752 Don't Give Up! (5K)(1/2)
When Cod stood up to object, the rest of the strategy group were stunned. Unexpectedly, he would agree with Kossel's idea.
"Code, you..."
Just as if he knew what Henry wanted to say, Cod explained before he could finish his words: "You are not racing engineers, so you can't fully understand the drivers. All I can say is to believe that they will make the right judgment and decision."
Cod knew Alonso's personality very well. He would accept the benefits of blocking the car, but he would never obediently stay behind Zhang Yifei, but would rush to the front car in one go.
At the same time, Cod was also very clear about the final plan of the strategy group, that is, when Alonso came to the front row, he would fully play his position as the No. 2 driver, help Zhang Yifei block the traffic behind, ensure that Fei could go all out to run the lap and finally win the Monaco Grand Prix.
But the problem is, can Alonso really obediently block the car?
The answer is no. If Alonso did not rush to the front position, he would perfectly come to second according to the team's idea. This Spanish boy would never obediently block the car Schumacher and the driver behind him, but would show his crazy offensive to Zhang Yifei.
By then, Alonso would completely disobey the orders of the convoy and would have no room for any turnaround.
Cod knew very well, and Cosell was also very well aware that this was the advantage of being a race engineer and he would always be the one who knows his drivers best.
And Cosel has a lesson in the past, that is, the former McLaren team, Senna and Prost are like this. They will not show mercy because they are teammates, and eventually attack each other in the face of results, and they will part in a bad mood, and even "go to court".
Therefore, for many arrogant drivers, if no party chooses to compromise and forcefully use team instructions to suppress the time bomb, it will detonate the time bomb in advance, causing even more unpredictable consequences.
Another point is that in Kossel's heart, he is looking forward to witnessing Zhang Yifei facing Schumacher head-on. Only in this F1 Crown track can he win the last "King of Monaco" by one-on-one, can he truly cross an insurmountable peak.
He believes that after this game, if Zhang Yifei can win, it will be the prelude to a new era.
The two team racing engineers stood together, especially Kossel still controlled the final command power, so there was nothing to say for other strategy team members, so they could only withdraw their opinions.
On the track, the moment the five countdown indicator lights went out, Zhang Yifei jumped out with a kick.
Starting reaction time has always been one of Zhang Yifei's biggest advantages, and starting movements can be regarded as a muscle instinct for Zhang Yifei, and it is almost impossible to make any mistakes.
This time, Schumacher's start was also very rapid, not slower than Zhang Yifei. In the opening game this year, after being overtaken by Helio, Schumacher never gave anyone a chance and could beat him in the start.
Not to mention that in this most important Monaco Grand Prix, Schumacher could not make any low-level mistakes at the beginning!
The f1 car started to speed up, and Schumacher made a strange route at this time. He did not seize the middle position to block Alonso's possible overtaking action behind him, but kept close to the guardrail on the right side of the track, as if preparing for a turn 1.
However, you should know that although the starting point is just a right arc straight, it will undoubtedly greatly increase the driving difficulty when you are close to the guardrail. After all, it doesn’t matter if you walk in the middle and move a little by one or two centimeters. If you just shake it to the right, the air kit may be torn into pieces during a high-speed collision!
Zhang Yifei did not pay attention to Schumacher's operating lines, and because of the right arc, the field of vision is not so good, and he needs to pay attention to changes ahead of the track at all times.
All the racing cars are now lined up in a long row, and their speed continues to soar towards Turn 1. Whoever can get the lead in the corner will have the advantage in the subsequent race!
100km/h
200km/h
250km/h
280km/h…
After starting, this straight line was crazily squeezing the potential of racing. Zhang Yifei focused on the acceleration ability at medium and low speeds because of the gearbox adjustment, and almost gave up the seventh gear speed improvement.
Therefore, in this period of acceleration after starting, the speed of the front was very fast, but after exceeding 250km/h, the speed began to slow down slightly than before.
However, these things are irrelevant. After all, there are only two slightly longer straights on the entire Monaco track, and most sections pay more attention to the acceleration ability of the corners. Therefore, this adjustment plan is the most suitable adjustment for the Monaco track, and other teams are basically the same.
However, as the distance between Turn 1 became closer, Zhang Yifei suddenly discovered that the Ferrari racing car, which had been pulled apart for a while, began to get closer and closer to him, and returned to the 8-meter parking space distance when he started.
And this trend is still moving closer, which means Schumacher's speed is now, and he is going to surpass Zhang Yifei's Prost car!
Schumacher accelerates faster than me?
This question instantly appeared in Zhang Yifei's mind. After half a year of fierce battles on the track, Zhang Yifei has basically figured out the performance of Ferrari F2002.
In terms of performance alone, there is no essential difference between him and his Prost Ap05, and it is almost the same as that. The reason why Schumacher was able to achieve a terrifying result in 2002 in history is that this car has a good fit with Schumacher.
To put it simply, it is to achieve the integration of car and man. Schumacher performed 110% with 100% performance!
Since the racing performance is almost the same, and Zhang Yifei thinks that he has made no mistakes in handling, there is only one truth.
Schumacher gave up his focus on medium and low speeds and still maintained the original gearbox adjustment of Ferrari racing, so he was better than his Prost racing in 7-speed acceleration!
As the real king of Monaco's track for eight years, Schumacher could not have known the importance of the acceleration ability of medium and low speeds to this track. What is the reason for his doing this? Are he planning to surpass himself on a short straight road with this extreme speed advantage?
But soon, Zhang Yifei understood the answer, that is, when he was about to tangent from left to right, he found that his turn was not enough. Moreover, from beginning to end, Schumacher risked a crash and pressed against the railing on the right, but he did not intend to give himself space to change lanes!
Is Ferrari's tactic about being the one who plans to super-ego in Turn 1?
When Zhang Yifei discovered this scene, he was a little shocked. Ferrari was completely a seven-injury punching method. He did not change the gear ratio of the racing gearbox just to have an advantage in acceleration. In the end, Turn 1 was the first to pass the corner.
But the problem is that there are 18 corners behind, and Schumacher may not be as accelerated as others after each corner. He is so confident that other drivers cannot overtake on the corner?
To be honest, Zhang Yifei had imagined many ways to deal with him before the game, but he really didn't expect that the opponent would be so desperate and put all his treasures on Turn 1, without even considering the subsequent game progress.
This method was something that Zhang Yifei could never have imagined, and he never expected that Schumacher's actions would be what he did.
After all, this is also a famous car god. There is more than one opponent on the track, so why should I "died together" so much?
The importance of Turn 1 is self-evident for the Monaco track, and Alonso, Coothard and others chased each other very tightly behind. If they are blocked from behind, not to mention the loss of the head pole position, there is also a risk of a series of car accidents.
So even though the speed is already behind, Zhang Yifei still did not retreat. He gritted his teeth and squeezed in Schumacher's direction. The distance between the two cars was getting closer and closer. The rear wheel of the Prost car seemed to be attached to the front nose of the Ferrari car.
"oh~~! I didn't expect that the competition for Turn 1 would be so fierce. Now that Flying can't seize the best turn, Schumacher obviously won't make any concessions. What method will the two of them use to go to Turn 1, which can only be passed by one racing car?"
Brendel quickly explained the situation on the track. Almost the moment he finished speaking, Zhang Yifei and Schumacher had already plunged into Turn 1.
The blue and red No. 13 car was still in the front position. He beat No. 1 Ferrari in the final stage and maintained his advantage in pole position.
However, at this time, the commentator did not celebrate Zhang Yifei. Instead, Jacques asked in a puzzled tone: "Brendel, I was not wrong just now. Did the front wind wing of the flying car touch the track guardrail?"
The turn was too fast just now, and most people's attention was focused on the distance between Zhang Yifei and Schumacher's tightrope, and few people noticed the position of the front of the car.
Even if some people noticed that this standard-clear track broadcasting screen is difficult to see clearly whether the front wind wing has touched the track guardrail.
So when facing Jacques's questions, Brendel was really not sure. Just when he was about to say he didn't know, the track director kept pulling the camera closer and aiming at a piece of blue carbon fiber fragment on the track.
There are actually many racing cars painted in blue on the track, such as the Prost Ap05 with blue and red, or the Williams "Sabretooth Tiger" racing car with blue and white.
However, this dark blue paint is unique to the Prost team, representing the blue romance on the French flag. It is obvious that the director used this fragment to remind the two track commentators that Zhang Yifei did rub the guardrail while turning, and slightly damaged the front wind wing.
"Yes, when flying out of Turn 1, it had a slight collision with the track guardrail and dropped a small piece of carbon fiber debris in the front wind wing."
"He is still too radical in flying, making me feel like I saw the crazy Chinese boy on the track last year. Maybe the consequences were not greater than the damage of the front wind wing. Do you have to refuse to give in?"
Brendel confirmed the news and instantly caused an uproar on the track.
No one expected that Zhang Yifei would be so reluctant to make a move in the first turn. In order to defeat Schumacher, he even damaged the front wind wing after turning.
No one knows how much impact the damage of the front fixed wind wing will have, except Zhang Yifei who controls the racing car.
But it is certain that this is not good news for Prost team or Zhang Yifei.
The one who saw Zhang Yifei colliding with the guardrail earlier than the commentator was Schumacher in the rear car.
This time in Turn 1, he and Ferrari team strategy team almost made a decision for themselves that was a slap in the boat. That was to give up the acceleration ability of the track to turn out, ensure the ultimate speed after starting, and directly kill Zhang Yifei at the corner of Turn 1.
As for how to prevent others from overtaking on the curve, it depends entirely on Schumacher's personal strength.
After all, it is very difficult to overtake on the Monaco track, which can help Schumacher relieve the pressure of blocking the car in the future. At the same time, the daring to make such a tactical plan also represents that the Ferrari strategy group has absolute confidence in Schumacher's defensive ability.
Ferrari and Schumacher were very determined. Theoretically, such a strange move was hard to defend against. But what they didn't expect was that Zhang Yifei, a Chinese boy, was completely desperate to get crazy!
Just now, when Schumacher thought he wanted to successfully grab the line and the team's tactics were to achieve miraculous results, Zhang Yifei still squeezed in the corner with great force, as if he didn't see a Ferrari car on the right side of the corner.
And at the point of entering the curve, Zhang Yifei didn't click the brakes, and he was just a desperate style of playing.
If you, Schumacher, you want to play Seven Injury Fist, and you will be able to surpass me in Turn 1. Then I will play "both losing money" with you to see who can't bear the consequences of withdrawing from the competition first!
It can be said that at the moment of entering the bend, Zhang Yifei showed the bachelor mentality of who made the grandson to the fullest and completely sacrificed himself!
When the Qiying cannot receive the Miracle effect, it will be a stupid move to continue. Faced with Zhang Yifei's incoming steps and the car's turn speed has reached its limit, Schumacher finally compromised and did not intend to die with Zhang Yifei in turn 1, and clicked the brake.
At the same time, the Prost car in front also began to slow down. However, Schumacher was too late to brake, and Zhang Yifei's brakes were even later!
The cornering speed exceeds the limit, plus the first lap of the competition, the tire temperature did not reach the optimal working condition point, and the grip was insufficient. Even if Zhang Yifei's driving skills were superb, it could not violate the objective physical laws. He tried his best to control the curve, and the front wind wing still wiped the guardrail and knocked off a small piece of debris!
“A lot of people compare you with Senna on this track, do you really think you are Senna?”
Looking at Zhang Yifei's radical behavior, Schumacher silently said in his heart.
He said this sentence has two meanings. One is that it is just like literally. Many viewers said that they saw the shadow of Senna in Monaco on Zhang Yifei, so Zhang Yifei began to feel overwhelmed with no consideration for racing limits at all.
The other level is that Schumacher really saw the madness of Senna when he was unyielding in Zhang Yifei.
If Senna had not had to overtake him back then, the biggest regret in the F1 car world might not have appeared on the corner of the Imora Track. Today, Zhang Yifei's actions are really similar to Senna of the past.
In the Prost team repair station, the moment can be described as deadly silence, because the problems that are happening on the track are completely beyond all team plans and pre-race preparations.
"Teacher, Yifeijun's front wind wing is damaged, what should we do?"
Yamamoto Ukyo asked Cosell next to him.
When he saw the track broadcast screen and the piece of carbon fiber fragment frozen on the track, he recognized it at first sight that it was on the Prost car.
It is obvious that Zhang Yifei was trying to overtake Schumacher in Turn 1, but the process was not so successful, at least now it has damaged the front wind wing of the racing car.
But don’t underestimate this front air wing, breaking the air in front of the car, and guiding the airflow upwards, providing air downforce, all of which require the front air wing to play a role.
Once the front fixed air wing is gone, the air resistance will first increase, the second point is insufficient downforce of the air, and the third point is that the upward air flow that was originally to be guided may go downward into the racing chassis, causing serious control obstacles and lack of grip.
"It's only the first lap now, so it's impossible to let the flying into the station, otherwise it's no different from withdrawing from the competition."
Henry made the first decision, and it is definitely impossible to switch to the wind wing before entering the station, which is equivalent to withdrawing from the competition.
To be continued...