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The Valencia circuit can accommodate more than 100,000 spectators, but today the stands around the circuit are already full.

The vast majority of Spaniards are, of course, Alonso's fans, so there were plenty of Alonso supporters on the scene, waving Spanish flags and backing their own compatriots. And foreign audiences are almost all here to witness Schumacher's comeback. It can be said that this competition, as Schumacher's comeback battle, has already touched the hearts of sports fans around the world.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the green light in the pit lane was lit and the first qualifying session officially began.

When Schumacher appeared on the track in the red Ferrari, it immediately attracted the attention of all the spectators, whether it was the other drivers running on the track or the drivers waiting to get out of the pit lane, they all became Schumacher's foil, and the TV camera also followed Schumacher's picture and Schumacher's timing lap throughout the whole process.

"Schumacher doesn't look old, and although he is forty years old, his speed is not behind those young people."

"When I came back after a three-year absence, I thought Schumacher had lost his sense of racing, but now it seems that he has at least returned to the level of a normal driver."

On the track, Schumacher set his fastest lap time lap by lap, from less than 1 minute 42 seconds, to less than 1 minute 41 seconds, and then to less than 1 minute 40 seconds, Schumacher has touched the threshold of the second qualifying session.

Finally, Schumacher ran a time of 1:39.082 on the Valency circuit, which was enough for him to enter the second qualifying session, and the king was also very satisfied with this time, and he did not continue to push for better results, but chose to return to the pits.

In the second quarter of qualifying, Schumacher's performance was still stable, he not only successfully ran within 1 minute and 39 seconds, but also ranked in the top ten, and successfully entered the third quarter of qualifying, Schumacher set the first goal for himself before the game has been achieved.

Ferrari's cars are relatively competitive in Valencia, but they are not the strongest. At the Valencia circuit, the two strongest teams are China Force and McLaren. It is worth mentioning that both teams use Mercedes-Benz engines.

Mercedes-Benz's engines are perfect for the track, and even in Q3, when the cars are refueled for race fuel, they can still run under 1:39.5. Barrichello, for example, clocked exactly 1:39.500, which was 0.289 seconds faster than Sebastian Vettel in fifth.

However, Barrichello only finished third, with defending champion Hamilton overtaking Barrichello by 0.002 seconds. However, Hamilton was close to 0.1 seconds away from first-place Zhang Guan. Zhang Guan, who has not tasted the championship for two consecutive races, once again won the pole position.

Power China and McLaren took the top four, with Sebastian Vettel in fifth, with Ferrari's two cars in sixth and seventh respectively, followed by Renault's Alonso.

Alonso, a native Spaniard, was only in eighth place at home, which is obviously not a good place for a world champion-caliber driver, but with the level of Renault this year, it is not bad to finish eighth.

As for the car king Schumacher, but gave everyone a big surprise, he ranked seventh, for a veteran who has been away from the car world for three years, and has been forty years old, to be able to drive a car that does not belong to him, defeat a group of young people who can be his son, into the top eight points area, is already a big achievement.

And tomorrow's race Lee, Schumacher and Alonso are starting in the same row, and the rematch between these two old enemies after three years is enough to make the media hype up a lot of topics.

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On August 23rd, the main race of the F1 European Grand Prix kicked off.

Hamilton sat on the car in high spirits, and his second place finish in qualifying was his best qualifying result of the season. And this ranking also made him look forward to winning this race.

Hamilton, after all, was last season's world champion, and he was confident that he wanted that double title, but the rise of Chinese power and Red Bull left him in fifth place in the standings. Now halfway through the season, Hamilton is out of the title, but he is keen to win a race to prove that he is not a flash in the pan.

Benefiting from Mercedes-Benz engines, McLaren Racing showed great competitiveness in this race, but it was not only McLaren who benefited, but also China, and Zhang Guan was Hamilton's biggest rival for the championship.

"I want to win, I must win this stop, I finally got the opportunity to start the first row, I want to fight once!" Hamilton couldn't stop cheering himself up.

Five red lights went out, and the game began, Hamilton started first, and Zhang Guan next to him was not far behind.

"The bend is mine!" Hamilton was tough to get into the corner, and he came close to meeting Zhang's car.

"Danger!" Even the narrator couldn't help but shout.

Hamilton's such a tough rush also shocked Zhang Guan's heart, he knew that Hamilton had a history of dangerous driving, this black boy really dared to fight for both defeats, and Zhang Guan, who had not tasted the championship in two stops, obviously did not want to be knocked out at the beginning of the race, and he chose to give up the position of entering the corner to Hamilton.

"I made it! Got into the corner first and grabbed the first place! Hamilton felt ecstatic and felt like he was beckoning for his first race of the year.

However, Hamilton's joy did not last long, because in the next second he found that Zhang Guan had already been pasted and began to try to surpass.

"Do you want to overtake? I'm not going to let you get past it. Hamilton immediately began to recall Zhang's overtaking skills and then prepared to make targeted defenses, but at this point he realized that he knew nothing about the technical characteristics of Zhang's overtaking.

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Each driver has a different driving style and a different technical profile when overtaking. Some riders like to grab the line, some like to brake late, and some like to use tactical shakings to confuse their opponents. And if you know that the opponent is good at overtaking in that way, you can carry out targeted defense, which can reduce the disadvantage of the defender in the offensive and defensive battle.

Of the eight F1 races Zhang Guan has won so far, except for the Malaysian race, which ran on a set of tires, the others have all finished the race in the first place, and then led all the way to the finish. As for the champion of the Malaysian station, it mainly relies on not making a pit stop to change tires to gain an advantage, which can be regarded as a strategic transcendence.

It can be said that Zhang Guan showed an excellent level of leadership, but in terms of overtaking, he did not show much. So Hamilton's memory doesn't have the technical characteristics of Zhang Guan's overtaking.

"That guy Zhang Guan has always been the leader, even if he overtakes a slow car that has been lapped, damn it, F1 has been in the past half of the season, and I don't even know how the driver in first place overtakes!" A feeling of absurdity rose in Hamilton's heart.

Zhang started to put Hamilton under pressure, pressing and waiting for his opponent to make a mistake, something that some experienced veterans often do. Hamilton also knew this, but he was helpless, because he didn't know Zhang Guan's technical characteristics when overtaking, so he couldn't judge when Zhang Guan would overtake, he could only be on guard all the time.

The so-called not afraid of being stolen by thieves, afraid of being remembered by thieves, especially knowing that they are remembered by thieves, they will always think about how to prevent thieves. The same is true for Hamilton now, who is the frontrunner but can't play at his own pace, with Zhang Guan always hanging behind him, forcing him to devote a lot of energy to defending.

In F1, it's easy for the frontrunner to get behind him, because there are no other cars in front of him, and he can run at his own pace without worrying about being overwhelmed by other cars. The person in second place will be subject to the front leader at the same time, but also by the third behind, and the second defense will consume some energy, so the speed will slow down and be thrown away by the leader.

However, today in third place is Barrichello, Barrichello is obviously impossible to overtake his boss, and he has to help the boss block the car behind as much as possible, so Zhang Guan does not have to worry about overtaking at all, and can concentrate on dealing with Hamilton.

Behind Barrichello is Kova Lainen, a young player who is very aggressive, but far less experienced than Barrichello, who has more than a dozen years of experience in F1 competition. Experience can play an exponential role in defence, and with the two cars not far apart, it will be difficult for Kovalenen to overtake Barrichello.

The car running in front is fighting, and the car behind will naturally catch up, just like driving on the road, the speed limit is 50 kilometers on the road, and the car in front has to run according to 30 kilometers, and it is inevitable to press the car behind. In the race, pressing means a chance to overtake, more chasing, and more grappling.

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The track is full of entanglements between cars, you are super, I am super, almost every car is in fierce competition, which dazzles the audience, and the director of the broadcaster does not know who to focus the camera at, so he can only insert one slow motion after another.

And on the track, the drivers are also full of passion. The most appealing thing about motorsport is not the speed, but the thrill of overtaking, both for the spectators and for the drivers. Any racer has a heart to surpass the car in front of him, otherwise he would not be a racer. The close proximity of the cars now gives the drivers room to play, and each of them is staring ahead and trying to overtake.

Hamilton was the only one who didn't feel the excitement of speed. Everyone else is trying to overtake the car in front, but he is the only one who has been guarding against Zhang Guan behind.

Hamilton looked in the rearview mirror, estimating the distance between him and Zhang Guan, and felt a little irritated.

"In the two laps just now, the route I took was enough to the limit, but I still didn't distance myself from Zhang Guan, and it seemed that I couldn't get rid of him at all! No, I'm going to have to run a little harder, I'm going to get rid of him! ”

Hamilton was a rider who liked to use the shoulder, which meant that he could go to the limit, so he was fast, but then he sacrificed his tyres, and his style of running was also tyre-consuming.

And in Spain in August, the weather is also very hot, for example, today, the temperature reached 30 degrees, and the track temperature exceeded 40 degrees, although this is conducive to the racing tires quickly into working condition, but also makes the tires wear out much faster.

Sure enough, by lap 16, Hamilton's headphones rang with a reminder from the team's strategy engineer.

"Lewis, your tires are degrading very quickly, so if you don't want to pit too early, run conservatively!"

"Conservative? How is this possible, Zhang Guan chased so closely behind, and his car was fast. Hamilton retorted.

However, Hamilton had just finished speaking, when he saw Zhang Guan throw the front of his car out.

"He wants to go beyond? Or is it a temptation? Hamilton made an immediate defensive move, but his car didn't get where it should have been.

"Oops! Has the grip of the tires started to decay? Hamilton only felt a red figure chase after him, and then overtook him.

"Zhang Guan, overtake, on lap 16, he overtook Hamilton and regained the first place!"

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Barrichello, who was in third place, was in great form today, and as the car was getting less fuel-carrying and lighter, he was getting faster and faster, and he had the fastest lap for two laps in a row.

Around twenty laps, the lightly fueled cars made their first pit stops, and there was not much change in the standings, and the distance between the drivers was not stretched too far. It's possible to throw your opponents away on a high-speed track, but it's impossible to get too far ahead.

On lap 24, Sebastian Vettel's car blew out. His engine was replaced in Germany at the beginning of July, after the German and Hungarian races, and then to the European race, the high-speed track and the hot weather overwhelmed the engine, and Vettel had to withdraw from the race, and the gap between him and Zhang Guan will also widen.

On lap 37, Barrichello set the fastest lap again, and on the same lap, Hamilton pitted, but the technician made a mistake in changing the tyre, Hamilton had a tyre change time of 13.4 seconds, which was four seconds slower than the estimated time, and Barrichello behind him used the light car to constantly refresh the fastest speed.

On lap 40, Barrichello pitted for refueling, and when he walked out of the pits, he was just four seconds ahead of Hamilton, which meant that the McLaren mechanics lost four seconds on a tyre change mistake allowed Barrichello to overtake Hamilton. After completing the overtake, Barrichello ran faster and faster, slowly widening the gap with Hamilton.

If this continues, Zhang Guan will be first, and Barrichello will be second, and the Chinese power will once again take the top two.

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On lap 42, Zhang Guan also chose to make a second pit stop to refuel, which took 10.3 seconds.

However, what Zhang Guan didn't expect was that when he ran out of the pit lane, a red racing car happened to pass him.

"Red, Ferrari?" Zhang Guan took a closer look, but found that it was his teammate Barrichello.

"Obediently, did old Barrichello beat the chicken blood today, he ran so fast, he overtook me!" Zhang Guan said secretly in his heart.

"There's Barrichello in front of you, I'll slow him down and let you go at the end of the next straight." Ross Brown's voice came through the headphones.

Team directives are an integral part of motorsport, and it is normal for the No. 2 driver to give the car to the No. 1 driver, not to mention that Zhang Guan is still the owner of the team, so Barrichello will naturally give up the first place.

However, Zhang Guan opened his mouth and said: "Let him run with all his might!" ”

"What?" Ross-Brown asked incredulously, wondering if he hadn't heard what Zhang Guan was saying, or if he didn't understand what Zhang Guan meant, or both.

"I mean, let Barrichello run as hard as he can! He's also part of the team, he's been working hard, he's been giving for the team, and he deserves a taste of championships. Zhang Guan looked ahead silently, but a relieved smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

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Barrichello looked carefully in the rearview mirror and recognized that it was Zhang Guan who was running behind him.

Barrichello subconsciously felt that he should give up the first position, so he spoke to the radio and said, "I'll brake a little earlier at the end of the next straight to get out of the corner." ”

"No need, run with all your might!" Ross Brown's voice rang out.

"What?" Barrichello also asked the same word incredulously, and I don't know if he didn't hear what Zhang Guan was saying, or if he didn't understand what Zhang Guan meant, or both.

"I mean let you run with all your might and fight for the championship!" Ross Brown continued.

"Let me take the first? Are you kidding? Barrichello began.

"It's not my decision, it's Zhang Guan's decision!" Ross Brown explained.

"Am I doing something wrong? You're not going to fire me! Barrichello panicked.

"Zhang Guan said, you have been working hard and have been working hard for the team, so you should taste the taste of the championship." Ross Brown then added: "Well, that's what he said! ”

"What do you mean, boss?" Barrichello was stunned for a second before asking, at which point he even changed his address to Zhang Guan to "boss".

"What do you mean? Hehehe, it means that the champion of the European station is yours! Think of it as a reward from your boss! Ross Brown laughed as she spoke. (To be continued.) )