742 Chinese Speed
After Zhang Yifei drove onto the track, he did not follow his habitual "tractor" driving method according to his own contact with unfamiliar tracks. The speed was obviously faster than in previous practice competitions.
This abnormal situation surprised many people who paid attention to Zhang Yifei, especially the team strategy groups in the paddock.
"The speed of flying is wrong. Don't he need to be familiar with Monaco's track?"
Jean Todd looked at Zhang Yifei's practice competition performance with great vigilance. As Schumacher's number one competitor, the Ferrari team, if he is listed as the number one focus target.
"It's very strange. Although the speed is not very fast now, it is much faster than flying in the past practice competitions, especially when facing Monaco, a very difficult track."
"Does he want to do what he wants to do? Is he very confident in himself and not need to be familiar with the track slowly, or is there something else?"
Ross Brown also felt a little surprised by Zhang Yifei's abnormal performance, guessing what he was going to do.
"Do you need to remind Shumi to pay attention to Fei's abnormal dynamics?"
Ferrari event director De Monnecali, next to him, asked Jean Todd.
"No, this behavior is a questioning and humiliation of Shumi. Don't forget that he is the king of Monaco!"
When Jean Todd heard this, his tone was a little angry. The Chinese boy's actions were very strange, but it was not yet at the point where the Ferrari convoy was full of troops.
If Schumacher notified, it would be a humiliation to the "King of Monaco"!
De Monnecali also realized that he had said the wrong thing, so he took a step back and stood aside, looked at the track broadcast screen, and did not interrupt easily.
The same scene was also released at the Renault fleet repair station, and they also noticed Zhang Yifei's abnormality.
However, compared to Ferrari's still calm, Renault team manager Briatoli told Helio, who had just started driving on the track.
"Helio, this practice competition is very fast, which is different from the previous starting pace. You should pay attention to it."
"Be careful when practicing, Briattoli, are you kidding me?"
Helio replied without hesitation, compared to the confidence of the Ferrari team, he also has his own pride.
Although he is nearly 20 minutes behind Zhang Yifei, this is not a gap that cannot be caught up. As long as he wins two championships, or if there is any subsequent accident in Zhang Yifei, Helio still has the opportunity to win the championship.
After all, there is less than 20 points in the gap, and there are many precedents of turning around in the f1 paddock.
And objectively speaking, Helio is able to fall behind so much, which is related to his identity as a newcomer for F1. No matter how strong he is on the Indy track, he is still a newcomer in the F1 paddock.
You should know that Zhang Yifei's newcomer season, let alone the top three, he has not even made it into the top six, which is much worse than Helio now.
More importantly, Zhang Yifei really made a comeback, or at the end of the season, he won two consecutive championships and entered the middle level from the bottom position. Who can guarantee that with Helio's strength and talent, he will not have any shocking counterattack in the remaining six or seven games?
Being behind is not scary, but you must never have no confidence in yourself. This is the real loss.
At least in terms of confidence, Helio has never lacked any lack of championship competitiveness. This is also the reason why he has never lost his championship competitiveness.
Helio's voice response in the team made Renault manager Briatoli feel very dissatisfied, and this is challenging his authority.
However, compared to the team founder who served as team manager, Briatoli is just a professional manager, very similar to Jaguars' Nicky Lauda.
Professional managers do not control the absolute "power of life and death", especially when Helio is still performing well now, it is even more impossible for the team management to drive him because of such words.
So Briatoli could only suppress his inner dissatisfaction and replied coldly: "Since you are so confident, then win Schumacher and Fei on the Monaco track to show me."
Briatoli can be said to be a team manager who is easy to get along with, and he will not tolerate another cancer Alonso.
But now Helio really feels a bit hateful of the harvester. Even though he knows that he shouldn't say that before the game, Briattoli couldn't help but sarcastically.
Helio can naturally hear the irony in the words, but he doesn't care. This may be an advantage of the American boy. While he is extremely arrogant, he can also withstand other people's attacks on him.
Otherwise, if he could not accept the counterattack of others in his way of raising hatred, he would have been fucking angry to death.
"Then you just wait and see."
Helio was as confident as ever, then he kicked the accelerator and started to speed up in the first lap of the practice match.
"Riders fly, this time we two are finally on the fair starting line. Don't beat me anymore."
Helio murmured, no longer had the arrogance he had when talking to Briatoli before, but more of a fanaticism.
That's right, Zhang Yifei doesn't want to miss the crown jewel, and Helio also wants to win the title of "King of Monaco". In this way, even if he fails to become the world champion in the end, he won the most important branch season of the F1 season.
Together with the title of king of Indianapolis before and the three Formula Tracks, Helio conquered two, which was something that Montoya and Villeneuve, who had fought in F1, had not been able to do.
For Helio, winning the Monaco track may be his way to maintain his pride and dignity!
On the other hand, the blue and red Prost No. 13 racing car is speeding. Compared to the previous training in the racing simulator, only when you really drive on this track can Zhang Yifei feel the danger and excitement of Monaco!
This danger does not mean that it threatens life safety. On the contrary, Monaco track is one of the safest tracks in F1.
The reason is that the Monaco track is slow enough, with an average speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour. For ordinary family cars, accidents may be either dead or injured, while for F1 cars, it is difficult to cause any fatal damage to the driver.
Don't watch the live broadcast of the F1 race. When an accident occurs, the car seems to be like a paper, and countless pieces are torn apart in an instant. It even seems that with a light touch, the car wheel suspension can fly into the sky. I think the car is fragile.
Everything has a prerequisite, and the premise of the F1 accident starts with a collision of hundreds of kilometers per hour. This is the consequences of this being placed on any family car, and the consequences are even more unimaginable.
So many F1 accidents seem very tragic, but in fact, those fragments are caused by carbon fiber shells, and their characteristics are fragile. Even if the suspension and tires fly, they do not mean they are particularly fragile.
After all, when riding on the road shoulder, the suspension of the F1 racing car always faces a collision of hundreds of kilometers per hour. Think about it, when you pass a speed bump in a family car, you can feel the obvious airflow after more than 40 kilometers. Some poor quality 60 kilometers may be deformed.
The biggest difference between accidents is the speed. Monaco's speed is normal, and the f1 body frame is enough to ensure the safety of drivers' lives, so it is not a danger in the traditional sense.
This kind of danger is that every corner of your mind is like dancing on the tip of a knife. There is no buffer zone, the track is very high and low, like a mountain road, and the guardrail allows you to see at most a few dozen meters in front of you. What scene on the other side of the curve is completely unknown.
On the racing simulator, don’t worry about racing cars or anything else appearing on the other side of the unknown. On the real track, it is easy to have a slow car or a snag car, and if you don’t pay attention, you will rear-end it.
Zhang Yifei has said many times that driving an F1 car is to wander around the edge of the limit. But other limits and buffers can be remedied. Even if you cross the line by one centimeter, you may hit the front nose or wing of the car, causing fans to have to withdraw from the race.
This is the "danger" that Zhang Yifei felt!
But it was precisely this danger that gave Zhang Yifei an extremely exciting feeling. He finally slowly understood why the Monaco track was called the crown jewel.
Why is Monaco's track sought after by car fans all over the world, they stand on both sides of the track at the top of their lungs and cheer.
Only when such accidents follow closely and the feeling of countless dangers being absent can the initial speed and passion of racing!
To be honest, Zhang Yifei no longer has this kind of heartbeat and fanatic feeling on many familiar tracks, and is more like a racing machine without emotions. Today, he finally experienced what it means to challenge the limit again!
In the first few laps of practice, Zhang Yifei was not slow, but in the end he was familiar with the track and felt the racing adjustment. He was not fast enough and did not show any particularly abnormal magical operations.
At first, many car fans and members of the crew were staring at Zhang Yifei, wanting to see what he was playing, but after a few laps, it was a normal test speed. So I was surprised and paid attention to it, it was purely because Zhang Yifei's training speed was too slow before, and it was an abnormal state.
As a result, it returned to normal, but it was considered abnormal...
Although I knew that this was a normal experience in the practice race and was preparing to provide feedback and adjustment of the racing car, it still made many car fans who were full of expectations feel a little disappointed.
"I thought the driver could run a shocking lap speed when he flew out of normal terms, and it seemed that there was no change."
"Yes, it may have something to do with the track. After all, it's the first time to run such a complicated Monaco track. Zhang Yifei is careful to test it out."
"This is just the beginning. I vaguely feel like flying on this track and winning the title of King of Monaco."
"Is this too difficult? Schumacher Monaco has too many advantages, just like Senna back then. It is difficult to beat Schumacher on this track before he surpassed him."
Because it is easy to watch the battle on both sides, even in residential areas, many car fans have started to discuss it in groups of three or three.
The conclusion is that even Zhang Yifei's most loyal car fan believes that it is difficult for him to win Schumacher on this track.
After all, Schumacher is the second driver who really dominates the Monaco track after Senna. His familiarity and handling of the track are incomparable to other drivers.
Even in the track commentary room, Brendel, who has always been optimistic about Zhang Yifei, has not stood on his position at this moment.
"Jacques, it seems that veterans still have a great advantage in this track. Even in the first stage of training, the two Ferrari drivers, as well as Coothard, are extremely skilled in the route and are quite fast."
Jacques is Monaco's partner commentator this time. Compared to the past, he was a junior commentator partner. This time Jacques' qualifications and status in the commentary industry are no less than Brendel.
Moreover, his understanding of Monaco track is far beyond that of Brendel, the British.
"Well, the terrain of Monaco's streets is complex, not only the open layout, but also the many inconspicuous slopes, which affect the driver's brake control."
"So the standard for the Monaco track is not to see how many places he can run, but to see whether the driver can complete the race smoothly. For veteran drivers, these experiences have a great advantage. It is difficult for newcomers to make it difficult for them to make a debut on the Monaco track in history."
Jacques added Brendel's speech and introduced the characteristics of the track very professionally.
"Then do you think that Fly, which has set a lot of records, can you become a magical Chinese boy again on the Monaco track?"
"I don't know, it depends on Fei's strength and performance."
Faced with Brendel's conspiracy, Jacques did not give a positive answer directly like the commentary of the newcomers in the past. Instead, he replied in a very concise manner.
This may also be the habit of senior commentators. You will never comment easily and then leave a basis for evidence for a future slap.
Hearing Jacques not responding, Brendel just smiled. It seemed that he could not use his past experience to this senior commentator of Monaco.
On the track, Zhang Yifei had run nearly ten laps, and many drivers had already finished their feedback at this time and began to challenge the station.
So far, Zhang Yifei has not given any track feedback to the members of the crew.
In the Prost fleet repair station, even members of the strategy team felt a little puzzled when facing such an unusual situation. If Cosell had not been as stable as Mount Tai, Henry or Cod would have been unable to help but press the voice call button on the headphones to ask Zhang Yifei what was going on.
Just as the members of the strategy group were waiting to spend their patience, Zhang Yifei's voice finally came from the headphones.
"The racing turret is raised by 5 mm, and some sections of the road will support the bottom."
"The gearbox makes the gear more dense than jumps, giving up taking care of the 7-speed gear."
"When you leave the tunnel, you need to use the road shoulder to help you pass through it, so that the suspension can be softened, absorb vibration, and can also increase the mechanical downforce."
“There are also…”
Zhang Yifei didn't say a word before, but countless track feedback came from this moment. Compared with Zhang Yifei before, most of the time, he asked Cosell to make the adjustment. This time, he said the plan for the racing adjustment in detail, which was completely different from Zhang Yifei's previous style.
This change surprised the crew members and didn't understand why this happened.
And after Zhang Yifei finished speaking, everyone subconsciously focused their attention on Cosell. If he didn't even know, no one in this might understand what Zhang Yifei was thinking.
"The racing car that was about to fly entered the station and did what he said."
Cosel just said lightly, without explaining the reason.
Chapter completed!