[Racing] King of Speed

Another week passed, and the pre-season winter test reached the last and most important stage. All the teams also left Jerez and came to the Catalunya circuit in Barcelona again.

This region plays an important role in Formula One, and the long racing history here has also produced the unique F1 culture in Spain. Every time the team comes here, whether it is a test or a competition, it will win the excitement and welcome of the local fans.

Janit of the Satika team is a native Spaniard, he already has first-class driving skills, and after he won the world championship the year before last, his status in the Spanish racing industry is even more unambiguous. The madness almost overturned the airport, and even the traffic near the airport was once paralyzed.

In addition to Garnett, other drivers naturally have their fans, even if there are not many, but it is extremely difficult to get a small share of the devil's home game in Spain, such as Westbrook, Kaiser, Fernando Lun, etc., but these guys are either world champions or have been working in the paddock for many years. It is normal to have accumulated a certain mass base, but as a newcomer, Jinxi Thorden has only entered F1 for a year What's up with Shane's terrifying popularity?

He arrived one step ahead of Janit, and when he left the customs, it caused a lot of commotion. Leaving aside the people who were holding the flag of the Quinby team, those who were originally wearing the Satika team uniforms clearly belonged to Jani. The little girl who was a fan of the special car also rushed over excitedly to surround and scream, what's the situation?

Fortunately, the Quinby team was well prepared, and Farier, Ade, etc. also immediately adopted the human wall tactic so as not to squeeze Kinsey away.It took Jinxi a full 10 minutes to kill a bloody road under the protection of the staff and get in the car to the hotel.

Ade kept wiping his sweat in the car, "How can I remember that not so many people liked you last year?"

Farier also felt very misguided, "I didn't anticipate enough, I thought the growth rate would not be so fast." This year's season has not even started, and it is already known. It is conceivable that if Jin How terrifying would it be if Xi's grades were even better.Sure enough, the attention of small teams and big teams is different.

"But at the end of the day, it's Jin Xi's face that is at fault." Ade couldn't help but sigh, the key is to look good, tall, rich and handsome, loved by people all over the world.

A few people were talking casually, but Jin Xi was playing with her mobile phone with a smile on her face, as if she was accustomed to the evaluation of the two, and only added after seeing the situation outside when she arrived at the hotel, "Remember to find some Come, strong bodyguards, or I'm afraid you'll be trampled flat." As he spoke, he stroked his very short hair artificially.

What his narcissism got was a blank stare from Fariye and Ade.

And Nair arrived in Barcelona at night, and the hotels of Sislera and Quimby are in the same hotel. According to Knox, it is estimated that the two are the same sponsors throughout the year, and it is not surprising that they often meet in the future. So when Neil entered from the parking lot, he saw many girls in purple Quimby team uniforms guarding the door, holding various posters and banners in their hands. There were more Kinsey than Westbrook at a glance. much.

So Neil got out of the car and went into the special passage. He didn't think that people would come to pester him, but he was intuitively afraid when he saw this kind of scene, but don't underestimate the power of fans. It can be compared to a searchlight, and the news is very well-informed. Neil has already entered the door, and a shadow sprang out from nowhere and suddenly stopped in front of him and Knox, and called out affectionately, "Nair you!"

Neil was taken aback, and Knox was unprepared, but the girl reacted much faster than them, and took out a pen and notebook while the two were in a daze, "Nair, please sign me, I will A Kinsey fan."

Neil's mind was a little stuck, wondering why Kinsey's fans asked me to sign you, why is this causal relationship so strange?

Seeing that Neil didn't move, the girl didn't care, she took the book back and said to herself, "It doesn't matter if you don't sign it," and then she took out a bag of things and handed it over, "I watched an interview last time, and Kinsey said that he likes Spain very much. This is the red wine made by our family. I specially gave Jinxi a bottle and I also gave you a bottle. Since you are such good friends, can you bring it to him for me? Oh, and there are two brownies in it oh."

The aisle is very narrow, and the girl's figure is not so thin. If she is so persistent, Neil and Knox will not be able to get through for a while, so Knox naturally took the things and handed them to Neil. , smiled, "Okay, thank you very much."

Neil held it blankly, and let Knox push it forward blankly. He also blankly saw the girl wave goodbye to him happily. He didn't lift the things in his hand until he entered the elevator. He looked at Knox with bewildered eyes.

Knox said casually, "Take it, don't eat it if you don't feel at ease, or leave it to me to dispose of it?"

Nair thought that this was made by a fan on purpose, so he had the nerve to throw it away for Knox, but it was obviously for Sodenshane...why did he give it to himself?

Of course, this question has not been solved until the end.

With the start of the third stage of winter testing, when they came to Catalonia, the investment of each team was obviously higher than that in Jerez. When there was almost no free time on the track, it was always full of cars. A racing car that kept on lapping.In addition to testing tires, changing tires, and various performances of new kits, the two pieces of equipment stipulated by the FIA ​​also need to be well trained.

There are about [-] races in Formula [-] throughout the year, and there are so many tracks on the world tour, each of which has different characteristics and difficulty, and is similar to the Abu Dhabi track in the Middle East, the Silverstone track in the UK, or Italy, Belgium, etc. The relatively wide track is relatively easy to overtake, because the track can accommodate two to three cars driving side by side, and it also leaves enough overtaking area for the vehicles behind, even if you accidentally get out of it when you come and I go If you slide out by mistake, it is not easy to hit any surrounding obstacles, and as long as the power of the car is still there, you can return to the track and continue the race.

But not every track is like this. Once you come to a narrow street race like Monaco or Hungary in Europe, your own car is enough to block all the roads, and you can drive on the wall if you are not careful. Then there will be another aggressive person chasing and competing with you. The former mentality is very prone to accidents, and the latter will not be able to surpass you if he has no skills.

Racing competitions are actually very boring for laymen. Sometimes turning on the TV is basically watching the drivers running around and around. Leaving aside the tactics and internal competition, many viewers wait for an hour or two just to watch At this wonderful moment of overtaking, if even overtaking is difficult, what is there to watch? !

For this reason, the FIA ​​has deliberately figured out various ways to make the race more exciting. This is why it is necessary to rigidly control the types of tires. Some teams can make it to the end, while others cannot. At that time, variables will appear, and only when there are variables. Looking forward, the audience will be more excited.But this is not enough, the FIA ​​has also developed two overtaking artifacts, and stipulated that all teams must install them uniformly.

An artifact is called the Kers system. I won’t go into details about the complexity of the principle. It is similar to a small battery, and the driver can decide whether to use it. When using it, the speed of the car will suddenly increase, but the battery will be used when it is empty. It's over, and then return to the usual speed, but it will be automatically filled again in the next lap. If the car behind wants to overtake the car in front, both of them have kers, then it is impossible to say who has the advantage, but if the car behind has , the Kers of the car in front has been used up on this lap, so the difficulty of overtaking is greatly reduced.

The other artifact is called DRS. Unlike Kers, DRS has a specific use area on the track, and can only be opened by the party behind. The condition is that the gap between him and the car in front is within one second. Use it, and once you use it, the speed is like a cheat. In most cases, the person in front cannot escape the fate of being overtaken.

To sum it up in simple words, Kers is used at the start, whoever uses it well will be able to occupy a good position at the beginning of the race, DRS is used during the race, whoever uses it well will win Can kill the guy in front, even if your car isn't that fast.