End of the Century Talented Racer

Chapter 259
However, as the boss of Stewart and the director of Bingcheng, the team leader of Bingcheng lost his usual demeanor after the game and made offensive remarks against Dongsheng. "Yes, it was a race accident. Unfortunately, we got knocked out once at Paul Ricard, and that was a lot of points lost... the technical director said: 'Do you think it was intentional, or was it technical? Not in place?’ We can’t say for sure yet.”

As soon as this remark came out, it was difficult not to make headlines.In fact, the leader of the Bingcheng team only relied on his own subjective judgment, and took the initiative to provoke the incident when the issue of the TV media did not involve Dongsheng's tactics.But the more serious gaffe of the Bingcheng director was that he exposed the private conversations of his senior employees in the team.

The technical director's voice never appeared on the radio, nor did he send his comments to Stewart.Even if he said this, if the leader of Bingcheng didn't reveal it to the outside world, no outsiders would know.Ironically, in Monaco, the Austrians also blamed the FIA ​​for revealing to the media that the person who reported Dongsheng Racing’s suspected violations was the technical director.

It is undeniable that the current ice city is facing unprecedented pressure.In ten races, the team suffered two races without victory for the second time. Two cars had just retired in Austria, and the on-the-spot strategy failed for two consecutive races.And don't forget that in the previous game, the ice city's meritorious strategist publicly apologized to Stewart on the radio, serving as a shield for the team's defeat in Austria.

When the leader of the ice city argued that this was the collective spirit of the ice city, the leader of the ice city questioned his colleagues' approach.He believes that "the team director should take the responsibility to protect the staff and help them adjust to the best working condition, whether they have experienced a good race or a bad race".

The first three consecutive races in the history of F1 brought severe logistical challenges to all teams, and the urgent time and pressure of continuous operations made the hidden worries of Bingcheng's dominance of F1 in the past four years finally explode.

When Stewart and Silver retired from the Austrian race, the first thing that came to mind was car failure, as they had delayed completing the upgrade in Canada when reliability issues were discovered during the final machine test.But in the face of Dongsheng's victory in Montreal after upgrading, the German team had to rush to work and launched an upgraded version of the car in France.Although Stewart won as he hoped, the leader and his team were nervous when Be Pena of his client team, Oddmet, retired due to a water pressure problem in the power unit.

Ice City's official explanation for the reason for Austria's "double withdrawal": Seaver's car had a hydraulic problem in the steering system, while Stewart's car had a sudden loss of fuel pressure.Maybe this total annihilation has nothing to do with the upgrade, but the last time two cars of this German manufacturer team failed to finish the race due to mechanical failure was in 2058!

Ice City's disaster happened right in the middle of the three-game series.In these three consecutive games, only 12 people retired due to mechanical failure in the main race on Sunday, which is almost the withdrawal rate at the beginning of the 21st century.

When the three-game calendar was first released, all the teams unanimously opposed it.Aside from the transportation nightmare and added costs that come with moving across the three tournament locations, the physical and mental state of the tournament personnel is the biggest concern.Even though the three strong teams have nearly a thousand employees, they are mainly concentrated in the engineering, R&D, and production departments. There are only about a hundred people responsible for mechanical maintenance, and among them, the skilled workers with rich practical experience are reduced to less than 50.In layman's terms, the bench depth is not enough.

At the beginning of the 2100 season, Ice City replaced Stewart and Gloria's mechanical team members, and the former complained.It can be seen that if any position related to the operation of the car in F1 is unfamiliar, it may affect the result of the game.While in Austria, a management member of a mid-range team complained privately that he had to use a large number of inexperienced substitutes because several engineers and mechanics had been borrowed by his engine supplier.Intriguingly, all six cars retired that Sunday, all due to mechanical problems.

Dongsheng suffered a tragic engine failure the season before, and the culprit was a cheap spark plug.In order to avoid repeating the same mistakes, Chairman Dongsheng dispatched a product quality supervision manager with a high reputation in the automotive industry from the headquarters to Maranello.And so far this season, the reliability of Dongsheng Racing has always been guaranteed.

Although Bingcheng insists that the performance is perfect, the production supervision process has been consolidated in the chassis factory and the upgrade base, and the mechanics at the competition site are required to increase inspection efforts to ensure that every part of the car is working normally.

Obviously, what the Bingcheng team leader is most worried about is not that a mechanical failure will lead to no points, but the possible follow-up problems of the previous launch, because Dongsheng will not give Bingcheng any respite at all.

Last year, Bingcheng also encountered challenges from Dongsheng, but relied on its strong R&D capabilities in the middle of the season to turn the tide.

However, times have changed.After the victory in Canada, Bingcheng led Dongsheng by 17 points, but after the United Kingdom, the Italian team regained the first place in the manufacturer's standings, surpassing their opponents by a full 20 points.In other words, in three consecutive games, Dongsheng scored 37 points more than Bingcheng.During this period, Daniel went from leading Stewart by 1 point before the French game to 8 points now; at the same time, Santak climbed from fifth to third in the standings, while Seaver fell from third to fifth.

The solid report card shows that the car upgrades completed by Dongsheng in the past month have achieved remarkable results.If we talk about the Montreal battle, Dongsheng and Bingcheng are not equal in strength, and Bingcheng's promotion in France is immediate, but with the follow-up efforts of the Italians, Red Bull Ring and Silverstone have witnessed the collective outbreak of the Dongsheng camp.

If Daniel hadn't been penalized in Austria (he didn't deliberately block Baxter in the second stage of qualifying), he would have started from third place, and it might not be Tesrock's turn to "pick the wallet".Although Dongsheng failed to win that race, the whole team headed to Silverstone with high morale and a racing car that was constantly improving.On the other hand, Bingcheng and Stewart are on the back of revenge that must be won.

For two consecutive races, Porter Racing, which uses Dongsheng Motorsports components, was far ahead of other mid-stream group rivals in qualifying, and Ruijin Racing Team also continued to join forces with Mojiao Racing Team, Odmet Racing Team and Citro Team battle.If Kendrick hadn't made a mistake when the team changed tires during the Silverstone pit stop, the Swiss team's scoring streak would have continued.

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