On lap 38, Barrichello pitted and walked out of the pit lane in fourth place behind Red Bull Racing Webb, while Zhang Guan moved up to second. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

On lap 39, Sebastian Vettel, who was in the lead, also made a pit stop. For Zhang Guan, this will be the decisive moment.

Sebastian Vettel entered the pits and pressed the speed limit button to put his car into speed limit mode, before coming to a halt in front of the Red Bull Racing garage.

The TV broadcast showed the mechanic changing the tyres, and almost in the blink of an eye, a new set of rain tyres was installed on Vettel's car, and the fuel pump was pumping a steady stream of petrol into the car.

In the lower left corner of the TV screen is the time it takes for Vettel to make a pit stop, while in the lower right corner is a GPS map of the track, showing only one car, Vettel's team-mate Webber, and the positioning map shows that Webb is still a long way from the final corner of Turn 16.

Eventually, Vettel ran out of fuel and the car started moving again, while the screen showed that Vettel's refueling and tyre change took 9.2 seconds.

"Oh, Webber is too late, there is still a big gap between him and Vettel, it looks like he can't catch up with Vettel, the big picture has been decided!" The narrator's voice rang out at this moment.

As for Zhang Guan, since he has not yet entered the station, whether it is the director or the commentary, they all think that he will enter the station again, and the ranking will inevitably retreat, and it is impossible to win the first place, so he was directly ignored.

Sebastian Vettel came out of the pits, and the subtitles below the TV screen showed Sebastian in second place, and the first was of course Zhang Guan, who had never made a pit stop.

Vettel glanced in the rearview mirror, and there was a car that looked exactly like himself, and he knew it was his team-mate Webb, and Vettelton breathed a sigh of relief, he and Webb had made their last pit stops, and he was still ahead of Webb, which meant that he could lead all the way to the finish.

"I've won, I'm finally going to win, I'm going to win this tournament!" Vettel couldn't help but cheer, and this cheer was also transmitted back to the convoy by radio.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Vettel's headphones rang with an engineer's inquiry.

"Oh, nothing!" Seated himself and asked, "I'm number one now, right?" ”

"No, you're second." The engineer replied immediately.

"What? Second? How can it be second? Is there anyone else in front of me? Impossible! I was the leader just now, how did I end up second? Vettel asked a series of questions.

In today's race, Vettel was the leader all the way, and just left his teammate Webber behind, he took it for granted that he would be in first place, and the answer given by the team engineer made Vettel puzzled, a person who led all the way, suddenly became second, Vettel of course felt inexplicable.

"These dozens of laps have been running down, it has always been when I have surpassed others, and no one else has surpassed me, and when I entered the pit lane just now, I was still in first place, why did I fall into second place? By the way, in the pit area, when I was refueling and changing tires in the pit area, I was overtaken by others! Vettel understood in an instant.

"Who's in front of me?" Vettel asked immediately.

"It's Zhang Guan! Just now when you entered the pits, he overtook you. The engineer replied.

"Zhang Guan surpassed me? How is this possible? He started last on the grid and I started first! The last person to start the race, but overtook the first place at the end of the race with a dozen laps to go? No kidding! As he spoke, Vettel looked at the red car not far ahead, and they were not far away.

In fact, when Vettel walked out of the pit, he had already seen Zhang Guan, and at that time Vettel didn't care, he was the first, so he subconsciously regarded Zhang Guan as a car that was about to be lapped by him.

I only heard the engineer continue: "We're not kidding, Zhang Guan is really in first place now, and the reason why he is in first place is because he hasn't made a pit stop yet!" ”

"Didn't make a pit stop? 40 laps in a row? Zhang Guan's one-stop strategy is really strange! Vettelton relaxed.

At this time, although Vettel was following behind Zhang Guan, he did not immediately attack Zhang Guan, firstly, because he had just put on new tires, and the temperature of the tires had not yet reached the best level, and secondly, Vettel believed that Zhang Guan would inevitably enter the pit lane once, and he would become the first place at that time, so he could not take the risk of attacking others, and in case of an accident, the gains outweighed the losses.

Zhang Guan, who ran in the front, was actually very nervous, he had run 40 laps, at this time the fuel level was almost the same as the car behind, but his tires were incomparable with others, and the heavy rain tires that had been fighting for 40 laps in a row had been worn to a great extent, and Zhang Guan needed to carefully control the car. Sebastian Vettel at the back was a brand new set of rain tyres, and there was a big gap between the two cars in terms of tyre performance.

If Vettel launches an attack, Zhang Guan will defend, which will inevitably increase the wear and tear of the tires, maybe Zhang Guan can hold on to the first few laps, but in the back, the tires will become more and more powerful, and he will inevitably be overtaken by Vettel.

Fortunately, Vettel misjudged the situation, which gave Zhang Guan a respite, and he seized the opportunity to run faster and faster, setting new times for the fastest lap after lap.

The strategy of not making a pit stop is probably not guessed by anyone!

……

"Zhang Guan's speed seems to be very fast! I feel like the gap between us is widening. Vettel said over the radio.

"That's right, Zhang Guan just ran another fastest lap." The engineer spoke.

"Again?" Vettel repeated the word: "That means Zhang Guan has just run the fastest lap?" ”

"Yes, the last fastest lap was also set by Zhang Guan, and the next fastest lap was also Zhang Guan. I think he probably wants to take advantage of the pit stops to give him more time to make his pits. The engineer spoke.

"Hmph...... Vain struggle! There was sarcasm in Vettel's tone.

……

The subtitles at the bottom of the TV screen show the number of pit stops of each driver, and behind Zhang Guan, who is in first place, the number of pit stops is still displayed as a "0"!

"It's already 46 laps, and there are still 10 laps left before the race, so it's really hard to imagine that Zhang Guan hasn't made a pit stop yet, and I don't know when Zhang Guan will wait."

"It's not easy to stick to a set of tires until now, and now Zhang Guan's car is difficult to control! I think he should be about to pit stop, maybe Zhang Guan will choose to pit in the next lap, and if he doesn't pit again, his tires will be unbearable. ”

The broadcast footage gave Zhang Guan's racing car a close-up in slow motion, and it can be vaguely revealed through the picture that the pattern on the rotating tire has been worn very shallow. (To be continued.) )