What the media reported before were just rumors, but there was no real confirmation. Today, CA21 officially announced the news, just on the eve of the start of the Moto3 race.
CA21’s official account announced the news of Martin’s joining.
After this news was announced, the previous rumors became confirmed, causing quite a stir in the GP paddock.
At the same time, many news media have speculated about the candidate for CA21's other driver.
There is no doubt that the team must have two drivers to run, Martin is just one of them, and who the other driver is has become a mystery.
There are various speculations from the media, but most of them are about the riders in the paddock. With the addition of an additional team, the number of riders may increase to thirty-two, and the possibility of absorbing talents from Moto2 is not ruled out.
However, the most outrageous thing was that Qin Chuan himself left KTM to play for his own team.
Why is this the most outrageous? Because it is basically impossible. Not to mention that Qin Chuan's team has not yet decided which car to use. Even if it has decided, it is almost certain that neither the resources nor the car configuration are as good as the factory team.
Unless an independent racing team has the possibility to produce its own racing car, the factory team will definitely be superior in terms of racing car performance.
And assuming that Qin Chuan really went to his own racing team, the most it would save CA21 is the salary cost of hiring another driver, which is only this little bit of money.
The price he paid for doing so was a weaker bike and the loss of his huge salary at KTM and many sponsors.
Let alone racing, sponsorship and salaries alone are losses, this is a loss of money! Real money loss! So this is almost impossible.
However, in the Internet, which is a big melting pot, all impossibilities are said to be possible. The possibility with the smallest and most outrageous probability has caused extremely high heat on the Internet and even occupied two hot searches.
There are many other headline-grabbing titles like these that are designed to attract attention and have misled many car fans.
......
While public opinion outside was fermenting, Qin Chuan was sleeping soundly in the RV holding Jiang Yue.
He was really tired today after a day of racing. As for the public opinion that will arise after the official announcement, he didn't care. It's not negative, so let the fans discuss it if they want.
The next morning, the first ray of sunlight shone through the window, and it was still a sunny day.
The sprint race of Jerez Station in East Ghana will officially start today.
Qin Chuan got up, dressed and went to the P room, then started watching the replay of yesterday's qualifying race. Yesterday afternoon, he had already started studying the corners that other drivers were good at and how to take the line.
Jiang Yue turned on her computer and browsed the news online. She looked at the direction of public opinion after yesterday's official announcement. The more she looked, the tighter her brows furrowed. Then, her jade-like fingers began to tap on the keyboard and began to handle official business.
Qin Chuan and Stoner Pedrosa studied until ten o'clock in the morning, officially ending this morning's research, and the team began to prepare for today's sprint race.
The entire ktmp room was plunged into bustle.
John began to adjust today's racing car. Qin Chuan's racing car and the spare car were all pushed out. At the same time, the staff also measured today's weather temperature, which was similar to yesterday, so they directly used the tire ratio planned yesterday.
Soft in front, middle and back.
This is the tire ratio Qin Chuan decided based on his experience in yesterday's qualifying race.
At ten o'clock, the stands outside were already full. The attendance rate of the Dongya Circuit was much faster than that of the other stations. After taking care of everything, Qin Chuan stood at the door of the P room to warm up and waited quietly for the start of the race.
"Welcome everyone to the MotoGP Jerez circuit. There is still one hour until the sprint race at the Donya station. Xiao Zhang and I will first tell you the starting order for today's race."
In the commentary booth, Xiao Zhang and Wei Ran were in their seats on time.
After a short MotoGP opening ceremony BGM ended, the voices of the two came one after another.
"The driver starting on pole today is Qin Chuan from China, second is Martin from East Asia, third is Ma Wang, fourth is Peko, fifth is Xiao Niu..."
Xiao Zhang quickly announced today's starting order. At the same time, at the starting point of the track, the doors of dozens of P rooms opened at the same time, and thunderous cheers broke out in the audience seats opposite the P rooms.
Drivers show up!
Thirty factory cars were pushed out of the P room by the team staff and pushed to their respective starting positions according to their qualifying results. Qin Chuan's car was naturally pushed to the pole position without any surprise.
Wearing a leather jacket and a helmet, Qin Chuan followed the team members out of the P room.
Looking towards the audience seats, Qin Chuan raised his hand and greeted the fans as usual, then looked towards the starting grid.
He is still very confident about today's game. He has seen all the routes of Peko and Martin and even memorized them. He is absolutely confident that he can beat these two.
The only tricky one might be the eight-time champion.
The two most famous tracks for the opponent in GP are in the United States and Germany, but he did not forget that Jerez is the hometown of this eight-time champion. The opponent is also very strong here, and even has very good results. It’s just that the brilliance of the other two stations overshadows this place.
Yesterday, Qin Chuan observed the eight-time champion's qualifying route, which was the one he could least understand.
His single lap speed was not the fastest, but his route was the most unpredictable, especially in the third section, where he was almost leading by a huge margin and was much faster than him.
Drivers who can keep their speed unchanged despite changing lines are the most terrifying in the race.
Such a driver will not affect the rhythm too much in a fight. Although he can do this himself, he did not do as well as his opponent in the Dongya station.
And here his car no longer had the advantage of tail speed.
The greater the tail speed advantage is, the more advantageous it is. A 2km lead at a speed of 350,360km/h would be a considerable distance, but if it is only in the range of 290,300, then the straight-line acceleration advantage and tail speed advantage would be greatly reduced.
When he arrived at his racing car, a cordon had been set up around it. Qin Chuan jumped into the car with his right leg, and his head was instantly covered by a parasol.
Compared to other car models' hot outfits, Jiang Yue's outfit today is still as simple as usual, wearing a sports short-sleeved shirt and loose sweatpants. She didn't deliberately show off her figure, but this outfit alone was able to show off her mature and exquisite curves, which was invisible.
Qin Chuan got on the racing car, a cordon was set up around the area, and photographers began to take pictures of Qin Chuan.
Time passed by minute by minute, and after Xiao Zhang finished introducing the track to the fans, the time had come to 11:45.
Flags began to wave on the field and staff left the field to prepare for the warm-up lap.
"The flags are waved, the staff are leaving, and the warm-up lap is about to begin. Qin Chuan uses a front, middle and rear soft tire ratio, Martin uses front and rear soft tires, and Ma Wang also uses front and rear soft tires. Among the three people in the first row, Qin Chuan's front tire is relatively conservative, while the other two's front tires are very aggressive."
"Peko also uses the same front tire ratio as Qinchuan. The top four only have these two tire ratios."
As the staff left the field, Xiao Zhang and Wei Ran quickly told the fans about driver Qin Chuan's tire selection.
Peco and Qin Chuan made the same choice. Both of them are conservative drivers and use neutral tires on the front wheels. Aggressive drivers such as Martin and Ma Wang chose soft tires on the front and rear wheels.
The Jerez track is shorter and the temperature is not as high as that of the US station. The soft tires can fully support the sprint race, but the lap time is not as fast as the medium tires in the later stage.
As for the hard tires, none of the 30 drivers on the scene chose them. Given the conditions in Jerez, the race was over before the hard tires reached their strongest stage.
As to whether anyone will use it in the main race, it is still a question.
Five minutes later, with the flag waved again, the car group started together, the cars drove out from the starting point and the warm-up lap began.
Qin Chuan released the clutch with his left hand, quickly stepped on the accelerator, and took off. At the same time, he looked forward and controlled the car to accelerate into the corner.
He had already replayed the first six bends of Jerez countless times in his mind. After the car was ejected, Qin Chuan quickly adjusted his body condition and entered the bend flexibly.
The group of cars formed into a long dragon, turning and moving back and forth along the track for a full minute.
The group of cars returned to the starting point, at starting position number one. Qin Chuan squeezed the front brake, and the front shock absorber bottomed out and locked. Then he lowered the rear shock absorber and sank the preload, ready to start.
Qin Chuan looked forward, held his breath, and turned a deaf ear to the cheers of the fans around him.
At the same time, the drivers behind him were doing the same thing, with all the cars' preloads lowered, ready to start.
"The group of cars returned to the starting point, the red flag began to wave, the green flag was withdrawn, the MotoGP East Station sprint race is about to begin, the drivers are ready to start, this side..."
"Five red lights are on here!"
Xiao Zhang's voice spread throughout the stands. At the same time, bursts of engine roars suddenly sounded from the starting position, and the engines of all the racing cars began to roar.
The drivers supported themselves with both feet on the ground. Qin Chuan was in pole position. Behind him in fourth place was Peco. To the right of Peco was Xiao Mau, and to the right behind him was Pedrosa.
Pedrosa was sixth, with two KTM drivers in the first two rows.
The red lights in front of the car group lit up one by one. When the fifth light came on, there was a delay of two seconds, and then it went out with a loud bang.
The silent starting point and stands were instantly ignited.
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