The old alcoholic is definitely not the best in the world, but he has been working in the professional racing field for more than ten years, and has participated in several world-class competitions, has come into contact with many drivers, and is quite familiar with the psychology of newcomers.

Lin Xiangbei is obviously the thinking of the venue competition, and all adjustment goals are based on the fastest speed.

Racing is a competition for speed, but only the fastest speed that can reach the finish line can become the ultimate winner.

Otherwise, no matter how fast you drive halfway through, you can only have the zero symbol on your score points.

Rally is essentially different from the stadium race. For example, the top F1 driver in the stadium race can run as a textbook-like routing level in one race, and there will be no obvious flaws at all.

It is even legendary that god-level drivers like Schumacher and Hamilton can run the track on the racing simulator with their eyes closed. They have formed a muscle-instinctive reaction to the control of every corner.

But no matter how powerful the rally driver is, he cannot guarantee that there will be no mistakes in a race. Moreover, even if you and the navigator can achieve the level of computers and copy the road book and track data in your mind, when you really run the race, the track environment will still be different.

Take Lin Xiangbei's snowy forest where he is now running. If there are too many racing cars passing by, the road surface will be crushed and ruts, which may not be able to match the current road book data and require pure on-the-spot performance.

Or take the most common gravel pavement in rally racing as an example. In addition to paying attention to tire grip, there is actually another very important point, which is the protection of tires.

Because the gravel on the road surface can easily cut the tires and cause the tire to burst, the road books should try to avoid some larger or sharp gravels.

But the problem is that the gravel point you recorded may be brought to the driving line due to the previous driver's cornering error. If you are even more lucky, the gravel is in the blind spot of the field of vision or the curved route. If you press it up, it will blow the tire at the least, and tear the bushing or even swing the arm at the worst, directly damage the suspension and end the race early.

So even if you make complete preparations in the rally, you cannot guarantee that there will be no unexpected situations during the game.

Instead of blindly pursuing "fast" now, it is better to pursue "stability", and the winner will be the one who laughs to the end.

On the Subaru Ge, Lin Xiangbei was silent when he heard the old drunkard's words and even the feedback on the road condition information stopped.

Because he was actually very clear in his heart that the old drunkard was talking about the truth. Based on the current track environment and his own competition experience, choosing a more stable adjustment plan is actually a better choice.

"Looking north, why don't you follow Uncle Xu's plan?"

Seeing that Lin Xiangbei didn't say anything, Li Wenfeng said, "It's not a time to think about it now, and Lushu has to record the track node information."

At this moment when Lin Xiangbei was silent, there were two bends passing by, and Li Wenfeng could only quickly mark the road conditions information according to his own understanding.

If you are a senior partner, even if there is no feedback on the driver's road conditions, there is actually no big problem. Because after getting along for a long time, the navigator is very clear about the driver's control posture habits and can mark the road books by himself.

But it was the first time Lin Xiangbei and Li Wenfeng were in the international competition. Even though Li Wenfeng had some understanding of Lin Xiangbei's control habits, he was not sure about the node information he marked.

So Li Wenfeng needed Lin Xiangbei to make a decision quickly, otherwise he would have to wait until the second time to survey the road before checking the information.

"Let's talk about it after the second road survey."

After all, Lin Xiangbei did not follow the advice of the old drunkard. This may be the stubbornness of an F1 driver.

Because he always remembers a sentence from his previous life: No one can teach an F1 driver how to drive!

From the moment you get your super driver’s license, you are one of the strongest drivers on this planet. You should firmly believe in your judgment in all your choices.

Can this kind of adjustment plan that pursues speed be used? Only practice can answer it? Lin Xiangbei plans to run the second lap according to practical standards and simulate to obtain theoretical limit data.

When Li Wenfeng heard Lin Xiangbei's answer, he was actually quite confused. Because the old alcoholic is his idol, and as China's former strongest rally driver, the team's de facto coach should be more correct.

But it is obvious that Lin Xiangbei is not willing to accept it just like that.

Whether it is rational thinking or technical authority, Li Wenfeng agrees more with the advice of an old drunkard, which is also human nature.

However, Lin Xiangbei is his partner and the driver who controls the car. Even if his decision is wrong, he, as the navigator, has to be with him to the end. This is something that has been decided from the moment he sits in the passenger seat.

"Is that true, continue to feedback the track information, and wait until the second road survey is completed before talking about it!"

Li Wenfeng gritted his teeth and scolded, and then focused all his attention on the road book. He was unable to get on the bottom lane by getting on this "pirate ship". Lin Xiangbei Ai would do whatever he wanted. I am now a pure "tool person"!

When he heard Lin Xiangbei's response from the convoy's voice system, several members of the "strategy group" of the fleet in front of the console almost understood Lin Xiangbei's inner choices, but he still did not want to give up the more radical speed plan.

"Uncle Xu, if Lin Xiangbei insists on speed adjustment, is it risky?"

Feng Bingman asked, and her team leader was also a member of the team's strategy group, but compared to professional racing practitioners, Feng Bingman is obviously much worse in professionalism, so she can only ask the old alcoholics more and gradually improve their understanding.

"Depending on his strength."

The old drunkard replied in a simple and straightforward manner that all adjustment plans have relative risks.

Xu Lang disagreed with Lin Xiangbei's choice because he was a newcomer who ran the rally race for the first time. If the same racing adjustment plan was exchanged for the nine-time champion Loeb, no one would think there would be a big problem.

“It’s cool…”

Regarding this kind of answer, Feng Bingman muttered in a low voice, this former Chinese "speed king" was really different from the usual sloppy image of an alcoholic drunkard during the competition.

"Actually, I think you can try it according to Xiang Beijun's adjustment plan."

Genji Ito, who has been taciturn in strategy and policy, suddenly spoke.

"Do you have any ideas?"

The old drunkard still attaches great importance to the remarks of Ito Genji. After all, the other party is from the F1 Honda team, and you should know that this year's F1 team champion Brown GP is actually the foundation of the F1 Honda team.

It can be said that if Genji Ito had not returned to China, he might have been a member of the F1 championship team this year.

"Xiang Beijun may not have experience in snow rallying, but his strengths are his ability to adapt quickly to the curve and his correction to the steering wheel."

"I have recorded Xiang Beijun's control during this period, especially on the ROC National Cup track. When he drifted at full speed at the corner, the steering wheel was adjusted very frequently, and he kept adjusting the center of gravity of the vehicle and the body posture."

"Having this ability means that he can better maintain vehicle stability and even the ultimate rescue vehicle success rate when he drifts on the curve or slips in the snow. As long as Xiang Beijun can play his correction ability on the ROC National Cup track, I believe he can control the faster speed!"

Because the roc National Cup was not a formal competition, and even no team strategy was needed, Evans and Ito Genji were both in a "vacation" state at that time and did not need to record any track data.

Unexpectedly, Ito Genji recorded Lin Xiangbei's manipulation data in the ROC National Cup, and found that he had very strong ability to respond quickly and correct.

This is the trait that must be possessed on the slippery track in the snow, rather than looking at him purely according to the standards of a newcomer.

After hearing Ito Genji's words, the old drunkard fell into thinking. He didn't believe Lin Xiangbei's ability, otherwise he wouldn't think he was a genius driver.

However, the old drunkard still cannot get rid of the mental habits of the older generation of Chinese drivers. That is, the word "seeking stability". Especially for the opening match of this kind of competition, it is not about finding the best results, as long as it can lay a steady foundation.

However, Lin Xiangbei is obviously beyond his understanding of new drivers. Even if this is his real competition debut, he still has no conservative ideas. He wants to pursue faster speeds.

Whether to follow the traditional Chinese coaching habits to suppress Lin Xiangbei's nature and move forward steadily, or to risk the situation where the first game may end at zero points and choose radicalism is Xu Lang's current problem.

He actually faced the same choice as Lin Xiangbei.

"The second time to survey the road, let's adjust according to what Xiangbei said."

In the end, the old drunkard made the same choice as Lin Xiangbei. In fact, this was a very compromise plan. Whether it could work depends on Lin Xiangbei's own control.

The road survey of the rally can actually be regarded as a combination of track trial running and practice competitions in F1, which is a very tedious process. The time-testing ss stage alone can be hundreds of kilometers, and the connecting track may be hundreds of kilometers long.

This time, due to heavy snow, the race mileage and special timing nodes were shortened, but the same harsh weather and track environment also limited the average speed.

When Lin Xiangbei returned to the maintenance area for the first time, the time had already come from morning to afternoon. The continuous stretch of road surveillance for several hours was actually very exhausting. When Lin Xiangbei took off his helmet mask, even in the snowy Hokkaido, Japan, his hair was soaked with sweat.

"How is the road survey process?"

After the old drunkard got off the bus in Lin Xiangbei, he immediately asked.

“It went smoothly, no problem.”

Lin Xiangbei nodded. Although the road surveying intensity was very strong, in fact, he and Li Wenfeng were used to this high-intensity and heavy pressure during the training stage, so it was not a big deal.

Perhaps the only thing that puts pressure on him is that during the road survey, he needs to remember special curves as much as possible in his mind.

This is the difference from simulation training. After all, whether it is the Guangzhou-Shenzhen base or some trails chosen later, the length is at most ten kilometers. And I run on it every day, and I will naturally remember the characteristics of the curve over time.

However, the official competition has hundreds of kilometers of timed sections, and there are hundreds of curves that need to be faced, and in a short time, it is impossible to remember all the curve characteristics in your mind.

Just like F1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen said, the biggest challenge for him in the rally is that he can't remember what the next turn is.

Lin Xiangbei’s biggest challenge now is not a control problem, but he doesn’t know what kind of corner he will face next. If he can know in advance, no matter how difficult the corner is, it will not be a problem for an F1 driver.

"Are you still choosing speed adjustment?"

"Um."

Lin Xiangbei nodded. Perhaps because he was used to the speed of f1, he still felt that he was running too slowly.

"Okay, according to the data analysis of Ito Genji, your control over the right-turn tail swing is slightly weak. So the adjustment plan we came up with is to change the tires on the left, front, right and rear from the current nail tires to ordinary snow tires, and use cross-match to get faster speeds."

Cross-match?

Lin Xiangbei was a little surprised when he heard this word, because this combination method only started to appear in WRC18 and 2019, and it can be called a very strange and radical tire matching choice. Unexpectedly, the old alcoholic has come up with this adjustment plan now.

You should know that there are also classifications of tires such as soft, hard and dry in Formula racing or RV racing, but no matter how they are divided, only one type of tire will be replaced with four wheels.

For example, when facing a rain battle, naturally all four tires are replaced with rain tires instead of just one or two.

However, the tire matching plan for rally racing has become more and more complex as the road environment of the event becomes more and more complex, such as the famous Monte Carlo Station, which is dry asphalt, ice and snow, and then it may turn into muddy and wet roads.

In this track environment, it seems that it is not suitable to replace any type of tire, and frequent tire replacement will increase the time spent on the race.

So some riders with more imagination simply change to two or three tires, such as nail tires and super soft tires, so that the nail tires on the ice and snow roads can play a role, and the asphalt nails are ground, the super soft tires can exert a super grip effect.

Therefore, this solution is called cross-coordination.

Lin Xiangbei is facing the same problem now. In normal snow rally events, depending on the snow or icy conditions, they will choose whether to replace the snow tire or nail tire. The pulling nail tire is not the kind of rubber nail snow tire in the conventional sense, but the black technology tire with metal nails.

The nail tire has strong grip, ensuring the stability of the car on the snowy road. However, the long metal nails will also limit the speed and drifting side slip, resulting in slower cornering speed.

But if you really want to replace all the ordinary snow tires with radical changes, it is obvious that "skating" will occur, and the chance of sliding out of the track is too high.

So the old alcoholic came up with this cross-match solution, which appropriately reduces the grip of the left corner to obtain faster drift speed, while controlling the risks within a reasonable range and reducing tire change time.

As for the final effect, it can only be verified in the second road survey. It may achieve the best of both worlds, or it may not be pleasing to both ends.
Chapter completed!