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Chapter 669 The Fangs of the "Red Devil"

Zhang Guan didn't pay attention to domestic affairs any more. The so-called soldiers came to cover up water and soil, and he never had any intention of bowing to the evil forces. At this time, Zhang Guan is preparing for the next race in Spain.

In the Formula One season, there will be two races held in Spain, namely the Spanish Grand Prix and the European Grand Prix. The Spanish Grand Prix will be held at the Circuit de Catalunya, and the European Grand Prix will be held in Valencia. Dao, these two tracks are famous tracks in Europe.

The Spanish Grand Prix on May 8 will be held at Circuit de Catalunya, one of the most famous circuits in the world and known as the most perfect circuit in the world. Every year, the pre-race test of Formula One will come here, such as this year's winter test, the location is at the Circuit de Catalunya.

In terms of difficulty, the Circuit de Catalunya can be said to be the most difficult and demanding of all F1 circuits, and it has almost any challenge in modern racing cars. The driver has to contend with three U-bends, a couple of fast corners, and some gradients, especially before the sprint straight. The design concept of many new tracks in the future will come from the Catalan circuit, such as the Shanghai International Circuit, which draws on the design of the Catalan circuit.

In previous competitions, the Catalan Circuit has another major feature. The cars that can win the championship here are often the best cars of the season, such as the 1992 Williams car, the 1995 Benetton racing in 1998, McLaren in 1998 and 1999, Ferrari from 2001 to 2004, Renault in 2006, etc., their drivers all won the world championship of the year.

Among all the teams this year, China Power's racing car is undoubtedly the best, but at present, China Power's racing car is the most competitive, and all the Chinese power racing cars in this race are more popular. big.

The Catalunya circuit is undoubtedly the most familiar circuit for each team, not only because it is one of the tracks for winter testing, but also because the team often chooses it for new car testing, so The team's car tuning data for the Catalunya circuit is also the most sufficient. On other tracks, the team needs to find the most suitable adjustment of the car through the run-in of the practice race. In the Catalonia track, the team only needs to look at the records of previous years to find a Set the most suitable adjustment program.

For many race tracks, some fine-tuning is carried out every year according to the conditions of the car and the rules, such as adjusting the arc of the curve, adjusting the length of the straight, etc., but this is not the case at the Catalan circuit. Here is Like the template of the track, it will hardly be changed. The teams and drivers are familiar with it and can deal with it freely.

This is the first stop of F1 after returning to the European headquarters. Most of the teams have upgraded their cars at this stop. Among them, the biggest upgrade is Ferrari. They not only installed a double-layer diffuser, but also launched a completely upgraded version of the car. The entire aerodynamic layout of the car has been re-adjusted.

At this time, less than a month after the FIA ​​announced the compliance of the double-layer diffuser, Ferrari has already created a new set of aerodynamic racing cars. I have to say that their research and development capabilities are indeed very strong.

In Friday's practice session, the drivers ushered in another good weather. After experiencing the rainy battles in Malaysia and China, and the heat in Bahrain, a good weather is very precious to the drivers. The temperature of 24 degrees Celsius and the track temperature of 36 degrees Celsius, compared with Bahrain, it is like heaven.

And the drivers were also speeding non-stop on the track. Except for two cars that encountered mechanical failures, almost all the other cars ran according to the distance that a set of tires wore out. They ran thirty-four to five laps. There are a lot of people, and there are many people who have exceeded 40 laps, which is basically equivalent to running three-quarters of the race distance.

This is the Catalan circuit. The team is already familiar with how to configure the car on this track, so there is no need for the car to make multiple pit stops, and the saved pit stop time is used by the drivers on the track. .

Ferrari's performance in practice on Friday and Saturday was very strong, and the new aerodynamic package brought them a lot of help. Red Bull Racing, which performed very well in the previous races, did not perform well in practice. But everyone knows that the practice is not the race, and the drivers cannot give full play like the race.

Qualifying on Saturday afternoon, it's time for cars and drivers to really take the lead.

In the first quarter of the race, two Force India cars were eliminated first, and what is surprising is that the two giants, Ferrari and McLaren, each had a car that stopped in the first round, and Ferrari was eliminated by them. No. 1 driver Raikkonen.

In the Spanish Grand Prix last year, Raikkonen won the championship and set the record for the fastest lap. Perhaps because of this, the team was overconfident in Raikkonen. He returned to the garage after only three laps, but was eliminated instead. This was a strategic error by Ferrari.

Another giant, McLaren, is really lacking in competitiveness in this race. Their No. 2 driver was eliminated in the first quarter, and the defending champion Hamilton, the No. 1 driver, also stopped in the second quarter. Looks like their newly updated aero package isn't doing much.

As recognized before the race, the winner of the Catalan circuit may not be the best driver, but his car must be the best car. After the start of the third quarter of qualifying, the drivers' The results further confirm this point.

The two China Forces, the two Red Bulls and the remaining Ferrari all drifted within 1 minute and 21 seconds early, while the remaining five cars were still more than 0.2 seconds away from the fastest distance of 1 minute and 21 seconds. , which is obviously a gap in the car.

In the last three consecutive races, the Red Bull Racing Team has been the main opponent of China Power, and Vettel has competed with Zhang Guan for the championship for two consecutive races. As for Ferrari, although one car retired due to a strategic error, the effect of their upgraded new car is also reflected, and the results are not inferior to Red Bull and China Power.

In the end, Zhang Guan still won a pole position for China Power. He was 0.2 seconds ahead of Vettel of the Red Bull Racing Team. The third place was won by Barrichello, and the fourth place was Ferrari's Massa. Cherro was only 0.008 seconds behind.

"This is the fifth race this year! Ferrari's car almost won the top three. It seems that Ferrari has already started to blow the horn of counterattack!" Ross Brown's eyes showed a worry, As the former "Big Three" of Ferrari, Ross Brown dare not underestimate Ferrari.

Now, the main competitor of China Power is not just the Red Bull team. A more terrifying enemy has begun to rise. The "Red Devil" Ferrari in the racing world is finally about to show its ferocious fangs.

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