Zhang Yifei thinks that rushing into the pit can be regarded as getting rid of the overtaking crisis by Montoya, but the reality tells him that it is not so simple.

Under normal circumstances, the maintenance team of this process is extremely skilled, and the time can be stably controlled in about 10 seconds.

And this time Zhang Yifei made a pit stop, and he also needed to replace the damaged rear wing, although the air kit of the formula car is modular design, and the replacement during the race has been taken into account.

However, if you can't change your tires at this speed, you may have to make a few seconds longer than a normal stop.

For the current situation, even if it is a little late, it may cause Montoya to exit the station first than Zhang Yifei, and then take the lead in the pit lane. It is not an easy task to surpass Montoya again.

At least at Turn 13, Montoya will hit more resolutely next time, and will break through the honor and professional bottom line of his Indian king!

"Boys, hurry up with your hands, the victory belongs to Prost!"

Charlie watched Zhang Yifei's car coming from the entrance of the pit lane and shouted to the crew members to boost the morale of the pit team.

"Victory belongs to Prost!"

All the crew members replied with high morale.

Zhang Yifei was able to surpass Schumacher and Montoya to become the first car, which is equivalent to creating another almost impossible miracle. In any case, they can't let Zhang Yifei take advantage of running out of his life and bury it in his own hands.

Indianapolis is a slight difference from other F1 circuits in that the speed limit in the pit lanes has been increased from the usual 80 km/h to 100 km/h.

The faster the speed, the more accurate the driver's judgment of the braking distance will be. However, this kind of distance control is as simple as a common thing for F1 drivers, and if they can't do it, they won't get a super license at all.

With a precise brake, it stopped in the maintenance space, and almost at the same time, the front and rear jacks had lifted the entire car. Then the process of changing tires, refueling and so on began to be carried out in an orderly manner.

Charlie did not act as a lollipop man this time, but personally replaced Zhang Yifei's rear wing with Victor, the deputy leader of the maintenance team.

Damage to the pneumatic kit, especially the rear wing, is not a common fault in F1 racing, but more of a damage to the nose. Therefore, many people in the maintenance team do not have enough experience and proficiency, and Charlie must get started with the maintenance in the fastest time.

"Fly, the next line is in the case of a chance, especially the curve line, try to produce changes to cause turbulence, don't give Monto-Asia an easy bite."

Korcel began to remind Zhang Yifei of the things to pay attention to in the next race, you must know that many young drivers lack experience in the line, and can not make good use of the turbulence at the rear of the car, but blindly pursue the fastest speed, so that the opponent can easily use the turbulence to bite.

This problem, in fact, is also obvious to Montoya, that is, the line is very upright, and basically Zhang Yifei has not been affected by much turbulence. even helped Zhang Yifei dodge Schumacher's overtaking threats a few times.

Maybe this also has something to do with the background of the Montoya Indycar, the speed of the IndyCar is too fast, and the large and fast lane changes may also affect their speed and stability. And the Indy Series is more like a combination of Formula 1 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where speed and consistency are king, and the skill is a bit back.

That's why, most Indy's driving skills are wild, rough, and not as delicate as those of Formula 1. Especially with the development of technology, under the restrictions of environmental protection and safety, the gap between the two cars is getting bigger and bigger, and basically IndyCar drivers have been unable to run well in F1.

Montoya is the last driver who has the strength to challenge for the world championship in F1, and only the F1 driver is left to attack the championship in Indy. For example, in F1, Takuma Sato, who can only be regarded as a mid-to-lower driver, became the annual champion of the Indy 500.

Alonso, the famous head brother in the back, also went to IndyCar to retire after losing his competitiveness in the F1 paddock. It is said that there is also an idea to run the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and all three car championships have been won.

"I see."

Zhang Yifei nodded in response.

Counting the practice and qualifying races of the United States Grand Prix, Zhang Yifei has run five races so far, and Zhang Yifei is already very clear about Montoya's strength on this track.

His fastest lap time, which can even surpass Zhang Yifei's performance on the racing simulator, can be described as terrible.

The strength, the home field, coupled with the performance of the car, the threat posed by Montoya's bite of the wake even surpassed that of Schumacher, who had been chasing before. After all, Schumacher may not be able to play better than Montoya on this track.

So he had to give his all to defend Montoya, and the successful defense was just the beginning, and then the real battle was to come.

The crew members gave full play to their strength, and the whole process was not leaky, especially Charlie and Rictori, who replaced the rear wing, gave full play to the experience and ability of the chief technician, and won valuable time.

It only took twelve seconds, all the processes had been completed, the lollipop man turned the sign, and Zhang Yifei rushed from the parking space to the maintenance lane with one foot on the accelerator.

The whole process is only about two seconds longer than the regular stop to change tires and refuel. The main reason is that this station adopts a one-stop tactic, and the fewer the number of stops, it means that the more fuel will have to be filled, or even filled, so the refueling time is extended in disguise.

If it is a track with a three-stop tactic, the refueling time will be compressed to less than ten seconds, and it only takes six seconds at the earliest.

After leaving the station, driving on the maintenance aisle, Zhang Yifei looked ahead for the first time and found that there was no shadow of Williams racing.

Could it be that Montoya is so fast that she has already driven out of the maintenance lane?

This question popped up in Zhang Yifei's mind, if the Williams crew members were fast enough, they could actually compress the stop time to less than 10 seconds. It's really possible for Montoya to go straight out of the pit lane and onto the main track.

There was no Montoya in front of him, Zhang Yifei subconsciously glanced in the rearview mirror, and there was no shadow of the Williams blue and white racing car inside, but a fiery Ferrari car appeared!

The distance between the two cars is about 23 meters, and theoretically it is difficult to see the specific number of the car behind it from the narrow field of view of the rearview mirror.

But the number of this Ferrari is easy to determine, because it's a vertical!

The driver with the number 1 was last season's world champion, and there is no doubt that he was followed by Schumacher from Ferrari!

So fast!

Zhang Yifei had an indescribable shock in his heart, Schumacher was knocked out of the track by Villeneuve, although he did not quit the race or anything, but seriously slowed down the speed and fell into the back row.

The fight between Zhang Yifei and Montoya did not affect the speed, on the contrary, it surpassed the average lap time of the previous five cars. For Schumacher to catch up, he must overtake the three men in front of him, Coulthard, Barrichello and Villeneuve.

The problem: None of the three drivers are fuel-efficient lights, at most Barrichello is giving way to the car at the team's behest. And the other two, especially Coulthard, probably won't give Schumacher any chance to overtake easily.

As a result, Schumacher still did it, and he appeared behind his car again, and the car god who made a comeback, this time he wanted to suppress him again, it would definitely not be as simple as before.

Could it be that he fought halfway through the race and returned to the original starting point, with wolves in front of him and tigers in front of him, facing the attack of two top drivers?

As soon as I thought of this, Zhang Yifei, who was overtaking Montoya before and felt that the next race schedule was bright, was instantly hit to the bottom!

Just as Zhang Yifei thought, Schumacher did come back, but he didn't rely entirely on his own strength, Barrichello really played the strength of the best green leaf driver, first blocked Cothard, and then let Schumacher overtake.

In the end, he also cooperated with Schumacher to attack together to kill Villeneuve in front, so that Schumacher appeared behind Zhang Yifei's car again.

It's just that Zhang Yifei fought too fiercely with Montoya before, and he didn't pay too much attention to the change of the riders behind him. It would cause him to suddenly find that Schumacher was already behind his car, revealing a kind of shock.

Come on, it's nothing more than a 25,000-mile long march to run again, who is afraid of whom!

Stabilize his mentality, Zhang Yifei put aside those distracting thoughts in his mind, since he can run the first once, then he has the strength to run the second time.

This stop, you have nothing to fear!

Driving on the main track, Zhang Yifei began to speed up wildly, but he unexpectedly found that he did not see the shadow of Williams racing within his career.

This scene made Zhang Yifei very surprised, could it be that Montoya could stop so fast that he couldn't even see the taillights?

"Kossel, how far ahead of me is Montoya?"

With such a question, Zhang Yifei asked Cosell in the pit station, and they had more detailed official statistics on entering and exiting the station.

'He didn't take the lead, he was behind you and Schumacher and just got out of the pits in 15.3 seconds.

"What?"

Zhang Yifei couldn't doubt that he had heard it wrong, and it only took 12 seconds to change the rear wing with the time he added. With the strength of the Williams Big Three, it is simply impossible to make a regular pit stop by five seconds.

"It's really more than 15 seconds, and as for the specific reason, we will only know after the race."

"You have only one opponent now, and that is Schumacher!"