RoleplayNovel Chapter 78, two in a row
Chapter 78, two in a row
Chapter 78 One After Another
The race car has spun 360°! And it's still spinning!
This is a sign that things are completely out of control!
Mattia had his hands over his head, praying that the collision caused by this loss of control wouldn't be too serious.
The race car spun almost half a lap! It looked like it was about to go off the track and crash into the barrier—but it didn't!
The moment the front of the car was straightened after that lap, Tang Che stepped on the gas and completely straightened the car's posture!
What a rescue! Mattia and Tost were completely dumbfounded! The audience in the stands erupted in a deafening roar of cheers!
"Damn it!" Tang Che muttered in Chinese over the TR, then immediately switched to English, his tone as calm as ever. "This track is full of surprises."
Mattia was filled with awe: Here we go again! Just as nonchalant as Imola after saving the car! Tom wasn't alarmed by the unexpected loss of control of the car. He wasn't even as angry as other drivers who would be furious that the race organizers hadn't cleaned up the groundhogs on both sides of the track. He only showed a little dissatisfaction.
Mattia thought to himself, "As Tom's track engineer, I can't let him down." He gave a tactical cough and said in a calm tone, "Well done, Tom. Now take care of the tires and batteries. We'll fly again on the next lap."
Tang Che: "copy".
What could Tang Che do? The random spawning of groundhogs on the track was something that neither the drivers nor the event organizers could control. Tang Che could only complain about it and then put it out of his mind to continue focusing on qualifying.
Ten seconds after the TR dialogue between Tanger and Mattia ended, the live broadcast of the event showed Tanger's TR subtitles again. This time, the subtitles were misheard, with the Chinese "fuck" being misheard as the English "Comeon".
The Chinese-speaking audience once again exclaimed that they were experts.
Tang Che's first flying circle was unexpectedly canceled, while the cupping king's first flying circle went very smoothly.
Cupping King 1: 33.060, tentatively listed on p1.
It's said that semi-weather tires should give you an advantage once you finish the race, but several riders who used semi-weather tires to set lap times didn't even have as fast a lap as Cupping King.
To some extent, this also reflects the cupping king's ability to fight in the rain.
"We know Hamilton is already a master of rain racing, no doubt about it." — Bing Ge. But the grip conditions on the racing line are constantly improving, and semi-wet tires will soon show their prowess.
The guy with the semi-weather tires immediately showed off his skills!
Actually, I was still getting used to the semi-wet tires. Brother Tou's race car was obviously slipping a bit, but he controlled the car's posture very well!
Brother Tou got purple in the first time trial! Green in the second time trial! Purple in the third time trial!
1:30.910! Head Boy has significantly improved his track time! He's stormed into position 1!
Verstappen is here too! His second lap on all-weather tires!
Verstappen's car is much more stable than the Boss's, speed—first timeout green! Second timeout purple! Third timeout green! ————1:31.457!
The time has truly come for the semi-weather tires to shine!
Riders using full wet tires should consider pitting for partial wet tires!
But before they entered the pit, Tang Che, who was using semi-rain tires, had already arrived!
After regrouping, we flew another circle, and the first time trial was already purple! The second time trial was yellow!
"Yellow flag for second period," Mattia alerted Tanger in the TR, "Albon went off the track at Turn 6."
Having completed so many qualifying matches, including several in the rain, Tang Che was already desensitized to the issue of being interrupted by yellow and red flags during his flight laps. He casually replied to Mattia with a "copy" and calmly reduced his speed under the yellow flag.
After slowing down for less than 100 meters, Mattia reminded him again in the radio: "Albon is back on the track, the yellow flag is off."
Albon veered off the track into an asphalt buffer zone. He braked in time, and the car only lightly bumped into the soft barrier. There was no obvious damage, and he quickly turned around and returned to the track.
Tang Che managed to keep his composure: "Copy."
Anyway, there are still more than ten minutes left in Q2, and Tang Che has at least two more flight circles to go, so there is no need to be too bothered by being interrupted by two consecutive flight circles.
Tang Che calmly completed the cruise, then crossed the line and completed another flight circle.
First timing segment flashes — Yellow flag!
"Yellow flag for first timeout! Perez has gone off the track," Mattia warned Tangcher in the radio. "He seems to be stuck in the grass and can't get out; he might be facing a red flag."
Perez went too far into Turn 3 and couldn't get into the corner at all. As a result, his front wheels locked up and he ended up mowing the grass and crashing into the wall.
After being interrupted three times in a row, Tang Che was starting to get nervous: "Man, what can I say?"
Mattia: "The red flag has been fired. Drive the car back."
What other options does Tang Che have besides honestly running the rest of the lap and then stopping at the station?
Those drivers who hadn't yet pitted to change their full-weather tires to partial-weather tires got a great deal, getting a free tire-changing window. During the red flag period, the rain stopped.
Q2 will still be wet, but by Q3, the racing line may dry out.
The battle for pole position is still unpredictable!
However, for Tangche now, setting a valid lap time to advance to Q3 is the top priority.
The red flag was withdrawn after 12 minutes.
The red flag had just been removed, and the pit lane exit wasn't even open yet, so the team quickly got Tang Che to line up in the pit lane—Q2
With only 9 minutes left, Tang Che, who has yet to achieve a valid result, must hurry.
With the restart in Q2, all drivers who are able to and need to drive on the track will use semi-wet tires.
Perez's car was badly damaged and he was unable to continue in Q2; Leclerc did not pit, skipping this qualifying session which was meaningless to him.
After completing his exit circle, Tang Che immediately began completing his flight circle.
The semi-rain tires were still a little slippery, but they were completely under Tang Che's control.
First time slot, get purple!
The second time slot is for getting purple!
Get purple gear in the third time slot!
I've finally completed a flight loop!
1:29.985! Tang Che has made a strong run to P1!
This P1 is definitely not stable! The racing line will get drier and drier, and the subsequent flying laps will be faster and faster!
Let's take a look at the drivers who are about to complete their flying laps!
The Emperor has already cleared two stages of green! The third timer segment—slipped a little—and is still purple!
1:29.464! The Emperor has once again pushed the track time forward by a huge margin!
There's always someone better! Sainz and Verstappen both completed their laps, and they were both faster than the Emperor!
Sainz was only slightly faster than the Emperor, by a mere 0.3 seconds.
Verstappen hits a purple lap in three stages! 1:27.764! Leading all drivers by a significant margin!
As the track gradually dried out, the performance advantages of the Mars rover became increasingly apparent. Coupled with a top-notch driver, this was the natural outcome!
At this point, Brother Tou has already cleared the green rank in the first and second time segments, and his third time segment might still be worth looking forward to—clearing the purple rank!
1:28.953, more than a second slower than Verstappen!
The expectation of a chaotic battle among the feudal lords in the rain seems to be shattered.
Tang Che is back!
The shoulder is still being heavily exploited! The routing is also increasingly biased towards dry terrain!
First time slot, get purple!
The second time slot is for getting purple!
Get purple gear in the third time slot!
1:27.002! A reduction of 0.762 seconds! A strong takeover of P1!
The expectation of a warring states period remains!
Verstappen responded with a score of 1:26.270, showing his excitement at Verstappen's provocation.
Hey bro! Can bro keep up?! bro's two green runs! Third run — bro's tires are overheating! bro has to veer off course towards the racing line and wet the tires to cool them down.
Even so, Brother Tou still managed to get a score of 1:27.031! Brother Tou clearly still has a fighting chance!
With two and a half minutes left in Q2, almost all drivers only have one lap window, and all drivers must complete this lap!
The racing line is still drying! Every driver's next lap will be much faster than the last! If you don't do this last flying lap, even if you're currently in the top three, you could drop into the elimination zone after everyone else has done theirs!
This is not speculation, but fact! Zhou Guanyu reached P5 in the previous lap, but in the next lap he dropped directly into the elimination zone, and was more than half a second away from the advancement zone!
Verstappen scores again! 1:25.201! Verstappen is absolutely unstoppable!
The last lap for the team! He slipped in the third timeout! But he still managed to get a purple score in the third timeout!
1:24.848! Brother Tou has arrived at p1!
I can't imagine how awesome Brother Tou would be if he were given a Mars rover!
Tangche's last lap — Purple in the second timing segment! Purple in the third timing segment!
1: 24.425!
Tanger, Verstappen, and Toni – whoever finishes last on the lap time is the fastest! Even Sainz, driving a Martian rover, couldn't squeeze into their three-way lap!
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention where Sainz made his fortune—Sainz sat at the same table as Mercedes, and played roulette with the Emperor and the Cupping King in a slightly lower tier.
Q2 Stopped — Verstappen gets a purple lap again! Verstappen actually did another flight lap immediately after the previous one ended!
In this Q2, there was no difference between the cooldown zone and the flight zone! It was like he was running a sprint race! He was getting purple laps every single time!
1:23.746! Another significant improvement to the track time!
But it doesn't affect the advancement situation much anymore. He was already guaranteed to advance, so it doesn't matter whether he advances in P1 or in another position.
Tang Che advanced, Tou Ge advanced, the Cupping King advanced, the Emperor advanced, two Haas cars advanced, and Zhou Guanyu advanced!
Following his performance at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Zhou Guanyu has once again advanced to Q3!
Just like last time, they completely outmaneuvered Bottas – Bottas didn't even make it into Q3 this time, just like last time.
Ricciardo, who was expected to perform better, was eliminated from the P11, but his path to gaining the trust of McLaren's top management remains long and difficult.
Starting in Q3, although most of the racing lines were dry, there were still deep puddles in several corners, so no one used dry tires and all ten drivers exited the pits on semi-wet tires.
Once on the track, Tanger casually asked in the radio, "What kind of starting grid position do you expect me to achieve?"
Mattia pondered for a moment: "P4 or P3."
Mattia thought this way: Although Q2 alone made it seem like pole position was between Tontatta, Verstappen, and Alonso, the track conditions in Q3 would be better, and Tontatta and Alonso might not be as competitive. Sainz, who was driving a Martian car, might perform better. That would mean Verstappen and Sainz would compete for pole position, while Tontatta and Alonso would compete for P3—and perhaps the two Mercedes players would also be among the contenders for P3.
Tang Che: "We can fight for pole position."
Mattia was shocked and couldn't believe it: "Poleposition?!"
Tang Che: "Pole position!"
It sounded a bit far-fetched, but Marty, considering that Toncher was driving, thought it made some sense: "Okay, let's go."
Fucking, go!
Let's go! Let's see who takes pole position!
拔罐王1：24.360，皇帝1：24.006，毫位的成绩放到Q2最后一圈里都是乘列前茅。
But this is Q3! Master Pan is here to show everyone what Q3 really is!
First time slot, get purple!
The first millisecond of the timer was refreshed with purple!
Get purple gear in the third time slot!
1: 22.701!
Let's see who can still challenge Master Pan – Sainz 1:23.812, a little worse than the Emperor, but still sitting at the same table as Mercedes.
Head 1: 23.849 — Does this mean the track conditions no longer support a pole position battle?
Tang Che: I don't think so!
First time slot to swear an oath!
The millisecond countdown is over!
Get purple gear in the third time slot!
Master Tang scored 1:22.658! He narrowly defeated Master Pan! He secured p1!
Master Pan promptly went to the station to change to brand new semi-rain tires.
Master Tang immediately followed Master Pan's strategy and went to the station to change to brand new semi-rain tires.
When the two pitted for tires, Sainz and Aoge completed their 100th lap. Sainz was 0.231 seconds slower than Pan and Aoge was 0.396 seconds slower than Pan. Aoge still has a chance to compete for pole position, while Sainz will most likely join the battle for pole position.
Marty's prediction was indeed accurate; as the race car lines gradually dried, Sainz was able to unleash the car's performance advantages.
Mercedes' two cars fell behind, failing to even complete two flight laps as well as Master Pan and Master Tang, practically sitting at the same table as Haas.
Seeing that his personal campaign was going poorly, the emperor took a risk and went to the station to change to a red tire.
This is truly a gamble. Regardless of whether it's slippery or not, the first thing to do is see if the Emperor can get the red tires into working condition before the end of Q3.
It's very likely that the red tires won't warm up at all, and will instead summon a red flag.
The Emperor was incredibly slow on the track, which was understandable given that the tires hadn't warmed up and the track wasn't dry. Even a slight slack would make him look like a star practicing on ice.
The emperor had to gradually warm up the tires.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Master Pan and Master Tang began their duel in the second round of flying ugly circles!
Master Pan got purple in the first time slot! But Master Tang beat him in the blink of an eye!
Master Pan got a purple score in the first millisecond of the timer! Master Tang got a swear score in the first millisecond of the timer!
Master Pan got purple in the third time trial! Master Tang got green in the third time trial!
Master Pan 1: 21.620! Another bowl of rice for a break!
Master Tang 1: 21.758!
So close! So close! Two and a half minutes left in Q3! One more lap to try and reach pole position!
"Yellow flag for first timing, Russell has gone off the track." Marty reminded Tangcher again in the TR, "The track conditions clearly don't support dry tires."
That would mean Emperor Q3 has passed away.
The final showdown between Master Tang and Master Pan.
Master Pan got the Oath in the first time trial! Master Tang got the Purple rank in the first time trial!
Master Pan got a purple score on his first millisecond timer! Master Tang got a Zhe score on his first millisecond timer!
Third timeout! Master Pan did an excellent job in the third timeout! Another purple score!
1:21.299! Master Pan is in superb form! Master Pan is dominating!
Master Tang's third time trial segment—his line was in no way inferior to Master Pan's, but his speed was slower at the end of the straight! —Swearing!
1:21.459! Although Coach Tang didn't get pole position, he's almost certain to secure P2!
The only ones who could potentially threaten Master Tang's position are Sainz and TouGe.
Sainz's first and second milliseconds are acceptable, but the third millisecond is nowhere near as good as Tang's and Pan's, with a time of 1:22.096. Not to mention shaking Tang's P2, P3 might not even be stable.
Brother Tou! Can Brother Tou get rid of Master Tang's P2?
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