End of the Century Talented Racer

Chapter 116 Evil Qi?

The red flag came again in the 45th minute of free practice.The left rear wheel of Bepena's car suddenly fell off during the sprint lap, which directly caused Odmet's car to spin at high speed on the big straight.

In addition, due to the potential danger brought by the fallen tires to the track, the race meeting had to show a red flag to interrupt the practice.Fortunately, the accident did not cause any damage to Bepena's car, and Bepena was able to successfully return to the track at the end of FP2.

FP2在中段几分钟后冲刺开始，领先集团的车手在此时做出选择使用极软胎进行冲刺圈模拟的打算。斯图尔特在冲刺圈中做出1分32秒337的成绩并刷新了自己的最快圈，并且他以0.704的巨大优势领先弗吉尔，紧随其后的特斯洛克落后0.732秒。

In the remaining time of FP2, almost all the drivers on the track began to focus on the long-distance simulation, and therefore, the ranking on the performance list hardly changed.From the speed of FP2 tire simulation alone, one stop may be the mainstream tactic of this weekend's race.

At the end of FP2, Katildan was forced to stop on the track due to a power failure of the car.The race had to dispatch a virtual safety car to clean up the cars of Leysin's second team.

The Porter team continued to have an excellent performance in FP2. The team's two drivers, Easter and Wesley, ranked sixth and eighth respectively.The two Frenchmen, Alfredo and Alex, who are playing at home, ranked ninth and tenth respectively.

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F1 French Grand Prix practice ice city leads Stewart: the team has a pleasant surprise in the continuous reflection

Qidian Sports News BJ time on June 6nd, the 22 F2099 French Grand Prix practice session, the first two free practice sessions were held today. After returning to Europe, Bingcheng successfully won the fastest single in the two practice sessions. Circle, once again became the biggest favorite to compete for the championship.Stewart also said after the game that the team has conducted deep self-reflection in the past period of time, which has helped them gradually get out of the trough and achieve good results. This is the team and the strength of the team!

Stewart: Bingcheng will find out its own problems and make changes based on this

After the last race, Stewart publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with the decline of ice city's racing competitiveness, and then he and other engineers of the team conducted self-reflection at the team's internal meeting.In Stewart's view, this will help Bingcheng find its own problems and take this as a warning: "We sat down as a team and everyone criticized themselves, including myself, and we performed very averagely in Montreal. , I think we have to make sure that we can continue to move forward. After that we have a very good meeting, everyone is openly self-criticism, and there are some great discussions, the team can speak honestly, I believe we will make some things better Well, that's exactly what I planned."

Tesrock: Morita engine will bring big change
There is also a big news this week, Leysen decided to terminate the cooperation with Piaojiao, and will start using Morita engines from the rest of the season.Before coming to France, Tesrock said that he very much agrees with the decision made by Leysen, and called it a "quite wise" choice. He believes that the Morita engine will give Leyson Bringing about huge changes: "As we all know, next season will usher in a new era of F1, but this does not mean that we want to give up this season. Morita is very different from Xingjiao factory. All their facilities are Impressive. This year we can already see the huge improvement of Morita, they are continuing to develop rapidly, it is very exciting to be able to work with them for the rest of the season, I believe in the remaining games, with Morita, We will be stronger!."

Santak: Leaving rumors won't affect me in the slightest

There are a lot of rumors this week about Santak leaving the team next season. Some media even named youngster Kendrick to replace Santak next season. Raikkonen doesn’t seem particularly concerned about this. He said today These rumors will not affect my mentality and performance: "I have been listening to the news from these media for a long time, and the content is the same every time. To be honest, I am a little tired of myself. I don't care about this now. The problem, what I have to do is when I get in the car, I try to get the best result and help the team as much as I can."

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Ice City may postpone the engine upgrade, Daniel said that the strength of Ice City will not be affected by the engine

Tencent Sports news on June 6:

1. Ice City may postpone engine upgrade

The Bingcheng team may postpone the use of the new engine, which means that the team drivers Stewart and Seaver will not be able to use the new engine in the next French station and the next few games. This decision seems very important in this season. difficult.

"Let's wait and see what the team decides," but Stewart was optimistic, he said. "I trust my own judgement. Engine performance has never been an issue for us if we have to go back to the original specification engine."

Teammate Seaver also said: "We really want to put the new one in, but we are still waiting to see if it can be used in the French Grand Prix. Every weekend of the race, the three most powerful cars are struggling Fight hard, any speed gain we can get is important. We really want to get the new engine."

At the ice city's research and development headquarters, the ice city engine team is fully testing the new engine, before their goal is to enter the race at this week's French grand prix, but unfortunately, they still have not confirmed whether they can use the new engine in this race. engine.

2. Daniel said that any engine used by Bingcheng is fast
Daniel, the driver of Dongsheng Racing Team, said that regardless of whether the Bingcheng Racing Team will introduce a new version of the engine in the French station, they will still be very competitive this weekend.

However, Daniel questioned how much the performance improvement brought about by the engine upgrade. He believed that Bingcheng would have a great advantage in both the old model and the new engine.

"I can't speak for them, and I don't know how much they have improved. Although there may be a large horsepower increase, if the horsepower increase is not large, then the difference will not be too big." Daniel said.

"I'm sure they'll be strong no matter what the situation is. As I said before, there are some races where your car adapts better for a few reasons, other circuits it doesn't, like they have the advantage in Barcelona, ​​whether it's the new The engine is still the same old engine. Our car can put out a lot of horsepower and provide a lot of downforce, but it still lacks speed compared to them," added Daniel.

3. Tesrock: The cooperation between Leysen and Morita is very beneficial
Leyson's Tesrock said having an engine supplier who can completely design around your car would be a huge boost for Leyson.

After Morita's partnership with Leysin II last year, it has progressed enough to convince Leysin that Honda is best prepared and able to provide them with an engine.

"I believe in that and the team obviously believe in that because they signed the agreement," Tesrock said. "It's exciting, Morita basically only works for Leysen, so it's completely designed around your car. I think that's pretty good."

"The facilities at Morita look really good. It's nice to see how Morita's factory is different from that of Koko's. It's impressive how they've set up all the facilities and facilities. It all looks great Efficient," Tesrock added.

Featured Rock's teammate Virgil said: "Obviously Kou has made a lot of progress this year, but I know we still don't have a qualifying mode. So they're all improving, and as you can see, Morita seems to be working with the Layson is progressing together. I think it's fair to say that both Morita and Kokyo are on the rise, it's just that it's unknown who gets there faster. But it's clear that Layson believes Morita is right."

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F1's return to Europe seems to be affected by evil spirits?

Diago: The sudden wind on the track directly caused my accident in the first practice

Ruijin driver Diagao suffered a serious accident in the first practice. His car lost control at high speed at the 11th turn and crashed and caught fire. This accident also directly caused him to be unable to compete in today's second practice.Regarding this accident, Diagao said that his control of the car was no different from the previous few laps. The direct reason for the sudden loss of control of the car was that the car suddenly lost its tail grip due to the impact of the tail wind.

"I was using the same steering as the previous few laps, not going faster or attacking the corner any differently, but my car suddenly lost control at the rear. I don't think I can find a rationale for the accident, Our investigation after the race concluded that the weird wind direction and wind force on the track had an impact on the stability of my car, and such an accident is very strange."

Catildan: There is a high possibility that I will be punished before the game due to engine problems
Catildan's car engine suddenly shut down 10 minutes before the end of the second practice in France, and this is a new engine that Morita has just introduced to upgrade in Canada.In the Canadian Grand Prix, Alfredo was also forced to change the engine due to an accident in the third practice, and Catildan thought that if he needed to change the engine, he would be fined and retired.

"I don't know the details of the specific engine failure of the car, but I have a premonition that I will be fined and retired in this race. At present, I only know that the problem is in Morita's power unit, but I will remain cautious about this race. Optimistic. Our speed in this game is quite good, and we are expected to take the lead in the fierce competition of the midstream group. Under such circumstances, it is not a difficult problem to enter the scoring area to get points."

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