End of the Century Talented Racer

Chapter 233 Mistake?

So although the full-throttle section reaches 65%, speed plays a key role, but this is a medium-high downforce track.Among them, the third time period has the highest requirement for downforce. Turns 9 and 10 are two tricky right turns, which require sensitive steering and car balance.

Although Bingcheng has achieved pole position in the past three years, the gap has shrunk year by year.Last year, Seaver only won Daniel by 0.042 seconds, and only 0.6 seconds in the main race, a contest between brothers.This year, Dongsheng has further improved its racing performance, and Austria has the opportunity to compete with Bingcheng.

So Bingcheng decided to upgrade the aerodynamics in Austria.This upgrade is comprehensive: on the one hand, their side boxes are tightened, and their shape is similar to that of Leysin; on the other hand, the rearview mirror support part has become complicated, similar to what Dongsheng did in Spain; the third aspect The louvers are added under the tail, and the slots on both sides of the end plate are changed from two to three.The goal of these upgrades is clear, to improve the performance in high-speed corners with the assistance of the engine, so as to maintain the strength of winning the championship for four consecutive years in Austria.

In contrast, Dongsheng Racing Team did not bring any upgrades in Austria; Leysen added a qualifying mode, but the gap in power performance is still very large.

Before the race, Bingcheng had always maintained the advantage. Stewart used the soft tire to make the fastest lap of 1 minute 04.579 in the second practice, which was quite amazing; Silver scored 1 minute 03.130 in qualifying to win the pole position, and Stewart was 0.019 seconds behind and ranked second , created the smallest second difference between the first and second qualifying in Austrian history.For Dongsheng, Daniel ranked third behind by 0.334 seconds, and Santak was behind by 0.530 seconds.

Taking a closer look at the segment results, Bingcheng has a clear advantage in the third time period, which has been maintained at about 0.2 seconds.Daniel was as much as 3 seconds behind Sector 0.237 during qualifying.Through a more detailed analysis, the results show that Dongsheng mainly lost in two places in Sector 3. The first: the straight road between turns 8-9, which is the only straight road in the whole field without DRS. 0.1 second; the second and most important, 9, 10 two high-speed corners, a total of 0.15 seconds lost.The live broadcast shows the tail speed of the two teams passing the T3 corner in Q9, and Dongsheng is 7.9km/h slower than Bingcheng.

In the past, Dongsheng racing cars had an advantage over Bingcheng in terms of high downforce, but Dongsheng's complete defeat at turns 9 and 10 in Austria was enough to show the results of Bingcheng's major upgrade.After qualifying, Daniel expressed his frustration on social platforms. This was the most disappointing time for him after qualifying this season.

However, the high temperature during the race gave Dongsheng a hand. Bingcheng is indeed very powerful when the temperature is suitable, but this year their car is quite delicate, very sensitive to external conditions, and the window range is very small.This is also the reason why Stewart's tires were still unsupported after a late stop. As for whether the mechanical failure of the two cars is also related to temperature, there is no relevant evidence yet.

The temperature in the next British race will be more suitable, and there will be no track temperature close to 50 degrees. In addition, this station is one of the three special tires offered by the tire supplier. Ice City Racing is more suitable for the special model with a 0.04mm cut tire.It is believed that the effect of the major upgrade of the Ice City can be further reflected.In the past five seasons, Bingcheng has won the British championship in all of them. Dongsheng Leisen is still a chaser in Silverstone this year.

This weekend's British Grand Prix will add a third DRS zone on the grid to increase the number of overtaking.However, since the driver can use full throttle to pass the first and second turns after the starting area under the light fuel state, this means that the DRS may remain on until the third turn - when the driver depresses the brake pedal to automatically turn off the DRS.

However, due to the significant reduction in the downforce of the car when DRS is turned on, the driver faces the possibility of losing control in the first and second turns.This is also a situation where it is possible to keep DRS on in corners with large steering amplitudes. F1's race director said the possibility was "interesting".

"The interesting thing is that if the drivers want them to be able to drive the DRS through the first corner, even the first and second corners can be done like this. I believe we will know the result by then."

It took Tesrock the third-to-last lap to be convinced that the title was his own, having to slow down his lap times in the closing stages of the race as he had to protect his blister-prone tyres.Therefore, the Leisen driver admitted that because he was worried that the Thunder driver would overtake him in the final stage of the race, Tesrock was not sure that he could win the race until the penultimate lap.

"Both Zhang Yue and Daniel were closing in, so I don't know if they're going to have a half-second lap advantage at the end. So it's hard to tell until the end. So I'm not sure until there are three or four laps left in the race." Can't overtake me. But even so I know that if the tire suddenly bubbles, I will be overtaken very quickly."

Kendrick believed that Altaïr was smart in managing the tires, and Altaïr scored points from the pit start at the Austrian Grand Prix, and the driving style of speed and protection of the tires was the key to Altaïr's good performance.In the process of improving the ranking, the Citroen driver surpassed Kendrick, and the Monaco man lamented Altaïr's cleverness in protecting the tires after the race.

"Altaïr showed his experience after switching to the soft tire, he was really smart," said the rookie. "He managed to keep the tire until the end, and he was very fast in the final stage."

Stewart believes that tire suppliers should use "special tires" in Austria. Many drivers encountered tire blisters at the Austrian Grand Prix, making tire failure a key reason for determining multiple positions in the race.After the race, Stewart, who was struggling with tire blisters, believed that Pirelli should use "special tires" specially developed to prevent blisters in this race.The 0.4mm lower tire has previously been used at the Spanish and French Grands Prix and will be the specification for this weekend's British Grand Prix.

Stewart felt that the regular tires prevented competition between the drivers: "I was able to keep up with the opponent in front, but the tires didn't last long. So the use of this tire prevented the fans from seeing a fierce duel."

In yesterday's F1 Austrian Grand Prix, the Bingcheng team failed to allow Stewart to pit under the virtual safety car (VSC), which also caused Stewart to fall behind his opponent who pitted in the VSC after completing a stop.Although the final defending champion Stewart's retirement due to a car failure meant that this tactical error did not have a direct impact on the results of the race, but the strategy made by the ice city team's strategy team after the race was still criticized by many fans.

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