Qin Chuan stretched out his right leg, and at the same time, Pende behind him also stretched out his right leg. In contrast, Pedrosa in front did not stretch his leg, but only pushed out his knee.

With a height of less than 1000 meters, Pedrosa controls this cc liter-class beast without any lag in his movements.

This rider, who even had difficulty supporting himself on one foot at the start, once again proved with his strength that height has nothing to do with riding a bike on a track.

"Pedrosa did not choose to stretch his legs out of the corner at Turn 1. This is the veteran's usual driving style. Just like Lorenzo back then, he rarely stretched his legs out to take a corner."

"These two drivers rarely used leg brakes back then"

In the commentary booth, Wei Ran and Xiao Zhang focused on Pedrosa. Except for the Hua Xia commentator, the other official commentators also turned their attention to this veteran.

The Donya station is the hometown of this legendary driver, and the Jerez circuit even has a corner named after Pedrosa.

Here, the veteran is in the spotlight.

What's more, in addition to Pedrosa, there is also Qin Chuan here. Qin Chuan is not only the current leader in the standings, but also the favorite to win the championship this year. It is reasonable for him to be given the spotlight.

At Turn 16, after stretching their legs, the three RCs braked, shifted gears, and then entered the turn at the same time. The three people's entering-the-turn postures were slightly different.

The cornering postures of Pentax and Qinchuan are quite similar.

They all entered the corners in a standard external side-hang manner, with their bodies hanging sideways to a large extent. After the RC16 tilted, their entire bodies were hanging sideways on one side of the track, with their elbows and knees all touching the ground, and their helmets only a dozen centimeters away from the ground.

On the other hand, Pedrosa in front had a significantly smaller upper body outward movement, and his elbows did not touch the ground, only his knees touched the ground.

The biggest difference in driving style between the older and newer generation drivers competing on the same field is shown on the big screen.

The director gave a special close-up.

Pedrosa's driving style is more conservative, while Qinchuan and Pentax are more crazy. This is the biggest difference between the drivers of the two eras.

The engines roared as they passed Turn 1 close to the center of the corner. After passing it, the three cars stepped on the accelerator and followed the vehicles from other camps in front of them to approach Turn 2.

Qin Chuan was in the middle, his eyes swept towards Pedrosa in front of him, paying attention to his cornering movements.

Turn 2 is also a right turn, and the connecting straight line with Turn 1 is very short.

Just after the car was thrown to the outside line, the upright body on the outside line suddenly stopped. The three people squeezed the brakes at the same time, the front shock absorber bottomed out, and they stretched their legs again.

Qin Chuan, Pedrosa and Pentax all looked towards the center of Turn 2, preparing to enter the turn.

Turn 2 at Dongya Station is also a right turn and still a hairpin corner.

The first two bends are two consecutive hairpin turns to the right, with a connecting distance of about 100 meters.

But this second hairpin turn is a bit special.

After Qin Chuan slowed down and braked, the car entered the curve steadily. In the curve, the car moved towards the center of the curve and closed the line perfectly. While getting close to the center of the curve, Qin Chuan gripped the accelerator tightly, twisted his body downward and drove the car to turn over.

After turning 2, there is a left turn, which is a continuous reverse turn. After entering turn 2, the driver needs to turn over immediately and prepare for the following left turn at turn 3.

It is very fast here. If the driver is a step slower in turning over, it will seriously affect the subsequent rhythm.

Before the game started, Pedrosa had emphasized the details here to him, so Qin Chuan was well prepared.

Turn over and squeeze the brake without shifting gears. The car turns into Turn 3. As the car body just tilts towards the center of the bend, immediately turn the accelerator with your right hand.

At the same time, the body movements also adjust quickly.

Qin Chuan passed quickly along the center of the corner, with the car upright when exiting the corner, ready to enter Turn 4.

Turn 4 is also a left turn and is also a high-speed turn.

Both are high-speed turns to the left, and the vehicle speed increases rapidly in these two turns.

Of the first four bends in Jerez, the first two are right-turning hairpins, while the last two are left-turning high-speed bends.

It sounds like a coincidence.

The connecting area between the two left and right turns is a small and compact turning continuous turn.

"We are turning into Turn 4 here. After passing this high-speed corner, the section that tests your rhythm ends completely. Next is a short straight line of about 300 meters."

“The pace of this area is a little slower, but it is still quite difficult, so drivers should not be careless.”

In the commentary booth, Xiao Zhang's voice introduced each corner as the driver progressed.

The first four bends are very close to each other, with the largest one being less than 200 meters, and the smallest one requiring an immediate turnaround after exiting the bend. Overall, this first section is quite a test of your rhythm.

The intervals in the second section became noticeably larger, and the tempo also slowed down.

Coming out of Turn 4, Qin Chuan's car quickly stood upright and accelerated, shifting gears from second gear to third gear, and then to fourth gear.

The car speed has exceeded 200.

This small straight line is not long, but since Turn 4 is a high-speed turn, the speed out of the turn is not slow, so the tail speed is very high.

The engine had just entered fourth gear when Qin Chuan already pinched the brake lever with his right hand.

At the same time, the whole person and the car body have reached the outer line area entering Turn 5.

Turn 5 is a right turn, opposite to Turn 4, so Qin Chuan still needs to maneuver and turn over in this 400-meter straight line, but the process does not need to be rushed.

Turning over and coming to the braking point, the car slowed down, the engine shifted back to second gear, and turned into Turn Five.

At Turn 5, the three of them once again stuck to the right inner line.

However, this time, none of the three pushed their brakes to the limit at the first moment, and they did not rush to lower the angle.

"Turn 5 in Jerez is a hairpin with a high speed in the front section. The speed of this hairpin is not low, so drivers must be careful."

In the commentary booth, Xiao Zhang quickly described the situation at Turn 5.

Turn 5 is a hairpin turn. It is the third hairpin turn among the first five turns.

The overall layout of Turn 6 is shaped like a figure 6. The figure 6 does not mean that the angle of this turn will curl together like the lower end of 6, but refers to the left half of .

The shape of the braking zone here is very similar to that of Turn 6. The entrance area of ​​the curve is very long, with a slight curve in the front part and the angle gradually increasing in the rear part, finally expanding to the angle of a hairpin bend. The whole thing is like the beginning of the number on the left.

For this curve, the driver needs to tilt the car body early, maintain a very slight tilt angle to slow down, slow down slightly, and then rush into the corner at a very high speed.

As the center of the curve gets closer, gradually increase the braking force.

This corner requires a high level of understanding from the driver, because its braking area is very delicate and the difference in braking force at each position will affect the lap time.

It is also because of this that it is more difficult to overtake at Turn 5, and drivers will be very careful and cautious here.

Before Turn 5, Qin Chuan looked towards the center of the turn and at the same time squeezed the brake lever. He did not choose a very late braking point, but instead even a little earlier.

Pedrosa had explained the details of this corner to him.

The danger of this curve is that the closer you get to the curve, the heavier the braking force becomes, and the braking force is gradually released just before the center of the curve.

This type of tracking braking requires a lot of experience, which he does not have. Despite listening to all of Pedrosa's experience, Qin Chuan still plans to proceed conservatively here in the first lap.

“After the three cars pass Turn 5, they will come to a straight line after exiting the turn. The speed on this straight line is nearly 300 km/h, which is also the longest straight line in Jerez.”

"And the corner at the end of this straight line is the famous Pedrosa Bend! It is also the sixth turn in Jerez."

After turning five, Xiao Zhang in the commentary booth announced the situation of the next corner.

This turn six is ​​named after Pedrosa.

On the field, the racing cars accelerated rapidly, and the three RC16s followed the tail flow of the other car and stepped on the accelerator at full speed.

The car's tail speed kept rising and soon reached a level close to three hundred.

At the final speed of 297, Qin Chuan squeezed the brake lever and at the same time, stretched out his right leg and braked the car to its maximum limit.

Turn 6 is a heavy braking corner to the right.

It is also the most important overtaking corner on the GP Jerez circuit, where many century-defining overtakes have been completed.

A sharp braking sound was heard, the rear wheel left the ground, the car braked hard, and Qin Chuan's feet rubbed against the ground, creating bursts of white smoke.

"The speed of the first section is out. Martin is in first place, Ma Wang is second, Peco is third, and Pedrosa is fourth. Three of the top four fastest drivers in the first section are from East Ghana!"

Coming out of Turn 3 marks the end of the first sector. Among the four fastest drivers, except Peco, all of them are drivers from East Ghana.

In the kTMp room, the only remaining Stoner touched his chin as he looked at the lap time in the first section of the field. This lap time was normal, but he did not expect that the old man Pedrosa could still rank fourth.

You have to know that this guy is almost forty years old.

"Oh my god, the sword-bearing guard is ranked fourth, this is too awesome."

"Awesome, it's really awesome. He has been retired for many years, but he can still achieve the same lap time as the top drivers on the field. I suddenly have a hunch that the current GP drivers don't seem to be as strong as the previous ones."

"Speaking of which, why did Qin Shen fail again in this match? He was ranked outside the top 20 in the first section and couldn't even be found on the leaderboard."

"Keep calm. Don't forget that this is just the first practice. Qin Shen's first practice of every game is always bad. Stay calm and wait for the second practice to see. Pedrosa's ranking in the first practice will probably be difficult to maintain in the second practice. They are all acting. We don't know who is really exerting their strength yet."


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