They would not believe that KTM had achieved a breakthrough in technology that could prevent the loss of key components. After all, this was something they could not do. Even if KTM rushed to produce it, it would not be possible to do this.

After the first section ended, Qin Chuan's speed began to rise again. There were four sections in total, and Qin Chuan maintained a very fast speed in each section.

After the first lap of the practice session, Qin Chuan's lap time appeared on the ranking board. Unsurprisingly, it was very fast and he directly came to the top of the list, ranking first in the first practice session.

However, when Ducati and Xiao Zhang first saw this lap time, they did not notice anything surprising, at least they did not notice the upgrade of the car.

It’s not that their eyesight is poor, but based on the shaking of Qin Chuan’s car during the practice session, this lap time is actually barely reasonable.

After all, it is possible that Qin Chuan pushed himself to the limit in the first lap. The car was shaking so much that he must have exerted force, and it was normal for him to have a fast lap time. They would not think about the car at the first time, but if Qin Chuan continued like this for a long time, he would reveal his flaws sooner or later.

They will find out too.

The car accelerated at full speed. Qin Chuan's second lap began and the speed kept climbing. The first three turns were all left turns. Qin Chuan ran the entire course very steadily. After running the three left turns, the car accelerated again and came directly to Turn 4.

Turn 16 is the only right turn in the first section, and it is also a right-angle turn. After turning over, the RC quickly decelerated and braked hard to enter Turn .

This curve has slightly higher requirements for braking, and Qin Chuan also adopted a later braking point. The car body did not shake too much, and it can almost be called a perfect entry into the curve.

After finishing Turn 4, Qin Chuan came to the second section again.

There are four turns in the second section. The first turn, Turn 5, is just behind Turn 4, with the distance between the two being only a few dozen meters.

At the speed of a GP car, this distance can be said to be very close. Turn 5 is also a right turn and a hairpin turn.

Two consecutive right turns!

If you cannot overtake at Turn 4, you can also try at Turn 5.

However, if you are overtaken at Turn 4, it will be very difficult, almost impossible, to regain your position at Turn 5.

As soon as Qin Chuan's car stood upright after coming out of the corner, the RC16 slowed down again, the rear wheel shook violently, and the car braked to the limit and immediately tilted down to enter Turn .

In the hairpin corner, Qin Chuan also made the inclination angle here relatively low, but he also kept some reservations and did not reach the extreme level he could do at present, because that would involve the risk of falling off the bike.

It was the same pace as the previous lap, and even a little harder than the previous lap.

After passing Turn 5, the car accelerated again! Qin Chuan's body changed and he adjusted his center of gravity on the car.

Qin Chuan's mentality was indeed affected by Stoner's words: the harder you fight, the more useful the data will be.

Almost every braking point he made was at the limit so far.

Qin Chuan himself was somewhat helpless about this. What Stoner said was actually right. If the team fell behind, he could only use this method to catch up.

Fortunately, he had confidence in himself. Although he pushed the limit a bit, he didn't fall off the bike.

Exiting Turn 5, Qin Chuan's body briefly stood upright and accelerated. After exiting Turn 5, there was a small straight line. This small straight line was not long, less than two hundred meters, and its main function was to allow the driver to change direction.

The next turn is a left turn, which is opposite to the right turn of Turn 5, so the driver needs to turn over after exiting the turn in order to deal with Turn 6 below.

After the car was thrown out and came to the left side of the track, Qin Chuan quickly stepped on the accelerator and moved towards the other side of the track. To turn left, he had to enter the track from the right side. Not only did the car have to turn over, but he also had to get to the other side of the track.

The rc16 completed a turn in the middle of the track, slowed down after the turn, and entered Turn .

Turn 6 is a left-hand turn with the same angle as Turn 5. After slowing down, Qin Chuan entered the turn steadily. These two turns can be said to be almost identical, just in opposite directions, so there is no difficulty for Qin Chuan.

The combination of the two even gives the feeling of a Z-shaped bend when viewed from an aerial perspective.

Coincidentally, the angles of these two bends are very similar to the angle of Z, and the directions are also the same, from bottom to top, first turning right and then turning left.

Similarly, overtaking is also possible at Turn 6.

Exiting Turn 16, the RC shock absorber automatically sank again. Qin Chuan suppressed his subconscious desire to trigger it manually, and stepped on the throttle steadily to exit the corner.

Coming out of Turn 6 is a straight line of more than 200 meters, which is not very long.

Normally, it is not enough to open the preload device, but fortunately, Turn 7 at the end of the straight is a high-speed turn, and it is a relatively small high-speed turn, so the driver almost does not need to slow down to pass it.

This means that the straight lines after Turn 6 and Turn 7 can be joined together, and the two straight lines together are about 400 meters long.

It is not uncommon on the racetrack to connect two straight lines through a high-speed corner.

Qin Chuan quickly shifted up the gears and the car accelerated at full speed. In the middle of the straight line, Qin Chuan tilted the car slightly downward and the car passed Turn 16. The -meter straight line ended and the RC finally reached the outside line of Turn .

The final speed of this small straight line is not very high, only about 240 kilometers. At this final speed, turning on the rear shock absorber preload device will improve it, but the improvement is not significant.

At Turn 16, the RC braked hard to slow down, the front shock absorber bottomed out, the rear wheel left the ground, and the car braked hard on the outside line.

Turn 8 is a big corner, a U-shaped left turn. Among the first eight turns of the Valencia Circuit, only four or five are right turns, and the rest are left turns.

Qin Chuan looked to the left, towards the center of the curve. After confirming the curve entry line, the car started moving.

Turning left to the turn, Qin Chuan braked hard to slow down and took the turn with a double-centre method.

After passing Turn 8, the second section speed was refreshed, and there were two red sections.

Still red.

"On the second lap, Qin Chuan scored two more red segments. Today, Qin Chuan's lap time in Valencia was very fast. This pace was close to that of the qualifying round. Qin Chuan definitely used all his strength today."

"He's already using all his strength before the qualifying round even started. It seems like Qin Chuan takes today's game very seriously."

Two segments of red appeared again, and Xiao Zhang was slightly shocked at this moment. These two segments of red were not ordinary segments of red, but were much faster than the previous one.

It's not just a few milliseconds faster at the last limit of qualifying, the two whole sections added together are more than 0.1 seconds faster. If the third and fourth sections are faster again, then this lap will be improved by at least 0.2 seconds.

The speed is improved by 0.2 seconds per lap, which is like riding a rocket.

Qin Chuan’s current lap time has reached 1 minute 28 seconds 114. If it goes any faster, it will soon break the 27-second mark.

28 is the qualifying standard predicted by Xiao Zhang. Anything above 28 is probably just the lap time in the practice race. Only when you can run within 28 or early 27 is the level of qualifying. Qin Chuan's lap is of great value.

I haven't run on this track for a long time. Isn't it surprising that I can run so fast?

And it only took two laps to get used to it.

At this moment in the Ducati P room, the person in charge frowned tightly. For some reason, Qin Chuan looked like the person they thought was the least likely to use the new equipment, but he still felt a little uneasy.

It always seems like KTM really replicated their device this time.

He was clearly doing the most impossible thing, but he had to feel this way.

Qin Chuan passed the last two sections, which was almost the same as Xiao Zhang expected. After the car crossed the finish line, Qin Chuan's lap time reached 1 minute 27 seconds, officially breaking the 981-second mark and reaching the qualifying standard in his mind.

At the same time, Xiao Zhang glanced at the others. Peko's current lap time was only 1 minute 28 seconds, which was more than 534 seconds slower than Qin Chuan. Martin's lap time was 1 minute 28 seconds, which was almost at the same level as Peko.

Compared with Qin Chuan, their lap times are much slower.

It's completely two different spans.

Maybe these two people did not exert their full strength, but it was more because Qin Chuan adapted to this game too quickly and fought hard enough.

Practice matches are just like this.

"On the third lap, Qin Chuan seems to be still pushing his limits."

"He's still going fast. Qin Chuan is really working hard this week!"

Qin Chuan dominated the list almost throughout the first practice session, and his name was always ranked first in the lap time list of the entire first practice session.

Qin Chuan's focus in the first training session was also on the first two sections and the first eight corners. Qin Chuan almost reached the point where practice makes perfect.

The thirty-minute training session ended quickly and Qin Chuan returned to the p room.

After resting for thirty minutes, put on your leather jacket and helmet again, and start the second training session!

The scene after the second training started was the same as Xiao Zhang expected. Qin Chuan continued to exert his strength, but this time Qin Chuan's focus obviously shifted to the last two sections.

The last two sections are much faster.

There are four sections in Valencia. The first two sections have four turns each, which adds up to eight turns in total.

The last two sections have fewer corners, with only three corners in one section, making a total of fourteen corners in the entire track.

The first corner of this third section is Turn 9, which is after the U-shaped turn at Turn 8 and is also a rare left turn.

This turn is not very useful because it is also a high-speed turn. In the entire third section, Turn 9 and Turn 10 are a series of consecutive high-speed turns in the opposite direction. It is impossible to overtake in these two turns.

After Qinchuan Racing arrived here, he instantly thought of the turning route in his mind, and this route is also the most perfect turning route.

Qin Chuan maneuvered the car into Turn Nine first, turned over quickly after exiting the turn, and then entered Turn Ten, maintaining a very fast pace.

Perfect turn around in the middle of two turns.

After turning ten, there is only this last turn left in the three-section.

Turn 11 is a right U-turn, which is also an overtaking corner and the second to last overtaking corner on this track.

This U-shaped turn is just behind Turn 10. After Qin Chuan drove out of Turn 10 along the center of the turn, the car immediately stuck to the outside line and quickly slowed down to enter Turn 11.

For this corner, Qin Chuan still uses the double-corner method, which is the same as the last corner in Malaysia. He first sticks to the first corner center to slow down and enter the corner, and then sticks to the second corner center when exiting the corner.

After the car sticks to the center of the curve from the outside line, it reaches the lowest inclination angle, then drives out of the curve, stands upright, quickly opens the throttle, and approaches Turn 12.

After turning eleven, the car arrived at the last section of this track, the fourth section.

The fourth section is also a relatively simple section of the track. The fourth section is the simplest of the four sections, but it is not completely without difficulty because there are fourteen turns here.

Turn 12 after Turn 11 is a high-speed turn, and so is Turn 13.

Speeding up out of the corner, Qin Chuan went through a small straight line of about two hundred meters before the car came to Turn 12. Qin Chuan braked, but not very hard.

Qin Chuan's legs were not extended outward. He just pushed his knees out. After that, the car had slowed down and tilted into the turn.

This is a right turn, a high-speed right turn. The speed is very fast and the angle of the car body is not very low. Only the knees touch the ground. Qin Chuan controls the car through and then quickly accelerates and drives out.

After coming out, the car has reached the thirteenth turn.

This thirteenth turn is also a high-speed turn, but it requires changing direction.

After coming out of the center of the curve, Qin Chuan immediately turned over. Turn No. 12 is a right turn. After coming out of this right turn, it is immediately the left turn No. 13. The situation of Turn No. 13 is somewhat special. It is a huge C-shaped arc turn.

It is to the left.

After Qin Chuan came out of the turn, the car quickly tilted slightly to the left and began to pass this curved curve.

The center of Turn Thirteen is very long, but this type of turn is not too difficult and can be considered a high-speed turn because it has only a slight curvature and the center is long, but the speed is very fast.

Qin Chuan tilted the car all the way through, and his knees didn't even touch the ground.

After passing it, we arrived at the last turn, Turn 14.

The shape of the Fourteen Bends and Thirteen Bends is very strange. From an aerial perspective, it looks very much like a D shape. First there is a big arc, followed by a hairpin bend, and then there is a straight line again after the hairpin bend.

The right curvature of D is very similar to the thirteenth bend, and the tip on top fits the angle of the fourteenth bend very well. The straight line on the left is also very consistent. Looking at the upper part alone is completely reasonable.

Qin Chuan braked and slowed down before Turn 14. Because Turn 13 itself only has an arc and it is connected to Turn 14, Qin Chuan slowed down and entered the turn when the car was not completely upright.

Fortunately, it is different from the two turns in Valencia. Although the car body is not completely upright, it has completed 70% to 80%. Braking when the car is slightly tilted is almost not dangerous for Qin Chuan.

rc16 uses heavy brakes to slow down and enter the corner steadily.

This corner is also listed as an overtaking corner because it is not very dangerous.

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