Chapter 260
If you look at it from the perspective of an F1 driver, Rozier's defense was very good, basically blocking most of the cornering routes.
Any professional F1 driver can do this defense at most. Rozier’s experience was fully demonstrated at this moment.
However, this is already the era of CF racing cars, and the conventional running methods of F1 may not be easy to use in front of CF racing cars.
Lin Shu pressed the button on the steering wheel, and the Tai Chi Dragon's wings spread out, and two fans emerged from under the wings.
Then, Lin Tie stepped on the accelerator, and the Tai Chi Dragon rushed towards the outer path.
Rozier looked at the position of Tai Chi Dragon in the rearview mirror and showed an incredible expression. It could be said that he did not leave any overtaking space in the outside world. Lin Shu’s behavior made him very puzzled. .
However, the Tai Chi War Dragon's slightly suspended rear wheel under the airflow and its cornering style as if it were flying close to the ground gave him a heavy blow.
Seeing that the Tai Chi Dragon was about to overtake his car, Rozier was a little panicked. When he wanted to adjust, the Aurora, which had been preparing to go, saw the situation and inserted him because Among the flaws exposed by trying to defend Lin Shu.
As an old rival, Nie Ming trusted Tai Chi War Dragon to surpass his opponent even more than Lin Shu himself, and he had been watching closely from the side for a long time, waiting for Tai Chi War Dragon to make his opponent make a mistake.
Compared with F1, the biggest change in GPX rules is the overtaking rules. Many overtaking or defensive methods that are prohibited on the F1 track are completely liberated in this competition.
After passing Rozier one after another, the two stepped on the accelerator and drove away, chasing the next opponents.
“Beautiful overtaking!” Director Zhang in the studio said excitedly, “Although I have seen Tai Chi Dragon overtaking like this many years ago, but seeing such a body shape on such a track The visual impact of the Tai Chi Fighting Dragon’s running method is completely different from that of the mini racing car!” It's so pleasing to the eye." Li Bing said in agreement, "At the same time, player Nie Ming performed very well. It seems that yesterday's mistake did not affect his mentality. The overtaking just now was also very good, both in terms of timing and route selection. Decisive.”
“Let’s not talk about other aspects. I don’t think anyone can influence this child in terms of mentality.” Director Zhang said with a smile.
"That's true." The two of them showed mysterious smiles at the same time. A man who has been talking about becoming the fastest man in the world since he was eleven years old has never wavered. They don't think so. There are still things in this world that can affect his mentality.
Tai Chi Zhan Long basically maintained the rhythm of overtaking one car in one lap, and Aurora also followed behind him very thiefly to pick up missed spots. The two people whose starting order was not very ideal, were in the first place. Before the tire change point, the rankings were chased to sixth and seventh respectively.
Maintaining the whirlwind charge of the first echelon, Pegasus and Mercedes GP-1 also chose to stop for tire changes at this time, Okita Kai, Hijikata Rei, and Taichi Dragon caught up. And the Aurora maintained a fierce confrontation.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Hijikata Ling looked at the menacing Tai Chi Dragon in the rear view screen, his eyes focused, he stepped on the accelerator and started to speed up.
Hijikata Rei and Okita Kai coincidentally did not choose a defensive stance, but focused on improving the speed of their cars. As old rivals more than ten years ago, they knew that defense could not stop them. Instead of relying on the unpredictable overtaking method of Tai Chi Zhan Long, it is better to rely on the purest speed and control of the car to fight for hard power.
The four cars drove through the consecutive curves from T1 to T4 at high speed, and their order did not change.
“Interesting, do you choose to fight with pure speed?” Lin Bo said with a smile. In the current state, if Lin Bo does not increase his speed to the critical point that can enter the zero realm in a short period of time, There is really no way to surpass them here, but this game is only less than 1/4 of the way through.
At the same time, the three vehicles that had previously entered the station also started changing tires at this time.
Mercedes maintained their usual stability in the F1 arena and completed the tire change in 2.01 seconds.
Ferrari’s technical team didn’t have any problems, 2.03 seconds.
On the contrary, the DRS technical team chose to play it slow due to lack of experience, but fell behind by 0.2 seconds in this link.
After the three cars rushed out of the pit area, the order also changed slightly. Xiao Hao's Tornado Charge fell to the third place.
“Very good, no mistakes were made, we will continue to maintain this pace for the next tire rotation!” Xiaolie is quite satisfied with this speed. With only half a race experience, Xiaolie feels this way. The requirements for the technical team are not very high. As long as there are no outrageous mistakes, thank God.
After the three leading cars rushed out of the pit area at the beginning, other teams began to enter the pits one after another.
"Ah, please prepare to pit on the next lap. Silver detected that the front wheel of Tai Chi Zhan Long is a bit seriously worn." After seeing off Xiao Hao, Xiao Lie began to prepare for the second time without stopping. Tire changing work.
"Understood." Lin Tie said, temporarily slowing down his acceleration.
Okita Hai and the others seemed to be planning on pitting for tire changes on the next lap, and they also postponed their acceleration.
After Lin Shu and others entered the pit, Carlo, Mihail and Xiao Hao also returned to the first echelon.
Based on the experience of the last time, this time the DRS technical team consciously increased the speed and completed the tire change at a speed of 2.15.
The Mercedes technical team, known for its stability, also completed the tire change in 2.03 seconds.
Although the Arctic Fox team's technicians moved a little slowly, they completed the replacement of the Aurora's tires within 2 or 4 seconds.
But something went wrong this time with our Maranello Circus.
When installing the tire on the right rear, a technician's hand slipped and he was unable to install the tire immediately, which caused the tire replacement time to skyrocket. Lin Bo, Tufang Ling, Nie Ming After everyone set off, Okita Hai had to wait where he was. "What are you doing!" Okita Kai cursed in the team channel.
"Sorry, sorry, I made a small mistake." The technical team leader wiped the sweat from his forehead, "It's no big problem, let's go!"
"Damn it!" Okita Kai gritted his teeth and started the car and rushed out of the maintenance area.
“5.79! Ferrari is still the same Ferrari!” Li Bing laughed after seeing this familiar scene. At the same time, the live barrage kept floating through sentences such as wofaethane. , the entire Five-Star Sports online live broadcast room was full of joy.
"Calm down, this is nothing, it is still within the scope of recovery." Carlo, who was entangled with Xiaohao and Mihail, suddenly said.
From the beginning of WGP ten years ago, to F3 all the way to F1, Carlo has a clear understanding of the capabilities of his own technical team. Now Carlo's mentality in this regard is basically in a state of flux. Shocked, as long as it wasn't a too outrageous mistake, such as last year's 13.1 performance that cost him a race championship, he wouldn't have any reaction, and even that time, he just finished the race. After that, he scolded his own technical team for two minutes. When being interviewed after the game, reporters tried to find out something about him but failed. At the press conference, he calmly said that this is also part of the game. After that time, other companies' Car fans all think Ferrari has produced a saint!
As for the situation Okitahai encountered this time, for Carlo, it was not even an episode in the game.
Okitami in the cockpit tried his best to calm down his mood and accelerated to chase the two cars that had overtaken him due to the mistakes of his own technical team.
Soon, halfway through the race, the ranking positions of each car were basically stable, with only slight changes in the major echelons.
In the first echelon, Mihail's Mercedes AMG01 currently maintains the lead, followed by Carlo's Mustang, and then the two DRS cars of Tornado Charge and Taichi Dragon. Hijikata Ling's car is currently only 1/4 of a position behind, Nie Ming's Aurora is not far behind, and Chongtianhai, who has been blocked by his own car, is almost catching up from behind.
The top two drivers in the second tier are from Red Bull and McLaren, two former F1 teams, and their drivers once drove for Belgium and England respectively in the third WGP. One of the members of the national team, they are also the youngest drivers in this conference. They were directly promoted from the F2 echelon by their own teams.
“Are the top 9 all former WGP drivers?” Director Zhang said, “It seems that in this new era of formula competition that emphasizes cooperation with AI, drivers who have experience in this field since childhood are indeed more qualified. Advantages.”
"This is natural." Li Bing said, "Drivers who have no experience in this area are more accustomed to relying on long-term experience rather than AI calculations when dealing with problems during the game. This habit wants to change. It's not that easy, especially when the driver remains highly nervous after the car's speed increases. Compared with them, these WGP players who have controlled GP cars and have been accustomed to cooperating with AI since childhood naturally have an advantage. ”
“Judging from the current ranking, if we keep it to the end, the winner of this game will be between Ferrari, Mercedes, and DRS, player Nie Ming The No. 2 car of the Arctic Fox team is currently ranked 18th, so it is difficult to help him, but he can still compete for his personal championship," said Brother Ran.
Soon, all the drivers started changing tires for the second round, and this time nothing happened.
The first elimination of this game occurred on lap 39. When trying to overtake, McLaren’s No. 2 car chose the risky route provided by the AI, but due to its lack of control, Due to the reason, I was unable to complete the corner and was unfortunately eliminated.
After the first car had an accident, it was like opening Pandora's box. Within three laps, cars began to be eliminated for some reason.
"It seems that the improvement in speed of CF racing cars across the ages is also a test for the driver's willpower and concentration." Li Bing said, these mistakes can be regarded as relatively low-level mistakes for these drivers, except Li Bing could not think of any explanation other than the high pressure brought by the speed increase.
"Ouch! How scary!" At the same time, in a certain community in the capital, Lin's grandparents watched the live broadcast of the cars one after another losing control and flying off the track. Sweating.
Especially when a car flew out and directly broke the gear lever, more than half of the body was completely scrapped, and the whole car was enveloped in terrifying white steam, the old lady felt that her heart was racing. It jumped out, and in just a moment, the picture of his precious grandson flying in a car was conceived in his mind!
"No! This is too dangerous! How could my grandson do such a dangerous thing!" The old lady was almost scared to tears by herself.
"Wait, look at them..." Lin Shu's grandfather discovered something different.
Under the camera, after the cockpits of the racing cars that had been involved in the accident were opened, the safety car arrived shortly afterwards, and the drivers in the cars walked out of the cockpit immediately. There were all kinds of reactions, some sighed, some were dissatisfied, and some even yelled. Some of them took off their helmets and slapped themselves in the face, but no one was lying there unable to move. Even in the place covered by the scary steam, a figure patted his clothes and walked out of the steam area, cursing. got into the organizing committee’s safety car.
"Xiao Tie seems to be right. This racing car seems to be really safe." Lin Tie's grandfather took a puff of cigarette. It's hard to imagine that the shape of his mouth in this shot is obviously talking. The person whose word starts with F just got off a racing car that lost control at a speed of 350km/h.
“After one after another players made mistakes and dropped out of the competition, several riders in the first tier have maintained their condition, and the rankings of the first tier are also constantly changing.” Li Bing said.
On lap 48, after everyone completed the last tire change, they all started the final sprint. Only the last eight laps of the 56-lap race were left.
Xiao Hao and Nie Ming took the lead to start accelerating. However, Carlo and Mihail, who currently firmly maintain the top two picks, naturally would not give up the lead and began to accelerate one after another.
"400!" Li Bing shouted in surprise. This speed was unimaginable in F1 in the past. However, at this moment, the racing cars at this speed are in the hands of these young drivers!
After the speed of the first echelon of cars successively exceeded the 400 mark, the first echelon of cars also completed the lap of the last place. Although they were very unwilling to do so, the last place was only Make room for them.
"Silver thrusters are ready." On the fifty-third lap, Lin Shu said calmly.
"Karl, prepare for turbo boosting!" Mihail also commanded the AI in a deep voice at this time.
“Understood!”
"Understood!"
The two AIs responded.
On the 55th lap, the tail thruster of the Tai Chi War Dragon lit up, and the lights began to flash along the black and white paint on the car body, and finally converged on the black and white Tai Chi diagram on the thruster, surging. The savings were completed in a short period of time.
"BOOSTON!" Lin Shu pushed the gear lever on the right side violently, and the airflow in the propeller spurted out.
(End of this chapter)