Chinese GP this season has two differences compared to last season. First, the tournament was renamed Bahrain - to become the third race of ...
Chinese GP this season has two differences compared to last season. First, the tournament was renamed Bahrain - to become the third race of the season. The second difference - Pirelli normally specifies three types of hard / soft tires in a row (in Bahrain, SuperSoft-Soft-Medium), but in Shanghai, the teams will use Medium, Soft and UltraSoft. The meaning of SuperSoft tires has been ignored, which has no precedent in Formula 1.
Shanghai Circuit was built in 18 months at a cost of about $ 450 million, the shape of the track is simulated in uppercase in Chinese.
One of the highlights of the Shanghai Circuit is that from the starting line to the 1-2, the drivers will be at a 270º angle before turning 180º. This number 1 has a decreasing radius. After a long segment with speeds up to 300km / h, drivers have to slow down to 185km / h to overcome the 1-2, then go through double 3-4 with speeds of just over 100km / h. .
More importantly, drivers need to have stable driving skills here, as well as the required acceleration to pass the 4 towards the next short paragraph ahead of # 6.
Race skills are again required to be high in the entire Sector 2 (including 6-7-8-9-10 corners). At the corner of 7-8 double, the race car runs at speeds of nearly 200km / h, then overpasses the 9-10 dual speed with lower speed - but in this dual car, the car needs to accelerate large to advance to the next straight line with a speed of up to 280km / h before the brakes to advance to the 11th.
In Shanghai, there are combinations of crabs with the lowest speed of 1-2-3-4 and the double crabs of 11-12-13. Either way, the racers will need to run at the best speed possible at 12-13. To solve this problem, most of the riders will extend the crabs, encroach on a portion of the KERB edge, leaving the vehicle at the highest speed possible, entering the straight line that enables the DRS to attack and overtake. competitor.
The straight line between 13-14 is the longest straight line in the current race track on the annual calendar - 1170 meters. The maximum speed the car can reach at the end of this segment, according to data recorded last season is nearly 340km / h.
With the help of DRS still can not overcome the opponent, the opportunity has not run out with the driver in a round of running. After facing the 14th, the driver needs to speed up to get past the corner of the 15th, early braking at the last 16 - because after the early brakes, they have high speed in the crab and exit. Came to the second straight line through the start / finish line and activate the DRS attack and pass the opponent before reaching the No. 1.
With the technical characteristics of Shanghai Circuit. The teams will have to complete the aerodynamic / car package for the weekend race.
Looking back at the first leg in Australia, Mercedes focused on the package for the seventh round, maximizing the power of the W09 for the run of the hour - it played a badge. Good results in the offensive 0.6 seconds in qualifying Q3. But this package does not seem to fit in the long-run mode.
There are doubts as to whether the car was equipped with a high-power mode that left Lewis Hamilton's gearbox in question - but it was only the Mercedes engineers who understood. Only know that this race in Bahrain has a different approach.
They have a good run of the race against the rest of Ferrari, but they own a race-pace in the great race, perhaps just a little pride and courage by Sebastian Vettel in About 20 rounds of the new race prevented them from winning in Sakhir.
Ferrari, despite winning both the opening stages, but the way they approach the second leg makes the professional recognition that they are improving significantly through each race. Immediately after the trial run in Bahrain, Kimi Raikkonen was a better performer. But according to the data the experts have, they claim Vettel can achieve better laps over his teammates by 0.2 seconds. Actually proved that the statement was true when the German racer won the pole on the day of classification.
A name that can not be ignored for this weekend's battle is Red Bull. Although the team did not let go of this race when they were empty in Bahrain. But the data does not lie - it shows a very fragile gap between the Austrian team and the other two mighty opponents.
Red Bull's problem is not in the performance of the car - because they have good grading, which may be due to their inability to maintain tire performance when the track temperature is low (eg the last half of the race). The 1st and 2nd trial data in Bahrain shows that. If you solve this problem, Red Bull will be a challenge to the opponent.
Shanghai Circuit was built in 18 months at a cost of about $ 450 million, the shape of the track is simulated in uppercase in Chinese.
One of the highlights of the Shanghai Circuit is that from the starting line to the 1-2, the drivers will be at a 270º angle before turning 180º. This number 1 has a decreasing radius. After a long segment with speeds up to 300km / h, drivers have to slow down to 185km / h to overcome the 1-2, then go through double 3-4 with speeds of just over 100km / h. .
More importantly, drivers need to have stable driving skills here, as well as the required acceleration to pass the 4 towards the next short paragraph ahead of # 6.
Race skills are again required to be high in the entire Sector 2 (including 6-7-8-9-10 corners). At the corner of 7-8 double, the race car runs at speeds of nearly 200km / h, then overpasses the 9-10 dual speed with lower speed - but in this dual car, the car needs to accelerate large to advance to the next straight line with a speed of up to 280km / h before the brakes to advance to the 11th.
In Shanghai, there are combinations of crabs with the lowest speed of 1-2-3-4 and the double crabs of 11-12-13. Either way, the racers will need to run at the best speed possible at 12-13. To solve this problem, most of the riders will extend the crabs, encroach on a portion of the KERB edge, leaving the vehicle at the highest speed possible, entering the straight line that enables the DRS to attack and overtake. competitor.
The straight line between 13-14 is the longest straight line in the current race track on the annual calendar - 1170 meters. The maximum speed the car can reach at the end of this segment, according to data recorded last season is nearly 340km / h.
With the help of DRS still can not overcome the opponent, the opportunity has not run out with the driver in a round of running. After facing the 14th, the driver needs to speed up to get past the corner of the 15th, early braking at the last 16 - because after the early brakes, they have high speed in the crab and exit. Came to the second straight line through the start / finish line and activate the DRS attack and pass the opponent before reaching the No. 1.
With the technical characteristics of Shanghai Circuit. The teams will have to complete the aerodynamic / car package for the weekend race.
Looking back at the first leg in Australia, Mercedes focused on the package for the seventh round, maximizing the power of the W09 for the run of the hour - it played a badge. Good results in the offensive 0.6 seconds in qualifying Q3. But this package does not seem to fit in the long-run mode.
There are doubts as to whether the car was equipped with a high-power mode that left Lewis Hamilton's gearbox in question - but it was only the Mercedes engineers who understood. Only know that this race in Bahrain has a different approach.
They have a good run of the race against the rest of Ferrari, but they own a race-pace in the great race, perhaps just a little pride and courage by Sebastian Vettel in About 20 rounds of the new race prevented them from winning in Sakhir.
Ferrari, despite winning both the opening stages, but the way they approach the second leg makes the professional recognition that they are improving significantly through each race. Immediately after the trial run in Bahrain, Kimi Raikkonen was a better performer. But according to the data the experts have, they claim Vettel can achieve better laps over his teammates by 0.2 seconds. Actually proved that the statement was true when the German racer won the pole on the day of classification.
A name that can not be ignored for this weekend's battle is Red Bull. Although the team did not let go of this race when they were empty in Bahrain. But the data does not lie - it shows a very fragile gap between the Austrian team and the other two mighty opponents.
Red Bull's problem is not in the performance of the car - because they have good grading, which may be due to their inability to maintain tire performance when the track temperature is low (eg the last half of the race). The 1st and 2nd trial data in Bahrain shows that. If you solve this problem, Red Bull will be a challenge to the opponent.
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