386 Out of reach
In order to avoid the weight not meeting the standard for the last lap or two, the driver will follow this "rubber route" and try to get the tires back as much as possible. This is similar to the principle that ordinary vehicles will always stick a lot of soil on the wheels.
The rubber debris that are stained with don't look a lot, but the four tires may also be about 1 kilogram. In many cases, the weight is worse than whether the total weight meets the standard, so after the last lap or two of the race, the team often issues similar instructions.
The Prost team did not issue such instructions, mainly because the lightweight of the Peugeot engine was a little worse, and the racing car did not achieve the ultimate weight loss. This little rubber needed to solve the post-race weighing problem.
Zhang Yifei was not worried about whether the total weight would meet the standard. His racing car had a little redundant weight, just to avoid such accidents.
But then again, redundancy is actually not a good thing. For an automobile sports event that pays attention to the limit and takes milliseconds to calculate the victory or defeat, it is best to accurately measure the total weight to a range of 100 grams.
But Zhang Yifei is just a newcomer, which is also his debut match. There is not enough comparison and reference data. I don’t know how his regular competition habits and driving styles are, whether he is good at maintaining the fetus, or even whether he sweats a lot, etc.
Therefore, the team did not dare to formulate any radical tactical strategies. It may have only a very subtle impact if it weighs a few kilograms. But even if it is a few grams lighter, it will be punished by the FIA, which is definitely a matter that is not worth the effort.
As he walked towards the weighing room, Zhang Yifei took a look at the ranking chart on the track.
The first place is without any suspense. Michael Schumacher from Ferrari won the Grand Prix championship in the opening match of the new season, and his qualifying pole position is considered the biggest winner in Australia.
It's just a pity that due to the influence of the track weather, Schumacher was unable to break the track record set by Mika Hakkinen before. Otherwise, the opening match of the new season would have a hat trick.
Schumacher's total time is 1 hour, 38 minutes, 26 seconds, 533. This result is qualified for the Albert Park Circuit, but it is not very experienced. The weather factors on the track have led to a slow lap this year.
The second-ranked driver always used it, which surprised Zhang Yifei. He was David Coothard from McLaren, who was 1.718 seconds slower than Schumacher when he finished the race!
You should know that this is not the fastest gap in a lap. In the course of more than an hour, the trailing of just over a second can be described as slightest.
Maybe it was just that the performance of a certain lap was a little more perfect, and this year's sub-station championship title would change hands. Zhang Yifei knew that Coothard was stronger now, and he was one of the few drivers who could threaten Schumacher on the track in the past two years.
But Zhang Yifei did not expect that Cothard could be so strong that he could threaten Schumacher's ability.
The game not only depends on absolute abilities, but also on the original state and performance. It seems that it is not that easy for Schumacher to sing "How lonely is invincible" in every game.
The third place is Ferrari's traditional green leaf driver Barrichello, who is relatively slower, with a total of 33 seconds and 497.
Barrichello did perform well in the five years of the Ferrari dynasty, basically hovering in the top three. However, his strength has not been recognized by many people and has not received much attention.
In addition to Schumacher's halo, which completely suppressed his opponent. Another point is that Barrichello did not show an absolute kingly aura, which may also be related to being a green leaf and wingman at the peak.
In short, many people think that Barrichello is not weak and his grades seem to be very strong, but he doesn’t know what to ask, and he always has a little bit of a bad taste.
However, Barrichello's 33 seconds 497 is nothing. The driver after him was slowing down Schumacher by one minute.
For example, Heidfield, who was fourth, was 1 minute and 11 seconds and 479 slower than Schumacher's finish.
However, Hydefield's achievement still shocked and surprised many people. You should know that many people have defined Hydefield as a newcomer who will be eliminated in the next year.
No one expected that this is just a driver with a novice who didn't get a single point in the season and had a 70% withdrawal rate. The next year he transferred to Sauber, he actually beat Kimi Raikkonen, Montoya and other newcomers, as well as a group of F1 veterans, and won the fourth place in the final.
Hydefield's performance is really deeply imprinted with the old Chinese saying, "Tree moves to death and people moves to live." He probably is incompatible with Alessi's horoscope!
Next is Kimi Raikkonen, who ranked fifth. His achievement was expected by many people. After all, he successfully won points for the branch office in his debut last year. It is impossible for him to regress even more than last year, right?
The sixth place in the branch is Zhang Yifei. According to the early rules of F1, only the top six drivers in the main race can get points. Zhang Yifei happened to be in the sixth place and he got the first point in his F1 career!
In the past twenty years of f1 history, the newcomer can get points for his debut season and count it with ten fingers. Moreover, Zhang Yifei is the first one from Asia and a non-white driver who gets his debut score, which has even more historical significance.
This means that the white-dominated Formula racing began to be truly broken and a yellow driver with absolutely competitive emerged. It can even be said that Chinese drivers began to step onto the historical stage of Formula racing!
Zhang Yifei's total time was 1 minute 24 seconds slower than Schumacher. When he saw this result, Zhang Yifei felt a little cold in his heart. How did he get slower after this minute?
Even if it is deducted from the slow slowdown caused by the crash and the time spent on entering the station, the entire schedule is 58 laps, which means that each lap is slower on average by one second!
If it is acceptable to occasionally slow down for a second or two in a few laps, it is really difficult to accept, and the laps are slower for a second. This means that the level is not on the same level.
The problem is that Zhang Yifei endured it after falling behind Schumacher for one second. Judging from this result, Kurthard, who was behind second place, was almost a second. Is this McLaren driver that powerful?
But seeing the lap times of the drivers behind, Zhang Yifei felt a lot of balance in his heart. He was more than a minute slower, but at least he had not been slapped by Schumacher. All the drivers behind Oliver Pennis, the seventh-ranked British and American team, were slapped by Schumacher.
Chapter completed!