stand shoulder to shoulder

This incident has made Meteor internally tense, especially the simulation room, which is shared by Tao Li and Leo. In the past, everyone did not interfere with each other. Although they were all drivers, they were just acquaintances. There are some taboos.

Motor racing is a business sport, and money sometimes trumps ability.Although Leo has fewer points than Tauri this season, he has a personal sponsorship. Meteor's use of him means an extra big sponsorship, and his performance is very stable, and his contract will end during the winter break at the end of the year.

And Tao Li is obviously much weaker. When Berlusconi was the race engineer, he won a lot of points for the Meteor, but he continued to pull his hips, and his performance was not stable enough. Not to mention, he still has no sponsorship. Meteor would not lose much for him.

Comparing the two, in terms of points, Tao Li is slightly better; in terms of money, Tao Li has suffered a crushing defeat.

One day, Stephanie asked Tao Li: "How is your relationship with Meteor's two bosses?"

"It's all pretty good," Taoli said.

"Maybe you should play the emotional card—"

"No, no," Tao Li interrupted Stephanie, "Fierman is a standard businessman and will never be tied down by personal feelings. As for Berlusconi..."

If he even asks Berlusconi to keep his seat, then what face does he have to pursue Berlusconi?

Tali rubbed his face.

Stephanie on the phone sighed: "Berlusconi doesn't care about the relationship...Maybe I should start looking for the next team for you. You should prepare for the race. I will do the rest."

"Okay." Tao Li hung up the phone and quickly went back to training.

This time preparing for the game, Tao Li discussed with the physical coach to increase concentration training, and everything else remained the same.

The days passed, and soon it was the qualifying day for the French Grand Prix.

The live commentary is still the golden combination of commentators A and B.

Commentator A knows all the troubles in the racing circle: "Moder has accepted Berlusconi's invitation and decided to join Meteor. He may officially compete in Germany. The annual salary will be the highest in F1."

"Meteor has made no secret of its ambition for the team's championship." Commentator B said, "Now the two drivers who are under pressure are Meteor's current drivers. The internal struggle of Meteor is about to begin."

Once the competitive relationship between teammates becomes intense, it will be particularly exciting.

"I don't think it has reached that level yet. If Tao Li continues to pull his hips at this station, he must be the one who will be replaced. Even internal fighting will be saved, alas."

In the camera, racing cars come out one after another to do flying laps, leaving room for each other.

"The qualifying race is different from the main race. It requires the drivers to make the fastest lap within a limited time to rank and determine the grid position." Commentator B explained, "So generally everyone will choose to do the fastest lap in clean air speed."

Two blue racing cars passed quickly one after the other, and the screen displayed the speed of the two racers in three time periods.

Rio's three scoring periods are purple, Tao Li's first two scoring periods are green, and the last scoring period is yellow.

On the Q3 real-time leaderboard, Leo topped the list.

"Tauli was 1.7 seconds slower than Leo in this lap, which is too exaggerated."

"The qualifying race is not like the main race where there are fights and drivers fighting each other, so you can really do a lap by yourself." Commentator A said, "Tao Li is like a sardine. Without a catfish to bite, there is no competition." love to move."

"It's true, the reason why Taoli ranked second in qualifying last race," commentator B said, "is entirely because in the Canadian race, once you stick behind another driver and suck his wake, You can get a lot of straight-line speed, pass the car in front and complete the fastest lap."

"Yes, the front car is Tao Li's catfish."

The blue car drove into the maintenance area and was quickly pushed into the P room by the technicians. The racer in the cockpit took off the back panel and handed it to the technicians on the side.

The maintenance dome light in the P room made the racing driver extremely dazzling. He stood up, lowered his head slightly, and took off his helmet and fire mask. Thin sweat dripped down his thin cheeks.

This probably wasn’t enough to cool off the heat, so he slammed down the zipper again, and took off the racing jacket to his waist, leaving only the white racing tights underneath. The upper body is undoubtedly revealed.

Even if the camera uses the panoramic view of the meteor P room, Tao Li, who is in excellent shape, firmly locks everyone's eyes.

The two commentators were silent for a while before they found the topic: "It is estimated that Q3 will not fall out of the top five, and Tao Li will not play."

"Yes, based on his results in each qualifying round, excluding the worst and the best, his results are stable in the top five."

Peter came from the data area across the street, and Tao Li had already stepped out of the cockpit neatly, took off his helmet and fire mask, and held them in his arms.

They walked together to the computer beside them and discussed something in a low voice, but the audience in front of the camera couldn't hear it. They could only see Tao Li's sweaty side face with a focused expression. He had longer arms and legs than the adults beside him. Peter was even taller.

"In fact, he already has the body shape of an adult," commentator B said something off topic, "Don't pay attention to his age, it will make people think that he—"

"Nonsense, the next qualifying day in Monaco will be his 18th birthday." Commentator A said, "It will only be 8 days later. It is impossible for him to grow taller on the last day of his 17th birthday."

France station and Monaco station are only one week apart.

The second narrator is laughed at, and the two turn to famous scenes of racing drivers who have birthdays on race days, such as a racing driver who likes to pour champagne into his boots.

The countdown to Q3 was 15 minutes, and the racing cars dormant in the P room came out one after another to do the flying lap, and the rankings on the real-time leaderboard continued to alternate, one after another.

In the end, Hope won the pole position, followed by Fisker, Leo, Danby, Taoli...

"Today's result is no surprise, and there is a high probability that Wilson will bring back the podium tomorrow."

The French Grand Prix track is very flat, it will appear in the F1 calendar almost every year, and everyone is very familiar with it.

After the game, it was time to interview the top three players. No.3 Leo was not surprised to be asked about the adjustment of the Meteor formation.

"I am very much looking forward to working with Moder," he said.

The camera quickly showed Tao Li, standing in the weighing team, chatting with Sam in front of him while wiping sweat, his expression was natural, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with being fifth in qualifying.

"Leo's self-confidence is early. The first five qualifying matches are Tao Li's normal level." Commentator A said softly. "And if Tao Li doesn't pull his hips, he will be much better than Leo in the race."

The camera gradually zoomed out, looking down at the French circuit.

"Okay, today's French Grand Prix qualifying is over."

Soon, the camera was shown in the commentary booth.

"I have a surprise to tell you in advance," commentator B said with a little excitement, "Our program team successfully invited Berlusconi to comment on the French station with us."

"This is the first time their boss has commented on a race in his life. It is expected that the two racers will not dare to blatantly stumbling each other."

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On the second day, the commentary shed was set up in the paddock. Although Berlusconi was always aloof, the two commentators were not weak in hosting skills, and their anti-freeze level was also first-class.

After the official start of the race, Tao Li started very well and overtook the fourth Danby before the first turn.

Leo on the third grid gave up the straight line that was close to Hope, and chose to squeeze towards Fisker, who was second. The two wheel-to-wheel corners directly blocked the cornering line.

Tao Li, who was about to overtake on the outside line, had to slow down and follow behind Leo.

Danby also chased after Tao Li, stalking behind Fisk.

After cornering, Fisker rushed forward with all his strength, and Danby, who followed closely behind, directly got a bonus and jumped to the third place.

Leo was a beat slow to keep up with Danby and charged up the straight.

But Tao Li fell back to fifth, and the starting advantage disappeared.