459 Absolute performance gap
At this time, Barrichello stepped down the floor oil. The top aerodynamic layout of the Ferrari racing car, coupled with the absolute speed of the top-ranked cars during the winter test, almost crushing the acceleration, and directly caught up with Zhang Yifei again and prepared to overtake from the left.
In the previous laps, Barrichello made some offensive controls on this super long straight. Zhang Yifei also understood that the performance of the opponent's racing car was stronger than that of his Prost car. It was the safest and easiest way to crush the straight road by relying on strong performance.
So he always maintained a full-time defensive attitude on the Interlagers track, and kept changing lanes to block the car, "drawing dragons" on the track, trying to beat Barrichello and not give him a chance to overtake.
But this time the opponent came in a fierce manner, speeding up faster than before, and it was obvious that Barrichello did not have the patience to continue fighting, and accelerated and controlled extremely fiercely, intending to surpass Zhang Yifei in one fell swoop.
Looking at the front nose wing inside the rearview mirror, he had reached his left rear wheel, and because the track was tracked counterclockwise, Barrichello overtook from the left, which was equivalent to seizing the inside, and the distance was relatively shorter.
Without any hesitation, Zhang Yifei directly hit the left and changed lanes, blocking Barrichello's car.
But at this moment, Barrichello lightly braked and walked around Zhang Yifei's car, and did not intend to overtake from the right side at close range. Instead, he directly rushed to the outermost line of the long arc straight path with a kick.
Although this long straight line has a curve, the lengthening distance of the outer line is not as exaggerated as a normal curve. However, no driver will "seek far away" and take the initiative to go to the outermost line, at most it will overtake from the middle line of the track.
So Zhang Yifei was completely unprepared for Barrichello's actions. When he realized what Barrichello wanted to do, it was too late!
That's right, Barrichello's idea is actually very simple. He just plans to overtake with the outermost and longest route. After all, the performance of Ferrari racing is here. If the full throttle passes, the speed difference between the two cars is 12km/h.
This figure is equivalent to three percent of the performance gap when the F1 car can reach speeds of hundreds of kilometers per hour.
Of course, this is the theoretical absolute speed gap. In actual competition, it is impossible for the racing cars to run at full speed. Therefore, this performance gap can be reduced to 2% or even lower during the competition.
But even one percent, in the F1 race for more than an hour, it can rely on racing performance to break the gap of dozens of seconds.
This is why when a car with strong performance appears, it will be called "Mars rover". Because driving this kind of car is equivalent to racing on the same level as other drivers, how can the Earthlings play it?
However, in the current F1 track, the fastest car is not the current Ferrari racing car, but McLaren racing car.
It’s just that McLaren racing is fast, but there are big problems with stability, which is why Kimi Raikkonen withdrew from the last stop. So many times fast does not mean that the rover is fast and stable, so that it can gain an absolute advantage.
The Ferrari racing car has accelerated with full throttle, the engine bursts out with violent power, and even Barrichello's expression has a hint of hideousness.
In one sentence, I can express Barrichello's mentality at this moment: I can't escape Schumacher, can I still escape you?
Zhang Yifei also stepped on the full throttle and quickly changed lanes to continue to block Barrichello's car. Because he knew that even if he was fighting for speed with full throttle, he would definitely lose in the end.
The only hope is to block Barrichello in the back of the car again before he completed the overtaking and continue to press the car.
But this time, Zhang Yifei was a little powerless to turn the world around. With the gap in performance and the time required to change lanes, he could only watch the red Ferrari car beside him, passing through his rear wheel bit by bit, and gradually reaching the position side by side with him.
But at this time, Zhang Yifei still did not give up on the lane change, nor did he choose to surrender, but instead stuck to Barrichello and drove side by side with him.
Zhang Yifei's action made many people's expressions become serious, especially the professional team members present. Because they had vaguely guessed what this Chinese boy was going to do.
"Cosel, Fei is planning to take the risk!"
Alessi's racing engineer Cod first issued a warning that because the track is heading counterclockwise, the curves are basically dominated by left corners.
The route of any curve also follows the "outside-in-out" tangent method, which is the fastest way to turn.
Barrichello is now in the right outside path. When the left turn after running the long straight path, he must tangle from the outside to the inside. Otherwise, at this speed, there is a risk of rushing out of the track.
But now Zhang Yifei is standing side by side with him, which is equivalent to blocking his inward tangent. This kind of scenario is often seen on the track. Either Barrichello relies on his speed advantage to grab the line and tangent to the inward tangent. Or he can only be forced to slow down and land behind Zhang Yifei to turn around.
Moreover, Zhang Yifei posted so tightly that he did not intend to give Barrichello any chance to "snatch fish", which was equivalent to cutting off the possibility of turning side by side.
Even the members of the Prost team could vaguely feel that Zhang Yifei's move was to squeeze Barrichello out of the corner!
"Flying is so adventurous. How could a miracle in Malaysia be copied again?"
Henry frowned and said, but at this moment, it was too late to dissuade him through the convoy's voice!
In theory, if Zhang Yifei's operation follows the script in all aspects, he can squeeze Barrichello out of the track and his own racing car is not a big deal.
But the problem is that even if the opponent "cooperates" with speeds of up to hundreds of kilometers per hour, even if the opponent has the full strength, it may not be as perfect as the idea.
There has been a "both losing both sides" battle between Zhang Yifei and Xiong Long at the Malaysian station. It's just a rainy battle that made Zhang Yifei create his own track miracle, and eventually became famous in disguise.
If a miracle can become something that happens every day, it is not worthy of being called a miracle. Zhang Yifei cannot continue such good luck in two consecutive tracks. This kind of gambler mentality is really a bit too far!
Cosell listened to Henry's warning, and the expression on his face was also a bit ugly. In a sense, Zhang Yifei's current duel with Barrichello in the practice match was his default result.
But Cosel underestimated Zhang Yifei's determination. When facing a Ferrari driver like Barrichello, this kid actually planned to push the opponent out of the track with a tough attitude, which was beyond everyone's expectations.
But Cosel had a premonition in his heart, that is, Zhang Yifei underestimated Barrichello's inner toughness.
He is the second driver of Ferrari. He even began to develop in the direction of the wingman under the powerful Schumacher aura, and the fleet resources were basically tilted on Schumacher.
Barrichello did not express any opinions on this team arrangement, but Cosell's experience in the track strategy group can feel the hidden dissatisfaction in Barrichello's heart.
If he was a driver who completely accepted his fate, he would not have used Zhang Yifei to "establish his power" on the Interlagers circuit.
Because all F1 drivers actually have a home-level and country-oriented attitude, Barrichello may not be able to resist the decision of Ferrari. However, in front of his country's compatriots, Barrichello does not want them to see that the driver he supports is a soft cock.
Things have developed to this point, and it is unrealistic to expect Barrichello to retreat!
The scene on the track was indeed as Cosell had imagined. Although it was about to enter the corner soon, Barrichello's speed did not slow down at all. He was still accelerating at the full throttle, preparing to enter the corner in front of Zhang Yifei.
100 meters, 50 meters, 10 meters!
This distance on the track is simply a change in the speed of the F1 racing car.
With the acceleration of the full throttle earlier and the performance advantages of Ferrari racing, Barrichello still led the car by half a car god ahead of Zhang Yifei. His rear wheel had already arrived at Zhang Yifei's front wheel and was ready to turn left and turn.
However, Zhang Yifei had no idea of making the line. If this continues, the two cars will collide. However, using the front wheel to hit the rear wheel, Zhang Yifei has a great advantage and may stage an "American stoppage" on the track.
The so-called "American interception" means that when the US police chase the fleeing vehicle, they will accelerate directly, and then the front of the vehicle will hit the rear of the vehicle in front horizontally.
This collision method can directly turn the head 180 degrees when the car in front is hit, and park directly on the road, and then the police can start arresting.
Such impact on the track will definitely not be able to perform a perfect "American interception", but no matter what, Zhang Yifei feels that he will not suffer any loss. Since Barrichello is determined to grab the line, Zhang Yifei, who already has the advantageous parking space, cannot let the car go.
But just as the two race cars were about to collide, Barrichello took a little brake and directly used the hardest frame part in the middle of the race car to push Zhang Yifei's front wheels.
This force is not very strong, and the relative speed of the two people side by side is actually similar. However, this impact force is enough for the F1 race car that is making the steering wheel bend, which is enough to oversteer the race car.
Zhang Yifei, who was originally smoothly, instantly began to swing left and right.
Faced with this situation, Zhang Yifei immediately corrected the steering wheel, and then kept braked and slowed down on his feet. The more excessive the steering at this high speed, the more calm he should not step on the brakes and turn the steering wheel hard, otherwise he would lose the opportunity to rescue the vehicle and would completely lose control.
Chapter completed!