden heavy rain made them return to the pit to change tires again.
At this time, some drivers have entered the pit area four times. I made my first pit stop to change tires around the fifteenth lap, my second pit stop around twenty laps to change to wet tires, my third pit stop around the twenty-eighth lap to change to dry tires, and now I’m fourth. They put on rain tires at the first pit stop, and the four pit stops were enough for them to run one more lap.
"I didn't expect it to rain again, and this time it rained so suddenly. Judging from the camera, it rained very hard this time. It looks like I have to change to full rain tires before I can run." The commentator said. .
"That's right, the pit area has started to prepare now. There is a car coming into the pit, and it should be changed to full rain tires."
"The road conditions seem to be very bad, and Hamilton slipped sideways again. On this track, it is impossible to run on dry tires. I remember that a car just pitted to put on dry tires on the last lap, and now it has to enter again. Stopping to change rain tires, God really made a big joke."
The camera focused on Zhang Guan again at this time, and the commentator continued: "Zhang Guan is still first, did he just change to wet tires? No, I remember Zhang Guan didn't stop to change to wet tires just now. Get pregnant!"
"The two cars of Force China still stopped, and they were still using the same set of rain tires they changed to ten laps ago! I understand now, no wonder they didn't stop to change tires just now, but insisted on running on rain tires. It turns out They had expected it to rain!"
"There was still hope for the cars behind to catch up with Force China, but this unexpected pit stop gave Force China an advantage of more than ten seconds. It seems that it will be difficult for the cars behind to catch up with Force China's two cars. Racing.”
While the commentators were discussing, the safety car had already left the pit area.
The warning lights on the steering wheels of the drivers lighted up, indicating to the drivers that the safety car was dispatched, and overtaking was not allowed throughout the process.
"Haha, the safety car is dispatched. Zhang Guan originally had so many advantages, but they are gone. We still have a chance!"
"Great, the safety car has appeared, and everyone is back on the same starting line. We may have an advantage this time, because we have enough fuel and tires to last until the end of the race, but Zhang Guan may not, he will still One more stop!"
The following teams all made their own plans.
In the safety car, the driver was also talking to the race stewards.
"The rain is too heavy, the road conditions are very bad, and the visibility is also very low. I can't even see the curves clearly. It's too easy to cause an accident if I run like this. I suggest we stop the race!" the driver of the safety car rushed. said into the intercom.
The competition is also studying the footage from the safety car's on-board camera. At this time, the visibility on the track is indeed very low, especially when the car passes through the splashes. The water mist formed is enough to blur a long section of the track. rise.
More than a minute later, the tournament stewards finally announced the results of the discussion.
"For safety's sake, let's stop the game! Show the red flag immediately!"
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