All-round Athlete

Chapter 657 From Last to First (2120)

On the 38th lap, Barrichello pitted and walked out of the pit lane behind Webber of the Red Bull Racing Team, ranking fourth, while Zhang Guan rose to second place.

On lap 39, leading Vettel also chose to pit. For Zhang Guan, this will be the decisive moment.

Vettel entered the maintenance area and pressed the speed limit button at the same time, his car entered the speed limit mode, and then he stopped in front of the Red Bull team's garage.

The operation of the maintenance technician to change the tire appeared on the broadcast screen of the TV. Almost in the blink of an eye, a set of brand new rain tires were installed on Vettel's racing car. Gasoline is pumped into the car.

In the lower left corner of the TV screen is the time it took for Vettel to pit, and in the lower right corner is the GPS positioning map of the track. There is only one car shown on it, that is Vettel's teammate Webber, and the positioning map shows that Webber's distance There is still a long way to go in the final corner of No. 16.

Finally, Vettel finished refueling, and the car started to move forward again, and the screen showed that Vettel's refueling and tire replacement took 9.2 seconds.

"Oh, it's too late for Webber. There is still a big gap between him and Vettel. It seems that he can't catch up with Vettel. The overall situation is settled!" The commentator's voice sounded at this time.

As for Zhang Guan, since he has not entered the station yet, both the director and the commentator believed that he would enter the station again, and his ranking would inevitably fall back. It is impossible to get the first place, so he was directly ignored.

When Vettel came out of the pit stop, Zhang Guan in front had surpassed him. The subtitles below the TV screen showed that Vettel was in the second position, and the first was of course Zhang Guan who had never pitted.

Vettel glanced at the rearview mirror, and there was clearly a car exactly like his own. He knew it was his teammate Webber. Vettel let out a sigh of relief. Both he and Webber completed the last pit stop , and he is still ahead of Webb, which means that he can lead all the way to the finish line.

"I won, I'm finally going to win, I'm going to win this race!" Vettel couldn't help cheering, and this cheering was also transmitted back to the team through the radio.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Vettel's earphones sounded the engineer's inquiry.

"Oh, nothing!" Vettel calmed down and asked, "I'm number one now, right?"

"No, you are second." The engineer replied immediately.

"What? Second? How could it be second? There are people in front of me? Impossible! I was leading the way just now, how did I become second?" Vettel asked several questions in a series.

In today's race, Vettel was the leader all the way, and just now he left his teammate Webber behind. He took it for granted that he would be ranked first, and the answer given by the team engineer made Vettel puzzled. , a leader all the way, suddenly became second, of course Vettel would feel baffled.

"During these dozens of laps, I have always surpassed others, and no one has surpassed me. When I entered the maintenance area just now, I was in first place. Why did I fall to second place? By the way, in the maintenance area, When I was refueling and changing tires in the pit lane, I was overtaken!" Vettel understood instantly.

"Who's in front of me?" Vettel asked immediately.

"It's Zhang Guan! When you entered the maintenance station just now, he overtook you." The engineer replied.

"Zhang Guan overtook me? How is this possible? He was the last one on the grid, and I was the first one! The last one on the grid passed the first place with more than ten laps left in the race ? Stop joking!" Vettel said while looking at the red racing car not far ahead, the distance between them was not far.

In fact, when Vettel came out of the pit stop, he had already seen Zhang Guan, but at that time Vettel didn't care, he was the first, so he subconsciously regarded Zhang Guan as a car that was about to be lapped by him.

The engineer went on to say: "We are not joking, Zhang Guan is really ranked No. 1 now, and the reason why he is No. 1 is because he has not pitted yet!"

"Didn't make a stop? Did you run 40 laps in a row? Zhang Guan's one-stop strategy is really strange!" Wittel felt relieved for a moment.

Although Vettel was following behind Zhang Guan at this time, he did not attack Zhang Guan immediately. One reason was that the temperature of the tires had just been replaced with new tires. Vettel believes that Zhang Guan will definitely enter the maintenance area again, and he will also become the number one at that time, so there is no need to take the risk of attacking others, and the loss outweighs the gain in case of an accident.

Zhang Guan, who was running at the front, was actually very nervous. He had already run 40 laps. At this time, his fuel capacity was almost the same as that of the cars behind him, but his tires were incomparable with others. He fought for 40 consecutive laps. The heavy rain tires in the lap had worn out to a great extent, and Zhang Guan needed to control the car carefully. Vettel behind is a brand new set of rain tires, and there is a big gap between the two cars in terms of tire performance.

If Vettel launches an attack, Zhang Guan's defense will inevitably increase the wear of the tires. Maybe Zhang Guan can defend the first few laps, but in the end, the tires become more and more powerful, and he will definitely be defeated by Vettel. Beyond.

Fortunately, Vettel misjudged the situation, which gave Zhang Guan a chance to breathe. He seized the opportunity and ran faster and faster, setting the fastest laps one after another.

No one will guess the strategy of not entering the station!

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"Zhang Guan's speed seems to be very fast! I think the gap between us is being widened." Vettel said to the radio.

"That's right, Zhang Guan just ran the fastest single lap again." The engineer said.

"Again?" Vettel repeated the word: "That is to say, Zhang Guan also ran the fastest lap just now?"

"Yes, the last fastest lap was also created by Zhang Guan, and the next fastest lap was also created by Zhang Guan. I think he probably wanted to take advantage of the advantage before pitting for him. Let's get in and buy more time." The engineer said.

"Hmph... vain struggle!" Vettel's tone revealed a hint of sarcasm.

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The subtitles at the bottom of the TV screen showed the number of pit stops of each driver, and behind Zhang Guan, who ranked first, the display of the number of pit stops was still a "0"!

"It's been 46 laps, and there are still 10 laps before the race. It's really hard to imagine that Zhang Guan hasn't pitted yet. I don't know when Zhang Guan will wait."

"It's not easy to stick to a set of tires until now. Now Zhang Guan's car is already difficult to control! I think he should make a pit stop soon. Maybe Zhang Guan will choose to pit in the next lap. If he doesn’t make another pit stop, his tires won’t be able to bear it anymore.”

The rebroadcast shot gave a close-up of Zhang Guan's racing car in slow motion. Through the screen, it could be vaguely seen that the pattern on the rotating tire had been worn very shallow.

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