129 Begin to evolve
The curve was successful, and Zhang Yifei's face under the helmet was covered with sweat.
It can be said that the curve just now was very thrilling. From Zhang Yifei's perspective, you can see that the front nose of the racing car was deformed and raised.
Fortunately, Formula racing cars use carbon fiber to make the body, and the safety guardrails on the side of the field are also elastic devices with buffering. Otherwise, if there is a cement stone pier, the front spoiler of the entire racing car would probably be knocked away.
To be honest, Zhang Yifei's control just now actually exceeded his driving skills and was a complete gambling fortune. After he passed, he was one step closer to the trial training and could feel the limit of the cornering of the car. I know what speed to use for the next cornering.
It would be easier if you didn't pass, just gg and go home.
Under this dual pressure of mentality and high-speed cornering g value, even if the temperature is very pleasant today, Zhang Yifei was sweating profusely.
"Console, what was the cornering speed just now?"
“Maximum speed is 203km/h.”
The voice of the console staff coming from the headset was that because it was originally transformed from Toyota's test lot, there was a speed measurement equipment on each corner. Zhang Yifei just turned the maximum speed and measured it immediately.
203km/h?
When he heard this number, Junko Takeda took a deep breath and then looked at the analyst next to him, Ukyo Yamamoto.
Just now, she had estimated that Zhang Yifei's speed had reached about 200km/h, but after all, it was visually measured, and even if she was surprised, it might not really reach this speed.
But now the accurate speed of the console is coming, which makes Junko Takeda a little unbelievable, because whether it is from the driver's resume or his operation during the trial run, this Chinese driver is really not at the top level. Did he really use this speed to pass the corner?
"Ukyo, do you think this is technology or luck?"
As the coaching team of Toyota team, Yamamoto Ukyo is more professional in this regard, so Junko Takeda wants to get the answer from him.
"I don't know, I've never seen such a strange driver."
Yamamoto Ukyo shook his head, and Zhang Yifei's current performance was also full of mystery in his eyes.
In his experience, when Zhang Yifei's unfamiliar operation methods were not very good at pretending, and there was no trial driver doing such meaningless things.
This is not a competition. The poor driving skills make the opponent relax their vigilance. If you do such a thing in the trial training, it will not benefit you except that it will make the team management disgusted and affect the final trial training results.
But Chinese drivers did succeed in passing the corner at high speed. Even if there was a little impact problem in the racing car, it did not affect the competition in the end. This small flaw in the corner is absolutely impossible to deny Zhang Yifei's control of the racing car and the selection of the curve route when turning.
In the previous track, only F3 champion Sato Takuro made a cornering of 200km/h. Zhang Yifei's speed was a little faster in a sense, but the cornering was not perfect.
But you should know that Sato is the all-Japanese F3 champion driver, and now he has achieved outstanding results in the F3 competition between the UK and France. There are rumors that the B.A.R team in the F1 league has already taken a fancy to Sato, and it is very likely that he will sign a test driver contract if nothing unexpected happens.
Zhang Yifei is not even an ordinary Formula driver. To be precise, he is just a kart driver. What is this flaw for a kart driver? Which kart driver can make a cornering speed of 200 kilometers per hour?
So Yamamoto Ukyo didn't know how to describe Zhang Yifei. The two characteristics of unfamiliar driving skills and extreme driving appeared on him at the same time, which could be called a contradiction.
The trial training on the track continued. With the first extreme cornering control, Zhang Yifei was more adept at the next section. However, he did not challenge the limit again. Gambling luck is a blessing from God. If he can succeed again, it would be called the European Emperor cheating.
The back corner is a bit dull compared to the stunning limit of the first corner. The only thing worthy of praise is the "turnback" on the track. The speed must be reduced to 80km/h. Zhang Yifei's brake timing is very good, and there is no scene of excessive deceleration and overspeed loss.
After the first lap, the console informed Junko Takeda about Zhang Yifei's lap speed, 1 minute 52 seconds 33, with an average speed of about 120 kilometers per hour, and a full 8 seconds difference from the test-trial qualification requirements.
The appearance of this result made Junko Takeda unable to understand again. Zhang Yifei could achieve a cornering speed of 200km/h on the first corner. Why did he run slower and slower behind him?
If Zhang Yifei knew what Junko Takeda was thinking at this time, he would probably be unable to help but complain. It was not that he wanted to drive slowly, but that the track was so long and after three laps, it would be nice to be familiar with the control of the car. It would be impossible to remember the thirteen corner characteristics of the track.
So Zhang Yifei only remembered one corner, which was the first right turn after starting, and he also used this corner to test the car's cornering limits.
It's almost deadly if you play it once. It's impossible for you to pass every corner, so Zhang Yifei can only search while driving the corner behind to find the best route to turn around. Another point is Formula Racing. Zhang Yifei can only say that driving is not a big problem. It's impossible to say that it's like other racing cars like arm and fingers.
As the factors add up, Zhang Yifei can only drive slowly. The rules for this trial training are to choose the fastest lap speed in half an hour, so Zhang Yifei can drive at least fifteen laps. He doesn't care about the lap speed in the first lap. The real good show is behind.
At the beginning of the second lap, even Zhang Yifei did not choose the limit for the first right corner, so the lap speed of the second lap was several milliseconds slower than the first lap. This situation is also the first time in Toyota youth training camp. Logically speaking, the first lap is generally the slowest in warm-up state, and the lap speed in the later lap speed gradually accelerates. Some people are slower in the second lap than the first lap?
Until the third lap, Zhang Yifei finally surpassed the first lap and entered the 1 minute and 52 seconds mark, but this is still far from enough for Toyota's trial training standards. Not to mention that Toyota's trial training standards are not high. If Zhang Yifei had to barely meet the standards with all his strength, he might not be able to sign a long-term contract and get the driver's sponsorship.
At the beginning of the fourth lap, Zhang Yifei's speed began to increase significantly. It was also in this lap that Zhang Yifei was able to control this Formula car relatively smoothly, from the level of driving to the level of driving.
It was also this lap that Zhang Yifei broke through 1 minute and 50 seconds in lap speed, which was less than six seconds away from meeting the trial training standard.
And this is just the beginning. The fifth lap, the sixth lap, the seventh lap, and almost every lap, Zhang Yifei improved by nearly one second. By the time he ran the tenth lap, Zhang Yifei's lap speed had reached 1 minute, 45 seconds, 22, less than a second left before passing the standard.
"Nani? Is this evolution?"
Yamamoto Ukyo has become a racing data analyst and has been in his career for nearly ten years. This is the first time he has seen such a strange driver. He feels like Zhang Yifei becomes stronger every lap.
Even Yukyo Yamamoto had a strange idea in his mind, that is, when Zhang Yifei first got on the car, he seemed not to drive a Formula race car. He just explored it step by step during the lap, so he had such exaggerated progress similar to evolution.
Chapter completed!