End of the Century Talented Racer

Chapter 182 Virgil's Strength
After third free practice on the streets of Monte Carlo for the Monaco Grand Prix on the second day.Vergil, who took the first and second free practice yesterday, beat his teammate Tesrock by 0.001 seconds to win the first place. The lap time of the Leysin driver was 1:11, which also set a new lap time on the track. record.

Although Tesrock ranked second, Tesrock made a mistake and crashed at the end of FP3, leading to a red flag.Fortunately, the impact was not serious, and the car only had a suspension accident from the appearance, so Tesrock should be able to participate in qualifying on time.However, it is currently unknown whether the car's gearbox was damaged.

The two top teams from Dongsheng Ice City once again failed to match Leyssen Racing Team.Daniel and Santak were third and fourth, 0.237 and 0.356 seconds behind.Stewart and Seaver ranked fifth and sixth.The second team of Leysin ranked first in the mid-range with seventh and eighth.

At the beginning of the third free practice, the Leisen team, which was in the absolute lead in the two free practices, did not start its own sprint lap simulation until nearly halfway through FP3.As in previous cases, the top position became a "civil war" between the two Leysin drivers.Vergil and Tesrock made the fastest laps one after another, and finally Tesrock set a new Monaco lap record of 1:11, leading his teammates by 787 seconds.

Track conditions continued to lack grip at the start of FP3.Several drivers made mistakes when trying to make sprint laps.Among them, Seaver ran into the buffer zone at the first turn, and Seaver damaged his rear wing when he spun in the "burning tire".The Bingcheng team also had to replace the rear wing for Seaver.

When FP3 entered the final stage, almost all the drivers put on new and softest tires to try to simulate the sprint lap for the last time before qualifying.But at this moment, Tesrock unfortunately hit the wall at the 16th turn.The driver of Leysin damaged the car's left front suspension after rubbing against the parapet on the inner side of the track at Turn 15, and the car, which lost its steering ability, crashed straight into the parapet.The race had to show a red flag to clean Tesrock's car.

However, the extremely efficient cleaning speed of the Monaco circuit meant that the red flag ended after just 2 minutes.Vergeire also put in a performance that ultimately led to the top spot after returning to the track.

In the three free practice sessions at this station, the Leysin team showed strong competitiveness. Virgil took the fastest lap of the three practice sessions. The red flag was raised, and the car was severely damaged. In addition, the gearbox will be replaced due to the damage to the car. He will start five places behind in tomorrow's race.The performances of Dongsheng and Bingcheng were comparable.

The weather in Monte Carlo today is fine. At the beginning of qualifying, the atmospheric temperature was 26 degrees Celsius, while the track temperature was as high as 50 degrees Celsius. This puts a relatively high test on the tires.

After qualifying officially kicked off, Katildan of the Leysin II team took the lead on the track, and other drivers were also actively queuing up to prepare for the race, only Tesrock's car was still in urgent repair.Catildan made today's first effective lap of 1:13, but he was soon overtaken by his teammate Alfredo.Daniel made 793:1 and temporarily ranked first, while Stewart only ranked third in the first lap, 13 seconds behind Daniel.Altaïr temporarily ranked fifth in the first lap, 165 seconds behind Daniel, and Vergil has not made a result yet.Seaver allegedly blocked Santak in the tunnel, which was a dangerous situation, which also triggered Santak's complaints on the team radio.

Afterwards, the drivers began to improve their results one after another. Santak set a time of 1:12 and came to the top position. Altaïr performed well and came to the second place, while Virgil only ranked in the first lap. Four, but he immediately made 70 minute 1 seconds 12 to come to the top position.There are 013 minutes left in this quarter, Tesrock still did not play, he should not be able to keep up with this qualifying match.Both Daniel and Stewart improved their results and rankings successively, but there was still a certain gap between them and Vergil. In the end, Vergil successfully won the fastest lap in this section, followed by Daniel and Silver, who were eliminated in this section. The five drivers are Catildan, Diego, Aifan, Wesley and Tesrock who did not play.

After the start of Q2, all the drivers still seized the time to drive on the track. Kendrick made the first effective lap of this section, Seaver’s first lap was only ranked 11th, Daniel and Santak Afterwards, they all made results and temporarily ranked the top two, and Virgil then made an amazing time of 1:11 to occupy the top spot. Stewart's first lap was very unsatisfactory, and he was 353 seconds behind Vergil. The gap is only ranked tenth.

Halfway through this section, the two Ice City drivers are still in the relegation zone, and Altaïr is 1 second behind the leader and ranked 5th.Both Stewart and Seaver returned to the maintenance area to change tires, preparing for the final sprint of the race. Stewart's latest single lap reached 1:11 and came to third place, still 584 seconds behind Vergil. Teammate West Weil also moved up to fifth out of the danger zone.Then Santak also tried to set a new lap again. He overtook his teammate Daniel and came to second place. There was still a gap of 0.231 seconds behind the leader, but Virgil also improved his own result immediately. , Leysen's competitiveness this week is indeed amazing.In the end, Vergil took the fastest lap in this section, followed by Santak and Daniel, and Altair ranked eighth and entered Q0.04. The five drivers eliminated in this section were Alex, Deutsche Lacroix, Adonis, Kendrick and Estelle.

Entering the last 3 minutes of Q12, the drivers drove onto the track quickly. Baxter, Altair and others all made achievements one after another. Seaver then made 1:11 to come to the top of the list, but he was very slow. He was soon overtaken by his teammate Stewart, and Virgil's performance continued to disappoint his opponent. He took the top spot with a time of 553:1. Santak then came to the third place, but he was still 10 behind Vergil. seconds gap.Daniel overtook his teammate in the first lap and came to third place with a score of 810:0.456, which was still 1 seconds behind Vergil.

Then the drivers went back to the pits to change the tires and prepare for the final sprint, and Virgil seemed confident.Daniel improved his position to second place, but was 0.229 seconds behind Vergil's time, and Stewart, Seaver and Santak were all unable to improve their time.

(End of this chapter)