"Alaisi, why are you here?"

Zhang Yifei stood up, with a hint of uncontrollable surprise in his tone.

With Alessi's retirement, all the grievances and grievances that had been gone.

When looking back from the spot, although the two sides had conflicts, competitions, and contradictions, at least from Zhang Yifei's perspective, Alessi was indeed a good teammate and senior. During Zhang Yifei's newcomer, he gave him a lot of experience help, and he also became a qualified wingman on the track by default.

In the last season, Alaisi's injury at the Japanese station did not reach a life-threatening level, but it was considered very serious. It took several months to recover from the injury, let alone subsequent recovery, etc.

When Zhang Yifei was in his French headquarters, he had time to visit Alessi. Later, with the arrival of the new season, Zhang Yifei ran around the world to prepare for the competition, and had no time to visit Alessi again.

Later, Alessi was discharged from the hospital after recovering from his injury and returned to his hometown. He recovered from a small French town, and the two of them had basically never met again.

This is the reality in the workplace. When you retire, you will no longer be in this circle. It will be much more difficult to meet again.

Zhang Yifei did not expect that he would meet this French veteran again in Monaco City today!

"Prost knew that your simulation track practice was not going well, so he couldn't come here in person, so he commissioned Alessi to come and help you train."

Alonso and Zhang Yifei's simulators have been paying attention to the unsatisfactory lap times in France. However, he has to deal with too many things recently, especially the negotiations with Ferrari engine supply are in a critical period, and a result must be obtained in a short period of time.

Whether you use Ferrari engines next year or replace them with other engine suppliers, you can no longer continue to drag them down, otherwise the progress of racing research and development will be the same as last year.

Now not only Zhang Yifei's ambitions are expanding, Prost's ambitions are not very small. He plans to take advantage of the victory to pursue the Big Three, or even Ferrari, and fulfill his original dream.

It is to let the French team stand at the top of the F1 paddock!

So he could not tolerate any mistakes and had to solve the problem of the engine supplier himself quickly. Since he couldn't come over, the best track guide was former driver Alessi, so today's scene happened.

"That's great, I remember in the Australian Station Lounge, you taught me experience about the Albert Park Raceway."

Zhang Yifei said happily, and it was not that kind of polite compliment.

Last year, he opened the Australian Grand Prix and was still a pure rookie. He had never even touched the F1 racing car a few times before. Many targeted adjustments were just talked about.

It was in the lounge that Alaixi's insights on the track and suggestions on the racing adjustment plan made Zhang Yifei enter the points zone in the first game and ranked sixth.

If there were no Alaisi's experience and suggestions at that time, Zhang Yifei might have been rejected by the division.

Just like the champion and runner-up are only one ranking different, but the treatment is very different. The sixth place is also one ranking different from the seventh place. However, for newcomers, they can enter the points in the first rookie game, and their influence and shock are far from comparable to the seventh place.

In a sense, Zhang Yifei really has to thank Alaixi for helping him at the beginning.

Hearing Zhang Yifei's words, the expression on Alaixi's face was not so natural, and a hint of embarrassment appeared.

Because in the fleet lounge, although he gave advice to Zhang Yifei, his tone was not very nice, and he even used an attitude of relying on his seniority and calling Zhang Yifei a rookie.

Looking back now, this kind of rookie name for Chinese boys was undoubtedly a humiliation.

However, Alessi is not a pretentious person. The French veteran still has the toughness. He finally smiled faintly and did not talk about this past story too much.

At this time, Alonso also stood up. He had no private interaction with Alessi before, and at most he had competed on the same track.

So suddenly, when he saw the "senior" of the Prost team come back, Alonso didn't feel anything special, so he said hello normally: "Hello."

"Hello."

Alessi's attitude towards Alonso was also very plain. This French veteran is not a casual and enthusiastic person. He even did the task of suppressing newcomers in the team. The reason why he can live in harmony with Zhang Yifei is more because of his personality, but because of his strength.

In a sense, it is similar to the current relationship between Zhang Yifei and Alonso. If Zhang Yifei hadn't held Alonso down tightly, it was estimated that the team would have been "fighting in full swing" and the two were frantically competing for the No. 1 driver's seat.

So Alessi was not very interested in communicating with Spanish boys, so everyone could just say hello in a very ordinary way.

These interpersonal issues have never been something Cossel is concerned about. As long as you can run the fastest lap speed on the track and get excellent results, even if you are a freak, it doesn't matter to Cossel.

Even Cosel didn't care about the competition between Zhang Yifei and Alonso, and had no idea of ​​favoritism at all. Because in the eyes of the old Germans, the f1 paddock is the only one who can do it. If Zhang Yifei does not have the strength to firmly sit in the position of his No. 1 driver, then he will abdicate and give way to the wise.

Just as he cannot allow drivers to have shortcomings, Kossell cannot tolerate the drivers he cooperates with, and is a weak man who fails in the team competition!

After two years of getting along, Cosell admires and recognizes Zhang Yifei very much, but he will not lower any requirements for Zhang Yifei because of this personal emotion.

"Tomorrow is a practice competition. Now let's re-clutter the track data with Alessi. Otherwise, you will not be qualified to climb the podium in Monaco with your current simulator lap speed, let alone control this track pearl."

Cosell spoke very directly, and he was not very satisfied with the training lap between Zhang Yifei and Alonso.

However, he also knew very well how difficult it was to control this track. Even Schumacher now took over the title of "King of Monaco" in the third year of his career. After Senna died unexpectedly in his third year of his career.

But understanding does not mean accepting. At least in Cosell's eyes, without understanding and forgiveness of failure, there is no excuse to win the championship!

After saying this, Cosell turned on the projector in the training room, a topographic map of the Monaco track appeared on the curtain.

This topographic map records the routing, brake points, even gears and theoretical perfect speeds of each curve. Zhang Yifei and Alonso have discussed routing issues with the strategy team many times on this track topographic map.

But theory is theory, and it is not the same thing to actually run on the track. Just take gear shifts as an example, the average number of shifts in the Monaco track is as high as more than 3,000 times. If the competition is fierce, it can reach a shift frequency of 4,000 times.

Others include brakes, routing and other extreme controls. Who dares to say that they do not make any mistakes in these operations?

But here is the contradiction. Schumacher said that this track is a track that cannot be achieved by mistakes. Any small mistake may cause the driver to hit the guardrail and cause an accident, which will also lead to an astonishingly low finishing rate in Monaco.

Even drivers of Schumacher's level are so cautious, not to mention that Zhang Yifei and Alonso have never run this track.

In the 50-year history of f1, there has been no precedent for a newcomer to win a pole or Grand Prix championship by running the Monaco track for the first time.

Of course, history is for creation, and Cosell never believed in records that cannot be broken!

Faced with Cosel's blunt statement, neither Zhang Yifei nor Alonso refuted, but listened silently. Needless to say, Zhang Yifei is not the kind of person who likes to make excuses.

Alonso likes BB very much, but he also has one characteristic, which is that he only has a bb racing problem. Alonso will not blame the world like a resentful woman, and can accept it calmly.

Seeing that the two people were not speaking, Cosel nodded at Alessi and stood aside. Next, Alessi should talk about his understanding and experience of the Monaco track.

"I believe you two are very clear about these theoretical data, so I won't say much. Now I will mainly talk about something that is not on the theoretical data."

After saying this, Alessi first pointed to the starting position of the track and said: "The starting area is a right-arc acceleration section. The drivers lined up behind cannot see the vehicle in front. If the car in front slows down, the car in the rear will easily have a series of collisions. Therefore, if the turn 1 fails to grab the detour route, immediately give up the best route to avoid the impact of the car in the rear."

Alessi started from the start of the car, which sounds like an irrelevant little thing, but in a real game, it is very likely to determine whether the game will end before it even begins.

After the Monaco track starts, it is an acceleration section, with a speed of more than 250km/h at 6 gears. If there is no other racing car blocking, the fastest can reach 300km/h, which is also the fastest track on the Monaco track.

However, due to the right arc layout, the rear car will not be able to see the car in front if it is a little further away. If the driver blocks it while catching turn 1, it is very likely that the brakes will not be timely at this speed, and a series of collisions will occur.

In history, the right arc starting straight road has had a scene where 10 cars collided, which may be called the "most expensive starting point".

"The brakes on the sharp corner of the track No. 5 can be lighter because it is an uphill section, and the speed will be too low if you step on it heavily."

"No. 6 Loss hairpin bend is the slowest bend in all F1 tracks. You can't consider any routing problem. You must kill the steering wheel. Otherwise, if you find that the steering is insufficient, you will correct it again, which will delay the cornering time."

"The 10th right-angle bend is followed by the 11th right-angle bend, forming a z-shaped bend. Although the straight line in the middle seems very short, try to increase the throttle as much as possible. Don't worry about the deceleration of the turn 11. The ground on that section of the road is very rough, and the grip is very good and you can slow down."

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Alessi taught Zhang Yifei and Alonso the experience he had been exploring on the Monaco track for more than ten years of his career to Zhang Yifei and Alonso.

Many things in this are unexperienced by data, and they can’t even be felt on the racing simulator. No wonder Zhang Yifei and Alonso, no matter how they go on the lap, they always have to record much slower tracks, because many third-party factors in the simulator have not been added.

For example, the impact of slope on speed, the effect of road roughness on brakes, etc. If you don’t have these experiences, then Zhang Yifei can only experience it slowly on the track.

But the problem is that a short practice competition may not be able to take care of every detail, so now Alessi’s understanding and experience of the track are particularly precious!

And afterwards, Alaixi not only explained the track, but even told Zhang Yifei unreservedly about some of his experiences.

"In addition to the control itself, there are some off-site factors, such as the Fairmont Tunnel below the hotel. The light and darkness of the light vary greatly, and there is a chance of instant blindness, so you should pay attention to the focal length of your vision."

The hotel where Zhang Yifei stayed was built on the Monaco competition tunnel. This is different from the artificial tunnel in Singapore. It is a real block tunnel with very large changes in light and darkness.

Schumacher, who was at the top of his head in 2004, was Montoya, who was shook his eyes by the light and darkness at the exit of the tunnel, hit the guardrail and had to withdraw from the competition regretfully.

Therefore, every time you pass through the Fairmont Tunnel, you must pay attention to the focal length of your sight, otherwise even if you don’t hit others, it is easy to hit the guardrail of the track when you rush out of the tunnel.

"The other is whether you can win the Monaco Grand Prix. In addition to your strength, it often requires some luck. Not to mention that frequent safety car dispatch will affect your performance. Even if you are blocked by slow cars and do not have enough space to pass, you may rewrite the final outcome."

"So the last thing I can say is to wish you good luck."

That's right, when it's not like Senna and Schumacher crushing all living beings, luck becomes the key point.

Many narrow sections of Monaco make it difficult for many slow cars to make an overtaking route. Even when you are particularly unlucky, you can only follow behind honestly and walk out of a particularly narrow section to overtake.

As Alessi said, when everything is ready, it depends on when luck comes.

After listening to Alessi's experience and understanding of Monte Carlo Circuit in Monaco, Zhang Yifei and Alonso did not waste time and immediately started comparative training on the racing simulator.

At the same time, during the training process, Kossel and Alessi also guided the whole process. After all, tomorrow will be the practice competition of the Monaco Grand Prix, and there is not much time left.

The final training effect can be described as the word "immediate": When night falls, whether it is Zhang Yifei or Alonso, the simulation has entered the 1 minute and 44 second field, and the lap speed has increased by as much as 0.5 seconds.

Although this lap has not broken the track record set by Schumacher, it is much better than 1 second slower than before, at least it has the power of competition!

With this foundation and the practice matches tomorrow and the next two days, Zhang Yifei finally has confidence that he will fight Schumacher on this F1 crown jewel track.

At 11:30 in the evening, when Zhang Yifei finished his day of simulator practice and was about to return to his room to rest, he saw Alessi in the corridor. He was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the brightly lit Monaco Raceway in front of him.

"You haven't been well-behaved for a long time, so take a break soon."

Zhang Yifei walked over and said to Alaisi, the living habits of ordinary professional drivers are very regular, and it is too late at this time.

"You are still the same as before, for victory, you can squeeze your potential like a machine."

Alaixi said lightly, Zhang Yifei's practice today reminded him of the scene of the US Grand Prix.

At that time, Zhang Yifei trained like a life-threatening exercise in order to prove himself and maintain the dignity of Chinese drivers, and never relaxed even in the game.

Today's situation is very similar to the reappearance of the US Grand Prix.

"Because I want to win the championship, not only for myself, but also the motherland behind me." Mobile::
To be continued...