End of the Century Talented Racer

Chapter 208 Cannibalism
Waiting until Sunday, Baku is cloudy today, the temperature is still not very high, the atmospheric temperature is 17 degrees Celsius, while the track temperature is 27 degrees Celsius.

Wait for the game to start behind the scenes.After a warm-up lap, let’s start!Both Daniel and Stewart had a very smooth start. The top five drivers all held on to their positions. Gu Gaoyuan of the Yinhua Racing Team overtook Santak in front of him. Santak then tried to overtake on the inside, but Gu Gaoyuan did not stay. Enough position that the two cars collided.The Salvadoran team's Adonis and Altaïr also collided, and Altaïr's car had a puncture.As a result, both Gu Gaoyuan and Yadunis withdrew from the race. A safety car was deployed. Santak and Altaïr both returned to the pits to change tires.

The race resumed on the 6th lap, and Santak temporarily ranked 12th. Baxter of the Pride Racing Team seized the opportunity to surpass Vergil in front of him and compete with Tesrock. Baxter once seized the opportunity Overtaking was completed, but Tesrock took a "short cut" at Turn 15 to regain his position.On the 7th lap, Daniel already had a 3-second lead, and Santak also surpassed Baxter to come to 11th place.

Stewart complained to the team that the car lacked sufficient grip, and on lap 9, Baxter used DRS at Turn 1 to overtake Tesrock very nicely and rose to fourth place.Alex, another proud driver, also quickly caught up and overtook Tesrock on the 10th lap straight. Stewart made the fastest lap, and Sontak overtook Easter. By the 10th place back to the points area.

On the 11th lap, Alex, who was in 5th place, hit the wall and had a puncture. The race will show the yellow flag again. On the 12th lap, Daniel also made the fastest lap to extend his lead to 3.4 seconds .The two Leysin drivers fought head-to-head, with Tesrock defending his team-mate Vergil tough.Santak then surpassed Aifan in front of him and rose to No. 8.On the 16th lap, Baxter, who was in fourth place, made the first stop and put on soft tires.

On the 17th lap, Daniel's lead has exceeded 4 seconds, and Santak also surpassed Kendrick in front of him to come to 6th place, but the team told him that there were some problems with his DRS, which was not right for Santak good news.On the 22nd lap, Tesrock had a big lockup at Turn 1, and the gap between him and Daniel was widened to about 8 seconds. The team immediately notified him to pit. In front of the two Leysin drivers.

On the 27th lap, Vergil suddenly attacked his teammate Tesrock, Tesrock's defense was still tough, the two cars almost collided, and the relationship between the two drivers of Leysin was at stake!On the 30th lap, Daniel pitted, and he also changed to soft tires. At this time, the leader was Seaver who had not pitted yet.The next few laps were uneventful, and Seaver and the two Leysin drivers did not make a pit stop.

It was not until the 38th lap that Vergil returned to the pit stop. He put on the supersoft tires to prepare for the final sprint. Tesrock also pitted afterward.Tesrock in front had another obvious change of line when he was defending. Virgil couldn't dodge and directly bumped into him. Both of them quit the game with regret.This collision made Seaver the biggest beneficiary. He immediately stopped to change the tires and took the top position after coming out. Daniel, who had an obvious advantage before, suddenly lost his position. He asked the team why he suddenly fell to Seaver Behind, the team's answer was: He pitted under the safety car!Daniel could only stop again and put on the ultra-soft tires to prepare for the brutal competition at the last moment.Teammate Santak also put on extremely soft tyres.Under the leadership of the safety car, Easter of the Porter team also had a collision accident, which forced the safety car to take a few more laps, which is undoubtedly good news for Seaver.

The race resumed on the 47th lap, Daniel immediately launched an attack, but he braked too late on the corner, not only failed to overtake Seaver in front of him, but was overtaken by Stewart and his teammate Santak behind him, and his ranking dropped to 4th. The situation on the court is really changing rapidly.On the 48th lap, Seavir was crushed by debris, which caused his right rear tire to blow out, and he had to withdraw from the race with regret. Zhang Yue also passed Daniel after that, and Daniel could only rank fourth.

Entering the last lap, the track finally returned to calm. Stewart crossed the finish line first and won the championship of this station. Santak won No.2, and Zhang Yue won No.3 and boarded the prize On the stage, the situation was very good, Daniel finally only got No.4, followed by Baxter and Kendrick, and Altaïr won the seventh place and gained points again.

On the 40th lap of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the Leysin duo Virgil and Teslok collided.Virgil, who had the dual advantages of wake and DRS, tried to seize the gap on the inside at the end of the straightaway to overtake, but Teslock firmly defended the inside and used two line changes not allowed by the rules to defend.At this time, Virgil, who had no time to dodge, directly rear-ended Teslock, and both of them retired after rushing into the buffer zone of Turn [-].

In fact, the two drivers had fierce confrontations many times in the first half of the race.In the race, Virgil, who has more speed advantages, tried several times to overtake in the first section of the track, but Tesrock held on to his own line very stubbornly, even if the two tires collided, they did not make any concessions.Vergil did not successfully overtake until the 35th lap of the race, but Tesrock successfully overtook after pitting on the 39th lap.When Virgil attacked again a lap later, the two drivers collided.

This accident caused the Leysin team to lose the potential fourth and No.5, and lost a lot of points, which made the executives on the Leyson team's command wall show anger and disappointment.The Leysin team also immediately held an emergency meeting with the two drivers.After the game, the two will be given a reprimand respectively.

After the race, the Leysin team stated that both drivers need to understand that the interests of the team need to be put first in the race. "In fact, the two drivers did not have any major collisions before this race, and the struggle in the first half of the race was also very exciting." The team leader said, "After the accident, I reminded the two drivers that they are team employees with high wages and must Prioritize the interests of the team over personal interests."

"I have made this very clear. But the team will still insist on a level playing field."

The scene of sparks between the two drivers of Leysin due to the confrontation on the track is actually not uncommon in the past few years, and the most recent time was actually last season.

After entering the championship group as early as 2092, Leisen became the speed benchmark many times in 2093.At the Turkish Grand Prix, Leysin drivers Burke and Daniel ranked the top two.After the race entered the second half, Daniel, the then "Rising Star of Leysen" quickly caught up with his teammates who had entered the fuel-saving mode, and Daniel, who was eager to win, chose to launch an attack.

On the 40th lap, Daniel managed to keep pace with his teammates, but Daniel turned the steering wheel in the direction of his teammates, causing the two to collide.Daniel withdrew, Burke had to replace the front wing and finished third.Leysen's first important "infighting" after entering F1 caused the team to lose the championship and runner-up results.

The relationship between Burke and Daniel was never good, and this already tense relationship became more intense in early 2095.At the Malaysian Grand Prix that year, Burke was ahead of Daniel when the two Leysin drivers made the final stop.According to the plan previously specified by the team, Daniel should choose to accept the runner-up result at this time.

However, Daniel, who was unwilling to be runner-up, chose to attack his teammates.Even though the team reminded Daniel by radio that the No. 2 car finished the race before the No. 1 car, Daniel chose to defy the team's instructions and surpass his teammates to win the championship.Although Daniel's move failed to change the situation of the Leysin team winning the championship and second place, Daniel's disobedience to the team's instructions caused another friction between the two drivers.

The last friction within the Leysin team also occurred between Virgil and Tesrock.At the Hungarian Grand Prix last season, the two Leysin drivers moved up to fourth and fifth after the start.But Tesrock made a mistake at the second turn and locked his front tire. Tesrock, who was difficult to enter the corner, bumped into his teammate, causing Virgil to retire unfortunately.

After the accident, Virgil described Tesrock's blunder on the radio as an "amateur mistake".The game will also give Tesrock a 10-second penalty for the accident.But this time the friction ended peacefully with Tesrock apologizing to his teammates.

Looking back on the past few years, the Leysin team has always maintained a lineup of two top drivers, and at the same time often pursues a strategy of free competition within the team.It is precisely because of this that internal friction often occurs in the Leysin team.

In the past three frictions, the relationship between the two drivers has changed after the accident.The direction of the relationship between the two drivers after the accident could have a big impact on the rest of the season.

Due to two Leysin drivers having a serious accident on the track.For this accident, the FIA ​​also intervened in the investigation after the game.The final decision of the race was that both drivers were partly responsible for the accident, but there was no serious negligence, so both drivers received a disciplinary action.

The statement reads, "Tesrock's car made two line changes during defense, but the magnitude of the two line changes was not obvious. After investigation, the race officer believed that although the cause of the accident was special This action of the Slok racing car caused the accident, but Virgil's car was also responsible for the accident. The two parties have reconciled after exchanging views."

(End of this chapter)