316 Championship
Zhang Yifei's departure speed was very fast, and the entire starting process was smooth, maintaining his usual advantages and strengths, and not giving his opponent any chance at the beginning.
However, the speed of other drivers was not slow at all this time, and the distance between cars was almost kept at the starting distance of the qualifying race.
After all, compared with the Renault Formula, there are some uneven kart drivers. Those who can enter the forefront of the start have more or less several championship titles, and even F3 champions of the same level.
Maybe Sato Damn, Inoue Yuji's F1 strength is not as good as those of Masa and Kubica.
But at this point in time, they are stronger than Masa and Kubica, who are still a junior Formula driver, so they are catching up with more intensely!
The throttle ended and began to upgrade frantically. The car quickly crossed the Grand Prix Racing Building at the starting point, heading towards the Cultural Oriental curve in clockwise direction.
Compared with the previous Renault racing car, the horsepower of the Dalra racing car used in F3 this time increased by 20 horsepower, and the racing speed has also increased from 260km/h at the Renault level to 280km/h.
The slight increase in power and speed is actually not a big impact on the changes. Compared with Renault, the main difference between Dalra Racing is that the engine upgrade makes the low torque more abundant and the transmission response time is also improved.
This change makes the racing car's acceleration response faster at low speeds, especially in a multi-bend slow track like Dongwangyang, the importance of acceleration ability is far beyond the extreme speed improvement.
After all, many times, the Dongwangyang track can't run at a speed of 280km/h at all.
Due to the width of the track, almost all the racing cars lined up in a long line, biting the vehicles ahead of them, waiting for the opportunity to surpass the curve.
The same is true for Sato Dao. He took advantage of the wake effect brought by the car in front and chased Zhang Yifei's rear very tightly, not even half the length of the car.
And while Zhang Yifei was ascending, Sato Dao also raised the floor oil and raised the speed, not giving Zhang Yifei any chance to throw himself away.
Of course, Sato Takuma and the local drivers in the Island behind him are not much wider. If history has not changed, the championship title of this year's Grand Prix will fall on the height, and he will also become the first local driver in the Island to win the Grand Prix championship.
And the height is not only the F3 championship title, but later participated in the Japanese Super GT and also won the All-Japanese Championship.
From these records, it can be seen that Gao is a very powerful driver and has been among the top Asian drivers for a long time. In addition to his local advantages in the East Ocean Track, he followed Sato and found it very relaxed.
The previous few racing cars roared away, and the drivers who were behind the qualifying race did not have this precise control of the distance.
With such a close distance, the car in front will slow down slightly. As long as the driver behind is not strong enough or does not respond in time, it will be easy to rear-end.
In the f1 event, dozens of the most powerful drivers in the world compete together. This kind of rear-end collision is considered a low-level mistake in their eyes, and rear-end riders will also be called "torpedo".
However, in the Grand Prix F3 event, these drivers cannot be required by the F1 standard, so it is normal to have a track accident.
In history, there have been more than a dozen racing cars colliding in a series of accidents, which instantly reduced the finishing rate to less than 50%.
Moreover, this series of collision accidents is extremely expensive, and the value of more than a dozen racing cars may be as high as hundreds of millions! Dongwangyang was once called one of the most expensive tracks in the world because of these racing accidents.
So less than 10 seconds after departure, a rear-end collision occurred on the track. However, the consequences of this accident were not serious, but only caused slight damage to the rear rear wing and front nose wing of the car.
Neither driver chose to withdraw from the race, but instead chose to continue the race against the damaged car.
The accident on the track naturally attracted the attention of Li Xin.
"The East Ocean Track, known as the most dangerous track in Asia, is reflected at this moment."
"Just 10 seconds after the race started, the first racing accident occurred on the track. However, as far as the situation is concerned, the degree of the accident should not be serious. There are no racing safety cars, and the two accident racing cars are still galloping on the track."
"But from this point we can also feel the risks brought by close fighting on the East Ocean Track. The cars with the rear ranks are even larger, and the drivers in the first echelon can be said to have entered a fierce competition."
"At present, pole driver Zhang Yifei, even if he is ranked fifth in Japan, Ideaki, the distance between the fifth-ranked Japanese champion, may not be 30 meters. You should know that the length of the Dalra racing car is just over 4 meters, which means that the distance between the drivers in the first echelon is in a very limiting range. He is really skilled and brave!"
Li Xin originally wanted to say that this was the difference in drivers' level, but considering that he was a live commentator, he talked about the technical gap in a blunt manner, which was a bit contemptuous of the drivers who ranked behind, so he used a more euphemistic statement.
When the levels are not very different, and the driving models are all race cars, it is very unrealistic to throw away your opponents on straight or some curved sections.
Therefore, the previous drivers who had ideas about the championship all focused their attention on Turn 1 of the East Ocean Track, which is the Wenhua Oriental Bend.
The difficulty of this curve is actually not an exaggeration, but because high-speed curves have high requirements for routing, as long as there is a routing error, the rear car can use the acceleration effect brought by the wake to seize the best turn route of the car in front, thereby completing the overtaking on the curve.
Zhang Yifei has also played this kind of greeting before. If he was a little more ruthless, he could even squeeze his opponent out of the track.
It is obvious that Sato Dao had this idea, and his always "reckless" racing style would never make any evasive moves if he seized the detour. At that time, the two racing cars would collide because of the line grabbing.
This situation is unacceptable to Zhang Yifei. Even if Sato is guessed, it is not worth "death with him" with him.
After all, most drivers here have the chance to participate in the Grand Prix again, but Zhang Yifei did not. After this race, he will return to the Prost team base in Europe to receive F1 winter training.
Now Zhang Yifei can still participate in the F3-level Grand Prix as a "swinger". Once he becomes a formal F1 driver and still participates in the O Island F3 event, he will become a laughing stock.
So the Grand Prix car has only one chance for Zhang Yifei. He will not give Sato a chance to use a "barbaric collision"!
The brake point was precisely slowed down, and then Zhang Yifei made a curve tangent. Sato Taoma really took this opportunity to launch an attack. However, Zhang Yifei's tangent angle was very perfect. He once exceeded Zhang Yifei's rear wheel position, but he could no longer speed up and completely surpass it.
Because at this time, Zhang Yifei was approaching the apex point and was about to go out and accelerate. Zhang Yifei, who had seized the best bend route, could naturally use the ultimate speed to pass the bend.
But Sato, who is on the overtaking route, did not slow down without success. The consequences are not just as simple as rushing out of the track, and will directly hit behind the reinforced guardrail.
If you are lucky, you will be avoided by the car behind you. If you are not lucky, you will cause a series of collisions. If you are hit by the rear car with a speed of over 100 kilometers, the entire Dalra car may be torn to pieces.
Sato Dao has the characteristics of a "Kamikaze Death Squad", but he still won't do this meaningless suicide attack.
However, the consequences of Sato Taoma's failure to overtake were not as simple as not happening. The third-ranked height seized the opportunity. While Sato Taoma was still on the overtaking route, he stepped on the accelerator and followed Zhang Yifei's turnover route, instantly surpassed Sato Taoma and arrived at the second position.
The impressive performance of Hei naturally triggered cheers in the audience. Hei is considered a local driver, and it is easier for him to get support on Australia than a pure foreigner!
After the Wenhua Oriental Bend passes, it will usher in the longest and widest straight road of the East Ocean Track. You can almost use the speed of the full throttle to head towards the next famous corner, Lisboa Bend.
After leaving the corner, Zhang Yifei looked at the rearview mirror with his own light and found that the driver was not Sato Takuma who was chewing tightly, and changed to the height of the No. 19 car.
To be honest, this situation surprised Zhang Yifei a little. He did not expect that the first corner would be able to surpass Sato's guess.
He is a driver who knows very well, and even has come into contact with him in later generations. He is very strong and has a dual cultivation of Formula and RV. However, compared with drivers who think of the Formula One such as Sato and the Indy 500 dual cultivation of Formula is more than a different difference.
Not to mention Sato Takuma, he eventually won the world championship of Indy 500, which in a sense was also at the peak of the driver.
Now it seems that there is a reason why Heilongjiang is the first Grand Prix champion in Australia. His absolute familiarity with the track and his control of opportunities are key points that he can surpass Sato's thinking!
However, Zhang Yifei doesn't care whether they are following him. After all, no matter how outstanding the runner-up is, he can only stand under the championship.
With the outstanding turn of Wenhua Oriental Bend, Zhang Yifei's distance from the car behind was slightly widened, at least not as "face-to-face" scene as it was when the race started.
With a long straight with full throttle, it is difficult to overtake, and the driver's ranking order has not changed.
Soon the racers came to the Lisboa Bend, which had a very high difficulty coefficient and the highest accident rate. This curve is a huge test for drivers and is also one of the easiest places to overtake.
Chapter completed!