Jean Todd's inquiry sound came from the headphones, and Schumacher looked at the blue Prost car in front of him, and was a little confused at this moment.

He himself never expected that he would be overtaken in Turn 1, and he was also a new driver who entered the F1 paddock this year.

Fei just rode the shoulder and cut the center point, then braked and slowed down the car. Is it lucky or calculated after one set of operations? If it was the former, Schumacher could only admit that he was unlucky. The risk coefficient of this operation was too high, and there was nothing to say if he could succeed and be lucky.

If it is the latter, it will be even more terrifying, because this is a brand new overtaking route that has never appeared before. It requires extremely amazing control and line judgment in order to achieve violent overtaking under the premise of the opponent's perfect tangent.

Otherwise, they will accelerate and rush over, either directly crashing like a torpedo, or they will lose control and rush out of the track if they can't find the braking point in the corner.

Can Fei make such calculations and judgments in a short time? Schumacher is really unbelievable, but the facts are already in front of him. He is not a person who cannot afford to lose.

"The car has no malfunction, I was indeed overtaken by flying."

On the other end of the voice, Schumacher's reply came. The entire Ferrari team repair station was silent as if it was dead, because this answer really made them unable to believe it.

With no mistakes in the routing and no failures in the racing, Zhang Yifei really did it and turned 1 surpassed the strongest Formula driver at present.

What does this represent? It represents the strength of a Chinese boy and has entered the ranks of top F1 drivers!

With less than a year of career, there is no accumulation of 0 rungs. Including this American Grand Prix, Zhang Yifei only ran five events in the F1 track.

Five games, half a step to the top, this is the performance of a real genius driver in F1. Newcomers who have achieved this achievement in the past decade can count them with one hand. This is the honor that surpasses the strongest newcomer of the year, because the title of a newcomer is only compared with drivers who are also newcomers.

Zhang Yifei's current comparison target has been upgraded to a long-standing F1 veteran!

Not to mention that Ferrari cannot believe it, even Zhang Yifei's own Prost team, he was a little stunned to see him surpassing Schumacher in Turn 1.

"Cosell, is this the tactics and overtaking route you formulated?"

The first thing Henry thought of was Cosell, because he also watched the video of the US Grand Prix last year, which was definitely an overtaking route that had never appeared before.

With Zhang Yifei's age and experience, it is unlikely that he will find a brand new route by himself during the three days of heavy pressure. Only with the help of Cosell can he do it.

"No, I don't have the ability."

Kossel admitted very calmly that it was not his own doing, and even said that he did not have the ability.

All the tactical basis formulated by the competition engineers are based on existing routes and cannot innovate. Because the competition engineers cannot drive the F1 car to test the feasibility of a brand new route.

This is why Kossell has always insisted that no one can teach F1 drivers to drive. All they do is to improve and layout. Real execution and innovation are all done by F1 drivers themselves.

"Then what you mean is to calculate this overtaking route within a short course of a few hundred meters?"

Henry opened his mouth wide and looked at Cosell with an incredible look. The difficulty and risk of this overtaking route were self-evident.

You should know the appropriate venue temperature, coupled with the dispute between Indy and F1, Montoya and Schumacher have almost increased the speed to the extreme, and the curve tangent line is as accurate as a textbook.

After the race simulation trajectory, it can almost be determined that the two racing cars will overlap and no flaws will be found.

Zhang Yifei completed the overtaking after such a perfect turn, and the target was a driver of Schumacher. The difficulty of calculation and control can be imagined. Henry really couldn't imagine how to achieve this calculation in the hundreds of meters before entering the corner.

"Who said it was calculated based on these short few hundred meters?"

Cosel replied lightly.

"When did he calculate?"

Henry asked casually, but soon he realized it and looked at Cosell again with a shocked look.

"This overtaking was not accidental, but Fei had already been prepared to overtake Schumacher in Turn 1? When did he test such a route? During the off-season event, would he rely on these few days of competition?"

“These two nights.”

After saying that, Cosell pushed Yamamoto Ukyo's record book on the table to Henry.

Henry opened the record book with doubts, which was densely recorded. During the two nights during the competition, Zhang Yifei approached the simulator of the track for thousands of laps.

When he saw all this, Henry instantly understood that Zhang Yifei had made more preparations these days than everyone imagined. What he was waiting for was the opportunity to overtake at this moment!

That's right, this is indeed a part of Zhang Yifei's plan. He hit racing cars countless times on the simulator just to experiment with various extreme routes.

As a new track, the Indianapolis track does not have too much race data, which is a disadvantage for Zhang Yifei, which means he has no reference object. But it is also an advantage, that is, many tracks of the track have not been finalized, and a brand new track may have an unexpected effect.

In the past few nights of racing simulator training, Zhang Yifei is not only familiar with the track, but also wants to try various different routes, and even brand new routes that have never appeared before.

The overtaking route at Turn 1 is a link for Zhang Yifei's innovative route, and it is also one of the biggest innovative routes he has successfully grasped.

After the qualifying race, Zhang Yifei realized that his third position was not good. The mainstream stoppage tactics in the track were destined to both Montoya and Schumacher press and protect the tires. This means that he could not drive away from Villeneuve and Xiong Long behind him.

The more time this season ends, when many drivers have no hope of ranking, they may be indifferent to the results of the competition and make some tough and extreme actions.

Not to mention the grudge between him and the two drivers behind him, even if Zhang Yifei thought about it, if he encountered a situation of snatching the line, whether Villeneuve or Xiong Long would definitely hold on to whom the grandson's mentality, the possibility of track accidents would greatly increase.

Even in order to make an excitement, Zhang Yifei would have to run a good result at the Indianapolis track in front of these 200,000 American car fans who mocked him, defeated Villeneuve and Montoya, and sweep the proudest Indy champion in their hearts!

Therefore, Zhang Yifei would not think of "death with the other party", and the best way to avoid the other party doing this is to get rid of them far away!

But the problem is that it is also difficult to get rid of them. After all, the driver in front is Schumacher. In history, he won ten pole positions and seven sub-station championships in the 2001 season, and was basically in the top three throughout the year.

This means that Schumacher's performance is extremely stable and will not reveal any loopholes to his opponent. It is difficult to surpass him in Turn 1!

After the qualifying match last night, Zhang Yifei kept thinking about this issue, and his trump card was naturally this new overtaking route.

But before this, Schumacher must be relaxed or let him feel that the situation is all under his control.

Therefore, Zhang Yifei chose to overtake extremely when he started, which posed a threat to Schumacher. However, Zhang Yifei knew in his heart that if he wanted to overtake, he must be based on the premise of the opponent's mistakes, and unlike overtaking on the curve, even if the opponent did not make any mistakes, he could surpass his opponent in the fastest way.

Schumacher made extremely limited start-up mistakes throughout his career, and he didn't have such good luck to encounter it, so it was inevitable that he was blocked.

Even if he is as strong as Schumacher, he will be destined to have a sense of confidence and satisfaction psychologically. He thinks that he can suppress and control the Chinese newcomers behind him will not give him any chance.

The other party's confidence gave Zhang Yifei a second chance. Schumacher probably didn't expect that Zhang Yifei launched another extreme attack in a short time without any fear of him.

This time, Schumacher was not unprepared, but he had a perfect tangent line. He could not imagine that Zhang Yifei could have other ways to overtake, nor did he think that Zhang Yifei could surpass himself in such a situation. In the end, he did not have the time to start on the spot, so that Zhang Yifei could complete the overtaking.

It can be said that this is a technical showdown and a psychological game. The identity of a newcomer is where Zhang Yifei is ridiculed the most, but it is also his best cover-up, so he won.

But this time it was not about winning by betting, but Zhang Yifei used his timing and driving skills to the extreme to win.

Just as the Ferrari strategy team imagined, Zhang Yifei has now stepped into the threshold of top drivers in half a step!

As for the other half, it depends on the results.

After Turn 1, we immediately ushered in Turn 2 of the track, which was also a 90-degree right-angle bend. The combined layout looked like a straightened z-shaped character.

Montoya took advantage of the pole position and quickly passed Turn 2, not wanting to give the drivers chasing behind any chance. However, when he subconsciously glanced at the rearview mirror with his outlook, he found that what appeared behind was no longer the fiery red Ferrari car, but a blue car.

Montoya is very familiar with this blue car. With the white number 13 on the front of the car, it is like a "blue ghost", wrapped around Montoya.
Chapter completed!