End of the Century Talented Racer

Chapter 239
With Citro's announcement last week of the departure of its former sporting director, much of the focus has been on personnel changes within the British team.And due to the addition of a third DRS zone at Silverstone this weekend.The discussion about whether to drive DRS through the first corner has caused a lot of "voice".

Altair said the team was not involved in the decision-making of personnel changes within the team, with Citroel's sporting director resigning from his position last week with immediate effect after the team continued to struggle this season.His place will be taken by another officer.Following the resulting high-level change, the team decided to reassign the former chief as head of production and engineering, while the former race operations manager became the team's new head of operations.

But when asked about personnel changes on Thursday, Altaïr admitted that he was not involved in the team's personnel changes. "They didn't come to ask me, the team told me and Delacro after the change had been made."

"I totally trust the decision of the team, the most important thing at this stage is to improve the strength of the car. Hopefully this weekend we can see the improvement of the car. I trust them and I also trust our CEO 100%. If he thinks that some staff need to change job, then I believe it's the best decision."

Although Altaïr hoped that the speed of the car could be improved in the British Grand Prix, the team admitted that their car had serious performance problems and was not as good as the 2101 car in terms of downforce.

"It can be clearly seen from the results that we have a big problem." The team leader said in an interview, "From the perspective of the strength of the team, we have not achieved what we should have. This year's car downforce is not as good as last year's level. But From another perspective, we have found the root of the problem."

After the departure of the former chief technical officer in April, the team suffered another major management change in a short period of time.As the person in charge of the team's operations, he left the team due to insufficient team performance, but whether the Frenchman's departure can really solve the problem, I believe that only time and results can answer this question.

The drivers think it is unlikely to be able to pass the first turn with DRS, and all the drivers doubt the possibility of turning on the first turn with DRS. This weekend, the FIA ​​decided to add a third section of DRS area on the starting straight.This means that a driver who does not need to brake through Turn [-] may drive through Turns [-] and [-] with DRS on.But if the car has insufficient downforce, the car will lose control.When asked whether they could pass the first corner with DRS this weekend, many drivers thought that the possibility was very slim.

Stewart expressed his doubts about the possibility of turning on DRS to pass the first corner: "I believe everyone will try it, but I don't think we can do it. And the first corner is very bumpy, so I think it is almost impossible."

Tesrock, who won the Austrian Grand Prix a week ago, expressed concern about the stressed rear tyres. "I don't think every team can do that. And even with DRS it puts more wear on the rear tyres."

Kendrick, who drives the Ruijin racing car, said that the team first needs to be able to pass the first corner with full throttle under normal conditions before it is possible to consider whether to use DRS.

"From what I have learned, it was difficult for us to go full throttle without using DRS here last year. So we have to see if this corner is full throttle under normal conditions before we can consider whether to open DRS."

However, judging from the situation in the first practice, Teslock chose to turn on DRS many times to pass Turn 1, while many other drivers such as Stewart, Daniel, Santak, and Virgil chose to manually turn off DRS before Turn 1. Turn on the DRS manually after exiting Turn 1 and enter Turn 2.It is not known whether Tesrock will also manually turn off DRS before cornering due to tire consumption for the rest of the weekend.

In the second free practice, Daniel took the top spot with a time of 1:27.Stewart and Silver ranked second and third in FP552.

Santak and Zhang Yue ranked fourth and fifth.Tesrock lost control and hit the wall in the opening stage of FP2, so he missed this practice session.

Before the start of the second practice, the Porter team confirmed that because the chassis of Istel's car was damaged in the accident in FP1, the French driver would miss the second practice because the team was unable to reassemble the car before the end of FP2.

The opening stage of FP2 was relatively flat, with only a few drivers driving on the track for testing, and most of the first half hour was occupied by the red flags caused by Tesrock's accident.The accident of the Leysin driver occurred in the 2th minute of FP15.Tesrock lost control on the exit of Luffield (Turn 7), sending the rear of the car straight into the wall.

After the accident, Tesrock was forced to end his FP2 early.The race will therefore show a red flag to clean up the Leysin car.FP2 did not restart until about 10 minutes later, as the position of the cars made it difficult for the track crew to handle the cars.Tesrock has been involved in several incidents earlier this season, but the 20-year-old has performed well in the past three races, including winning the Austrian Grand Prix a week ago.

FP2中段的30分钟里，众多车手换上本周末配方最软的软胎进行冲刺圈模拟。丹尼尔在此时做出1分27秒552的成绩，占据榜首。最终东生车手的这一成绩也成为了FP2的最快圈。斯图尔特落后0.187秒排在第二。冰城车手的赛车在冲刺圈中显得有些不稳定。西维尔与桑塔克分列第三与第四位。

The Citroën team experienced significant personnel changes due to the resignation of senior management on the eve of the British Grand Prix, but the British team performed well at home.Altaïr ranked fifth, 1.754 seconds behind, becoming the highest-ranked driver outside the three major teams.

In the last half hour of FP2, almost all the drivers started the race simulation.As a result, there were hardly any changes in the scoreboard.From the perspective of long-distance speed, Bingcheng temporarily leads Dongsheng, while Leisen lags behind.

The F1 British Grand Prix had the first two free practice sessions today. Dongsheng and Bingcheng were close to each other. Daniel and Stewart each won the fastest lap, while Tesrock of the Leysin team won again in the second practice A serious collision occurred, which directly triggered a red flag.After the race, Daniel said that everyone's true speed is still unclear, and the result will not be known until Saturday's qualifying race.

In the last Austrian Grand Prix, Bingcheng Motorsport still showed a certain speed advantage, but their two drivers Stewart and Seaver both retired in the main race, which also makes Dongsheng currently in the two standings All took the top spot.

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