End of the Century Talented Racer

Chapter 206 Ascension Period

In the 2101 season, Odmet, who had occupied the fourth place in the team standings for a long time, once had a "deadlock within the team".The driver Bepena, who is always expected to compete for the top ranking, and his teammates have "misfired" several times.The Oddmet team had to adopt the team order-"no fighting" to improve the embarrassing situation of continuous hostility among teammates.

For Porter, who is on the rise, the relationship within the team cannot be ignored.Both Wesley and his teammate Easter are the best of their time. Both of them are eager to bring good results to the team in the "struggle period" of their careers. When the two drivers almost collided in the Bahrain Grand Prix, let Many people predict that Wesley and Easter will be difficult to be "intimate".

Asked how to avoid the "embarrassing" situation, Wesley was very calm. "I think it's enough as long as the teammates respect each other. As long as we put the interests of the team first and maintain our current driving style. Even if I encounter Easter, I will still drive aggressively."

In Porter's view, the friction between the two powerful drivers is unavoidable, and how the team "repairs" after an emergency is fundamental. "Having two ambitious drivers is really difficult for a team. They both want to beat their team-mates, which is normal. I hope to manage their relationship well, because friction is inevitable."

"In my opinion, such a situation is difficult to prevent in advance, because it is impossible for us to simulate all possible events. We will give due solutions after the situation arises. Like Bahrain, the two drivers used different Tires, we found out after the race that the team command wall did not give clear enough instructions."

The newly established team will soon be able to fight for the fourth place in F1. Porter's foundation in the past two seasons is quite "solid". While the team is deadlocked, the results exceed the team's imagination?This "high probability event" is still worth looking forward to.

随后第二次自由练习（FP2）在巴库赛道结束。莱森车手弗吉尔以1分42秒795的成绩排在成绩榜第一。东生车手桑塔克以0.069秒的微弱优势次席。弗吉尔的队友特斯洛克获得第三。

In the first 2 minutes of FP40.Vergil set a benchmark time of 1:43, more than half a second ahead of the second and third ice city drivers.As in the first free practice session, the drivers continued to struggle with the lack of grip on the track.Many drivers, including Daniel, Santak and Seaver, locked their tires in the first timing period of the track and had to drive into the buffer zone, and yellow flags appeared frequently.

Tesrock, who damaged his car by hitting a wall in FP1, failed to return to the track at the start of FP2, but the Leysin team successfully repaired the car 20 minutes after the start of the second free practice.However, Tesrock locked the front wheel in his first sprint lap.At the same time, Diago's gearbox failed, and the Ruijin driver was forced to end his free practice early.

多位车手在FP2中段进行排位赛冲刺圈模拟。卫冕阿塞拜疆大奖赛冠军得主弗吉尔使用极软胎做出1分42秒795的成绩占据榜首，几分钟后桑塔克以1分42秒864的圈速排在第二。弗吉尔的队友特斯洛克排在第三，落后0.116秒。

However, both Stewart and Daniel locked up their tires during the sprint lap, which affected their performance during the sprint lap.Although the latter was fastest in the second and third time periods, the Dongsheng driver failed to complete a "zero error" lap and only ranked 11th on the results list.Since almost all drivers conducted long-distance testing at the end of the second free practice session, this qualifying simulation ranking is also the final FP2 results list.

Zhang Yue performed well in the qualifying simulation and came in sixth.The performance of Yinhua Racing Team was quite good. Gu Gaoyuan was 1.019 seconds behind Virgil and finished seventh.Baxter, Wesley and Alex ranked eighth to tenth.

In the first two free practice sessions of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the Bingcheng and Leysen teams each scored the fastest lap, while the Dongsheng team performed mediocre, especially Daniel, who was struggling.In qualifying on Saturday, the competition between the three teams should be very intense.

Seaver failed to seize the golden opportunity to overtake Daniel in the previous Bahrain Grand Prix and bring back the championship for the team. He scored the fastest lap in the first practice of this race and ranked 4th in the second practice. , after the game he said that if there is another chance to compete for the championship, he will behave more aggressively: "We are very disappointed with the performance of this season, but this is the game, the situation this year is very difficult, there are currently at least six cars To win, you really need everything to be perfect to win, and we haven't been able to get everything perfect so far, but it doesn't scare us. We were very close to winning in the previous games. It’s just a matter of getting everything together and being more aggressive when the opportunity arises and I’m sure the victory will come soon.”

Santak has shown a good state since the beginning of the season, but the team's center of gravity is obviously biased towards Daniel. In the eyes of many people, it is difficult for Santak to get rid of the position of "second driver", but Santak said I still have the opportunity to compete for victory and even the championship: "I believe that I have the same opportunity as my teammates. I will do my best here. I will try my best to fight. If I feel that I have no chance to win again Victory, then I wouldn't be here."

The Citro team has recently shown a certain rebound momentum. Citro is not satisfied with this situation. According to a media report, Citro's technical director has been dismissed.A spokesman for Citroen revealed in an interview: "We are currently considering how to reposition ourselves so that we can be successful again." And Altaïr also seemed frustrated in an interview: "This year we hope to be close to the podium. position, but we now find that we are still a bit far from that goal."

Daniel only ranked 10th and 11th in the two practice sessions of the Azerbaijan station on Friday, but Santak still finished second in the second practice after encountering a car failure.For this reason, Daniel said that his failure to achieve a competitive lap time in the practice session was due to his control errors and had nothing to do with the condition of the car itself.

"This track is usually difficult to find the perfect rhythm. I didn't find the speed this morning, and I made mistakes in the qualifying simulation in the afternoon. But I am very satisfied with my long-distance performance, so the week Five overall can still make me satisfied."

The former head of the FIA ​​technical team made his debut in the Azerbaijan team's garage during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The supervisor joined the Aojiao team after leaving his job last year, but due to relevant regulations, he had to take a leave of absence for more than 6 months before joining other teams.Therefore, the supervisor finally joined the team at the beginning of this month and supervised the team for the first time in this competition.

Technical Director Jiaojiao said: "He has rich work experience, and I am very familiar with him because we often met in technical research group meetings. His specialization is aerodynamics, and he has abundant knowledge reserves in this area. It can bring significant help to the development of racing.”

Teslock encountered a car problem in the last few minutes of the second practice and slowed down on the track. When people thought that the Leyssen car had another technical failure, Teslock appeared to refute the rumors.He said that his car only fed back wrong data due to the failure of a sensor, and the car did not actually malfunction.Tesrock suffered a crash in the first practice, and the team did not restore his car until the second practice started.

"There is nothing to worry about. There is no problem with the car. The accident I had in the first practice may be due to the wind factor. I don't know. The main reason is that I lost control and hit the wall. Unfortunately, the track was still very slippery in the morning. I didn't It was my own fault to be able to find the grip. Fortunately, my second practice was not affected too much, and all the items we planned before the game were successfully completed."

The two Yinhua drivers had conflicts again in the previous race, accusing each other of interfering with the rhythm of the race.For this reason, the COO of the Yinhua Racing Team stated that although it was difficult for the two drivers to control the changes on the track in the first lap at the start, the behavior of hindering each other's race can also be avoided.

“On the first lap of the start, many factors are beyond the driver’s control. The dispute that occurred on the first lap of the last race was indeed unfortunate for us, but we have asked both drivers to give each other enough space during the race. As much as possible, the two drivers should fully communicate the tactics before the start of the race, but it is still very difficult to operate in practice."

At the third free practice session at the end of the F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Dongsheng Racing Team, which had a poor performance on Friday, rebounded significantly. Daniel took the fastest lap in 1 minute, 43 seconds. Stewart of Ice City Racing Team ranked second 091 seconds behind, followed by Santak and Teslock.El Salvador's Adonis crashed in the closing stages, triggering a red flag.

In the first two free practice sessions on Friday, Bingcheng and Leysen each scored the fastest lap, and Vergil ran the fastest lap on the track that day.When the third training session started, the local weather in Baku was not very sunny. The atmospheric temperature was 25 degrees Celsius, while the track temperature was 27 degrees Celsius. There was a certain probability of rain.

At the beginning of this practice session, Daniel, who had a poor performance on Friday, improved his performance today and posted the fastest laps continuously after the start. Ice City seemed to be struggling a bit, and Stewart's speed could not be improved. , they seem to have made some mistakes in their tire selection.Aifan and Ister then both rushed off the track.

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