225 Faster
On the Adelaide curve, after Zhang Yifei swung his tail and rushed out of the track, he did not feel the fear he had when he had a tire blowout at the Hoganheim track.
After all, the speed was more than 60k/h at that time, and the tire blowout also destroyed the dynamic balance of the entire race car, resulting in no control. It was only 90k/h just now, which only took one second for the braking force of Formula racing to stop directly.
However, the 180-degree tail swing caused the body swing was still very exaggerated, which directly caused Zhang Yifei's headset to fall off from his helmet, so he didn't hear Yamamoto Ukyo's call at all.
At this time, Zhang Yifei was sitting in the cockpit and subconsciously wanted to replenish the oil by clutch, but he stepped on the brakes before, causing the car to directly shut down in the buffer zone.
Formula racing is not like ordinary household vehicles, with power and ignition systems. Once the track is turned off, you can only wait for the team members to call the external ignition device, which is equivalent to direct "paralyzing".
Damn! Zhang Yifei hammered the steering wheel a little unwillingly, then untied his seat belt and got out of the car.
He thought that his operation and the turn route were fine, but at such high speed, the tires were not grip enough, so they lost control and rushed out of the track.
After getting off the car, Zhang Yifei subconsciously pressed the call button on the steering wheel, trying to contact Cosell and asked him to send the external power supply, but suddenly found that his microphone had fallen off at some point.
Just as Zhang Yifei put on his headset again and was about to call again, he saw that the track safety car had arrived.
Today is not a formal competition. Only Zhang Yifei was testing the track alone. Naturally, it was impossible for an official safety car to prepare for him, so now the only one who drives the safety car can only be his own team members.
The safety car stopped directly in front of Zhang Yifei. The car door opened and Ahu jumped down first, and asked Zhang Yifei with concern: "Brother Fei, are you okay?"
"It's okay, don't worry."
Zhang Yifei replied with a smile, "This is just a small accident, so there is no need to be too nervous."
Several other people also got out of the car one after another. In fact, they saw Zhang Yifei standing next to the track in the car before, and they knew that nothing big should be done. The hungry heart had already let go of most of them.
"Yifeijun, what happened just now?"
"The cornering speed is too fast. In order to avoid rushing out of the track, I turned the steering wheel a lot, and the tires' grip is not enough to shake the tail."
"It's good that people are fine. The speed of 90k/h is still too fast for Formula Elementary Cars. It is estimated that it has exceeded the limit of racing performance."
At this time, Yukyo Yamamoto comforted him, and he also felt that this was not Zhang Yifei's problem. After all, in the history of this track, there is no precedent for the Renault-level Elementary Formula 90k/h to pass the Adelaide Bend.
"No, it's not beyond the limit of the racing car, but you're driving a problem."
Kossel did not have so-called comfort, but instead pointed out the problem of Zhang Yifei's method of opening.
"I think I'm just tracking normally, and the speed is kept at the gear you require 90k/h. There is no way to get the tires' grip."
Zhang Yifei didn't want to defend anything. He really felt that he had done very standard and there was no obvious accident. At the speed just now, if he didn't hit the steering wheel and flipped the tail, he would also rush out of the track because of his speed too fast, which had nothing to do with his control.
"The tires are not grip enough, but this is not the reason for rushing out of the track! If any F driver drove this speed just now, it would definitely guarantee a successful cornering."
"Do you really think that 90k/h turns and 00k/h turns, the 0k/h speed difference is not as big as Renault Junior Racing and Formula One racing?"
"You have to know that the risk of losing control brought by speed increases is not linear, but a geometric increase. The speed difference of each kilometer has a big difference in difficulty, and the speed difference of ten kilometers can almost make the corners without any suspense."
Hearing Cosell's words, Zhang Yifei did not refute. He did make any F driver come to this corner just now, and he believed that this would not happen to him.
Maybe Zhang Yifei would make excuses before, after all, he is just a junior Renault driver, and they are all F drivers, one of the strongest dozens of people on earth.
But now Zhang Yifei can't do it anymore. If he can successfully meet Prost's requirements, he can also become an F driver and become one of the dozens of people with the strongest driving skills in the world.
Or to compare another person, Kimi Raikkonen entered the Sauber team as a newcomer and went directly to the official F race. At this time, will anyone on the track give in to him because he is a newcomer?
The answer is of course no. No one cares whether you are a newcomer or not. The driver only cares whether he can win on the track!
Cosell said before that he should treat Zhang Yifei with the F standard, which is not just empty talk. Since other F drivers can get over, why did Zhang Yifei lose control?
"I was really too casual after passing the route. It was my problem if I didn't reach the limit of this curve."
Zhang Yifei did not make any arguments or shirks. He did not make much mistakes in his operation just now, and he also followed the standard regular detour route.
But the problem is that he chose the most standard driving method, which led to failure in cornering.
Because that standard set of detours is not prepared to challenge the limits. Since you plan to pass this Adelaide bend at an extreme speed, you naturally need to adopt a more radical detour.
For example, when entering a corner, try to occupy the outer shoulder as much as possible, and when passing through the center point of the Apex, turn the steering wheel to replenish oil to counteract inertia, etc. These driving methods can increase the cornering speed bit by bit.
It may not seem that there are many changes in each operation method, but what is superimposed is a very objective number. Every time the track is fast, it will be nearly one second faster than a few seconds, and dozens of laps accumulate.
And this second for the top F event is the runner-up’s look up to the champion.
Cosell was very satisfied with hearing that Zhang Yifei could change so quickly to admit his mistakes without being as unconvinced as ordinary young people.
But he would not praise Zhang Yifei for this. A mistake is a mistake. You cannot make up for your mistake just because you admit your mistakes calmly. As long as you make such a mistake in the official competition, there will never be a chance to make up for it!
This is the cruelty of competitive sports. No regrets or repeated mistakes will be infinitely magnified.
"Yukyo, you take Ah Hu and the others to test the car. If there is no problem, then ignite the fire and continue."
"Um."
Yamamoto Ukyo nodded, then led Ah Hu and Zhi Ge to check the racing situation.
The benefits of asphalt buffers are reflected, that is, they will not splash too much sand and gravel, causing damage to the fragile parts of the racing car.
However, the friction of the asphalt buffer zone on the bald tire is too great. If it is slipping, it is very likely to roll, which will further aggravate the consequences of the accident. It can only be said that there are both advantages and disadvantages.
After a brief check, there was no major problem with Renault racing. Zhang Yifei put on his helmet again and sat in the cockpit. The test run had just begun, and this was just a small challenge. There were more than ten corners next, and Zhang Yifei had to challenge the limit one by one!
The car started ignition, Zhang Yifei drove onto the track and continued to speed, and Cosell and his men would return to the repair station, and the test run continued.
The second half of the Manicur Raceway is basically a few low-speed corners, which extremely tests the driver's cornering skills.
With the previous lessons, this time Zhang Yifei did not blindly choose the most standard route to turn around, but adjusted his way of turning around according to the different characteristics of each turn.
Maybe you can't find the best route by turning like this, but running around in circles will eventually allow Zhang Yifei to have his own track experience and find some of the best routes for him.
"What's the lap speed of flying?"
When Zhang Yifei ran to the 20th lap, Cosell felt that he was walking smoothly in this lap and should not be slow, so he asked Yamamoto Ukyo.
"Minutes 25 seconds 479."
When Yamamoto Ukyo answered, a hint of surprise revealed in his tone, because the primary formula record of Manicur Raceway was 25 seconds 39.
It can be said that Zhang Yifei's current speed is extremely close to the primary record of the Manicur Track Formula, and it is only a matter of time before he breaks this record.
It was just that when Yamamoto Ukyo didn't expect, his mentor Kossel was not as happy as he imagined. Instead, he replied dissatisfiedly: "Slow, it's still too slow. What I need is not close or just breaking, what I need is a large-scale surpassing the track record."
"Only in this way can we ensure that breaking the track record in the official competition is just an easy small goal for flying. Otherwise, at this current speed, if there is a little problem with the condition on the day of the competition, it will be difficult to break the record."
Formula racing is an event that looks at the driver's racing status at that time. Even if you are as strong as Schumacher and Senna, you dare not say that you can win the championship in every event.
After all, when you reach the level of F drivers, there is no absolute difference in driving skills. Everyone is one of the strongest dozens of people on this planet.
What Cosell wants is not excellence, but invincibility! At the moment, Zhang Yifei's speed is difficult to meet even the standards for excellence in his heart. After all, the track record has not been broken, let alone the invincibility that is sweeping.
The track test run time is only one hour, and twenty laps plus the previous track accident has taken almost forty minutes.
So Zhang Yifei didn't have much time to go, and he could only try a 15 lap at most, and then he had to give the track out for other drivers to try a 100 lap.
Time is not enough, so Cosell pressed the call button again: "Fei, do you know how slow you are? Just ask Prost to come over now, and drive in his conservative style, which is faster than you."
Chapter completed!