In previous years, the Formula One Shanghai race was held in October, but this year it was moved to April for the first time. The reason why it was moved to April was also due to the economic crisis.
Formula One, as the most expensive sport in the world, has obviously been the most severely affected by the economic crisis. In order to cope with the economic crisis, some teams have begun to reduce personnel and reduce costs. For example, Honda has directly sold its team and exited the sport. Formula One race.
After last year's Chinese Grand Prix, the F1 Teams Association (FOM) asked the organizers about the possibility of moving the 2009 race to April. This will allow several adjacent events to be gathered together and save the team's expenses. Therefore, the first three stops of this year's Formula One race are in Australia, Malaysia and China. The team flew all the way from south to north with the cars and personnel, which saved the team a lot of expenses.
Moreover, by moving the competition forward to April, the Shanghai Tennis Masters in October can also be avoided, thus avoiding the diversion of spectators. You must know that since the Shanghai Tennis Masters was held, the number of tickets for the F1 match has been declining year by year, the 200,000 spectator seats are simply not full, and the organizer has been losing money every year.
In this year's competition, because of Zhang Guan's presence, the Chinese Grand Prix has become the best-selling event. The Formula One event has also changed from years of decline and made a turnaround.
However, the weather was not kind and the race in China was moved to April for the first time, and there was heavy rain.
During yesterday's qualifying, the sun was still shining brightly, but today's race was hit by heavy rain, and looking at the dark clouds in the sky, it was obvious that they had no intention of stopping. The weather forecast issued by the race also confirmed this. At this point, there will be continued rain today.
The audience was still enthusiastic, and every stand was full. They came despite the rain to watch Zhang Guan's game.
The main stand has a roof, so the situation will be better. The east and west auxiliary stands also have huge round parasols, which can have some effect. However, the spectators in the temporary stands do not have such good treatment. They can only wear clothes. Wear a raincoat or hold an umbrella while sitting on a wet chair to cheer for the driver you support.
Newey of the Red Bull Racing team looked up at the sky, letting the rain hit his thin cheeks, and his deep eyes exuded a color of worry.
What Newey is worried about is not the Red Bull Racing car or the driver. He is still very confident in the car he designed, and the level of the two drivers in the team is very good. What Newey is worried about is Zhang Guan.
"It's raining. I didn't expect that after the Malaysian Grand Prix, there would be another rain fight. Two rain fights in a row. Will this be a variable in this game?" Newey thought as he looked into the distance. The garage of China Power.
In the last race in Malaysia, Newey was shocked by Zhang Guan’s ability in the rain battle. Whether it was the choice of braking point or the angle of the corner, Zhang Guan showed superb strength. Although the race only lasted more than thirty laps, and the real rain period was only about ten laps, but Newey looked back During the video recording, it can be felt that Zhang Guan's strength in rain battles is definitely better than Vettel, and can even be said to surpass the two-time world champion Alonso.
Newey knows very well that there are too many variables in rain battles, and a single slip may ruin the entire race. The most stable weapon in rain battles is technology. The better the technology, the easier it is for the driver to control the rain. The variables in the battle are reduced to a minimum.
In addition to Red Bull, teams such as Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, BMW Sauber, etc. also dare not underestimate Zhang Guan's ability in rain battles.
Perhaps the only one who was elated was Force India's Omi. At this time, Omi was still immersed in the joy of yesterday. Zhang Guan started at the last place, which brought Omi a continued good mood, because the two Force India cars were ranked 18th and 19th respectively. Just in front of Zhang Guan.
So Omi set a new goal for the two drivers of his team, which was to stop Zhang Guan.
“We only got the last two in qualifying. In this race, our car is obviously not very competitive, so I don’t ask that the two can win points, but I hope that the two can win points. You can stop Zhang Guan!" Omi said, stretched out a finger, and then said: "Ten thousand US dollars for one round! If you can stop Zhang Guan for one round, I will reward you with ten thousand US dollars, and for two rounds, you will get 10,000 US dollars. It’s 20,000 US dollars, and by analogy, if you can successfully stop Zhang Guan for 56 laps, there will be an additional 560,000 US dollars in bonus.”
As soon as they heard about money, the two Force India drivers suddenly felt motivated.
The current two Force India drivers are Fisichella and Sutil.
Fisichella is a veteran. He is only one year younger than Barrichello and is 36 years old this year. Therefore, he is the oldest driver in Formula One this year after Barrichello. Fisichella's peak years were mainly spent with the Renault team, and he assisted Alonso to win two consecutive championships. Now he also hopes to get a pension contract. So he joined a new team like Force India. Force India also needs this kind of driver. Although he is a little older, he still has the strength to be a treasure. The salary required is not high. More than ten years of competition experience can also help the team quickly integrate into the Formula One sport. middle.
For a driver like Fisichella who has a mixed pension contract, ranking and success are no longer important. Money is what he needs most, so when he heard the bonus of 10,000 US dollars per lap, Fisichella couldn't help but look away. Light.
Force India Sutil is a driver with a sponsor. Sutil is a German and has some strength, but compared to his compatriots Vettel and Rosberg, he is not even a little bit worse. However, Sutil's sponsors are very powerful. From Sutil's F3 era He has generously sponsored Sutil since then. Until he joined F1, he came with a sponsor contract.
Many fans remember Sutil more about the bar fight in 2011. When Sutil and Hamilton were in a bar together, he had a conflict with the owner of the Renault team and stabbed the Renault team with a broken bottle. boss. From this point of view, this Sutil is not a good boy.
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Ross Brown looked at the rain outside expressionlessly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Next to him, an engineer hurried over and said, "The race meeting just announced that due to heavy rain, the race will start under the guidance of the safety car."
"Start under the guidance of the safety car!" Ross Brawn raised his head and looked at the car that had just been pushed out of the garage.
"This is good news for us. Maybe Zhang Guan can really win the bet!"
Chapter 16 Is there any more? Do you still have monthly passes? If you don’t have a monthly ticket, you have to have a recommendation ticket, right
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