End of the Century Talented Racer

Chapter 238 Defects
The latter suffered a car breakdown with 1 minutes remaining in FP5.The Leysin driver had to stop his car on the starting straight, and the virtual safety car (VSC) was produced for this reason.

Since a third DRS zone will be added to the starting straight this weekend, the drivers can pass the first turn with DRS turned on.But because the downforce of the car is greatly reduced when DRS is turned on, only a car with a high level of downforce can pass the first corner at full throttle.Therefore, it has become a major focus of FP1 that the driver can increase the lap time through this method.

However, accidents caused by this change soon appeared.One hour after the start of FP1, Easter went off the track after failing to turn off DRS before the first turn.The car was damaged after colliding with the parapet and the Frenchman had to end his FP1 early.The race also had to produce a VSC to clean up Porter's car.

Almost all teams took to the track for testing 1 minutes after the start of FP10.Among them, Austrian Grand Prix champion Teslok became the first driver among the three major teams to appear.

前40分钟里，几乎所有车手都进行了冲刺圈的测试。试图在本周末冲击英国大奖赛五连胜的斯图尔特做出1分28秒908的成绩占据榜首，丹尼尔落后0.336秒排名第二。

Tesrock and Santak ranked third and fourth.Vergil became the only driver of the three major teams who did not test the medium tires at the beginning of FP1.The Australian driver was sixth on the hard tyre.Adonis once lost control at the penultimate corner, but fortunately the Salvadorian driver controlled his car in time.

来到FP1中段，两位冰城车手率先对本周末配方最软的软胎进行了测试。斯图尔特做出1分27秒487的圈速继续排名榜首，卫冕冠军的队友西维尔落后0.367秒排在第二。丹尼尔与弗吉尔分别落后0.511与0.657分列第三和第四。而这一成绩也因为FP1最后半小时各车队将重心转向调校练习而最终成为FP1成绩榜上的最终最快领先圈速。

Santak of the Dongsheng team expressed his willingness to accept Dongsheng's team instructions during the race.In Austria, many were surprised when Dongsheng didn't order Sontac to pass Daniel in order to extend Daniel's lead in the championship.

Santak thinks no one should be surprised. "Nothing has changed, just like when I came to Dongsheng in 2092, the Dongsheng team's approach to team orders has not changed." Sontak said, "Only a reporter will make it a big news. The team Sooner or later the directive will come into play, it's just too early."

It was previously reported that Dongsheng would replace Santak with young player Kendrick.Santak said: "Whether I will continue to stay in Dongsheng, I don't know yet."

Bingcheng team driver Stewart said before another major British Grand Prix that he believes that despite the nightmare Austrian Grand Prix, the team is more united and morale is high than ever.

"We knew it was a difficult weekend, we just hoped it wouldn't turn out that way," Stewart said. "However, the spirit of the team is stronger than ever. These experiences and the way we dealt with them have made us more united than before, and the whole team is full of energy. Even if the experience is painful, let us Closer, stronger."

Ice City encountered two cars that retired due to mechanical failure last Sunday. Considering the challenges brought about by the three consecutive weeks of racing, it is inevitable that people will have some doubts about whether Stewart can reach the summit at Silverstone for the sixth time. . "Coming here, I think there are some contingencies that have been put in place. After the race, as soon as we got the car back, we took contingency measures for the situation and started testing mode. The team is fully committed and I believe we have done that. made every effort to prevent it from happening again," Stewart explained.

Citroen's Altair believes Citroen lost out to the F1 rule changes, which cost the team the inability to recover last season's downforce.

The team boss admits that the 2102 chassis doesn't have as much downforce as last year's chassis, meaning the team won't get as much of an advantage from the upgraded switch as expected.

"I think it might be part of some regulation. This year we lost some parts that were at the back of the car last year," Altair said. "The team might not find a way to find more performance or downforce in the car. To make up for the loss from the rule change. I think we lost some performance in terms of the chassis in terms of aerodynamics."

Asked what was needed to turn the situation around, Altair made it clear that some updates at Citroen had not gone as planned. "We need to keep introducing new components to outperform the competition. Racing on the track is always difficult, and the upgrades off the track are where we need to make changes."

Baxter of the Jiaojiao Racing Team may stay with Jiaojiao next year.Baxter is on loan to the club from Leysin, and Spanish media reported that Baxter will stay next season.The report said: "The news will be announced in a few weeks, as Leyssen Racing's Vergeer is expected to announce a contract extension with Leyssen."

Asked about Virgil's contract extension, Baxter said: "Vigil will obviously decide something, but as long as it's not [-] percent sure, it's not worth commenting on rumours."

But Baxter said he would have liked to have stayed in Raven rather than gone to Leysin. "Seeing the number of people they've hired, the improvements they've made in the factory, the leap forwards the engine and the car have made over the last few years, I think I'm one of the teams with the best prospects in F1. It's a great feeling to be a part of this project. pride."

The non-executive chairman of the Bingcheng team revealed that Bingcheng tried to sign Tesrock last year.However, Teslock eventually renewed his contract with Lathan.

The chairman said it was simply because the Leysin team started faster. "Yes, we did talk to Tesrock," the chairman said in an interview. "We spoke with his father and him in the summer of 2101."

"Stewart is the best driver, but he needs a team-mate to put pressure on him so he can really show what he can do," he added. "He needs someone to push him on the track."

Having not signed Tesrock at the time, Ice City re-signed Seaver for 2102, and the German team is now expected to keep Stewart and Seaver's driver lineup for 2103 and 2104.

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