[Racing] King of Speed

The next day, Nair was woken up by the warm sun. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the blue sky and the endless ocean in the distance, and the boat below him was driving at a moderate speed. It took me a while to remember what happened last night.

Because of the fear of interacting with strangers, naturally he will not be too adaptable to unfamiliar environments, so although the profession of an F1 driver is to fly around the world non-stop, Nair is actually quite serious about his bed, and often changes to a new one. The hotel has to adapt for a while before falling asleep, and no outsiders can enter the room while sleeping, otherwise, even if he sleeps soundly, Nair will suddenly wake up.However, yesterday I slept on someone else's deck in a very relaxed way?And looking at the thin blanket covering his body, Nair didn't even know when the person next to him left.

Are you really tired?

While thinking, he took the T-shirt and put it on again, got up and walked into the cabin, poked his head slightly, and carefully looked in through the hatch of the main control room. Leaning on the chair with one leg to smoke, he stretched out his hand from time to time to casually control the direction of the yacht.

Without squinting, Jinxi seemed to know that someone was peeking at him from behind, and without looking back, he bit his cigarette and smiled, "Sorry, there is only wine on board, no breakfast, and we will land in another 10 minutes."

Nair shrank back silently, and after a while there was a soft "hmm" from outside.

Kinsey’s sailing skills are not good, Neil doesn’t know if it’s good or not, but it’s pretty stable when it’s docked. Not far away, Knox and Fortune are already waiting early. When they heard the news from Jin Xi's assistant Ade, the two were also worried, and now they were relieved to see him.

At first, he was a little puzzled as to why Neil would suddenly go out to sea with Kinsey, but now he saw them coming out of the cockpit together, and Kinsey was talking to Neil quite enthusiastically.

"De Rosa, see you in Canada."

Neil didn't turn around and leave immediately like before, but kept his head down and pinched the hem of his trousers nervously. Jinxi couldn't help laughing at this picture of a little daughter-in-law, so she asked jokingly , "What's the matter, do you have something to tell me?"

Nair's eyes blinked quickly, and his ears turned red. He did have something to say, and he had thought about it all night, "Suo, Sodenshan...you, we...we..."

Jin Xi couldn't hear the mosquito-like voice, so she couldn't help but leaned down and approached him, "What?"

Nair said it twice again, and Kinsey always gave a confused reaction. His nose was red with anxiety, and finally he gritted his teeth and said loudly, "...can we be friends!?"

Unexpectedly, Kinsey still couldn't help laughing. After laughing, seeing Neil's eyes widen as if shocked, she immediately put away her unruly attitude and put on a rather serious face. , but I thought in my heart that even primary school students can't say this kind of words, probably only kindergarteners can use them, similar to "I'm new to xx, can we be friends?"

Nair was nervous and apprehensive. He obviously didn't dare to look at Jin Xi, but he forced himself to observe the other person's expression, eager to know the answer. This was the first time in his life that he made such a request to a "stranger".

After digesting it, Jinxi rubbed his chin, pretended to think about it for a while, then smiled deeply, and hooked his fingers at Neil.

Nair frowned, a little repelled, but wanted to hear an answer, so he had no choice but to lean closer slowly, and felt Jinxi lowered his head and leaned closer, and his warm breath touched the side of his face.

Knox and Fortune in the distance saw Kinsey waving goodbye to Neil, but they didn't want to see what Neil said to Kinsey again. Kinsey smiled and motioned for Neil to go over, and then whispered intimately to the other party After two sentences, Neil was obviously taken aback, then nodded.

……

After returning to the hotel for some reorganization, Neil and his team boarded the plane back to Italy. On the plane, Knox received a call from Joseph. He told Neil to get off the plane and go directly to the team factory in Rome. Parts need to be tested as quickly as possible.

Knox looked at Nair's state and asked, "Are you ok? If you feel tired, we can rest for half a day before going." Since Nair's slump these days, Knox, as an agent, can't say a word about it. He didn't say it, whether it was blame or comfort, he seemed to be waiting for Neil to figure it out and get through this difficulty by himself.

Neil turned his gaze from the window and spent the night in the open. Except for the redness of his cheeks and forehead due to exposure to the sun, he was in good spirits and his eyes were brighter than before. Neil nodded to Knox, "OK ..."

Fortune noticed the slight changes in Nair, and couldn't help but said, "Well, it's good. It's better to have problems now than to suffer after many years. Nair, we will always get better, right?"

Nair was very moved when he received Fortune's supportive gaze, and said with a blushing face, "Well, yes..."

Knox didn't comment, but there was a smile on his face.

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Montreal, Canada is an old classic European track, the road is not wide, full of low-to-medium-speed corners, after qualifying on Saturday, the pole position was won by Pirzeau of the Satika team, and the second place was Austrian Kaiser and Quinby of the Canadian team also performed well. Kinsey was third, Weiss was fourth, and Nair was sixth.

This ranking is not too high, but it has made some progress compared to Nair's sluggish performance in the previous rounds. It's just that Montreal has a lot of overtaking points and two DRS zones, so the qualifying performance is not perfect. The only thing to rely on is that as long as you seize the opportunity in the race and use the right tactics, everyone has unlimited possibilities.

The weather this weekend was very sunny, and the sun was even brighter on Sunday. However, Kaiser, who was in second place before the race, was exposed by the media that the team had replaced the gearbox for him. It was said before that the FIA ​​expressly stipulates that the engine and gearbox If there is a penalty for illegal replacement, the penalty for replacing the gearbox within five races is to start backward, so Kaiser was punished to retreat five places in the main race, and when he reached seventh, the drivers who ranked three to six moved forward along with him. One, Kinsey was second and Nair was fifth.

After the signal light went out, the race started as usual. Nair was actually prepared, but the two behind him were not rookies. The Oga team car still had a lot of advantages over Sislera, especially in this extreme situation. On the stressful track, as soon as he came up, Fren overtook him in the corner with the help of Nair's wake and overtaking artifact, and Kaiser, who was seventh, also followed his teammates to successfully occupy Nair's position after one lap , Nair dropped to seventh.

The shot was taken to Sislera's P room at the right time, the technicians were expressionless, and Joseph frowned slightly.

After a few laps, Kinsey's tire temperature came up and he began to set the fastest lap time frequently, and he was getting closer and closer to Pirzeau, who was in the first place. It's normal to make a shot at the right time, and he directly hit Pirzeo very fiercely in the hairpin.Pirzeo's tire temperature was not as good as Kinsey's. After two corners, he couldn't hold back. Kinsey became the leader smoothly!

Cheers erupted in the P room of the Quinby team, and team leader Rory kept smiling and nodding while looking at the screen.

After Kinsey killed Pirzeau, he quickly opened up the distance. Within two laps, Westbrook also passed Pirzeau.

Around lap [-], many teams began to stop to change tires. Nair was still seventh at this time. When standing, it was almost at the same time as Gregory behind him.

There are white lines on both sides of the exit of the maintenance area. The purpose is to let the drivers have a buffer along this to re-enter the track. Don’t cut the corner directly, otherwise it is easy to collide with the drivers who are running the race normally. This lane is basically It can only accommodate one car, and the rules also determine that the driver's tires cannot be pressed to the two white lines when leaving the station, otherwise 90.00% of the time, they will have to come back and pass through the maintenance area again.

But if anyone backs down at this time, the opponent will inevitably be overtaken, and then lose a position. You know, when overtaking on the track, drivers often have to run desperately for more than a dozen laps in order to recover the distance of one or two seconds. It may not be possible, but this little time in the maintenance area can be lost casually for nothing. This is the most frustrating thing for all drivers. If it is not pointed at by a gun, it is estimated that few people will be willing to slow down easily. Let others pass.

So, of course Gregory didn't let go, and Nair was the one who occupied most of the aisle, so there was no reason for him to give in first, so, seeing that the two were going out of the maintenance area at the same time, almost everyone had already It was predicted that a collision was imminent. At the critical moment, Nair stopped the forward momentum and gave the lane to Gregory. Unfortunately, it was still a step too late. Gregory's front wing still It hit Neil's front tire hard, and knocked off a few fragments of the front end plate of his car. The two of them just slammed into the passageway. Gregory was fine, but Neil had a flat tire instantly!

There was shock in Sislera's P room, Neil's TR rang, Joseph asked how he was doing, and for a moment, Neil said, "I'm going to change tires again!"

So everyone was in a hurry, and I don't know if they are lucky. Last year, Sislera's results were mediocre, so the team in order of ranking is quite close to the exit of the maintenance area. Fortunately, Nair has not yet fully driven on the track. The technicians Immediately rushed out, pushed Neil's car back to the maintenance area with all his strength, replaced the soft tires with a set of medium tires.