Zhang Yifei believed that rushing into the repair station was considered to be a disaster for Montoya to overtake, but reality told him that it was not that simple.

Under normal circumstances, stop the station, that is, refuel and change tires, the maintenance team of this process is already extremely skilled, and the time can be stably controlled at about 10 seconds.

This time, Zhang Yifei entered the station and needed to replace the damaged rear wing. Although the air kit of Formula Racing is all modularly designed and has been considered for replacement during the race.

But after all, the speed of tire change cannot be achieved, and it may take a few seconds longer than normal stoppage.

For the current situation, even if it is a little late, it may cause Montoya to leave the station first and then lead in the maintenance channel. It is not an easy thing to surpass Montoya again.

At least at Turn 13, Montoya will hit him more resolutely next time and will break through his honor and professional bottom line of Indy King!

"Young guys, hurry up your hands, victory belongs to Prost!"

Charlie watched Zhang Yifei's racing car coming from the entrance of the maintenance passage and shouted at the crew members to boost the morale of the maintenance team.

"Victory belongs to Prost!"

All the members of the crew replied with great fighting spirit.

Zhang Yifei's ability to surpass Schumacher and Montoya to become the first car is equivalent to creating another almost impossible miracle. In any case, they cannot let Zhang Yifei's advantage of running out of life be ruined in their own hands.

The Indianapolis track is a little different from other F1 tracks, that is, the speed limit of the maintenance channel has been increased from the regular 80km/h to 100km/h.

The faster the speed, the more accurate the driver's judgment of the brake distance must be. However, this kind of distance control is as simple as a common thing for F1 drivers. If he can't even do this, he will not get his super driver's license at all.

With a precise brake, I parked in the repair parking space. Almost at the same time, the front and rear jacks had already lifted the entire car. Then the tire replacement, refueling and other processes began to proceed in an orderly manner.

This time, Charlie did not act as the lollipop man, but personally joined Victor, deputy leader of the maintenance team, to replace Zhang Yifei's rear rear wing of the racing car.

Damage to the pneumatic kit, especially the rear tail wing, is not a common fault in the F1 event, but more of the damage to the front nose wing. Therefore, many people in the maintenance team do not have enough experience and proficiency. Charlie must take the dress and repair as soon as possible.

"Fly, if you have the opportunity to go, especially if you are curved, try to cause changes and cause turbulence. Don't easily bite Monto Asia Pacific."

Cosell began to remind Zhang Yifei to pay attention to in the next competition, and to know that many young drivers lack experience in the route, and cannot make good use of the turbulence at the rear of the car, but just blindly pursue the fastest speed so that their opponents can easily use the turbulence to bite.

This problem is actually very obvious to Montoya, which is that the route is very straightforward. Basically, Zhang Yifei was not affected by much turbulence. He even helped Zhang Yifei avoid Schumacher's overtaking threat several times.

Maybe this is also related to the origin of Montoya Indy drivers. Indy racing is too fast and has changed lanes rapidly, which may also affect its speed and stability. Moreover, the Indy Series is more like a combination of Formula 1 and Le Mans 24-hour endurance race. Speed ​​and stability are the king, and the skills are a little bit behind.

This is why most Indy drivers have wild and rough driving skills, and are not as delicate as Formula 1 drivers. Especially with the development of technology, under the limitations of environmental protection and safety frameworks, the gap between the two racing cars is getting bigger and bigger, and basically Indy drivers can no longer achieve good results in F1.

Montoya is the last driver who has the strength to win the world championship in F1, and the only one left behind is the F1 driver to win the championship in Indy. For example, in F1, Sato Takuro, who can only be regarded as a middle and lower-level driver, became the annual champion of Indy 500.

The famous leader Alonso, who lost his competitiveness in the F1 paddock, also went to Indy Racing to retire. It is said that he still had the idea of ​​running the Le Mans 24 Hours Endurance Race and won all the three car competition champions.

"I see."

Zhang Yifei nodded and responded.

Including the practice and qualifying competitions, the US Grand Prix has run five events so far. Zhang Yifei is already very clear about Montoya's strength on this track.

His fastest lap speed can even surpass Zhang Yifei's results on the racing simulator, which can be described as terrible.

Strength, home court, and racing performance, the threat brought by being bitten by Montoya even surpassed Schumacher who had been chasing before. After all, Schumacher may not be able to perform better on this track than Montoya.

So he must use all his strength to defend Montoya. The successful defense of a lap before was just the beginning, and the real decisive battle was the next one.

The crew members used their full strength and did not leak out the entire process. Especially Charlie and Levictor who replaced the tail wing, they fully utilized the experience and abilities of the chief technician and gained valuable time.

In just twelve seconds, all the processes were completed. The lollipop man turned the sign and Zhang Yifei rushed from the parking space into the maintenance channel with one foot.

After the whole process, the gas was only about two seconds longer than the conventional stop-and-change tire refueling. The main reason is that this station adopted a stop-off tactic, and the fewer stop-stops, the more fuel the gas, or even the full amount, so the fuel time was extended in disguise.

If it is a three-stage tactic track, the refueling time will be compressed to within ten seconds, and it will take only six seconds to handle it at the fastest. Compared with the normal use of Zhang Yifei, it will be equivalent to doubled, causing a greater disadvantage.

After leaving the station, driving on the maintenance passage, Zhang Yifei looked forward immediately and found that there was no sign of Williams racing.

Could it be that Montoya is so fast that he has already left the repair lane?

This question arose in Zhang Yifei's mind. If the Williams crew members were fast enough, they could actually compress the stop time to within 10 seconds. Montoya was really possible and drove out of the maintenance channel and entered the main track.

Montoya was not seen in front of him, Zhang Yifei subconsciously looked into the rearview mirror, and there was no shadow of Williams' blue and white racing car inside. Instead, a fiery red Ferrari racing car appeared!

The distance between the two racing cars is about twenty-three meters. In theory, it is difficult to see the specific number of the rear car from the narrow field of view of the rearview mirror.

But the number of this Ferrari is easy to determine because it is just a straight line!

The driver who can get the number 1 is the world champion last season. There is no doubt that the one who follows him is Schumacher from Ferrari!

So fast!

Zhang Yifei felt indescribable shock in his heart. After being knocked out of the track by Villeneuve, Schumacher did not stop the engine and withdraw from the race or something, but it severely slowed down and landed in the back row.

The battle between Zhang Yifei and Montoya did not actually affect the speed. On the contrary, it surpassed the average lap speed of the previous five racing cars. If Schumacher wants to catch up, he must surpass the three people in front of Kurthard, Barrichello and Villeneuve.

The problem is that none of these three drivers are fuel-efficient. At most, Barrichello gave the car under the command of the team. And the other two, especially Coothard, probably wouldn't give Schumacher any chance to overtake easily.

As a result, Schumacher did it. He appeared behind his car again and made a comeback. If he wanted to suppress him again this time, it would definitely not be as simple as before.

Could it be that I had fought for half a year and returned to the original starting point, with wolves in front and tigers in the back, facing the pincer attacks of two top drivers?

When he thought of this, Zhang Yifei, who had been overtaking Montoya before, felt that the next schedule was bright, was instantly hit by the bottom!

Just as Zhang Yifei thought, Schumacher did come back, but he didn't rely entirely on his own strength. Barrichello really played out the strength of the best Green Leaf driver, blocking Cooterhard first, and then let Schumacher overtake the line.

In the end, he cooperated with Schumacher and jointly attacked and killed Villeneuve in front, allowing Schumacher to appear behind Zhang Yifei's car again.

It was just that Zhang Yifei and Montoya fought too fiercely before and did not have much energy to pay attention to the ranking changes of the drivers behind him. This led to him suddenly discovering that Schumacher was already behind his car, showing a kind of shock.

Come on, it’s just a 25,000-mile Long March, who is afraid of whom!

To stabilize his mentality, Zhang Yifei put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind. Since he can run first, he will have the ability to run second.

This stop, I am fearless!

Driving onto the main track, Zhang Yifei began to speed up wildly, but unexpectedly discovered that he did not see the shadow of Williams racing within his career.

This scene surprised Zhang Yifei. Could it be that Montoya could stop at the station so much faster than himself, and he couldn't even see the taillights of the car?

"Cosel, how much is Montoya ahead of me?"

With such a question, Zhang Yifei asked Cosell in the repair station, and they had more detailed official statistics on entry and exit.

"He didn't lead, and fell behind you and Schumacher. He just drove away from the repair station, which took 15 seconds to 3."

"What?"

Zhang Yifei simply doubted whether he heard it wrong. It took only 12 seconds for him to change the rear tail. With the strength of Williams' Big Three team, it is impossible to be able to get five seconds slower than the regular entry.

"It's indeed more than 15 seconds. As for the specific reason, I will only know after the game."
Chapter completed!