In the last two laps, Zhang Guan could only rely on himself.
Vettel was like a mad bull, desperately chasing forward.
At this time, Vettel has realized that he has been deceived. Zhang Guan had no intention of pitting in the first place. As for the wrong tire and the fight between the maintenance technicians, it was all a show to confuse him.
Vettel felt even more humiliated as he recalled what had just happened. They mixed up dry tires and wet tires, and all four of them got mixed up. Thinking about it, it was impossible to happen. It was raining so heavily outside, how could the team come out with a set of dry tires
Maintenance technicians fighting? There is no time to fight, but it happened when Zhang Guan was about to arrive at the entrance of the maintenance station. You must know that the maintenance technicians are all members of the same team. They have been training together for many years. If there is a conflict, they will break up long ago. And no matter how serious the conflict between them is, they can't fight when it's time to change the driver's tire.
All of this seemed so naive upon careful analysis, but Vettel believed it. He even sympathized with Zhang Guan for a time.
"Damn it!" Thinking of this, Vettel felt even more angry. They had deceived him and he was still sympathizing with them. This made Vettel feel that his IQ had been completely insulted.
"I must pass him!" Vettel increased his power and quickly approached Zhang Guan.
The road surface was very slippery, and Zhang Guan's set of tires could not make much movement. He was very cautious whether entering or exiting corners, which cost him a lot of time, while Vettel took advantage of his wet tires. He quickly caught up behind Zhang Guan.
Catching up does not mean being able to overtake. In a Formula One race, sometimes the difference between two cars is only a few tenths of a second, but the car behind may not be able to overtake the car in front for several laps. Under the current rules, the front guard must The side of the car has a great advantage. When the speed and level of the two cars are about the same, a slight advantage is not enough to quickly overtake.
For this reason, the reforms in Formula One racing in recent years have been aimed at encouraging overtaking. For example, slick tires and kinetic energy recovery systems have made overtaking easier and weakened the defensive advantage.
Vettel caught up with Zhang Guan, but he did not try to overtake him in the corners. In terms of speed, China Force's cars did not suffer in the corners. After all, they were equipped with double-layer diffusers, and Zhang Guan's tires Although it was no longer possible, he barely held on to an advantageous route and did not let Vettel find a chance to overtake.
"After Turn 13, there is a straight. When we get to the straight, I can use the wake of the car to pass him in one sentence!" Vettel thought to himself.
Formula One cars have a wake, that is, a small vacuum will be formed behind the car running in front. When the car behind is close to this vacuum area, the resistance will be much smaller, which is equivalent to gaining extra power in disguise. This situation is common in some other motor sports.
If it is on a straight road, this kind of wake will have an advantage for the car behind. The car behind can rely on the wake of the car in front to close the distance and then complete the overtake. However, in a corner, the rear wing of the car in front will raise the airflow upwards, causing the front wing of the car behind to lose downforce, which in turn reduces the speed of the car behind when cornering.
Red Bull's car is a car that relies heavily on aerodynamics, so Vettel subconsciously chose to overtake on the straights instead of overtaking in the corners.
Zhang Guan turned out of Turn 13 and started to accelerate. At the same time, Vettel also caught up with him, and the front nose of his car was almost touching the rear of Zhang Guan's car.
In fourth, fifth and sixth gear, the tail speed on this long straight can reach 330 kilometers per hour. For Mercedes-Benz engines, this kind of unreasonable straight-line acceleration is what it is best at.
Zhang Guan's speed increased rapidly, but behind Zhang Guan, Vettel's speed was also very fast. He took advantage of Zhang Guan's wake, and it can be said that he was gaining extra power.
"The good opportunity is now!" Vettel turned the steering wheel fiercely and veered off the right side. The next moment he used the speed advantage brought by the wake to reach Zhang Guan's side in an instant. The two cars were almost neck-and-neck. .
But Vettel was not satisfied with this, he also wanted to grab another corner.
Turn 14 is a super low-speed corner. The car has to make an almost 180-degree U-turn in this corner. The original speed of 330 kilometers per hour in sixth gear has to be reduced to 80 kilometers per hour in second gear.
What's more important is that this is a right turn. As long as Vettel on the right can smoothly enter the corner first, he can occupy a more powerful line. Judging from the current tire conditions of the two people, once Vettel overtakes Zhang Guan, it will be difficult for Zhang Guan to overtake.
Vettel brakes hard and prepares to enter the corner.
Countless water droplets splashed onto the goggles of Vitrege's helmet at this moment. These were splashes from the car in front, and the car in front was undoubtedly Zhang Guan.
At this corner, Zhang Guan chose a very late braking point, so he ran ahead of Vettel.
"If Zhang Guan chooses such a late braking point, he will slide out!" Vettel immediately chose a more conservative cornering angle. In his opinion, with Zhang Guan's current tire condition, the car will inevitably slide off the track. What he has to do is to avoid being affected by Zhang Guan as much as possible and avoid being involved in the accident.
Ahead, the red racing car almost slid sideways into the track. The water splashed up and blocked Vettel's view in front of him. However, Vettel could vaguely see a red bright spot flashing. flash.
Those are the taillights of a racing car!
Immediately afterwards, the bright spot gradually became smaller, which showed that the car in front had begun to accelerate and gradually moved away from Vettel.
"It's Zhang Guan. He didn't skid off the track. He controlled the car! How did he do it just now? My sight was completely blocked by the rain and I couldn't see clearly." Vettel's eyes revealed a trace of An incredible look.
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Ahead, Zhang Guan's breathing had become very rapid. The turn just now used up almost all his energy.
"It's over. Fortunately, I'm here! If I hadn't taken advantage of understeer, I would have slipped off the track just now. This is also my good luck today! At this time, I can only try my luck!" Zhang Guan looked ahead. On this long straight road in front of the main grandstand, the accelerator was once again applied.
However, Vettel behind him once again used the wake to get closer.
There was only one last lap left in the race, and the fight between the two had reached its most critical moment.
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