"Exiting Turn 12, the group of cars will immediately turn into Turn 13. Should Martin counterattack?"

The cars came out of Turn 12 and all of them moved together. Qin Chuan supported his upper body with his legs and quickly flipped over on the car. While changing direction, he braked and prepared to enter the next Turn 13.

Turn 12 is a left turn. After passing the long straight line, the driver needs to brake heavily to enter this left corner. After entering the left turn, there is a right turn.

First left then right.

"Turn over, Martin goes inside, turns over and brakes late to overtake the horse king and comes first again."

While turning over, Qin Chuan witnessed Martin's overtaking in front of him. The whole process was very smooth and there was no collision between the two.

Martin's gp24 flexibly passed Ma Wang's gp23 while turning over.

Then the horse king Qin Chuan returned to the second place and controlled the RC16 into Turn .

Turn 13 and Turn 14 are connected, which means the two turns together form a U-shaped turn. After entering, Qin Chuan quickly adjusted and turned over again.

"Coming out of Turns 13 and 14, Martin is still speeding up here, and we're turning into Turn 15 here."

Turning into Turn 15, Qin Chuan's knees rubbed against the ground, his elbows touched the ground, and his whole body passed quickly along the center of the turn. The inclination angle of the entire car was as high as sixty-five degrees.

Although these corners are slow bends and heavy braking areas, it is very difficult for the eight-time champion to attack Martin.

Qin Chuan turned the corner while paying attention to the situation ahead.

Martin's front soft tires were completely crushed here. If the connecting area was longer, perhaps Ma Wang's rear soft tires could have some advantages. Otherwise, it would be difficult to launch an attack here unless Martin made a mistake.

“Entering Turn 15 here, it’s another U-turn corner.”

Coming out of Turn 14, Martin turned over again and entered Turn 15, with Qin Chuan and Ma Wang following behind him all the way.

No one chooses to force a turn here, the car sticks steadily to the center of the corner and passes quickly.

After exiting the turn and turning over again, the car entered the last U-shaped corner, a super U-shaped turn consisting of sixteen, seventeen and eighteen turns.

The group of vehicles formed multiple S-shaped curves in this section.

"Here at Turn 16, Martin holds on tightly to the center of the turn, Turn 17, Turn 18! Coming out of here, the group of cars turns into Turn 19."

Wei Ran's voice came through word by word, and as the first lap of the race came to an end, the noise in the stands gradually rose from calm to high spirits.

Car fans seemed to have discovered something unusual at this stop compared to the previous ones.

"Wait a minute, have you noticed that there are so few overtakings at the US station?"

"Yeah, I think so too. It seems that the drivers didn't do much in this lap. This... maybe it's because the American track is more difficult?"

"What do you know? We haven't shown any flaws in the first lap. This kind of track that requires a lot of pace will have more and more variables as time goes on. In the first lap, everyone's pace was very good, so of course there wasn't much room for overtaking."

"..."

Amid the discussions of the fans, the group of cars had passed Turn 19 and arrived at the last corner.

"The last turn, Ma Wang is going to the inside line, can we get through here?"

"Qin Chuan has also been attacked. Xiao Niu has come up and has unknowingly stuck behind Qin Chuan. Twenty turns inside, here he comes!"

Coming out of Turn 19, Qin Chuan's car had just been thrown to the outside line when a figure appeared along his inside, and then both of them started braking at the same time.

Before Turn 20, a harsh braking sound was heard and Qinchuan's front shock absorber instantly bottomed out.

The car braked hard and turned into Turn 20.

Qin Chuan noticed that this was an Aprilia racing car, probably a Maverick.

The car moved to the outside line and gave up its position directly. The difficulty of the US track is not only reflected in the layout of the curves, but also in the width of the track. The US track is narrower than Qatar, especially in some specific corners.

“After the last turn, Qin Chuan fell to fourth and Ma Wang came to first. The race entered the second lap. Xiao Niu had already climbed to the podium in the first lap. This is an exceptional performance for him this season. Let’s see if he can keep it up next!”

"Yeah, I haven't seen Mavericks in the top three for a long time."

In the commentary booth, Xiao Zhang echoed Wei Ran.

At the finish line, the cars accelerated collectively, Qin Chuan stuck behind the Mavericks' car, and the power of the RC16 began to output crazily.

The Maverick in front of him was doing the same thing, the Aprilia RSGP racing car roaring continuously under his crotch.

The performance of RSGP is at the same level as RC16, and both belong to the second tier in the paddock.

Theoretically, the straight-line performance of the two is the same. At this moment, both of them have wake turbulence, so the overall difference is not that big in theory.

But theory is just theory after all. Theoretically, Qin Chuan and Pentax are riding the same bike, but who present dares to believe it?

Xiao Niu quickly absorbed the wake of Martin in front of him, while Qin Chuan directly caught the wake of RSGP.

"Martin is coming up here on the straight line. The straight line speed of the gp24 is totally different from that of the gp23. Qin Chuan is still a little short! The straight line distance here is not enough. Qin Chuan's condition seems to be a little off in today's game."

The long straight line of racing cars whizzed past, and all the cars accelerated as hard as they could.

Martin completed the overtaking at Turn 1, and Qin Chuan also pulled out the front of his car, but it seemed that the distance at Turn 1 was not enough and he retracted it.

This scene made everyone suspicious.

"Oh my god, what happened to Qin Shen today? He dropped from first to fourth in just one lap, and now he can't even pull back in a straight line. Is there something wrong with the car?"

"I'm not sure. Maybe the new track isn't in good condition. I should be able to adjust after two laps."

"Not really. I think it's still the car's problem. Don't you think Qin Shen is always a little slower when exiting a corner? It's the car's problem again. What on earth is Qin Shen's team doing?"

"Dude, don't jump to conclusions. Qin Shen is using hard tires. Maybe it's a problem with the hard tires on the rear wheels."

"..."

The discussions of Chinese fans gradually became louder in the stands.

Although both cars were in the same performance tier and both had slipstreams, fans found it hard to believe that Qin Chuan couldn't get through.

As we all know, Qinchuan and Pentax ride the same RC16, but these two RC16s are completely different.

Xiao Niu was usually a driver in the same group as Pentax, but now he has not only squeezed up, but can even challenge Qin Chuan. This is something that ordinary car fans would hardly even dare to think about.

In addition, we have lost three positions in a row, and this is only the first lap.

Not only the fans thought so, even Qin Chuan who was entering Turn 1 was a little puzzled at this moment.

It can be said that he let the first two people go on purpose, there is no doubt about that. If he wanted to overtake, I can't say that he would be able to maintain his position, but he should have no problem occupying one of the first and second places.

But just now, he did use almost all his strength. Although his rear tires were hard, he was able to pass the Mavericks.

Qin Chuan's thoughts flashed through his mind, and he seemed to have realized something.

It wasn't an illusion, he was sure that the Mavericks' strength seemed to have greatly improved in today's game, which seemed a little strange.

Just when everyone was wondering why Qin Chuan had changed, Wei Ran's voice suddenly rang out.

"In the last lap, Xiao Mau set the fastest time of the whole race. This lap time was faster than all the drivers including the horse king Martin and Qin Chuan. Xiao Mau was very competitive in this race."

A red clock pattern appeared in front of the Mavericks' name in the third position in the upper left corner of the big screen.

This pattern has only one meaning in GP, ​​that is, the driver has made the fastest lap on the field.

Among all the drivers in the last lap, Xiao Ma had the fastest lap time, so it was normal that Qin Chuan did not regain his position by going in a straight line.

The fastest in the field? Everyone was stunned for a moment. About three years ago, Maverick was indeed one of the best drivers in the paddock. He often won the championship in the Yamaha R1 car and fought back and forth with Peco at that time.

The top three permanent guests.

Even because the Ducati GP21 was not perfect at the time and not as comprehensive as the Yamaha R1 at the time, the Mavericks could even keep Peco on the ground in the first half of the season and even arm-wrestled with his teammate Xiao Kua.

However, since the transfer that year, the Mavericks who came to Aprilia seemed to have never recovered. Until last year and even this year, Kata did not show much competitiveness.

Why is he suddenly so strong now?

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