End of the Century Talented Racer

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Easter personally said: "I don't think I have any other choice. If I had stepped on the brakes, the car would have slid to the middle of the track. I was full throttle to try to get the car back on track. It's just an instinctive reaction of all drivers."

Dongsheng Racing Team called Daniel to pit on the 40th lap but ended up losing several positions. For this strategy, the Bingcheng team manager expressed that he could understand it. "Pitting under the virtual safety car has always been a difficult decision. We encountered such a problem and made mistakes in this year's China station. We also considered this issue today, but because we found that this race On the road, Stewart couldn't even pass Tesrock after the pit stop, so it is most important to stay on the track and hold his position."

After the accident on the first lap, Altaïr expressed his dissatisfaction with the accident on the radio and suggested that Ister, who caused the accident, should be severely fined. "The start is as dirty as ever. They need to show the black flag sometimes, this is not a lower level event."

According to the rules of the FIA, drivers who are shown a black flag will be directly disqualified from the race.

In addition, F1 used the Spanish Grand Prix to change the traditional post-podium interview session to a direct interview after the driver left the car.A large number of foreign car fans expressed opposition to this outdated "innovation".

"The interviews before the podium really need to stop, because the idea is really bad. You can see the dissatisfaction of the drivers from the expressions on the faces of the drivers." Said a fan.

One fan thinks that the drivers don't even pay attention to the interview at this time: "I don't think people will pay attention to the interview at this time, because the drivers are even breathing quickly."

There was also a car fan who mocked Liberty Media’s innovation with his own proposal. "They are wasting precious post-race celebration time. Liberty Media might as well just find three people sitting in the cars of the top three winners on the return lap and start asking questions."

It can be seen that foreign car fans do not agree with this new F1 measure, and also agree that the interview behind the podium is more appropriate.

Because Dongsheng chose to pit under VSC, Daniel lost the runner-up that he almost won, and Dongsheng made many strategic mistakes this season, causing his drivers to lose good results. Many car fans complained about Dongsheng's strategic decision after the race.

"Does anyone know why Dongsheng's strategists have been able to keep their jobs? Dongsheng's internal management is so strict, why hasn't anyone in the strategy team lost their heads?" A car fan even asked a question on Dongsheng's official community.

"I guess Dongsheng doesn't have any strategy group at all, right? Maybe the tactics of the game are decided randomly." Someone replied.

Daniel, who was the first to complete the first stop in the leading group, said after the game that his rear tires were worn out extremely fast, so the team had to complete the second stop.But there are still many car fans who believe that Dongsheng should choose to support until the end of the race.

Because Dongsheng arranged for Vettel to make a "second pit stop" that was completely unnecessary after the game, this directly caused Daniel to lose two places.As for Santak, it was even more pitiful. After he had just answered the team's "no questions", he suddenly lost motivation and once again retired midway.

For the home spectators, the two Spanish drivers Altair and Baxter both scored points in this race, which also made them feel gratified, especially Altair, although Citroen's current racing cars are quite competitive. There is still a certain gap compared with the three major teams, which cannot be eliminated after the upgrade of this race, but Altaïr's performance is remarkable. He has scored points in several races in a row, which is what can be done in the paddock. There are only three people who have reached this point. If Citroen can maintain the current follow-up research and development and have a perfect car, then Altaïr's impact on the podium position in the second half of the season is not a dream.

Because Stewart won the Spanish race with a huge advantage of more than 20 seconds, Stewart said that he finally found the perfect control of this car.He also said that he was trying his limits every lap of the race because he felt comfortable with the feel of the car.

"Some people say that I cruised the whole race, but I didn't. I was looking for the benchmark of the car at all times because I felt very comfortable in the cockpit. I was also looking for the car. The car is balanced so that it can extract more of its limit speed in future races. I also learned a lot in this race. In the technical discussion after the race, I can also reveal more about my understanding of this car to the team. The feeling of racing."

The director of F1's exclusive tire supplier finally hit back at the challenge, saying the change was only for safety reasons.

They provided a new tire structure with a 0.4mm thinner tread than the original tires in the Spanish race, which indirectly caused Dongsheng Racing to be unable to find speed throughout the weekend.Daniel also publicly stated that the tire supplier modified the tire structure and hardened the tire compound at the same time.

"If the tire formula is not modified, this track with a high wear rate will turn the race into a lottery. I think this is not in line with the competitive concept of F1. As the exclusive tire supplier, we must provide all-round safety The products are adjusted accordingly for the racing surface. I don’t think the change in tread thickness will cause an imbalance in the performance of the car, and the compound used in the tires is exactly the same as before.”

In the test after the Spanish Grand Prix, after testing the "special tires" and "regular tires", Daniel finally bowed his head and admitted that Pirelli made the right decision in modifying the tire thickness and fell behind the main tires in Ice City. The reason comes from Dongsheng's failure to bring the "special tires" to operating temperature.

Daniel even admitted that if they decided to use regular thickness tires in the Spanish Grand Prix, Dongsheng might show a more sluggish performance.

In the analysis after the race, the former technical director pointed out that thinner tires allow the front wheels to heat up faster and at the same time adapt to the car with greater downforce.For the Bingcheng team, which continues to struggle with the heating of the front wheels this season, perhaps it is these characteristics that enable Bingcheng to make better use of "special tires".

"We struggled with tire wear this weekend. Fortunately, this test gave us a chance to improve. Now we will see how we improve." Daniel said that Ferrari will work hard to solve the problem after completing the test.Special specification tires will return at the Grand Prix, when tires may once again become a decisive factor in the three-way battle.

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