"Todd, what's going on with the engine pressure sensor now?"

Schumacher asked the Ferrari pit station in a slightly hurried tone, and the reason why he was overtaken by Zhang Yifei was because the engine pressure was insufficient, which then caused the power to drop.

This is why the always strong Ferrari car is on par with Zhang Yifei's Prost car in terms of cornering speed, and even slightly lacking.

"It's still on the low side."

Jean Todd replied with a grim face, no one could have imagined that at this final moment of the showdown, there would be problems with the Ferrari car.

Cylinder pressure is an important indicator of the engine, once there is a pressure leak or other fault, the engine power will be reduced, and the worst will cause a lack of cylinder.

The Peugeot engine of the Prost racing car also appeared in a similar situation to Schumacher's current situation. Later, Peugeot Group sent engineers to find a way to strengthen the sealing of the valve and piston, which barely solved the problem of pressure leakage.

However, the Peugeot engine is a design flaw, and the improvised way treats the symptoms rather than the root cause, and the consequence is that the engine power decreases, and the horsepower is also reduced to 890P, which is a percentage gap with the cars above 900P of other teams.

In addition, it was this improvising remedy that also brought a surprise to the Prost team. That is, the most serious consequence of pressure leakage is the lack of cylinders, which can barely drive a race, and the consequence of excessive pressure is the bursting of cylinders, which is to cool directly on the track.

When the power is lowered, the pressure on the engine is also greatly reduced, and there is no such extreme crushing performance limit, but the stability of the race engine is improved.

This is why, the failure rate of the Prost team this season is significantly lower than last season, not because Zhang Yifei is lucky, but because the stability of the Peugeot engine has indeed improved a lot.

However, if Zhang Yifei was to choose by himself, he would rather have a high failure rate with strong power than a weak stability.

Because in competitive sports, a champion can be worth ten runners-up, and the kind of score of about ten places, no matter how much, is not as good as the gold content of a champion.

Even if it is not an honor, purely from the point of view, the champion can get 10 points, and the sixth place is only 1 point, which is a tenfold difference, and the drivers behind are not even a point.

As long as you can win a championship, even if you don't finish the next game, it is much better than spinning in the middle of the stream.

It's like Zhang Yifei himself, after four games, no matter which one of them is considered to be a good run, it can be described as a fierce operation!

But looking back, after running down in a season, so far it has only been 5 points, not to mention 10 points for the champion, and even 6 points for the runner-up. It was only by sacrificing all the fun time and the extreme handling on the track that these five points were earned.

If you relax a little bit on yourself, with the performance of Prost racing, unless you are absolutely ahead in terms of driving skills, or if the Big Three drivers make mistakes on the field, you won't even get these 5 points.

The act of dancing on the tip of a knife is not a long-term thing after all, and playing with life is not the right way. At most, it is a victory in a certain race, and there is never a possibility of competing for the title of world champion.

If you want to challenge the Big Three head-on, you must be in a fair matchup at the same level. This is why, during Zhang Yifei's recuperation, he dragged an injured leg to sponsor the acquisition of 40% of the shares of the Prost team.

Only then will he be able to have a strong say in the team's decision-making to guide the team in purchasing Ferrari engines. Otherwise, next season's super Mars rover will appear, and it will be useless for you to play with your life, you can really only burn incense and worship the Buddha, and pray for Schumacher to have a little more fault to pick up the leak!

"Is there any way to save it?"

Schumacher asked again, in fact, he already had the answer in his heart, but he was a little unwilling to lose to the racing engine at this last moment!

"There's no other way but pit stops for repairs."

Technical Director Ross Brown answered the question in place of Jean Todd, saying that engine cylinder pressure leakage was not a minor fault and was not something that could be solved by the car's setup.

"I see."

Schumacher suppressed the unwillingness to complain in his heart, and quickly adjusted his emotions and returned to his previous game state.

After all, he is currently the strongest driver on the track, and without a strong heart, he cannot become a car god.

Since there is no way to change things, you can only accept the reality, just like your previous overtaking, also because of the Chinese boy's gearbox failure.

This can only say that God is fair, he helped himself before, and now he flies for the Chinese drivers.

In addition, Schumacher is pursuing the title of world championship, which is much more important than the championship. Even if the second runner-up finishes, he can lock in the world championship title in advance, so what if the Chinese newcomer wins?

It's just that things are not as simple as Schumacher imagined, and at the moment behind his car, the blue and white Williams car is approaching madly, ready to launch an overtaking offensive against him.

Although Montoya was in a backward position, he never considered giving up these two words!

Maybe Montoya has a lot of shortcomings, and even in the end, it was because of his personality that he didn't get mixed up in the F1 paddock. But there is one thing about him, which no one has ever questioned, and that is Montoya's desire for championships and victories!

Throughout his career, Montoya has been known for being wild and tough, and even the slightest hope of overtaking has often taken great risks to fight for it.

It is precisely because of his hard work that Montoya has accumulated a lot of fans and fanatical supporters in the F1 paddock.

In the process of Schumacher's crazy blocking, he and Zhang Yifei's speed were suppressed in a sense. And these last laps are just the time for the sprint lap.

Williams's "Sword and Tiger" racing performance, absolute speed is only behind McLaren's car, but the failure rate is much lower than this year's McLaren car, the overall quality can be said to be above the Ferrari car, and it can be called a "Mars rover" if it is a little stronger.

However, Ralph Schumacher and Montoya were unlucky enough to meet what is arguably the strongest driver combination in Ferrari's history, which led the car in terms of performance, and could not cover up the overall strength of the lagging behind.

However, although the championship competition is not an opponent, in a single event, the Williams team is still very competitive. This year, both Schumacher and Montoya have already won the championship title.

This time, Montoya also wants to defend his title to prove his strength. As long as the game is not over, he will never give up the obsession of defeating Zhang Yifei!

Schumacher glanced in the rearview mirror at this time and saw that Montoya had caught up and was about to overtake, and the expression on his face was cold.

Do you want to be superego too?

At the beginning of the Brazilian Grand Prix, Schumacher's condition was not very good, and he was easily surpassed by Zhang Yifei and Montoya one after another, and even Montoya's strong squeezing move at that time sparked heated discussions after the race, and finally became famous in one fell swoop.

For this kind of behavior of stepping on oneself as a stepping stone, with Schumacher's pride, it is naturally unacceptable!

I didn't expect this scene, and there are signs of it going to be staged today, just now the Chinese kid Zhang Yifei overtook it, and you Montoya immediately launched an overtaking offensive, did you really pinch me Schumacher as a soft persimmon?

Although the power of the Ferrari car is not reduced due to insufficient cylinder pressure, it is still far from the point where it cannot run, and Schumacher is confident enough that he can stop Montoya in the last few laps, so that the Indy 500 world champion can feel the strength of the F1 world champion!

The wild Montoya doesn't care about Schumacher's strength and status, in a sense, Montoya's self-confidence is stronger than Zhang Yifei!

At least when Zhang Yifei faced Schumacher in the early days, he was really a little weak in his heart and felt ashamed. After all, he came from the afterlife, and understood that this moment was the peak of Schumacher's era, and the man who won the seven crowns and became a god was really nothing to mess with.

But Montoya is different, Schumacher is strong, he knows it, but he doesn't have that fear of facing the car god. And more importantly, he also has the identity of the Indy World Champion, standing at the pinnacle of formula racing.

It may be that the Indy World Champion is slightly inferior to Formula 1 in terms of influence and gold content. But this is like the difference between the World Championships and the Olympic Games, even if the World Championships are not as good as the Olympics in terms of influence alone, but how much will the world champions fear the Olympic champions?

Again, the answer is no!

Montoya did not hesitate to launch a strong attack, after all, his ultimate goal is not to surpass Schumacher in front of him, but Zhang Yifei at the front!

This is a war of rookie kings, he has almost come to the last line of defense, and he can't afford to lose!

Montoya's assertive attitude caused Schumacher's dissatisfaction, and he could not accept the newcomer's repeated provocations. Today, no matter what, he doesn't plan to give Montoya any chance to go beyond it!

Schumacher, who got serious, was terrible, and the kind of iron curtain-like defense that Zhang Yifei encountered before, now Montoya is also beginning to taste. And Schumacher has adapted to the change in handling after the power drop, and he will not give Montoya a chance!

Lap 68, Lap 69...... There were only two laps left until the end of the race.

As time passed, Montoya looked at Zhang Yifei who was slowly moving away, and became more and more anxious in his heart. He doesn't want to continue to entangle with Schumacher, otherwise let alone surpass Zhang Yifei, even if the game is over, it is a question whether he can catch up!

The anxious consequence is that Montoya's attack is getting more and more rough, and when he comes to the Remus corner, Montoya uses an extremely late braking method to force from the outside to the middle line, ready to forcibly seize Schumacher's line!

You won the Brazilian Grand Prix once, do you want to win a second time?

Schumacher is definitely not a coward who is afraid of fighting, don't want him to back down a second time!

So this time the red Ferrari didn't give way, and the two cars got closer and closer, and eventually they inevitably collided together!