Vol 5 Chapter 286: Keep burning money

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"Zhang, you are a genius!" Ross Brown was holding a financial statement, and then said: "The sponsorship plan that you have come up with to lower the sponsorship fee and increase the championship bonus is absolutely amazing! Although we The sponsorship fee received is much lower than expected, but the bonus we received in the last race has completely exceeded the lost sponsorship fee."
"It seems that the team's recent operating expenses should be no problem!" Zhang Guan said.
"The basic operating costs are no problem, but the research and development aspects are still not enough. Now all teams are working hard to study their double-layer diffusers. It is foreseeable that our advantages will become smaller and smaller. I don’t know when the advantage of our car will be maintained, so if we want to keep one, we must invest more money in research and development.
Ross Brown said.
"Is the main development direction determined? Develop a new aerodynamic kit?" Zhang Guan asked.
"No! The development of aerodynamic kits must be based on wind tunnel experiments. The rules of the season have limited wind tunnel experiments, so I am not going to develop new aerodynamic kits. I want to speed up the kinetic energy recovery system The speed of research and development. I hope that our car can be installed with a kinetic energy recovery system as soon as possible, preferably before the Italian station. After all, it is an additional 20 horsepower. Running the high-speed circuit such as Monza is very advantageous. "" Rose Brown said.
Historically, after the acquisition of the Honda team by Ross Brown, the kinetic energy recovery system was not used throughout the season. The main reason is that there is no money for research and development. Therefore, in the first half of the season, the Brown team achieved a crushing advantage with the double-layer diffuser. In the second half of the season, after the double-layer diffuser of other teams was also developed, the Brown team became A docile sheep.
Nowadays, the team's capital needs to be more ample, and Zhang Guan's ability to absorb gold is also stronger, so of course Ross Brown will choose to invest the money in the development of new technologies.
The sport of racing is indeed a bottomless hole that burns money. Even if your team has already won the first place and already has a crushing advantage, there are still a lot of fields that can help you spend your money. Go out.
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After the China race, all teams immediately rushed to Bahrain to prepare for the Bahrain Grand Prix on April 26.
The Bahrain circuit is a high-speed circuit with a total of only 12 bends, and there are more medium and high-speed bends, as well as four longer straights. This track is also a track built in the desert. If you look at it from the sky, you will find that there is a yellow desert all around.
For the audience, this track is also a very boring track. The characteristics of the track are not clear enough. The technical requirements for the driver are not high. As long as the car is fast enough, there is a great chance to surpass the opponent. Moreover, the track is not dangerous enough, and there will be no severe accidents, so the possibility of unsure pieces is also very small.
It is almost impossible for Bahrain's game to have a rain fight. In Bahrain this season, the temperature can reach 30 degrees, the track temperature will also exceed 40 degrees, and the tires of the car can enter the best state relatively quickly.
High temperature is the biggest difficulty faced by drivers. At the same time, drivers have to face another difficulty, that is, wind.
The Bahrain track is built in the desert and there are no shelters around, which means that there will be crosswinds.
Crosswind is a certain danger to high-speed cars, especially vans such as vans, buses, and canvas vans. Due to the high center and large side area, the crosswind will shift the direction of travel. Cause danger. Therefore, highways have isolation zones to prevent lateral crosswinds.
A Formula 1 race car that pursues grip will naturally not be overturned by the wind, but the crosswind will affect the aerodynamics of the car. This effect may be beneficial or harmful.
For the China Power car, it is actually very suitable for this track. Mercedes-Benz's engine performance is not inferior to Ferrari on the high-speed circuit. The double-layer diffuser can also help the car in the corners.
Friday’s practice session was very bland, and various teams were also debugging their own cars. The only news is that the Toyota team enabled their kinetic energy recovery system in this race. They became the No. A fleet of kinetic energy recovery systems.
Before the qualifying on Saturday afternoon, the air temperature in Bahrain had reached 38 degrees Celsius, and the track temperature was as high as 51 degrees Celsius, which made many drivers feel uncomfortable. A 38-degree high position, sitting in a small racing space, and wearing a racing suit and a helmet is obviously a kind of suffering.
In the first practice session, Zhang Guan quickly ran a lap and immediately drove the car back to the garage. The helmet and racing suit made him completely unable to feel the coolness of the wind, but the high temperature of 38 degrees was The real thing.
1 minute 32 seconds 978, this is Zhang Guan's performance in the first quarter qualifying, and this result is also ranked fourth in all drivers, enough to allow him to successfully advance to the second quarter qualifying.
In the second quarter of qualifying, Zhang Guan also returned to the maintenance area after only two punches. His score was 1 minute, 32 seconds and 822, which was enough to guarantee his promotion.
Compared with the previous stations, Zhang Guan's qualifying performance has obviously declined significantly. In the previous qualifying, Zhang Guan can get a lead of more than 0.5 seconds every time, and today Zhang Guan is in the top two The festival did not get the first place.
Of course, this is also related to the climate. The weather here even gave Zhang Guan an urge to abandon the game.
After the two quarters qualifying, the temperature has risen to 40 degrees Celsius.
In the third quarter qualifying, Zhang Guan refreshed the fastest lap three times in a row. He even ran the fastest lap within 1 minute and 34 seconds. But in the final lap, Zhang Guan's results were surpassed by two Toyota teams. Among them, the Toyota team's Trulli score is 1 minute 33 seconds 431, another Toyota team driver Glock score is 1 minute 33 seconds 712, and Zhang Guan ranked third with 1 minute 33 seconds 995.
This is also Zhang Guan's failure to get pole position again after retiring from the previous qualifying round.
The Toyota team won the pole position again after the 2005 Japan race, and it was also the first start in the team's history.
Fourth place was Red Bull's Vettel, fifth place was McLaren Hamilton, Zhang Guan's teammate Barrichello was sixth, followed by Renault's Alonso and Ferrari's Massa.
After climbing out of the car, Zhang Guan ran directly to the air outlet of the air conditioner, and Ross Brown walked over quickly.
"Trulli's score is 1 minute 33 seconds 431, which is more than 0.5 seconds faster than me. How can he run so fast? Is that kinetic energy recovery system so good?" Zhang Guan headed toward the air conditioning outlet. Asked.
"It should not be the effect of the kinetic energy recovery system. They must be ultra-light fuel. I think they should start with super-soft tires in tomorrow's race, and then they will pit in and change tires around 10 laps!" Rose Brown answered. (To be continued.)
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