All-round Athlete

Chapter 640: The Person Blessed by God (420)

On the twenty-ninth lap, when Zhang Guan passed the entrance of the maintenance area, he didn't make a pit stop, but drove directly there.

"Zhang Guan did not stop to change tires. He chose to run an extra lap on the road. Now he is using full rain tires. If he runs an extra lap on the track, he will be nearly two seconds behind. Change as soon as possible. With dry tires, you can always earn more time!" The commentator said.

"The China Force team should be preparing to let Barrichello stop first to change tires and test the track environment first. After all, Barrichello is the number two driver, and there are many prayer flags for the race. And Zhang Guan may pass through the maintenance area next time. It's time to pit. Eh? The China Force team's response seems a bit slow! Their maintenance technicians are still in the garage."

At this time, the TV broadcast camera was aimed at the maintenance area, and all the maintenance technicians were sitting in the garage of the China Force team, with no intention of moving at all.

If the Formula One car does not refuel, it only takes two seconds to change a tire, and all of this is of course recommended on full preparation. The car is still far away from the entrance of the pit station, and the technicians of the team will take tools and prepare to pick up the car. If they wait for the car to enter the pit area before preparing to change tires and refuel, it is tantamount to cheating teammates.

"Isn't Barrichello planning to make a pit stop?" The commentator just finished speaking, and the camera cut to Barrichello, who saw the red racing car pass by the entrance of the maintenance area with a "swish" and go straight to the main track. On the straight in front of the stands, there is no plan to enter the station at all.

"Really don't pit! Barrichello is also running with rain tires! Why? Why is this? This lap will lose two seconds! If the road surface is completely dry, the temperature of the soft tire will increase, maybe There will be more lost time! I really don't understand what the Chinese power is thinking!" The commentator sighed.

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As the top two teams, Force China team will of course draw the attention of other teams in their strategic choices. At this time, the strategic engineers of all the teams have noticed that the two cars of Force China passed the entrance of the maintenance station, but did not stop to change tires.

Ferrari were the first to put on the wet tyres, which gave them a few seconds advantage in the first few laps, and when the rain stopped, they were the first to put on the dry tyres, which they had already used. The tire ran two laps on the track.

"Raikkonen has already run two laps on dry tires, quickly calculate the speed gap between him and Zhang Guan." Ferrari team leader Domenecali said.

A few seconds later, the staff announced the numbers: "In the first lap when Raikkonen put on dry tires, he was 1.1 seconds faster than Zhang Guan, and in the last lap, he was 1.7 seconds faster than Zhang Guan."

"It's because the temperature of the tires has risen and they can exert better grip, so our speed is also getting faster. It is estimated that the grip of the tires will be better in the next lap, and the speed gap will widen! Maybe we can reach two seconds." Domenecali nodded silently, he looked at the command area of ​​the Chinese forces not far away, but there was a doubt in his eyes.

"Ross Brown, you old fox, what are you thinking? Are you betting that it will rain again?"

...

On the 30th lap, Zhang Guan still ignored the entrance of the maintenance station. He kicked the accelerator and rushed up the big straight, passed the finish timing point, and then let the race enter the 31st lap.

At this time, the third place on the track was Trulli of the Toyota team, who also changed to dry tires earlier, while Rosberg lost the third place because of a pit stop.

"I can already see Barrichello in front, how far is it between me and Barrichello?" Trulli asked.

"About 7 seconds! But Barrichello is still using rain tires, so he will definitely stop to change tires, you don't have to worry about him." The team engineer said.

"Are you still using rain tires? It will be a lot slower. I will try to catch him within three laps." Trulli said.

"In addition, Zhang Guan, who is No. 1, is still running on rain tires." The team engineer continued.

"Zhang Guan is also using rain tires? How far is the gap between us?" Trulli then asked.

"32 seconds. In the past three laps, you caught up with 5 seconds. And Zhang Guan will definitely stop again to change the rain tires. Excluding the time spent in the stop, the actual gap between you and Zhang Guan is also That's fifteen seconds." The team engineer continued.

"Fifteen seconds? There are still twenty-six laps, I'm afraid it will be difficult to catch up." Trulli said a little discouraged.

"Don't be discouraged, we have been staring at the maintenance room of the China Force team, and their maintenance technicians are still sitting there chatting, there is no intention of coming out to change tires, so Zhang Guan will run a few laps on rain tires, And this is our chance. Your tire temperature is almost at the optimum operating temperature, so you will be faster!" The team's engineer encouraged.

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On the 31st lap, Zhang Guan passed the entrance of the maintenance station again, but he still did not enter the station. However, this time, all teams behaved as usual, because in the maintenance area, the technicians of China Power were still chatting and joking, and there was no The intention to come out to work.

At this time, Ross Brown in the command area looked at the latest data and couldn't sit still.

"Our lap time is really two seconds slower than others. Barrichello is almost caught up by Trulli. This is not going to work. We can't wait any longer." Ross Brown stood up abruptly, He opened his mouth and said: "Go prepare dry tires, calculate the amount of fuel needed for the last twenty-five laps, and inform Barrichello that the next lap will stop, and prepare to run to the end in one breath."

Just as Ross Brown finished speaking, another voice fell into his ears.

"Slap!"

"Huh?" Ross Brown looked out

"Da da da da da da..." Countless raindrops fell from the sky and landed on the ground, making a crackling sound like machine gun fire.

"It's raining! It's really raining!" Ross Brown exclaimed, and quickly ran out of the carport. He looked up at the sky, and the raindrops fell from a high place, hitting his face, causing him some pain.

This time the rain was heavier and more urgent than before, and it came more suddenly. In just a few seconds, the ground was completely soaked.

The command rooms of the surrounding teams were all in a hurry. Ross Brown looked around, and he was not the only one who came out to see the rain. Ferrari's Domenicali, McLaren's Whitmarsh, Red Bull Racing's New York Wei, Gascoigne of the Honda team... almost all the heads of the teams ran out of the command center, and then looked up at the sky.

"It's raining, and it's raining again!"

"The rain has just stopped for five laps, why has it started to fall again!"

"This time it's even heavier than just now, it's raining so much!"

"The track is already soaked. In this road condition, dry tires can't run at all! Damn it, we have to change rain tires again."

There was a lot of cursing around, but they were gradually drowned out by the pouring rain. Ross Brown looked at the opposite carport, but found that everything in front of him began to become blurred.

Because the rain is really too big! This can no longer be said to be heavy rain, but should be regarded as a heavy rain!

Ross Brown returned to the command room. He looked at the broadcast screen. On the camera, it happened that Zhang Guan was speeding past the main straight. The set of full-wet tires rolled over the road, and the splash was more than one meter high. Disperse on both sides.

"It's really raining, and it's still such a heavy rain! Zhang Guan was right." Ross Brown's hanging heart also calmed down.

"This can be a gamble, Zhang Guan is really a person who is favored by the heavens!"

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