End of the Century Talented Racer

Chapter 184 The Gap
"He still has the support of the team. It's very lucky for him. It's good news," Walderson added.Culvey, who retired last year, also agreed Tesrock needed to cool off and said the practice failure was unnecessary for him.

Dongsheng racing driver Santak said that he did not adapt to the softest tire in yesterday's qualifying session, which made him unable to grasp the rhythm of entering the first turn.Santak will start fourth in today's race.

"I struggled a bit going straight into Turn [-] with these tires. I wasn't at all sure how to go into Turn [-]," Santak said. "At Monaco, you have to know what's going to happen so You can go further."

In yesterday's qualifying session, Santak was nearly half a second slower than Leysin driver Vergil, who was on pole, and 0.227 seconds slower than his teammate Daniel.

Daniel of Dongsheng Racing Team said that he welcomes Kendrick to join Dongsheng in the future and is willing to be a teammate with him.

Daniel and Stewart of the Bingcheng team praised this rising star."I don't see any reason why Kendrick wouldn't be in the Eastman's car in the future," Daniel said.

"The car we drive is the fastest car in the world and that's what you should expect, not all teams are capable of that. I think it's important that you know why you want to be here and what you see for you. Saying is what really matters, the rest is not what you should care about,” Daniel added.

Citroen's Altaïr admitted he was "disappointed" by the huge gap between Citroen and Leysin in Monaco, as the two teams' cars were still far apart in his opinion.

Compared with other tracks in the season, Monaco does not have such high requirements for the power unit of the car, but attaches great importance to the performance of the car chassis.Although this Citroen has been able to score consistently, Leysin is still far ahead.

"We're disappointed that we should be at Leysin's level because we have the same power unit," Altair said. We will try to do this as quickly as possible.”

Altaïr believes that Leyson's strong performance on the street circuit is to be expected. "We more or less know that Leyson is strong here, and situations are welcome in a way," Altaïr said. Thiel said that for Bingcheng and Dongsheng, the Leisen Racing Team is their opponent, which is not surprising.

After winning the pole position yesterday, Vergil of the Leysin Racing Team said that he will regard himself as the biggest enemy in today's race, and his goal is to strive to keep his name "always on the top".

"I wanted to be the fastest from the first moment and achieve my own goals this weekend. We were close at all stages and if your opponent thinks so, it can be a psychological game as well. For me Say, I just want to see my name at the top and keep that going from the start," Virgil said.

"We didn't make a lot of changes to the car, but the whole weekend went really well. I could build up the basics bit by bit and then find my own rhythm and have fun. I like the fun, the feeling of driving, it's a lot of fun. .It feels great," added Virgil.

It was cloudy in Monte Carlo today. At the beginning of the race, the atmospheric temperature was 25 degrees Celsius, while the track temperature was 33 degrees Celsius. There is a certain possibility of rain.

The race starts, after a simple round of warming up the tires, the official start!

Tesrock was unable to qualify because of a crash in practice, coupled with a gearbox change, he could only start from the last place in the race.

Vergil, who started from the pole position, did not start very smoothly. He blocked Daniel at a tangent, and the two cars almost came into contact. After entering the first turn, the rankings of the first few drivers did not change. Zhang Yue tried to attack Silver, however, did not get the chance.After the start, Tesrock improved two positions to 18th, but there is still a long way to go to enter the points area.

In the next few laps, the race entered the cruising mode. Vergil, who had the advantage of racing, quickly widened the gap with Daniel to more than 1.5 seconds. It was difficult for Dongsheng to attack his opponent after missing the overtaking opportunity at the starting stage. .The race lasted for 5 laps, and the rankings of the top ten drivers did not change. Everyone needed some special events to break the current balance.

Daniel then began to speed up to narrow the gap with Vergil. Tesrock surpassed Diago and came to the 17th place. Then Tesrock started his own overtaking mode, and he surpassed Katildan and others consecutively to come to the 14th place. position, approaching Kendrick in front of him.On the 10th lap, the left front tire of El Salvador's Aifan was punctured, and he returned to the pits to put on supersoft tires.

On the 12th lap, Stewart took the lead to make the pit stop. He put on extremely soft tires and temporarily ranked sixth after coming out.Daniel pitted on the 6th lap, and his pitstop was also very smooth. After coming out, he ranked third, and Vergil also pitted one lap later. After completing the first pitstop, the rankings of the top drivers did not happen. Variety.The next few laps of the race still seemed to be uneventful, and Vergil had an advantage of more than 16 seconds ahead of Daniel behind him.And Tesrock, who has not pitted yet, has already caught up to the 3th place.

In the next race, he entered the cruising mode again. Vergil said on the radio that his motivation was a bit lacking, but it seemed that the problem was not serious.In the middle of the race, the leading drivers began to encounter slow cars, which may give Daniel some opportunities to catch up.Tesrock was still in tenth place, ahead of the stable Altaïr, who couldn't find a chance to attack his opponent.By the 45th lap of the race, Vergil's advantage over Daniel had reached 2 seconds, and the next thing he had to do was to try not to have any accidents.

On lap 48, Tesrock finally pitted and put on the softest tires. This strategy was a bit risky.On lap 53, Altaïr suddenly reported to the team that his car was losing power, and he stopped on the side of the road and withdrew from the race. .At this time, Vergil began to be affected by some slow cars, and Daniel gradually narrowed the gap to less than 1 second, but it was still very difficult to overtake.

(End of this chapter)