"Fei, what happened!"

Now it's the Prost team to experience the feeling of heaven and hell. No one expected that in this seemingly temporary and stable situation, Zhang Yifei would be supervised by Schumacher!

Even Cosell, who had always been extremely calm, yelled at Zhang Yifei at the first time.

An unknown premonition began to overwhelm the heads of the Prost crew members. Could it be that the scene of the Brazilian Grand Prix is ​​about to reappear?

"The gearbox is in a mess!"

Zhang Yifei also replied in a relatively anxious tone. It was not his operational error just now, nor was he careless or distracted. Instead, during the shifting process, he found that the gear position was not what he needed, and the gear shifting logic of the transmission was chaotic and he was directly in a mess!

Simply put, Zhang Yifei wants to get 4 gears, but after pressing the paddle a few times, the gears are in 3 or 5 gears. This kind of gear mismatch, even if it is placed on ordinary civilian manual gears, it is a very serious problem, let alone the level of f1.

It’s the old saying before, when you are against Schumacher, you cannot allow any mistakes. You must ensure 100% perfection and 12% performance!

Accidental?

When the crew members heard this word, they immediately understood what was going on.

Because of its characteristics, the Austrian A1 track will frequently convert between high and low speeds. In addition to the great pressure on the brake system, there is actually a racing component, which also bears great risks. This racing component is the gearbox!

Although the gear shifting efficiency of the f1 racing car is amazing and can withstand huge engine torque impacts, it is actually not a very stable component, and the chance of failure is not low.

However, compared with the engine and suspension problems, the gearbox is relatively less faulty, so the importance is placed at the back.

The most classic gearbox accident in history is probably because Schumacher in Spain was unable to shift gears in 1994, but he used 5 gears to defeat the world, ran the entire journey and won the runner-up in the branch.

Zhang Yifei's current racing failure is not a stagnant gear, but a constant and large jump in the process of rapid acceleration and deceleration. For example, the operation of 7 gears instantly dropping to 2 gears and then suddenly upgrading continuously after going out of the corners, which eventually leads to the logic of the gearbox and the gears are chaotic.

"Then can you still control it now?"

"Barely able, but I can't catch up with Schumacher."

Zhang Yifei gritted his teeth and gave an answer. He is now equivalent to facing an unknown gear, and he needs to use more shifting steps to adjust the gear he needs.

In this process, the time wasted is not to mention the time spent looking for the correct gear, and the speed has also been slowed down. It is already Zhang Yifei's euphemism that cannot catch up with Schumacher. The actual situation is that if the problem is not solved, he will be caught up by Montoya behind him soon.

Hearing Zhang Yifei's answer, Cosel glanced at the track where Zhang Yifei was and found that the entrance to the repair passage happened to be ahead, which was a blessing in disgrace.

"Fly, get ready to enter the station!"

"The maintenance team, change the tires as quickly as possible and reset the gearbox gear logic!"

F1 Historically, because Williams' black technology racing was far ahead, the FIA ​​banned many electronic assist functions, making Formula One driving control more pure.

However, some electronic systems have not changed, such as electronic serial transmissions.

Due to the limitations of the cockpit space of the F1 racing car, many parts must be highly integrated. It is obviously unrealistic to use a mechanical serial gearbox like a rally car to change gears with a gear lever, and there is no space for a gear lever to adjust it.

Therefore, the F1 racing gear shifting mechanism has always been a paddle shifting, and the gear change is controlled through the driving computer, rather than manually pushing the gear lever to shift.

This kind of chaotic gear failure has the chance to be restored by resetting gear logic. However, if the planetary gear or rotating ratchet cylinder fails, it will be done. The entire gearbox needs to be removed for repair. It is impossible to have time in time, so I can only wait to withdraw from the race.

The maintenance technician heard Kossel's instructions and ran to the repair parking space as quickly as possible to wait solemnly. You should know that according to the original stop-off tactic, Zhang Yifei entered the station within the range of lap 3540, and now he has been at least five laps ahead of schedule!

Faced with this severe situation, Chief technician Charlie shouted: "Young man cheer up. Now the time has come to test us. We must solve the flying racing problem as fast as possible. Do you understand?"

"receive!"

All the crew members responded loudly to Charlie and cheered themselves up.

Now it is not Zhang Yifei fighting alone on the track, but the battle between the entire crew members!

"Very good, for the team and for the flight, today will definitely be the Victory Day for Prost team!"

"For the team, for Prost!"

"For flying, for victory!"

Charlie kept mobilizing, and at the same time, the maintenance technicians kept cheering themselves up. They knew that the more such a moment, the more they tested the performance of the crew members. They were the last line of defense of the Prost team!

"Why(why)? What happened on the track? Fei was easily surpassed by Schumacher?"

"You must know that Schumacher's strong offense was blocked by his tenacious defense. This time, Schumacher did not use extreme overtaking, but just had a very regular route, and actually surpassed Fei!"

"In my opinion, this scene is not like Schumacher surpassing Fei, but more like Fei himself taking the initiative to slow down and letting Schumacher pass. This is really illogical. Does Fei have become confident and let Schumacher pass, thinking that he can also overtake him?"

The failure of the gearbox is not as obvious as the suspension or engine. If the engine has a serious cylinder explosion accident, it is difficult to directly see a stream of white smoke coming out of the racing car without paying attention.

Zhang Yifei was just shifting the gearbox, not to the point where he lost power, so in the commentator's eyes, he could only see his speed suddenly slowed down, allowing Schumacher to easily surpass him.

In addition, Zhang Yifei quickly realized that it was a mess, and he frantically accelerated the shift speed to make up for it. The speed did not slow down significantly later, so the commentator had no idea what was going on.

"I believe that Fei should not underestimate Schumacher, or be blindly confident in himself. Perhaps this young Chinese driver made a small mistake under heavy pressure, which made Schumacher seize the opportunity."

"I think this kind of mistake is understandable. After all, Fei is just a newcomer in the season, and overall, he performed well enough."

Bazer explained to Zhang Yifei. He didn't think it was a surprise or unexpected thing. He was overwhelmed by Schumacher. Isn't it a normal scene?

The audience in the stands saw that Zhang Yifei was overtaken by Schumacher for no reason, and it was also in a state of confusion. It was a bit too sudden. Last second, they were still waiting on the grass, and Kimi and Ralph had a boxing battle!

"Why did Schumacher give Fei a superb job just now? Has anyone seen it?"

"I saw it, I just passed by the side very often, and the speed of the flight seemed to suddenly slow down, and I didn't do anything to resist."

"The Chinese boy was tough for half time, and he was so embarrassed?"

"Who knows, maybe this is the strength gap, I can only withstand Schumacher's halftime."

Zhang Yifei's fans and supporters were confused for a longer time. They never expected that the situation would reverse at this time.

"No, how could Yifei be overtaken so easily?"

"I don't want to believe that the scene in front of me is true. If I was supervised by Schumacher, can I still have a chance to come back?"

"It depends on this situation. It is too difficult to surpass Schumacher, and there is no advantage in all aspects."

"What are you saying? The game is not over yet. Can Schumacher surpass him, can Zhang Yifei take the lead and come back?"

"Fei, you are the strongest driver in China. At the time, I could surpass Schumacher in the Brazilian Grand Prix, and I could surpass Schumacher once today!"

"Yes, there are only the first time and countless times in everything. I believe you can do it!"

"Come on, Zhang Yifei, you won't let us down!"

The Chinese audience on the track, and even some European fans, were crazy about cheering Zhang Yifei. The more you were at this time, the less you could lose confidence in Zhang Yifei. If you didn’t even trust Zhang Yifei, then there would be no supporters behind Zhang Yifei in the entire audience!

"Flying into the station! It seems that it is not because he is confident or makes a mistake, but because the car has malfunctioned. Otherwise, according to the stoppage tactic, he would not have entered the station so early."

"I apologize for my previous remarks, and Fei still did his best! I hope this failure will not affect Fei's performance. I look forward to seeing him fight Schumacher again!"

When Brendel saw Zhang Yifei entering the station, he instantly realized that it was a racing failure and expressed his apology for his previous speculation.

On the other hand, Zhang Yifei was instantly surrounded by team technicians, changing tires, refueling and other regular operations, and were still proceeding in an orderly manner.

Even though everyone is under great pressure now, the crew members have not panic. Not only Zhang Yifei has no capital to make mistakes, they also have no capital.

However, compared to the conventional pit-stop operation, this time the design director Aure also used a laptop to connect the racing control computer to reset the gearbox logic.

If this method cannot solve the problem of chaotic gear, the next schedule will be difficult. Zhang Yifei either withdrew from the competition or faces the chaotic gears endlessly, and then tweaks the shift paddles over and over again. If you draw a prize, you will see when the correct gear will appear.

In this state, it is definitely impossible for Zhang Yifei to maintain speed, and he may fall behind step by step.

The precedent of the Brazilian Grand Prix has left the crew members with a shadow at this moment. Could it be that God really gave up on the Prost team?

But at this moment, Kossell, who had been monitoring the station in the P room before, walked out and stood next to Zhang Yifei's racing car.

He said in an unquestionable tone: "Schumacher is right in front of you, can you catch up and surpass him!"

Suddenly facing this problem disrupted Zhang Yifei's concerns about the gearbox failure in his mind. He almost instinctively replied: "Yes!"

"Remember what you said, this game, I want to see you surpass Schumacher again!"

Cosel replied firmly, and then walked into the repair station without looking back.
Chapter completed!