516 Fighting the Strong with the Weak (Chapter 3 Asking for a Monthly Pass)
After Zhang Yifei celebrated with the members of the crew for a few words, he came to Cosel and said with a smug look on his face: "Cosel, aren't you going to say a few words?"
“It was a good run.”
“Frozen enough.”
Zhang Yifei almost couldn't help but give Cosel a middle finger, which was a little too perfunctory.
But Kossel didn't care about Zhang Yifei's thoughts at all, but walked straight to the garage.
After the practice race, the car will also be under maintenance to ensure the working conditions of tomorrow's main race stage.
However, this time, Kossell first asked the technical team to lift the car up and check the wear level of the racing chassis.
As the car was raised, it was obvious that the wooden block fixed on the chassis was worn very badly. The tungsten nails on it were worn halfway, and even the low point of the racing suspension showed signs of friction.
After each main game, the event organizing committee will check the degree of chassis wear. If the limit is exceeded, the points for the on-site game will even be cancelled.
Zhang Yifei's wear level means that he often uses extreme angles to turn around. Even if he adjusts the lowest chassis, he cannot stop the centrifugal rolling caused by turning, and eventually grinds to the wooden board in the center of the chassis.
Another point is that this level of wear may not only bend or brake and hold the bottom, but also constantly borrowing the shoulder factor that is higher than the track, otherwise it would not be so serious.
"Flying, the wear level of the wood block is a bit high. You can persist in the qualifying competition. The 71 laps of the main competition will definitely exceed the rules."
After seeing this scene, Chief technician Charlie spoke and reminded Zhang Yifei.
The time and schedule of the points competition are much longer than the ranking competition. According to this wear level, Zhang Yifei basically doesn't think of passing the test after the game.
"Fly, before tomorrow's main competition, you need to plan the number of times you borrow the road shoulder to turn and find ways to reduce it."
Kossel just added lightly and didn't say much, because he could understand that in order to compete for pole position in the qualifying competition, Zhang Yifei must have done his best and tried his best to go as far as possible.
Because Prost's performance is weaker than that of his opponent, if he does not run the fastest speed on the corner, why can he be faster than others?
This is not Zhang Yifei's reason or mistake, but the helpless choice of reality.
"Yeah, I get it."
Zhang Yifei nodded, just like the team was going to formulate a racing strategy, it seemed that he would also find a way to seize the time this time and formulate a detailed track routing plan to reduce the wear of the racing chassis, and at least meet the race standards.
After seeing the most important chassis wear, Charlie focused on checking the brake system.
In fact, from the perspective of wear, the loss is not large. Because the f1 brake pads have very high hardness, it is difficult to wear out the brake pads after a game like a tire.
Compared with wear, what you should worry more about on the track is the temperature and heat dissipation. Because F1 regulations do not allow the use of any liquid active cooling brake system, it can only rely on air cooling to reduce high temperatures up to 1,200 degrees Celsius.
It is definitely not enough to rely solely on natural air inlet. F1 engineers have designed a forced air intake cooling system to maintain the temperature of the brake disc and brake pads as much as possible.
However, this forced air intake cooling system is a component with a relatively high failure rate. In many cases, even if there is no fault, it may slow down after sudden braking, resulting in insufficient air intake.
During the practice competition just now, Zhang Yifei's brake system sensor briefly showed a high temperature alarm. Because the time was not long and the temperature was within the limit, the team did not notify Zhang Yifei to prevent it from affecting his racing status.
If the high temperature time is extended a little longer, it may directly catch fire and ignite the tires and disappear from other racing cars. That is not a problem with the competition status, but a problem of directly withdrawing from the competition.
In addition to the two that are focused on inspections in the A1 track, the others are conventional engines, gearboxes, etc. So at this time, Ah Hu also leaned over and stood beside Zhang Yifei and muttered: "F1 racing is so high-tech, I don't know what Segan wood does, it's not wear-resistant at all."
"If I put a metal strip, how could there be so many things?"
Hearing this mutter, Zhang Yifei was so amused that he couldn't help but laugh. What was this kid thinking?
"The wood is stuffed to facilitate the inspection of wear. If the metal cannot be ground, what is the meaning of the minimum chassis limit? In addition, the wear-resistant metal is multiple, and the wood is multiple. Don't you consider the impact of weight on racing?"
The weight of the car has a decisive impact on the results of the F1 race. In many cases, the fastest lap times of the race only appear at the end of the schedule.
This is because when we ran to the back, the car's fuel was gradually exhausted, the outer layer of the tires, and the evaporation of sweat on the driver's body, the factors that combined make the car much more important than at the beginning.
During the practice competition, Zhang Yifei chose to start his lap sprint at the stage of 15% fuel left. The fastest lap was when the remaining 5% fuel left.
Of course, this does not mean that the faster the race is, the faster the speed will be. The wear level of tires must be taken into account.
When the tire temperature rises and wears halfway, it is at the peak of the balance point between weight and grip. As the wear becomes more serious, the grip begins to decline. Even if the car is heavy or light, it will not dare to speed up crazily. At that time, it will not run the fastest lap, but run out of the track!
"Hehe, Brother Fei, I understand the truth. I'm just talking casually."
It has been a year since Ah Hu entered the professional team. He actually understood these basic things in his heart, and he just said a few words.
Zhang Yifei smiled when he heard this, patted Ah Hu's head and returned to the backstage lounge.
When the mentally relaxed with high tension and concentration, it was replaced by a kind of fatigue after a carnival.
In the lounge, Alaisi was already sitting inside. When he saw Zhang Yifei coming in, he nodded to him, saying hello.
The scene just now belonged to Zhang Yifei's glory moment. Alaisi also took pole position when she was young. He understood how excited and excited this moment was for a new driver, and he could enjoy everyone's cheers and applause.
So Alessi did not go over to disturb her, and even saw this scene in her heart, there was a little jealousy.
After all, the Chinese boy is so young that he won his first pole position title, and it was his first game after returning to the track. Looking back on his newcomer season, the gap between him and Zhang Yifei is so straightforward, which is really awesome.
Zhang Yifei also waved his hand to Alessi, and then sat aside. Neither of them spoke, and the lounge was still as quiet as ever.
Zhang Yifei was very used to this situation, and he no longer had the silence embarrassment he had in the past.
"Is the racing chassis worn very seriously just now?"
Zhang Yifei thought he would remain silent as usual, but unexpectedly, Alaixi suddenly asked.
Because when Charlie was detecting the wear of the racing chassis, he actually heard it from the side, but he didn't say anything at that time.
"Well, there is no way. If you want to run faster, you can only go to extreme lines."
"In fact, it can avoid a lot of unnecessary wear. For example, in Remus bend, do not overwhelm the fifth black and white square buffer belt on the bend, so that the chassis strips will not be hung."
"What?"
When Zhang Yifei heard Alaisi's words, he suddenly started to do it seriously, because this kind of thing is not in the track data and information, and there is no information from any team. He will write stiffly about how many buffer belts the driver should not suppress.
Alessi did not care about Zhang Yifei's surprise, but continued: "It is best not to borrow the shoulders of the voest-hugel on the track to turn at full speed, because the full speed of that curve exceeds 270km/h, which will cause amazing instant wear to the chassis."
"There is also the 800-meter straight path in front of Bosch Bend. It is best to brake suddenly when it is 70 meters away from entering the Bend. You must find this point accurately because there is a pit with a slightly lower limit of a few millimeters. At this time, the inertial forward tilt caused by the racing brake cannot wear out the wooden blocks in the middle of the chassis."
"As long as you remember these three points, you can minimize the speed and reduce the chassis wear caused by pursuing speed, and can also pass the post-match detection."
Zhang Yifei was stunned by what Alessi said. In the past three months, he thought he could fully understand the Austrian A1 track, and he almost didn't get the track information!
But he really didn't know these things! Not only did it not exist in the information, but even the bosses Prost and Cosel didn't know them!
"How did you know?"
Zhang Yifei asked in surprise, he was really a little surprised.
snort!
Alessi hummed disdainfully.
"I have been running in F1 for more than ten years. Even if my grades are not good, at least I still have some experience."
"I know you must be surprised why there is no track data, and neither Cosel nor Prost knows it. The reason is very simple, that is, track data is more big data, rather than personal habits to open."
"As for Prost and Cosell, the A1 track was rebuilt in 1997, and the track length was shortened from 5.941 kilometers before to 4.326 kilometers. Even the length was different. Do you think their experience would still be applicable?"
After hearing this sentence, the expression on Zhang Yifei's face changed from surprise to ecstasy. Sure enough, "There is an old family, like a treasure."
I was still making a painful decision just now. If I change the route, the speed will inevitably slow down, and the main competition will become uncompetitive.
Alessi's approach is not the best at the moment, but at least it provides a solution without slowing down.
Chapter completed!