All-round Athlete

Chapter 681 A fifth gear is enough!

"Zhang Guan starts in fifth gear!"

People were all surprised when they heard the news. For many ordinary people, it is difficult for them to start in fifth gear when driving a passenger car. The fifth gear start of F1 racing cars seems to be a legend.

But after being surprised, people thought of another question, why did Zhang Guan start in fifth gear when he was doing well?

"Why do you think Zhang Guan started in fifth gear?"

"Maybe it's to show off your driving skills! After all, starting in fifth gear is not something everyone can do. You can use an F1 car to start in fifth gear, but it is very rewarding."

"Show your car skills? Then there's no need to show your car skills in the race, right? If the fifth gear starts off, Vettel behind will pass. Besides, there is so much time in the practice race, why did Zhang Guan get the race?" Starting in fifth gear? If he wants to practice for fun, he can just find a car from last year and try it out at home slowly."

"Do you think Zhang Guan's racing car has encountered any problems? For example, a mechanical failure? Something like a broken gearbox."

"If the gearbox is broken, you can simply retire from the race. There is no need to persist on the track."

Amidst the people's discussion, the radio call of the China Force motorcade was switched to the relay signal again.

Ross Brawn's voice came over the radio: "Your car is fine except for the gearbox. The only thing you can't do now is put it in gear. I don't think you should bother with the gearbox. It's broken anyway. There is no worse outcome than this."

"Fortunately, I still have a fifth gear that can be used. A fifth gear is enough for me to run the whole distance. It's just that I think I will lose some speed in the straight road." Zhang Guan said.

"You can only use the fifth gear, and you can accelerate to 300 kilometers per hour by pressing the accelerator to the bottom. In addition, your kinetic energy recovery system is still effective, and you can use that to make up some time." Ross Brown said.

The conversation between the two on the radio was broadcast again through the relay signal.

"Zhang Guan's gearbox is broken? Am I right? He only works in fifth gear?"

"I finally understood why Zhang Guan started with fifth gear. His gearbox gear was stuck, that is, he could not upshift or downshift. He was stuck on fifth gear. Before that, other cars also had experienced similar failures."

"I guess it must be because of the installation of the kinetic energy recovery system. You remember that when Ferrari just installed the kinetic energy recovery system, Massa also got stuck in a gear once, and he retired directly from the race."

"But Zhang Guan is still running on the track, and there are still more than 30 laps in the race. Does Zhang Guan want to run more than 30 laps in one gear? This is impossible, no one can do it. "

"Zhang Guan seems to want to persevere. After all, this is the moment for him to hit the eighth consecutive victory. He has to give himself an explanation. But I think it will not be long before he will choose to retire."

Amidst the people's discussion, each team has also got the news.

The happiest is of course the Red Bull Racing Team, because at this time the second place is the Red Bull Racing Team's Vettel.

"I have good news for you. Zhang Guan's racing car has encountered a mechanical problem, and his gearbox is broken." The team told Zhang Guan by radio.

"Really? That's great, so I should be number one now, right?" Vettel's voice was full of excitement.

"No, you are still second for the time being. Zhang Guan has not retired yet, and he is still running on the track." The team replied.

"Zhang Guan is still running on the track? Why? His gearbox is already broken, so there is no reason to insist on it. This is a mechanical failure, and it can't be solved by him insisting on going to the maintenance area and changing parts." Vettel said explain.

"Before Zhang Guan entered the pit lane on the last lap, his gearbox was broken and he was stuck in fifth gear."

"It was broken before entering the pit lane? Then how did he drive out? Did he start with fifth gear?" Vettel asked immediately.

"You guessed it right, Zhang Guan is using the fifth gear to start, and he only has one fifth gear left to use." The team replied.

"Then what is he still insisting on? Does he think he can finish the next thirty laps with just one fifth gear? This is a Formula One car." Vettel said in surprise.

"At present, Zhang Guan really intends to run the next thirty laps in fifth gear. Although this is very difficult, it does not mean it is absolutely impossible. I think Schumacher or Senna back then had The strength to run the entire distance in one gear." The team engineer paused, and then said: "And judging from the last lap, Zhang Guan's lap time is pretty good. So for us, this can only be regarded as Good news, but it's not enough for you to win. So you need to be faster."

Vetterton felt a little depressed at the time. Zhang Guan was already a little faster than him in terms of speed, which made him see no hope of winning at all. Now it was hard to wait until Zhang Guan's car had a problem, and it was still a mechanical failure. But Zhang Guan But he has no intention of retiring from the race, and persists on the track.

"Does Zhang Guan think that only one fifth gear can finish the race? This is too fantastic!" Vettel was silent for a few seconds, and finally said: "Okay, I understand, I will work hard to surpass him."

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No one thought that Zhang Guan could do it with only one fifth gear. Many people think that Zhang Guan just persisted on the track for the sake of honor. After all, he is about to usher in an unprecedented eight-game winning streak, and no one is willing to give up.

However, as time went by, Zhang Guan ran lap after lap on the track, but he still had no intention of stopping. Judging from his cornering performance, he was no different from others. Those who turn on the TV will never know that Zhang Guan's car only has a fifth gear left.

The camera also kept showing Zhang Guan, hoping to capture the scene where Zhang Guan could not hold on and retired from the race, especially in some corners that needed to be passed at low speed, Zhang Guan always made people feel nervous, and everyone worried that he would be in the next round. flameout during acceleration. However, Zhang Guan's control of the accelerator was very good, and he survived every low-speed corner.

But there is still some speed loss. Vettel is constantly chasing, but the pace of chasing is not as big as when the gap was widened. Although Zhang Guan only has another fifth gear left to use, his speed is not slower than others in most parts of the track, but he needs more information when stepping on the accelerator. The real loss of speed is on the straight road, where others can shift to sixth gear, but Zhang Guan can only use fifth gear, so he must suffer a disadvantage in terms of tail speed on the straight road.

Fortunately, Zhang Guan's kinetic energy recovery system can still be used. The kinetic energy recovery system uses the energy of the battery. If the transmission is broken, it will not affect the operation of the kinetic energy recovery system. However, Red Bull's racing car is not equipped with a kinetic energy recovery system, which allows Zhang Guan to make up for a lot of speed loss on the straights.

In this way, the race came to more than 30 laps, Zhang Guan still persisted on the track, and the time for the second pit stop was coming soon.

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