Schumacher asked in his heart that he hadn't seen Zhang Yifei on the track two days ago, so this is probably his first test.

The first test means that this is Zhang Yifei's first time driving on the Catalonia track and also his first time participating in the F1 racing test. In theory, this kind of pure newcomer will not have a good lap score in the first test, after all, this is completely unfamiliar to them.

However, it is hard to see that Zhang Yifei's performance is a new driver who has participated in the winter test for the first time. Not to mention the speed, it can be seen from the line that he is very familiar with the track, which is really unbelievable.

Zhang Yifei is indeed very familiar with the Catalonian track. This familiarity was not something that was found on the spot, but that Zhang Yifei had run through the winter test track in the racing simulator before!

The entire winter break period was nearly a month, and Zhang Yifei was like a "Internet addicted teenager", driving a racing simulator crazy all day long.

He has been running seventeen tracks in the new season of F1, but the main direction is still on the Catalonian track in winter and the first Albert Park track in Australia that is coming soon.

Compared to live test runs, the racing simulator is naturally not realistic enough. After all, the technology of this era is still far behind the future generations. Not to mention the most advanced virtual VR driving in later generations, even the surround screen cockpit is impossible to do at present.

But it is not so realistic, and there is also another advantage, that is, starting a racing simulator will not be as tiring as a track trial run. Although the feedback strength is exactly the same, there are also various acceleration and roll simulations.

However, the g value brought by high acceleration is something that racing simulators cannot do. For example, if you run on the track, you can run for two or three hours a week and it will be considered high-intensity training.

After all, after running, the dehydration is as high as a few pounds. If the body bears total pressure like this every day, it is probably going to lie in the hospital in a month.

As for the racing simulator, even if Zhang Yifei drives it for seven or eight hours, he can basically persist every day except for a little back pain.

"Shumi, what do you think of the new Chinese people?"

"It's very good by the newcomer's standards, and the basic skills are very solid. But if you have to wait for the lap to know."

Schumacher praised him, as a man of the car god level, he could naturally see the accuracy of Zhang Yifei's routing when he passed the corner. Even some of the routing of curves, Schumacher felt that it was completely overlapping with his routing. If he had solid driving skills, it would be difficult to do this.

However, this is just the first lap, and many things cannot be confirmed. If Zhang Yifei goes down the second lap, he can still perfectly copy his own route. There is no doubt that the strength of Chinese newcomers has reached the entry standards for F1 drivers, rather than the rookie level that many people questioned before.

"By the way, I saw that he was using red tires. The Prost strategy team should know that the Catalonian track is not suitable for super soft tires. Is the Chinese newcomer choosing this kind of tire to make lap speed?"

Schumacher asked Simmonds in confusion. In the winter testing phase of the F1 team, unless the tire supplier's formula changes and needs to be evaluated again, no team will replace the ultra-soft tire test.

This will make the entry frequency too high, and the cost of the fleet will increase, and it will also waste a lot of time.

You should know that the F1 team is very rich, but they are often very careful in team budgets and stingy. Once, Fia wanted to test the venue in winter, and moved from Barcelona, ​​Spain to the Bahrain track in the Middle East.

Because the climate there is relatively warmer, and extreme weather such as snow and icing can be completely avoided, which will affect racing tests.

But because the transfer fee is too high, most F1 fleets rejected this suggestion. It can be seen that the landlords have no surplus food...

"This is possible, but I heard from the technician that the Chinese newcomer seems to have some holidays with Minardi's Malay newcomer. Just now, Malay driver Xiong Long chased Fei on the track, but Fei took the initiative to enter the station."

"Now he goes out and changes to super soft tires, he must want to catch up with the new Malay newcomer Xiong Long. On the F1 track, there will be a duel between two Chinese drivers, which is really interesting."

Hearing the explanation of the race engineer Simmonds, Schumacher looked further ahead, and there was indeed a Minardi racing car in the distance.

The Minardi racing tires can also be seen in Schumacher, which also have red marks. There is no doubt that the racing car ahead has also been replaced with super soft tires that pursue speed.

Seeing this scene, Schumacher also had a playful smile on his face. It was indeed as Simmonds said, there had never been any Chinese figures on the F1 track. As a result, two of them appeared this year, and the duel began during the winter test. It was really interesting.

On the track, Zhang Yifei was behind Xiong Long for more than ten seconds, and he had basically opened a kilometer away. Not to mention looking at the taillights of the car, he couldn't even see the car.

But this time, Zhang Yifei not only wanted to challenge Xiong Long, but also wanted to prove his strength so that the winter test teams also on the Catalonian track would put aside their doubts and look at an equal eye for an F1 driver, as a Chinese newcomer.

The speed is still rising. After Zhang Yifei entered the station, all the adjustments were actually only pursuing one word, that is "fast"!

However, this adjustment is not without cost, the consequence is that the racing control becomes extremely difficult. If a slight mistake occurs on any corner, the consequence is that the racing car is out of control.

It can even be said that Zhang Yifei is now driving at a very fast speed and experiences the feeling of dancing on the tip of a knife.

Compared with the decision-making level in the P room, Ah Hu and Chen Zhi were just standing behind the guardrail closest to the track, watching Zhang Yifei's racing car from afar.

"Brother Zhi, Brother Fei's style of tuning this time is too radical. I'm really worried that he can't control this new car."

In the past few months since joining the F1 team, Zhang Yifei is not the one who has improved the most, but Ahu and Chen Zhi.

Although they were following Zhang Yifei before, taking on the important task of formula technicians, they actually did not have a thorough learning opportunity. Even if the Toyota technical team did not evacuate, Ahu and Chen Zhi could only be considered stealing teachers and did not merge into it.

Not to mention the "grass team" behind it, it has nothing to do with the top technician team of F1, it is purely private repairs.

However, in the past few months since joining the Prost team, Ah Hu and Chen Zhi have become the world's top maintenance team, and they are learning F1 maintenance knowledge and team cooperation experience day and night.

They began to truly understand the structure, operation, maintenance and adjustment of the F1 racing car. All the adjustments of the primary equation before, Ah Hu only acted as a "tool person" under the advice of Cossel and Ukyo Yamamoto.

He didn't understand why he did this, nor did he understand what changes he could bring after doing this.

But now it is completely different. He knew that Zhang Yifei chose the direction of adjustment, and he understood the consequences of radical adjustment. That's why he showed a worried attitude and asked Chen Zhi.

"I believe in Yifei's strength."

Chen Zhi replied slowly, he was older than Ah Hu and had the foundation for professional maintenance.

So he understood Zhang Yifei's adjustment style earlier and knew that this radical adjustment was exactly what Zhang Yifei was good at. Perhaps this adjustment method was very risky, but the more familiar control could make up for the risks brought by taking risks.

What really worries Chen Zhi is the engine provided by Peugeot!

You should know that the engine on Zhang Yifei's racing car is still the one that had hydraulic leakage when Alaisi drove it before. Although it has undergone a secondary seal and the downgraded engine parameters, it seems that there is no problem.

However, the airtight cylinder of the secondary seal is not as good as the original level. More importantly, Zhang Yifei adjusted the power parameters back, which is even more challenging for secondary sealing.

The speed continued in circles, Zhang Yifei's speed could be described as amazingly fast. His fastest lap had reached 1 minute 22 seconds 933.

This kind of lap speed has surpassed the Gemini Rider, Kimi Raikkonen's first test run of 1 minute 23 seconds 221. Even in two days, Kimi's fastest lap speed barely exceeded the limit Zhang Yifei's lap speed for a few milliseconds.

But you have to know that Zhang Yifei only started his first test today. If he was asked to run two more laps, it would be almost certain that he would surpass Kimi Raikkonen's fastest lap speed at the moment.

The drivers who compared Zhang Yifei with Kimi Raikkonen and even questioned Zhang Yifei's strength took a breath when they saw this lap.

"Ohan! The Chinese newcomer is about to catch up with the Finnish genius lap. Can he accomplish the same triple jump miracle and become an F1 driver, and he has the same strength."

"ygod! Are there monsters of this level in the Renault Formula these days? You don't even have to run the f3 and f00 events, you can gain a foothold by entering the f1 paddock. Should I say that they are too strong, or should I say that the entry standards for f1 are too low?"

“F1 entry standard is low?”

A member of the winter test team next to him sarcastically in a contemptuous tone.

"There are only 22 official drivers in F1, and even if you add the test driver and the third driver, there will be no more than 40 people."

"On Earth, only these 40 people are qualified to drive an F1 racing car on the track. I am afraid that the probability of selection of space astronauts will not be much higher than this. Is the entry standard lower?"

"Why do Chinese newcomers get such results when they come in?"

When he heard this, the convoy member who answered could no longer be described in a contemptuous tone, and even a look of mental retardation appeared on his face.

"The entry standards for f1 drivers are already very good, but the entry standards for f1 technician team seem to be really low!"
Chapter completed!