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730 Chapter 730 - Rage

The Austin Speedway near Austin, the capital of Texas, is the first track in the United States designed specifically for F1 racing.

The track is still designed by the master Tilke, and it is still a counterclockwise track. The altitude change of 40.5 meters makes the drivers realize that this place is not only beautiful.

And it's extremely challenging, as it's estimated that the drivers need to change gears 72 times per lap.

Raikkonen, who had a back injury, chose to have an operation in advance and thus ended the season early. Kovalainen was replaced in the remaining two races, while Alonso, who was also troubled by a back injury, passed the health check and continued to play with injuries.

No, Bu Zelu didn't know these things until he came to Austin today, and he only found out through the media.

Alonso stopped talking, but Kimi didn't tell him about it. After all, they were drinking together in Italy.

Sure enough, superficial brothers!

Or Kimi is still angry, who called the last stop in Abu Dhabi, and Bu Zelu showed off his rainbow crossing on the Internet.

I also had to send it to Kimi, asking if it was a pity that he retired from the last race. This scene is probably rare in a hundred years.

After all, Bu Zelu cheated at the last stop and caused the climate to change. If it wants to rain in Abu Dhabi in the future, it depends on Bu Zelu's mood. Well, at least when he uses the prop card.

Bu Zelu, who came to Austin, was a little disappointed. After all, it is a state capital city, but why is it not as developed as the city under the jurisdiction of his hometown Chang'an.

Well, that's the BJ city that changed its name from 'Chencang'.

So there is really nothing to talk about in this urban area. Baoji can talk about some history, but what about Austin?
Could it be that he has the same name as a wrestler?
Not to mention that the track is still in the suburbs of Austin, let’s get to know the suburbs of the beautiful country, not to mention that this is the more famous Texas, and the endless farms are a reflection of this place.

The entertainment activities are basically the bar commercial area formed next to the track.

The commercial street next to this track is a little more interesting than Austin.

In order to get out early in the game, Bu Zeli focused on the next game.

There is a saying in the beautiful country that money is easy to do, so Bu Zelu went to the track for a few laps on the day he arrived.

After entering the track, Bu Zelu began to train seriously.

It is best to end this year's campaign at this sub-station, otherwise I will go to Brazil next.

Brazil!

Besides football there is chaos.

There is a saying that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.

There is no harm if there is no comparison. In the beautiful country, it is dark and go home early. If you go to Brazil...

Do you dare to go up the mountain during the day?
On November 11, for two consecutive days, Bu Zelu almost stayed at the hotel without going out.

In addition to the regular fitness exercises every day, there are also nightly exercises on the Sleeping Lohan track.

Today is the penultimate station of 2013, the F1 weekend at the Austin Speedway.

Compared to Miami, which is still sunny, the climate here in Austin is a bit worse, and it feels like autumn anyway.

Due to the local fog and poor visibility, the medical helicopter could not take off, so the start time was continuously postponed by the official announcement.

首练也因此缩水到1小时，而实际开始时间比原定推迟了40分钟，而结束时间也由当地的10点30分改为10点40分。

The Caterham team arranged for the American driver Rossi to replace Van der Garde in the first practice. Toro Rosso also arranged for the Russian driver Kvyat, who will make his official debut next year, to appear in this practice. At the same time, Bianchi's position Also replaced by Gonzalez.

As for Mercedes, our lovely power leveling classmate Brandon Hartley is still in the battle, replacing Bu Zelu for the first training game.

At the beginning of the first practice, the temperature was only 16 degrees, the surface temperature of the track was 18 degrees, and the humidity reached 91%.

After the green light of the pit lane came on, the drivers all used the medium tires to run the system setting lap, but Button ran the timing lap directly, with a score of 1:39.

Hamilton wore a helmet that paid tribute to Michael Jackson, and the car also received a new chassis.

But just after running for only 14 minutes, the steward once again showed a red flag to call off the race because of a technical failure of the medical helicopter, and the chronograph stopped at 45 minutes and 53 seconds after a short run.

Kovalainen took this opportunity to communicate with the technicians of the Lotus team, hoping to adjust the seat position. Grosjean's car suspected that the right front brake had failed, and the technicians of the Lotus team were busy.

After that, the clock restarted to run time, but the track was still closed because there must be a two-hour interval between the two practice sessions. In other words, the end time of the first practice was postponed to 2 o'clock local time.

At 10:28 local time, the game finally restarted.

All cars seized the last moment to test. Sutil, Button, Grosjean and Gonzalez all made mistakes in running off the track. Fortunately, they all had room to make up for it.

Ricciardo radioed understeer, particularly the lack of grip at the front, which made the turn feel poor through turns 15 and 16.

Ferrari told the drivers that the road in the pits was very, very slippery.

Vettel was ranked 18th most of the time, which made people suspect that the Infiniti Red Bull was running on heavy fuel, but the German had a tire lock problem when passing the first turn, and Webber, who was in the top ten, was Discuss the front brake temperature issue with the engineer.

Gonzalez, who ranked last, had to pull the car to the side of the road and exit when his car started to smoke near Turn 13.

In the end, Alonso secured the top spot with the fastest lap of 1:38, followed by Button and Bottas in second and third.

The Mercedes duo ranked fourth and fifth respectively, especially our power leveling classmate, Brandon Hartley, went crazy today and ran a time of 1:39.

Only 0.01 seconds less than Rosberg.

Hamilton, Massa, and Webber ranked sixth and No.8 respectively. Vettel's ranking did not improve, and in the end he was 2.319 seconds slower than Alonso and only ranked 18th.

I don't know why Brenton Hartley is working so hard today, and whether he has some ideas about the driving position of Mercedes next year.

Bu Zelu has not signed a contract with Mercedes for a long time, and now even Brandon Hartley is a little tempted.

Not to mention that throughout this year, he will have at least 2 hours of driving time every race weekend, and he is more familiar with Mercedes cars than other drivers.

This is Brenton Hartley's advantage.

No, just after the game ended, Bu Zelu was caught by reporters in the mixed interview area on his way back.

The questions naturally asked were about 'winning the annual championship' and 'renewing the contract with Mercedes'.

Before today, some media had already interviewed some drivers whose contracts had expired. At least Hamilton had said bluntly that he very much hoped to join the Mercedes team.

Originally, he was considered the 'own son' trained by the Mercedes team since childhood.

But in front of "capital", having a son is useless, otherwise Hamilton will be driving a Mercedes this year instead of the McLaren that he complained about every race.

As for these questions, Bu Zelu's answers are very standard, this time there is no need to put a small note in his pocket, it's just a few sentences anyway.

'The outcome is unknown, and the championship with Vettel is still going on. '

'I am still actively communicating with the team. As for the signing issue, I have handed it over to my agent. I need to take the last two games seriously. '

Renew?

What a joke, if it was placed a month ago, Bu Zelu would definitely continue to make false claims with Mercedes.

But now that the system tasks are all completed, and the contract is renewed, if it weren't for an 'annual championship' Bu Zelu would have gone straight back to his hometown.

Anyway, there are only the last two games left, and it would be even better if they continue to win this battle.

So Bu Zelu has already told the Mercedes team very clearly that he does not intend to continue to participate in F1 next year.

Let them look for drivers for next year.

Of course, this is internal news, and the media is not very clear about it.

The media is not clear about this internal news, but some drivers know it, which is why Hamilton can publicly express his hope to cooperate with Mercedes next year before this race.

If there was no such news, wouldn’t Hamilton say this to challenge Bu Zelu? What if Bu Zelu played for a year in a fit of rage?
Although it has been stated with the team that it will not renew the contract, the current cooperation between the team and Bu Zelu has been very close for a long time.

Now both the individual and the team are competing for this year's championship, and the team will not talk about it in the F1 publicity.

At least in the outside world, the team's annual championship is not as influential as the personal annual championship.

For the F1 championship, people often know the driver's name before they discover the car he drives.

At least that's the case with some casual car fans.

Therefore, Bu Zelu and the team have been cooperating closely for a long time. As for the media, they began to dig holes for Bu Zelu, asking him if he did not participate in the first training, and whether he had conflicts with the team.

Mercedes prepared to hide it.

The media like B`BC can ask such a question.

Bu Zelu didn't even bother to answer this kind of fool's question, and didn't want to educate him at all, so he licked his ice cream and went back to the RV camp.

Not to mention, the ice cream shop in the F1 paddock is really good, and Bu Zelu is a must-eat food every time he participates in a competition.

No, after eating ice cream, Bu Ze walked back to the RV and took a selfie and sent it to Kimi.

Kimi ignores him, that's not good, this groundhog has a great influence abroad, if Bu Zelu wants to continue to make money abroad, he can't always fight against the media.

So kimi's popularity must be rubbed off.

Confrontation with the media also requires a roundabout strategy. In addition to being tough with these people, you also need to establish another image of him from another aspect.

(End of this chapter)