All-round Athlete

Chapter 635 Rain Fight

"The weather forecast says that there will be rain tomorrow. You must prepare for the rain battle." Ross Brown looked at the satellite cloud image on the computer, frowning, obviously thinking about the pit stop strategy for tomorrow's game.

“It’s Malaysia after all, it’s strange that it doesn’t rain, the key is when it starts to rain. If it’s raining when the race starts, it’s okay to start with wet tires. The annoying thing is that it’s raining in the middle of the race, which is for us The strategy has a great impact. The most frightening thing is that there are two rains within the time period of a race, and the drivers have to pit frequently to change tires." Barrichello said.

Zhang Guan was silent on the side, he had already fallen into the memory.

For this Malaysian Grand Prix, Zhang Guan is very impressed, because this time the race was interrupted due to heavy rain, which is rare in Formula One races, and it is often only when it rains heavily Only then will such a situation happen.

Generally, light or moderate rain will not affect the car to participate in the competition. Sometimes heavy rain can barely run, unless the rain is really very heavy and the driver's sight is completely blocked, which will interrupt the race. And a situation like this may not happen once in a year or two, so once it happens, it will definitely be fresh in people's memory.

What makes Zhang Guan remember this Malaysian Grand Prix is ​​not only the fact that the race was interrupted due to heavy rain, but also the strange situation of 0.5 points.

According to the competition rules of Formula One, if the race is stopped halfway, and the driver has not completed 75% of the race, the points will be calculated according to the ranking two laps before the termination of the race, but the points will be halved; 75%, all points will be awarded.

Take Malaysia Grand Prix as an example, there are 56 laps to run in total, and 75% of the race is 42 laps. If the driver has not reached the 42nd lap when the race stops, the points earned by all drivers will be halved. 10 points for the first place becomes 5 points, 8 points for the second place becomes 4 points, and 6 points for the third place becomes 3 points. There is no problem with the above. But in the fourth place, 5 points became 2.5 points; in the sixth place, 3 points became 1.5 points; in the eighth place, 1 point became 0.5 points. So this is the wonderful point of 0.5 points.

If it is said that the game is forced to be suspended, it will happen once in two or three years, then the situation of 0.5 points may not happen once in ten years. It is precisely because of this that Zhang Guan will have an impression of this race in Malaysia.

"I remember that this race was suspended due to heavy rain, and there was a situation of 0.5 points. It seems that tomorrow's game will really have a rain fight."

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Toyota team.

"Because Vettel and Barrichello are both punished, we will start in second and third place tomorrow! However, the head office in Japan has just called, and they hope that we will not be satisfied with this, but to compete for the championship!" Technical Director Gascoigne said.

"Mr. Director, it may be very difficult to compete for the first place. We are indeed inferior to the China Force team in terms of speed. We have improved the diffuser, and China Force has also improved the diffuser. Although we do not suffer too much in the high-speed corner, but in the straight Above, our engine is not as good as the Chinese power. The engine of Mercedes-Benz can cope with the high-speed track, and it is not inferior to Ferrari." Driver Trulli said.

"I understand what you said. The overall performance of our car is indeed inferior to that of the Chinese power, but don't forget, this is Malaysia, and I have received the latest weather forecast. It will rain tomorrow. You know what it means ?” Gascoigne asked.

"Rain fight?" Trulli replied.

"Yes, rain battle!" Gascoigne became excited: "I don't deny that Zhang Guan has first-class driving skills, but he is only a new driver after all, he must not be good at rain battle! And this is our opportunity We just have to follow behind Zhang Guan, wait for the rain, wait for him to make a mistake, so that we have a chance to win the first place!"

The rain race of Formula One and the dry race can be said to be two completely different races. If Formula One racing is a game for the brave, then the rain race of Formula One racing is a test of the wisdom and experience of a group of brave people.

In rain battles, drivers need better driving skills, more accurate on-the-spot judgments, and extremely rich racing experience, all of which are indispensable. For a novice driver, driving skills can be compensated by talent, and on-the-spot judgment can also rely on luck. Only competition experience requires time to accumulate.

Because of this, it is an indisputable fact that new drivers are not good at rain fighting. Zhang Guan, as a new driver who has just started to participate in racing competitions, is of course considered bad at rain racing.

In Red Bull Racing, Vettel has also been given high hopes.

"If it rains, I will definitely be able to get on the podium and even win the championship! What I am worried about now is that it will not rain tomorrow!" Vettel looked confident.

It is well known that Vettel is good at rain fighting. The first Formula One championship in his life was won in the rain fighting. Because of this, he has incomparable confidence in Yu Zhan.

Some teams and drivers who start relatively late are expecting rain tomorrow. Their starting positions are already relatively rear. If they run normally, they will have no chance in all likelihood. Come to transfer.

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On the afternoon of April 5th, the 2009 Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix entered the Sunday official competition.

The weather forecast said that there would be rain today, and in fact it was true. At around ten o'clock in the morning local time, there was a heavy rain around the Sepang circuit.

The game started at two o'clock in the afternoon, four hours had passed since the heavy rain not long ago. With the temperature in Malaysia, four hours is enough to evaporate a lot of water on the track, but at this time, some sections of the track are still very slippery.

"I have good news and bad news, which one do you listen to first?" an engineer asked Zhang Guan.

"Then let's talk about the good news first!" Zhang Guan said.

"The good news is that due to the rain a few hours ago, the room temperature is now 30 degrees Celsius, which is already a very comfortable temperature for the Malaysian Grand Prix. I remember a few years ago when the Malaysian Grand Prix was held in summer, the afternoon The two points can often reach a high temperature of 40 degrees," said the engineer.

"So what about the bad news?" Zhang Guan continued to ask.

"The bad news is that the news was announced just now, and there will be rain in half an hour." The engineer said.

Zhang Guan looked at the sky, and there were indeed dark clouds in the distance, and the rain seemed to be inevitable, and it seemed that the rain was not light, it just depends on when the rain will start.

"The tire warm-up lap is about to start, I wish you good luck!" The engineer patted Zhang Guan on the shoulder and stepped aside.

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