534 Fighting Together (Chapter 2)
Hearing Alaisi say this, Zhang Yifei was not polite at all and immediately responded: "Ok, Remus Bend, you hold Kuthard, I'll go through the bend from the shoulder of the road."
"Remus Bend, are you sure you can surpass the past?"
Some sections of the F1 track are wide, some sections are very narrow, and even the width is similar to a two-lane township-level highway.
Remus Bend is the narrowest curve in the Austrian A1 track, with a corner exceeding 150 degrees. The speed of the F1 car at the center of the curve must be reduced to 60km/h before it can pass safely.
And at this time, the driver will bear a g value of 3.6 times his body weight. Various difficulties have led to few drivers choosing to overtake in Remus corner.
Even if it is just a step back, Prost's current tactic is to make Alessi's snatch the line and slow down Coothard's speed, so it is very likely that the two cars will be side by side.
The width of the Remus curve is just like three racing cars passing by side, and you also need to consider the tangent and safe distance. The actual curve space is just enough for two racing cars to pass by side, leaving a dangerous overtaking space.
Now that Zhang Yifei has to overtake here, there may be a moment when three racing cars are side by side. I'm afraid that if you borrow the road shoulder, the overtaking space is also serious. Is the Chinese boy really going to take such a risk?
“I have confidence.”
Zhang Yifei replied, "No one can give a 100% sure answer to the question of whether this can surpass it." What Zhang Yifei can do is to show his confidence.
"I think it's too risky to change the curve."
Alessi finally persuaded him, and he had a very good understanding of the track. The first car death accident occurred in the Remus Bend before the renovation.
The risk factor for this curve is extremely high, and choosing other wider sections is a safer way.
"You think the risk is too high to change the location, and Coothard must think so too."
"I have to use the fastest time to surpass Coothard, and then reserve time to get out of the car, so that you can get over."
"So there is not much time left for us, and I have to catch up with Schumacher!"
Zhang Yifei had a little difficulty expressing his thoughts. After all, it was not an easy thing to drive an F1 car and discuss tactics in detail on the track.
However, this is not an exception. Later generations, there were some live treasures like Ai Yuji who entered F1. Even the most basic communication with maintenance requires teammates to translate. It is really hard for Sato to figure out.
At the end, there is also the four-champion Wilt, who sang birthday songs to the crew on the track. Many times, you have the strength and can do whatever you want.
Hearing that Zhang Yifei had made up his mind, Alaixi didn't say anything else.
This is the choice of the Chinese boy, so he must bear all the risks himself.
Alaisi is not a mother-like character. She likes to nag and persuade. If you want to listen, you can listen. If you don’t want to listen, you can go to the facts. Anyway, you will bear the consequences!
Prost two racing cars, plus the Williams racing car in the front, posed as a long snake formation, and the distance was very tight.
Coothard is ready to face the challenge at this moment, because this is something that you don’t need to think about at all. Prost drivers are definitely unwilling to keep eating exhaust afterwards. Moreover, the character of the Chinese boy is now a preliminary understanding of the track. He is not the kind of calm and conservative person, and he will definitely launch an attack!
It was just that after running for more than one lap, the situation on the track was calm, and the opponent's offensive that Coothard was waiting for had not arrived for a long time.
This made Kurthard wonder. Did the Chinese boy be overtaken by Schumacher, and his previous momentum was broken and he had no radical ideas?
With this question, three racing cars came to the front of the Remus curve. Kurthard was also familiar with this curve. After all, he had been running on the track for five years. Whether before or after the transformation, he had already understood the structural layout on the track.
It is difficult for one person to be super-super on this curve, and it is even more impossible for two people to be super-super.
It’s not that I look down on Alessi. This French driver doesn’t have the ability to surpass Cooterhard. As for Zhang Yifei, a Chinese kid, it’s impossible to have more than two cars in a row, unless Alessi is willing to be a wingman for him to get the car.
But the French, who have always been arrogant, is really willing to surrender to the feet of the Chinese newcomer and let the car be his wingman?
Coothard felt that this possibility was not great, so what he pursued on this corner was his own speed, rather than absolute defense.
After all, his goal is to win the world championship. He should look forward and surpass Montoya and Schumacher, instead of looking back and looking back, the "old and young" team, which is simply an insult to himself!
But a scene that Kurthard did not expect appeared. When the brakes suddenly slowed down and entered the Remus bend and was about to seize the tangent line of the bend center. Alessi used a crazy speed to rush the bend center and took the lead, and then stepped on the brakes to death with one kick!
The blue smoke rubbed from the tires on the ground and the black rock after the brake disc oxidation overlapped, covering the blue Prost race car.
Is this giving up your ranking and trying my best to protect the Chinese boy?
Coothard was shocked at this moment. He had prepared for Alaisi and Zhang Yifei to attack together, but he never thought it would be like this.
Because Alaisi's brakes were directly locked by four wheels, and now he has been in over thirty circles and has arrived at the edge of the tire change. The tires are worn very badly, and the thickness is actually not enough to support the crazy friction of the ground after locking.
To be honest, Alaisi stepped on the brakes and failed to stomp the tires of the car. It was really a matter of his luck.
But even if that's the case, such worn tires are not suitable for continuing to compete on the track, and they need to enter the station to change the tires.
The question is that the Remus curve is still half a lap away from the entrance to the maintenance passage. Will Alessi still dare to risk the tire blowout and continue to sprint at full speed on the track?
So even if he dragged himself and asked Zhang Yifei to overtake, how could Alaisi drive the remaining half of the lap? He would be caught up by the driver behind him because of his slowdown.
Don't forget that the driver behind him is Barrichello of Ferrari!
Moreover, Alaisi will lose the advantage of the last few laps of light oil cars because of entering the station early, and has higher requirements for subsequent tire protection. After all, the schedule is still close to the 40 laps!
All kinds of disadvantages make Kurthard unable to understand Alessi's suicide behavior. What magic does the Chinese boy have to be willing to make the proud French veteran sacrifice like this?
To be honest, don't say that Coothard didn't understand it, even Zhang Yifei himself didn't understand it.
He chose the thrilling Remus curve to overtake, and he was ready for danger. Riding the shoulder is a must-have route, and it is even more exaggerated, and driving on the grass is not impossible.
But Alessi used this one-for-one method to push Kurthard to the other side of the road shoulder. This left enough track space so that Zhang Yifei could easily overtake.
Without any hesitation, Zhang Yifei accelerated the floor oil after passing the corner, using better tangents and faster out-of-turn speeds to surpass Kurthard, who ranked third, and replaced him!
However, because Alessi locked the tires, the speed was too slow and the cornering speed was not as good as Montoya. In terms of acceleration, Prost Racing was not the opponent of Williams Racing, so he was left far behind.
Seeing this scene appear, the audience on the track suddenly became crazy, because this time it surpassed, it was announced that Zhang Yifei would completely eliminate Coothard from the A1 track.
Don’t forget that Zhang Yifei has the advantage of entering the station early. Even if he encounters the disadvantages of entering the station early, Coothard will find it difficult to catch up with the advantages brought by overtaking!
"It's worthy of being Zhang Yifei, and his cooperation is beautiful!"
"Thanks to Alessi, the French veteran is so righteous!"
"Fei completely defeated Kuthard, and Montoya has little advantage. He has only one real opponent, that is Schumacher!" : :
"I saw hope again, Fei really has a chance to turn the tables in desperate situations!"
This overtaking this time gave great encouragement to the supporters on the scene. After all, most people were already desperate and thought that Zhang Yifei could not catch up.
And now, the gap is still big, but at least it is no longer hopeless!
Compared with the cheers of the stands and the supporters, this time the Prost team repair station did not have the same joy of victory as before that surpassed the opponent.
Because they all understand that this overtaking was based on Alessi's sacrifice.
This is the second time for the French veteran, who actually assumed the role of a wingman, made Zhang Yifei surpass it. And this time it was in the front row points zone, and Alessi made even greater sacrifices, which was the driver's points!
For veterans like Alessi, there may not be many opportunities to run to the front row in their careers. Today, where you can overtake Barrichello and fight Cooterhard may never be the case again.
However, at the last highlight of his career, he chose to help Zhang Yifei sprint, so that the crew members didn't know what to say.
Kossel's mood was even more complicated at the moment. He asked Alessi to cooperate with the attack and said that it was impossible to say that it was not a little selfish. After all, the biggest beneficiary of cooperating with the attack was Zhang Yifei.
However, Cosel never thought that Alessi would use this extreme method to create opportunities for Zhang Yifei, and in a sense he would sacrifice his competitiveness in the future.
Maybe Cosell was used to squeezing Zhang Yifei, and he began to ignore some things. Not everyone has the potential and strength of Zhang Yifei. For a driver like Alessi who was barely able to reach blue-collar work during his peak period.
Chapter completed!