In Ferrari's control room, Schumacher's brows furrowed more and more.
"It's already been 46 laps, why hasn't Zhang Guan pitted yet? His set of rain tires are almost worn out. What is he still insisting on? It's still raining heavily outside, and his set of tires will only get worse and worse." Slow down, maybe a poorly controlled sideslip will lead to a fatal accident. Why is he running again? Is this a deliberate strategy? "
Schumacher thought of his old friend Ross Brawn.
Ross Brawn is known as the master of strategy in Formula One racing, and he has cooperated with Schumacher for many years. Many of Schumacher's classic victories were supported by Ross Brawn's precise strategies. So when you see it, In this scene, Schumacher immediately thought that this was Ross Brawn's special strategy.
"Is he planning to pit on the last lap and then cross the finish line in the pit area?" Schumacher then thought.
The pit area and the finish straight are often parallel, and the distance in the pit area is calculated into the number of laps. Passing through the pit area once is equivalent to passing the finish timer once, so there is a situation where you cross the final finish line in the pit area. Of course, the prerequisite for this is that the team's maintenance station must be before the finish line. This is actually a loophole, and Schumacher happened to use this tactic of crossing the finish line in the pit area back then. The person who directed him to do this was naturally Ross Brawn.
"No, there is a speed limit in the pit area, the running is already slow, plus the time to change tires, there is no time at all. Vettel will still cross the finish line first." Schumacher shook his head.
However, the next moment, Schumacher realized that this was a rain battle!
"Is Zhang Guan not planning to pit at all?" Schumacher suddenly raised his head, thinking of this possibility.
“Two types of tires must be used in the race, except for the rain battle! Because this is a rain battle, I simply don’t change tires and run all the way to the end! This is a loophole in the rules! This is a typical Ross Brown style. "Schumacher thought about this, his face was full of shock, but the next second, he immediately shook his head.
"No way, this tactic can't be successful, the tires can't hold up! A set of full wet tires can last forty laps, which is good. The remaining sixteen laps will be impossible to run! Ross Brown will not make this mistake Such a low-level mistake. Now Zhang Guan's set of tires are almost worn out into slick tires. Running in the rain with slick tires? Haha, even at my peak, I could barely last a few laps!" Schumacher I thought to myself.
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Lap 47.
Turn 16 is the last corner of the track and the entrance to the pit station is also there. In this corner, turn left to enter the big straight before the finish line, and turn left after going straight to enter the pit area.
"Turn 16 is ahead. It's time for Zhang Guan to pit! Haha, first place, here I come!" Vettel said with a happy smile under his helmet.
However, the red car in front of him did not go straight, but chose to turn left.
"What? Zhang Guan wants to run another lap? I know you are racing at home, but you started at the last place. It is good to be able to persist to this point. Even if you pit now, the home audience will support you. Cheers." Vettel thought silently.
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On lap 48, we arrived at Turn 16 again.
"It's time for Zhang Guan to pit! His tires are almost worn out!" Vettel looked ahead, and then watched helplessly as the red car turned left and entered the final straight.
"Aren't you going to stop yet? In the last lap, I was already faster than you. Why are you still insisting?"
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On lap 49, it was still Turn 16.
Zhang Guan still chose to turn left onto the straight road.
At this time, Vettel was already a little angry.
"If you haven't come in yet, my patience is limited!"
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On lap 50, there are only six laps left before the end of the race.
"You haven't stopped yet? No, something is wrong!"
By this time, Zhang Guan had not even chosen to pit, and Vettel had already realized that something was wrong.
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The command room of Chinese power.
Ross Brown looked at the screen with a troubled expression. His heart was already in his throat. Every time Zhang Guan turned a corner, he felt extremely nervous.
"Zhang Guan's tires are almost unable to hold up. He must be very careful when cornering now, otherwise he will inevitably slip, and this situation will become more and more serious. Now Vettel has begun to approach, if Vettel realizes If Zhang Guan won't pit at all, he will definitely launch an attack. And with Zhang Guan's set of tires, I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on for one lap! What should we do? Now we can only hope that Red Bull can't guess our strategy. choose."
Suddenly, an idea flashed in Ross Brown's mind, and he seemed to have thought of something.
The next moment, Ross Brown said fiercely: "Quick, let the maintenance man go out with the tires. By the way, take dry tires, not rain tires, and don't open the insulation cover of the tires. Now, hurry!"
"Should Zhang Guan pit for tire changes?" the engineer next to him asked. He didn't understand why Ross Brawn would change his original strategy at this time.
"Let Zhang Guan continue running without changing the tire! But the maintenance technician must go out with the tire." Ross Brown continued.
"If you don't change the tire, why do you want the maintenance technician to go out?" the engineer asked in a confused manner.
"Nonsense, of course I am telling others that Zhang Guan is about to pit and we have to change tires!" Ross Brown said.
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Zhang Guan hadn't entered the station yet, which also surprised everyone at the scene.
When entering the consecutive hairpin turns, Zhang Guan's tires locked slightly, and this situation was captured by the camera. People can clearly see that Zhang Guan's tires have completely smoothed the tread and become A set of slick tires. In other words, Zhang Guan is currently racing in the rain on bald tires.
"Oh my God, the tread pattern on Zhang Guan's tires has been completely worn away. He is running in the rain with such a set of tires! This is equivalent to dry tires!"
"How can a worn-out rain tire have the performance of a dry tire! The performance of Zhang Guan's tires must be far worse than that of a dry tire! But he is still running, how can he do this!"
"Running in the rain on bald tires. There are people in this world who can do this. I can't imagine it! If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really couldn't have imagined it!"
"Look, it slipped! Fortunately, it was saved! It's really impossible to run on bald tires! This time, we lost a second in the side slip, so we'd better go in and change the tires quickly!"
At this time, the director switched the scene to the garage of the Force China team, and saw the maintenance technician walking out holding the tire, holding an electric screwdriver, and carrying the fuel pipe.
"The Chinese force has taken action. The maintenance technician came out holding the tire. It's Zhang Guan who is about to pit!"
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