"In the second section of continuous corners, Qin Chuan maintained a good rhythm in the continuous U-turns. Acosta was pushing the speed at full speed, and it seemed a bit difficult for us to keep up."

Coming out of Turn 16, Qin Chuan controlled the RC to turn over quickly. Behind him, Acosta's car immediately followed, and the two cars quickly turned into Turn below.

The car stuck to the center of Turn 15. The knees and elbows of both drivers touched the bottom at the same time. After tilting through the turn, they quickly stepped on the accelerator. After Qin Chuan came out of the turn, he made another move and the car turned into the U-turns No. 16, 17 and 18 below.

The RC16 front shock absorber contracts and then releases. When turning over, the harder the shock absorber, the faster the turning speed will be in theory. This tests the mechanic's experience in weighing the hardness.

After turning over, Qin Chuan did not choose the defensive line, but went for absolute speed. As long as the speed was fast enough, it would be difficult for Acosta to launch an attack.

The prerequisite for late braking is to have a certain tail speed advantage. If not, then even if your braking point is late enough, it will be difficult to pass.

A sharp braking sound was heard and the car entered the curve. Acosta behind him lost the opportunity to take action because his exit speed was a little slower than Qin Chuan.

Coming out of Turn 18, as the rear wheels of the car shook out of the turn, Qin Chuan flipped over the car again and turned into Turn 19 before the last turn, a high-speed turn.

This time, Qin Chuan's entire body seemed to flip over the car body a little faster than others. After turning over, Qin Chuan's car body shook.

There is a big pothole in front of the No. 19 on the American Circuit. The highest group of cars here are the most unstable. Many drivers will even choose different lines here to reduce the vibration of the car.

Qin Chuan did not avoid it due to his speed, but rushed straight up. However, this time when he braked, he did not let the shock absorber bottom out. If it bottomed out, it would be very easy to lose the front wheel and fall off the car.

The car tilted, Qin Chuan's knees pushed out, and while his knees rubbed the ground, his elbows slowly moved towards the ground. Because it was a high-speed curve, he finally stepped on the accelerator without touching the ground. The car quickly stepped on the accelerator out of the curve, and after being thrown to the outside line and standing upright, the car approached Turn 20 below.

"After the last turn, the gap between Qin Chuan and Acosta was 0.1, and the gap between Qin Chuan and Peco was also shortened to about 0.3. Qin Chuan's pace in these turns was much faster than Acosta's."

"Is Qin Chuan confident that he can catch up on this straight line? It seems not. Qin Chuan's speed has not increased significantly, and Peko and Ma Wang's speed is also very fast! The group of cars will soon reach Turn 1!"

On the field, the cars accelerated out of the corners and the race came to the eleventh lap.

After overtaking Acosta, Qin Chuan did not show much advantage in catching up with the first group. He did not take away the dazzling feeling of Acosta. After exerting force, he did not seem to close the distance with Peko.

The two people in front are very fast, and it seems difficult for Qin Chuan to catch up in a short time.

In the commentary booth, Xiao Zhang took a moment to drink a sip of water. According to the current situation, it would probably take a very long time for Qin Chuan to catch up.

In a single lap, Qin Chuan does not have much advantage here.

He was only a few milliseconds ahead of the horse king, and Peco was not even 0.1 ahead, which made catching up very slow.

0.3 He needs to chase for a long time.

Xiao Zhang was taking a rest here, and Wei Ran immediately took over.

"After crossing the finish line, the race reached lap 11. Here, Acosta had already achieved its fastest speed on the straight line, but still couldn't catch up with Qin Chuan! Although Acosta is a satellite car, its configuration has been upgraded and is basically the same as that of the factory team. Qin Chuan's speed is really too fast."

After the car passed the finish line, Qin Chuan braked hard at the braking point before Turn 1. At the same time, his whole state changed completely. He seemed to be climbing again and pushing the speed even harder.

A new lap began. In the KTM P room, Stoner and Pedrosa stood up from their chairs and returned to the door of the P room. Qin Chuan made another effort. This was definitely something worth seeing, at least it was much more exciting than fighting with Xiao Niu and the others.

On the field, the fans cheered continuously.

In the next three laps, the group of cars entered the cruising stage again. There was no fighting between the three cars in the front row, but they were accelerating each other. However, this cruise was not as boring as before. Instead, it was filled with a tense and depressing atmosphere.

Everyone wanted to see if Qin Chuan could catch up. It would take several laps to catch up. Once he did, it would probably be another extremely exciting fight.

"At lap 12, Qin Chuan is 0.26 seconds behind Peco. At this pace, Qin Chuan needs at least four laps to catch up with the two-time MotoGP world champion!"

The car passed the finish line again, and Xiao Zhang used the race equipment to give the fans an accurate value of the gap between the two.

0.26, only 0.04 seconds faster per lap. This speed obviously proves that Peko is also speeding up, and Qin Chuan's pursuit is not going smoothly.

This lap speed will require many more laps to catch up.

There is no doubt that Qin Chuan has the most tire reserves among the three, but this is only in the middle or even early stages of the race.

For today's drivers, everyone has absolutely enough tires, and they can set their fastest lap time if they want to use them to their full potential.

It's just a matter of whether you are willing to give it up or not. If you are willing to use it now, you will suffer in the later stage. If you don't use it now, you will be more comfortable in the later stage. It all depends on the driver's own consideration. There is no situation where the speed will be affected too much in the mid-term.

Now is the stage when Ma Wang and Peko can use their tyres to their full potential.

Until the later stages, Qin Chuan's tire reserve did not have much advantage.

"Thirteen laps, the gap has been shortened to 24! Peco seems to have started to speed up and push faster. The straight-line speed of the GP can be maximized on this track. Qin Chuan's speed increase in this lap is not as great as in the previous lap."

Another lap passed the finish line, and the race came to the thirteenth lap. When the gap appeared, Wei Ran and Xiao Zhang's expressions became serious. In this lap, Peko became faster, although only a little bit faster, but this undoubtedly made it more difficult for Qin Chuan to close the gap.

"These two really gave it their all. They've already done thirteen laps and they're still willing to push like this."

In the p room, seeing Peko and Ma Wang still speeding up after 13 laps, Stoner's brows slowly relaxed, and he couldn't help but say in surprise.

After ten laps, it is generally a cruising stage and drivers will not be too aggressive in chasing and overtaking, mainly because it is to save tires and wait for the final ten laps of sprint.

This has almost become an unwritten custom in GP. The first ten laps and the last ten laps are the most important competition areas.

By doing this, do Peko and Ma Wang intend to run away later?

Moreover, the temperature in the United States today was unusually high, causing more wear and tear on the tires than in previous GP races.

Pedrosa standing by was also puzzled by this question.

With this question in mind, Stoner continued to watch a few more laps of the race. Facts proved that his guess was wrong. On the fifteenth lap, Peco slowed down. They were still considering the later stages of the race.

At the end of lap 15, the lap times emerged and Peco's originally strong lap time dropped a lot. It was obvious that he estimated that if he continued to fight, the remaining tire time would be difficult to cope with the rest of the race.

He is a little too much now and should essentially let go early.

After Peco let go, Qin Chuan originally had a gap of nearly 0.2, but at the end of the fifteenth lap it had reached 0.14. If he could lap at this speed again, he would most likely be within the attack range.

Once it enters 0.1, it is an absolutely safe attack range. You can attack at this distance, but it is not very safe.

"In the 0.14th lap, Qin Chuan's car came behind Peco, and the gap was seconds. Will Qin Chuan choose to make a move in this lap? Peco already knew the distance between Qin Chuan and him at the finish line."

"The next thing the two-time world champion has to think about is how to defend."

At Turn 16, Qin Chuan squeezed the brake lever and braked hard, the rear wheel of RC left the ground, and the car turned into Turn at its limit.

At this moment, Acosta behind him was 0.4 seconds behind him. In the past few laps, Peko and Qin Chuan had been speeding up desperately, and he could no longer keep up.

In addition to his own problems, the KTM bike also suffered from heat degradation.

KTM's heat decay has eased a lot this year, but it still exists in essence.

However, car fans have always suspected that Qin Chuan’s car does not have this problem, because they have almost never seen Qin Chuan show it.

However, the fact that a rookie can achieve this level is enough to be called a monster, and he almost touched the podium.

Although Acosta is still a little too young to be among the first group of drivers, the difference of one place on the podium is already quite good.

In the next sixteen laps, Qin Chuan kept speeding up, and he showed his ability in skidding and tipping out of turns to the fullest, even using a lower tire inclination angle. In these two laps, Qin Chuan used all the remaining tire space without any stinginess.

At the same time, as the tires wore out, Qin Chuan could also feel the grip slowly decreasing.

This initial reduction has little effect on vehicle speed and may even help with lap times in the race.

The slight sliding of the tire will give the driver feedback and give him confidence to push the lap time, but in the later stage, the sliding of the tire will become greater and greater, which will affect the lap time.

"The race has reached the seventeenth lap, the finish line. Qin Chuan is completely behind Peko. Will Peko try to block him?"

Another full lap passed, and in the seventeenth lap, Qin Chuan finally came completely behind Peko. The distance was enough for him to launch an attack.


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