730 Attract wolves and repel tigers

"Come on Schumacher, no one can beat you!"

"That's the strength of Ferrari, that's the strength of the quadruple winners, who would dare to say they can beat Schumacher?"

"Zhang Yifei also dares to call it a car god? Asked if Schumacher agreed? ”

"If there's only one god on the track, it's Schumacher!"

Schumacher's wonderful "double-line operation", in the exclamation of the commentary, pushed the atmosphere of the audience in the stands to a climax.

Tens of thousands of fans of Ferrari and Schumacher were impressed by Schumacher's strength and unparalleled confidence at the moment. Single-handedly, he managed to hold down the pole-sitter on the track and the third-placed Helio, and only Schumacher could do it.

Hearing the deafening cheers from the stands, the expressions on the faces of the members of the strategy team in the Pit Stop of the Prost team were all serious.

They thought that after Zhang Yifei surpassed Barrichello, he would be able to pick up the leak in the struggle between Schumacher and Helio, after all, Helio was in the lead position, and he also started to overtake Schumacher, if this revenge is not avenged, it will really be a humiliation for Schumacher.

In fact, it is true, Schumacher has never let Helio go, if it weren't for the waterlogging, the already narrow Singapore track, even more compressed a lot of overtaking space, maybe now Helio has been killed.

It's just that they never thought that Schumacher was indeed still fighting with Helio, but this leak didn't have to be picked up, this Ferrari driver was simply terrifying, and he just pressed Zhang Yifei behind.

At the same time, the strategy team couldn't help but have an idea in their hearts, if Schumacher didn't fight on such a rampant two-front and go all out to deal with one person, would Zhang Yifei still have a chance to surpass?

No one has much confidence in this answer, the Ferrari engine has given the Prost team a big boost, and it has also made the Ferrari team like a tiger, and now Schumacher feels even stronger than last year!

"Brother Zhi, Fei Ge has been following behind for almost three laps and has not exceeded it, I feel that the strategy group has a very dignified face, is Schumacher so strong this year?"

Seeing that the bigwigs of the strategy group were all solemn and did not speak, Ah Hu in the maintenance workshop finally couldn't help but ask Chen Zhi beside him.

"Of course, he's the best driver on the track."

"Then Fei Ge didn't win a few games against him last year, and the strategy team doesn't seem to be as dignified as it is now."

When she heard this, Junko Takeda on the side interjected: "Ferrari was only the third fastest car last year, and Schumacher was able to lock up the championship two races in advance, which is enough to prove his strength." Moreover, Yifeijun is not his competitor, and the natural strategy group does not pay so much attention to it. ”

"But this year is different, the Ferrari is probably the fastest car in theory, and with Schumacher's quality, it's a little too terrifying. And if we want to win the championship, we have to climb over Schumacher, and now we find that he is so strong in a new Ferrari car, so it is naturally more dignified. ”

Junko Takeda explained the fundamental reason, that is, last year's Prost team, there was no championship idea at all. It's like a middle and lower grade student in the class, who can think every day about how to surpass the first place in the class?

With this energy, it is better to hurry up and stabilize the last place in the class, in case this kid transfers, maybe he will be at the bottom.

Today's situation is completely different, the Prost team did not dare to say that they had reached the second position in the class, at least they felt that they had the strength to challenge the first place in the class, so they naturally paid special attention to the results of their opponents.

As a result, it is now found that the first can evolve this year is much more than last year, and it may be much more difficult to cross the peak of Schumacher.

"Then what if Fei Ge can't get past him?"

After listening to Junko Takeda's explanation, Ah Hu looked worried.

He can be said to be Zhang Yifei's number one brain-dead fan, even if he knows that Schumacher is very strong, but he always thinks that Fei Ge can defeat all opponents.

But now it seems that Zhang Yifei's desire to defeat Schumacher is not as smooth as last year's.

Ah Hu's problem also exists in the Renault team's strategy group, they saw that Schumacher was blocking Zhang Yifei at the same time, but he could still drag Helio, and his face was even more ugly than that of the Prost strategy group.

I thought that Zhang Yifei would catch up, and according to the character of the Chinese boy, he would definitely attack Schumacher frantically.

In response to Schumacher's offensive before, Helio was already under a lot of pressure, and now there is finally a "cannon fodder" who can share the firepower, so let the Chinese boy and Schumacher take their time, and we Renault will sprint to the final championship.

As a result, looking at it now, the ideal is plump, and the reality is skinny. Zhang Yifei is indeed not a fuel-efficient lamp, even in the face of Schumacher, he did not hesitate and launched an attack directly.

It's just that everyone underestimated Schumacher's strength, or can't use the word "underestimated" to describe it, but they didn't expect him to be so strong with Ferrari in the new season, and he was in control of the situation with one pick and two.

If Barrichello gets rid of the Williams driver's restraint and catches up with Zhang Yifei again, then the Ferrari strategy team is likely to choose a more secure way, which is to let Schumacher cooperate with the car and give Barrichello the third position again.

When the time comes, Zhang Yifei will no longer be the number one target of the Ferrari team, but will put the killing of Helio and the position of returning to the car in the highest priority.

It can only be said that everything on the track at the moment is that the Ferrari strategy team is too confident, thinking that Schumacher will take out Helio alone, and then Barrichello will block all the drivers behind him and give others a chance.

Otherwise, concentrate the firepower early, put down some face and deal with Helio first, and let Schumacher come to the lead position to race the lap, how can there be anything with other drivers?

At that time, there will be a scene of last year's opening race on the track, that is, all the cars are ants under the car gods, Schumacher is far ahead with an absolute advantage, and the other drivers will slowly peck at each other in the back!

A lot of the time, the brains of the Ferrari strategy team are really hard to describe.

Of course, at this time, the more Ferrari strategy team is operating, and this is an opportunity for other teams.

Renault's technical director, Bob Bell, looked at the situation on the track and said to the team manager Briatoli, who was next to him: "We have to come up with a change to change the car so that the advantage of the lead car will be lost in this stalemate." ”

The biggest advantage of the head car is that it can run laps at the fastest speed and leave the opponent far behind. At the minimum, they should also be left below the wake area, and now Helio can't pull the distance at all, and has not shown the advantage of the first car at all.

"Why don't you choose an adventurous edge line? With Helio's character, he is not afraid of challenges. ”

Executive director Kobe also said that there is no way to get rid of Schumacher by conventional methods, so he can only take risks.

"No, it's too risky for soft tires to run into waterlogged roads. Now that we have the lead car advantage, the risk is not worth the cost. ”

Helio relied on soft tires to give a sixth-gear starting advantage and grabbed the position of the first car, but the success was also soft and the defeat was also soft. Due to the lack of drainage, Helio was unable to take some waterlogged routes at all, and could only be trapped in the middle of the track.

That's why Schumacher was able to block Helio's cut-to-corner line, because there weren't many routes available to him.

"Then it seems that we have only one last option."

Briatoli listened to the conversation of the members of the strategy group, and said this sentence in a somewhat complicated tone.

"What's the solution?"

Bob Bell looked at the team manager in surprise, could he have any other killer features?

"Change the team's strategy, from the tactics of throwing off Schumacher to blocking Schumacher, and join forces with Prost's drivers to fly!"

"What?"

The members of the Renault crew in front of the pit console couldn't help but shout out when they heard this method.

The Chinese kid who teamed up with the Prost team, I heard it right, right? Doesn't the team manager know that Helio's biggest rival in the F1 paddock is the driver flying?

Isn't this equivalent to using his own advantage to make a wedding dress for a Chinese boy? If it weren't for Briatoli's many years at Renault, I'm afraid some people would have wondered if this manager was a ghost.

But soon, someone in the strategy group came back to the aftertaste, and then said with a look of surprise: "GOOD! This is a good way to get the Chinese kid ahead of Schumacher, so that he will inevitably suffer from Schumacher's crazy attack, in a sense, Fei becomes Helio's wingman! ”

"That's right, it's impossible for the driver to fly without blocking Schumacher, and once these two guys get tangled, then Helio can be freed from the impasse!"

"Manager, this is really the best solution at the moment, I think it works!"

Technical Director Bob Bell expressed his opinion, followed by Kobe, the race engineer and others, who also nodded in support.

But at this time, a faint voice sounded in the crowd: "If the Chinese kid achieves the current Schumacher containment, what if Helio can't get rid of him, then it will change from leading wolves and rejecting tigers to stealing chickens and rice." ”

This voice instantly silenced the Renault strategy team, and some of them wanted to refute, but the words came to their mouths and swallowed.

You must know that this Chinese driver Fei, when he overtook Barrichello before, he also completed the unimaginable drift corner in the F1 paddock, who dares to guarantee that he can't do the terrifying operation of Schumacher now and complete the miracle of one to two?

In fact, this possibility, Renault manager Briatoli also thought of it, otherwise he would not call it a last resort.

But in the F1 paddock, there is never an absolute safety strategy, and if you want to win the championship, you have to take risks. And then again, since Zhang Yifei can do this terrifying one-on-two operation, doesn't Helio have any confidence that he can get rid of the driver?

The strategy may give the driver a slight advantage, but in the end, whether he can become the champion or not depends on the strength.

Now that the method is available, it was up to Helio to do it, and when the race came to lap 13, Renault manager Briatoli pressed the red call button on the headset.

Either let the driver fly to become his best "wingman", or "lure the wolf into the room" and send Zhang Yifei to the current second-ranked throne, or even the first car!