[Racing] King of Speed

After the mid-season test ended, the weekend of that week ushered in the Catalonia race in Spain. The major teams gathered to prepare, and Nair happened to be watching the race in the paddock.He didn't see Kinsey in the practice race on Friday morning on the first day. He heard from the team that the two handcars of Sinsman had gone to participate in the sponsor's commercial activities, and the team sent two test drivers to run the practice race.

The schedule of each race in Formula [-] is like this. Friday, one day and Saturday morning are the practice sessions. The practice sessions are for the drivers to get familiar with the track and to equip the cars more suitable for the current weather or other objective conditions. The program, which is the so-called "adjustment", includes tires, fixed airfoils, chassis, suspension, etc., and a small difference will have a very large impact on the speed.Saturday afternoon is the qualifying session. As the name suggests, the qualifying session determines the arrangement of the cars in the main race. The higher the ranking, the higher the starting position. Being able to start at the top of the grid is commonly known as "pole position".

The practice race can be run by the test driver, but the qualifying race and the main race, if there is no accident, the official driver can only get on it. On Saturday morning, Jinxi appeared in the practice race, and after running for an hour, he got the fourth place .Kinsey's Xinzeman team, like Neil's Sislera, is just a small mid-range team, and the racing cars don't have much competitiveness, and Xinzeman's two official drivers this year are both No. For a rookie who has entered the paddock for a year, Kinsey, who has more seniority than his teammates, is the No. [-] driver.

Originally, Xin Zeman's team was relatively scarce in research and development funds, and its performance has been declining in the past two years. There were rumors that the team owner planned to disband the team, and it was unbearable. But since Kimsey Sodenshahn came Afterwards, this dilemma seemed to be reversed all of a sudden. Not only did it attract new sponsors, but the attention of the media and fans also soared. In the Spanish race, the Hinzemann team brought a newly designed aerodynamic package for Kinsey's racing car.

Not only did he get a good result in the last practice session, Kinsey even got fourth in the subsequent qualifying session ahead of his teammates by ten spaces. This is also his highest ranking since entering F1. It can be seen that Those rumors were not groundless. Of course, Kinsey's own driving skills once again made everyone's eyes shine.

After Saturday's qualifying session, Neil saw Kinsey surrounded by reporters when he passed the driver's mixed interview area. What is the goal?Do you want to go beyond the No.3 Garnett to further strive for the chance to get on the podium, Jinxi shrugged and said relaxedly, "Of course I want to be on the podium, but I know the seniors in front of me, and there are people who are following me." The senior Rose who is very capable of winning the championship behind me will not be willing to see this result...so, I'd better judge the situation."

Facing Jinxi's joke, Knox suddenly said softly, "Sinzeman's strength is actually far behind, but Sodenshane is very lucky."

Nair looked at him incredulously.

Knox explained, "He has a good family background, good looks, and good talent. These hardware facilities are so unique. If he can handle the rest of the software well, this person's future is really limitless."

"Nair," Knox turned his head, "keep an eye on him. If there is no accident, he will become your worst enemy in two or three years, but it doesn't matter. You are younger than him. Any chance , we all have to grasp it.”

Neil frowned, and for a moment, nodded obediently.

It’s just that after noon on Sunday, it suddenly rained. The rain was not too heavy, but it caught all the teams by surprise, because their dry-field adjustments that they had prepared for the sunny day were forced to be disrupted and changed temporarily. It became a battle plan for rainy land, and the tires were replaced with rain tires.

The racing car ushered in the main race of the Catalan Grand Prix in the light rain. The rain will make the car's grip on the track less, and the speed will naturally not be as fast as normal. The absolute speed of the leading big team at this time can not play its due strength, coupled with the slippery road in rainy days, the car is easy to slip off the track at an average speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour, and lose speed It's a small matter, and it's not surprising to crash a car and retire.Therefore, the dominant big teams hate rainy weather. On the contrary, those small teams in the middle and lower reaches especially like rainy days, which can allow them to take advantage of the loopholes.

The cars lined up at the starting point after a warm-up lap, and the five red domes on the top of the track ahead lit up one by one, and then all went out, kicking off the prelude to the main race!

The No.1 car and the No.2 car got entangled on the big straight at the start, but the No.3 car started to skid because the tires rolled over the waterlogged area at the first turn, and went straight to him Kinsey from the left rear bumped into it, and immediately scraped off a small half of Kinsey's racing car's nose.Kinsey's left rear wheel drove onto the grass. He turned the steering wheel sharply and almost ran into the oncoming racing car. This series of events happened in the blink of an eye. For a moment, the roar of the engine was heard, and the audience in the stands were all excited. yelling.

Fortunately, in the subsequent medium-speed corner, Kinsey barely stabilized his balance and resisted the attack of the rear car. In just a few seconds, Garnett, who was originally in third place, fell to the first place. Sixth place, while Westbrook, who is fifth, has moved up to third, and Kinsey is still fourth.

Today's Formula [-] has three rich and powerful teams and eight small and medium-sized teams that are soy sauce. There are a total of six drivers and six cars that have the strength to win the championship. In this game, four of the six drivers are ranked In the top five, the only one not belonging to the big three teams is Kinsey.

After two laps, Kinsey fell behind No.3 with a gap of three or four seconds, and the cars behind were gradually approaching. Although Xin Zeman had greatly improved compared to before, his single-lap speed was still not counted. Very strong, but due to the wet and slippery track now, the drivers of the big teams have not been able to catch up so fast.

Just when the fifth driver was about to make a move against Kinsey, the sixth driver Garnett also leaned forward. Without waiting for the opponent's reaction, he took the advantage of the racing line with absolutely clean movements to seize the inside bend , directly overtook the opponent, and then marched towards Jinxi's position.

At this time, there are still [-] laps left on the track. Everyone thinks that it will be a matter of time before Gannet kills Kinsey. Not to mention the advantages of the racing car, the experience of the two is also very different. The champion, now ranked second in driver points, only five points behind the first place, is the hottest candidate for this year's championship, and Kinsey is just a rookie, no matter how brilliant his previous resume is, " No matter how resoundingly the title of "Youth Genius Driver" is called, he is still nothing in front of the seniors.

However, before the first stop to change tires, Janit's car was already close to Jinxi's Xin Zeman for about 0.5 seconds, but there was still no way to pass. The weather helped a lot. What's more, Kinsey's defensive line is really wonderful. Several times, the front of Garnett's car has passed half of Kinsey's body, but the gap widened as soon as the two inner bends passed, and it was Garnett in the end. The tires couldn't hold up and pitted.

After Gannett changed tires, he fell into the slow car behind. When Kinsey also came in and changed tires, he was still ahead of Gannett, and even opened up to a five-six-second advantage. Overtaking, caught up and was pulled away, close to overtaking, the two entered the same lap for the second time, and exited at the same time, on the track, Kinsey once again took advantage of the curve to grab the front of Garnett, and at that time the team The voice of the world champion cursing has already been heard on TeamRadio.