Chapter 307 Wuhan Station, the war begins!
“The two DRS cars have started to speed up. The Tai Chi War Dragon is okay. It looks no different from the usual speed-up rhythm. However, why does the Tornado Charge seem to be a little delayed when speeding up? This is not at all It's not like him." Li Bing said in confusion after watching a video of two cars speeding up.
"It feels like both cars are very fast, and in the current lap time rankings, the two of them also maintain a very good result." Su Fan said with some confusion.
“No, no, no,” Li Bing shook his head and said, “Teacher Su Fan, you have watched few GPX games, so you are not very familiar with the daily habits of each player. This accelerated rhythm is safe for running. This is a normal pace for Lin Shu, but it is a bit too slow for Tornado Charge, especially in qualifying. Generally speaking, it only takes Xiaohao two laps to accelerate to the current speed. But now it took him four full laps to slowly reach the current speed."
"That's it," Su Fan nodded, "Both of them were eliminated in the last game. Is it because of this? ”
Su Fan wanted to find a reason for Xiao Hao, but soon found that the reason he was looking for seemed untenable: "No, with Xing Ma Hao's character, he shouldn't be affected by his previous results. "It's here."
Su Fan also commented on many TRF Victory team games. At that time, Xiao Hao had just given up the game in the last game, but he showed no hesitation when he changed to rush in the next game. He was very impressed, "Could it be that there was something wrong with the car?"
"This may not be a big deal. After all, it has been two weeks since the last game. There is a mature manufacturing process. Under the circumstances, two weeks is enough to make two identical new cars." Li Bing said, "Oh, Arctic Fox's No. 1 car accelerated and rushed past the Tornado Charge, right? You can tolerate this? There is indeed something wrong with Tornado Charge and Xing Mahao. He can't even ignite another powder keg. "
"Xiao Hao, what is he doing? Speed up, I still want him. Look at my Burning Soul." In the cockpit of the Aurora, Nie Ming curled his lips and was a little dissatisfied with Xiao Hao's indifference. During this period, after his attempt failed in the last game, he kept thinking. After special training, after playing Aurora in the repair shop 4 times in two weeks, I can be regarded as touching the threshold of Burning Soul. Burning Soul is for drivers like him and Xiao Hao who are simple-minded and purely pursue faster speeds. There is no threshold, it's more about things coming naturally after reaching the realm.
"Nie Ming, stop making trouble. Whirlwind Charge should be unable to withstand the load in the Burning Soul state, so Xiaohao has been restraining himself." Yuri said at this time, "As for you, although The researchers in the team have dug out materials from the Soviet material science achievements for you that can allow the Aurora to withstand the pressure of the Burning Soul in a short period of time. However, you also know the condition of that material. After you enter the Burning Soul After reaching the state, that kind of material is basically a consumable, and it is not something you waste in qualifying.”
"Okay." Nie Ming calmed down after being reminded by Yuri, nodded and said.
“They were able to finish the whole qualifying round peacefully.” Li Bing saw that Tornado Charge and Aurora were separated by a distance, and they finished in 4th place without any dispute. The lap time of 1st and 7th advanced to Q2, and I couldn't help but be surprised.
“The current lap speed leader is McLaren’s new car. In the Q1 qualifying session, this car didn’t seem to have much power, but it easily took the first place in Q1. First, the potential of this car looks really high," Li Bing praised.
“It is worth mentioning that although Kevin and Muller of Red Bull Racing lost a good start in the second half of the last game, they did not practice as frequently as before in subsequent training. There was good news, but in this qualifying session, their lap times were also stable in the top ten. They calmed down and concentrated on polishing their skills, and their improvement was very big.”
Q1. After the end, after the team and drivers rested for 15 minutes, the Q2 race officially started.
Because the tires can only be changed once in this race, which places extremely high requirements on vehicle endurance, most teams have no intention of competing for pole position in qualifying. Therefore, the Q2 race is more boring than Q1. .
After all, in Q1, even if you don’t take the pole position, you can’t count down the start, so there is the pressure of not looking good. After Q2, the teams started to mess up, and the overall lap time of the players On the contrary, it is a few minutes slower than Q1.
Except for MCL-C02 and the two RB-C01s who locked in three promotion places early, the performance of others seemed like they didn’t even want to run in Q3. After all, after entering Q3, The starting configuration is basically exposed.
In this case, McLaren's second driver Lanci drove the MCL-C01 and successfully advanced to the final round in fourth place, while Carlo and Okita Kai were fifth and fourth. The sixth, seventh and eighth picks were won by Yuri and Nie Ming respectively.
As for the last two promotion places, DRS and Mercedes were more modest. It was too uncomfortable for Xiao Hao to run with his hands tied. He went back after two laps after the start of Q2, and Mercedes seemed to really not want to expose the starting configuration of tomorrow's race. Hijikata Rei immediately gave up speeding up after running two laps, while Mihael and Lin Dai faced the last two promotion places. They gave in. Tai Chi Dragon and AMG-01 were almost running close to each other, but neither of them accelerated.
It can be said that the reason why the two of them stayed on the track was to see if they could trick each other into Q3, and thus had to expose some tactics due to the Q3 competition format. However, neither of them obviously achieved what they wanted, and instead let Aston Martin's No. 1 car and USCF's No. 1 car took advantage and got the last two promotion spots.
Speaking of which, USCF’s No. 1 car was really lucky in this qualifying round. In Q1, it stepped on the line and advanced. In Q2, it met DRS and Mercedes, who had no intention of advancing. Des, it can be said that he was sent directly to Q3.
When the USCF’s No. 1 car crossed the line and entered Q3, racing enthusiasts across North America rejoiced.
"Let us congratulate USCF! They have successfully created history! This is the first time in the history of their team that they have entered the third round of qualifying!" Li Bing also clapped and said, but the exaggerated The expression on his face made people laugh somewhat.
"Ah? As for that? Isn't it just that we entered the third round of qualifying?" Su Fan was a little confused by his reaction.
"Let's put it this way, for USCF, this moment of advancing to Q3 is equivalent to our country's football team breaking out of Asia!" Li Bing said.
"That is indeed something worthy of celebration." Su Fan smiled, and at the same time he understood what Li Bing meant. Li Bing even compared it to the national football team. This team is one of the best in the entire GPX league. It’s almost obvious what level it is.
However, at this time, looking at the qualifying situation, the heads of the GPX event organizing committee who were having a meeting sighed. Most of the rules of GPX are still used in F1. However, as the GPX schedule deepens, the competition system becomes more and more complex and changeable. Qualifying, which determines the starting order of the race, is a very important link in the F1 competition, but it is not as important in the GPX competition. Every game is lower than every game.
In the first two games, those capable drivers were still thinking about competing for the pole position, but now many people have entered Q2 and started to fail in Q2 after getting rid of the first round. Everyone I have lost interest in pole position, which was supposed to be a more important honor besides the championship. Anyway, as the situation on the field becomes more and more complex, the role of pole position is becoming less and less. Except for special circumstances like Muller, everyone is not very enthusiastic about this thing.
Therefore, in the current global viewing trend, the ratings of the qualifying matches are gradually declining. The ratings of China's qualifying matches that increased because they wanted to watch Brother Bing live are an exception.
If you want to increase the ratings of the qualifying race, it is actually not difficult, that is to make the track simpler. If the track becomes simpler, you can control the pace of the race from the beginning. Although the importance of the event will increase as a result, just like the previous games in Guangzhou, they can't sacrifice the excitement of the main race for the sake of ratings in qualifying.
“How about starting from the next race, how many extra team points can the team that takes the pole position get?” Someone in the conference room suggested, “Because the pole position does not affect the situation of the game. In severe cases, many people simply give up the fight, but if we directly give the team’s points, they should cheer up.”
“It makes sense, but the specific value still needs to be determined. Let’s study and calculate it carefully,” the person in charge of the organizing committee nodded, agreeing with the idea, but the degree still needs to be grasped.
At the press conference after qualifying, Xiao Hao’s different performance today naturally made him the focus of the media. However, due to the performance of the vehicle, he was unable to give full play to his performance. He was very irritated, and now that this group of reporters were constantly trying to dig out some big news made him even more irritated.
Fortunately, Xiao Lie noticed that his brother's mood seemed a little wrong, so he took over the conversation: "Tornado Charge did encounter some problems, but please don't worry."
"It's because Was it the reason for the accident in the last game?" a reporter asked.
“It has nothing to do with the last game, it’s just a small technical problem. I believe our technical team and Xiaohao can adjust it quickly.” Lin De also said at this time.
After the press conference, when he went back to finish his meal and do physical training, Xiao Hao leaned on the seat of the equipment, his face still not getting better.
"Ah, it seems that I will have to hold back in the next game." Xiao Hao said with some reluctance, "Everyone has become stronger, but we obviously already have this strength, but because of The feeling of being unable to perform at all due to various restrictions is too uncomfortable.”
"Don't be so pessimistic." Lin De smiled and shook his head, "J has already done the math for you. The current whirlwind charge is probably enough to last about 7 seconds in the state of Burning Soul. This is already stronger than Tai Chi Dragon. , according to J’s calculations, the current Tai Chi Dragon can last up to five seconds in my Ming Jing Shui Shui state.”
“So, just use it as a sprint method,” Lin Tie said. The limited strength did not have much impact on him. He had experienced this feeling before. At the first WGP, when the Tai Chi War Dragon was sent back to China to develop aerodynamic components, Lin Bo was using the light speed war dragon. He had a similar feeling when he was a dragon, so he didn't feel anything particularly uncomfortable this time.
“Of course I know it can be used as an explosive means of sprinting.” Xiao Hao said, “However, I am always afraid that I will enter the state of Burning Soul while running, and then break up the Charge. We have to be out. Our current points have no room for error."
After hearing Xiao Hao's words, Lin De smiled and said: "You can consider this, it seems that you have really grown up. Quite a few, but you don’t need to worry about this kind of thing, just run at your own pace.”
“Besides, we don’t need to win these two games to chase points, as long as we win. We are not far behind in points. After the completion of Tyrannosaurus and Lightning Charge, we will naturally be able to catch up with the help of the Moment engine," Lin De said with a smile, "So, don't worry so much, just run normally."
"Okay, I understand." Xiao Hao nodded. After the two completed their daily training, they went back to rest.
At ten o'clock in the morning the next day, the main race started on time.
In the Five Star Sports live broadcast room, in addition to the trio, Su Fan, who appeared in Li Bing's live broadcast room yesterday, also came to the studio.
After introducing themselves, as the signal light for the start of the game came on, the commentators also turned their attention to the game.
The first 50 kilometers of this race are held at the Yangtze River International Circuit in Wuchang, where qualifying is held. Players need to run ten laps in this circuit before they can officially enter. Today’s city stage.
After the race started, Muller, who won the pole position yesterday, started the thruster at the beginning and started to explode. At this moment, MCL-C02 officially showed its super performance in front of the public.
"Oh my god, with this level of explosive acceleration, the car body doesn't shake at all? This stability is great!" Fei Ge immediately shouted in disbelief.
“As a result, the drivers at the bottom of the order have to face the pressure of being eliminated.” Brother Ran said, “However, in this game, if it rushes like this at the beginning, it can persist. Go to the first maintenance point at 200 kilometers?”
“It should be no problem,” Li Bing said after thinking for a while, “The biggest feature of McLaren’s car is hydrogen energy. It has a greater advantage in battery life than cars using traditional energy, and even under such rapid acceleration at the beginning, the tires of this car don’t seem to consume much?”
(This chapter? End)