[Racing] King of Speed

If you want to talk about the characteristics of an Austin track, it should be "comprehensive", with super long straights, full-throttle sections with a proportion of more than half, and corners with three speeds, high, high, and slow. The new track should have overtaking It has all the points, plus the ups and downs of the first bend, the overall strength is very average.

And this kind of track seems to have no difficulty, but it is actually not easy to run. The slow heating of tires is the biggest problem for most teams here. In addition, the tire manufacturers provide the hardest two types, which increases the ranking. The optimal working temperature of the tires in the race was long overdue. Westbrook, who got the pole position at the end of the whole race, shook his head again and again in front of the media, expressing "it's not easy to run".

Yes, the pole position was finally obtained by Weiss. Kinsey, who was in the leading position in the first and second quarters, had a little rhythm confusion in the penultimate two corners of Q3, and took the slight disadvantage. In the second place, Pirzeo is in the third place. The gap between the top three is only within 0.2 seconds, which is almost negligible.

Nair is in the fourth place. Although Sislera's performance here is not too bad, it is not as good as expected. Even though he is currently sitting at the top of the standings, the next three are eyeing him. That said, a single mistake may lead to a comeback. If he wants to go out conservatively and come back, he will definitely be beaten. So tomorrow's start is very critical, and Neil is bound to rush forward.

Apart from the technical gap of the car itself, even veterans like Weiss and Garnett have the same experience on a new track like the American Grand Prix, and no one has much advantage over the other. That is entirely my own responsibility, no one can blame.

As the championship approached, there was another wave of intense media chasing battles among the first few winners. The busy Kinsey barely escaped from the paddock until it was almost dark, and then unexpectedly met in front of the motorcycle house. Arriving at Nair, who is also planning to leave.

The two of them haven't spoken to each other for three or four days, and Kinsey almost feels as if seeing Neil is a world away.

Neil didn't look different, he still spoke slowly and softly to Kinsey, but he seemed a little tired, and he could see faint dark circles under his eyes.

Jin Xi couldn't help but raised his hand to touch his face, "Didn't sleep well at night?"

Nair shook his head, "Fortunately..."

In fact, despite the fact that F1 drivers are always flying all over the world and stay in one place for less than a week, they don't need to spend too much effort on jet lag. Most of them adapt to European working hours, and local It doesn’t matter much to the country they are in. No matter the area they visit is bright or late at night, their work arrangement has always been this rhythm. After getting off the plane, go to the hotel to stay, and then go to the track to familiarize themselves with the environment. Everything is based on racing cars and physical training. Mainly, the spare time is the arrangement of business activities, so the rest is still very sufficient and regular.

As for Nair, it was obvious that he didn't get enough sleep.

Kinsey looked at the various posters marked "100th Anniversary" and celebration stand hanging outside Sislera's motorcycle room, and almost wanted to ask "Are you going to have dinner with Vivi tomorrow?" Jin Xi still held back her mouth abruptly.

This would be too indecent, Neil should have his own space to make friends, no matter who the other party is, Kinsey can't doubt or interfere, and Neil doesn't need to report everything to him, they are still young, their own Habits and the surrounding environment are still changing and growing. They need to learn to accept this kind of change. Even though Nair's usual life pattern seems to be relatively fixed, it does not mean that he will go on like this forever. A good A lover can't be so stingy, Kinsey understands this thoroughly.

However, this did not prevent him from being entangled in his heart. After working hard for a long time, he still forced a smile on his face, "We haven't gotten together for a while, and I wanted to have dinner with you tomorrow night, but your team should have an event." ?”

Neil nodded, "There's a party..."

Then why are you still dating Vivi?

Kinsey didn't speak, just nodded with a smile.

Neil rubbed his eyes, looking at Kinsey's expression, he always felt a little different from him in the past. Just as he was about to ask, he was stopped by Maia behind him.

"Nile, I'm leaving."

"Oh...Okay." Neil agreed, and turned to Kinsey, "I'm leaving."

Seeing Neil waving to him briskly before turning back and walking away, Kinsey felt more depressed by N times.

He just remembered that he wondered if Neil had heard the gossip about his "girlfriend" who suddenly appeared. It turned out to be absurd and inexplicable news, but at this moment Jinxi really hoped that Neil could make an announcement about it. If there is any opinion, even if it is a comment such as "boring" and "scribbling", Jin Xi will be very sympathetic.

Unexpectedly, the self who used to be the most independent and hated restraint was now always like a mother-in-law who is afraid of being abandoned.

I really want to punch myself.

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Before Sunday's main game, Sislera held a small celebration in the P room, and also symbolically ordered a cake and blew out candles.

Nair's body has indeed been a little sick recently, but it's just a gastrointestinal problem, a little bit of indigestion caused by lack of sleep, but in the face of so many reporters, he still ate half of the cake very sweetly, and waited until the reporter left. The teacher ordered him not to eat this kind of food.

Neil was drooling quietly looking at the tempting snacks in the distance, when he turned around, he saw Knox staring at him from a distance.

Nair was startled, and immediately lowered his head like a child who has done something wrong.

Knox hasn't appeared much in the paddock recently. He now has two new racers in his hands who are talented and promising. Knox spends more time on Neil was still a little surprised that he appeared on them all of a sudden.

Knox walked up to Nile and stared at him without speaking, and Nile did not speak.The two were in such a stalemate for a while, and finally Knox broke the silence. To Nell's surprise, the other party didn't use a stern tone to teach him, but just said lightly, "It's so confusing to mess with yourself." Now that you are in a bad state, is that the independence you want to prove to me?"

Nair opened his mouth, unable to refute. In that matter, he was indeed self-willed, and because of a momentary idea, he affected the most important game time. What Knox said was not wrong.

Knox snorted, "Do you think that with your performance, I would be willing to agree to your request?"

Neil was slightly startled, and had no choice but to speak, "Knox..." One yard counts for one yard. It was his fault that Neil didn't pay attention to rest because of other things, but what he mentioned to Knox through Fortune before The request was a decision he had considered for a long time, and it could not be rejected so easily.

Seeing Neil's eyes full of hope, Knox felt uncomfortable. In the past, Neil was such a well-behaved and obedient child, who never violated his own arrangements and didn't spend too much time, but it's only been a long time. He has seen such stubborn and rebellious emotions in Nair's eyes time and time again. The boy in front of him is no longer the immature chick he once surrounded.

"If you want to negotiate terms with me, just show some real performance."

After Knox finished speaking, he turned around and left.

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In the CCC studio, the host's excited voice sounded, "Audience friends, you are watching the live broadcast of the second-to-last Formula One race of this season. This stop, we left Asia and came to the Americas—the United States. Austin track station, now all the drivers have completed their tire warm-up laps, and each of them is on the grid. Who can win here will have a major impact on the final ownership of this year's WDC! At this moment, the signal lights Start lights, one, two...five...the red lights go out, the game begins!"

The odd-numbered grid on the Austin track, that is, the so-called clean side, still has an advantage here, so Weiss’s start is much better than that of the second-placed Kinsey. Bend and go.

It’s just that Pilzer Aubives, who is in the third place, started better. The first turn of the American Grand Prix is ​​a slow bend with a large ups and downs. Such an even-numbered start is on the outside line, and it is more disadvantageous to have an extra action to pull to the inside line. Sometimes drivers encounter this situation and would rather deliberately lose rhythm in the line-up than start in an even-numbered start. .

So after Pirzeo successfully overtook him, he hurried to get stuck inside the first turn.Weiss knew that someone was going to make a move here, so he had already prepared for it, but his grip in the corner was very poor, and the left rear wheel was completely floating. He didn't listen to his order, and slowly left a lane of moderate size. Pirzeo was really quick-sighted, and with the help of Weiss's wake, he tore the hole bigger and bigger, and then went downhill. The rhythm of time climbed to the front of Weiss smoothly!

The two Quimbys have just passed a corner, and they both lost a position!

The situation of Nair, who is in fourth place, is not so good. It can be seen from Pirzeo's car that the Satika team did not have a very high absolute speed on the straight in practice, but their tail speed showed However, the data is very good, and the adjustment of the grip in the corner is also very good. Therefore, Sislera, who has been trapped by the slow tire temperature rise all season, is at a disadvantage at this time. This is the next start. , Nair, who is also in double digits, suffered a strong challenge from Garnett behind him.

The two hardest tires were selected for this stop, so most teams are planning to use a one-stop strategy. One stop means that the teams have no way to play too much space in terms of tire changes and pit stops, similar to Undercut's tactic of using the pit lane to overtake the opponent can only be used once at most. If it fails, or if it succeeds and is overtaken again, the rest is for the driver to fight back on the field.