All-round Athlete

Chapter 675: Six Races, Five Pole Positions

In Monaco, the choice of pole position and the strategy of the official race will always be a dilemma.

The Monte Carlo track in Monaco is the most difficult track to overtake, because the track is too narrow, as long as the track is on the right track, even if other cars catch up, it is impossible to have an angle of entry or exit , except for those one or two places, there are almost no overtaking places on the entire track.

But at the same time, Monte Carlo is allowed to use a pit stop strategy. Although the entire track needs to run 78 laps, the actual total distance is only 260 kilometers, which is much shorter than other circuits with a total distance of more than 300 kilometers, and the consumption of tires is also reduced a lot. It can be completed in one progress the whole process.

So the team is faced with a multiple-choice question, whether to run with a light car with low fuel consumption to win the pole position, or to add more gasoline and make fewer pit stops.

And even if it is two stops, different strategies will be distinguished. If you add more fuel before the race, you can use two short pit stops; if you fuel up generally before the race, you can use a combination of one long pit and one short pit; the amount of fuel before the race is relatively small, Then there are only two long pit stops to top up the gas.

On such a track where overtaking is not easy, strategy becomes particularly important. Drivers cannot overtake their opponents on the track, but team strategists can use pit stop strategies to do things that drivers cannot do on the track. This is the characteristic of the Monte Carlo circuit.

If Zhang Guan showed strong dominance in the first two quarters of the race, as he did in the previous few races, and was 0.5 seconds faster than the second place, it is estimated that all the teams would have difficulty raising their confidence in competing for pole position, after all, 0.5 seconds Even with ultra-light load oil, it is difficult to make up for the advantages. At that time, the teams will instead think of ways to pit stop strategies, especially for Chinese forces, which will greatly increase the uncertainty of the game. Case.

But now Zhang Guan has shown the level of "fighting the five scum" in the first two practice games, which has given his opponents hope. Since there is hope to compete for the pole position, teams such as Ferrari and Red Bull will certainly not miss this good opportunity. They choose light fuel without hesitation, and light fuel means that the team has only one pit stop strategy Choose, that's two long pit stops.

Originally, Zhang Guan did not intend to slow down the speed deliberately in the first two quarters, because everyone knows that this track has the highest demand for downforce, and it is an advantageous track for Chinese power cars, even if Zhang Guan deliberately slowed down in the first two quarters. Running slower in qualifying in the first and second quarters will also be suspected of retaining strength. As a "five-time champion" since the start of the race, he suddenly slowed down on his most advantageous track, it was 100% a conspiracy.

However, the news media just named Zhang Guan a "cuckold king" at this time, so Zhang Guan and Ross Brown discussed it, and they simply followed the plan and raced slower in the first two quarters, making everyone think that Zhang Guan The crown was influenced by the "green hat king". During the competition, he was completely out of shape, and his results were so poor.

And things really went as planned by Zhang Guan and Ross Brawn. Ferrari and Red Bull, the main competitors of the world power, saw the hope of pole position, and they all chose the light load for the pole position. Oil out of the race, and this is tantamount to Ferrari and Red Bull completely exposing their pit stop strategy.

On the Monte Carlo track, if you can't overtake on the track, you have to rely on the pit-stop strategy; and if even the pit-stop strategy is understood by the opponent, the word "overtake" can only be regarded as a distant goal. unattainable dream.

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The third quarter qualifying.

Massa from the Ferrari camp was the first to rush out of the maintenance area, but the reality gave Ferrari a slap in the face. When Massa exited one of the corners, something happened at the rear, and the front nose hit the anti-collision wall. The wing came off and the car had to go back to the pit lane to have the parts replaced.

The two Red Bull drivers, Raikkonen from Ferrari, Alonso from Renault, and Rosberg from Williams, all completed their timing laps one after another. From the results point of view, except for Alonso, the previous few It's all light oil. Because their results quickly entered within 1 minute and 16 seconds.

"Rosberg of the Williams team, 1 minute 15 seconds 455!"

"McLaren's Kovalainen, 1:15.516!"

"Red Bull Racing's Vettel... 1:15.271, this result is almost close to the 1:15 mark!"

"Barrichello of the China Force team, 1 minute 15 seconds 077! Well done, China Force temporarily ranks first!"

The commentator reported the results of the drivers, and the team's strategy engineers had already seen the results on the monitor.

"Barrichello's time in the second quarter was 1:14.711. We all know that the car was basically empty in qualifying in the second quarter, but now he can run to 1:15.077, only more than empty." The oil is 0.36 seconds slower, and I estimate that his oil level is around 20 laps." Raikkonen's earphones sounded the voice of Ferrari's strategy engineer, and within three to five seconds, they had already made a precise calculate.

"The fuel capacity for 20 laps, isn't that about the same as my fuel capacity?" Raikkonen then responded: "Zhang Guan is not in shape today, China Power is preparing to let Barrichello hit the pole position! Don't worry I'm definitely faster than him, pole position is mine."

Raikkonen focused on looking ahead, he wanted to run a best result.

"Swoosh!" The car flew past the finish timer, and on the electronic display, Raikkonen's name really came to the first place.

"1 minute 14 seconds 927! Raikkonen ran under 1 minute 15 seconds! A full 0.15 seconds faster than Barrichello! It seems that the pole position belongs to Ferrari!"

"Yes, we can probably congratulate Ferrari in advance on their first pole position of the season! Since Ferrari's updated car, their form has improved immediately, they scored points in the last race, and In this race, they have been able to win the pole position. Now it is the sixth race, and there are still eleven races to come. It seems that this year's championship battle has just begun..."

In Ferrari's garage, the maintenance technicians are already high-fiving and hugging each other, and they have already begun to celebrate the team's pole position.

At this time, Zhang Guan turned around the 19th turn and rushed to the finish timing point.

A red shadow flew past the main stand, and in the next second, Raikkonen's name was pushed to the second place on the display screen.

"It's Zhang Guan! Zhang Guan came first! He surpassed Raikkonen!"

"1 minute 14 seconds 726, 0.21 seconds faster than Raikkonen!"

This is the Monte Carlo circuit, with a lap of only 3.34 kilometers. Compared with other circuits with a lap of more than 5 kilometers, the length of this circuit is only three-fifths of other circuits. The gap of 0.21 seconds in a lap, converted to other tracks, is equivalent to a gap of 0.35 seconds in a lap.

At this moment, cheers came from the garage of China Power. Zhang Guan once again won the pole position.

Six races, five poles!

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