End of the Century Talented Racer

Chapter 253 Adjustment
Salvador team driver Adonis said that Salvador has made many upgrades to the car this season, but some bigger problems have overshadowed the effect of the upgrades.

"It's been a very difficult season so far. To be honest, we have progressed in all areas. Of course, other teams are also upgrading, so our situation has not changed much in comparison. ’ said Adonis.

"Compared to ourselves, in some areas we've really improved a lot. But usually it's overshadowed by bigger issues. Like, the most difficult track and weather conditions. All those conditions It all overshadowed our progress, so it was difficult."

The Citroen CEO is "optimistic" about the team's future chances of competing in the race with rivals such as Dongsheng and Bingcheng, as the race continues to struggle to introduce a team budget cap.

Costs will be capped at $2105 million a year from 1.5, a figure that is seen as a potential watershed moment in F1, allowing smaller teams to compete more strongly with deep-pocketed rivals.

The CEO said: "We welcome the budget cap. We've had productive talks with the parties involved. I do think the current direction of the movement in Formula [-], if not changed, is a very difficult situation for the small and medium teams .Like Dongsheng, Bingcheng, they are on the same level as other teams in terms of financial resources.”

The team leader of the Piaojiao team said that Piaojiao does not have an unlimited budget in the process of competing for the championship. "Unfortunately, I don't think we're free to use any blank checks," said the team leader. "You have to justify what you want to do and the value you can get out of it."

Compared with before, Xiaojiao's current financial situation must be much better.The team is still rebuilding resources after its previous near-collapse.

"We've invested a lot in building the team over the past two to three years since we got reborn. You can see that around our factory," said the team leader. "We still have a lot of investment now, I think We're lucky."

Stewart is 8 points behind Daniel in the standings, and Bingcheng is also 20 points behind Dongsheng in the constructors' standings.Stewart believes that the current Bingcheng team is facing unprecedented pressure to compete for the championship. At the same time, they no longer have the dominant position for many years, and their racing advantages have been eroded and surpassed by Dongsheng.

"Our team has never faced such a strong challenge. We must constantly learn new technologies and tune the best performance for the car. The competition in the second half of the season will be in the three major races of Leissen, Dongsheng and Bingcheng. It's unfolding between the teams and we know Leysen will get their upgrade and they have a chance to be the biggest dark horse of the year."

Salvadoran driver Adonis believes that the team has made great progress in upgrading the car, but these improvements are still buried in the progress of other teams.He believes that there are some other factors hidden behind this phenomenon, such as the "rear wing fragment" that appeared during the British Grand Prix, which hindered the progress of the car.

"It's been a tough race this year and we're getting closer to our goal little by little. But the thing is, all the teams are improving so our position on the field hasn't changed much. But we can do it ourselves. Feeling that we have improved, and the progress in some areas has been very obvious, and some behind-the-scenes factors have obscured our achievements."

The relationship between Leysin drivers Vergil and Tesrock has always been good, but the mutual killing of the two cars during the Baku race this year has called into question this friendship.During the Austrian Grand Prix, the two drivers continued to argue over the order of qualifying, but Vergil himself broke through this layer of suspicion and publicly acknowledged the good relationship with Verstappen.

"I would love to do something with Tesrock outside of work. I'm a hard person to get along with other people, but we both enjoy doing so many activities for the mentally retarded that Leyson puts on us. There is Why not? In a sport where a driver's accomplishments are at risk of being completely discredited by the media, it's Tesrock's down-to-earth nature that has turned things around this season."

The arrogant driver Baxter said that he likes the track of Hockenheim in Germany very much.He's won the circuit in low-level formula and loves the circuit's long straights and fast corner layout.But at the same time, he also felt the pressure of the pursuers behind the racing car, and hoped to keep the fourth place for the team at the end of the year.

"We have a lot of data to analyze this week. The competition among mid-range teams is becoming more and more fierce. The results of the past few races have verified this phenomenon. It is difficult for us to keep fourth place. It's getting bigger and bigger. We have to keep improving as a team, and a performance like the first half of the British Grand Prix is ​​enough to satisfy us."

During the British Grand Prix last week, the FIA ​​strategy team proposed that the top 15 drivers in the race be awarded race points.But this idea was countered by many people as soon as it was proposed. Among them, Porter's team manager believed that such an approach would have no effect. "Changing these rules will not make any changes in the game situation. Everyone will eventually adapt to this rule. More than ten years ago, F1 was still the top six to get points, and then it became the top eight, and then it became For the current top ten, this modification does not change the status quo, but reduces the differentiation between drivers. Drivers need to work hard to earn points, so the tighter the points rules, the better."

This season's F1 calendar is equal to the historical record.In addition to reaching the upper limit in numbers, the calendar also includes the devil's schedule of three three-week matches for the first time in history.Although many teams and drivers said that the current number is the absolute upper limit of F1, Liberty Media has repeatedly hinted that the number of F1 sub-stations will be further improved in the future. Multiple field possibilities are discussed.

However, the teams did not support this, and the team leader of Xingjiao even said that if the scale of the F1 calendar can be greatly reduced, the value of the event will be greatly improved.

“我们需要足够的比赛数量让车迷享受F1，但同时我们也要让F1大奖赛具备一种特殊性。但在当前的比赛数量下，F1大奖赛并不令人感到特殊。所以现在我们面对一场比赛的激动与热情与赛历还仅有15场时完全不同。因为现在比赛的数量已经让F1大奖赛变得很日常。我认为假如我们只有15场比赛，F1的价值会有很大提升。”

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