"It seems that there is trouble in the transition of the convoy."

Alaixi said lightly, Zhang Yifei is a newcomer and has never seen a transition in the F1 season.

However, Alaisi has been fighting in the F1 paddock for more than ten years and has seen countless team transitions. He has long been very familiar with the procedures and steps of transitions.

Generally speaking, the F1 fleet is the most convenient and has the lowest price, and only a truck is required for logistics and transportation.

Even some of the more "luxury" large teams will use their own motorhes in European competitions. This will ensure that the team and drivers can always be in a familiar and comfortable environment, and welcome the event in a better state.

However, when intercontinental transportation is required for overseas station competitions, the difficulty of logistics and transportation of the team will increase greatly.

In most cases, the interval between the F1 Grand Prix is ​​held once every two weeks, which is half a month. However, when encountering special circumstances, they will be held back to back, and the preparation time will be shortened to within one week.

This requires the team to complete the packaging of all items within a few hours after the race and deliver them to the local international airport.

The F1 team has a lot of things, and racing parts are the most basic. Take the team call system as an example. The number of radio stations alone is as high as dozens, and then it is equipped with hundreds of wireless communication equipment, wireless network base stations, etc.

This will ensure that the team's instructions can be clearly received in any corner on a few kilometers of tracks and two-way calls.

In addition to these electronic industrial products, the fleet also has many consumables and spare parts that also need to be transferred.

For example, up to 28 tires, 2500l fuel, 200l engine oil, 90l coolant, enough for hundreds of people to eat the entire sub-station stage, etc.

All things add up to a weight of up to dozens of tons, and it requires a special charter flight to handle it.

Moreover, these things do not include tables, chairs, benches and other valuable things, otherwise a charter flight may not be enough. Cheap and unimportant things are sometimes used to use sea transportation or rent logistics facilities provided by the track.

Of course, the most important thing here is two formal racing cars and one spare racing car to transport.

These three F1 racing cars are the top priority for a team's transfer and transportation!

In order to ensure the absolute safety and integrity of the racing car, all racing transportation needs to be disassembled. For example, the engine, gearbox, front and rear wings and other parts will be wrapped in special foam, indicating the design details and remaining service life, and then transported uniformly.

Moreover, the rigorousness is very high. Don’t say that collision damage occurs, even the paint surface of the racing car cannot be damaged.

Although some minor paint problems do not affect the performance of the competition, suppliers and team sponsors are absolutely unwilling to have any signs of bumps on their logos.

It is almost the early morning now. In theory, everything is almost packed at this time. Especially the most important racing cars, they should be broken down and packed.

But Alessi saw that the team's main technicians were surrounded by a disassembled race car, which was completely incompatible with the team's transfer packaging process, so he said that the team's transfer was in trouble.

"Is that so? Then go and take a look."

Zhang Yifei replied in confusion. He had experienced such a team race transition for the first time. He did not have the experience of Alessi and did not know what was going on.

But Kossell and the others all gathered around a disassembled race car to discuss this. This was definitely not a normal scene. If you want to figure out what was going on, just go over and take a look.

Maserati parked accurately at the door of the repair station. Seeing that it was Zhang Yifei and Alessi coming, the boss Prost nodded to them, saying hello, and then continued to direct the disassembly of the repair station parts.

Tomorrow morning is the time for the plane to take off, and you still need to complete customs declaration and security checks for everything. The time is very urgent, and Prost no longer has time to chat with Zhang Yifei and the others.

Naturally, Alaixi would not pay attention to the disassembly and packaging of the repair station. He and Zhang Yifei walked straight to the disassembly racing car, and spoke to the technical director Cod, and asked, "What happened?"

"The engine seal problem has occurred again in this racing car that is flying, and we are trying to fix it."

Zhang Yifei's face was very relaxed, but after hearing this, he became solemn.

The engine is the heart of a racing car. Although the Peugeot engine is not very good, it is even more criticized and accused compared to the Honda engine before the Prost team.

However, in this competition, Zhang Yifei saw various failures of other teams withdrew from the race, and only a 60% completion rate. He suddenly felt that the Peugeot engine seemed not as trash as the legendary one. At least he could finish the race normally, but he was definitely a little weaker.

So many things are set off by peers. Zhang Yifei still feels that it is a garbage Peugeot F1 event engine in history.

As a result, I just got a little confidence in the Peugeot engine and was hit back by the engine sealing problem. Is this really a mess?

"Why does this happen?"

"Your driving style is quite aggressive, especially in many overtaking sections, all the full throttle speed, which puts a lot of pressure on the engine cylinder. The previous secondary reinforcement seal was still a little unable to withstand such cylinder pressure, so there was another problem with the air tightness."

Hearing this explanation, Zhang Yifei felt a little headache. He overtakes without relying on the floor oil to overtake at full speed. Could it be that he can rely on the slow honking of the horn to ask the other party to make the line?

The problem is that the horn has not been installed in the F1 racing car. Even if it is installed, whether the opponent can hear the engine noise and the sound insulation effect of the helmet is still a question. As long as you overtake aggressively and with high intensity, the cylinder will not be able to withstand the pressure and have airtight problems. Is the engine of the racing event quarrel with you?

"Code, don't you think this reason is a bit funny? Is there any solution?"

Zhang Yifei's words made Cod a little helpless. He also knew that for the F1 event, radical overtaking may cause engine failure. It is indeed a bit funny, and it can even be said to be contradictory.

But the problem is that Peugeot Engine is now so virtuous. It designs the racing driver shape, and the engine is the supplier's business, so he can't solve it even if he is funny.

So Cod could only reply: "There is no good way to solve it, so I can only strengthen and seal it again."

"Can you guarantee to finish the Malaysian Grand Prix?"

According to the new F1 rules, an event engine must complete two races. It is not the first time that the air tightness issue is, and there is no big problem in the Australian Grand Prix. As long as this reinforcement is strengthened, the Malaysian Grand Prix can be guaranteed to complete the smooth completion of the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Next, let alone "air leaks", Zhang Yifei doesn't care if he explodes the cylinder. Anyway, the engine is scrapped.

"have no idea."

Cod shrugged, and there was no F1 engineer, which could ensure that the event engine did not fail.

This answer made Zhang Yifei not know what to say, meaning that whether there will be a malfunction at the next stop depends on fate?

"Pack it first, it's too late."

Kossel said at this time that this mechanical failure cannot be simply solved by the Prost team, because they are just chassis manufacturers.

Only by letting factory teams like Ferrari, Renault, and Toyota come, I guess they can think of some solutions. After all, they still have engine suppliers and have special engine research and development departments.

But even if it is a factory team, the most likely thing that can be done is to repair things, which is no essential difference from Prost's next rescue measures.

From Kossel's perspective, the root cause is the Peugeot engine's energy problem. The engine design and manufacturing cannot meet the power required for the F1 event, and can only rely on excessive pressure to barely meet the standards.

Engine suppliers of other brands also rely on the ability of pressing engines, but their foundation is better than Peugeot and they are not as harsh as they press, so the failure rate is a little lower.

Hearing Cosell say this, Zhang Yifei can only smile bitterly. The Peugeot engine is really a time bomb. It seems that the Prost team's financial situation this season will only be solved from the root of the problem.

I just don’t know if Prost would still be as stubborn as before and insist on using parts of French companies.

The likes of team equipment packaging will not allow drivers to interfere. Because any accident occurs during the packaging and handling process, it is not worth the effort to cause the driver to be injured.

This is like many special professions, such as pianists, who will not let their hands touch anything that may be dangerous, even if it is just a small wound, will have a great impact on their performance.

So there was nothing wrong with Zhang Yifei. After he greeted Cosell and Ah Hu, he returned to the hotel where he stayed for a rest.

The next morning, all members of the participating team will go to the airport and prepare to set out for the next stop.

Just like the equipment transportation requires charter flights, each F1 team has a huge number of members. Take the Prost team as an example. There are 30 professional dismantling and construction personnel, fifteen catering personnel, and fifty technicians on the competition site, which adds up to about a hundred people.

But this is not the largest. For example, the Ferrari team may have twice as many teams as Prost team.

Only two drivers can be seen competing on the track, but behind them is a huge team member supporting them. With the cooperation and operation of each position, they form a high-precision "racing machine".

Zhang Yifei on the plane looked at Melbourne, which was becoming smaller and smaller through the porthole, and felt a little moved in his heart that his debut ended like this.
Chapter completed!