End of the Century Talented Racer

Chapter 201
"In fact, I can still accumulate a lot of enthusiasm from the race. I originally had the speed to accumulate more advantages before the pit stop. We can actually make positive decisions to avoid similar (lost lead) situations."

Adonis had to withdraw from the race early due to car failure in today's game.After the race, the El Salvador team judged that a plastic bag that entered the brake duct caused the failure of the car.

The team's chief technical officer said: "We saw some traces of melted plastic bags. The plastic bags completely blocked the brake ventilation ducts, causing the brake temperature to increase. Although we are not completely sure that it is the plastic bags, we believe that this is the reason .”

Fans are very happy to see Dongsheng win and have his own views on the "New Era".

After the race, a large number of fans gathered on the only way for the drivers to leave the field, expecting to say goodbye to their favorite drivers.

"I'm glad to see Dongsheng win!" Many car fans said this sentence. "Stewart is very good, but we don't want to see Bingcheng win all the races, so it is very happy to see Daniel win." For Australian fans, everyone thinks that although Virgil failed to surpass Santak to board the podium, but the unanimous opinion "Vergil did a good job!"

Stewart, who won No.2 in this race, continued to lead the race, and the safety car that suddenly appeared in the middle of the race turned the race around—Daniel successfully used the safety car rule to surpass Stewart and Santak by delaying the pit stop .Still baffled by the incident, Stewart said he didn't understand what went wrong.

“I followed all the instructions that the team asked me to complete correctly, but I just didn’t understand why I ended up behind Daniel. The safety car was deployed, and I immediately slowed down, and then at the last moment I was told by the team that Daniel was pitting to change tires. I was in disbelief when I saw the red car coming out of the pit lane. If I had known earlier that he was pitting, I would have tried any remedy."

Leysen driver Vergil believes that this year's Leysen chariot has the strength to compete with Dongsheng.Although Virgil finished fourth today, Virgil was biting Dongsheng driver Santak at the last minute of the race. He believes this optimistic sign indicates that Dongsheng's race speed is very similar to theirs.

"Our race speed today was very strong. Although I could not overtake Santak today, this was due to the characteristics of this track, which meant that overtaking would be difficult. I planned many overtaking maneuvers today, but in the end Santak Tucker’s smart defense deflected all my attempts, and I believe this year’s Leyssen car is more than capable of competing.”

The 2087 F1 world champion believes that Santak will be a very important factor in this season's Dongsheng team competition and the championship competition.He was famous for criticizing Santak, and repeatedly told the media that Santak should "go home and rest early". This sudden change in painting style is really surprising.

"Santak has become a big deal in F1, and his lifestyle is very different. This year, he will be very prominent. From the free practice session this weekend, his car handling is better than Daniel's. To be more comfortable. That means the season will likely belong to Santak, who has to establish himself early in the season."

Oddmet Racing took 12th and 14th place in the Australian Grand Prix. Such a performance was obviously unacceptable for Bepenna.He said that this season's Oddmet will suffer from the lack of competitiveness of the car, but the difficulty of overtaking on this track also hinders his promotion in the race.

"It was a very unfortunate weekend for us, we didn't get the result we wanted. We saw the potential of the car and I came close to catching Baxter at the end of the race. But at the same time, the race was a sign of This year is difficult, and I am looking forward to the car getting a better upgrade package in the future, so that there will be more opportunities for overtaking.”

Citroen driver Altaïr achieved No.7 in the race, so Altaïr believes that Citroen can follow the pace of Leysin this year.Altair was 20 seconds behind sixth-placed Vergil on Sunday, with Porter's retirement of both cars and Tesrock's mid-race error setting the scene for the Spaniard to finish seventh.

"We will definitely get stronger in the next race. The Leyssen car will be our next target. This car still has a lot of untapped potential. Although Leyssen is now in the first camp, I believe Citroën would prefer Join this camp and compete directly with the other three teams."

Stewart, who embarked on the defending journey for the fourth time, easily won the pole position with a huge advantage before that.At the press conference afterwards, Stewart even made fun of Daniel, saying that his goal in Melbourne was to "make him never laugh again."Daniel graciously asked him to enjoy his Saturday night, because he would be the one throwing the party after the game.

This war of words was both a joke and a declaration of war, and the two four-time world champions knew it.However, they probably didn't expect that a key turning point occurred on the 26th lap of the race.Stewart, who was determined to lead the race at first, inexplicably ruined the good game that he was in control of, and lost the points that seemed to have been pocketed because the two cars of the Porter team retired within two laps one after another and triggered the safety car.

Dongsheng once allowed Santak, who was No. 18, to fight first on the 2th lap. Bingcheng responded immediately and recalled Stewart on the last lap to complete the only pit stop of the game.On lap 24, in order to clear the Haas car parked on the track, the race committee issued a "virtual safety car" signal light.

Stewart strictly followed the "Race Rules" and reduced the speed of the car to the limited range.At this point, Daniel hadn't entered the pit yet and took the lead for the time being. He vigilantly entered the pit immediately at the end of the lap to change new tires.At this time, Bingcheng sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and did not remind Stuart to speed up.As a result, Daniel drove out of the pit area and got stuck in front of Stewart, and because the "virtual safety car" eventually became the safety car lead, Stewart was unable to attack immediately.

Stewart watched his opponent jump in front of him, feeling confused and nervous.He asked if the Ice City team had made a mistake, or was too slow during the safety car, and why the team hadn't informed him of the opponent's movements.However, the answer the engineer gave him surprised him even more: "We thought your position was safe, obviously something is wrong."

After the race restarted, Stewart quickly caught up with Daniel, and the gap between the two was about one second.However, Daniel's defense was impeccable, and the difficulty of overtaking at the Albert Circuit left the defending champion helpless, even though there were three DRS zones in this game.

When the 58-lap race came to the 46th lap, Stewart asked the team if they could chase a little harder.After getting the consent, he pushed forward with all his strength and set the fastest lap time of the race.However, when he just started the next lap, he made a mistake at the first turn, and was suddenly 2.7 seconds behind by Daniel.After that, Stewart could no longer get close to the Dongsheng car, and the engine overheated at the last moment so that he had to give up chasing the victory in Australia.Since each driver only has three engines to use this season, he had to let go of the seven-point gap between the current champion and the runner-up, and try to keep each engine running for seven races from the overall situation.

The director of Bingcheng said afterwards that the intelligent system of the team's racing car had made a mistake, so that Stewart didn't hurry up after changing the tires, and controlled the gap between himself and Daniel within the correct range, so that even if the safety car was dispatched, he could regain the leading position.

In short, Bingcheng's powerful intelligent system made a low-level mistake and gave Daniel the victory.Daniel also stepped on the podium for the 1th time in his F100 career and won his 48th race championship, but more importantly, he took the lead in grabbing another victory in the confrontation with Stewart.At the same time, Santak withstood the fierce pursuit of Virgil in the final stage of the home game, and finished the race No.3, helping Dongsheng to get a lot of team points.

On the surface, Bingcheng's miscalculation made Daniel's victory in Australia.But behind the scenes, Seaver crashed in qualifying, leaving Stewart with no cover from his teammates and left to deal with Santak and Daniel alone.As a result, Dongsheng used Santak to attack Bingcheng first, and he chased Stewart with all his strength to consume the latter's tires, so he had to deal with it after the pit stop.At this time, Daniel adopts another strategy. While protecting the tires, he bets that there will be a safety car before the tires are completely worn out.

The reason why Dongsheng did this was because he estimated that even if their racing speed was comparable to that of Bingcheng's racing cars, they would not be able to make use of pit stops to overtake in Melbourne, where overtaking is difficult.As a result, Dongsheng gambled successfully.

"Today I played one against two, and that's the hardest situation to deal with," Stewart said. "Of course, it's not anyone's fault. Seaver also wants to fight for victory, but things are unpredictable. Santak played very well." , he puts constant pressure on me and has to run hard every lap, which makes the tires wear out very quickly. This year's battle will be tough, Dongsheng has improved a lot, and Leisen is also very fast. So, we have to make sure Every race has two cars fighting together."

Although he won the victory, Daniel admitted that the current speed of Dongsheng is not as good as that of Bingcheng, and even worse than the situation between the two racing cars last year.

"At this time last year, we were faster than we are now, on par with Ice City," Daniel said, "but we didn't catch them this weekend. Even though we were better in the race than in qualifying, But all things considered, no one is as fast as his rivals. Objectively speaking, Stewart is the fastest driver in Melbourne, and if he wins, it will be deserved."

(End of this chapter)