End of the Century Talented Racer

Chapter 199 Unexpected Ending
Former F1 driver Porot believes that the performance of the two Salvador drivers in qualifying is astonishing.El Salvador driver A Aifan took the 14th place, while his teammate only took the 19th place, ranking second from last in the race.

"I am not satisfied with the performance of these two young players. No one in the paddock is optimistic about the current structure of El Salvador. This is an old team that needs to combine experience with the future, but their current two young drivers seem to be in line with this The car doesn't have good chemistry. F1 shouldn't be a school for drivers, we need drivers who are ready."

The proud driver Baxter said that he was very disappointed with the speed shown in the Australian Grand Prix qualifying.Both cars reached the third quarter in qualifying, but the Spaniard couldn't outpace his teammate Alex.

"Our team's goal was to get into the third qualifying session, and we did it. It's a testament to the strength of our car, but I'm not happy with how explosive the car was in qualifying. I need to race with my The engineer summed up the qualifying session well. As for tomorrow's race, I believe we can continue to improve the position, because I am very confident in the race speed of the car."

Porter driver Wesley re-entered the third session of qualifying after 48 races and achieved an excellent result of starting in sixth place.Wesley attributed this excellent performance to the good handling performance of the car, especially the car that gave him full driving confidence.

"The performance of this car in qualifying is very comfortable. I can easily grasp the limit braking point and push the car to the extreme under control. I believe that the pride and Citroen behind us will be very fast. , so our goal in the race is to keep them behind as much as possible. Our goal is not high, and a ranking around seventh is enough.”

When the Australian Grand Prix started, the weather at the Melbourne circuit was sunny, the atmospheric temperature was 24 degrees Celsius, and the track temperature was 40 degrees Celsius, which was very suitable for the drivers to play.

Soon, the race kicked off, and after a warm-up lap, the race started.

The start of the first few drivers was relatively smooth. Santak tried to squeeze into the inside line at Turn 1, but Stewart held his position firmly. Santak attacked again at Turn 3, but Stewart’s defense was still very solid. The positions of the top three remained unchanged, while Porter driver Wesley, who ranked fifth, overtook Tesrock to come to fourth.

Altaïr also launched an attack on Baxter in front of him, but Baxter also firmly held the driving lane. After 2 laps of the race, Stewart had extended his lead to more than 1 second, and Santak made the fastest single lap on the 4th lap; on the 6th lap, Virgil, who was fighting at home, surpassed Alex in front of him. He reached the 7th place, but the gap between him and the top 6 drivers has been gradually widened.Adonis of the El Salvador team stopped on the side of the track due to a brake failure and became the first driver to retire today. The track showed a yellow flag, and Diago, who entered the team, also retired due to a car failure.

On the 9th lap, Xi Weier overtook Gu Gaoyuan in front of him and came to 13th place. Bingcheng's speed advantage is still relatively obvious.On the 10th lap, Tesrock tried to overtake Wesley in front of him, but he was too fast when exiting the corner, and the car lost control and spun on the track. Fortunately, there was no collision, but the ranking had slipped to 8th.

The next few laps were uneventful, and Stewart gradually extended his lead to more than 2 seconds.Due to an engine problem, Alfredo's speed suddenly slowed down, and smoke came out from the rear of the car, so he had to retire.By lap 17, Stewart had a lead of over 3 seconds.On lap 19, Santak took the lead to break the balance and pitted. He put on a new set of soft tires and was still in front of Porter after coming out.

On lap 20, Stewart came into the pits and came out in front of Santak, with Daniel temporarily taking the lead.On the 22nd lap, Teslock came into the pits, but Lathan's tactics did not achieve very good results.On lap 24, Wesley's car also had a problem. Just coming out of the pits, he encountered a brake failure and was forced to stop and exit the race. The race meeting showed a yellow flag, so Zhang Yue had reached fifth place, and Ah Thiel has come to 5th.One lap later, another Porter driver, Gloria, also retired due to a car failure, and Haas was wiped out!

The virtual safety car was dispatched, Daniel successfully seized the opportunity to pit, and he came out in front of Stewart.Stewart was stunned. He asked on the team radio why he was overtaken by Daniel, and the ice city engineering team could only cry helplessly.The race resumed on lap 31, and Stewart immediately launched a fierce attack on Daniel, but he didn't get a good chance.

At this time, Virgil's speed gradually increased. On the 38th lap, he had begun to attack Santak in front of him, while Zhang Yue was already firmly in the fifth position.Stewart then continued to try to hit Daniel, who was in the lead, but the gap between the two sides remained at about 5 second. Stewart's mentality already seemed anxious.

Entering the final 15 laps of competition, Daniel set the fastest lap to stabilize his lead. Seaver unknowingly caught up to 8th place and began to put pressure on Alex in front of him. On lap 47, Stewart locked up the tires, and the gap with Daniel widened to more than 2 seconds, making it difficult to overtake.On lap 51, Daniel encountered a slower car. Although he overtook him immediately, Stewart gradually narrowed the gap to about 1.3 seconds.

Entering the last 5 laps, Stewart already wanted to give up chasing, and the gap between the two gradually returned to more than 2 seconds.On lap 55, Virgil set the fastest lap and still maintained pressure on Santak.Entering the last lap, there were not many changes on the track. In the end, Daniel crossed the finish line first and won the championship for two consecutive years. Stewart won the runner-up and Santak took the No. 3 podium and competed at home. Fergil finished fourth, Zhang Yue finished No. 5, and Xiver caught up to eighth place.

Stewart successfully won the pole position with an amazing lap in yesterday's qualifying race. He started the race today very smoothly and held the leading position. After 20 laps, he was ahead of Santak behind him by 3 seconds Advantage, it seems that there is nothing that can stop him from going to the championship.After Santak entered the station, Bingcheng immediately arranged for Stewart to enter the station, and it seemed that everything was under their control.

The accident happened suddenly at this moment. The two Porter drivers both retired from the race within two laps due to car malfunctions. The race meeting first showed a yellow flag and then deployed the virtual safety car. Daniel, who had insisted on staying on the track before, caught him. Take this opportunity to make a pit stop.Stewart, who stayed on the track, had to control his speed under the guidance of the virtual safety car, and Daniel came out just in front of Stewart.

This situation confused Stewart himself and the entire Ice City team. Stewart kept asking what went wrong on the radio, and the team's question and answer was: "We thought we had enough safety distance, I don't know why he (Daniel ) and ran ahead." This drove Stewart crazy, and he quickly attacked Daniel after the game resumed, but he didn't get the desired result.

After the game, the ice city team leader admitted that the team had a problem with the intelligent system when talking about why such a situation occurred, and this may be caused by an error in the intelligent system: "We originally thought that we had enough advantages. After the safety car signal appeared, we sought the analysis of the intelligent system, but our system seemed to have a problem, we originally needed to allow a margin of 15 seconds, but the simulation result we got was 12 seconds, which made us pay the price .”

The team leader of Ice City further stated that the system's errors probably came from the inability to accurately calculate the gap between the front and rear cars in the game: "This is a situation that we have never encountered before. The intelligent system obtained the results according to the program. We thought the safety margin was It’s enough, but when we watch it on TV, it’s not enough, and by the time we see it, there’s nothing we can do about it.”

There were nearly 30 laps left when the race resumed, but Stewart was unable to threaten Daniel's position without the advantage of the tires. In the last few laps, he even gave up his efforts to catch up. Stewart said: "This is a Incredible weekend, I honestly don't know what the problem is. I want to congratulate Daniel and Dongsheng, they did a better job today, and we will take a good look at what the problem is when we go back. We still have Good speed, but the track is really difficult to overtake and at the end we had to save the engine, so I slowed down a bit."

Stewart's teammate Seaver's performance this weekend was disappointing. He suffered a serious crash in qualifying. He started five places behind today because of the replacement of the gearbox. In the race, he failed to show the speed advantage of the ice city car. He won No.8, but he relied more on other opponents' mistakes or retirements. His wonderful overtaking scenes in the game are very rare.

Daniel won a championship under unfavorable circumstances. Although this championship came a bit lucky, but without Daniel's super stable driving skills and decisive execution of the team's strategy, this championship may not belong to Dongsheng.

(End of this chapter)