Zhang Guan no longer paid attention to domestic affairs. As the saying goes, the troops will come to block the water and the soil will cover up, but he has never planned to bow to the evil forces. At this time, Zhang Guan is preparing for the next race in Spain.
During the Formula One season, there will be two races held in Spain, namely the Spanish race and the European race. The Spanish race is held at the Circuit de Catalunya, and the European race is held at Valencia. Road, these two circuits are famous European circuits.
The Spanish race on May 8 will be held at the Circuit de Catalunya. This circuit is one of the most famous circuits in the world and is known as the most perfect circuit in the world. Every year, Formula One's pre-race test cars come here. For example, this year's winter test will be held at the Circuit de Catalunya.
In terms of difficulty, the Circuit de Catalunya can be said to be the most difficult and demanding of all F1 circuits, offering almost every challenge in modern racing. The driver has to deal with three U-shaped corners, several fast corners, and some gradients, especially the corner before the sprint straight is more difficult. The design concepts of many new tracks in the future will come from the Circuit de Catalunya. For example, the Shanghai International Circuit drew lessons from the Circuit de Catalunya in its design.
In previous competitions, the Catalunya Circuit also has a major feature. The cars that can win the championship here are often the best cars of the season, such as the 1992 Williams car, the 1995 Benetton racing cars in 2008, McLaren racing cars in 1998 and 1999, Ferrari racing cars from 2001 to 2004, Renault racing cars in 2006, etc., their drivers all won the world championship that year.
Among all the teams this year, Force China's car is undoubtedly the best in performance, but for now, Force China's car is the most competitive, and all Force China's calls to win this race are relatively low. big.
The Circuit de Catalunya is undoubtedly the most familiar track for each team, not only because it is one of the winter test tracks, but also because teams often choose this track for new car testing, so The team also has the most sufficient car tuning data for the Circuit de Catalunya. On other circuits, the team needs to find the most suitable adjustment for the car through practice sessions. But at the Catalunya Circuit, the team only needs to look at the records of previous years to find one. Set the most suitable adjustment plan.
Many race tracks undergo some fine-tuning every year based on the car and the rules, such as adjusting the arc of the corners, adjusting the length of the straights, etc., but this is not the case at the Circuit de Catalunya. Here is It's like a template for the track, with almost no changes. The teams and drivers are familiar with it and can handle it easily.
This is F1's first stop after returning to its European home base, and most teams have upgraded their cars at this stop. Among them, Ferrari had the biggest upgrade. They not only installed a double-layer diffuser, but also launched a completely upgraded version of the car. The entire aerodynamic layout of the car was readjusted.
At this time, less than a month after the International Automobile Federation announced the compliance of double-layer diffusers, Ferrari has already developed a new aerodynamic racing car. It must be said that their research and development capabilities are indeed very strong.
The drivers had another good weather day during Friday’s practice session. After experiencing the rain battles in Malaysia and China, and the scorching heat in Bahrain, good weather is particularly precious for the drivers. The temperature is 24 degrees Celsius and the track temperature is 36 degrees Celsius. Compared with Bahrain, this is like paradise.
The drivers were also speeding around the track. Except for two cars that encountered mechanical problems, all the other cars almost ran the same distance as they wore out a set of tires, which lasted thirty-four or five laps. There are a lot of people there, and there are also many people who have completed more than 40 laps, which is basically equivalent to completing three-quarters of the race.
This is the Catalunya Circuit. The team is already familiar with how to configure the car on this track, so there is no need for the car to make multiple pit stops, and the pit stop time saved is used by the driver on the track. .
Ferrari performed very strongly in practice on Friday and Saturday, and the new aerodynamic package helped them a lot. Red Bull Racing, which performed very well in the previous rounds, performed very average in practice. But everyone knows that practice is not the main race, and the drivers cannot give their full performance like the main race.
In qualifying on Saturday afternoon, it was time for the car and driver to truly take advantage.
In the first quarter of the race, Force India's two cars were the first to be eliminated. What is surprising is that the two giants Ferrari and McLaren also had one car each stop in the first round, and Ferrari was eliminated even more. Driver No. 1 Raikkonen.
At last year's Spanish Grand Prix, it was also at this Catalunya circuit that Raikkonen won the championship and set the fastest lap record. Perhaps because of this, the team was overconfident in Raikkonen. He only ran three laps before returning to the garage. In the end, he was eliminated. This was considered a strategic mistake by Ferrari.
McLaren, another giant, really lacked competitiveness in this race. Their No. 2 driver was eliminated in the first quarter, and the defending champion Hamilton, the No. 1 driver, also stopped in the second quarter. It looks like their newly upgraded aerodynamics kit has little effect.
As is recognized before the race, the winner of the Circuit de Catalunya may not be the best driver, but his car must be the best car. After the start of the third quarter of qualifying, the drivers’ The results further confirm this.
The two Force China cars, the two Red Bulls and the remaining Ferrari drifted within 1 minute and 21 seconds early, while the remaining five cars were still 0.2 seconds behind the fastest of the 1 minute and 21 seconds. , this is obviously a gap in the car.
In the recent three consecutive races, Red Bull Racing has been the main opponent of the Chinese force, and Vettel has competed with Zhang Guan for the championship in two consecutive races. As for Ferrari, although one car retired from the race due to a strategic error, the effect of their upgraded new car was also reflected, and the results were not inferior to Red Bull and China Force.
In the end, Zhang Guan still won a pole position for Force China. He was 0.2 seconds ahead of Red Bull Racing's Vettel. The third place was taken by Barrichello. The fourth place was Ferrari's Felipe Felipe. He was 0.2 seconds ahead of the third-placed Barrie. Chiello was only 0.008 seconds behind.
"This is the fifth race this year! Ferrari's car almost finished in the top three. It seems that Ferrari has begun to sound the clarion call for counterattack!" There was a worry in Ross Brown's eyes. As Ferrari's former "Big Three", Ross Brawn dare not underestimate Ferrari.
Now, the main competitor of China's power is no longer just the Red Bull team. A more terrifying enemy has begun to rise. Ferrari, the "red devil" in the racing world, is finally going to show his ferocious fangs.
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