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中國站週五練習賽分析: RED BULL和FERRARI追得多近了?

FRIDAY ANALYSIS: HOW CLOSE ARE RED BULL AND FERRARI?


儘管上賽道有F1最長的大直道之一，但是總的來看這裏對於引擎馬力的要求
並不嚴苛。這樣的特性，也給了Ferrari和Renault引擎的車隊更接近Mercedes
引擎車隊的可能。

車隊在FP2中的主要工作是尋找正賽調校和收集輪胎數據以擬定正賽策略。
今年我們看到正賽中車隊較多使用的是軟胎，然而在溫度較低的上海，預計
車隊會將重點放在使用較適合低溫的硬輪(在中國站是medium tyre)。選擇
的依據主要是軟胎的衰退速度，及兩種輪胎之間的圈速差距。

首先，看單圈速度是沒有太大意義的。從圈速上看，Mercedes車隊可能是在重
載油測試，隱藏了真實速度。此外他們的車手也有自己的問題，Hamilton因為
懸吊問題而延後半小時開始做時間，在做出最快圈速以後，還是不滿意車子的
表現。Rosberg最快的那圈正好被Maldonado撞車導致的黃旗擋到時間。

長距離表現上， Mercedes賽車可以穩定跑在1分43秒多。 Mercedes車隊本站帶
來了剛剛通過碰撞測試的鼻錐，事實上這款鼻錐才是W05賽車的原本設計，只是
因為它在開幕戰前沒能通過測試而無法上場。

Ferrari和Force India在爭奪第三快車隊的位子，Ferrari前任經理可能會十分
開心Ferrari展現的速度，尤其是在難堪的九九十十的上一站巴林之後，Ferrari
這站帶來了新的煞車散熱導管，但這表現似乎不是因為這兩周的努力有了回報，
而是因為這兩站截然不同的特性使然。

另一個值得注意的情況是Alonso在長距離測試中被Button擋到，大約因此損失
了2秒鐘，否則的話，他的長距離測試平均圈速不會僅僅是1分44秒660，他可能
更快。

Williams跟前面三支車隊比起來沒落後太多，不過輪胎消耗的問題困擾的這支
Grove勁旅，尤其是在對前胎消耗如此之大的上海，FW36的吃胎更加明顯。

McLaren的速度是可以爭奪Mercedes之後最快車隊，不過長距離上表現上完全不
是這麼回事。他們在這站也帶來了些新升級，但似乎無法讓他們脫穎而出。

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週五練習賽長距離平均圈速

Rosberg 43.75 Mercedes
Hamilton 43.757 Mercedes
Vettel 44.38 Red Bull
Ricciardo 44.407 Red Bull
Hulkenberg 44.569 Force India
Alonso 44.66 Ferrari
Perez 44.674 Force India
Massa 44.697 Williams
Raikkoene 45.04 Ferrari
Bottas 45.325 Williams
Button 45.495 McLaren
Magnussen 46.414 McLaren

Despite boasting one of the longest straights on the Formula 1 calendar,
the Shanghai International Circuit provides a sigh of relief for Renault
and Ferrari powered cars who were completely outpaced by cars fitted with
Mercedes power units in Bahrain a fortnight ago. The Bahrain track is a
power circuit which played to the strengths of Mercedes and its customers.
However, with less amount of time spent on full power in China, it is
expected that the other cars will be a lot closer to Mercedes, but with
the German manufacturer still maintaining a healthy advantage.

In FP2, teams were busy evaluating the right setup and strategy for the
race. This year, we’ve seen teams giving preference to the option tyre
for majority of the race. However, with the prime tyre(medium in China)
better suited to lower temperatures of Shanghai, teams had to gather data
on both the sets before making a decision as to which tyre will be given
preference come race day. The choice will depend on level of degradation
on soft tyres as well as the pace difference between the two compounds,
among other factors.

As far as one lap pace is concerned, it seems that Mercedes are sandbagging
and are yet to show their true pace. Further, their drivers had their own
sorts of problems. Lewis Hamilton’s start to the session was delayed by
almost half an hour on account of a suspension problem. Even after he got
out on track and set the fastest lap time, he wasn’t happy with how the
car was behaving. Nico Rosberg’s fastest lap, in turn, was interrupted by
yellow flags caused by Pastor Maldonado, who crashed at the pitlane entry.

In the long run, Mercedes were the only ones to lap consistently in 1:43s
with Red Bull their closest challengers. The Brackley based squad is
carrying a new ‘stubby nose’ with which they wanted to start the season
with, but couldn’t do so as it didn’t pass the crash test.

Ferrari and Force India would be fighting for the title of third fastest
car on Sunday. The former would be particularly pleased with their
performance, considering they were languishing in ninth and tenth place
at the end of the Bahrain Grand Prix. They’ve got a new brake duct this
weekend but that doesn’t provide a valid answer as to how they’ve
managed to make such gains over a span of two weeks. Rather, it's more
to do with the contrasting characteristics of these two circuits.

Another thing to note is that Alonso nearly lost two seconds behind Jenson
Button and hence his actual average time was a lot better than 1:44.660.1

Williams aren’t particularly far behind the above duo but tyre degradation
may again haunt the Grove based outfit. This circuit is particularly hard on
front tyres and wouldn’t appeal much to the tyre hungry Williams FW36.

McLaren, as in Bahrain, are aiming for the best of the rest slot behind
Mercedes. But long runs, for some reason, show a different story. They’ve
got further updates to their car this weekend but it seems they aren’t
enough to put them back in front.

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