Both sides suffered losses, which may be the best adjective for Zhang Yifei and Montoya's collision.

But this is the charm of the F1 competition. Is it willing to stay in the safe zone forever and look at the opponent's taillights? Or is it willing to wander on the edge of losing control and experience the pleasure of surpassing the opponent in just a few seconds?

There is no doubt that most drivers will choose the latter. Without these drivers' choice, there would be no Frenzen's collision with the track, and there would be no withdrawal from Villeneuve and Ralph Schumacher.

Now Zhang Yifei has made the same choice, and he does not regret his overtaking, even if it will cause temporary backwardness!

Seeing Zhang Yifei's No. 13 racing car entering the maintenance passage, all the team members were treated solemnly. At this moment, they were filled with excitement and excitement. The Prost team had not overtaken so hard for a long time.

Although the maintenance technicians are not the drivers of the duel on the track, they also empathize and can experience the speed and passion on the track!

The brake was parked accurately in the repair parking space, and the front and rear jack technicians lifted the car in milliseconds, and then other technicians changed the tires.

Chief technician Charlie did not act as a "lollipop" person at this moment, but replaced the technician on the right rear wheel, and adjusted and inspected the suspension while changing the tire.

This impact caused a slight deformation of the right rear suspension, and the dynamic balance of the entire race car was broken, so Zhang Yifei felt that the car was shaking very much. Especially at high speed, this feeling would become more and more obvious, so he could only be forced to slow down.

Charlie quickly adjusted the suspension, and several other technicians quickly replaced Zhang Yifei's air kit damaged by the impact. At the same time, two technicians were refueling.

For the three stops tactics, you can choose light-carrying oil or one light-carrying strategy, because even if you use high-pressure oil pipes, the time will take far more than a simple tire change. Therefore, saving refueling time in certain tracks and specific situations is also a kind of team strategy.

Zhang Yifei's previous team strategy was to combine light oil and super soft tires to recover the time it took to enter the station through the extreme lap speed. However, in the event of a track accident, the team's strategy had been changed by Kossel. He decided that this time, the amount of fuel added could be guaranteed to be used until the end of the race.

This is because adjusting the suspension and air kit, even if Charlie and the maintenance technicians move quickly, it will take at least about 10 seconds. If this time is simply used to change tires, it will be wasted about 7 seconds. It is better to directly load oil and save the next time you enter the station to refuel.

It took ten seconds to be extremely long for the repair station, but Cosell's attention did not focus on the entry-level racing car, but looked at the sky outside.

The sunny Melbourne summer was originally in Melbourne when the driver was parading, but now there is no sign of the sun anymore, and the sky is getting darker.

The remaining race time is about an hour. According to the forecast of the Melbourne Meteorological Observatory, it is theoretically not going to rain on the track today. However, even if the weather is calculated using a powerful supercomputer in twenty years, it cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, let alone the weather forecast of this era.

Even if it didn't rain, Cosell had clearly felt the wind strengthening. There is a feature that other tracks do not have, that is, the construction of a lake, and even drivers can drive on certain sections of the road, and at any time they can see the sparkling lake on their right.

People who live in wide areas such as the sea, lake, or even rivers know that once the wind blows, the wind speed in these areas will double. For ordinary vehicles, when driving at high speed, strong winds will cause the vehicle route to deviate. If it is severe, it may cause out of control, slippage or even overturn.

For f1 racing cars, it is naturally impossible to roll over with extremely low center of gravity and high-tech aerodynamic appearance. But this does not mean that the strong winds on the track will not have any impact on the racing cars.

The strong oncoming wind will cause excessive downforce and air resistance, thereby reducing the speed of the car. The side wind will affect the racing car's driving route on the track.

The most serious thing is the wind coming from behind, which may cause the failure of the wind wing after the racing car. This situation is like you are riding a bicycle or motorcycle, and someone suddenly pushes you from behind.

Moreover, not only natural wind will affect the airflow that breaks in front of the car, and then combines with natural wind, there is a chance of turbulence, affecting the "ecological balance" of the car behind, thus increasing the difficulty of riders in handling the car.

To put it even to an exaggeration, the life of the F1 racing car is a life of fighting against the "wind". All aerodynamic design is to restrain the invisible and intangible "wind"!

“Enhance the air kit’s diversion and increase the downforce of the racing car.”

Kossel suddenly issued instructions to the technician team, which was not part of the pre-match strategy.

Charlie felt a little surprised when he suddenly heard Kossel's instructions, but during this round-the-second pit time, any instructions issued by the chief competition engineer must be executed unconditionally, rather than questioning and discussing!

Because now, there is no time to question and discuss!

Even Zhang Yifei was surprised and puzzled after hearing this. If possible, he wanted to ask Cosel why.

You should know that although he used heavy-load oil to make up for the time loss caused by this entry, he still wasted a lot of time and was surpassed by Kimi, Hydefield, and Alessi.

Zhang Yifei is even more unclear about how many people have surpassed the past after entering the station.

So the most urgent task is to find a way to catch up. Don’t say “sitting four and looking at three”, at least maintain your ranking as sixth before the game, right?

You should know that in this era, you can only get the top six points in the main competition. If you can’t make your debut, you will be on the podium. If you want to be second, you will get points for your debut, which is also a good result.

Zhang Yifei's mind is now full of thinking about how to make the car faster. The previous showdown with Montoya was when he was out of a corner, and he used his racing performance to force him to take advantage of his racing performance.

The adjustment of high and down pressure means that the acceleration from the corner is slower, which is unacceptable for Zhang Yifei. He doesn't want to be forced to eat it again.

However, at this moment, he had no time to question Cosell's decision. The sign of the lollipop man had turned over. Zhang Yifei stepped down the accelerator and drove away from the repair station quickly to chase his ranking.

Seeing the racing taillights moving away, Ah Hu wiped the sweat beads on his forehead and panted and said to Chen Zhi: "Brother Zhi, I have to cooperate so much just now, but fortunately we didn't have any trouble."

Zhang Yifei's entry into the station just now was a test for the team's maintenance team. Not only did he need to change the tires and refuel, he also needed to replace damaged parts, and even racing adjustments in the end.

All steps are only ten seconds, and each technician must achieve perfect connection to shorten the time spent on entering the station.

"This is what we should do, otherwise I'm sorry, the drivers are fighting on the track."

Chen Zhi replied lightly, he no longer had the tension in the newcomer stage, but more of a sense of responsibility.

Every minute and every second in the event are obtained by the driver at the risk of his life. If he is wasted in vain at the repair station, this is the biggest insult to the driver's adventure!

"Brother Zhi, I understand."

Ah Hu Zheng nodded heavily. The successive racing accidents just now made him feel the dangerous side of the F1 racing. Many drivers led by dozens of milliseconds, like dancing on the tip of a knife, and won back with their lives.

What the team technicians can do is not waste any milliseconds of time, nor will they allow any mistakes!

When Chen Zhi talked with Ah Hu, in the fleet repair station, Yamamoto Ukyo asked Cosel: "Teacher, why should you strengthen downforce? This will affect the speed of Yifeijun?"

Yamamoto Ukyo is not a member of the strategy group now. Theoretically, no matter what these decisions are, he cares about Zhang Yifei very much and can't help but feel confused. Finally, he asked.

"It will affect it, but now the track is windy, and the high and downforce are conducive to the stability of the racing system."

"But for racing, most of the time it's windy, isn't this a greater resistance?"

Before Cosell could answer, the boss Prost explained: "The Albert Park track is mainly crosswind, and even if the resistance increases, it is worth it compared to the stability brought by it and the reduced risk of slippage and loss of control."

Prost had experienced a strong wind in Albert Park, so he just heard Cosell's instructions and a kind of admiration appeared in his heart.

Germany's violent temper has been away from the track for ten years, and he can understand the Albert Park Circuit, which was only launched in 1996. It seems that these years have passed, and Kossel is still so keen and accurate!

"I understand, thank you."

Compared with the two "old fried dough sticks" of Cosel and Prost, Yamamoto Ukyo has become much younger and has a lot of track experience to learn slowly.

Not long after he came out of the maintenance channel, the track rankings just changed. Zhang Yifei fell from fourth place at the highest moment to 13th place.

This also includes many drivers who have not entered the station, so Zhang Yifei's actual ranking should be around eight or nine. You can see that the accident of the crash has had a great impact on him.

In this regard, Montoya was even worse, falling to the seventeenth place and coming to the second-to-last position. His car was seriously damaged and he wasted more time, so it would be a bit difficult to recover it.

Faced with such a ranking, Zhang Yifei was not discouraged at all. He started catching up with the ranking of 13.

Alonso, Jos Verstappen, Oliver Penis, Alessi…

The ranking of drivers in each row, because they entered the station or were surpassed, slipped back to the back. Zhang Yifei was like a blue lightning, breaking the order of the track. He wanted to use his own strength to prove that I can recover the ranking behind step by step!

Just when the audience in the stands were incredible for Zhang Yifei's performance, a strong wind blew, bringing a refreshing feeling to the hot summer.
Chapter completed!