All-round Athlete

Chapter 627 Variables

"We have more than 15 seconds ahead of second-placed Vettel, and you have a perfect pit stop window." Ross Brown's voice sounded in the headset.

The length of the maintenance area of ​​each track is different, and the fuel volume of each pit stop is also different, so the time of entering the pit will also be different, starting from entering the pit stop, stopping to change the station for refueling, and then exiting the pit stop, It takes at least 20 seconds. The maintenance area and the straight are basically parallel. Passing through the maintenance area once is equivalent to running through the end of the straight. That is, the distance in the maintenance area can also be regarded as the distance to the track. However, stop and start and the speed limit in the pit area will lose some time.

The 15-second advantage in the game, as long as the refueling time is controlled to about 10 seconds, it can basically be guaranteed that after refueling and coming out of the pit lane, it will still be in front of the opponent. This is the so-called "perfect pit stop window".

To put it simply, if Zhang Guan stops now to refuel and change tires, he will still be ahead of the second-placed Vettel when he comes out, but when he finishes refueling, the 15-second advantage will almost be lost.

"Then do I need to go back and refuel?" Zhang Guan asked.

"Of course not!" Ross Brown continued: "As long as your current tires and fuel capacity can hold up, keep running. Taking advantage of less fuel and lighter cars, set a few more fastest lap times, and strive to Expand the advantage! Better we let Vettel pit first. Oh wait, Vettel pitted to refuel! Then our advantage is already very big."

On the seventeenth lap, Vettel chose to pit for refueling and change tires. It took him 11.6 seconds to refuel, which is probably less than 20 laps of fuel.

On the eighteenth lap, Kazuki Nakajima, the driver of the Williams team, made a plan when he exited the corner. The front of the car directly hit the protective wall, and the debris was scattered all over the ground. A yellow flag was shown for the stage.

Overtaking is not allowed when there is a yellow flag. The yellow flag of the stage means that overtaking is not allowed in this stage, and the yellow flag means that no overtaking is allowed in the whole field. Often the safety car will come out to lead everyone to run laps at that time. The yellow flag of a stage generally means that there is an unexpected situation in a certain stage, such as a car crash, water accumulation, foreign objects, etc.

If a red flag is shown, it is often a more serious situation. At this time, all cars must return to the pit lane the next time they pass the pit entrance.

The blue flag is for the drivers who are lapped, telling them to let the fast cars run over first. A black flag is a direct penalty from the game.

In order for the driver to know these situations, there are often lights on the driver’s steering wheel to remind the driver. For example, when the yellow flag of the stage is entered, the light will light up to remind the driver when entering a stage where overtaking is not allowed.

Kazuki Nakajima, who crashed the car this time, knew by name that he was a Japanese driver. He joined the Williams team with a sponsorship contract. Others came to drive the car to earn wages, and he paid for the race. of. In terms of driving style, Kazuki Nakajima is very fierce and tough. So he had an accident and a crash, more a result of his driving style.

In fact, the driving styles of Japanese drivers in Formula One are similar. They all dare to fight, such as overtaking. Sometimes they pass if they win, and crash if they lose. Therefore, the previous two Japanese drivers, Takuma Sato and Sakon Yamamoto, were road killer drivers, and their completion rate was less than two-thirds. For example, when they were lapped and saw the blue flag, they were unwilling to give up the car. This was all done by the Japanese drivers. matter.

At this time, although Zhang Guan had not reached the yellow flag stage, Ross Brown had already opened his mouth to remind: "I tell you some bad news. There was an accident ahead. Kazuki Nakajima of the Williams team crashed."

"Is it serious? Will there be a safety car?" Zhang Guan asked.

"The debris is all over the place, maybe it is really possible to get out of the safety car, next time you pass the entrance of the maintenance station, come in and refuel!" Ross Brown's voice became more urgent.

At this time, Zhang Guan was not the only one who chose to pit for refueling. Other cars that hadn't pitted also chose to pit for refueling at this time. The yellow flag in the stage will affect the speed of the car, and of course it will also affect the performance of the drivers. Instead, it is better to go to the pit station to refuel and let the staff clean up the car debris on the track. So even some slow trains in the back row chose to enter the station at this time.

When Zhang Guan ran out of the pit stop, he was still in the first position. The advantages he had accumulated before were large enough, and Vettel, who was in second place, was still 15 seconds away from him.

On the 20th lap, the safety car was dispatched, which was extremely bad news for Zhang Guan. But it is good news for the racing cars that want to catch up.

The rules require that after the safety car is dispatched, it will be stuck in front of the first place. All cars are not allowed to overtake, and must follow the safety car according to their own rankings. But the speed of the safety car is much slower than that of the car, so the cars behind will quickly catch up with the cars in front. Basically, the appearance of the safety car means that all the advantages obtained by the leader before have disappeared in an instant.

After the safety car passed the slow car, he found Zhang Guan, who was in first place, and then started to lead in front of Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan's speed slowed down instantly. He could only turn on the fuel-saving mode and follow the safety car behind, while the cars behind were running fast. caught up.

The second place is still Vettel of Red Bull, the third place is Massa of Ferrari, the fourth place is Kubica of BMW, and the fifth place is Raikkonen of Ferrari. The cars behind also followed up, and the eighteen cars formed a long snake formation, and even the few cars that had been lapped all lined up at the end of the group again.

Zhang Guan is in a bad mood. He had a huge advantage before, but now it has all been wiped out because of the appearance of the safety car. He returned to the way he was at the start, which means that the efforts of the first twenty laps were in vain.

"When the safety car leaves in a while, pay attention to Ferrari, they have a kinetic energy recovery system." Ross Brown's voice sounded from the headset again.

In the static start just now, Ferrari was originally in 7th and 9th, and rushed to 4th and 5th with the 80 extra horsepower of the kinetic energy recovery system. Now it is a dynamic start, and the advantage of the kinetic energy recovery system will be greater. And now that Ferrari is ranked 3rd and 5th respectively, it is absolutely possible to threaten the first place Zhang Guan.

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"This safety car gave us an opportunity. Just now we were more than 15 seconds behind Zhang Guan, and now through this safety car, we have closed the gap." Red Bull Racing's strategy engineer said into the microphone.

"Yes, we are back on the same starting line again." Vettel's voice seemed very excited: "I like this kind of variable."

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