Vol 5 Chapter 270: Fill me up (14/20)

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The qualifying continued, without the championship, the pole position seemed to have suspense again, and the drivers on the track also showed more hard work, and they all hoped to achieve pole position.
China Power Team did not give up hope. Although Zhang Guan retired, they still have Barrichello. Barrichello was also a veteran who was able to continue in the brutal sport of Formula One competition. 16 years of hard work is enough to show that he has the strength of a first-class driver himself, and his experience is more suitable for other drivers. He has also won double-digit qualifying pole positions in his career, and he has also won seven championships, so if Barrichello wins pole position, no one will be surprised.
At this time, Barrichello also understood the team's current situation, so he increased his horsepower, hoping to regain the pole position for the team.
The veteran Ferrari has returned to the garage early. Although their car has canceled the kinetic energy recovery system, it still has no hope of competing for pole position. For Ferrari, it has lost its meaning to continue to appear in the third quarter qualifying, but it is not as good Go back to the garage early to debug the car.
Barrichello was still unable to do a miracle in the end, he lost to Red Bull Racing's Weber by 0.03 seconds. Red Bull's car is indeed very suitable for running this comprehensive circuit, and Webber is temporarily in the first place.
The countdown to the third quarter has ended, and there are still races on the track that are still in the final sprint. It can now be said that it is the moment of "a lap of victory".
"Am I the number one now?" Weber asked the team by radio.
"Yes. You are at the top for the time being, but there are a few cars behind you that are completing the final lap."
"Including Vettel?" Weber asked next.
"Yes." The team replied.
Weber didn't speak anymore. He felt that if there were anyone on the track who could be faster than himself, then only his teammate Vettel would be there. Both of them are driving the same car, and in terms of driving technology, the future four-time champion Vettel is obviously better than Weber.
The next moment, the team's headphone sounded from Weber's headset: "Tell you a bad news, someone is faster than you, you are overtaken, you are now in second place."
"Is it Vettel?" Weber asked immediately.
"No, it's Alonso!" the team replied.
"Alonso? Renault is suddenly so fast." Weber's voice revealed a surprise.
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A few years ago, the Renault team was also a giant in Formula One, and they once fought against Schumacher-era Ferrari. Alonso drove the blue Renault car that year and snipered the car king Schumacher for two consecutive years, making Schumacher’s eighth crown dream broken twice in succession, and Alonso won two consecutive championships and became The only driver who can beat Schumacher head-on.
In recent years, Renault’s cars have become increasingly weak, and they have withdrawn from the ranks of top teams. But Alonso is the one who can beat Schumacher after all, even if he is driving a broken car, he can get good results repeatedly.
In the race at China, Alonso’s car cancelled the kinetic energy recovery system and installed a double-layer diffuser with a transition plate. This double-layer diffuser was airlifted from Europe overnight after the International Motorsport Association announced compliance. of. In the previous practice, Alonso's car did not perform well, which made many people think that Renault's double-layer diffuser was a failed product.
But now it seems that the result is exactly the opposite. Alonso surpassed Weber with a score of 1 minute 36 seconds 381 and took the first throne. Although Renault’s car does not have the best speed, Alonso’s technology has made up for a lot of speed defects.
However, behind Alonso, there is also a person with the world's top technology, that is the future four-time champion Vettel. And Vettel also has a faster car.
Just a few seconds after Alonso ran the fastest lap, Vettel also crossed the finish line, with a score of 1 minute, 36 seconds and 184, which was 0.2 seconds faster than Alonso, and Vettel was of course not allowed to take At this pole position.
The top three starters are Red Bull’s Vettel, Renault’s Alonso and Red Bull’s Webber. It is worth mentioning that these three teams use Renault’s engines. Obviously Renault’s engine is suitable for this. Track. Barrichello was fourth, followed by Toyota's Trulli and Williams' Rosberg.
As for Zhang Guan, although the result given by the tournament is 10th, everyone knows that Zhang Guan will definitely start at the last place tomorrow.
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The qualifying is over. In the entire maintenance area, only the powerhouse of the China Force team is still busy. They have to change the engine of Zhang Guan's car, and this work is the same as the work of reassembling the car. After replacing the engine, the car has to be debugged. Of course, this kind of debugging can only be done in the garage, not on the road.
According to the rules of the race, other cars have been sealed. At this time, if you want to debug or replace parts, you will have to bear the penalty of backward starting. Formula 1 is very clear for this type of penalty, such as changing the transmission to retreat. The five-place start, the engine has to be moved back ten places, the debugging car has to start in the maintenance area, and so on.
Zhang Guan is already the last one to start, so even if it is a new car, it is the last one to start. The team has also simply replaced all the parts that can be replaced with a new set.
In the back office, Zhang Guan and Ross Brown are discussing tomorrow's strategy.
"The initial cause of the engine explosion has been found out, it is caused by the high temperature. We looked at the data in the practice game. When you practiced this engine, the engine temperature was too high, but then The temperature dropped quickly, and I didn't care too much, but I didn't expect to make a big mistake in the end." Ross Brown said.
"This engine actually doesn't have a lot of mileage. In Australia, we finished the race, while in Malaysia, we only ran halfway, so it shouldn't be a problem now." Team technical director Zander continued: "According to us The original strategy was to change engines after the Chinese race, and other teams even planned to use the first engine to run Bahrain."
Zander came up with a report and went on to say: "I compared Zhang Guan's engine temperature data in the previous game, and at the same time compared horizontally with the engine that Barry switched, and then compared the data of the previous four test engines. From the data point of view, the engine data of the cylinder explosion is slightly abnormal, so our technical team initially determined that the reason for the engine explosion is that the quality of the engine is defective. This should be a separate case."
Ross Brown nodded: "Send the relevant data to Mercedes-Benz. They may be more eager to know the reason than us."
Ross Brown finished, looked at Zhang Guan, and then said: "Tomorrow, your last start, we have to use a heavy fuel strategy to stop."
Zhang Guan thought about it, but shook his head. He said, "Help me fill up the oil!" (~^~)
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