End of the Century Talented Racer

Chapter 209 Lively
The manager of the Leysen team said after the race that he read the delicate relationship between the two drivers from the body language after the retirement. He believed that the two drivers were somewhat resentful towards each other at the moment.In the meantime, he has asked the two drivers to visit the Leysin team's headquarters before the next race to formally apologize to all the hard-working members of the team.

"This kind of thing should be discussed behind closed doors. After all, both drivers are driving for our team. It is indeed their responsibility that our work this week has been wasted. They must go back to the headquarters to apologize to all members. We have to make them remember that it's a team job and there's no way we'll take that between the two of them more than three times in a game."

Leysen team consultants believe that both parties are equally responsible for the crash in Sunday's race, and Leyson does not want to thoroughly investigate which party is more responsible.Asked whether Leysin should have taken steps to prevent the two cars from going head-to-head on the track, he was adamant that "it's against Leysin's racing philosophy".

"Our team is very disappointed with this result. Today we lost a lot of points without necessity. Before the accident, the two people had a wonderful and intense fight. Giving each other space and respect is indeed what we want to see in the game but seeing two cars from the same team collide is often the most heartbreaking image."

Ice City driver Seaver took the lead on the penultimate lap of the race, but unfortunately lost the championship due to a puncture due to crushed debris.Teammate Stewart became the successor to this championship, but Stewart did not immediately go to the podium to accept the trophy after winning this championship, but returned to the team garage to comfort the depressed Seaver.

Stewart said: "Today's mood is very complicated. In fact, this championship should belong to Seaver. He performed very well today, but my performance today may not be as good as his. When I stopped the car, I went to the car immediately. Fang found Seaver and told him that the championship should have belonged to him."

Daniel lost his podium spot on the third-to-last lap of the race when he made a lockout error trying to overtake Seaver.For this reason, Daniel said that he was caught in a contradictory gambling situation. He thought that if he didn't hit the championship chance at the last minute of the game, he would regret it all his life.

"I'm glad I took the gamble of overtaking, but I'm a little bit sad that it didn't work out. I thought it was a good chance that I squeezed the inside line, and I didn't brake very late, but unfortunately Either the car or it locked up. I had no other choice in the situation, Stewart was on my right and I couldn't stick to him, and Seaver was in front of me and gave me room , I took this bet."

Dongsheng driver Santak won the runner-up in Baku. He lost a lot of time due to an accident with Gu Gaoyuan in the opening stage.In addition, Santak also said after the race that he "rubbed against the wall at full speed" on the penultimate lap, and he was lucky not to retire because of this. "I kissed the parapet on the inside of the line at full speed at the end of the race, and the car's front wheel was not damaged. I didn't expect that when the safety car exited, everyone would start so quickly. I even almost drove the car on the opening lap of the race. When it came to the wall, I survived multiple dangerous accidents."

After an ups and downs in the race, many car fans around the world expressed their sighs on famous social networking sites.Among them, the impression that appeared most was the excitement and drama of the game.

"When I thought the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in the 2101 season was crazy enough, the 2102 race refreshed my understanding of madness. I have already begun to look forward to the 2103 race! The dry land in Baku is already so full of uncertainty, if I don’t know what will happen if it rains.” A car fan said.

Santak, whose car was damaged on the first lap, miraculously made it to the podium.This made some fans admit that they have to watch the replay carefully to understand the driver's race process.

On the 40th lap of the race, Vergil tried to overtake Leysen teammate Tesrock from the inside line at the end of the main straight.But the latter's line change in the braking area caused the former to be unable to dodge as well as his rear-end teammates.Both Leysin drivers withdrew from the race as a result.

After the race, the two drivers who were asked by the team to apologize to the headquarters staff were reluctant to talk about the accident that ushered in a turning point in the race.

"I don't think it should have happened, but now it's useless to say who is responsible because it's a very bad result for the team," Tesrock said of the accident. "We lost a lot of points. .I don't want to talk about whether I did a second lane change."

Virgil, who is usually very cheerful when talking to a microphone, also became a little disappointed after the accident. "Such a result is definitely not a good thing for the team. We hope to compete freely, and this is the worst possible outcome of competition. I will leave it to the media and fans to analyze the responsibility for the accident."

A well-known media sports commentator and former F1 driver Anthony made his own comments on the accident after the race.Anthony regarded the "infighting" of the Leysin driver as a race accident. "When Virgil pointed the car to the inside lane, he should have understood that if the teammate in front of him chose to block, the accident would be inevitable. And when Tesrock chose to block Virgil, the Laysen racing car at the rear lost a lot of grip and braked. As a result, it loses its effectiveness and accidents cannot be avoided.”

"In my opinion it was a racing accident."

Stewart questioned Daniel's safety car start at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.At the same time, I also hope that the FIA ​​will clarify the rules.The defending champion believed that the Dongsheng driver stepped on the accelerator illegally during the safety car start.

"The rules stipulate that the driver under the safety car cannot accelerate and then slow down, and cannot step on the gas and then brake. Because if there is no rule, the way of stepping on the gas and then braking is the most effective way to get rid of the opponent behind him. The driver can move left and right, but cannot start. Then brake. Daniel did that at the Australian Grand Prix and I almost hit him, but this time he did it four times."

However, the director of the FIA ​​competition said in an interview that such actions are within a reasonable range.

"In fact, judging from the speed of all drivers, it is impossible for everyone to move at the same speed. As long as no driver makes too dangerous moves, then we are satisfied with this situation."

In this regard, Stewart believes that similar precedents will be imitated by many drivers. "An F1 Grand Prix leader who can accelerate and decelerate under the safety car means that this practice will soon be imitated by drivers in lower levels. I will ask the FIA ​​for clarification at the driver meeting of the next race. .”

According to a well-known media report, the FIA ​​and Morita held the first official negotiations on the supply of power units in 2103 during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix race weekend.

The current drivers who use the power unit are dissatisfied with the power and stability of the French brand this season, and the decision to use the Morita power unit still needs some evaluation.

At the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Altaïr collided with Adonis on the first lap.The Citroen driver damaged his right tire and damaged the car's floor on the way back to the pit lane.But the two-time world champion finally succeeded in improving several rankings in the game, and seized the opportunity of many drivers to retire to get No.7.

After the game, Altaïr pointed out that persistence and self-esteem made him perform extremely well, and he called his performance in this game the best of his career.

"It's another seventh, but this is the result I fought for with persistence and self-esteem. First of all, I think few people can drive back to the pit lane with such a damaged car, and many people will directly choose to retire. But We didn't, we fought for every lap, every tenth of a second. I think it was the best performance of my career."

"The team told me that the car was damaged and I thought maybe I couldn't finish or the car was very slow, but in the end I improved a lot," Altair said.

As many teams questioned the setting of Dongsheng's racing car, the FIA ​​announced a thorough investigation of Dongsheng's technical regulations earlier last week.This Monday, the FIA ​​officially announced that the Dongsheng racing car fully complies with the rules of the race. In the statement, the representative of the FIA ​​Technical Regulations adopted the most affirmative wording: "100% complies with the rules".

Russian driver Adonis retired after the start of the race last week. He had a rear-end collision with Gu Gaoyuan, causing the latter to be damaged; Alex and Altaïr collided on the main straight, causing the former to have two tires Flat tire.In this regard, Adonis believes that the race will be punished by three places in the next race without asking him about the progress of the accident, which completely loses fairness.

"After the game, I was told that I had been punished without even being asked by the competition committee. We reviewed the car video from multiple angles and couldn't find any chance to avoid the accident at that time. I think the competition committee felt that I had caused two accidents in a row. The accident was a subjective penalty that doubted my ability. I checked my front wing immediately after retiring from the race, and there was no trace of contact with Gu Gaoyuan's car.

Leysin drivers Vergil and Tesrock staged a cannibalistic tragedy in Baku, but the team manager said in an interview after the race that the team specifically emphasized the risk of such accidents in the meeting before the start of the race. , repeatedly emphasized that the premise of the two drivers competing with each other on the track is to safely bring back all the points.

"We emphasized this issue in the pre-race meeting because we were aware of the danger of this track long before the race. This tragedy happened to two Odermet cars last year, but the tragedy still happened. Both of our drivers were very ruthless in the competition, and both drivers have unshirkable responsibility for the accident."

(End of this chapter)