End of the Century Talented Racer

Chapter 225 Huge Advantage
The two of them will always take turns winning, so the gap between the other drivers will continue to be widened.So it's basically Daniel and Stewart. "

However, Teslock's teammate Vergeire believes that he is still in the championship battle: "I think I am still one of the contenders. The points gap is a little big, but I think the gap between myself and (the leading driver) is that I joined The smallest one since Leysin. If I win and they both retire, suddenly the points gap is eliminated. So I think it’s too early to say I’m out.”

This weekend, the FIA ​​decided to add a new DRS zone between Turn 1 and Turn 3.This is the third time this season that the 3DRS zone has been seen since the Australian and Canadian Grands Prix.

The drivers believed that the third section of DRS could make the race more exciting. When asked whether this change could change the competitive landscape, Santak rarely gave his own cold humor. "I think overtaking should be quite simple, because half the track is DRS. So I think it may make overtaking too easy."

Stewart believes that DRS can increase the fighting between drivers.

"A driver can pass in a DRS section, but the overtaken driver can try to overtake in the next DRS section. Maybe this can make the race a little bit more exciting, so I think the race will be very interesting." Stewart said .

在奥地利大奖赛第二次自由练习中，冰城继续领先。斯图尔特以1分04秒579的成绩排名榜首，队友西维尔落后0.176秒为冰城包揽前二。丹尼尔落后斯图尔特0.236秒排名第三。弗吉尔、特斯洛克和桑塔克分列三至六位。

Stewart's fastest lap was made by Stewart with soft tires after the start of the second practice.In this initial stage of FP2, almost all drivers have done a lot of practice on soft tires and supersoft tires.However, the test at this time is not a qualifying simulation as no driver is using the ultrasoft tyre.Among them, the three major teams have assigned different test items to the two drivers.Top-ranked Stewart, Daniel and Tesrock only raced on the softest compound this weekend.Seaver, Virgil and Sontac were tested on moderately formulated supersoft tires.

Weather forecasts had previously indicated a chance of precipitation on FP2.Fortunately, the rain did not affect the long-distance tests of the teams, and the weather remained cloudy during FP2.

The extremely bumpy road surface and the large drop shoulders of the Red Bull Ring track have given a lot of test to the quality of the car.After Delacro damaged the front wing in FP1, team-mate Altaïr damaged his own chassis after the start of FP1.Citroen had to replace the bottom plate for the two-time world champion. About 2 minutes into FP35, Alfredo's left front suspension broke due to a bumpy road shoulder, and the Leysin II team's car went straight off the track.The race also produced a red flag to clean up the Frenchman's car.

After returning to the maintenance area, the driver of the second team of Leysin said that the accident was very strange: "I felt some vibration during the first test run, but the team did not find any problems after inspection. There was no shoulder, and then the suspension broke completely. I don’t know the cause of the accident.” Fortunately, the team quickly completed the repair of the car, and Alfredo returned to the track at the end of the race.

In the next 30 minutes, almost all drivers put on the ultrasoft tire with the softest formula this weekend for testing.However, due to mistakes made by many drivers, Stewart's fastest lap was not surpassed before.Among them, Seaver rose to the second place with 1:04, and Daniel also shortened the gap with Stewart on the scoreboard.

For the rest of FP2, all drivers started their own long-distance simulations.As a result, the performance of the scoreboard has hardly changed.Judging from the lap time of heavy-duty fuel, Daniel performed relatively well in the long-distance speed of the extremely soft tire.But Ice City performed equally well, while Leysen struggled with tire wear on his home track.

Towards the end of the second free practice, the Porter team signaled Wesley to leave the team to change tires without tightening Wesley's front right wheel.Fortunately, the team ordered Wesley to make an emergency stop in the maintenance area in time.

The F1 Austrian Grand Prix held the first two free practice sessions today, and Stewart of the Bingcheng team took all the fastest laps.After upgrading the car in the last race, Bingcheng upgraded the side box and rear wing of the car this weekend, and the effect is very significant.

In this year's Canadian Grand Prix, Bingcheng gave up upgrading components due to safety reasons, which made their racing competitiveness fall behind Dongsheng Racing Team. In the last French Grand Prix, Bingcheng quickly completed the car upgrade. Regaining his competitiveness, Stewart easily won the championship and returned to the top of the standings.

This weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, Ice City once again upgraded the sidepods and rear wing, which is also their biggest upgrade this season.Judging from the results of today’s practice session, the effect of this upgrade is very significant.Stewart also affirmed this: "I have noticed that the team guys are working harder and harder and the speed of upgrading is getting faster and faster. It is great to see these new things this weekend. It will undoubtedly help us improve." Competitiveness, I’m excited about that because we’re going to bring something to the car that we haven’t had this season, it’s the first real upgrade and I’m really looking forward to how the car performs this weekend.”

In the last French Grand Prix, Dongsheng driver Daniel, who was the third to start, had a collision with Seaver on the first lap, causing the opponent's tire to blow out, and his own front wing was damaged. Both of them were caught. Forced to return to the pit stop, the rankings both fell to the bottom of the team. Daniel was then punished by the game for 5 seconds. In the end, he only got No.5.Daniel was criticized by the media for this accident, but he insisted that he would not change his driving style: "Some mistakes are difficult to avoid in the race, especially when you are trying to win, I know I am doing it. What, I will not change my driving style because of external criticism. The championship is a very long process, and many things may happen during this process, and you need to be prepared to face various difficulties."

Kendrick is a member of the Dongsheng Youth Driver Program. His performance this season can be described as amazing. In the first 8 races of the season, he drove the weakly competitive Ruijin car and entered the scoring area 4 times. A total of 11 points have been scored so far, while his more experienced teammate Diago has only scored 2 points so far.

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