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After Alonso's test, two more rounds of tests were conducted in the afternoon, and the twenty-two drivers in service all ran on the track for one round.
The fastest lap holder is still Zhang Yifei from Prost team. The speed of 1 minute 21 seconds 997 is really exaggerated. The Catalonian track has never had a first test, and he can run into the 1 minute 21 second field.
Unless you don’t want to give feedback on racing issues at all, and directly go up to compete for lap speeds with super soft tires and light oil, driving a new racing car that has just been successfully developed will break the track record for the first time, which is really unbelievable.
But the problem is that giving up the first test to compete in lap times during the winter test is really a very stupid behavior. Drivers with a little IQ will not do this. With Zhang Yifei's performance and performance last year, I really can't tell what's like a mentally retarded person.
However, the speed is so exaggerated that some teams still can't resist the doubts that this Chinese boy was causing vanity and deliberately trying to run the fastest lap in the first test to create some amazing results?
However, this question was quickly denied by the test results in the next few days. Zhang Yifei's lap speed continued to improve steadily, and with Schumacher and Helio, he began to compete wildly for the fastest lap rankings.
The track record of 1 minute 21 seconds 892 was broken the next day. This once out of reach record was trampled wildly in the next few days.
1 minute 21 seconds 733...
1 minute 21 seconds 506...
1 minute 21 seconds 339...
The numbers kept sprinting towards the fastest lap of the track at 1 minute 21 seconds 032. All the crew members and reporters were looking forward to who would set a new record in the Catalonian track.
When the winter test came to the last day, all the adjustments of the racing cars became perfect, and the frequency of departure of the repair stations was extremely dense. On the basic track, 22 racing cars were full, which was similar to the official competition.
Zhang Yifei's fastest lap at this moment has reached 1 minute 21 seconds 317, currently ranked third in the track.
In front of him was Schumacher of Ferrari, who was far ahead with a lap of 1 minute 21 seconds 055.
This f2002 is worthy of being tailor-made for Schumacher. The more you come to the test, the more you can demonstrate the advantages of performance matching the driver. Moreover, Schumacher now has also taken out his own competition status to test, and he can no longer tolerate being stepped on by the juniors!
The second one is Helio from Renault. To be honest, this result was something Zhang Yifei had never expected before. He didn't think he could surpass him, but the only drivers who could surpass him could be Barrichello, Kurthard and Schumacher Jr.
These three people have both strength and racing performance, and are currently in the 55th stage with themselves. Who can run faster and see their state and desire to win?
But in fact, the result is far from Zhang Yifei's previous idea. These three drivers' winter test results were not good, and they even fell into the middle level. Today, all the data of Ferrari's new racing car is tailor-made for Schumacher. It is obvious that Barrichello is not very adaptable and has not played the absolute performance of f2002.
In the 2002 season, Barrichello relied on the advantage of the f2002 Mars rover and indeed won the runner-up title and dominated the top two with Schumacher. But in fact, Schumacher scored 144 points, while Barrichello only scored 77 points, which can be said to be crushed exponentially.
Theoretically, the gap should not be so big. It can only be said that this "Mars rover" is indeed strong, but it is a bit incompatible with Barrichello.
McLaren's Cooterhard failed in the final championship battle last year, which may have hurt his spirits a little, or he may have squeezed out his life's skills to fight Schumacher at the peak, and now he is a little embarrassed.
Anyway, Kurthard's performance in the winter test this year was very average, and he was even suppressed by Kimi Raikkonen, the second driver in the same team.
As for Schumacher, he is really strong now with Williams racing. However, this person still has a common problem. The upper limit and the lower limit are very different. When he is strong, he can stand on the championship podium, and when he is weak, anyone can fight him.
Apart from these three people, at most, Montoya is half a person. Helio is not Zhang Yifei looking down on him. Even if the Indy newcomer is a champion, he is not worthy of being ahead of him so quickly.
Reality can be said to have slapped Zhang Yifei. This guy, Helio, really led Zhang Yifei with a lap of 1 minute 21 seconds 312, and maintained the second fastest speed in the winter test at the moment.
This result was due to Zhang Yifei's underestimation. He always believed that riders like Helio would eventually die in their arrogance. But the essence of Shanghai Leo was not the blind arrogance that Zhang Yifei imagined, and was completely arrogant.
Zhang Yifei was even less imaginative. Since the end of the US Grand Prix, even during the entire winter break, this guy was frantically looking for opportunities to practice driving the F1 racing car to improve his strength.
Helio is a super talented driver, but at the same time he has efforts that ordinary people cannot imagine, which has created his amazing lap speed on the winter test track!
Another point is that as the winter test arrives to the last day, the ultimate performance of the new racing car is basically beginning to squeeze out, and the ap05 racing car is not as strong as imagined.
As mentioned before, the strength of a car is not entirely determined by the event engine. Just like later generations, Mercedes can dominate the track, and Hamilton is invincible.
Williams' team had various problems and was directly at the bottom of the whole season.
During the development of ap05 racing cars, we encountered problems such as insufficient funds and insufficient engineers. It was even Zhang Yifei who held hands with Huali Group and brought a group of technicians from China, which alleviated the tension in manpower.
At least the weaknesses above the chassis are exposed in this limit of crushing. Ap05 racing is naturally much stronger than last year's js53, but it has not reached the "Martian rover" level that Zhang Yifei imagined.
Before, Zhang Yifei's most optimistic vision was that he was ranked second in the track second fastest after Ferrari. But judging from the current situation, it is certain that Ferrari F2002 is far ahead, and in Schumacher's hands it is the absolute "Mars rover" level.
The second piece of speed may have to be placed on Renault racing. This is not to see how fast Helio runs, but to Patton end up running to the sixth fastest lap, and even lead Alonso one, surpassing Kimi Raikkonen and Massa who broke out this year.
Patton's style is a word "stable". If the racing performance is poor, at his current level, he will not be able to run such a fast lap. Therefore, Zhang Yifei may have to overturn his previous ideas, and there is a possibility that a second "Mars rover" will appear in the new season.
After running the planned lap, Zhang Yifei returned to the repair station, and Cosell and Yamamoto Ukyo stood next to the racing car. Recorded the racing feedback between Zhang Yifei and design director Leo. These data will be used for future racing adjustments to better adapt to the driver's control methods.
"Yifeijun, are you still running?"
Seeing that Zhang Yifei and Leo had finished their feedback, Yamamoto Ukyo asked.
“How much time is now?”
“At 15:53 pm.”
Hearing this time point, Zhang Yifei thought for a while, then shook his head and replied: "I won't run away, let's get over."
After saying that, Zhang Yifei walked out of the car and prepared to go to the lounge to change clothes, ending this seven-day winter test.
Because the final end time of the winter test is 4:30 in the afternoon, and there is about half an hour left, Zhang Yifei does not need to refuel and change his tires and run a lap. In fact, many drivers end the winter test early in the afternoon, and the team is also preparing to transfer to the headquarters to welcome the arrival of the Singapore Grand Prix.
"Fly, the winter test results are very good. We can win the world championship this year!"
Prost came forward to congratulate Zhang Yifei on his winter test results. The third fastest speed in 1 minute 21 seconds 317 has created the history of Prost team.
As the team owner, Prost's winter test goal was very pragmatic and never thought about winning the first place. Now he is very satisfied with this result. In addition, Alonso, who ranks seventh in the track, is fully qualified to challenge the Big Three teams and even compete for the world championship!
Zhang Yifei just smiled at Prost's praise. To be honest, he was not very satisfied.
The speed of 1 minute 21 seconds 317 is fast enough, but there is still a certain gap with Schumacher. He had thought about breaking the fastest lap speed of 1 minute 21 seconds 032 before.
And there is another thing that makes him unhappy, that is, Helio is faster than himself, and Zhang Yifei is actually not a competitive person outside the official competition. He can accept that others are better than him, or even learn humbly.
But Zhang Yifei just didn't feel happy about Helio, the American man!
But after all, it was just a winter test, and Zhang Yifei didn't treat it as a race on the track. Moreover, after seven days, the kid Helio was honest and did not have the expected provocation. He just focused on running his fastest lap.
So Zhang Yifei didn't plan to find trouble. He accepted this unsatisfactory result and waited for the Singapore Grand Prix to compete again.
Just as Zhang Yifei was about to enter the repair station to change his clothes, a roaring sound of the F1 engine came from far and near. The crew members did not respond to this sound. After all, they had to go through at least dozens of times in the repair channel a day.
It’s like standing on the side of the road and being able to hear the sound of a car passing by is not a novelty.
However, this time, the engine roared closer and closer, and it was heading towards Prost's parking space. But the problem was that Alonso had already entered the station first, and even the racing car was pushed into the garage, giving up the empty space for Zhang Yifei to enter the station. Prost did not have a third race car to enter the station!
When the crew members realized, a roaring black and yellow racing car inserted directly into the free position of the Prost parking space, and even scratched the leg of a repair technician's trouser legs, and then stopped on the side of the brakes in front of Zhang Yifei.
This operation not only shows the driver's extremely accurate control of distance, but also represents his judgment of the speed of the vehicle. Otherwise, the front nose wing will hit the wall of the repair station.
In the yellow-based racing painting, there is only one team in the f1 paddock doing this, that is the Renault team, known as the "yellow lightning". Only one Renault team can do such crazy provocation, that is Helio.
What should come can't be avoided after all. Just when Zhang Yifei thought that the American boy was normal to restrain himself, he once again showed his nature.
Faced with Helio's actions, the anger of the entire Prost crew soared, and even a few technicians with a strong temper were ready to pull Helio off the car and beat him up.
But a strange smile appeared on Zhang Yifei's face, which made people feel a little chilling.
Chapter completed!