Chapter 286: Tacit understanding cultivated from scratch
“You found a long-term meal ticket.” Mihail laughed after hearing this.
"No, it's a three-year contract. After finishing this contract, I will be guaranteed for the rest of my life." Muller shrugged and said, "At that time, they insisted on signing me for three years. Now I It’s quite cool.”
“Well, in that case, it seems that I am too sentimental.” Mihail said, shook his head, turned to leave, and before leaving, Mihail suddenly turned around and said. :
“It’s okay to lie to me, but don’t fool yourself.”
After hearing this, Mueller twitched the corner of his mouth, but still suppressed the idea of speaking. It was not until Mihail left completely that he clenched his fists hard, gritted his teeth and looked at the sky outside the window, not knowing what he was thinking. Something.
The next day, the main race started as scheduled. While Lin Bo and Xiao Hao were waiting for the start of the race at the Hongye Circuit in Xiangjiang, Chen Hewang, Huo Yuesheng, and Kurosawa, who was recalled from the headquarters by Xiao Lie, each led A team of technicians went to the maintenance points set up in advance to make preparations.
At ten o'clock in the morning, as all the departure lights came on, all the cars on the field accelerated and ran out.
Nie Ming, who got the pole position yesterday, and Yuri, who took second place, started the thrusters at the beginning of the game. The speed of the two Auroras surged after starting, and they quickly separated from each other. The gap between the cars behind.
After Yuri joined, the performance of the Arctic Fox team has also improved qualitatively. Two cars have been able to score points in several consecutive games. Therefore, the Russian consortium behind it has also increased its funds. At the same time, the technical team also dug out a lot of good things from the Soviet heritage. The performance of the Aurora had also been greatly improved before this game. At this time, with the cooperation of Nie Ming and Yuri, The fully strengthened Aurora shows off its might.
After they accelerated, the cars behind them, especially those at the bottom, also had to accelerate. After all, during the first ten laps of the track, if they were lapped, they would not even be able to get out of the racing track and they would be eliminated early.
"Haha, are you accelerating from the beginning? Sliver, are the maintenance areas of each team clear? Where is the first maintenance point of Arctic Fox?"
"Arctic Fox Team The No. 1 maintenance point is set at the 20th kilometer of the road stage. Calculated from the whole distance, it is at the 40th kilometer. "Sliver gave the information, and Lin Dai also understood Nie Ming's plan. The tires used by the Aurora are the fastest-accelerating soft tires. At the same time, Lin De estimated that the fuel tank of the Aurora at this moment is not full. The current running method is to be able to change tires for the first time. Fill the fuel tank.
Such a tactic worked wonders when the two of them got the pole position. Now the pace of the whole game has been inexplicably sped up. After all, there is a risk of being eliminated by the lap. When starting The cars at the end of the queue did not dare to gamble. After all, the track was only two kilometers per lap, and the risk of being lapped was still very high.
As a result, after the pace is increased, the racing rhythm of those cars that have to accelerate will also be disrupted, making it impossible to complete tire changes and fuel replenishment at the optimal pace. After all, the tire changing points are planned in advance, unlike in mini racing competitions where accessories can be changed at any time.
"Their running style is really annoying. Ah, do we have to speed up too?" Xiao Hao said in the team channel with itch in his heart as he watched the two Auroras roaring and accelerating.
“Why are you anxious? We started on hard tires. We are already behind and cannot catch up with them even if we accelerate now. It is better to maintain the current pace and change the tires to After the soft tire is the time for us to exert our strength," Lin Tie replied while driving the Tai Chi Dragon.
The three tire changing nodes of DRS are respectively set up at the 70th kilometer, the 140th kilometer, and the 170th kilometer of the whole journey. When there is no need to consider supplementary energy and taking into account the track conditions of the road race, Xiaolie set the pace of the race as running 140 kilometers with two sets of hard tires, and then completing a 60-kilometer sprint with two sets of soft tires.
“At the beginning of the game, the Arctic Fox team accelerated the pace of the game a lot. They suffered a lot in terms of pace in the last game. After getting the pole position this time, they He has also become the one who controls the pace of the race. It seems that many teams are still affected," Li Bing said, "For example, the USCF team set the first tire changing station at the 45th kilometer. The tires were soft and the fuel was not filled up. Considering their starting position, they should have thought of replenishing fuel while changing the tires for the first time, but now they were at risk of being eliminated by the Arctic Fox team. They have to accelerate in advance. As a result, even if they can leave Hongye Circuit safely, their speed will be greatly affected before reaching the first tire changing point 25 kilometers away.”
"However, there are currently two AMG-01s in the fourth and sixth picks, two Pegasus in the fifth and eighth picks, and Tai Chi Dragon and Tornado Charge in the 12th and 13th picks. It doesn't seem to be affected by them, and they still maintain their own acceleration rhythm," Fei Ge said.
“On the eighth lap, the car currently at the bottom of the queue will soon be overtaken by Nie Ming, McLaren’s number one driver. Muller, who has just returned to the track in this race, has already raced in the previous eight laps. Falling to last place, will he be the first driver eliminated today?"
"It seems that the injury last time had a big impact on his condition," Li Bing said. Yesterday's qualifying results can be explained by his desire to hide his strength, but the current situation seems that he has not fully recovered from the injury."
"Mueller, what are you doing there? "What's going on?" McLaren's technical director was a little anxious when he saw this. They had high hopes for Muller in this game, thinking that they could get more points in the standings after Muller returned, but now the game has just begun. Is Mueller on the verge of being eliminated?
"Shut up, I know it myself!" Mueller said, gritting his teeth and stepping on the accelerator, he pushed down the thruster lever. As the speed of MCL-C01 skyrocketed, it collided with the Aurora. There was a little distance, but while accelerating, Muller's feet were already hanging on the brakes, intending to step on the brakes when the situation went wrong.
Soon, after opening a safe distance and raising the pick to No. 18, Muller turned off the propeller and breathed a sigh of relief. This moment of acceleration did not let him down. It would be nice to enter the realm of zero again without realizing it.
"The MCL-C01 accelerated and got rid of the Aurora, but USCF's No. 2 car, which was previously ranked 19th, was not so lucky. Their acceleration method was to optimize aerodynamic components. Although the top speed was not bad, it was not We can help him get rid of his pursuers in a short time like MCL-C01. After the Aurora completes its overtaking, it will be a pity that he will be eliminated." Li Bing shook his head with regret.
"Now it seems that the racing environment in North America is indeed not good. Until now in the GPX competition, the USCF's No. 2 car has not been able to complete the race even once." Seeing this, Fei Ge regretted He shook his head and said.
“As a team led by a consortium, the Arctic Fox team has always maintained its strength in the championship area, but USCF is in the bad area. They still haven’t scored any points. USCF The performance of their car is actually not bad. Although it is not as good as the cars of the current teams in the standings, it is far from being at the bottom. However, they do not seem to have a reliable driver to fully unleash the performance of the car.”
“Isn’t the racing environment in North America always like that?” Li Bing said, “This is not difficult to see from the mini racing car, the cradle of racing drivers. When children in other regions pursue faster and more extreme conditions, North America’s What the kid is thinking about today is how to destroy the opponent's car. Can a decent racing driver be cultivated in this environment? "When I was commentating on the second WGP, the Sea King's Wand Army invaded the game and caused havoc in the mid-season championship, but Li Bing still remembers the attitude of the American children who flocked to the scene.
"The two Auroras have completed ten laps around the Red Leaf Circuit. The door to the outside world has been opened, and the Aurora ran up."
The camera turned and dozens of drones appeared. Soaring from the field, several of them followed the footsteps of the two Auroras.
“The next competition can only be captured by Lin Technology’s professional photography drone. After all, with the speed of the CF racing car, traditional helicopter aerial photography cannot keep up.” Li Bing said.
"Aurora has entered the road stage, do you want to slow down a little? The conditions on the road track are much more complicated than those on the track." Brother Ran said at this time, "Okay, it looks like the Arctic The Foxes had no intention of slowing down. "
"On the contrary, the No. 1 car of the Red Bull Racing Team, which was not far behind them, slowed down after entering the road stage. However, Ferrari and Mercedes. Des’ driver was a very skilled and courageous driver. He took advantage of the Red Bull car’s slowdown to overtake him one after another and catch up with the Aurora.”
"In the last lap of the track race, DRS also sped up a little bit. Tai Chi Zhan Long briefly turned on the thrusters and at the same time drove the Cyclone Charge to accelerate together. The two entered the road stage in 8th and 9th place."
“After entering the road stage, the intensity of the competition has not decreased but increased. It seems that the track has become more complicated and has not affected the drivers.” Fei Ge said.
“Logically speaking, this kind of road race usually has a navigator, but the AI of CF racing has taken over this job very well. Human beings may be able to play a role in this kind of long-distance road race. The AI will not make mistakes, but in this case, the time has come to test the tacit understanding between the driver and the AI.”
After entering the road race, the driver cannot control the conditions of the track like in the track race. We are familiar with it, so it is very important for AI to monitor the track in real time and remind the driver. On the road with many curves in Xiangjiang, at the speed of the CF racing car, wait until the driver can fully see the situation of the curve. It is definitely too late to make the turn, so at this time, AI is needed to remind you of the track conditions ahead and how to make the turn.
At this time, the advantages of AI became very obvious when Sliver and Magnum were completely trained by their respective masters from a blank sheet of paper.
At this moment, the cars in the first tier, whether it is the Aurora on the Aurora, the Enzo on the Tianma, or the Karl on the Mercedes, all provide relatively mechanical guidance to the drivers. However, Sliver and Magnum The instructions for each bend were completely based on Lin Shu and Xiao Hao's usual habits. The two of them could run exactly according to the AI's prompts without having to think too much.
It can be said that other AIs only report the conditions of the track, but Sliver and Magnum report the code of the feeling between the driver and the track.
This tacit understanding allowed the two DRS cars to accelerate more than others after entering the road, rapidly reducing the distance from the team in front.
The race reached the 20th kilometer of the road. The maintenance point set up by the Arctic Fox team on the roadside was already ready. Yuri and Nie Ming saw this and slowed down. Carlo and others behind them also Take the opportunity to overtake.
Soon, the two Auroras finished changing their tires, replenished their fuel, and hit the road again. After completing the first tire change, the two Auroras with sufficient fuel started their thrusters one after another and cooperated with each other. The speed of the car returned to the level before deceleration in a short period of time, and it didn't take much effort to catch up with the car in front.
Carlo and Okitami also started to slow down at this time. Their first maintenance point was set up at the 50th kilometer of the whole race, and the design of maintenance points throughout the entire race also followed the most basic principle of dividing the entire race into four equal parts. , and replenished fuel during the second tire change, which was halfway through the race.
Originally Ferrari's technical team wanted to do some extra work like Arctic Fox or Mercedes to gain a certain advantage, but this suggestion was directly rejected by the drivers Carlo and Okita. They rejected it. The two understood that for the technical team of their own team, a satisfactory arrangement might be the best arrangement. Otherwise, the more fun they have, the bigger the trouble will be.
Soon, both of their cars finished changing tires. After AI signaled that they could set off, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
It can be said that most of the technicians at this site are temporarily transferred from the F2 team, and F2 has always been the hardest hit area for the technical team to reorganize. If there is no problem at this site, the next two There should be no problems with the sites being handled by the GPX and F1 technical teams respectively.
However, when they stopped to change tires, Tai Chi Dragon and Tornado Charge roared past them.
"So fast?" Carlo was stunned for a moment, then accelerated and chased forward. After catching up with the Tai Chi Dragon, Carlo observed the running methods of Lin Shu and Xiao Hao for a while, and found that they were cornering. , seems to be silkier than myself.
“Don’t they need time to process the information provided by the AI?” Carlo asked doubtfully. Compared with their current running method, Lin Xie and the others seemed to have omitted a certain step.
(End of this chapter)