End of the Century Talented Racer

Chapter 216 The Advantages Are Obvious
"We have ultrasoft, supersoft and soft tires this weekend, but in my opinion the three compounds are basically the same. There is definitely some failure, but this year's tires are much harder than last year. The tire supplier has said before that the tires have become softer No, I don’t believe it. Before the race, the team expected that one set of tires could run 35 to 40 laps, which is really too much.”

"I hope the fans can speak up and use their voices to make the game a little bit different in strategy. I believe F1 will listen."

Katildan will start from the bottom of tomorrow's French Grand Prix due to a penalty for replacing a power unit component.The Leyssen Team [-] driver was forced to park his car on the side of the track due to engine failure during the second free practice session yesterday.After inspecting the power unit, the team confirmed that Katildan will replace the entire power unit.

Since Katildan has reached the upper limit of the number of power unit components, Katildan has accumulatively received a penalty of starting 35 places behind.However, due to the new penalty rules for this season, drivers who have been penalized for more than 15 places will automatically be moved to the last place to start.

In the first two free practice sessions on Friday, the newly upgraded Ice City Racing Team showed strong competitiveness and captured the two fastest laps, while Dongsheng Racing Team was relatively inferior.At the beginning of the third practice, the Paul Ricard track was covered with dark clouds, and the weather forecast said it would start to rain soon.

After the practice session in Beibei started, the drivers took the time to come out and run a few laps. In less than 10 minutes, the rain began to invade the track. At this time, many drivers did not make any achievements.Afterwards, the rain did not stop, and the drivers stayed in the garage most of the time. It was not meaningful to test in such weather. In the last 10 minutes, some drivers put on heavy rain tires and came out to experience the specific conditions of the track.

In the end, Seaver of the Ice City Racing Team took the fastest lap in 1 minute, 33 seconds, and Baxter of the Jiaojiao Racing Team ranked second, 666 seconds behind the leader.Third to fifth are Kendrick, Altaïr and Zhang Yue.Although Stewart and Santaco have also made effective results, they are too far behind the top of the list to be of reference significance.

When qualifying started, the rain stopped on site, but there was still the possibility of rain during the race. The atmospheric temperature was 23 degrees Celsius, while the track temperature was 31 degrees Celsius.

After the start of this qualifying session, the track was basically dry, so the drivers did not use semi-wet tires. Aifan of the El Salvador team made the first lap of this qualifying session with a score of 1:34. 725 seconds, but Alfredo's subsequent results were about 1 second faster.Afterwards, many drivers made achievements one after another, and Easter temporarily ranked first with 1:32.Altaïr's first lap was not very satisfactory, he only ranked 466th, and Zhang Yue then raised his ranking to third.

Tesrock then set a time of 1:31 to come to the top position, but he was immediately overtaken by Seaver of the Ice City Racing Team, and Stewart then set a time of 823:1 to come to the top position.Santako also made a very beautiful lap afterwards, occupying the top position with 31:589, and Daniel only ranked fifth in the first lap.Entering the last 1 minutes of this section, Stewart made 31:567 to regain the leading position, Tesrock also surpassed Santak, and Altaïr was promoted to 5th and jumped out of the relegation zone.In the end, Stewart won the fastest lap in this section, followed by Tesrock, Santak and Silver. Altaïr was squeezed into the relegation zone, and he failed to improve himself in the last lap. The five eliminated The drivers are Altaïr, Katildan, Baxter, Adonis and Aifan.

After the start of Q2, it started to rain again on the track. The drivers took the time to get on the stage and prepare for the results. Teslock of the Leisen Racing Team made the first effective lap time of this section, 1 minute 32 seconds 307, River Gill and Daniel subsequently both achieved results, with Teslok temporarily ranking first.Santak then passed Teslock with a time of 1:32, and Bossiville immediately made a time of 000:1 to seize the top position. Stewart's first lap was very amazing. He made Ranked first with 31 in 227 minute and 1 seconds.

The drivers then returned to the pits for tire changes and Daniel and Santak then passed Seaver, but were still more than a second behind Stewart.Entering the last 1 minutes of this section, Daniel and Santak are constantly improving their results, but Stewart finally won the fastest lap of this section easily. Daniel narrowed the gap with Stewart to 5 seconds in the last lap, Next came Santako and Silver.The five drivers eliminated in this section are Gu Gaoyuan, Alex, He Guangyuan, Alfredo and Di Yagao. Kendrick won the No.0.1 thrilling advance to Q10.

Entering the last 3 minutes of Q12 competition, there was some light rain on the track, and the drivers came on stage one after another. Daniel made the first lap time of this section, but he was immediately overtaken by Stewart and Seaver. Stewart’s time was 1:30 , Easter of the Porter team then lost control of the car and hit the wall, and the race will directly show a red flag.The race was interrupted for nearly 222 minutes, and the drivers came out again to prepare for the final impact on the pole position.

Daniel seemed a little anxious and slid off the track, and his lap was ruined!Seaver temporarily overtook Stewart to reach the top position, but Stewart did not give up. He surpassed his teammate again in 1 minute, 30 seconds and 029 seconds, and finally won the pole position of this race. Seaver won No. 2. Next are Daniel, Teslok, Virgil and Santak.

After coming to France, Bingcheng upgraded the car, which helped them quickly regain their advantage. In addition, the tire supplier of this race provided special tires again, Bingcheng's advantage became unshakable.

In the previous three free practice sessions, Bingcheng swept all the fastest laps, and in this qualifying session, Stewart ranked first in every session.In Q2, Stewart relied on super-soft tires to overwhelm Daniel and Santaco, who were using ultra-soft tires. This means that in tomorrow's race, the two Ice City riders will start on super-soft tires, while Daniel will use ultra-soft tires. Tire starts.If there are no major accidents at the start and Stewart can hold on to his pole position, then Daniel will hardly find any chance to overtake his opponent.

Judging from the current situation, Sunday's main race is likely to become an internal competition between the two Bingcheng drivers. Xiweier also showed a good speed in today's qualifying race, and the more realistic goal of the Dongsheng team is to Fight for one remaining podium position with Leysin.

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