End of the Century Talented Racer

Chapter 207 Yinhua Racing Team
At the end of the race, Stewart gradually improved his performance, but Leisen seemed to deliberately cover up his speed.Adonis of the El Salvador team then collided, and the race directly showed a red flag.In the end, Daniel won the fastest lap of this practice session with 1:43. Stewart ranked second, 091 seconds behind the leader, and Santak ranked third, more than 0.361 seconds behind his teammates. time.Next came Tesrock, Zhang Yue and Silver. Virgil did not enter the top ten, but he obviously hid his speed.

After the qualifying match kicks off.In order to get the necessary temperature for the tires, most of the drivers drove onto the track at the first time. Easter of the Porter team rushed out of the track at the 3rd turn, triggering the yellow flag of the race. His row The position race was also announced to end in advance, and then there were drivers who made achievements one after another. Santak temporarily ranked first with a time of 1:42. Gu Gaoyuan of Yinhua Racing Team unexpectedly rushed to the second place. With a gap of 985 seconds, Stewart is only ranked fifth for the time being, and Altaïr is still in the relegation zone.

With 5 minutes left in this section, the drivers began to improve their results one after another. Santak improved his time to 1:42 and continued to rank first. Tesrock rose to second place. Although Daniel also improved He improved his own result, but the gap with his teammates was widened to 538 seconds.Katildan of Leysin II suffered a puncture, and Alfredo, who almost ran into his teammate, rushed into the buffer zone, and Altaïr steadily improved his position.In the end, Santak won the last lap of this section, followed by Tesrock and Stewart, and the five drivers eliminated in this section were Baxter, Wesley, Diego, Catildan and Yi Steele.

After the start of Q2, Seaver took the lead, and then the drivers drove onto the track one after another. The drivers of the three major teams were equipped with supersoft tires, while other teams generally used ultrasoft tires.Seaver made the first lap of this section at 1:42. Both Santak and El Salvador's Aifan rushed out of the track. Fortunately, there were no major problems. Tesrock then rose to the first place. No. 679, 0.222 seconds behind the leader, Gu Gaoyuan temporarily ranked third, while Altaïr and Santak are still in the relegation zone at this time.After Daniel completed his first lap, he overtook Gu Gaoyuan and rose to third place, with a gap of 0.336 seconds behind Xiweier.

With 7 minutes left in this section, Stewart made a time of 1:42 to come to the top position, while Santak was in trouble and needed to stop immediately to change tires.In the last 676 minutes, the drivers began to exert their strength after pit stop adjustments. Bepena rose to 3th and squeezed Altaïr into the relegation zone. Santak, who could not afford to lose, scored 6 point in his lap At 1 seconds, he came to the top position again. Altaïr failed to improve his ranking in the last lap, and only ranked 42th.In the end, Lesantac took the fastest lap in qualifying in this section, followed by Stewart, Silver and Tesrock, and Vergil only ranked tenth. The five drivers eliminated in this section were Aifan , Adonis, Altaïr, Kendrick and Wesley.

Entering the last 3 minutes of Q12, Gu Gaoyuan of Yinhua Racing Team took the lead on the track, and then the drivers began to appear on the track one after another. Xi Weier appeared on the track before his teammate Stewart.Tesrock made a time of 1:42 and temporarily ranked first, but Daniel then made an astonishing time of 017:1 to come to the first place. Stewart ranked second behind by 41 seconds. A single lap is not very ideal, only ranked 498th, nearly 0.342 second behind the top teammate.

The drivers then returned to the pits to make adjustments and prepare for the final sprint.In the last two and a half minutes, the drivers returned to the track one after another.Stewart took the lead with a time of 2 minute, 1 seconds and 41 seconds, but was unable to surpass Daniel. Sontak drifted a little when exiting the corner, and he was still nearly 677 second behind his teammate.Daniel was not able to improve on his achievements, but it was enough to help him get the pole position for this race. This is also his third consecutive pole position, followed by Stewart, Seaver, Virgil and Teslock. , Santak only finished 1th due to a mistake at the last moment.

Judging from the three practice sessions and qualifying sessions, the strengths of the three major teams are actually relatively close, and each team has its own advantages—the overall performance of Bingcheng is still trustworthy, and the downforce of Leysin Racing is the best. Great, as for Dong Sheng, they are doing pretty well in both areas.After the qualifying for this race is over, I believe that no car fans will doubt that Bingcheng's thriving situation no longer exists, and they may even be slightly behind the Dongsheng team.

In Sunday's main race, the start is particularly critical. Daniel had cut the line twice to block his teammates at the start, which certainly helped him ensure his leading position, but Santak lost his position twice.This time, it is no longer his teammate who starts next to Daniel, but Stewart. If Daniel chooses to cut the start again, Stewart will definitely not be as patient as Santak. Will the two start a fight at the start? attract attention.In last year's Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Daniel was punished by the race because he was dissatisfied with Stewart's car pressing behavior and deliberately crashed into his opponent. If there is friction at the start, other drivers behind you may benefit from it.

Judging from the current situation, the Leysin team is still at a slightly lower position among the three major teams. All they have to do is to wait patiently for the opportunity, and once the opportunity arises, they need to disregard the Do everything to attack the opponent and strive to win in the chaos.Tesrock has come to the Baku circuit known for its "chaotic" this time, and it is worth paying attention to what kind of chaos he will create again.

The top six teams of the three major teams have formed a group advantage, which means that it will be more difficult for other teams to make a big difference. However, the Yinhua team performed quite well in today's qualifying and is expected to compete in Sunday's regular race. Playing the role of a spoiler in the race, it is also worth watching whether Citro driver Altaïr, who stopped in Q2 today, can continue his momentum of scoring points in every race since the start of the season.Last season's Azerbaijan Grand Prix was full of twists and turns, and finally took more than two hours. Many people are still concerned about whether there will be a similar situation in tomorrow's game.

The team leader of Ice City believes that although Santak of Dongsheng Racing Team is the only driver among the top six who started on extremely soft tires, he is very likely to be a big threat.

"Imagine that there is a very high possibility of a safety car in the early stage of the race. Dongsheng can use some bold strategies," said the team leader. "If you are in a position like him, like Tesrock, you can Take risks, those risks can pay off sometimes. And he has the fastest car, he should be on pole, it's a blessing in disguise."

The team leader admitted that when competing with Dongsheng and Laison this season, Ice City was not good enough in on-the-spot strategy. "When there are six drivers competing for the title, the strategy becomes trickier because sometimes it's hard to predict what the outcome will be."

The deputy team leader of the El Salvador team denied that the team would carry out close cooperation with the Bingcheng team similar to that between Porter and Dongsheng.El Salvador got the best qualifying result of the season in the qualifying race of this station, and the two drivers will start in 10th and 11th place respectively in the main race.

"I don't know where this news comes from. Our team leader and Salvadoran co-founders have fought for our independence for decades, and they have done a very good job." He said, "We are different from the Yinhua team. capability, use our own gearbox, all we have to do is guarantee our independence."

A previous report by a well-known media said that Aifan’s father was pushing for El Salvador to become a close partner of Ice City, which would allow El Salvador to acquire technology while also allowing El Salvador to reduce the number of employees, thereby cutting costs.El Salvador currently employs 550 people, while the Yinhua team has only 400 people.

Gu Gaoyuan of Yinhua Racing Team expressed his satisfaction with Yinhua's qualifying results. He and his teammate He Guangyuan will start in the fourth row in the race, and Gu Gaoyuan believes that this is Yinhua's due performance.

"It's been a very strong weekend and I think we've improved the car a lot," said Yinhua. "It was a great drive yesterday, but it's been a long season so I hope we can maintain this position." .”

Another Yinhua driver, He Guangyuan, thinks he has the ability to beat his teammate and can use Dongsheng's Santak to get a better position on the grid. "We did a good job in qualifying and became the fastest among the mid-range teams." He Guangyuan said, "I am very close to Gu Gaoyuan, and I am also very close to Santak. Hope to have a good start tomorrow."

Alfredo of Leysin's second team said that the qualifying episode between him and teammate Catildan was the "scariest moment of his career".

Alfredo said: "I don't know if he was planning to go left or right, to be honest, Quatierdan almost stopped, but I was very fast, I saw myself in the replay, I don't know. That's how it was avoided, but it was a very scary moment."

"I'm sure it wasn't intentional, maybe next time we need to have a bigger gap between the two cars," Alfredo added.

(End of this chapter)